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^ENEALCC .' COLL-ECTION

HISTORY OF

BRIDGEPORT o..

AND VICINITY

Gr. c. vUlifL

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME II

NEW YORK— CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1917

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DR. ROBERT HUBBARD

BIOGRAPHICAL

ROBERT HUBBARD. M. D.

Dr. Robt-rt Hubbard, of Bridgeport, was born April 27, 1836, in Upi)er Jliddlctown,
now the town of Cromwell, in Jliddlesex county, Connecticut. He was a descendant of a
prominent pioneer family, the first American Hubbard having come from England to the
Connecticut colony about 1660. His father. Jeremiah Hubbard, was also a native of Upper
Middletown and for many years sailed a vessel in the West Indies trade and also engaged
in farming in this state. He married Elizabeth Roberts, a native of Middletown and a
daughter of Winkham Roberts, who was a farmer. To this marriage were born eight sons
and two daughters.

Robert Hubbard was the eldest of the family and in his boyhood attended the district
schools but spent most of his time in work cm (lie farm, lii.s Miviccs I)ring l)a(lly needed
in the cultivation of the fields, so that his c.lu. ;itinn:il o|i|Hii timit irs w.ir thnoinre some-
what limited. Finally, however, he entered tlic iinul. my and woikid Ins way through that
institution. In 1846, at the age of twenty yiai-. 1,,^ lia,l tiiii-li..l In- |.r..|,arat..i y (•oiirse
and was then admitted to Yale College. At tlir rl,,-,. ,,| 1,1.- iV, ■simian yiar li. acptcd
the position of principal in the academy at Dniliam. ( .nm. rt i. nt , ami a yrai lat. i la' was
induced to take up the study of medicine. Attci twu vi.iis a~ |irin(i|ial of tin' ara.lmiy lie
entered the oflice of Dr. Hcnjaniin K. I'nwln, win. ,lir..,i,d his reading for about a year,
when he became a student inalri hi Nathan i;, Ivc-. nt N.w Haven. During the two years
spent under Dr. Ives he also atlriHlcd tin' ^al.' M..li,al S. IhmiI and in 1851 was graduated
with the M. D. degree, winning the valedictorian lionm- m I, is rlass.

In February, 1851, Dr. Hubbard removed to l;i MlL.iioi t and opened an office on Wall
street. He was without capital and in fact had in. una ,1 an indebtedness of two thousand
dollars in meeting his expenses while pursuing liis iilin at ion. With resolute energy, however,
he set to work and soon won a good practice, early (l.nioiist rating his ability to successfully
cope with the complex and intricate problems tliat i.mtinnally confront the physician. In
' May, 1854, he entered into partnership with David 11 Xash and that relationship was main-
tained for seventeen years. In 1861 Dr. Hubbard was appointed by Govcrn.n lln- kini^Iiam
a member of the board of medical examiners to examine every applicant for sinniral xi.nk in
connection with the Connecticut regiments and in 1862 he went to the field .is a -ui^jron of
the Seventeenth Regiment of Connecticut Infantry. Later he was promoted to the position
of brigade surgeon in General Sigel's Corps and following the battle of Chancellorsville
was made division surgeon in General Devin's command. He was next given the rank of
medical inspector on the staff of General Howard and at Gettysburg he served as medical
director in chief of the Eleventh Corps, which he also accompanied to Lookout Mountain,
where he was staff surgeon to General Hooker. He participated in the battles of Lookout
Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Ringgold and won high professional honors through his
splendid service there. On account of ill health he resigned from the army and returned

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to Biidgc'ijoit, wliere he resumed practice, but suffered greatly from sciatica and in searcli
of relief lie took three trips abroad, incidentally studying in Europe. Something of his
standing among his professional colleagues is indicated by the fact that in 1979 he was
elected to the presidency of the Connecticut State Medical Society.

This, however, was but one phase of his activity. His powers of leadership were recog-
nized in other directions and in 1874 he was elected from Bridgeport to the state legislature.
The following year he was nominated for congress but was defeated by William H. Barnum.
In 1876 he was again sent to the legislature and in the following year was again nominated
for congress but was defeated by Levi Warner.

On the 15th of April, 1855, Dr. Hubbard was married to Miss Cornelia Boardman, a
daughter of Sherman and Sophia (Hartwell) Boardman, of Bridgeport. She passed away iu
1871, leaving a son and two daughters. Sherman Hartwell, a Yale graduate, who engaged
in the practice of law, died in 1891. He had married Comete Ludeling and they had one son,
John T. Ludeling Hubbard. Sophia Todd Hubbard became the wife of Cha^-les U. Everett,
of Rochester, New York. Cornelia E. Hubbard became the wife of Courtlandt H. Trowbridge,
a ship owner and trader of New Haven.

Dr. Robert Hubbard on the 18th of July, 1897, while ascending his office steps fell to
the sidewalk, fracturing his skull, and passed away the nest morning at the liome of his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. F. Stead, of Bridgeport.

PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM.

Bridgeport probably had no more distinguished citizen than Phineas Taylor Barnum,
whose eventful life was closed at his home in this city on the 7th of April, 1891. He was
one of the most public-spirited citizens of the community, always taking a keen and help-
ful interest in Bridgeport's |iioi;i. s-. An vtliiiii;, ii.i matter how large or small, that per-
tained to or involved the rii \ m ,iii\ w i y \\;i-^ oi ;;reat interest to him. He was a lineal

descendant in the sixth ^cn.i. n imim lli.inin- liainum, who was one of the first eight

settlers of the town of Uiuiliui\. Uiiiinciiiut, they purchasing the land from the Indians
in 1684, and making their residence there in the spring of 1685.

Ephraim Barnum II. grandson of Thomas II, born in 1733, married in 1753, Keziah
Covell, by whom he had ten children. He married (second) in 1776, Mrs. Rachel Starr Beebe,
daughter of Jonathan and Rachel (Taylor) Starr, and widow of Jonathan Beebe, of Dan-
bury. They had five children, among them being Philo, born in 1778, married Polly
Fairchild, of Newtown, Connecticut, who died in 1808, leaving five children. He then
married Irene Taylor, daughter of Phineas and Mollie (Sherwood) Taylor, of Bethel, and
among the five children of this marriage was Phineas Taylor, born July 5, 1810, at Bethel,
in Fairfield county.

The grandfather of our subject was a c'aplirm in tin- R.vuliitiunary war. His fal
was a tailor, farmer and sometimes hotcMoi|iri . an.l l'liiii.a> .U..\r ,,.»> to pasture,
weeded garden, plowed fields, made hay, an.l. w lim jh-siIiI,.. «,'nt t,i -. li...,l. Later on
he became clerk in a country store establi-shed by liis latlur. Tlie latUr dying in 1825,
leaving the family in comparatively indigent circumstances, young Phineas then started
into the world, securing employment for a time with a mercantile firm at Grassy Plains,
his remuneration being six dollars per month. In 1826 he went to the city of Brooklyn as
clerk in the store of Oliver Taylor, and for a time in the following year he was in busi-
ness in New York. In 1829 he had a fruit and confectionery store in his grandfather's
carriage house in Bethel, and also had on hand "lottery business," and was auctioneer in the
book trade. In 1S:!1. in company with his uncle, Alanson Taylor, he opened a country
store in Bethel. Several months later the nephew bought o>it the uncle's interest.

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also tlie same year, on October 19th, he issued the first copy of the Herald of Freedom.
rnfortunately he Kicked the experience which indicates caution and was soon plunged
into litiyaticiii, l.ririi; liiially sentenced to pay on one suit a fine of one hundred dollars and
lie iiii|ii i-.mi'.i III ilie jail for sixty days. He had a good room, lived well and had con-
tniueil \ iMt> iiMiii iiiiiuls, edited his paper as usual, and received large accessions to the
subseriptiuu lists. Al the expiration of his imprisonment he received an ovation, and
after a sumptuous dinner, with toasts, speeches and ode and oration, in a coach drawn by
six horses, accompanied by a band of music, forty horseman, sixty carriages of citizens
and the marshal of oration of the day. amid roar of cannons and cheers of a multitude
Mr. Barnuiii rode to his home in I'.etliel, where the liand [.hiyed "'Home Sweet Home," and
tlie proeessioii flieii returned to Daiihinx. His i-.litoi'^ raieer was one of continual contest,
but he jiersi'Vered in tlie piiblii-atiou of the Jlerahl ol 1 reedom until the spring of 1835.
He then removed to New York, and after being engaged as a drummer for several firms
opened a private boarding house, at the same time purchasing an interest in a grocery

In is:;.-, ^Ir. Ilannini began the business wlii.li lias nia.le liis name a household word

"Signor Antonio" and a -.Mr. Kolieits.- In ls:;i

. lie (onii, ,ted himself with Aaron Turner's

traveling circus, going .south, in tin- follow in

u Vai h. orj;anized a new company and

went west, reaching the Missouri river, wlier.^

he punhased a steamer and sailed down

the river for .\e» Orleans. There he traded

the steamer for sugar and molasses and

returned north, airiving at New York, June 4

, 1838. In 1841 he bought the American

Museum in that city and commenced a serie

s of improvements by way of attractive

exhibitions. He introduced the lecture room, a

reform of the stage or theatre. He was

constantly searching for and obtaining soineth

in;: new, aniusiny and wonderful, and all

the exhibitions he made were instruetive to the

lieople. moral and elevatiu;;. His methods

of bringing his institution constantly before t

the minds of the people and the success

thereby secured first impressed the American

mind with the advantages of advertising.

In 1843 he secured General Tom Thumb for exi

hibition; in 1844 be took him, in company

with his parents, across the ocean. They went to London and soon to the present
queen at Buckingham Palace. From l.onilon the |iarty vent to Paris, vlieie the
received great attention. He was invite, 1 to the pre^i nre of tlie king and ijueen
royal family. For the first day's exhibition to the ^jmeial |iul.ilir in Paris, Air.
received fifty-five hundred francs. From Paris the paity tra\eled through Pr;
Belgium and back to England, where the prolilahir exhilution luntimieil until th
to New York in 1847. The General's father, on airiMUg innu England with a I
fortune, placed a portion of it at interest for the General, more for himself, i
thirty thousand dollars of it built a substantial dwelling on the corner of Nortl
and Main street, Bridgeport.

After returning to America, Mr. Barnum made a tour with his little jrenpral
the United Stales ami Cuba. It was during tin- Imih- in |s|- |v iii^it i,,. had 1
tiful dwelliie; limit in Uridgeport, which he lallr.l 'i i .i m^taii. ' the wmd Munifyi
ental \'illa." and on November 14, 1848, nearly on.' thoiisan.l uin.t^ wnv prese.
old-fashioned "house warming." It stood a little back from the noitliiasi rorne
present Fairfield and Iranistan avenues, and some years after it ai i idintally i
and was consumed. This beautiful and very remarkable structure, built iii orient
was the first great boom for the celebrity of Bridgeport. The picture of it went
country in the illustrated papers as "a thing of beauty," a marvel of wonder and i
to all America.

The Jenny Lind enterprise was the next gr.'at undertaking of Mr. Barnum.

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conceived by him in October, 1849, the engagement made witli thf yjiat sinuer January
9, 1850, by which one hundred and eighty-seven thousand, five hundred dollars was to be
deposited by Mr. Barnum in advance of all proceedings, and which was done. Jliss Lind
arrived in New York, September 1, 1850, and the first concert occurred September
11th following, the proceeds of which amounted to seventeen thousand, eight
hundred and sixty-four dollars and five cents. Ninety-three concerts were given
under Mr. Barnum's contract, terminating in May, 1851, the receipts for which
amounted to one hundred and twelve thousand, one hundred and sixty-one dollars
and thiit y-t'iiiii' rcnt.s. It was tlic i^riMtr^t [■mjiMt of the kind ever introduced into Amer-
ica up til tliat (lay ami pmlialply t(i tin- inr-i'iit, unless it be "Barnum's Greatest Show on
Earth." ami was mi,-, rsst ully . an. I ririi -lainlly. carried through. During this time the
American .Mu.scuni was ruuniiiy .succcs.slully with Tom Thumb in attendance, besides many
other entertainments added every year. About this time he fitted out his "Great Asiatic
Caravan. Museum and Menagerie" at an expense of upward of one hundred thousand
dollars and exhibited it for four years.

In 1851 Mr. Barnum purchased of William H. Noble, of Bridgeport, the undivided half
of his late father's estate, consisting of fifty acres of land lying on the east side of the
river, opposite the city of Bridgeport. They intended this as the nucleus of a new «ity,
which they concluded could soon be built in consequence of the many natural advantages it
possessed. In view of securing this end, a clock company, in which Mr. Barnum was a
stockholder, was prevailed upon to transfer
field to the new city. In addition to this it
of the .Jerome Clock Company of New Have
Mr. Barnum lent that company money and r
thousand dollars, with the positive assurance
call on him: but by peculiar manafri'incnt nn
Barnum involved to the amount of mcr halt :
absorbing all of Mr. Barnum's fortune they
the company's obligations, while, in the end,
Barnum's extrication of himself from this gulf of oblinatioii by paying.' >ucli a percentage
on the whole as could not be met by the sale of all his property at tlie time, was a finan-
cial feat of the highest genius, energy and honor.

Early in 1857 Mr. Barnum again went to Europe, taking with him General Tom
Thumb and also little Cordelia Howard and her parents, and traveled through England,
Germany and Holland, experiencing with the little folks a most cordial and enthusiastic
greeting all the way. It was soon after his return from this European tour that the beau-
tiful "Iranistan" was destroyed by fire. Early in 1858 Mr. Barnum returned to England,
taking Tom Thumb, and with some help to manage the exhibition through Scotland and
Wales, as well as elsewhere, he devoted himself to the "lecture field," taking for his theme,
"The Art of Making Money," and by it he made money, hand over hand, and sent i
home to apply on the clock enterprise. In 1859 he returned to the United States and,
pushing on his museum, found himself in 1860 within twenty thousand dollars of extin-
guishing the last claim from the old clock business. This he provided for and resumed the
full control of his old museum. In 1860 he built a new house in Bridgeport, on Fairfield
avenue, about one hundred rods west of the site of "Iranistan," which was named
"Lindeneroft," in honor of Jenny Lind. and gave his attention anew to the building of his
pet city, East Bridgeport. This had already made great progress. In 1856 the Wheeler
& Wilson Sewing Machine Company had purchased the old clock shop, greatly enlarged
it. and were employing something like a thousand hands. Churches, dwellings and other
manufactories, including that of the Howe Sewing Machine Company, had been built and
the place had become quite a city. From 1860 to the time of his death Mr.
althougli engaged with tlu' Now York Musetim for years and afterward with liis great

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show, did not cease to give much attention and energetic effort to tlie building, prosperity
and success of the city of Bridgeport.

In 1861 Mr. Barnum introduced into his Museum Commodore Nut, and in 1862 he
secured another dwarf in the person of Lavinia Warren. In 1865 the American Museum in
New York was burned with great loss, but Mr. Barnum at once built another, which was
also burned with great loss in 1868. By these two catastrophes about a million dollars
worth of Mr. Barnum's property in one dwelling and two museums had been destroyed by
fire. In 1867 he sold his home, "Lindencroft," and removed to the locality where he resided
for years, commencing the erection of that residence in 1S6S. Tliis lie named "Waldemere,"
the word meaning "Woods-by-the-Sea." When he purcliai^cd tliis land it lay adjoining the
west end of Seaside Park, being a portion of an old farm, and extended from Atlantic
street to the shore of the Sound. Believing as he did then that Seaside Park would be a
very great advantage to the people of the city, he gave seven acres lying in front of his
residence to the city for enlargement of the park. In 1884 he gave thirty acres more,
e.'ctending the park westward toward Black Rock Harbor.

In 1870 Mr. Barnum commenced preparations for a great show and enterprise, com-
prising a museum, menagerie, caravan, hippodrome and circus, and to this show from that
time on he devoted a great portion of his untiring energy. This he styled "The Greatest
Show on Earth." This show opened for a few weeks in the spring every year in the
large Madison Square Garden in New York, and during each summer it visited the prin-
cipal cities in the United States and Canada, from Quebec and Montreal on the east, to
Omaha, Nebraska, on the west, exhibiting under immense tents, in one of which could be
seated twenty thousand persons. It consisted of a large menagerie of rare wild beasts,
a museum of human phenomena and living specimens of savage and strange tribes and
nations, including, without regard to cost, everything rare and marvelous which his wealth,
energy and perseverance, and experience as a public manager could gather. The "Ethno-
logical Congress" of this show contained the greatest collection of different types of
strange and savage tribes gathered from the remotest corners of the earth ever seen
together. The great elephant Jumbo, purchased by Jlr. Barnum from the Royal Zoological
Gardens, London, being the largest land animal seen for centuries, and forty other Ameri-
can and Indian elephants, including two baby elephants — these and scores of other trained
animals transported on nearly a hundred railway cars belonging to Mr. Barnum, created
an expense of five thousand to six thousand dollars each day and brought over a million
dollars in a single season. In the latter years of his life Mr. Barnum took several experi-
enced partners, the contract of copartnership extending for years, and arrangements were
made for its continuance after that time by their successors. The winter headquarters
of the show, which still bears Mr. Barnum's name, is located at Bridgeport, and the build-
ings and grounds are annually inspected by thousands.

In 1875 Mr. Barnum was elected mayor of Bridgeport, and as he always had its best
interests at heart, it is needless to say that his administration was eminently successful.
The improvement in the Park City during the past decade can easily be traced back to
the pioneer hand of this generous gentleman. He secured to the city the beautiful Moun-
tain (irove cemetery. He laid out many streets and planted hundreds of trees in Bridge-
port proper, built blocks of houses, many of which he sold to mechanics on the installment
plan, tlius providing a home for the thrifty with as little cost as would be the payment of
rent, lii idgeport, with its many handsome gifts, notably the Barnum Institute of Science
and History, from this generous and eminent man, will revere his name for generations to
come; and in all cities, towns and hamlets of this, or any country, the people will remem-
ber P. T. Barnum and his "Greatest Show on Earth" when all else is forgotten.

Mr. Barnum also gave to Tufts College, Massachusetts, one hundred thousand dollars,
with which was erected and stocked the Barnum Museum of Natural History. Politically
Mr, Earmim was a democrat previous to the breaking out of the Civil war, but after that

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

period up to the time of liis deatli he was a republican. In 1865 he was elected a representa-
tive to the general assembly of Connecticut from the town of Fairfield, and from Bridgejiort
in 1877.

In 1876 Mr. Barnum wrote a book of fiction founded on fact, entitled, "Tlie Adven-
ture of Lion Jack, or How Managers are Made," which was dedicated to tlie boys of
America. In 1881 Mr. Barnum presented to Bethel, his birthplace, a bronze fountain,
which was made in Germany. From an impromptu speech made on the occasion the fol-
lowing is an extract: "My friends: Among all the varied scenes of an active and event-
ful life, crowded with strange incidents of struggle and excitement, of joy and sorrow,
taking me often through foreign lands and bringing me face to face with the king in his

palace and the peasant i
affectionate remembrance of
out steeple or bell, where in
through my Sunday school 1
the birchen rod and rattan di
On November 8, 1829. M
who bore him children as lo
mother of these, who was bi
16, 1874, the father marrie
1889 "Waldemere" was rem(
family at Bridgeport.

turf-c.

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variably cherished — with tlie r
old village meeting house, \v
iweltered in summer and sliiv

? old school hoi

where the

I .l.^rrv.,1 and icrived a liberal share/'
u. t liiinty llallnl, a native of Bethel,
n M., Iraiirrs L aii.l Pauline T. The
cj Nuvumbur I'j, 1ST3. On September
Southport, Lancashire, England. In
"Marina," the later residence of the

WORDIN FAJIILY.

For the larger part of two centuries the Wordin family has been established in or near
the present city <if P.riilL:i|«irt aii.l lias ]„;-u eunspicuously and most influentially and honorably
identified witli ilic i.imju-s uf ilir ( nmiiiunity. Its representative members have been
active, ijriiiiiiiaiit an.l -iirr.-~iul in it- n liyious, social, commercial and professional life.
The family liiaagc is tiuLLJ tu Thunuis \\ urdin, who was a resident of Stratford. Fairlield
county, and married, in 1728, Jemima, daughter of David and Anne (Seeley) Beardsley.
David Beardsley was a son of AVilliam Beardsley, who came to America in 1635 and became
one of the founders of Stratford, Connecticut, in 1638. Captain William Wordin, son of
Thomas, before mentioned, was born in what is now Trumbull, Connecticut, then North
Stratford, and in 1773 purchased land of Ezra ICirtland in what is now the city of Bridgeport
and erected his homestead at the corner of State street and Park avenue. He was a
prominent citizen of the community, serving on the society's committee of the church and
also on the school committee. During the Revolution he was captain of the Householders,
a local militia company. He died in 1808. His wife was Anna Odell of Fairfield, Connecticut,
daughter of Samuel and Judith Ann (Wheeler) Odell. Anna Odell was born in 1737 and
died in 1805.

William Wordin (II), son of Captain William, was born in 1759 and died in Bridgeport,
April 15, 1814. He married Dorcas Cooke, who died in 1854 at the age of ninety-one. She
was a daughter of John and Martha (Booth) Cooke and a descendant of Thomas Cooke, who
came to Quinnipiack, now New Haven, in 1630. In this direct line of ancestry was the
Rev. Samuel Cooke, Yale 1705, rector of the Hopkins Grammar School, clerk of the
Connecticut legislature, member of the Yale Corporation and second pastor of the Cliurch of
Christ of Stratfield, now the First Congregational church of Bridgeport, of which the present
members of the family are attendants. Another line of ancestry is traced to Governor
William Leete of the New Haven colony, 1661 to 1665, and of the Connecticut colony,
1678 to 1693.

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Thomas Cooke Wordm, son ot \\ ilham Woidin (J
homestead built by his grandfather on vhat is now
avenue, Bridgepoit In bojhood he became a cltik in
New Haven, and at the age of twenty one he cmbaik(.d m thi same businc
Bridgeport Throughout his active lite he i)ios. uit.d tins .ntupris. with
his stole being in a building erected by him about Islt , n ^t it. sti. t jus
postoHice He was one of the representative im i I mts , i hi^ dm, ui 1 u
strictest integrity as well as foi old fashionul \i " I ii_l m I i ii .^ nil ii"
by puichase the Norwalk flouring milK h. iim 1,1 I th, m t i _iin(liii_
lesultmg product commanded a i. il\ mil t II ,ll,i, I tun tlM.iisui,
establishing a publit squaie VMst ,i i ntl ii I 1,1 Id i L p, it hut tl
acted upon Ht .lied Nov enibei 2(1 Is In lsi> |„ mnii, 1 \iiii .ini_

and Hepsiliih iliiiii "s|,,iwood and a descendant ot Ihonias s],, i w,., ,1
Ipswich 1 ii_l 111,1 ,11 tin ship Fiances in lfa34 and several yeais lit, i s, i
About til. tnii, lit till .l.ise of the War of 1812, Thomas C Moi.lin Ktt bi-
son, Nathaniel s, tui a trip to Boston on the sloop Othello commaiidt.l
Thorp They were captured b.v the Biitish and Mr Woidm had gieat d
released and letuining home While he was gone his wife beeommi;
fiequent reports that the British had landed to i)illa_. Iin,l_, |i<.i t t,., 1
before the moining dawn and walked to her tathei s h, n-, - im tin,, ii
childien bom to Mr and Jlis Woidin were- Nathaiiul ^ 1 u \ "^ wli ,
S Hawlev ^usan w h„ mam. .1 ( hiiles K.^K.-v IIhmi,^ « 1„ Ii, Imi.il

who mam. I 1 ,ts, V \,i„ I luiiili ,| liiiiiii.iill iml I li/ ili tli «li, ,li, ,1 m m iiiu « iii .iilumd
Nathaniel s|„,u, ,| \\,„,|,„ ,l,Kst of the childiin ot Th.imas an.l \nii (Sh.iwood)
Woidin, v\as born liih 1 |si in Biidgepoit, where he was reaied to manhood He attended
the distnct school in.si.l, 1 .in.i In the Kev Asa Bionson, win, was al-.i ju-t..! .if the
Stiatfield Baptist ihuich and known as a successful teach. 1 i-will i ti i |l n i"

Aftei leaving this school Nathaniel S Wordm then att, ml ,1 il I i i

Biidgeport, then conducted by the Rev Nathaniel Iniinin | i t t .1

chmch He was fifteen jears of ago wlirn lu (^,ini[l. l. I In- ~tii.li- mi t i n ,ni. nd lus
fathei's business establishment as a . 1, i k ni.l lit.i ii| n ittiiniii_ Ins m 1 1 i t\ he became
a paitnei in the business feoon aft. i ih titli.i uitl li x\ ii,iii i tn, i iiti i| itmn m the
business to devote his att.-ntion 1. 1 In- niillin mt i, -t it \,i\\ilk ml tli w h, 1. itspon
sibility devolved II] n \li W.ilii li II, w i nlU |iiilt. In- m « tik iil timithe
evcellent businc-s 1 ii m ,li(U, I \,l |, I , m ihn nni h lii_ii -till J i. i 1 ii_ th.

erected on Watci stutt the low ei tl.i.n .it win li » i t il

there was a soit ot auditouum known foi innn \ u

which he had left, was occupied bv a numb, i .In I

the year 1879, making a peiiod ot aliimt t, m \ n

there The new store of Mr Woidnil mi tl i il |

also the place ot resoit foi sailors ml i i n _ i i n n

who needed supplies For such as tht-. \Ii Woj.lin piipaitd -mall and coiuiiatt medicine

chests togethei with punted descnptions ot tacli itmedv contained and duections tor dose,

etc These gained liiiu the sobiKjuet ot Doctor which clung to him during the lemainder of

his life In this establishment, undei both the elder and joungei man, were tiained a great

numbei of cleiks who afterwards became owneis and pioprietors of their own diug stores in

the ever growing city.

Mr. Wordin inherited from his father, besides the drug business, a large quantity of
real estate in Brielgeport which the same growth of the city just remarked tended still to

the diug stole
in Hall The o
still as a diUL.

uhile almve
Id budding,
stole until

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increase in value. In this matter his great business talent and foresight were of inestimable
value to him and his holdings rapidly increased in quantity as well as quality. In 1S50 he
withdrew from the management of the diug business, being succeeded by a brother, and
thenceforth devoted himself to the care of his private estate and certain other financial
interests with which he liail beicime iili'ntified. He became a director of the Bridgeport
Mutual Savings Bank and I'.uildin- A-sn, iation ;\nd of what was then the Farmers Bank,
now the First-Bridgeport National Hank 11.- «a- also an incorporator of the Bridgeport
Savings Bank and an incuiiiuratur ot thr Fainuis and Mechanics Savings Bank. But in
spite of the demands made upon his time and strength by his varied business interests,
Mr. Wordin did not neglect those civic duties which his talents in a certain degree involved
him in. It was in a purely non-partisan and disinterested spirit that he entered local
polities and this his fellow citizens quickly realized and elected him to the office of city
treasurer, which he held between the years 1841 and 1845. In 1848 he was appointed to
number the buildings in the city of Bridgeport in accordance with a plan agreed upon by
that body, a task by no mrai)^ lasy Imt whiili hr acenni|dished rapidly and successfully.
In 1859 he was elected assf,-.-..i and li.-l.l tln^ ..ilir.> until 1m,- and again from 1867 to 1868.
Mr. Wordin was keenly intcn-tr.l in militiiy niaUii- an^l was prominent in militia circles
for a number of years. He Mivid a-- >iii;:.un \\itli t\\r I uiirtli Regiment of Light Artillery,
Colonel Robbins, to which ulla i In- \\:i- ( i.niini"i.'n.il S.iitrniljiT 6, 1836. Of strong religious
feelings and beliefs, he jiiin.Hl tin lu-t ( nii-r.^at mnal iluiixh of Bridgeport in 1831, when
he was but eighteen years ul a^ie, ami was Ikuu that tiim.' miward a most faithful attendant
upon divine service there. At his death he was the eldi^t imiiibtT of thi> congregation. In
1834 he was elected clerk of the society and served in tliat ullke lor uvir filly years, never
failing during that long period to be present at the annual meetings to call them to order.
It is stated that in elegance of penmanship and general accuracy, the records kept by him
of the society's business transactions were unsurpassed. In the year 1885 this long and
pleasant association was cut short by a seizure of apoplexy which, though not fatal, yet ended
very largely his participation in affairs. His death finally occurred from the same disease
on January 9, 1889. Anotlier manner in which he was identified with the church was as
leader of the choir for many years.

On May 29, 1839, Nathaniel S. Wordin married Fanny Augusta, j-oungest daughter of
Dr. Frederick Leavenworth of Waterbury, Connecticut, a successful physician and also for a
score of years postmaster at that place. He was a son of Colonel Jesse Leavenworth, who
graduated from Yale College in 1759, a lieutenant in the famous Governor's Foot Guards of
New Haven, under the captaincy of Hincdiit Arnold and which organization responded to
the call from Lexington at the outbnak nt tin- Hivulution in 1775. Rev. Mark Leavenworth,
the father of Colonel Jesse Leavenwortli, graduated from Yale College in 1737 and was
chaplain to the Second Connecticut Regiment and went with it to Canada during the French
and Indian war. Four of his sons saw service in the war of the Revolution. The grand-
father of Rev. Mark Leavenworth was Thomas Leavenworth, who came to America soon
after the restoration of King Charles II, settling first at New Haven, and his name appears
as of record at Woodbury, Connecticut, in 1664. His son, Dr. Thomas Leavenworth, in
direct line of this ancestry, and father of Rev. Mark, was one of tht .ounders of the first
church at Ripon, now Huntington, Connecticut, ami was a man of position, influence, energy
and wealth. To Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel .'^ W.nMin th. following children were born:
Frederick Augustus, who died in infancy; H. I. n (an.lim; Nathaniel Eugene, of whom a
sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Fanny LraMiiunrtli; and Thomas Cooke. The
Misses Helen Caroline and Fanny Leavenworth Wordin are residents of Bridgeport, occupying
the stately Wordin homestead at 510 State street and which was erected by their father.
Nathaniel Sherw^ood Wordin represented a splendid example of that fine type of manhood ,
developed in New England during the past generation. At once an idealist and practical
man of affairs, he i)ossesscd that other not more common nor less worthy union of the

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BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 19

strictest of moral standards where he was liimself concerned and a gentle tolerance for all
others. He was also a man of fine tastes and great talents in many directions. His musical
ability has already been referred to in the statement that he was leader of his church choir
for many years and indeed he displayed great ability in this direction. He was the prime
mover in the organization of the Bridgeport Musical Society and served as its secretary
for some years. He was hiiiisi-lf |Hi>si'ssi'd of a fine tenor voice and performed very well
on the flute and bass viol. ATiotln r ni Ins talents was in the direction of the pictorial arts,
in which he was equally skilltul in ihr iisr of pen, crayon and brush. This ability he often
turned to account as a pastime ami in that mniiiu'r turned out some excellent work. His oil
canvases charmingly decorate the home :iiel fnr cme of these he received a prize at an
exhibition held at the state fair. While \n- ilni- was an example of substantial business
methods and good eitizensliip. he was also a ta. tor \n the spread of art and culture and of
his ideals in all departments of life. His death was a very real loss to the community in
which he shall long be remembered as a benefactor.

Thomas Cooke Wordin, youngest member of the family of Nathaniel Sherwood and
Fanny- Augusta (Leavenwortli) Wunlin, was born October 15, 1S53, in Bridgeport, and
received his early education in tlie puhlie sdiools, later attending the Williston Seminary at
Easthampton. Massachusetts, wlure ln' prepared himself for college. In 1870 he matriculated
at Yale University and graduated therefrom with distinction as one of the famous class of
1874, which numbered among its ranks William Howard Taft, ex-president of the United
States; John Addison Porter, ex-secretary of war; Webb Wilcox, Clarence Kelsey and other
prominent men. After graduation he read law with Daniel Davenport, corporation counsel
of Bridee|iort, lait mxer practiced. On completing his studies he resided two years in
St. Josejih, Missouri, ami about the same time in Indianapolis, Indiana. Returning east
in 1884. he b. eame secretary of the Fairfield Rubber Company and so served for the following
seven years. From 1893 to 1897 he was engaged in the banking and brokerage business
in New York and Bridgeport and then was appointed assistant appraiser of merchandise
for the district of New York. Mr. Wordin's mind was a peculiarly sensitive one to every
stimulus of an aesthetic nature and, indeed, to the power of broad ideas in all departments
of thought. His interest in life was wide enough to include well nigh everything of worth
and he became at once a powerful factor in the development of culture in his native
city. In politics ho was keenly interested, giving much thought to the issues of the day
and even taking an aetive part in them, though always from the position of the private
citizen who desireil no politieal reward. He received a reward, however, if that can be
called a reward which involves the recipient in much difficult labor in behalf of the com-
munity, when he was appointed by President McKinley assistant appraiser of merchandise
in New York Custom House, his department being jewelry and the fine arts. In this
capacity it was possible for him to turn his unusual knowledge in matters aesthetic to
the use of his fellow citizens in a most practical way. Among the scholarly attainments
of Mr. Wordin was that of a verj' charming literary style and he was the author of a
number of excellent articles on miscellaneous subjects that would have done credit to any
■pen. He was a contributor at irregular periods to tlie "Standard" of Bridgeport on various
topics of general interest and thus became very well known both to the public and the
newspaper profession and was admired on account of the purity and fluency of his style.
He was a man of strong religious feeling and was affiliated for many years with the First
Congregational church of Bridgeport, which was the first church of Bridgeport — that is the
first church built tliere of any denomination. Upon the death of his father, who had kept
the records of the church for fifty years, the son was appointed to the same office, holding
it himself for ten years or until the time of of his death.

Mr. Wordin married, at Indianapolis, October 28, 1884, Mrs. Frances E. Johnston,
daughter of the Rev. Frederick Patterson Curamings, pastor of St. John's Presbyterian church
of Crawfordsville, Indiana. With the cooperation of his wife, Mr. Wordin founded in 1894

20 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

the Contemporary Club of Bridgeport, a literary and social club, which attained a member-
ship of over one hundred members and exerted an influence beneficent to the community.
He was president of the club for three years and secured for it addresses of many nun of
eminence. Mrs. Wordin survived her husband two years, her death occurring in 1907.
Thomas Cooke Wordin was distinctly the typical scholar. That quiet life of researcli and
thought made an especial appeal to his sensitive nature and was well fitted as a field fur his
fruitful talents. This does not imply, however, an undue shrinking from the society of liis
fellows and still less from the active duties in which circumstances involved him. He was
qiiiti cipalilr ot I iiji.yiiiu tlie heat and bustle of the daily competition of life and, indeed,
felt tlir /i>t (it it i;itliri more keenly than most men. But it was in the other province
that his aljilitiis slic.iir with their brightest and most normal lustre and- where he was,
so to speak, at home. It is perhaps more difficult to measure the influence upon the world
about of such a character than of any other that we meet. Mr. Wordin passed away on
April 6, 1905, and by his death Bridgeport lost one of its leading citizens. The "Standard"
of Bridgeport at the time of his death contained a long obituary article and an editorial
comment. In the latter it remarked in part as follows: "The sudden death of Mr. Thomas
Cooke Wordin, of this city, removes a man of refinement and culture from the midst of many
appreciative friends who will sincerely mourn his loss. He took a great interest in whatever
was uplifting and worthy and was active in behalf of that which made for high civic and
social ideals and the true life. Quiet and unobtrusive, his influence was still operative and
strong and always for the right."

FRIEXD WILLIA:\I SMITH.

Wht'ii drath called Friend William Smith <.ii the .'id of March, 1017, when he was in the
eivlity ci^jlitli yiai of lii> a,L;r, r.riili;i'|H.rt In^t a litiziai whose work had been of great worth
imi niil\ til tiji' rity liiit tn till- \MiiM itt laiLic tliriniiili tlie many inventions which he brought
fuitli an. I whi.li air imuv in u^r t In .hilj Imnt ('\ ai y .ix ili/rd country. He remained almost to the
last an ait i\ r I'.n tm in i U, l-n-mr -^ I, ,,| M. vu jii^ |M'i ~on;il Mt Iriition to his extensive and im-
portant int. m'-i - a 1 1 1 I I. --tiMiliA I'-jL-r \l, inula. I III MIL' Company. Mr. Smith was

a native 111 \.'\i ^.|l n . > mi' n..- .! in K.iiiiiL'hi l)r la ware county, on the 11th

of Ma\-, isj.i III-, in . i.n 11.1111 Holland and l.ujjlauil and many of them were actively

.1111111. ii.l Hiili III. \\..ik ..1 111. niini-tiy. His parents were Kriend William and Mary (Myers)
Sniiih til. i.iiniii ;i 111 ..1 1,1.. 11 Smith and a nephew of James Matthew Smith, who were
cinnii riil.i- ..I' tlir \l.t Imili-t .lunch in an early day and in that way traveled throughout
Connecticut and Massachusetts. Friend William Smith, the father, devoted fifty years of his
life to the active work of the ministry.

Being stationed a jiart of the time in New Vork city, Kev, Friend William Smith removed
his family tn tlic ni(lici|iiilis, so that his son, Friend William Smith, pursued his early education
in the |iulili. mIi.i.iIs tiii'ic, afterward attending Amenia Seminary, in Dutchess county, New
Ytiik. lli^ initial steji in the business world was made as clerk in a hosiery store of New York
city at a salary of ten dollars per month. There lir ninain.il fur thirteen years and in 1859
came to Bridgeport, where he opened a dry goods st..i, . imi tin uinlertaking met with failure
on account of the dishonesty of an employe ami Mi. Mnilli wa- toned to resume clerking. He
never allowed discouragement to overtake him, liuwcvir, and with determined purpose set about
to retrieve his lost fortune.

Mr. Smith was at the same time deeply interested in public affairs, and, being an ardent
republican, became a prominent member of the Wide-Awakes, marching companies formed dur-
ing the I'remont and Lincoln campaigns, and in this connection he did everything in his power
to promote ri'iniblican success. When election gave over the administration of the country to

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 21

the reiiublieans ilr. Smith was appointed postmaster of Bridgeport under President Lincoln
and held the oliiie until IsCi'.i. }]>_■ continued an active factor in shaping political thought and
action and was ni.nh- ,i iu.;i,li.i ..i the state central committee and chairman of the executive
committee of ]li i.lj. |.,ii t. i h, |,:iving the postollice he organized the Forrester Manufacturing
Company of Bridyri^m t aii.l in l.sTO was chosen superintendent for the Ellsworth JliU & Mining
Company of Nevada, in which connection he became familiar with the processes of mining and
milling gold, but in 1873 he resigned his position with the Nevada company and returned to
Bridgeport.

It was at that time that the United States postofSce department was advertising for a new
lock for letter boxes, and giving study and thought to the subject, Mr. Smith and Frederick
Egge invented a lock, for which Mr. Smith invented a key. They became the successful bidders
for the contract of manufacturing a letter box for the government and the result was the
organization of The Smith & Egge Manufacturing Company, which has since remained an
important factor in business circles of Bridgeport. In 1878 the company secured another con-
tract from the government for the manufacture of mail box locks and for twenty years made
all the locks used in the postal service. It was about this time that Mr. Smith originated the
system of carrier and postolfice chains for securing the lock and keys and obtained orders for
the manufacture for the entire country. He also obtained the contracts for all the cord
fasteners and label cases used in the postal service. He brought forth anotliir iiin-t iiniM.rtant
invention, the window chain, used instead of cord for hanging weights t>i wlndnw^. His
experiments led to his idea taking tangible form and the Giant metal sash chain was intiniliiced
by his company and is now a standard article all over the country. This factory was the tirst
to introduce the nine hour day and later the eight hour day in Bridgeport. In 1891 Mr. Smith
went abroad to determine the possibilities of his business in England and organized the
Automatir ni;>in (■..iii|..iiiy ..f niriMiiii;li.uii, a r,.iii|iaTi y tlial nmv supplies Mexico, Hayti, Chile
and San H )ii^.., ulnlr tlh. trn.li- ,,i tlir I li iJ-r|,nit i;irto,y -overs the entire United .States.

proportions and pi.iiiN. Mi. Sniitli also organized thf l;i hIu.|i.ii t I ), n\i,li/,, ,1 l;n,n/r \ Metal
Company, of wliidi li-' \\:i, ic.i- a lung time the presid.^i.t. Ilr wa- an mL^ani/ia- .it and was
largely interested in the Lake Torpedo Boat Comi)an\. tlni- lain- laii;ily in-trn?ncaital in
having that concern located in Bridgeport, and was a ilir'rt..r in tin- i ity Natiunal Bank and a
trustee of the Farmers & Mechanics Bank, of whirl, hr «a> ..n,. .,i thr in. ..ri.maturs. In all
his different business connections he so dirc.tcd his clloits tliat v,-ry uratifyinu results

In 185.-J Mr. Smith was united in marria.L;.' tn .Mi>s An^rlina Amelia \\Ce,l and lliey be-
came the jiarents of three sons and a dauglitei : j'l lend William, .fr.. a well known patent

ill-, and .Mis. Smith liidd ini'mlier,lii|i in ( lii ist l':|iisi(ipal church, of which he was a
vestryman. Ili' hel(.nL;id also to St. .lolui's Lod^e, .\... :;, (.f Bridgeport, to Hamilton Com
mandery. K. 'J'., and to Lafayette Consistory, A. ..S: A. S. K. He likewise held membership in
the Seaside Club, of which he was a past governor, in the Algonquin Club, the Brooklawn
Club, the Seaside Outing Club, the National Manufacturers' Association and the Bridgeport
Historical and Scientific Society — associations which indicated the nature and breadth of his
interests and the line of his activities outside the field of liusine>>. lie was ever a man of
studious habits, took a keen delight in books and the attainment •■! kihiu|(.lL:e and delved
constantly into historical, poetical and scientific works. 'I'liu,e thin-- \\lii. h ,nr , ver a matter
of deep concern were of deep interest to him and at no time was lie m-yleetliil of the duties
and obligations of citizenship. His life span covered a wonderful period in the world'.s

22 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

history. Born during the presidency of Andiew JiU'k.son. he lived to witness a remarkable
revolution in business affairs, in public life, modern methods taking the place of old-time
customs and each year marking a forward step in America's history and development. His
life work was a contributing factor to this result and he well deserved the place which was
accorded him as one of the most honored and valued of the venerable citiEens of Bridgeport.

I. DE VER WARNER, JI. D.

Xo adequate analysis of the life work of Dr. 1. De \er Warner can be given until the
great enterprise which he founded reaches its full fruition as a factor in the business
development of Bridgeport and indeed of the country. Yet there is much that may with
profit be set down as a record of business enterprise and a stimulus to the efforts of others.
His early a.haiitaf;es were no greater than those enjoyed by others, but opportunity was
(Ml tu liini a rail to action and, moreover, his life record is proof of the statement that
jH.Hii Ljii'"- ilirnuoh the exercise of effort. He was continually called upon to cope with
mure anil iii'iii i uiiiple.x business problems and his ability was at all times found adequate,
tor troiii rai li day's activities and experiences he learned the lessons therein contained and
tlii-nlorc lirouLilit added knowledge to the work of the succeeding day.

Wliilc Dr. Warner was for many years a resident of Bridgeport he was a native son
of neither the city nor the state. His birth occurred at Lincklaen, Chenango county, New
York. March 26, 1840. He obtained a public school education in that locality and his
interest in scientific knowledge led to his preparation for the practice of medicine. His
preliminary reading was pursued under the direction of Dr. C. M. Kingman, of McGrawville,
Xew York, after which he entered the Geneva Medical College and was graduated with
the class of 1861. He then located for practice in Nineveh, Broome county, New York, but
after two years returned to McGrawville and succeeded to the practice of his former
preceptor upon Dr. Kingman's retirement. His study of disease led him to the conviction
that many of the ills of the human race are due in great measure to modes of living
and dress. Ho attpm]itc.l to revolutionize customs and dissipate ignorance on the subject
by deliveriiiL a >, ii( - ..i iiupular lectures on the organization of the physique. He won wide

lame and 1m Ik, a |ii unijiuntly known as an advocate of reform in the manufacture of

women's roi>' t>, rlaiiiimy that the style of corset then in use was greatly undermining
the welfare of the human race. He therefore began the manufacture of a garment that
would correct former abuses and this garment became wnown as the Warner health corset.
His brother, Lueien C. AVarner, became associated with him in the manufacture of the corset
in a little room at McGrawville, New York. The business steadily grew and in 1876, believing
that a removal would prove advantageous, leading to a larger growth of their enterprise,
the business was transferred to Bridgeport, where it has grown by leaps and bounds.
On their arrival here a four story building was erected and while they had but six employes
when they came to Bridgeport, at the time of Dr. Warner's death there were more than
three thousand, with a factory covering more than four city blocks. The history of the
business is given at length on another page of this work. Not only did Dr. Warner and his
brother prove adequate to the demands of a growing and complex business, but they main-
tained also a spirit of broad humanitarianism in relation to the employes. Dr. De Ver
Warner ever manifested kindness and a fraternal feeling toward those in his service and to
this end he founded the Seaside Institute for their special benefit and recreation in 1887.
ilany social affairs, too, were instituted for lunch hours and other periods and it was the
feeling of the company that the noon time should be made an hour of rest and enjoyment.
Not only did Dr. Ee Ver Warner remain an active factor in the control and management
of the great corset industry developed under the name of the Warner Brothers Company but

DR. I. DE VER WARNER

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 25

was also a pominfiit factor in the tiiianoial and public interests of the eity and state.
He became the president of tlie Bridgeport Hydraulic ( onipany and the Bridgeport Gas
Company and was a director of the Pequunnock .\atiiiii:il J'.ank, all of which prospered
through the aid of his executive ability. He wan aU.. m diiector of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company up to tlie time of his demise.

Dr. Warner was twi.c married. In isi;- he we.lde.l l.u.etta .\1. (ireenman, of Mcdraw-

H. and Mrs. H. W. liish..|i. 'I lie lornier t..ok up the est.Tisive business interests of the
father and is one ut tlie must |.n>uiir)eiit lepresi iitati\e- ..| commercial, industrial and
financial activity in Hilileepoit and New Ijiul.iml iiii.l li:i- :il~o iii-en an important factor in

involved and comide.\ questions which have to do witli tlie welfare of the individual
and of the community. He is arrayed on the side of liettei liousiiie conditions, better
transportation, improved hospital facilities and larger pai k nrr^i- aiel h,. is studying these
questions from the standpoint of a practical business man. lie I.elieves that houses thoroughly
up-to-date in every particular should be built so that they may be rented for as low as
fifteen dollars per month and thus provide adequate homes for workmen. He believes that
the city government must solve the transportation problem and open up more arteries of
traffic. He believes, too, that medical treatment for the poor as well as the rich should
be ensured and that hospitals should be made cooperative and as a precaution against
disease he believes that small parks should be opened in the congested districts and that
Steeplechase island should be purchased and operated muTiieipally fur the people, lu these

connections he is carrying out in acconlauee with moilei tlimls uml deiiiands id. a, whieli

his father attempted to embody in tin' early ileveloiniient m imliistrial liridnepoit. Dr. l)c
Ver Warner, following the death of his iirst wife, man led Kva f-ollett, and to tliem was
born a son, Ira FoUett.

Dr. Warner's philanthropy was large but unostentatious. He was active in the erection
of the fine Young Men's Christian Association building at Bridgeport and was chairman
of the building committee for both the Bridgeport bran.h and the state association. It is
said that he was interested in every line of human endeavor and every project having to
do with the public welfare of Bridgeport, and few men have lealized or met so fully the
obligations and responsibilities of wealth.

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26 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

\'olunteer Infantry as a priviitc. Altei two yeais witli that regiment he was commissioned first
lieutenant in tlie Thirteenth Regiment of United States Colored Ai-tillery and while participat-
ing in an engagement on the Cumberland river in southwestern Kentucky he was captured by
General Forrest's cavalry. He was then imprisoned and sentenced to be hung, together with
officers of other colored troops, but they escaped on a gunboat and in 1865 Lieutenant Catlin
with his command was mustered out. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Fifth
Regiment of United States Cavalry (Colored) and served in Arkansas until 1866, when he
was again honorably discharged and returned to Connecticut. He located in Bridgeport and
soon afterward organized the Mechanics & Farmers Savings Bank, the growth and develop-
ment of which has been largely due to his ability, close application, foresight and sound
judgment.

On the 2Sth of September, 1871, Mr. Catlin wa= m;irrip(i to Miss Helen J. Lewis, of Strat-
ford, Connecticut, and they became the parents ..t tli.- lulli.w ing children: Sheldon; Lucy J.,
the wife of Egbert Marsh; George L.; and I (.rm lia. tlir \\i\,- of Lieutenant Julius A. Furer
of the United States Xavy. The wife and motli.i i.a-~r,l a\\ay in October, 1906.

Mr. ( atliii is a imniber of Elias Howe, Jr., Post, No. 3, G. A. R., of the New York Com-
mandeiy of tlif Military Order of the Loyal Legion and also of the Ex-Prisoners of War
Association. His political allegiance was for many years given to the republican party,
although at the present time he follows an independent course. From 1881 until 1883 he
represented the town of Stratford in the general assembly and served on the joint committee
on school funds in 1881 and as house chairman on banks in 1883. In 1888 he was elected
senator from thf thii trrntli district and in 1889 was cliaiuiian ot the jipiiit committee on banks.
He gave ino-t .Mi.tiil .iiiil earnest thought to all the vit.il .|iie-tion~ which came up for con-

siderati luA in tiirir -ettlement threw the weight of lii^ iiiiliieiire on the side of development,

looking to the lutiiie as well as to the present needs of the state. In fact in all matters of
citizenship he has followed a farsighted policy, which has also been manifest in his business

JACOB KIEFER.

Jacob Kiefer, who has almost reached the eighty-eighth milestone on life's journey, still
remains as one of the honored citizens of Bridgeport, where so many years of his life have
been passed. He came to the city in 1846, and his name figures prominently in eonneetion
with its business affairs, its military interests and various events of |.iililii importance.
Moreover, he is a self-made man and from the age of eleven years has been .le|" n hnt upon
his own resources. He was born in a small town near Strassburg, Germany. September 6,
1829. His father, Jacob Kiefer, was a native of Bruchmuhlbaeh, Germany, and learned the
cabinetmaking trade, while later he became the master builder of his town. He was married
in the fatherland and there his wife passed away in 1830, leaving two children, but Jacob ,
is now the only survivor of the family. In 1832 the father took passage on a sailin- ve-<el
for America, accompanied by his son Jacob, and after two months spent upon the water thry
reached Maryland. For a time they remained with Mr. Kiefer's brother at Frederirk. tliat
state, and it was there that the father married again, his second union being with i:ii/alii th
Stein. In 1834 he removed with his family to New York city, where he conduit e.l a
prosperous cabinetmaking business until 1849, when he fell a victim to the cholera epidemio
which in that year swept over the country.

.lacob Kiefer of this review was a little lad of but five years at the time the family
liome was established in New York city, where he pursiied his education in the public schools
until he reached the age of eleven. It seemed necessary that he should provide for hi.s
own support and ho began earning a living in the employ of Benjamin Mooney & Company.

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wholesale hardware merchants at No. 82 Pine street, in New York city, with whom he
remained for four years. He possessed natural mechanical skill and in<!eiuiity, which he
exercised in the manufacture of guitars in his father's shop, undrr tlir iliintiuii of Signor
Bini, the leading maker of guitars in this country at that time. The Mip^ rini ity uf workman-
ship and the tone of his instrument.s attracted the attention of the iiiu^iral imlilii- and at the
American Institute Fair held in Castle Garden in 1856 he received the first premium over
some of the best known musical instrument manufacturers of the United States.

It was in 1846 that Mr. Kiefer came to Bridgeport at the request of Fenelon Hubbell,
for wliiiiii lie wniki'd as a journeyman cabinetmaker. While thus engaged he thought out
plans lor the maniilart iiio of furniture by machinery and in 1850 began business on his
own accniiiit 111 a -mail building and with steam power manufactured furniture for hia
former cniiilnv n -. 11,. had to make his own machinery, for up to tliat time none had been
built fur 111! nit 111,' iiianiifacturing. The possibilities of tlir Im-iiH--. ..p.^ned up before him
and in l'-.".:-' lir «as in-trumental in org-anizing what Ixianir lli.- ['iiiniture JIanufacturing
Company, of whiili he remained general manager for srvcial yeais. The enterprise proved
a growing one from the beginning and the patronage of the house steadily increased, so that
as prosperity attended his efforts he was able to purchase the interest of the others in the
business and developed the largest furniture manufactory of the eastern states, employing
four hundred men and thus conducting one of the largest productive industries of New
England. He was president and treasurer of the company for a period of twenty-eight
years, or until 1894, when the plant was sold to the New York. New Haven & Hartford
Railway Company for the sitr uf it- |Mr>riit slafimi. Tin. |.r..iliirts of his factory established
a standard of excellence ami wnr -lii|i|i.,l i.. all part- ..i ihr r.iinilry. Since retiring from

that field Jlr. Kiefer has ]irartirally hail nn hn-iiir,- ,■ .tion-. yet has done some very

fine cabinetwork for the \^'c•stc^ll i;ir,iri, (,ini|iaii\ an.l ..th.is,

Mr. Kiefer has ever regarded busiias- a- hiii mir |iliasr i.t r\i-tiai. e. He has ever been
a public-spirited American citizen, cnn|Mratiiiu heart il> in wall ,h\i-r(l plans and measures
for furthering public interests along many lines. In is-ir h,. l),-,anii' a member of the old
Volunteer Fire Department of Bridgeport and so continued for about fifteen years, or until a
paid fire department was established. Whenever it has been possible to further the general
welfare he has been found as an active co-worker. He was one of the first subscribers to
the fund for laying out Seaside Park and was one of the first park' commissioners. For
several years he served as a member of the common council of Bridgeport and in April, 1886,
was elected president of the board of aldermen, exercising his oflicial prerogatives in support
of many progressive public measures. His military record is one of which he has every reason
to be proud. In 1847 he joined the Eagle Guards, a well equipped militia company, and for
eighteen years he remained in the state military service with artillery and infantry
companies. He was elected corporal and afterward first lieutenant of his company, which
later became the Washington Light Guards, at which time he was elected captain, homing
his commission under Governor Thomas M. Seymour and thus continuing until William E.
Buckingham was elected. In 1863 he was instrumental in organizing a battery of artillery
at Bridgeport, which was called the Connecticut Flying Artillery and was a battery of six
pieces. There were two companies, known as Company A and Company B, and of the
former John T. Sterling was chosen captain. Mr. Kiefer became orderly sergeant and after
acting in that capacity for a year was elected captain of Battery A, the members of which
were all merchants and prominent men of Bridgeport. During the draft riots of 1863 the
company was constantly under arms and Captain Kiefer as its commander was continually
in danger. He held a commission under Gnvpriinr Seymour and also under Governor Bucking-
ham. Under the governor's order tlie e.iininanil was called upon for active service and for
three weeks he slept in the armory, ready at any ninnieiit for active duty.

Mr. Kiefer has been married twiee. In Is.M) lie wedded Effie Jane Decker, a daughter
of Gabriel Decker, of Newark, New Jersey, and they became the parents of two daughters

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and a son: Emma Louise, who married W. Henrj- Wilson, of Bridgeport, and died in 1910;
Hattie J., the wife of William E. Burnhani; and Frank W., now deceased. For his second
wife Mr. Kiefer chose Mrs. llary J. Cooper, whom he wedded on the 21st of November, 1897.
Bridgeport had a population of but live thousand inhabitants when Mr. Kiefer took up
his abode here and he has since been an interested witness of public progress and has borne
his full share in the work of general devtlupmint. Ho has always given his political
allegiance to the republican party. He is a rliaitir imiiiln r uf the Seaside Club and in 1863
he was made a Mason, since which time he ha- ;ni\aiu((l through the degrees of chapter,
council and commandery and has become a member ot I'yramid Temple, A. A. 0. X. M. S.
His entire life has been cast in harmony with the teachings of the organization, being based
upon beneficent principles. Bridgeport owes much to him. He was the first man to bring
to the city people in any considerable numbers. He brought forty men and their families '
from New York to assist him in the conduct of his business and thus gave a decided impetus
to the growth and development of Bridgeport. From that time to the present his labors have
been an effective force in advancing Bridgeport's interests, his life record constituting an
important chapter in its annals.

DANIEL DAVENPORT.

Daniel Davenport ivas linni at Wilton, Connecticut, January 13, 1852, the son of George
A. and Mary (Stuiiji~i |)a\ rii|i(ii t. He is a direct descendant of the Rev. John Davenport,
founder of New lla\.ii ml ny. .it tlie Rev. Abraham Pierson, the founder of Newark New
Jersey, and of Majc.r Nathan Cohl, of Fairfield. Connecticut, one of the petitioners for the
Connecticut Charter, 1G62. His grandfatlier. Xatliaii Davenport, born in New Canaan,
Connecticut, August 8, 1768, was educated in tlie ]iiililie schools there, married Mary
Smith, sister of the Rev. Daniel Smith, of Stamford, CVmneetieut, and became the proprietor
of a fulling mill at Wilton, Connecticut, where he resided until his death in 1816. Their
son, George A. Davenport, was born at Wilton, Connecticut, January 31, 1808, was e(
cated at Wilton Academy and Staples Academy in Easton and received his legal education
at Yale Law School. He was for a time state's attorney for Fairfield county and practiced
law at Norwalk, Connecticut, as partner of Chief Justice Butler until the latter's elevation
to the bench. For more than thirty years and until he was constitutionally disqualified for
the office at the age of seventy he was the judge of probate for the district of Norwalk.
Although what was known as a war democrat, he was usually nominated for that office by
both parties, and notwithstanding his activity in politics was never defeated. His studious
habits remained with him until his death. When past eighty years of age, he began and
successfully prosecuted the study of Hebrew. He married Mary, daughter of Erastus Sturges.
of Wilton, Connecticut, the member from Wilton of the constitutional convention of the state
of 1818, member for very many sessions of the state legislature from that town, selectman
and trial justice of the town and a very prominent and active supporter of the democratic
jiarty of which he was a lifelong member.

To Mr. and Mrs. George A. Davenport were born six children, five of whom are still
living: Mrs. Mary A. White, born in 1844; Julia Abigail, who was born in 1847 and died
in 1890; Benjamin, born January 30, 1850, and now a practicing lawyer in Minneapolis,
Minnesota; Daniel, the subject of this sketch; Timothy, born February 8, 1854, now a mem-
ber of the bar of New York city; and Sarah L., who was born October 31, 1856, and now
resides at Wilton, Connecticut.

Daniel Davenport was educated at Wilton Academy and at Yale College, where he was
graduated in the class of 1873. He read law with Judge Asa B. Woodward and Judge John H.
Perry, of Norwalk, Connecticut, and was a<imitted to the bar of Fairfield county on September

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24. 1875, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he has ever since resided and practiced law. Before
lie w.Ts .n.imittpil to the bar. he was elected a member of the general assembly from the town
lit W iltdii llii- f.illiiu iiii; year he was appointed prosecuting attorney for the city of Bridge-
[iiiit. wliiih i.llirr hf lull! for one year. In 1893 he was chosen city attorney for Bridgeport,
.wliith ottirc he litid ii.i two years. He was the delegate from the town of Bridgeport to the
state constitutional convention of 1902. Though reared a democrat and always voting that
ticket until 1896, he has been an independent in politics ever since.

Mr. Davenport has practiced extensively before the state and federal courts of Connecticut
and other states, in the supreme court of the District of Columbia and the United States
supreme court at Washington. In 1903, he instituted in the federal courts the suit of Loewe
& Company vs. Lawlor, et als., known as the Danbury Hatters' case, which established the
individual rcs|Miiisiliilit y under the Sherman anti-trust act of the members of labor unions
for the iiiti r~tii(r iMivrdtting acts of their officers, and conducted the case to its close in 1917.
He also iii.stitiit.M in llic supreme courtof the District of Columbia the suit of The Buck
Stove i Kange Company vs. The American Federation of Labor to restrain the activities of
that organization in conducting a nation-wide boycott against the plaintiff, and also the
subsequent contempt proceedings against Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Jlorrison
for disobeying the injunction issued in that case, and conducted all that litigation to its close.
He was also counsel for the plaintiffs in the United Stafis sujireme court in the suit of the
Paine Lumber Company, et als. vs. The BrotherlHin,! dt ( ar|i(iiters of America, which deter-
mined the liability of labor unions under the Clayton antitrust ait for inter-state boycotting.
He has been for twelve years the general counsel of the American Anti-Boycott Association, in
charge of the legal work of that organization, and ha.s represented them before the Con-
gressional committees at Washington in opposition to anti-injunction legislation. He is a
member of the Ameri.an Dar Assciiation and of the Connecticut State Bar Association.

Mr. Davenport uianir,! .Mi> _\I,iry Elizabeth (Lockwood) Jones, of New York, daughter
of William and .'^oplii;. i Hal-, v , l.o.kuood, of New York city. They have one daughter, Mrs.
Beatrice D. Emmons, of Sclieru ctady. New York, who has one son, Nathaniel Davenport
Emmons, born February 2, 1916.

Mr. Davenport belongs to the Brooklawn Country Club and the University Club, of
Bridgeport.

ALBERT H. CANFIELD.

Albert H. Cantield, who upon his father's death in August, 1910, took over tlie active
administration of the business of the H. O. Canfield Company, as its president, liad pr.\i..us
to that date been closely associated with the business, so that thorough tiainiuLj ami indad
experience had qualified him in liberal measure for the arduous and responsililc .l\iti - uliiih
he assumed. He was then a young man of about thirty-five years, his birtli liavinu uiMninl
in Pekin, Illinois, September 19, 1875, his parents being Henry 0. and Imogfair ( . : I i. -iMniri
Canfield. His early life record was characterized by no unusual experiences, hrinv ilr\,.tc(l
largely to the acquirement of a thorough education, obtained in the pulilir st I Is, -ii|,|ile-

rubber business of the II. d. Canlicld toniiiany. a.nd as he aciniaint.il liinisclf witli tin- traile
and familiarized himself with the various details of the undertaking he was given official
management and became vice president of the company, so continuing until his father's
death in August, 1910, when he succeeded to the presidency. In this connection he controls
large business interests and is well known as a prominent representative of manufacturing
in Bridgeport.

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On the nil of FVbruaiy, 1S99, Jlr. Caufield was united in marriage to llis3 Ann F.
Stewart. They lo>t th.ii ciily -..n. .lured, and have one daugliter, Jean. Fraternally Mr. Can-
field is a Mason ni lii,i;li lank. lia\iM,L: attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite.
He is well known ami pKniiiiuiit in liuli lircles, having membership in the University, Brook-
lawn Country and Vaciit Lkibsi.

HON. ARCHIBALD McNEIL.

Hon. Archibald JlcXcil, a member of the state senate of Connecticut in 1902 and I'.Miii,
from early youth lia^ been dcrply and actively interested in the political questions of the
day, whilr dmm |iiibb. th(.ii;;bt and action he has exerted marked influence. At the same time
he has utcu|piiil a ]n miiiiiciit pcisition among the business men of Bridgeport, where he is
extensively enf;ai;i d i)i i1n ii.al tiailr. lie was born in Bridgeport, July 2, 1843, and comes
of a long line of ili-i iiuni-lh I mi, i .|i\ imliiding some of the founders of Yale College. His '
father, Abraham AkIuLiM \I, \. iI w.i- Imrn at Derby, Connecticut, July 21, 1802, and in I
early life was s\i|m iraiu" "n \.--.. U \\lii,li were engaged in the West Indies trade and which
sailed (uit ..i N,i\ llaM-n In 1^:.'.". la' established his home at Bridgeport and li.raiiu' a
promiiaiit riii/m line. I'm -..mr tiiiu- he was associated with Samuel Hedges in tlir slme
manufactiii iriy liii>.irir^-. but wa- r\ cii lictter known as a seafaring man and lighthouse kcpia-,
having establislnd tlir sv^tnii of lighthouses in Bridgeport harbor, and being for many
years prior to his il. ini^i ki i pn of the lighthouse at the entrance of the harbor. He wedibd
Mary Ann Hulsc, a dauijlitrr m Captain William Hulse, who in 1813 was lost at sea with
all the crew of the brii; William, whieli sailed out of Bridgeport. The death of Abraham
A. McNeil oieinred May 11. lsT:i. while hi- wit,' survived for almost two decades, passing
away in .luly, ISii:.'. They were the parents of twelve children.

Archibald McNeil, the tenth in order of birth, acquired his 'early education in Sellick's
School of Bridgeport and aftiTward beianie a student in the celebrated Thomas Sehool of
New Haven and in the Hopkins ,i;raniinar selmol uf that city, from which he was j;>iiili<ated
in 1860. When his textbooks were put aside he entered the ship chanillcry store uf his
brother, Charles H. McNeil, who was conducting business opposite the idd depot ami steam-
boat landing at Bridgeport. From 1863 until 1876 the brothers were in iiartiar-hip in the
conduct of a wholesale fruit and produce business in this city, but in the latter year
removed to New York and established a wholesale butter and cheese store at No. 84 Broad
street under the style of Archibald McNeil & Company. Three years later he turned his
attention to the export and import business with Cuba, dealing in bituminous coal and
produce. In 1888 the New Y'ork house was discontinued and Mr. McNeil returned to Bridge-
port, where he has since conducted a mammoth business as a coal dealer under the firm style i
of Archibald McNeil & Sons Company, Inc., his three sons, Archibald, Kenneth W. and
Roderick C, being connected with him. He represents six large coal-producing companies
and supplies railroads, factories and other industrial interests, his business being now one
of the foremost in this line in Bridgeport.

On the 2d of October, 1881, in New York city, Mr. McNeil was united in marriage to
Miss Jean JIcKenzie, Clan Ronald. Their family numbers the three sons now associated with
their father in business. The eldest. Archibald, was born in New York city, June 1, 18,s:!,
and is now president of the Post Publishing Company. He was graduated in 1901 from the
Park Avenue Institute with honors and in 1910 was elected to the senate from the tw.nty-
second district. He is owner or part owner of the Post and the Telegram, two of l!ri,li;e-
port's leading papers. He has membership with the Elks and in March, 1910, was made
exalted ruler of Bridgeport Lodge, No. 36. He also has membership with the Red Men, is
the president of Calumet Club and belongs to the Brooklawn and Seaside Clubs. Kenneth

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Wylie, the secoiul son, born in Briilgeport. S.^finl.. , It. :>--:.. is president of tlie Archibald
JIcNeil & Sons Company. He was married in New Voik eity in 1907 to Queenie Beatrice
Hall, a daughter of William H. Hall, of New York, and they have one child, Kenneth Hall,
born in May, 1908. Roderick Clan Ronald, born March 20, 1888, is general manager of the
Archibald McNeil & Sons Company.

Mr. McNeil has been deeply interested in public affairs frDiii .arly inaiiliniid and has
done everything in his power to advance the growth and ensure thr -i. , . -> ,,t tlu- dfuioeratic
party. In 1872-3 he was a member of the common council from thr -.•(.. ml wani of Bridge-
port. Wlun William .Icnnings Bryan was first the presidential candidal.- (.f his party, in
1896, Mr. .MrX.il «as iK.iiiinatfd for the state legislature and such was his pciMnial pnpiilai ity
and the euiiliilcn. c rrpuscl in liim tliat. although defeated, he ran four iiiiTidivil vntcs ahrail

for the state senate-. In which hr was ch-itcd hy a huL-r iii:i|"nl\ In l!iiir, I,,, was

probably the wealthiest, must conservative and iiiu>t ...ii-i-irat 1\ irpuhlnan iu tin- .state.
While serving in the upper house he was made pi.si,l,.|it pid tiiii ot the senate and became
the democratic leader of that body. He gave taithml and .anirst .imsideration to the
important questions which came up for settlement, his irilluriin' bi-iiii; always on the side of
progress and improvement. Of his record it is said: "It is worthy ot noti- tliat there have
been times when Senator McNeil, abandoning the positiiai assnnied l>y s(niM' of his best
friends, has fougiit almost alone for some measure whi.li h.- belii-vrd to be liL^ht or against
some measure he thought wrong, and his whole legislative rcrord has liccn a sti-ady and
determined refusal to advocate or countenance any niiasuri' wliich in liis opinion woiihl not

be entirely for the best interests of tlie state or its insiitut i(nis," .Mr. .\bXeil was oi t the

promoters of the Algon.|iiin (bib and srrx.d as its president in I'.HIIIl. lb- was a .halter

member of the oh! t;eh'.ti.^ i hih. ot which \h- li.'ca pivM.hait. and lie bejoii^^s to the

Seaside Club, to the l;riduep,,it ( liil. and to the r,iid-jep..rt ^ a.ht Club. ..t which he has li,-eii

Revolution. The character oi hi- ble work has b, ,11 .htennined by high purpose and laudable
ambition and what he has accompli-hed 1. pre-cait- the lit iilili/ation ot his innate talents and
powers and his ready recognition ot his opportunities.

1169595

JUDGE MORRIS BEACH BEARDSLEY.
udge Morris Beach Beardsley, senior member of the law firm of Beardsley cS: Beardslej

Ck)nnecticut. Augii-

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ith Samuel Beardsley were two of tlie nine
, now the First Congregational church of Brii
dge Beardsley was accorded liberal educationa:

becoming junior member of the firm of Seeley & Beardsley, which paitia i~hip co
until Mr. Beardsley was elected city clerk. Through the inter\eniiie period ..f 1,
years he has been an active and well known member of the profession in this .ity 1

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called upon to till various public offices of honor and trust. In 1873 he was chosen city clerk
and continued in tliiit position for four years, at the end of which time he was elected judge
of the pi.rlutr niiiit Mt llridgeport and continued in that capacity for sixteen years, retiring
in 189:;, 111 \\liirh \r:ii lir was elected to represent the city in the state legislature. He has
a com]inliiiinivc kiHiwIiilge of probate law and his work in connection with the office of
probate judge was highly satisfactory to the public in general.

In June, 1873, Judge Beardsley was united in marriage to Miss Lucy J. Fayerweather,
and they became the parents of one son and two daughters: Major Samuel F. Beardsley,
who is associated with his father in the practice of law; Lucy M., the wife of Emile C.
Coming, of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Amelia L.

Judge and Mrs. Beardsley are members of the Congregational church and guide their lives
by its teachings. Politically he has ever been a democrat and has kept foremost in the
activities and councils of the party in the state. In 1894 he was the candidate of his party
for lieutenant governor, and in 1916 he headed the ticket as candidate for governor but was
defeated when Hughes carried the state for the republican party. Judge Beardsley has served
for six years as a member of the public library board and at the same time as a member of
the board of education. At the present time he is a member of the board of park com-
missioners. Fraternally he is a Mason and exemplifies in his life the spirit of the craft. He
holds membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, in which he has been governor, and he
is also a very prominent and active member of the Sons of the American Revolution and at
one time was president general of the national society. A residence of forty-si.\ years in
Bridgeport has made him widely known, and the sterling traits of his character have placed
him in the front rank among those men with whom association means expansion and elevation.

EDWARD PAYSON BULLARD.

A great business establishment successfully conducted may remain 8
enterjirise, power and ability of the individual, but there is something even more worth while
than this and although less tangible, a monument just as truly and surely. It is the love
which one entertains for an imlividnal who has gone, causing his memory to be cherished,
his ideals to be honored and his cxaniiile to be emulated. There were manifest in the career
of Edward Payson Bnllard those rliararteristics which made him a man among men — a
leader not only in business but in tlmsr i;<i.hI works which live on "in the lives of those made
better by their presence." A native i.t .M:i--acliiisetts, Mr. Bullard was born at U.xbridge.
August IS, 1841, a son of Luther ami H.imiah (Dudley) Bullard. representatives of old
European families founded in the new \m.iM in tin' early part of tlie seventeenth century.
He was early left an orphan, his nrntlh is il.atli omirrin^ wlicii lie was but three years of
age, while his father passed away wh.n tlir -uu was hut -evm yrar- .,M. In the family were
seven children, Julia Ann. Catherine. .John, LlLarles, tieurge, Klias and Edward Payson.

The last named remained under the care of his sisters until he reached the age of
fourteen and then went to live with Deacon Whiting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
In his seventeenth year he returned to his native town and soon secured a position in the
AMiitinsville Machine Works at Wliitinsville, Massachusetts. Wlien he had tinislnd ln-
apprenticeship he obtained a position in Colt's Armory at Hartford, Connectinit. th.r,
remaining until the latter part of 1863, after which he was employed as a madiim.-t l.\
Pratt & Whitney until April, 1864. He then entered business on his own account as a
partner in the firm of Bullard & Prest, general machinists, and when in March, 1S65, tlu.v
were joined by William Parsons the firm style of Bullard, Prest & Parsons was assuniod.
Early in the following year Mr. Prest withdrew and the firm then became Bullard & Parsons.
Tlie company manufactured vertical drill presses, one of which is now in use at the

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BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 39

Billiard Works. They also manufactured pumps. The financial depression of 1868 and
lack of capital caused trouble for the firm and when a reorganization was effected they
removed to Bristol, Connecticut, where they purchased property and conducted the business
for a year. On the expiration of that period the firm dissolved and Mr. Bullard secured the
position of superintendent of a lari,'o marhine shop at Athens, Georgia, but the bitterness of
feeling attendant upon the I ivil w.n innained and led him to resign his position. He then
removed to Cincinnati, Oliio. \viirrr he m-aged in dealing in second hand macfiinery. His
first sale was of a large nuiiili' r dt Lincoln milling machines which he found in an
abandoned Confederate arsenal in Georgia. He afterward connected himself with the
Cincinnati branch of Post & Company, organizing their machine tool department, and early
in 1872 he went to Columbus, Oliio, to assume the position of general superintendent ot
the Gill Car Works and after the plant was closed down in 1874 he was superintendent of
the Cooper Engine Works at Mount Vernon, Ohio. His next step was to embark in the
machinery business on his own account. in New York city in 1875, the firm of AUis-BuUard &.
Company being organized a year later. Following the withdrawal of Mr. AUis in 1877 the
Bullard Machine Company was formed and so continued until 1880, when Mr. Bullard became
sole proprietor and carried on the business under his own name.

In 1880, recognizing the demand for a high grade lathe, he came to Bridgeport and
arranged with A. D. Laws to manufacture lathes of his design, Mr. Bullard taking the entire
output of the plant. Owing to unsatisfactory conditions of the business Mr. Bullard took
over the plant the same year and reorganized its interests under the name of the Bridgeport
Machine Tool Works, of which he was sole owner, and thus was established an enterprise
which has grown into one of the most important productive concerns of the city. In 1883
he designed his first vertical boring and turning mill, a single head, belt feed machine,
having a capacity of thirty-seven inches. This was afterward sold to George A. Young, of
Brooklyn, New Y'ork. In 1889 Mr. Bullard discontinued his New Y'ork connections owing to
the growth of the Bridgeport plant, which now demanded his entire time and attention.
In 1894 the Bridgeport Machine Tool Works was iiirorpnrated under the name of the Bullard
Machine Tool Company, a close corporation, tlir sto(l< ^oiIl^ owned l.y .Mr, Hullard and his
sons. At the memorial services win. I, wn,- lirld lolJowmL; In- dr.iilj the Kev. Arthur F.
.•^keele in speaking of his business rxinTionrc^ ^anl: I, ally in his luisiinss lilV he passed

entire indebtedness, one hundred cents on the dollar. Perhaps s

financial standpoint, as he himself allowed, it is yet a clear, strong v

highest integrity. In the conduct of a large manufacturing business, and i

great body of men in his employ, he aehieveil the rare ;

confidence and even the love of them; to;;rtlei they hilioi,.!

for the success of the company, in wlueh all alikc^ took p

respect they were able to adjust nil dillerencc- and thii- to

to the amicable settlement of tin- inoLhni oi ,a|iital and

testimony to this well nigh ideal relat ion-lii|. mnhi tleae lie

this splendid body of men, four huinlred oi the -killed worl

dead is yet speaking through hundreds of witnesses."

The home life of Mr. Bullard was largely ideal. He was married on the
January, 1864. to Miss Alice Martha Camp, a daughter of Dr. .Joseph and Lucy (Bi
Camp, of r.iistol. ( onnecticut. They became tle^ parents <if two dan^:hter> and lis
Jessie .\iejn-ta, iMirn I iriober 20, 1866; Dudley I'.irw -t.-r. horn .luiir 1;. l-.aa; IMwaid
Jr., born -inly lo. Is;::; .Stanley Hale, born .luly -1. ls7T; lian.hl i ani|i. hoi n .\iiuiist I

The estimate of his character is perhaps best given in the opinions of those w

nistakei

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in favor of the

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closely associated with liim. Following his demise, which occurred December 22, 1906, one
who knew him well wrote of liiiii: ' Tli,.uj;h Mr. BuUard was a hard worker— had his full
share of nervous energy and di'l nut -|iaii- liiniself — he yet got much enjoyment out of life
chiefly because he was a priutiial i.hil..s.i|pli(r and able to apply his philosophy to his daily
work. His life was governed by certain principles — those of a Christian gentleman — which
unerringly guided his commercial as well as his domestic and spiritual life. Though a keen
and energetic business man, he prized his honor above everything. As he trusted others, he
expected others to trust him. Among his papers were a number of clippings, a quotation
from one of them reading: 'There is nothing to our mind so broad-spoken of the inherent
uprightness of man, or so strongly illustrative of our native dejjendence upon the integrity
of our fellows as the confidence with which the honest buyer enters into a commercial trans-
action with a merchant of probity and repute. It is the sincere tribute that intelligence
pays to integrity; it is the most valuable portion of a merchant's possessions.' Jlr. Bul-
lard did his own thinking and was never afraid to take an advance step because no others
had taken it. Though possessed of great ability as a business man and good judgment as a
designer of machine tools, he was unassuming, quiet in manner, always courteous and niimltiil
of the rights of others, well read and intelligent about matters in general, as well as
business affairs, tand thoroughly to be relied upon. He traveled much in Europe in the
interest of his foreign trade and had many friends there, and in whatsoever country he
traveled or sojourned he was always the quiet, unpretentious, thorough gentleman he was
at home. He took an active interest in church work wherever located, giving personal
help, in the church and Sabbath school, as well as financial aid. He was deacon and elder in
the cliurch societies he attended in the cities of the west where he resided, also in the
Reformed Dutch church in Belleville, Xew Jersey, and the First Presbyterian church in
Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was intcnstid in the Law and Order League and his aid was
appreciated by many charitabli' in-t itiit iuiiN. He carried out in his life the command of our
Lord, 'But when thou doest al]ii>. 1. 1 not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.'
And his life was complete. He had attained success in the best ways, had rounded out his
career, had well nigh completed the allotted term of human life. It is pleasant to think of
his reaching the summit of a long, steep hill, to shift the mass of affairs to younger
shoulders, and enjoy a leisurely autumn of halcyon days."

JULU'S W. KXOWLTOX.

In a review of tlie lives of those who have been active as jniblic ollicials of Bridgeport
and (if the state, there is perhaps no resident of the city whose official record covers a longer
pc rinil tliaii that cif Colonel Julius W. Knowlton, and there is none who has been more faultless
ill limiDi. fiaili -s ill conduct and stainless in reputation. He has ever made the faithful and
(•:i|aldi' di-rliaiL'.- "f lii^ dnfii'~ liis first intei'est, whether as postmaster, as member of the
M. n. lal :i--riiilil\ ,.i iii iii, |ii. -rut |"isition as a member of the board of assessors. He dates
hi- M-hl.iir, in I'll hi-. |. .11 1 -III. I is4S. having been absent from the city for only a limited
tiiii. .1:11 iii.j all rli. int.] \ . Miiiu \ . ai - t(i the present. He is now ajiproaching the seventy -ninth

iinli'-l..ii. I. II 111.- |.ii V III- l.iitli liaviii;; inTiinrd in Suiitliliridge, Worcester county, llassa-

iliii-.tt-. \..\.iiil..i .'- I- -, 111- i-aiiiits liriiiij William s. and -Miriam (Dresser) Knowlton,
huth lit wIh.iii u.m iiatiM- ..I \la--a.liusetts. the t'oniier hcirn September 28, 1810, and the
latter on the Ctli day of ilay, 1817. The ancestral history of the family in America dates
back to 1632, when the first representative of the line came from England to the new world.
In 1847 Mrs. Miriam Knowlton was called to her final rest, her death occurring on the 4th of
March, when her son Julius was a little lad of but eight years. The father survived for a
thinl of a iciitiny. passing away March 22, 1880.

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 41

Jlr. Knowlton obtained his education in public and private scliools of Bridgeport, and in
his studies specialized on mathematics and civil engineering. He started out in the business
world on his own account in 1860 as a retail coal merchant, but following the outbreak of the
Civil war, feeling that his duty to his country was paramount to all else, he sacrificed his
business interests and enlisted on the l-5th of June. 1862, becoming a private of Company A,

brigade commanded by General Dwight Morris, colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment. He dis-
played remarkable executive ability, indicated the night of the battle of Antietam, when with
the utmost dispatch he pushed his provision train to the front and was the first to provide his
brigade with supplies. He was afterward commissioned second lieutenant of Company C, which
he commanded at the battle of Gettysburg, and on the third day of the memorable engagement
tliere he was wounded. For eleven days he lay in the liild lHi>]iital and was then transferred
to Baltimore, from which point he was sent home. He iitunicd to the front the following
January, but was still physically unqualified for arduous field service; and on the 29th of
March, 1864, he was honorably discharged on account of physical disability. He continued to
aid by doing service for his country, however, and when Lee surrendered was a clerk in the
office of the provost marshal of Bridgeport.

When the war was over, Mr. Knowlton accepted a i.c-itien iii tli. Adams Express office
at Bridgeport, there remaining until October, 1866. wlnii Im- lurainc tin- owner of a fourth
interest in the Bridgeport Standard, and upon the (iit;ai]i/ati(iii nf tlic business as a stock
company in llir foll.iwinu January he was appointi'cl MMictaiy. tn'j-iii ii- and Ini^iiif-^s manager,

e Car Wheel Coni])ii

ucting an extensive business until the mennjrajjle ■llhuk Friday" of 1873,
when it suffered financial disaster.

In the meantime, Mr. Knowlton had taken an active part in p(ilitir< and jaililir affairs, and
while manager of the 'Bridgeport Standard, he served for two tirm- in tin- li'inial assembly
from Stratford. During the same period he was also appointed tu a |i..Mtiuii ..n the staff of

Governor Marshall Jewell, with the rank of colonel. Full. .win- tl xpiiati.m ,if Governor

Jewell's second term as governor in 1873 he was appointed pu-tniaster general in the cabinet
of President Grant, and on the loth of October of that year he called Mr. Knowlton to the
position of superintendent of the dead letter office at Washington, D. C. Affairs there were
in bad condition, the work of the office being fourteen months in arrears. Mr. Knowlton
assumed charge and immediately worked out plans to care for the long overdue business of
the office and placed the management ujion a businesslike basis. This he accomplished in three
months. He was then appointed by Postmaster General Jewell in the position of chief clerk
of the postoffice department at Wa^liini^tcin and in tin- fall nf I'-T.'., I'loidrnt t.raiit a|i|»iinti'd
him postmaster of Bridgepiiit. Hi' :i---iiiiHd lii^ dllirc .m tlir Kt ^i \m\ ,iiil,ri-. i>;:., .md -ii\rd

tions of Presidents Hayes, (iartield and Arthur. \\ hen (irover llcvcdand took over the reins
of government, Mr. Knowlton was supplanted by a democrat, but when Benjamin Harrison
became president, he was recalled to the office, in which he continued to serve until December
31, 1893, so that his incumbency covered almost sixteen years in all, while over his record
there fell no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil. On the 1st of June, 1898, he was called
to office as a member of the city board of assessors, and with the exception of a few months,
has served continuously in that position. Throughout the long period of his office holding, he
has always been ready and willing to h, 1|, othti-. which is one of the chief secrets of his
popularity and success. He east his lii-t pi i-i I. nt ial vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and
has never deviated in his loyalty to the npuldican paity through all the intervening period.

On the 17th of December. 1866, .Mr. Knowlton married Miss .Jane Elizabeth Fairchild. ot
Xewtown. Connecticut, and on the 17th of December. 1916, they celebrated their golden wedding.

'42 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

Mr. Knowlton is well known in various fraternal and club relations. He is a Knight Templar
Mason and Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and on the 19th of September, 1893, the honorary
thirty-third degree was conferred upon him in recognition of the splendid service which he has
done for the order. He has held many official positions, including that of grand commander
of the Grand Comnuuiiln y of rimneeticut. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic,
and has been assislaiil i<l|iit;iiit ui iioral of Connecticut, and member of the National Council
of Administration. 11. i~ :iN.. a number of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States. In IJDT hu wa.? lur the forty-first consecutive year elected secretary of the
Society of the Fourteenth Connecticut Regiment, and in 1893, 1894 and 1909 was president
of this society. Through his labors this society has to-day a full set of printed reports of
the annual meetings uf tlu' orsanization. He is also president of the Army and Navy Club
of the .'^tntr i.t ('..nnci tinil. ..f whieh, for a quarter of a century, he served as secretary. His
religious In lii I i- that ni tla tatlii rhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Colonel Knowlton
deserves imlcril liii;li ( ..iiimriiilatinn for a life well spent, a life devoted to public service. His
strong principles, and his upright course have brought him the merited regard of all with
whom he has come in contact and today he is one of Bridgeport's most honored citizens.

EDIvaiND SUMMERS HAWLEY.

Edmund S. Hawley was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, June 15, 1813. His life was
intimately connected with the early commercial and financial expansion of Bridgeport, and
he himself was one of the prominent figures of his time.

The Hawley family is one of the oldest families in Bridgeport and traces its lineage
through the early English settlers of New England. In 1629 Joseph Hawley came to this
country from Derbyshire, England, and settled in Stratford, Connecticut.

Edmund S. Hawley was a son of Captain Wilson Hawley and Charity (Summers)
Hawley. His father, Captain Wilson Hawley, was for many years engaged in the West
Indies trade and as a member of the firm of Abijah Hawley & Company carried on an
extensive coastwise trade in grain and lumber along the Atlantic seaboard. The firm of
Abijah Hawley & Company operated a store and wharf on Water street, south of State
street, near the site later occupied by the grain elevator of John Hurd.

About tlie time that he reached his majority, Edmund S. Hawley went to Catskill,
New York, wli.ri' In was engaged in business for about six years. During his stay at Catskill
he was tic. t.a a .lii. . (..r of the Catskill Bank, in which capacity he continued until his
return to I^ri.lg.p.irt in 1840. Upon returning to Bridgeport, Mr. Hawley entered the dry
goods and clothing business and opened the first ready-made clothing store in the city.

Mr. Hawley in 1849 became interested in the California trade and made extensive
shipments of merchandise to the Pacific coast during the period following the gold discoveries
in till- wist. At this time he was associated with Sherwood Sterling, Thomas C. Wordin,
his father in-law, and Munson Hawley. During these years Mr. Hawley acquired extensive
luildiiigs (if real estate within the present city limits.

In 185a Edmund S. Hawley was appointed a director of the Bridgeport Bank and served
as such until 1859, when he became president of the Farmers Bank, now the First-Bridgeport
National Bank. As president Mr. Hawley directed the policies of the bank for thirty-three

Mr. Hawley had been selected as one of the trustees of the Bridgeport Savings Bank in
1851, and in 1870 he was elected vice president of that bank. In 1875 he became president
of the Bridgeport Savings Bank. He was connected with this bank as trustee, vice president
and president for over forty years. In 1859. at the time he accepted the presidency of the
Farmers Bank, Mr. Hawley had disposed of his c

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BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 45

ergies might be concentrated upon the increasing duties arising out of his connection with
; two banks.

In 1842 Edmund S. Hawley married Lucy S., daughter of Thomas C. Wordin. Jlr. and
•s. Hawley had two children, a son, Charles W., and a daughter, Mary W., both of whom
11 reside in Bridgeport.

Always a man of progressive intelligence and physical vigor, Edmund S. Hawley
itributed much to the upbuilding of his city and maintained an active interest in
siness, in banking and finance until his death in his eighty-first year. He died February
1894, at the height of his success, loved and admired by a large circle of friends, and
riting the honor and respect of all those who knew him.

EBENEZER S. PHILLIPS.

Ebenezer S. Phillips, for fifty-five years a resident of Bridgeport is at the head and
owner of the transfer business operating under the name of J. H. Luddington & Company.
He was born In Vermont in the town of Strafford, Orange county, 1842, and on attaining
liis majority removed from the Green Mountain state to Bridgeport, where he has since
remained. For five years he was associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Company and afterward became a lumber salesman for S. C. Nickerson, who owned
and controlled a wholesale and rrtail ImMiir-,. Mr, Pl,illi|.s remaiMed in tliat connection
for nine years and afterwanl ■~]irut ..(■\iii yr:ii - a~ a liiiiihcr -ali'-iiian witli llawlry & Beacher.

nine years or more, after whirh lie tniiii'il his attention tu the business of hauling and
trucking, purchasing a half iiittr-t in tlu' -F. H. Luddington & Company. A quarter of a
century ago he bought o\it Ah. LniMini^tun. The business has been established for more
than thirty years and he still retains the old firm name although he now owns the business.
At one time he had for a partner, Nelson Freshour. He is engaged in trucking, forwarding,
etc., and his equipment permits the handling of heavy machinery. He employs fifteen people
and gives his entire attention to the business. The company has built its own stables on
Berkshire avenue and the business has grown rapidly and substantially, becoming one of
the important undertakings of this character in Bridgeport.

FRANK N. BENHAM.

After long connection with the financial interests of Bridgeport as a well known figure
in banking circles Frank N. Benham is now living retired. He is a representative of a family
long connected with the history of this city, its development, upbuilding and improvement.
His father, Junius N. Benham. was a twin brother of .Julius H. Benham, and, entering busi-
ness circles under the name of Benham Brothers on the 8th of .July, 18.38, they became
actively and prominently connected with contracting and building operations in Bridgeport.
They erected a number of the finest edifices of the city, including the South Congregational
church and tlie Baptist and Presbj-terian churches. They also built many of the finest
business blocks of Bridgeport and added much to the architectural beauty and adornment
of the city. Their operations as builders constituted the initial step toward their activity in
the real estate field, in which they gradually concentrated their efforts. They purchased
tracts of land which they developed, thereon engaging in speculative building. The business
proved most prosperous, for the houses which they erected found a ready sale and they
amassed a substantial fortune. In the public life of the city they were also keenly interested

46 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

and were leeogiiizeil leaders in the ranks of the republican party, their opinions carrying
much wci;;lit in it> l..ral councils. On the 18th of May, 1843, Junius N. Benham was united
in marriiiLT in Mi" llizabeth Ann Curtis, of Derby, Connecticut, a daughter of Captain
Kneelanil i uiti-, ainl tn tlicin were born four children.

Frank .\. Lciiliaui, a lifelong resident of Bridgeport, was born in Derby, Connecticut,
December 18, 1846, and during his active career occupied a prominent place in financial circles
of his city and state. Ability brought him to the front in this connection and for many
years he was cashier of the Bridgeport National Bank. He became associated with many
other banking institutions ami lii^ j\iil;;imiit on all matters relating thereto was regarded
as especially sound, for his ilis.i imiiiat imi is knn and his sagacity markecf. At length he
retired from business to eiij<iy tljc fiiiits ot well ilirectcd activity.

.Air. Benham wa.s united in marriage to Miss Annie Lord and they have had two children.

•JOEL FARIST.

The story of the steel industry in Hri<l'.M'|>ort w<iiild be incomplete were tlicrc failiirr to
make prominent reference to Joel Faiist. wlm «a- president of the Farist Stirl ( c.m|iaiiy.
As a skilled mechanic his expert knuw li .li:. wn- -uu^ht in many connections aiiM In was
a director of many important institutimis c.l I'.i idgeport. Sheffield, England, imnilicnil
him as a native son. He was born June 27, 1832. his parents being Joseph and Gractl
(Wolstenholn) Farist, the former a steel forger of Sheffield, England. The family came to
America when Joel was but twelve years of age and almost immediately he began providing
for his own support as a worker in a rolling mill in Kentucky,, where the first Anuriiaii steel
was manufactured in 1848. For several years he was employed as blacksniitli and mllcr in
rolling mills at Covington, Kentucky, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and at .lirsi y C ity. Xew
Jersey, and was advanced step by step a- In- mastered the business in its various phases.
He closely applied himself, for it \\a- hi- amliit ion tip work upward, and in 1856 he entered

into partnership with two nilni \M.ik n in l.a^inL: a portion of the steel plant of the

Rockaway Manufacturing ( pany oi INukaway. Xew .Jersey. There they carried on

business for about six numtlis. tinii .Units Ininu attended with marked success, so that
early in 1857 they took a tlner Mai-' Ira-e iip.m tlie Pompton rolling mill near Paterson,
New Jersey, which they operateii tlncaiyli tin' panic of 1857.

Mr. Farist's connection with the business development of Connecticut began in 1860,
when he removed to Windsor Locks, where under the firm style of the Farist Steel Company
he began the manufacture of cast steel. During the Civil war his notable mechanical skill
was utilized in the manufacture of gun barrel and bayonet steel for the United States
government, and so valuable were his services in that direction that the United States made
provision for a substitute for him in case he should be drafted. In 1872 the business was
removed to Bridgeport. Coniieet iiiit. ami estalilislied upon the site of the extensive plant
later operated by tlir I an-i ( ,inipan\ II. re w.re sieiin-d la.ilities for the shipment of their
manufactures by wai. i .lii.. t .m \. --.I- at tli.'ir ilmk in tin- harbor. 'Ml. Farist's associates
when the company «as luiiiuled weie lieurge Windsor, secretary, and John B. Windsor,
treasurer. The continuous growth of the business led to the removal to Bridgeport. Within
a short time this company became one of the leading concerns of the kind in Bridgeport
and has maintained that position through all the intervening years. Mr. Farist remained
through the greater part of this period the directing spirit and the executive head of the
business, bending his energies to administrative direction and at the same time keeping
in close touch with the mechanical processes. The company manufactured all descriptions of
steel, hammered or rolli'd. also spiral an<l elliptical car springs for steam and street cars.
The growth of tin' liiisiness is imiieale.l in the fact that the plant covered ten acres and

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BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

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Mr. Farist was twice married. In is.-,;, h,. wrddrd i:i,/,, i:-trllr and tl.ey I, ad a .lau.^liter,
now Mrs. Arthur E. Penfleld. In IMi: .Mr. laii^t »a. lu.ilr,! ,„ ULaiiia-r t,. .\li.. .M.ntlia
Wood and they became the parents nl t\\<i rliildieii: .1. \\ iiid,..ni. wlm later wa> |ire>ideiii of
the Farist Steel Company; and L\du I'.. Whil.' .\li. I'ari^t «oii a notable position in the
business world, he never allowed lii> exim^nr inilii^tnal iiitri.~is i,, monopolize his time
and attention but remained ever a |M..iii r,-.^ ,■ and pnlih, ^pintrd .iii/eu and throughout his
life was actuated by broad humaiiitaiian |.i in. i|dr-. ||r \\a^ \ir,- inoiilrnt of the Bridge-
port Hospital from the time of it> ni L^ani/al ion until lii> deatli, wliirli cM-mrred on the
12th of November, lfl04. and he \\a- inteie,!.,! in cdii. at imial nialt.r,. -.aviMt; for nine
years as a member of the Bridgeprnt bnar.l ..i .■durati.m. Ilr Ha> a .hart.T jiiember of
the Seaside Club and an active inenib.r ui the laiard nt liade tinm its inri|.tii)ii. hm many
years he served as a trustee id the W'asliinj^tnn Mitlioili^t i:]iis( .ipal rlnirrh, ot wliirli lie was
always a most generous stippniter. lie was lidnnred and ics|iericd bv all, not ..nl\ beraiise
of liis notable success but al^u fur thr ^traij;lit tmu aiil bii-iiir^s |...li.\ wliirh he e\i i t.)ll.iwi'il.
combined with earnest \\ mk t.ir ri\ic li.dti-iHirnt and ri-ht miMliiinii- in thr laboi wi.ild.

They recognized tliat he was ever con.-.iderate ut their iiitcie^t.s and rit;lits and this attitude
awakened their loyalty and regard. In a word, throughout his entire career he stood as a
man among men, honored and respected by all.

FRANK MILLER.

Frank Miller, president of the City National Bank, occupies a foremost position in banking
circles of Bridgeport, while his varied and extensive interests in other lines have made him
a valued and important factor in the fiiiancial, . .nnnui, iai and industrial L;i"\vtli of the citv.
He was born August 3, ls4s, in .Middlidown, i .mnrrl a nl . wh.ar hw anrr..tnr, had s,.(tled

called Mattabasset. Frank Millei is a sun ,,t s,..|,i,,.|, M,n,i i|||, ,,,id l.miriia ilauvhildi
Miller and is a representative in the sixth neneiation ot the do^icndant- ot rhoina< Miller,
who founded the family in Connecticut, the line luin- tiaml down tlmaiLih rhoma, illi ami
three Stephens. Thomas Miller, the progenitor, was the ownei- of a house ami an aire and a
half of ground at Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1643 and was "licensed to draw wine in 1647."
Some time between 1651 and 1654 he removed to what is now Middletown, Connecticut, where
his name appears on the town records March 10, 1654, according to a vote passed at a town
meeting. The town was soon in need of a mill and in January, 1655, the selectmen and
Thomas Miller signed an agreement whereby, the town granting certain aid. Mr. Miller
engaged to build a mill adequate to grind the town's corn and have it in readiness by the 10th
of December following. He became one of the prominent men of his community and hi.s
will, dated Au;;nst 11. 1680. gave his age as "something above seventy years"' and disposed

50 BRIDGEPORT AND VICLXiTY

of an estate of tliree hundred and seventy-six pounds and ten shillings. His second wife,
whom he married June 6, 1666, was Sarah Nettleton, who died March 20, 1727, or 1728.

Thomas Miller (II), their eldest son, was born in Middletown, Connecticut, May 6, 1667,
and there died September 24, 1727. He succeeded to the milling business established by his
father and carried it on for some time. On the 25th of December, 1696, he married his second
wife, Mary Rowell. Their family included Stephen Miller, who was born March 5, 1699, in
Middletown, and there passed away August 15, 1783. He was a farmer and always made his
home in Middletown. On tlie 2d of .July. 1730, he married Anna Goodrich, a daughter of Rich-
ard and Haiiiiali i liiilk.lrv i (;,H„lri(h. She was born in 1710 and died June 10, 1777. Their
son, StephvM Millci ilh. wa^- l.orn in Middletown, February 11, 1739, or 1740, and died July
21, 1822. He was an import, r an.l shipowner, with a fleet of vessels in the West India trade.
In those days the Connecticut river towns enjoyed an immense trade in rum, sugar, molasses
and other products of the West Indies. Middletown was one of the most important towns
of the state and the fifth port in the United States in point of volume of shipping. Stephen
Miller (II) was one of the prominent business men of the place and during the War of 1812
lost sixteen of his vessels. He was married twice, his second wife, whom he wedded July
2, 1780, being Lucy Roberts, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Roberts. She
was born in 1755 and died January 10, 1837.

Their son, Stephen Miller (III), father of Frank Miller of this review, was a native of
Middletown and always resided there. He became an extensive farmer, also owned and
operated a grist mill and cnCTafieii in the lumber business, while with other important com-
mercial enterprises of that Incality lie was i-.imii'cted. When about sixty years of age
he retired from aitii. Im-in.'^^ Imt i .nitiiiii.d In- nt-iilence in Middletown until called to the
home beyond. Hi- m mn.l «iiV, \\\,i, li.m- tin jiiaidcn name of Lucretia Fairchild, was a
daughter of Elisha and LiKntia ilivnn lainliild. The Fairchilds were early settlers of
Stratford, Connecticut, the family luiny i , |ii,>, nt, .1 tliere as early as 1650.

Frank Miller attended tljc stiiuols c.t .Miilillituwn, where he was reared, and was also a
student in the celebrated school there. Chase's Institute, which was conducted by Daniel H.
Chase and was attended by boys from all over the country. In 1863, when a boy of but fifteen
years, he enlisted for service in the Civil war as a member of the First Connecticut Heavy
Artillery and was on active duty with the Army of the Potomac under General U. S. Grant,
serving until the close of the war and participating in a number of the hotly contested
engagements. In the early '70s he established his home in Bridgeport and became a member
of the firm of Miller & Strickland, engaged in the coal trade. He afterward purchased his
partner's interest and the firm became Frank Miller & Company, under, which caption they
conducted an extensive business, but in 1907 Mr. Miller disposed of his interest to Archibald
McNeil & Sons. He became active in other fields, including the lumber trade, in which con-
nection he organized the Frank Miller Lumber Company and developed an immense business
in lumber, sash and door manufacturing and wood turning. He has been president of this
company since its organization and has been an active factor in the promotion of one of
the foremost undertakings of the kind in the city. He became an active factor in banking
circles when in 1889 he was elected a director of the City National Bank, of which ultimately
he was made vice president, while in 1916, upon the death of E. E. Sanford, Mr. Miller
became president of the bank and has since remained its executive head. The recognition of
his sound judgment, his keen insight and his business enterprise have led to his cooperation
being sought along various lines and he has become associated with a number of business
enterprises of the most important character, contributing in large measure to the commercial
development of the city and of other districts. He is now treasurer of the Lake Torpedo
Boat Company of Bridgeport, is the president of the Citizens Coal Company of Waterbury
and is also interested in a number of other industrial and financial concerns.

On the 25th of November, 1869, at Waterbury, Mr. Miller was united in marriage to
Miss Emily Louisa Clinton, a native of Woodbridge, Connecticut, and a daughter of Ira D.

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

port, Mr.
(Drew) II

after v

as a young
here. He was a son of Willii
from England and settled on
Mrs. Miller was a daughter ol
Hurd. Mr. and Mrs. Miller
the hospitality of the best hi
Episcopal church and Jlr. M
as a' member of Elias Ho« ,■
Mason of hijjh rank, beluiij^in
Jerusalem Council, E. & S. M
Rite; and Pyramid Temple c,i
In politics a democrat. I
citizen in the question.s and
He has served as a member
of apportionment and
community life and has
good. It is said that 1
given, many times knt
making wise use of his
but otl:

xatioi

titutioi

. Mrs. Miller passed away in Bridgeport, October 4, 1907, and
p rliildren, Stephen, who was born in New Britain, Connecticut,

i;iiH i^,.i, 1 ilifornia. On the 5th of November, 1908, at Bridge-
Ann:! l>r. « Ihillock, a daughter of Henry E. and Mary Frances
il .Mi>, Millc 1 was born on Long Island and came to Bridgeport
1 for many years he conducted business as a merchant tailor
m Henry Hallock and a descendant of Peter Hallock, who came
Long Island early in the seventeenth century. The mother of
Wheeler Drew and his wife, who in li. i iiiaidc^nlin,,,! was a Miss
are prominently known in siHinl .nJc- ni Hi hi-.piirt, where
mes is freely accorded them. Th. ,v air nienilie.-^ .,f St. John's
Her maintain- [deasant relations with his old army comrades
Ni-t, Nil :;-■. li. A. R. of which he is commander. He is also a

til ( iiiintliian Lodge, F. & A. M.; Jerusalem Chapter, R. A. M.;
; lliniilt.iii ( iiuiinandery, K. T.; the Consistory of the Scottish

n and progressive
- Ill till ilay but has never cared for political preferment.
e board of education and has been a member of the board
n Bridgeport. He stands for all that is progressive in
1 in many well devised plans and measures for the general
are many but they are most quietly and unostentatiously
) the recipients. He has been a successful business man,
its and opportunities, but not only organizations for profit
ns have benefited b}' the value of his judgment and his

GEORGE MANSON EAMES.

George Manson Eames, works manager for The Singer Manufacturing Company of
Bridgeport, is. a leader in the business circles of the city. His attitude toward public aflfairs
is one of helpfulness and progressiveness and there is no one who has done more than he to
stimulate effort to establish and develop public parks, a work in which his father was equally
interested and active. He is a son of Albert Eames and represents a distinguished old
Massachusetts family dating back to an early period in the colonization of the new world,
the name being a prominent one in connection with the history of Framingham, Massachu-
setts. His greatgrandfatlier and his great-great-grandfather fought side by side in the battles
of Lexington and Concord, belonging to the band of Minute Men whose names will ever be
honored in American history.

The same spirit of loyalty was manifest in Albert Kam
form according to the needs and conditions of the age. He ■
park system of Bridgeport and for twenty years served as |
Ahing in his power to develop and beautify the parks of the
he was actively interested in the work of Beardsley park, wl
his supervision and which had been almost coimpleted at the
stalwart republican in politics and his opinions carried weight in party councils. Again and
again he was called upon for public service, filling the positions of alderman, selectman and
member of the street and bridge as well as the park commissions. While he held to high
ideals, his method of work was at all times practical, producing immediate and beneficial
results. His life record compassed a period of seventy-eight years. He was born in South

tliii\if.'li it took on different
e-|iieially interested in the
eoinmissioner, doing every-

. At the time of his death
was being developed under

e of his demise. He was a

52 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

Framingham. Massachusetts, March 9, 1811, and on attaining liis majority entered upon
an apprenticeship to the gunraaker's trade at Springfield, that state. He afterward traveled
through the south and west, working in government mints, and in 1846 at the factory of
the Remington Brothers at Ilion, New York, he was engaged in making breech-loading
carbines, manifesting superior skill in directing the assembling of weapons. At length he
returned to Springfield and organized the American Machine Works for building cotton
presses and heavy machinery, but the Civil war put an end to their business, as the sale
of their products was largely in tlie south. In 1856 Mr. Eames removed to Bridgeport
and entered the employ of the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company, first as maker
of machinery and tools and afterward as a contractor. At the time of his death, which
occurred December 14, 1889, he was president of the Bridgeport Horse Railroad Company.
He belonged to Hampden Lodge, I. O. 0. F., but never cared to figure prominently in club or
social circles. In 1844 he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Avery Ferre, a native of
Munson, Massachusetts.

Their son, George M. Eames. was born in Sprinrfiolfi, :\ra?<r\phiisctts, January 19, 1859, i
but was reared in Bridgeport, where he attt-iMliil tin- pulilic -.Imnl-.. ;iucl when still a youth
he entered the foundry of the Wheeler & W iUun Scw im^ Marhinc ( umpany, in connection
with which business he worked his way steadily ui^war.l tliiuu;ih \;uiuus departments. He
was eventually elected to office and became vir.' j.i i--i Irni anil general superintendent of the
business, continuing as such until the com])aiiy -..M niit tn Tlie Singer Manufacturing Com-
pany, at which time he was made manager vf t\u- l!i i(l;;i|icii t works and so continues. He
knows every phase of the business.

Mr. Eames was 'united in marriage to Miss Helen Augusta Higby and their children
are: Charlotte M., the wife of George W. Ellis; Helen, the wife of Xoble E. Vincent;
Martha. ni>v,- ilcd'ascd. a twin sister of Helen; William, who has also passed away;
George ."Maii^on, Jr.

Wliik' an active' tailor in business circles of Bridgeport, Mr. Eames has also contributed
to public progress and improvement along other lines. He has done much to improve business
conditions in general and is a member of the Bridgeport Board of Trade and also
member of the executive board of the Manufacturers' Association. For one term he ^
president of the Algonquin Club and has also been commodore of the Bridgeport Yacht
Club, but his chief interest outside of business is in city parks and for sixteen years he has
been on the park board of Bridgeport, of which he is the president. He realizes fully the
necessity of developing the park area during this period of the city's rapid growth, knowing '
that breathing spaces must be provided especially in the congested factory districts and
that playgrounds must feature in the city parks, thus giving outlet to the vital energy of the
youth, statistics showing that where adequate space and opportunity are provided for the
normal interests of the boy the tendency toward crime is practically annihilated,
recognizes, too, the effect of natural beauties as an uplift element in the lives of all and
efforts in behalf of the city park system have indeed been farreaehing and beneficial.

FREDERICK HANFORD LYOX.

Xo historj' of Bridge))ort would be complete without extended mention of Frederick'
Hanford Lyon, today one of the most venerable citizens of Fairfield county. He was born
September 21, 1827, on Main street in Bridgeport, which at that time was a street of fine
residences and beautiful gardens, and has therefore almost reached the ninetieth milestone
on life's journey. He is especially well preserved for one of his years and has maintained in
affairs of the day the interest wliich is usually attributed to men of much younger years.

His father. Hanford Lyon, was born at Easton, Connecticut, in the Rock House district,

HAXFOED LY(>X

ABTJAH HAWLEY

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 57

and was a son of Nathaniel Webb Lyon. The family is noted for longevity and Nathaniel
W. Lyon readied the notable old age of one hundred and one years. He bought the first ton
of coal in Bridgeport. Hanford Lyon was the eighth in order of birth in a family of nine
children and in liis youtliful days he worked on his father's farm through the summer months
and attended tlie [uiblic scliools in the winter seasons until he reached the age of fourteen,
when he was apprenticed at Danbury, Connecticut, to the saddler's trade. He removed from
Easton. Connecticut, to Bridgeport, where he engaged in the saddleiy business, but later
he became a very prominent factor in financial circles. He became a director of the Con-
necticut Bank, a director and the president of tlie idd Urid^^eixirt liarik, a director of the
Pequonnock Bank, the first president of tlir ( ity ,^avin^> Hank, a director and
president of the. City Gas Light Company ami was a valmd rcpn-snilative of other
important public and private interests. Altliuugii a -.It ,.1
active business experience developed in him capabilitir> ;ii
enabled him to fill almost any position. Notwithstainlmu li.
and did not seek public office or distinction. His earl\- |ioliti( a
old w'hig party and upon its dissolution he joined the ranks
which he was ever afterward a stalwart champion. Diuing tl
supporter of the Union cause. He served as a member of the (
in the yeai- Is:;;, is-i:.', is-t4, lst."> ami ls4s and during a portic

1 :.'l, 1S79, but left the

iu, of Stratford, whose
ily homestead there is
in family is now in the
11, an ancestor of Mrs.

.Mrs. Lyon became the
Iu- wife of Edward R.
■ lived in San Francisco,
and Adelaide, deceased,
md their children were:
• passed away; Frank,

in Bridgeport; Charles

s broad and

Is tliat

would have

nict and

unassuming

nee was

given to the

rrpilblic

an party, of

wai lir 1

,vas a strong

i-uuiinl ,

if Bridgeport

t tiiii,. \\

as alderman.

Congregationa
which he was

hehl in til..

n,""'n..T.

.1 III IS,-

impress of his^iiidividualit
its most progressiA-e phas
ancestors were among th,
still well preserved. A fin

ea. He had married Hetty .
i early settlers of Stratford
e four poster l)ed behjiiyiiig to

Connecticut k

1.1111 at M.jii

lit \CI11..II,

I.ii.iit.iia

lit Willi

Lyon, s..rv..d ,

Aitli .lislin.^t

i..n in III.. ^^;

i;..v,.iut

parents ,.t t«

Sanford, »li.i ^

K.rt,nm'.

tliiv.. .laii-li

t..;s: ]•■

n..l..ri.k

California; .1,,

-.'|,|,in.., til..

«il.. ..1 11. .11

ly T. Sh

..It. .11, ..r

Having l..-t 1,1
Edward, uliu

m^ild",;:.

";""""' '••^■"

r ul J)r,

"I'uiUr','

who wedded U

la Mitchell,

of Brooklyn,

New Yu

rk, and

G., who married but has
Watson.

departed th

is life;

and Ali(

Frederick

H. Lyon, a;

fter attendin,

g the scl

l.M.,1 „| 1

Bridgeport, co
business as a

ntinued his
member of

education at

Yale an
.yon & 1

.1 lat..r 1

business was (

:li,.v .■..n.ln.l

I...I t..). a linn

il...r",.l V

..a.,., alt

vitli the hardware

11 retired from that

Mr. Lyon was imini..! in r.rid^i.|iiin. in the uld llawley lioniestead, to Miss Bessie
Hawley. who was li..iij, nar..!, married and died in the same house. She was noted for her
beauty, her cultur.. ami iliarmiiig personality. Her parents were Abijah and Matilda
(Benjamin) Hawley, tli.. lalt.r i.^lated to Colonel .John Benjamin of Stratford. Mrs. Lyon
traced her ancestry lia. k t.i William Bradford, the first governor of the Plymouth colony,
who came over on tlie .Mayll.iw.r in 1630. Her father, Abija'h Hawley, was a very prominent
and influential citizi.ii Inr.. at an larly day. He was a member of the firm of Abijah Hawley
& Company, engaged in the West India trade and also carrying on the Boston coasting grain

58 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

anil lumber business. He represented one of the oldest, most numerous and most prominent
families of the state connected with the early settlement of Stratford and of Stratfield,
Jlrs. Frederick H. Lyon being of the sixth generation of the descendants of Joseph Hawley,
who was tlie fiist settler of the name at Stratford. The line is traced down through Samuel,
of Stratford, and Thomas to Abijah Hawley. In his own career Abijah Hawley illustrated
the substantial qualities of his ancestors and through his bu-iiii <- alliii- .ontributed in
substantial measure to the growth and development of Bri.l-i I'l t I h, liini of Abijah
Hawley & Company was composed of Abijah, Aaron and Wilson llawUy uii.l thfir coasting
vessel was called the Three Sisters, probably because of the fact that the three partners
married three daughters of Captain Stephen Summers. This vessel was used in the Boston
trade, while their New York packet was the sloop Caroline. Abijah Hawley was not only
prominent as a business man of Bridgeport but in 1842 was called upon to represent his
district in the state legislature and he was also one of the organizers of St. John's Lodge,
A. F. & A. M.

To Ml and Mrs. Lyon were born seven children. Hanford died in infancy. Frederick
Sanford \\a^ in tin liardware business with his father and died unmarried. Julia became
the will III Frank \\ ilxin. Josephine is living at the homestead. Henry Meigs, who was
born in ljrid;;iporl. became a wholesale hardware merchant of New York and a very active
and prominent business man. He continued to live in Bridgeport and never married. He
was a member of the Algonquin Club, was an active Knight Templar Mason and a very
public-spirited and progressive citizen. In fact he possessed many substantial qualities which
won him the high regard of all, and since passing away September 23, 1897, his memory
has been revered by those who knew him. William Kellogg Lyon, the next of tlu' family,
was for years connected with the Housatonic Railway Company and is now living at the
homestead. Helen became the wife of Charles Mills and is mentioned elsewhere in this

Mr. Lyon has given stalwart support to the republican party since its organization. He
has lived a Christian life as a monihor of the North church, devoted to its teachings and
active in furthi-rini: its wmk au.l iNtiridiiig its influence. He has also manifested the
qualities of publii->pirit>d ( itiziM>lii]i. doiiii; everything in his power to promote the welfare
of the community in which he has so lung made his home. He has lived to see remarkable
changes in the ninety years of his active life — changes whicli have taken Bridgeport i
out of villagehood into metropolitan greatness — and in large measure he has left the impress
of his individuality and ability upon the business development of the community. All who
have known him speak of him in terms of high regard and his life record constitutes an
important chapter in the history of the city.

WILLIAM AVERY GRIPPIN.

Not by leaps and bounds but along the steps of an orderly progression did William Avii y
Grippin advance during the years which he devoted to business, becoming at length the head
of some of the important industrial enterprises of Bridgeport. Experience, study and close
application gave him a knowledge of successful management and he was one of the siili-taiitial
citizens of Fairfield county, being president of the Bridgeport Malleable Iron Conip iii\ . thi>
Troy Malleable Iron Company of Troy, New York, and the Vulcan Iron Works ,<i Xcw
Britain, Connecticut. He was born in Corinth, Saratoga county, New York, February 2:!,
1851, and was of Welsh and English descent, although the family has been represented on
American soil for many generations, his great-grandfather having been a soldier of tlie
Revolutionary war. His parents were Alonzo J. and Mary (Bnrritti Grippin. the former a
highly respected farmer of Corinth.

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 59

The son received somewhat limited educational opportunities. He attended successively
district schools, the village public schools and an academy at Ballston Spa, New York, but
his textbooks were |iiit aside when he was fifteen years of age save that he afterward had
the bcnclit oi ;i .oui>. in Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, in the
spring aii.l >uiiiniii oi |si;',i. In September of that year he took up general office work with
Harrison l*c Killo^;-, iiiinufa. tun i ^ of malleable iron castings at Troy, New York. A quarter
of a century pa>-r,| :iimI he lu.l Ijccome president of the company, having been advanced
through various st;i;;.s ami iiit ri niciliate positions, during which he thoroughly acquainted
himself with every i)luise of tlir l.n-iniss. Extending his efforts in the same field, he became
treasurer of the Bridgeport Mal|.:ili|p liun ( ompany, was elected its vice president in July,
1904. and in November of tin snih \,ar was chosen president. After November, 1894, he
was also president of the Vulcan Iron \\ orks of New Britain and a director of several other
companies. With every phase of the iron imlu-tiy in its manufacturing and sales depart-
ments he was familiar and his broad knowlediic an^l lonu .xinricnce constituted the founda-
tion upon which he built his success. He also ixtiinli-d liis efforts and investments into
banking circles and was a director of the Pequonnock National Bank of Bridgeport and the
Century Bank of New York city.

On the 10th of November, 1875, Mr. Grippin was united in marriage to Jliss Adele
Jackson, of liallstoii S|.a. Xrxv Voik. an.l their two cliildren arc William .1. and Edna Adele,
the fornii-i no" tiraMiiaa <.f the Ka-t.-m Malleable Iron Company and nn^ntion.al elsewhere
in this woik. uliilc thr latt.r is .Mr-, ihnll. y M. .Morris, of Brid-rpoit. .Mi. (;r]ppin married
for his second wife .Miss ifinnie Till.iu, ot Xi-u Ilav.ii, in November, 1910, and she survives
him. He died March 1, 1911, at Grand ( 'an>(.ii. .Vri/.ma. and is buried in Bridgeport.

Mr. Grippin's interests outside of Im-ims, wiic broad and varied and of a nature that
contributed to individual and public progress. His political endorsement was given to the
republican party and he served for two unexpired terms and for one full term of three
years on the board of apportionment and taxation in Bridgeport. He belonged to the Seaside
Club, to the Contemporary Club, to the Bridgeport Yacht Club and to the Scientific and
Historical Society, but his chief intiTist. piaiiaps, was in his church work. He was a very
active member of the Baptist ( hurrh and rrom is'jti until 1898 was president of the
Connecticut Baptist convention, while after -\pril. 1904, he served on the board of the
American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York. His interests and activities were
never concentrated along a single line to the exclusion of those interests which develop
character or affect man in his relations to his fellowman. His standards of life were high
and his ideals found expression in his efforts in the practical workaday world — efforts that
have called forth the best in those that he met, for he was a believer in working on the
ve side of life, both for the individual and for the community at large.

WILLIAM J. GRIPPIN.

William J. Grippin, treasurer of the Eastern Malleable Iron Company, is one of the
well known men connected with the metal trades, with which he has been prominently iden-
tified since entering upon his business career nearly twenty years ago. Mr. Grippin was
born in Troy, New York, September 19, 1876, the only son of William Avery and Adele
(Jackson) Grippin. His father was one of Bridgeport's prominent manufacturers, of whom
further mention is made elsewhere in this work.

William J. Grippin was but a boy of eight years when his parents removed to Bridgeport,
since which time he has been a resident of this city. Graduating from the Bridgeport high
school in the class of 1894, he next entered Yale, finishing with the Sheffield Scientific class
of 1897. Selecting a business rather than a professional career, he returned to Yale for

60 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

another year's study and took a special course in law, believing such training to be most
valuable in the conduct of business affairs. In October, 1898, he became connected with
the Bridgeport Malleable Iron Company. Beginning, as it were, at the bottom to learn the
business, he was advanced from one position to another until he became assistant super-
intendent and later superintendent and succeeded his father as treasurer and general manager.
He maintained this relation to the iniii|.aiiy until July 1, 1916. In the meantime the
Bridgeport Malleable Iron Company liiranu' a jiart of the Eastern Malleable Iron Company.
This is one of the important industiial inti rprisis of Connectic\it and Mr. Grippin has had
an active part in the administration of the affairs of the company as a whole and also in
the operation of the Bridgeport plant. He has ever endeavored to introduce methods of the
highest efficiency and his well formulated plans have resulted in the attainment of desired
ends.

Mr. Grippin was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Kimber, of Bridgeport, and they
now have two children: Kenneth Kimber, born March 26, 1911; and Rosalind, born June 25,
1912. Mr. Grippin is a member of the Brooklawn Country Club and the University Club of
Bridgeport and the Yale Club of New York. He turns to golf for recreation in summer and
to squash In winter. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, but his interest
is only that of a business man and citizen. Aside from his business his greatest activity is
in church affairs. He is a prominent member and worker in the Baptist church and was for
some years president of the Baptist Social Union of Connecticut. He succeeded his father
as a member of the board of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. His induence is
always on the side of progress and improvement and it is that of a man whose character
is the expression of his professions and his belief. Everywhere he is spoken of in terms of
the highest regard and while he has made a success in business, it is his natural worth which
has gained for him the feeling of friendship and respect which is so uniformly entertained
by those who know him.

F. B. HAWLEY.

Prominent among the n>|u cscntativc, ..t l.ankini:: and industrial interests in Bridgeport
is r. B. Hawley, the prcsich nt i>t' the Spiini; i'.ivh ( unipany and president of the Bridge-
port Savings Bank. What he lias acrciniplUhoil rcprisunts tlie fit utilization of his innate
powers and talents. A native son of Bridgeport, Mr. Hawley was born in 1838, a son of ■
Captain Bronson Hawley, who was born in Bridgeport in 1800 and was a son of Wilson i
Hawley, a descendant of Joseph Hawley, who settled in Stratford. Connecticut, in the early
part of the sevent.H'nth cviitury. The father of F. B. llawl, y was a sea captain.

Reared in liis nativ,. ritv, K. B. Hawley has always li.'. n iMrntiliod wtih its business
inte'rests and sin,c th.' raily 'liOs has been connected witli tlic Spring Perch Company,
which was ciri;ani/r,l in 1S47 and incorporated in 1«34 by Kdward Sterling, J. C. Lewis.
EliGilliiit anil \\ Ih . 1( 1 Beers. The business has been continuously located on John street,
^Ithouyli tin lli~t l.iratiiin was on the south side of the street. The present plant was
begun in the TOs and the building, which is in part three and in part four stories in height,
is one hundred and eighty by three hundred feet. The upper floor is occupied by the Trade
School. During the early '60s Mr. Hawley purchased an interest in the business and for
many years served as its treasurer, but upon the death of Edward Sterling in 1909 he was
elected to the presidency and at that time was succeeded in the treasurership by his son,
F, S. Hawley, while John C. Hawley became the secretary. The company manufactures leaf
springs for automobiles and carriages. These are sold direct to manufacturers all over New
England and the middle west. They employ about two hundred people, of whom sixty per
cent are skilled workmen. This is one of the carefulli

till- city. 1

In addition Mr. Hawley lias ,

n.iilly in 1

inaiirial circles, lia\

■•ing for s,

J;.M,k. lie

i^ tlie oldest truste

e of tliat

president 1

le liad served as v

i,v ],yv~\:U

sagacity ai

i well as of unfalt.

Mr. H

awley was marii,,!

to \ll^-

of John an

d Susan Curtis, wli

... cam... t.

of eight cli

ildren. The eldest

son, Fred

the public-

and high schools :

and afteri

business.

Subsequently he n

^turned to

Perch Company, becoming tn

iasurer »l

In 1887 he married Margaret

Chalmers.

Bronson, v

iho was graduated

from Ya

the Univcr

sity SiIk.oI; K,l,;;ai

■ M., wl,..

now witli

thr linllar.l Marliii

„. -i-..,.! (.

Pratt lii^-t

ltl.tr ..I I'.lo.iklvn,

N.'W \n,-

Remington

Arms ( ,,in|iany.

i-r.'.l.Ti.k

the Seasidt

. Club. Tlic >.Tu,nl

..f til.' la

Hill street

m BrM,,T">t. na-

. tu.. ,llll

of Victor 1

S. Curtis. „( Xru

Ihn.ai. ( .

attending

iaiii< C, 1

has three .

■Inl.lreii. Williaiii '

i'., ..f i;ii.

of Davis c»

i llawlcy. is niarr

Duncan, ..I

l',.rt.Mn..iitli. Xru

llaiii|.sliir

Robert W 1

,r,.|er. (if i:ria.i;r|H,r

t. a. 1.1 tl..

family. 11

tin. Spiiii.

bridCtEpout and vicinity 63

iridgeport wliieh contribute tu the general activity and prosperity of

■ar^ lie. n |.r.-iil.iit of the Bridgeport Savings
.11 111 |...iiil. ..I M rviee as previous to becoming
all tl s lie is recognized as a man of keen

urti~. a native of Bridgeport and a daughter
y at an early day. They became the parents

■ was cliosen president of the company.
i-. and they have three sons: Frederick
la-s of 1911 and is now a professor in

private, he became a lieutenant an. I i\.r |.r..ved a faithful, loyal soldier. In days of peace
he has displayed equal alle.nian. .■ t.. liis ...untry and has stood for those interests and projects
which work for American .1. x . I..|..iiint an. I liigher standards of citizenship. .Joining the
Masonic fraternity, lie lias attain.. I tl..' Knit-.lit 'l'.-in|.lar .l.-^u-.- in llaiiiilton ( ■..innianilery
and he has also tii;iiri'.l in ih.- .^...-ial .ir.'l.s ..I tl..' .'it)- a- a ni.aiil.ii- ..l' tli.' S.'asi.l.> ( hib,
the Brooklawn Club and tlie (uiintry Chili. A lil.l..ii'j r.siil.nt of llriil:.'e]inrt, his re.. ml is
as an open book which all may read, and it is such a record as should stimulate the young
who are prompted by laudable ambition and who have regard for those qualities which
make for upright character.

CLINTON BARNUM SEELEY.

Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and
happy is he if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In talents and in character
Clinton Barnum Seeley is a worthy scion of a race that has furnished distinguished representa-
tives to New England, his ancestors having occupied a prominent place in the history of
Bridgeport and of Connecticut. He is a lineal descendant of Ensign Nathan Seeley, whose
father, Captain Nathaniel Seeley, of New Haven and afterward of Fairfield, was a distinguished
colonial hero. From pioneer times the family has figured in connection with the history of

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Bridgeport through successive generations down to the present, wlien Clinton Barnuni Seeley
is president of the Bridgeport Trust Company.

A native of Bridgeport he was educated in the schools of New York city, where the
family home was maintained until ten years ago, although during that period he spent
the summer months in r!ri.!ur|„,i ( .it tin- luuntry home. In 1907 he took up his abode in
Bridgeport, wliere he has -mr • njij^M m the real estate business and has also ligureil
prominently in financial lii 1' - ll. \ :i- f.imerly vice president of the Pequonnock National
Bank and in 19]?, bpi'iini.- |ir~p|.iit .t the Bridgeport Trust Company, and thus figures
actively in conmrtinn with Im-in.-- mii rots of the city. He is an active member of the
park board, bcini; . hiii nm m ni tli. |i|ini^i<pund committee. He is also connected with the
Board of Trade, ami In- liL^un-. nim cii\ i r, very prominently in social circles as a member
of the Algonquin, Bridgeport Yacht and Brooklawn Country Clubs.

WILLIAM H. BATCHELLER.

It was in the year 1877 that William H. Batcheller became a resident of Bridgeport,
where he continued to reside until called to his final rest. During that period he made for
himself a most creditable and enviable position in business circles and his life in every
relation measured up to high standards, making him a man whom to know was to respect
and honor. He was born in Grafton, Massachusetts, October 1, 1849, and was one of a
familj' of three sons, his brothers being George Clinton and Hiram Batcheller, who conducted
a New York store at No. 345 Fifth avenue. His parents were Moses and Sarah A. (Phillips)
Batcheller, the latter a descendant of the Rev. George Phillips, who came from Norfolk,
England, in 1630 and cast in his lot with the colonists who Avere planting the seeds of civiliza-
tion on the soil of the western hemisphere. Through his grandmother, Mrs. Polly Chase, and
his great -grandmother, Mrs. Prudence Lcland, Mr. Batcheller was related to two very old
and prominent New England families.

William H. Batcheller acquired his education in the graded schools of Grafton and the
high school at Worcester, Massachusetts, and when his textbooks were put aside he started
out in the business world as an employe of the firm of Forehand & Wadsworth, successors to
the Ethan Allen Firearms Company, with which he was connected until 1877. It was in that
year that he came to Bridgeport in connection with the Langdon & Batcheller Corset
Company and from that time until his demise he continued his residence in this city.
Entering the employ of the company, he started in a minor capacity but worked his way
steadily upward through all the departments of the business so that he was familiar with
every phase of the work and could intelligently direct the labors of those in his employ.
He advanced step by step until he became manager of the factory at Bridgeport, the company
having a plant in this city and also in New .lersey and in England. Business was conducted
under the name of George C. IJatcheller & Company, with William H. Batcheller as secretary
and manager of the Bridgeport plant. This was the pioneer corset company of the country,
being the oldest of the forty-two corset companies now engaged in manufacture in the
United States. The business was established in 1856 under the name of W. S. Thomson,
the designer and promoter of the Thomson Glove Fitting corset. Later Mr. Thomson was
joined by a partner, leading to the organization of the firm of Thomson & Langdon, and
this eventually became Langdon, Batcheller & Company, while later changes in the ownersliiji
led to the adoption of the name of George C. Batcheller & Company. The business was
established in Paris, where Mr. Thomson began the manufacture of corsets, but at tlic
outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war the plant was removed to London, England. Up
to 1877 all of tlie product of the concern was manufactured in London and imported to the
United States, but in order to save duty on the imported goods a factory was built in

WILLIAM H. BATCHELLER

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Bridgeport in 1877. Since tiiat time various additions liave been made to tlip original plant
and it has been pnlarocil from time to time until it is one of the most extcn-iivi' nnd host

and sn.li was his t natnu'tit <if his employes that no strike ever occurred in hi^ i:iii.ir\ lb-
was thoroughly just and when there was any difference of opinion between himself and his
employes he svas always ready and willing to discuss the matter thoroughly with them and
in this way he brought about a satisfactory adjustment of the trouble. Those who served
him not only cntiTtuincd for him the highest regard, but many of his old employes felt for
him the ilri'|irst attarhnicnt. In addition to his connection with this company Mr. Batclieller
was secretary uf tlic rounecticut Clasp Company and secretary of the Crown Corset Com-
pany, which erected and still owns a building at Bridgeport.

On the 14th of May, 1884, at Bridgeport, Mr. Batclieller was married to Miss Maria
Frances Stearns, a daughter of Isaac Stearns, of Warren, Massachusetts. Throughout the
remainder of his life his interest centered in his home. He was most devoted to his wife
and no matter how great his business cares or the demands made upon his time and attention
he was ever thoughtful of her. He passed away June 21, 1913, his death being deeply
regretted in every locality in which he was known. He was a charter member of the
Algonquin Club and also a member of the Elks and the Bridgeport Yacht Club. He likewise
belonged to the Republican Club of New York city and was a past grand of Arcahum
Lodge, No. 41, I. O. O. F. One of his strong traits of character was his thoughtfulness of
others and his consideration for their rights and privileges. He took the deepest interest in
his fellowmen, not from a sense of duty but because he regarded tliem as brothers and
colleagues in the world's work. His life exemplified many of the traits which are most
admirable and his memory is enshrined in the hearts of many with whous he was closely
associated. He displayed sound judgment in his business affairs and the keenest discrimina-
tion, which manifested itself in the readiness with which he recognized the value of an
opportunity. What he undertook he accomplished. He was fortunate in possessing character
and ability that inspired confidence in others and the weight of his character and ability
carried him into most important business relations. He never deviated from a course which
he believed to be right between himself and his fellowmen and his achievements and his
actions at all times were the expression of the high principles that governed his life.

CHARLES BOOTH BUCKINGHAM.

Charles Booth Buckingham, president of N. Buckingham & Company, owning one of the
leading furniture houses of Bridgeport and also well known in other business connections,
is a native son of this city, where he figures so prominently in commercial and financial
circles, enjoying the honor and respect of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
He wa's born September 20, 1847, a son of Nathan and Mary A. (Booth) Buckingham, the
former a merchant, descended from an old English family that was established at Milford,
Connecticut, in 1639. In the maternal line he also comes of English ancestry, the Booth
family having been cstahlishcil at StratlUnl hi HUi).

Charles Buotli lliirkinuliai'i attimiiil tlic |iiililir scliools of Bridgeport and afterward
became a student in the iiillitaiy s.Ik.oI cniidiict.d l.y ('(donel Emory F. Strong but left that
institution when a lad of sixteen j-ears in onlcr to ciitri tln' liu^inc^-, \\..iM n, an imploye of
his father. It was in 1863 that lie began work in ln^ tallni- inmilMir iirlMiy and store
and he speedily mastered all the details of tlir inrmtuir Im-inr-- , om .i lunj tlir methods
of both making and selling furniture. In this way li- u.in p.oiuutiun liuui tiuir tu time until
he was given in part executive control and administration of the business. Through the

68 BEIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

various offices he has advanced until he is now president and treasurer of N. Buckingham &
Company and tlius has leading voice in the management and direction of the extensive furni-
ture business owned and controlled by that firm — a business which has added to Bridgeport's
well earned reputation of being the industrial center of Connecticut. He is moreover a trus-
tee of the City Savings Bank of Bridgeixirt.

In 1875 Mr. Buckingham was \niit< J in maiiiii-c to Miss Justine H. Bellows and they
had three children, of whom two ;nr li\iiiij. Niitlian C. and Earl M., both associated with
their father in business. The wife ami iimthir |ia>-id away in September, 1905. Mr. Bucking-
ham was married in 1908 to Miss Susan Christine Gillette, a daughter of William and Susan
Buckingham Gillette, and a representative of an old JVIllford family. Mr. Buckingham is a
member of the Sons of the American Revolution and served on its state board for six years,
while ot tlu' (h iiri:il Silliinan branch of that hocii-ty he was president in 1905 and 1906. He
manifest- th. inilii;ii\ -pirit and the patriotic lnvalty i.i his ancestry and for five years
had niilit;ii\ tiiiiiimu ami e.xperience as a mcinlxr ut tlie Coiuiecticut National Guard. He
belonged to tlie fiiidgeport Board of Trade foi many \ear-. also to the Bridgeport Business
Men's Association and does everytliin^ in lii- powc i (,i aihaiic.' the city's interests and extend
its commercial connections. Politically he i- a ir|.iiM),an, His religious faith is that of
the Universalist church and along purely social lines he luis connection with the Independent
Order of Odd F'ellows and with the Seaside Club. His activities in business have centered
along a single line and under his wise guidance his interests have grown to gratifying pro-

PHILIP L. HOLZER.

Prominent anioiiR the financial men of Bridgeport and Connecticut is Philip L. Holzer,
whose identiticaticni witli many ei)i|]orate and business interests has constituted a contributing
factor to the devehi|nnent d Imsiness conditions in this section ot the state. He was born
February 20, Is,-,4. in tin . i(y where he still resides, his parents being .John and Catherine
(Andres) Holzer. The lather was born, reared and educated in Germany and became a
lieutenant in the army of the grand duke of Baden, serving at the time of the revolution of
1848 and 1849. He afterward came to the new world and when this country became involved
in civil war he again was active in military service, becoming captain of Company B of the
First ReL'itnent i.l ( onnecticut Volunteers. With that command he went to the front and
aided in tlu' pic -ei \ atiun of the Union.

Philip 1.. lldlzer a((|uired his education in public and private schools of Bridgeport and
in the Bryant & Stratton Business College. He has throughout his entire life, howe\
been a student, reading broadly and thinking deeply. He was a youth of but fourteen ye
when he made his initial step in the business world, securing a clerkship in 1868 in ■
oflice of J. & G. A. Staples, who conducted a real estate and insurance business. A year i
a half later, however, he became asisistant bookkeeper with the wholesale grain firm of Crane
& Hurd. In 1870 he entered the Connecticut National Bank in the capacity of bookkeeper
and soon afterward was promoted to the position of teller and later to that of paying
teller, in which capacity he continued to serve until 1884. He then entered into copartn
ship with his first employer, James Staples and his son Frank T. Staples, forming the firm
of James Staples & Company, bankers, real estate and insurance agents. He then devoted
himself to the mastery of the insurance business, becoming acquainted with it in all of i'
various phases, and several times he was called to the presidency of the Bridgeport Fire
Underwriters Association. He was also one of the organizers of the Connecticut State Asso-
ciation of Local Fire Insurance Agents, of which he became president. Into other channels,
too, he extended his efforts, becoming a director of the Holzer-Cabot Electric Company of

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

Brookliiie, ilassaclmsetts. a cliicctdr of The Wliit.. Mamifactiiriiij;

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JOHN CHARLES LYNCH, M. D.

Dr. John Charles Lynch, a prominent physi.ian of Hii.lLi.'port who is spiciali/in^' in
neurology, was born in the town of Trumbull, Faiili.'l.l ...iinty. ( oniniti.-iit, I'.'liiiimy i\. isc.s,
being the only son of Owen and Bridget Read Lynch, both ..r A\h.ini ate now .I.T.'as.'.l. The
father was Im.ii, in h.-hind.

Dr. Lyin li -p. nt lii, boyhood to the age of twelve years in Trnniliull an.l then entered
the Eni.uy sti.iiiL' i .iinniercial and Military Institute at Bridgeport, in which he si.ent four
years. \\ hen a y,.uth .,f seventeen he herame a stmlciit in the N.'W ^■.^k College of Dentistry
and won the D. D. S. degree upon grailnati.iTi witli tli.' .I.i-s ..t iss) ||,. afterward practiced
dentistry in New York city for about ciiilitc. n nomtli- an.l at tli. ~:ini.' time pursued the study
of medicine in the New Y'ork University, wliicli . .iTif.'i rc.l ii|i..ii hini liis M. D. degree at his
graduation with the class of 1886. It was his work as a member of the dental profession
that brought him the money with which to meet the expenses of his medical course. Following
his graduation he opened an office in Newtown, Connecticut, but in the fall of the same
year he removed to Bridgeport, although, owing to ill h.'altli. lie did not at once begin
practice. From April until November, 1887, he followc.l his prof.ssion in New Canaan,
Connecticut, and the following year returned to Bridge])ort, w licic hi' has since actively engaged
in the practice of medicine, winning a well deserved reputation that establishes him as one of
the most prominent physicians of the city. He has made a specialty of the treatment of
mental and nervous diseases and in that connection has won a reputation that has made
him widely known far beyond the borders of his state. In fact his opinions as a diagnos-
tician and a neurologist are widely accepted as authority and for many years he has been

70 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

adjunct professor of neurology in the New York Post Graduate Scliool and visits the city
twice each week to deliver lectures in that institution. Previous to his connection with the
Post Graduate School he was adjunct professor in the New York Polyclinic. He has himself
taken post graduate work in the New Y'ork Post Graduate School, the Johns Hopkins
University of Baltimore and in the Harvard Medical College and has further supplemented
his knowledge l>y stmly in many of the largest cities of Europe, including London, Paris,
Vienna ami Hiiljn. « line lie has come under the instruction of some of the most eminent
physicians and siii i^ioiis of the old world. He has gone abroad twelve times in the pursuit
of knowledge and of pleasure. For twenty years lie lias served on the staff of the Bridgeport
Hospital and i.s now in charge of tlu' ile|iai tineiit ni neurology.

On the 18th of April, 1895, Dr. Lymh \vas unite.l in marriage to Miss Sadia Esther Walls,
who was born in S|,iiv,yrn.|d. Massaeliusetts, a daughter of Henry Jerome and Mary Caulwell
(Mclnfyrri Wall-, win, u,ir aUn natives of the old Bay state and have now passed away.
In his stiidriit d:i\- 111. I.yiiili lia<I as one of his early medical preceptors the late Dr. Robert
Hubbard ni Di idu'p<'i t , wlm was one of the most beloved physicians of this city, and in
honor of this early piceeptor and friend Dr. Lynch and his wife named their elder son
Hubbard. lie was Ik. in January 21, 1898. and is now a junior at Yale. The younger son,
John Charles. I»>ni necember 10, 1901, is attending the Bridgeport schools.

Dr. Lynch has attained high rank in Masonry, reaching the Knight Templar degree of
the York Rite and the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and he has also crossed the
sands of tlie desert witli the Nobles of the Jlystic Shrine. He has membership with the Bridge-
port, the l'"aiilield (_(iiiiity and tlie Connecticut State Medical Societies and the American
Medical .Xssurialion, and in these organizations his opinions along the line of his specialty
are listeiuil tn with i;reat interest and careful consideration is given thereto, for he is an
acknowledged autliority upon mental and nervous diseases.

GEORGE mLLIAM JACKMAN.

The years of Bridgeport's phenomenal development — the years which made up tlie
last three decades of the nineteenth century and immediately followed the spectacular
success of Phineas T. Barnum, were productive of a great number of brilliant men whose
united efforts were in a large measure the material out of which that development was
wrought. The names of these men are deserving of perpetual honor on the part of the
community which they have so benefited and among them none is more so than that of George
William Jackman, whose death on August 15, 1913, ended a long and most useful career —
a career that contributed to the well being of the community in almost every department of

Mr. Jackman was a native of Vermont, born in the town of Barre, February 4, 1851.
His parents were Angler and Christina (French) Jackman, both members of prominent and
honored families of that state, the father himself being a conspicuous figure in the life of
the town. Angler Jackman was the owner of a small farm in the vicinity of Barre,
which he operated successfully, but he was best known in that region as an able and
honorable politician and official. He held at different times many important offices in the
gift of his fellow citizens and was sheriff of Washington county and judge of the police
court there for many years. George William was the fourth of the five, children born to
him and his wife.

The early life of George William Jackman was spent on the paternal farm in the usual
pastimes and duties of childhood, chief among which was the gaining of his education in the
local schools. His ambition to make his mark in the world developed at an early age
and he left school while still' a mere lad to begin the active business of life. The clever

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and alert youth found no great difficulty in making his beginning, soon securing with the
Central Vrrnimit Railroad Company a position as station acent at Waterbury, Vermont.
Healway- .Irrhncl in later life that the experience in tin- r;i|.arity l.ail been of great value
to him and lia.l ,i;iM-ii liini a clear insight into business mctliod- tliat later served him in
good stead. He did not remain long in this employiiirnt, 1ji.« .v.r, but engaged in the
granite business in various parts of his native state and in Chicago. He continued in this
line for upwards of eight years and during that time met with considerable success. He was
ever on the alert, however, to find a larger field for his activities and at lengtli found such,
when, about the year 1891, an opportunity arose to become connected with a group of
energetic young men in the organization of the Springfield Emery Wheel Company. The
name of this concern was derived from the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, which was
chosen for its location. Mr. laiknian "as chosen treasurer of the company when it was
removed to Bridgeport, Couihm timt, and li.' served in that capacity for some time, its growth
being attributable in no small ,l.;;i. ,■ to his capable handling of its affairs. Eventually he
bought the interests of his iiartiieis and l.rranie the sole owner and president of the concern.

by which it is still known. At the same time a fine new factory was built on .Mountain
Grove street, where it has been located ever since. In l'.»08 ilr. .Jackman finally withdrew
from its management and sold his interests therein and turned his attention to the direction
of his personal estate and the enlargement of his real estate holdings in Bridgeport, which
were already very great.

But the versatile mind of Mr. Jackman was not one to be satisfied by an exclusive
attention to business. His interests were too broad and his sympathies too sensitive to
permit him to close out of his life the other activities of the great world, which he turned
to at once for relaxation and with the sincere desire to aid his fellows.

Political questions and issues had interested him theoretically from his early youth,
and when he grew to manhood the ]ira(tiral application ot the ]iriin:i|des he held with no
little tenacity, claimed much of his attention. lie was a repiildiian in his beliefs and allied
himself with the party organization in Bri<lfie|.oit. His nann- first came before the iiublic
in this connection as his party's candidate for aldernum from the fifth city district, an office
to which he was elected and in which he served during the terra of 1906". The next office
held by Mr. Jackman was a member of the board of apportionment and taxation, to which
he was appointed in the latter part of the year 1909 and which he continued to hold until the
time of his death. Some time later the board of contract and supply was created and added
to the city government, and Mayor Wilson, of Bridgeport, appointed Mr. Jackman one of its
original members.

In social and fraternal circles Mr. .Jackman was a jirominent figure. He was a member
of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and was extremely active
therein, and he was also active in the Masonic order, liaving taken the thirty-second degree.
He was a member of St. John's Lodge, V. & A. M.; Hamilton e'omiiianaery. K. T.; and of the
Arab Patrol of the Mystic Shrine. He was also a member of tlie Kni^dits ,,f I'ythias and for
many years of the Algonquin Club of Bridgeport. One of tlie very strong interests in Mr.
Jackraan's life was his church. A Universalist in belief, he was for many years a member
of the church of that denomination in Bridgeport, and for an equal length of time an ardent
participant in its work in the community. For many years he served as moderator of the
board of trustees.

Mr. .lackman was married when but nineteen years of age to Miss Josephine Caswell,
of Washington, Vermont, a daughter of Nelson H. and Sibyl E. (Watson) Caswell, of that
place. Tlie Caswell family, long prominent in that region, had contributed two of its
members to the Revolutionary war, in which they distinguished themselves by gallant

74 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

seivioe, and in virtue of which Mrs. Jaekman is a member of tlie Society of the Dauglilers
of the American Revolution. These were Nathan Caswell and Nathan Caswell, Jr., tlie
great-grandfather and the grandfather respectively of Mrs. Jaekman. The marriage of
Mr. and Mrs. Jaekman took place September 26, 1870, at Barre, Vermont, and they were the
parents of two children: Charles X.. who died at the age of ten years; and Burtis A., who
died when but six months ulil Ait^ i tluit time Mr. and Mrs. Jaekman adopted a little
daughter, Esther Leona Beiiii-. wli'i lii- -iini' married Andrew B. Hicks, of Bridgeport. They
are the parents of two ehildnii. (l.dv^i- .hukman Hicks and Doris May Hicks. Mrs. Jaekman
survives her husband and still occupies the beautiful home erected by him at No. 2
North avenue, Bridgeport, in 1894, of which he was particularly proud.

Mr. Jackman's character was an unusually attractive one and combined many of the
traits that are associated with success. A face in which strong will and a genial temper
seemed equally to rule was the accurate mirror of his mind and heart, and his objects w
won as much by his power of persuading the thoughts of others as by his own direct and
forceful eiTorts to reach them. His friends were many and true, and his death caused a
feeling of deep sorrow to spread through a wide circle of his fellows. His tastes were of the
manly open sort that are so powerful in their appeal to men — life in the open air and the
hardy sports connected therewith. Automobiling and allied pastimes formed his recreations
which he indulged in as often as the opportunity arose.

Mr. .Jaekman was an inliuential figure and a popular figure in the general life of the
community as was well shown by the testimonials of admiration called forth by his decease.
The local press was loud in its praise of the strong and sterling qualities which had rai
him to the position he occupied in popular regard, the following being from the Bridgeport
Morning Telegram, which said in part:

"He was prominently identified with the industrial development of the city, prominent in
politics, in fraternal circles, in enterprises for the health and convenience of the public, i
movements to help the city to an economical conservation yet progressive development. * *
He was called successful and was in the common acceptation of the word. But he wa
successful in many of the real things that contribute to individual community happenings-
the real success that in comparison makes the material gains seem small. Mr. Jaekman
was what is known as self-made. He was a surprise to his friends in the wealth of
knowledge, in his grasp of practical affairs, and in his mastery of details. * * * Mr. Jaekman
was reliable — in politics incorruptible — in business to his word — in friendship steadfast — i
his home affectionate and devoted; as a citizen public-spirited, in his church constant i
attendance and conspicuous in devotion to its interests."

HON. CIVILION FOXES. U. D. S.

Among those men wliosr^ etVort^ liavr lent dignity to the dental profession and w
are representatives of the liijln-t i\|" ,,i American manhood and citizenship in Bridgeport

was numbered Hon. Civilian I - lli- life record spanned the intervening years between

October 1, 1836, and Septenil.. r :.'<), l!i(iT. and his death was the occasion of deep and wide-
spread regret. He was born in Toronto, Canada, at a period when his father, Christopher
Fones, an architect and builder, was actively engaged at his vocation in that city. The
ancestral records of the family show Dr. Fones to be a descendant of two prominent French
Hugenot families. His great-grandfather in the paternal line was exiled to England during
the reign of Louis XIV and later became an oflicer in the English navy. At the time of his
retirement from naval service he was given a tract of fifteen hundred acres of land i
Rhode Island, where the town of Wickford now stands. It was there that Christopher Fones
was born. He married Sarah A. Marigold, of South Carolina, who was a descendant of
old English family.

HON. CU'ILIOX FdXES, D. D. I

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 77

Civilion Fones acquired his early education in the schools of Toronto and of New York
city and his training prepared him for the profession to which liis father devoted his atten-
tion and which the son followed for a short time. In 1858, however, he arrived in Bridgeport
and became connected with the pioneer dental manufacturing establishment of Dr. D. H.
Porter, whose plant and residence were located at the corner of Park and Fairfield avenue,
now the site of St. John's church. It was there that Dr. Fones br^im tli.' -tu.ly ..f dentistry.
He afterward attended the Baltimore College of Dental Surgeons, tr'nii whi.li hr was in due
time graduated. Upon his return to Bridgeport lie entered upon tlic liiactirc ni liis profession
and for more than a quarter of a century was Iniated at thr nortliwest corner of Main and
Bank streets. For more than a quarter of a ciMitiny Dr. ( ivilion Fones occupied a foremost
position in his profession not only in Bridgeport Imt t lir..iij^li..iit tlie state. Tliat he enjoyed
in fun measure the high regard and confideiu, ,.i hi, . ..II. n^^rncs and contemporaries was
indicated in his selection to the presidency nf ih. i ..nn. . 1 1. iit Valley Dental Association
and the presidency of the Connecticut State D.m.il s...i.ty In 1893 he was appointed by
Governor Morris one of the first five stntr .lent:. I , ..i,iMn"i..ii. i , and upon the organization of
the commission was chosen its prcsi.l.'nt . \\lii.li |...-iti..ii h.' lilli'il for a number of years.
Probably no other member of his iir..l.N>i..ii m ili. ~[.r,<- .Iminj; tlie period of Dr. Fones'
activity wielded a greater influence for liiylii'i staii.laids ..I |.r..t.. clonal service.

In civic affairs, too. he took a most prominent part. He was a stanch republican and on
that ticket was elected an alderman of Bridgeport in 1S84, while in 1886 he was chosen mayor
of the citj-, in wliicli oflice he served for two t.-rms, his being a businesslike and progressive

building for the city and was emp.iwi-reil to lak.- tli.' ii.. .-^ai y ,,ti-ps to snurc tlie passage
of a bill to that end. With that object in view he went to Washington and was successful
in his mission. He instituted many improvements in tlie streets and in public buildings while
in office and his administration was a very progressive one. He belonged to a number of
clubs in the city and state and in 1892 served as prt'shl.'iit of th.- Seaside Club. He was a
Scottish Rite Mason, attaining the thirty-seen. I . I. -!..■, an.l h. «a- aU.. a m. ml., r ..i the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was ih..-.ii t.. a.t a- uian.l inai>hal in ih.' -i.at
military parade which was held at the time Briilyc|iort .il.lii at.'.l Iht lii.ciit.'nnial in isss.
On the 21st of October, 1863, Dr. Fones was married tu .Miss Phebe E. Wright, a
daughter of Alfred S. Wright, of New York city, and three children were, born to tliem:
George, who died in childhood; Grace Fones Copeland. of Philadelphia; and Dr. Alfred C.

possessed iiniismil . ..iiii. niality and made triends wherever he went. A thorough gentleman
at all times, h.' .lail.l a.lapt himself at once to any company. He was one of the city's best
known nun an.l ha.l a \.'iv wide acquaintance, being highly respected and enjoying a degree
of popularity that is accorded to but few.

ALFRED C. FONES, D. D. S.

Dr. Alfred C. Fones has taken a notably advanced step in relation to dental practice
on the side of prevention of oral diseases. In fact, he lias instituted progressive campaigns
for the dissemination of knowledge that will minimize trouble of that character and his
interesting, instructive and scientific writings on dental hygiene have made his opinions
largely accepted as authority upon the questions of which he treats.

Because of his progressive work in this connection Bridgeport may well be proud to

78 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

claim Dr. Foiies as one of her native sons. He was here born December 17, 1869, a son of the
Hon. Civilion Fones, a descendant of two prominent French Hugvienot families and of whom
a more extended mention will be found elsewhere in this work. Dr. Alfred C. Fones, after
completing a course in tlie Bridgeport high school entered the Xew York College of Dentistry,
from which he was graduated with tlie class of 1890. He then returned to Bridgeport to
enter into inactirr with his fatlicr, with whom he was associated for seventeen years, or
until the lattc'i's diatli. ThiTc i.s no more devoted, prominent nor progressive representative
of the profession in Brid.iicjiort or Xew Kngland than Dr. Fones.

Aside from his active professional work he has written many articles on dental hygiene
and is doing wonderful things in connection with the schools of Bridgeport in instructing
the young as to the care and preservation of the teeth. For many years he has been an
advocate of trained dental nurses or li,v;;ienists and estai>lisl
with his office, in which he is training: thirty dental liyi;i.n
turned his garage into a lecture jooni. in whieli he. w
educators, has given instruction to three . hi->e- ..t these 1
with everything to facilitate such a eonrse. His olliei- Imiiili
brick of twelve difi'erent shades and tinnnnil «ith wliite
room with tile floor, commodious olliees and rest rouu
of Italian marble leads to the second floor and the aid
On the second floor are four operating rooms and there j
by dental hygienists. There is also a fine, well equipped laboratory and an X-ray room, and
in connection with these there is a lunch room, enabling the hygienists to have their noon
meal there. The lighting, ventilating and heating arrangements are of the best and there
is perhaps no more complete or better equip])ed dental office in the country. He is insistent
in advocating the sanitation of the teith and nn>utli and for many years has been advocating
the establishment of a system of pie\entative elini(S in the public schools, believing that if

1 a training school in

connection

s al the present tint

,e. He has

1 the aid of many

piuniinent

lienists. The room i

IS equipped

is e.instrueted of Fh

ik tapestry

Hide, It has a larg

e reception

A beautiful staii

•way biiilt

walls are of Amer

ican hazel.

two prophylactic n

Boms, used

the proper c

few years.
films for ]n<
schools, lli-

and instruction in dental hyj^iine were given to the children in the schools,
moiifli would be greatly reduced, resulting in a healthier race of people in a
1 on. s lias hut recently completed the preparation of seven thousand feet of
i;: [lietures to be used for educational purposes, showing the work in the

the Brid.i;e|,o,t I'.oav.l oi Health, ha Mne rha i ^je .il the .l.aital u ork in t
holds classe- tliree nights a week. He is a men, her ..I l.oth the .^

National Dental Associations and of the latter was chairman of th
hygiene. He is also a member of the Bridgeport Dental Society, and ex-member of th
State Dental Commission and ex-president of the Connecticut State Dental Associatioi
Moreover, he is a member of the board of education and is a nieinlier uf the lomniittee tha
is drafting a new city charter. He has membership in the Hrooklawn ( onntry ( Inh, hn
has little time for its activities, so great are the demands made n|Min him jnntessionallj

s of splendid work done, however, is certainly his ami the lienefleial results ,,
■able.

of his labors a

HON. CLIFFORD B. WILSON.

Many tangible evidences of his intense public spirit and <
may be cited concerning Clifford B. Wilson, mayor of Bridgepoi
Connecticut. In fact there are few interests of public concern ii
has not been associated, his influence always being given on
and improvement. His life record stands in contradistinction to

the side of progress
the old adage that a

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 79

is not without honor savp in his own country, for Jlr. Wilson is a native son of Briilircport,

born DL-ceuibor 2. l-^T'J. His fatlicr. James A. Wilson, was born in Fnirfi-ll U uli.ic

the family has born ri']ii rsi iifrd inr two hundred and fifty years, flic _\,v i: m |m ii,i.,r
having come to the luu wurlil imiIv in the seventeenth century, .hnin- A - : <1

his attention and onori^ic's to tlic piofession of teaehinfr for a consi.lc r;i liN^ |.i i , .; .ml .utci-
ward became an attorney. He died in 1897, while liis wife. wl;.i li.nc the nun.l.'ii name of
Mary E. Wordin and belonged to an early Conni'rtinit lamily, ^urvivcl \iiitil J.ii:..

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, C hft'onl li. W'ilsdn was educated in
the schools of Bridgeport and. followinL' in Iiis father's footsteps, prepared for the bar, his
knowledge of the law constituting a valual)lc asset in his able administration of affairs of
city and state. He entered politirs as an a.tive factor when elected alderman from the fifth
district. He served from I'.Mi: until I'hi'j as a member of the council and was president of
the board and actiiiL; iiia.vur in I'Mis and l'.i(i;i. He made an excellent record in the city
council and was afterwanl rln.^en l.y tin' imlL^es of the supreme and superior courts for the
office of coroner "f I airliild r. unity, w Im li Milire he resimieil .Taniiary 1. 1012. Again he made
an excellent irrurj and tlie aliility anJ Inlelity wlii.li lie (|i-|il:i \ ei| .aiised him to be con-
sidered ii<v initlnr imlitiral dutie- and iniiaii- In I'jli he wa- made the republican candi-
date for niaycir id' liriilyepurt and was i hn^eii tci that nlh, ,■. f,i whieh lie was reelected in
1913 and in 1915, so that he is now serving fur the third term, his administration being
characterized by much that is conducive to municipal welfare and high civic standards.

He has been instrumental in bringing about many improvements in public buildings
and during his administration the new liiiih selicnd buildini; has been erected and new bridges
built on Stratford avenue. East Washiii.iit.ai avenue and (.rand street. Nevf fire and police
stations have been built and the manual system ul' lire alarms introduced. He has brought
about improvements in both the police and fire forces and has replaced horses with motor
driven apparatus in the fire department. There is no phase of the city's needs which has not
commanded his close attention, thorough investigation and efficient effort for improvement.
He has placed the board of health and the board of charities on an eflieient working basis.
A new welfare building is being erected and clinics for the benefit of the public are being
established. A new almshouse has also been built and he has given much thought and con-
sideration to the improvement of streets, resulting in the extension and broadening of
the thorouL:lifares I'm tlie purpose of relieving congested centers. The rapid development ol
the city, nw iuj tn tiie establishment of many factories here, has led to a gi'owth in the
city's populatidii tiiat ruuld not have been anticipated, and while work of caring for the
increase has been steadily carried forward, Mr. Wilson recognized the necessity for further
strenuous effort to meet existing conditions and is doing much to make adequate the public
health service and the transportation and housing facilities. Every branch of the public
service has had increased duties and res|i(insiliilities, mviu^ to r!rid;;e|iort's rapid growth,
and the city has realized that at its lie.nl then- niu-t he a man of praitieal business qualifi-
cations, who while working to meet tl \i;jeuen>^ m the hour, must plan also for the

future. Another tangible evidence of .\lr. Wilouus close study ul the situation has been
the providing of conveyors whereby the sewage of the city will be treated before being dis-
charged into the Sound, thereby preventing the pollution of the water. He was a member
of the committee which drafted the building code for Bridgeport and it was adopted after he
became mayor In |iiditiis he has always been a republican but has ever made partisanship
subservient to tlie |iul.lie good and placed the general welfare before personal aggrandize-
ment. His >|ileiiili,| -ei \ i( e as mayor of Bridgeport brought him before the public and in 1914
he was nominated by hi~ party for the office of lieutenant governor, to which position he was
elected in ini i .ml jl' nn in 1916. so that he is now the second executive of the state.

In ilillmd. 1 (mnertieut, on the 10th of November, 1914, Mr. Wilson was married to Miss
Anastasia L. Dorsey. of Hartford, Connecticut. He is a Mason of high rank, belonging to
the Knight Templar commandery and to the Scottish Rite consistory and also to the Mystic

80 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

Shrine, ilorcover, he is a past grand of Pequonnock Lodge, No. 4, I. 0. 0. F., and a past
chief patriareli of Stratlield Encampment, No. 23. He likewise has membership with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Sons of Veterans and the Germania Society and in
club circles he is well know'n as a representative of the Bridgeport and Algonquin Clubs. He
enlisted in Company B, Third Infantry, Connecticut National Guard in August, 1904, and
became in turn corporal, sergeant, second and first lieutenant, and captain. He was captain
■ when the regiment was made the Coast Artillery Corps and Company B became the Fourth
Company of said corps. He was placed upon the retired list of officers of the guard at his
request in 1908 as captain, was appointed chairman of the board of recruiting officers for
the Home Guard and appointed colonel of the Fairfield county regiment of the same. His
public record has covered an extended period, and among those in public service none have
been more faultless in honor, fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation.

WILLIAM E. BURXHAM.

William E. Burnliam. identified with many corporate interests which have liad much
to do with shaping the industrial development not only of his city but also of his state,
figuring likewise in other business connections and as a factor in the public life of the
comraunit.v, comes of a family that has been identified with the state from the earliest period
of Connecticut's colonization. The ancestral line is traced back to Thomas Burnham, who
came from England among the early Puritans, settling in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1635.
Edward Goodwin Burnham, father of William E. Burnham, was the founder of the Eaton,
Cole & Burnham Company, of which he became the vice president, the otlier olficers being:
John Eaton, president; E. H. Cole, treasurer; J. C. Bloom, assistant treasurer; and W. H.
Douglas, secretary. It was in 1860 that Edward G. Burnham removed from Massachusetts
to Bridgeport. He learned his trade at a time when metals and fuel for melting had to be
carted by horse from the sea coast. Not long after his arrival here he began the manu-
facture of brass and iron valves, cocks and goods for use for steam, water and gas. Under
his guidance the business grew and developed and 'in 1876 a company was organized and
Mr. Burnham joined forces with Eaton & Cole, a firm engaged in the same line,
business was capitalized for three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. They secured
increased facilities for manufacturing, the works were enlarged and the variety of
products increased and thus was instituted the important and growing business of which
William E. Burnham is the head. His father remained in active connection with the
enterprise for a long period and was the moving spirit in its growth and development.
He was also prominent in the public life of the community and served as a member of the
Bridgejjort board of public works and also as a member of the state senate.

William E. Burnham was but four years of age at the time of the removal of the
family to Bridgeport, so that he began his education in the public schools here and supple-
mented his early training by two years' study in Seabury Institute at Saybrook. after which
he spent six years in a private school at Bridgeport. He then entered his father's brass and
iron works in order to acquaint himself with the business in every phase and detail,
began as handy man at the machine shop, and advancing step by step, thoroughly
acquainted himself with every branch of the business, not only in the processes
of manufacture but in the control of the sales and all that had to do with placing
the product upon the market and the careful management of its financial interests,
served at different times in the offices of the company, becoming vice president, assistant
treasurer and manager. His efforts were followed by the rapid growth of the business,
which became one of the largest and best known brass and iron industries of Connecticut.
1905 his father and he disposed of their interests to Chicago parties and retired from active
1 therewith. In the meantime the business had developed until there were m

WILLIAJE E. BUENHAM

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 83

than fifteen hundred employes, demanding from time to time larger quarters and increased
facilities. After severing his connection with the old firm Mr. Burnham was elected to the
presidency of the Pacific Iron Works, also became treasurer of the Thomas Phillips
Company and a director of the Bridgeport Crucible Company, while of the Connecticut
National Bank lie was chosen a director. Thus his business connections have extended into
a broad field and have constituted important elements in the substantial business growth
of the city.

On the 10th of December, 1884, Mr. Burnham was united in marriage to Miss Hattie J.
Kiefer and they reside on Fairfield avenue in Bridgeport, occupying one of the city's
beautiful homes. In religious faith Mr. Burnliam is an Episcopalian and he is interested
in many forces which work for individual betterment and community upbuilding. He is a
director of the Bridgeport Hospital and he is also a director of tlic P.ny^. Cliili uf Bridgeport
and of the Bridgeport public library. In politics he is a loyal r. lulili. :in Init has never
been an office seeker. In 1908, however, he was a delegate to the i r|iul.lic,iri nalional conven-
tion and was chosen one of the republican presidential electors fur Cunnceticut. In 1897
he was made park commissioner of Bridgeport and served for seven years. There is no
- phase of the city's development in which he has not been interested and on many occasions
has been a leader in those movements which have brought about good results. He is a
Knight Templar and Scottish Rite Mason and he also belongs to Pyramid Temple of the
Mystic Shrine. He likewise has membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
and in club circles his membership extends to the Algonquin Club, the Brooklawn Country
Club, the Seaside Club and the Bridgeport Yacht Club, to the Union League Club of New
Haven, the New York Yacht Club and the Uahnundasis Country Club, of Utica, New York.
He is a devotee of outdoor sports and is an active supporter of movements which have
come about through a recognition of the fact that an even balance is maintained only when
one cannot only work well but also play well.

ANKER S. LYHNE.

Arriving in America when a youth of thirteen years. Anker S. Lyhne has since utilized
every available opportunity for advancement and in his business career has displayed not
only enterprise and progressiveness but also the spirit of initiative, so that he has now
reached a creditable position in industrial circles .as president of the Bridgeport Metal Goods
Manufacturing Company. He was born in Denmark, December 3, 18fi5, a son of Jens P. and
Juliana (Berg) Lyhne. The father died in Denmark, after' which the mother came to the
United States but is now deceased.

It was in 1879 that Anker S. Lyhne crossed the Atlantic, after which he attended
school for two years in Brooklyn, New York. On the expiration of that period he went to
New Haven, Connecticut, and for a decade was with Siirtrent & Company, having charge
of the cost and estimating department. He ")i- tii, lii~( iii:iii in \(\\ IjiljI'ithI to promote
a real department of that character, thus institniinj ;i i..,tiii,. -i Im-iin--. uliirh has since
become a department of practically all great iiciiinhirl in mi^ :iii(l hnlii-hial (miirriis. Leaving
Sargent & Company, he becarin' ^u|iiTintcniliiit .ii Ihr N.u llnlain ll,irJ\v:iii' Mmuifacturing
Company, with which he wn.- a^x.i iatid tm trii y.ais. and in r.H)| li,. wnn to ih.. Bridgeport
Brass Company as assistant suprT intiTiilint, al>o havini; rli.nur uf tlnir cstirnating depart-
ment. His connection witli that iin|inrat iun w a ~ inaintainr,! nntil I'Mi'i, when he organized

the Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufartnnnj pin\. tian at :;:, Spun,, street. He has been

president since the organization of tin- i [lany an^l tlir laiMn. -, lias steadily developed

owing to his careful management and ix.cutivc cuatrul. hi I'.in; the growth of the trade
justified the erection of a new factory on Cherry street, to which the business was removed

84 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

in lylT. Tilt main building is three hundred and twenty by sixty feet, is four stories in
lieight, is of mill construction and is equipped with a sprinkler system. The plant also includes
a boiler house sixty by seventy-five feet. The company manufactures a large variety
of metal goods made from sheet, rod, wire and casting, and they take large contracts from
other firms. This company also owns the business conducted under the name of the
Usona Manufacturing Company at No. 1 Hudson street. New York, with branches in Toledo,
Ohio, and San Francisco, California. They manufacture a line of flash lights which is one
of the best and most complete lines on the market. Mr. Lyhne possesses marked inventive
genius as well as mechanical skill and ingenuity and his study and experiment work have
resulted in the production of many valuable devices. In fact he has taken out several
hundred patents. In the company's tool room are found from forty to fifty tool makers,
highly skilled. The output of the factory is now markot(<l all over the world and the
name of the Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufiuturinj^ ioiii|jaii\ lia^ iRcmne the synonym of
standard quality. The company has its own phitinii .i\\<l liiii-liinij .liiiartment, which is one
of the most complete in existence. There an- -.i\ hiiii'lir.l ,rii|.|u\es, most of whom are
skilled workmen, and the business amounts to two million dollars annually. In addition
to the space already occupied, there is a tract of two ainl our half acres owned by the
company ready for additional buildings. They also operate anotliir factory known as the
Hotchkiss factory. The growth of the business has been most gratifying. Within eight
years it has assumed mammoth proportions, becoming one of the large and important
industrial enterprises of Bridgeport.

On th.- l^t ol (klober, Js;mj. Mr. Lyliiir was iiiarrieJ to -Miss Alice E. Stoncman, of New
Haven, and Ih.v iMram,. i,a,vi,ts ol lour rhdclrc..; Williaiii S., » lio is iii business with his
father; Kirlmioi,,! W ., i„.« icsidmj; m Caliton.ia; IKdciic J., at hoiuc; and Florence E., who
was a twin sister of llelcne but is now deceased.

In politics Mr. Lyhne maintains an independent course, voting according to the existing
conditions, supporting the men whom he thinks will best serve the public interests. Fra-
ternally he is connected with the Masons and has attained the Knight Templar degree of the
York Rite and the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, lie is also a member of the
Mystic Shiiiie and he in a past eminent commander of Hamilton Comniaiidery. No. 5. He
belongs as w(dl to the Algonquin Club and he and his family attend the Congregational
church. They occupy an enviable social position, having an extensive circle of friends in
Bridgeport. The life record of Mr. Lyhne is one which deserves high endorsement and
commendation. Starting out in the business world empty handed when a youth in his
teens, he has advanced steadily step by step and his orderly progression has brought him into
prominent industrial relations.

WILLIAM R. WEBSTER.

William R. Webster is not only widely known as one of the executive officers of the
Bridgeport Brass Company, but has long been regarded as an authority upon many questions
relative to the use and properties of metals. His broad study and wide experience have
enabled him to speak with authority along those lines and his opinions are accepted as
standard. Mr. Webster is a native of Oyster Bay, Long Island, his birth having there occurred
on the 30th of April, 1868, his parents being William R. and Helen (Stephenson) Webster, the
former a retired capitalist.

After acquiring a public school education W'illiam R. Webster attended the Betts
Academy at Stamford, Connecticut, and the Norwich Free Academy and in 1890 was graduated
from Cornell T'niversity with the degree of Mechanical Engineer. His early business experi-
ence came to him tlirou^:li two years' connection with Wcstingliouse, Church, Kerr & Com-

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

pany of New York and he afterward spent a year with the Aluminum Brass & Bronze Company
of Bridgeport. During these periods he was gaining added knowledge, experience and efficiency
which led to his appointment as superintendent of the Bridgeport Copper Company, in

ploy of the Bridgeport

^-ed for foil

entered the

and afterward was made
advanced to the position
vice presidency, while in

which capacity he
Brass Company in

superintendent of the raw material tlopartment. in time lie was
of general superintendent, followed by hi.s elictiun to the second
1914 he became vice president of the business and is now the secc
enterprise that furnishes employment to more than three thousand
covers several blocks and shows the latest equipment for brass man
not only manufactures seamless tubing, sheet brass, rods and wii
metal specialties, and its output is shipped to every part of tht
also a director of the Bridgeport Trust Company.

In 1892 Mr. Webster was united in marriage to Miss Susan W. Hinckley, of Norwich,
Connecticut, and their children are: Eleanor, and \A'illia]ii R.. Ji,, burn January 16, 1905.
The parents are members of St. John's Episcojial .Imii.Ii iiml .Mr. \\
a supporter of the republican party. He is iiroiiiiiimt m .Inli iinh
and member of the University Club, and ut th. ( .mt. iii|„,i ;i i y (_lu
Brooklawn Club. He also belongs to (lie i;i);jiii. , i - i lul ni X, u

Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Smiiiy nt Aut" Knu i-. tl

Testing Materials and the American liistitut.- nf .Mrtnl-. i.i \< hirh

vice president and president. He belongs also to the Institute of Met

is an associate member of the American Society of Naval Engi

authoritative papers on metal subjects which have been regarded as

tions to scientific literature. In the midst of the stress of interests of far-reaching importance

he has found time to devote to local interests and is a member of the Bridgeport board of

education.

, while its plant
:. The company
Iso all kinds of
Mr. Webster is

is well known as
ig an e.x-president
a member of the

to the American
erican Society for
as served both as
Great Britain and

He has written
valuable contribu-

WALTER H. KNIGHT.

Walter H. Knight, president of the Bridgeport Projectile Company, has throughout his
business career displayed those qualities of resolution, determination and persistency of
purpose which lead to success, and the tangible result of his developing powers, his inde-
fatigable energy and his laudable ambition, is seen in the plant of the Bridgeport Projectile
Company, which was incorporated on tin- 1st of A]iril. 1915. Mr, Knight is a native of Ohio.
He was born in 1858 and after acqiiiiiiiL' ;i pDlilii m liool education in that state attended
the Cincinnati University. His entian., int.. Iiu~im_-s life was made in connection with
the General Electric Company of Scln n. . l.nly, \. w York, which gave him charge of the
railroad department, and there he remained for si.^ years. Later he became consulting
engineer in the Metropolitan Street Railway Company of New York and also with the Long
Island Railway Company, and subsequently took the presidency of the Bridgeport Projectile
Company, which has as its officers: George W. Hoadley, of New Y'ork, chairman of the
board; Mr. Knight as president; Archibald MacNeil, Jr., of Bridgeport, as vice president;
Carl Heynen, of New Y'ork, as treasurer; and A. D. Tappen, of New Y'ork, as secretary. The
plant on Union avenue covers seven acres and was established at a cost of two million
dollars, includinj.' iov^c liuiMini;s whi.li are of ^teel. bri. k -.luA L'bl-^ . i.ii~truction and machine
shops of steel, brirk ami wn.pil. ThiTi' are lour .lilb-niit l.iiiMiiiu'- th. u.rge shop, the power
house, the marhiiii- .-lnq) and tlie ;;iin plant. Tlie btnbluiLj- .u.' ii|ui|.|m'.1 with the sprinkler
system and altogether this is one of the most modern factories in Bridgeport, covering two
hundred and sixty thousand square feet of floor space. They generate their own electricity

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and tlie macliines are driven by two thousand five hundred horse power turbo-generators.
The group system of motors is used with individual motors in the gun works. This is one
of the largest establishments in the United States for the manufacture of ordnance supplies
and ammunition. They are now building one Imndred and forty-six five inch guns for the
United States which are being constructed at the cost of one million four hundred thousand
dollars. They make guns from one pounders up to six inches in size. They employ from
three hundred to five hundred highly skilled machinists and there are no women in the
plant beyond the office force. Their specialty is steel shells and guns, and they have on
hand contracts with the United States government amounting to over three million dollars.
They do no foreign business, being unique in this regard, their manufacture being solely for
the United States government, largely in three to six inch shells. The management feels
that tliis country ^i-ts tlic best of everything and prefers to sell their products to their own
country ratluT tliaii to the ioriii;!! tiaile. The plant has a capacity of from five thousand to
fifty thousand .chills |ti-r clay, aicciidinf; to size, with the capacity of one three inch gun per
day and two five and six inch guns per week. The raw material is brought in by rail, and
the plant, with its splendid equipment, takes this material, turning it into the finished
product in a comparatively short space of time.

Mr. Knight turns from the pressure of strenuous business duties and responsibilities to
the Algonquin Club and the Country Club for recreation. He is appreciative of the social
amenities of life and his personal qualities have made him popular in those organizations.

WALTER SHERWOOD WILMOT.

Walter Sherwood Wilmot, treasurer of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company, has spent his <
entire life in the city which is yet his home. His paternal grandfather built the first brick
store in New Haven and put down tlir first liiitk ]iaving in that city on Orange street.
1840 he ramoved to Bridgeport and pm i lia-.,! « hat became known as the old Wilmot home-
stead on Stratford avenue, where lie i ..nt inuid to reside until his death. That property
was also for a long period the home of Sainiul W ilmot, fntlier of Walter Sherwood Wilmot
of this review, although for some yiais lir «a- in l.iisiiuss in Savannah, Georgia, where he
remained until the outbreak of the (nil wai Mr hail imviously spent his summers i
Bridgeport but continued his busini~s ronmctions at Savannah until hostilities wei
inaugurated, when he took up his permanent abode in this city. He was one of the early
members of the board of directors of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Coiniiaiiy, thus serviu]
the '60s and '70s, and was an active factor in developing and controlling the company's inter-
ests. He was closely associated with Joseph S. Richardson, ^^■illiam D. Bisliop and Amo
Treat in the building of the old Island Brook reservoir. He also became a prominent factor
in financial circles of the city and was a director of the Pequounock National Bank, the City
National liank and the Connecticut Xatiinnil Bank. He took an active and helpful interest
in all tliiiiL'- Ilia! |.ciiaiiHi] to |iiil)lic pio^ios and improvement and for a time served
a menibc, ,,i ihc Ih,i,,| ,,i aMcncn Hi, .Icatli ..c.inrcd in the year 1894 and the city thereby
lost one of it.s icjiic»ciitati\c nun one w hu.sc work had been of worth in promoting the
material development and public interests of Bridgeport. In early manhood he married
Lucretia Sherwood, of Fairfield, Connecticut, a daughter of Walter Sherwood, who was om
of a wool carding business at Mill Plain and a representative of one of the old pioneer fami-
lies of this state. To Mr. and Mis. Samuel Wilmot were born five children : William F., '
died in Utah several years ago; Fannie, who became the wife of Cliarles Y. Beach, sor
. Moses Beach, the owner of the New York Sun, her death occurring in 1890; Horace S., who
married Alice liurlock. a daughter of W. E. Burlock of the Burlock Shirt Company,

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Savannah, Georgia, in 1866.

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identification with the business dates tro
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MOSES W. MANWARING.

Moses W. Manwaring, president of the American Bank & Trust Company, occupies a
most creditable position in industrial and financial circles in Bridgeport, where he has long
enjoyed the reputation of being a forceful, resourceful and capable man. He was born at
East Lyme, Connecticut, Auiiiist is, ls4.-,. his parents h.ini; Allin W. and Lydia (Warren)
Manwaring. Her father was .M.isfs Waniii. \\h..-f lath.r ami uiaii.lfather also bore the
name of Moses Warren, and tin- firaii.lfatlicr survey. .1 a tiait uf land in Ohio which was
granted to Connecti.ut fur tli.' ]. articipation of her sons in the Revolutionary war. He also
laid out the city cit ( l.v.laml. dliiu. and named Euclid avenue, one of the most beautiful
thoroughfares of all th.' .•.mntiy. He had rendered active aid to the colonies as an oflicer
in the struggle for independence and he was connected with the Warren family of Boston,
of which General Warren, the commander of Bunker Hill, was a representative. Allen W.
Manwaring, a son of Isaac Manwaring, was a shipwright by trade and was employed in
various shipyards.

Moses W. ilanwaring pursup.l his education in the public schools of East Lyme and
New London. Connecticut, and ultimately took up the business of contracting and building.
In the spring of 1869 he came to Bridgeport, where he at once entered into active con-
nections with building operations. Later he became associated with the Lnion Metallic
Cartridge Company in the erection of the new buildings for that corporation— a business
which monopolized his time for eighteen years. In 1891 he bought out the Curtis Brothers
plumbing business and is still engaged in that line. In November, 1912, he was one of
those who organized the American Bank and Trust Company, of which he has since been the
president. The other oflScers are: L. Kutscher, Jr.. vice president; Eugene L. Sullivan, vice
president; R. J. MacKenzie, vice president; Albert W. Tremain. seerrtary. treasurer: A. .1. S.
.Silliman, assistant treasurer; and F'. .1. Hinhi. Ii.. ;is-i~tant 1 1 .a-iii .t. In aiMitem (.. di.s.'
the directors are S. Loewith, F. .1. d-ti.iisky. 1. IV Ci.n.ny. .1. .\. S|.atl.iiii. I \l. W.st,
.r. P. Frisbie, Charles W. Pflomm. William M. Tlennas. W illiam II. Coml.'y, .Ir., I). II. Kirris,
W. S. Woodrufl", G. E. Scofield, R. E. Parsons, Stefan Buda, George C. Edwards, Patrick

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McGee, Gregory S. Bryan, J. D. Slady and Charles G. Schwarz. In the various lines to
which he has directed his activity Mr. Manwaring has ever proved himself a forceful and
resourceful man, accomplishing his purposes by sheer force of will, determination and a
capability that has led to the recognition and utilization of all opportunities.

In 1872 Mr. Manwaring was married to Miss E. Louise Comstock, a daughter of John
J. Comstock, of East Lyme, Connecticut. They have one daughter, Bessie W., who is a grad-
uate of Wellesley College and has taken a course at Yale and is now a teacher of English
literature at Wellesley. The family are members of the Congregational church. Politically
Mr. Manwaring is a republican and at various times has been called to public office. In the
'70s he served as councilman from the fifth ward and afterward was alderman from that
ward for two or three terms. He has served as city treasurer since 1913 and for one term
he was a member of the state senate. He was one of the lirst members of the Bridgeport
Business Men's Association, of which he has been the president for two terms. In establishing
that organization and in furthering its work he has contributed in large measure to the
upbuilding and improvement of the city along various lines. What he has attempted for
the public good he has largely accomplished and his efforts have been farreaching in their
scope and effective in their purpose. He is justly classed as one of the valued and repre-
sentative citizens of Bridgeport.

WALDO CALVIN BRYANT.

Starting out in the business world when a youth of fourteen years to learn the
machinist's trade, Waldo Calvin Bryant through the intervening period has displayed at all
times close application and unfaltering enterprise and as the years have advanced his activi-
ties have broadened in scope and importance until he is now one of the well known manu-
facturers of Bridgeport, being president, treasurer and general manager of the Bryant Electric
Company, also of the Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Company and an officer in
various other business enterprises which have constituted elements in tlie continuous com-
mercial progress and development of his city.

Mr. Bryant was born in Winchendon. .MassuilniM'tts. Dei ciiiIk r 17, isi\:;, and after
acquiring a public school education began l.-arimiL^ tin' ma. Imii-ts trade duiiiig vacation
periods when a youth of fourteen years. Tlii- .lomuiatid lu> iiirtlur iMlmataiiuil training.
At sixteen years of age he entered Cushing Academy at Asliburnliani. .Massailiusotts, therein
preparing for a course in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, from wliiili lie was graduated
in 1884, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, when a youth of twiuty vrars. He then
entered the employ of the Thomson-Hmistnn Flectri? Company at Lynn, Massachusetts, in
the expert department and after mic iiniitli \\ i~ transferred to Bridgeport as assistant to
George Cutter in the operation of tli. .iiv .L.tn. liirht plant. He was thus engaged until
the spring of 1885, when a local oonipaTiy hi.ik rliari;<> of the plant and Mr. Bryant went to
Waterbury as a representative of the Waterbury Electric Light Company. There he con-
tinued until October, 1888. His attention was not only concentrated upon his duties in
that connection but his thought wfiB also constantly busy with the solution of electric
problems and his mechanical genius was brought into play in the invention of the Bryant
push and pull switch during the summer of 1888. He then came to Bridgeport and established
the business of making electric light supplies under the name of the Bryant Electric Com-
pany. II<' starteil with a very small capital, but the lin>ine=? pradn.Tlly prow, and as he
continued lii.~ e\|.eriiiierital work he took out several pateiii- on . I.rtii, li-ht -lijiiilies. wliieli

he contir d to inanutaeture until .July, 1889. He tlieii in. or|i,M at.d tli. Wyy.iui Kle.trie

Company u itli a eapitul stock of five thousand dollar.-, ot wliidi tliree llamsand dollais
was paid in. The business has grown almost by leaps and bounds. The value of its prodiu t

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vas at once recognized and the patronage increased rapidly, demanding enlarged facilities
for production ami greater ea]iital. Sometliing of the extent of this mammotli inidnrtaking
is indicated in tlir l;iit tli.it tin' .m |,lt:ili/:,( ion has been increased to two and i,u,- li.ilf niilliini
dollars, Mr. Bryant ivni;iininL: u~ llir |ii.>i.icnt, treasurer and general nnui;iyri ni ih,. hnsi-
ness. He is als., |nv>ia.nt, in;, -urn ^m.l general manager of the Perkins j;i,.,tri,- Switch
Manufac tni iiiL' iiini|i,niy, i~ \i(r |iir<iilint of the Siemon Hard Rubber Corporation and a
directm .1 ilir I'.i iclL:.|H.i t ll\dianli( ( nnijiany and the - Bridgeport Brass Con^pany. Not

alone iipi lanniacturini: atnl iTnliistrial lines has his interest and activity centered, for

in financial circles he is also known as a director of the First Bridgeport National Bank
and a trustee of the People's Savings Bank. His broad experience and recognized sagacity
have made liis opinions accepted as authority along certain lines of business, where in fact
his name has become one to conjure with.

In April, 1887, Mr. Bryant was united in marriage to Miss Ida Gerald, of New London,
Connecticut, and they have two children, Waldo Gerald and Doris. Mr. Bryant holds mem-
bership with the Union League Club of New York, witli the Lawyers and Engineers Clubs
and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers of X. w \nyk. He has membership in
the Brooklawn Country, Bridgeport Yacht, University and Ali.;.in,|iiin Clubs and he is a
director of the Bridgeport Hospital. He is interested in, and keei>s informed as to the
problems of the present time afifecting political and economic conditions. His education
in the school of experience he considers one of his most valuable assets, and he is universally
recognized as a man of broad gauge and large capacity for the successful conducting of big
and important enterprises.

WILLIAM H. FARRELL.

William H. Farrell, the executive head of the Bridgeport Screw Company, who as
president of the business is controlling a mammoth industrial concern, stands as a splendid
type of the modern captain of industry — a man who studies not only production in the line
in which he is directing his activities but also gives equally thorough and earnest study
to every question of p'lant building as regards the comfort and well being of employes. He
has embodied in his Bridgeport plant many most progressive ideas which make the institu-
tion one well worthy of close study.

Connecticut proudly claims Mr. Farrell as a native son. He was born in New Haven
in 1864 and in early manhood he wedded Miss Emma Ollie Leach, of Salem, Ohio. They
became the parents of two children, but one has passed away, the surviving son being Ralph
G. Farrell. who is the vice president of the Bridgeport Screw Company and thus the active
associate of liis father in business. Of his business activity The Iron Age says: "A wire
man from young manhood, the greater part of his life has been devoted to tonnage products,
but circumstances of his advancement as an organizer and manager have led to his gradual
entrance into the manufacture of a highly specialized wire product which is widely separated
from that of the tonnage mills. Commencing as a young man with the New Haven Wire
Company in his native city of New Haven, he went to the Oliver Roberts Company, Pittsburgh,
and thence to the Salem Wire Nail Company, Salem, Ohio, as journeyman wire drawer. From
Salem he was engaged as superintendent of the wire drawing department of the Kilmer
Manufacturing Company, then located at Newburgh, New Y'ork. Advancing to the position
of general foreman of the Pittsburgh Wire Company, Braddoek, Pennsylvania, he was pro-
moted to superintendent in 1898. In addition to the duties of this office, he acted as
superintendent of the Continental Wire Company, Granite City, Illinois, near St. Louis.
When the Pittsburgh Wire Company was absorbed by the American Steel & Wire Company
he was retained as superintendent. In 1899 he was engaged by the Union Steel Company to

94 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

erect and operate the finishing mill at Donora, Pennsylvania, afterward the property of tlie
United States Steel Corporation, and constitiitinfr one of the largest, most modern and cheapest
producing mills owned by the eonii);uiy. \\ liil, tin' Union Steel Company was under con-
struction the Page Woven Wire Fen.. ( '..in] ;ui\ . Munessen, Pennsylvania, operating open •
hearth, blooming and rod mills, in addition to tin' linisliing department, went into the hands
of the Union Trust Company, Pittsburgh, as receiver, which appointed Mr. Farrell manager
for the receiver, and he operated the works, in addition to his duties with the United States
Steel Company. By important savings in the operating and* administrative departments a
large increase in earning power was shown, owing to which a reorganization was effected,
with consequent success. In 1906 he accepted the presidency of the Dominion Wire Manu-
facturing Company, Montreal, and, wood screws being an important product, had the experi-
ence which resulted in the establishment of the Bridgeport industry. In three and a half
years at ilontreal, he remodeled the plant and by Improved methods increased the output
from twelve thousand to forty thousand tons. The company was absorbed by the Steel Com-
pany of (aiKiilrt in I'.ilO. and Mr. Farrell remained as manager until March, 1911_, when he
resigned t.i un.l.itak.- tli.- construction of his new factory."

The 1:1 i.Il. i.u t s. riw Company is a close corporation, the officers being: W. H.
Farrell, pnsiil.tit; IJalpli G. Farrell, vice president; and J. W. Seekings, secretary and
treasurer. The business was established in 1911, the original location being at Union, Central
and Williston avenues. The plant covers an entire block. There is one two-story building
one hundred and fifty by three hundred feet, with a two-story addition one hundred and
fifty by one hundred feet. The structure is of brick with concrete and steel reinforcement.
The production of the plant is thousands of screws per day, including wood screws of all
descriptions and also screw machine products. Their plant, according to The Iron Age,
"affords an exceptional oiiportunity fur tlie study of the progress that has been made in
recent years in factory doi-n ami e.|ui|inu'nt. In the manufacture and the handling 01
the product, from the receipt ot tlje raw material to the shipment of finished screws; in
the elements of lighting, vciitilat i.m. luatii!j,' and fire protection, the factory represents the
latest word in efficiency and in tin- safiu'iiarding of the health and comfort of employes.
President W. H. Farrell, tin- t.niii.lir an.l executive head of the business, has given to the
design and erection of the fac^tory tlie benefit of a long and successful manufacturing
experience, which includes the erection of great works and the conversion of old into modern
plants. The business is not based upon an established industry; it is entirely new. The
equipment is strikingly homogenous, consisting of the latest types of open and solid die
headers and of a multitude of shavers and threaders of latest models, in the design of which
are embodied modifications, specified by the purchaser, based upon experience in the works
of the Dominion Wire Manufacturing Company, Montreal, Canada, of which Mr. Farrell was
the head in the period of its quick development to its present high production basis. From
it were recruited to a large extent the administrative and mechanical heads of the Bridgeport
factory. As the manufacturing plans of the company include a full time run of three
hundred days the yearly product figures at more than four million gross. A spur track enters
the yard, allowing cars to pass to a long exterior loading platform, from which three broad
doorways afford entrance to the store room and shipping room. There is land for ample
enlargement in the future and the property is enclosed by a woven wire fence surmounted by
barb wire. It is absolutely unscalable and with the locking of the gates at the factory
entrance and at the spur track completely excludes outsiders." Around the building are well
kept lawns and the interior of the factory shows equal orderliness, witli corresponding
efficiency. The exceedingly high rooms are a marked characteristic of the plant. The first
story is seventeen feet from floor to ceiling, while the second floor has the same height in
the wings and is twenty-four feet td the roof of the monitor, which covers sixteen feet of
the width of the building. The window space is extraordinary, made possible by the use of
steel sashes. The standard width of the windows is seventeen f.'et. with three foot pilasters

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separating tliem. Tlie effect is of continuous tiers of windows encircling the building, so
that the factory is lluudcd with sunlight and fresh air. In fact, the many windows presented
an inipiprtaiit piuhlcni. for tlic windows must be curtained. As the ordinary spring shade
was entirely out of the c|Uc.stiou on a window seventeen feet in width, the portiere principle
was applicMl ami curtains made of unbleached cotton cloth, attached top and bottom to rods.
This wliite cloth shuts out the direct sunlight, filtering the rays but not greatly reducing
the illumination. :\lr. Farrell and his associates in business have done much in developing
special nKuliiiici y for tlic work and tlu'V employ four hundred people, mostly skilled workmen.

Mr. l-'nri''ll liihl- time for iifciir.! iiitnr-t- .nir-hl.- of Ijusiness. He belongs to the
Algonc|niii ( lull, the S.Msid,- ( lulp. and th.. Mildui |...rt \ arlit Club and the last named indicates
his chief source of recreation. He is the possessor of a tine racing sailboat and his chief
interest outside of business is in yachting.

RALPH G. FARRELL.

Ralph G. Farrell, vice president of the Bridgeport Screw Company and thus a factor
in that intense industrial activity which has carried Bridgeport forward by leaps and bounds
within the last few years, came to the city in October. 1916. He was born in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania, in 1891 and is a Yale num. liaviuLr I ii L^raduate.! from the Sheflield .Scientific

School with the class of 1914. He made lii- initial -tep in th,. l-u-iiie-> woiia in connection
with the United States Steel Corporation, with which he was a-soeiate.| nntil i Ktober. 1916,
when he came to Bridgeport and entered into hi- jiroeiit nlation- in the devidopment and
control of the Bridgeport Screw (_diii|i,niy. Tln'irN is one of the fme-t industrial plants of
the city, in which not only the (|ue-.tioii ..f ellieiciey lia> lie,-n thoroii;;lily -tudied but also
that of hygienic surroundings for the employes. Jn the building and equipment of the plant
the company has solved many of the complex problems of the industrial world of today.

Mr. Farrell was united in marriage to Miss Helen Smith, of New York, a daughter of
W. C. Smith. He belongs to Phi Sigma Kappa, a college fraternity, and is also well known
as a member of the Algonquin Club of Bridgeport.

HENRY N. McCATHRON.

Henry X. McCathron, president of the Bridgeport Boiler Works and thus numbered among
the captains of industry in Connecticut, was born in Oswego, New York, in October, 1871,
a son of George and Harriett (Barlow) McCathron. The father, a millwright by trade, died
in Oswego, New York, but the mother still survives. Henry N. McCathron largely acquired
his education by attending night school, for from the age of nine years he earned his own
living, and when fourteen years of age began working at the boiler maker's trade. When a
youth of sixteen he had five boy* working under him, and since that time he has been in
control of the labors of oth< i- K\ eiit ii.illy he took charge of the boiler shop of the Ridgeway
Manufacturing Company o' llel-i w .; \ . Pennsylvania. His identification with Bridgeport
dates from 1900 in which \ car he l.e( anie foreman for the Bridgeport Boiler Works Company.
Each change marks a forward step in his career, bringing a wider outlook and broader
opportunities.

After a brief period spent in Bridgeport he entered business on his own account under
the name of the McCathron Boiler Works, and from the beginning success attended the new
venture so that with the growth of his trade' he was afterward enabled to purchase the

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business of the Bridgeport Boiler Works, under which name liis business is now conducted.
Tliis enterprise had its inception in the early '50s under the lirni naiiu' of Humphrey &
Watson, at the foot of Golden Hill street in the rear of the dipnt. I.at. i tin Imsiness was
conducted tinder the name of Lowe & Watson, and afterward iin I. i tin name nf William
Lowe. In 1899 the business was reorganized under the style of the i:i i.li^cp.ut Boiler Works
Company, and the first annual meeting was held in January, 1900. The first directors were:
Harris P. Smith, chairman and president; Edward J. Morgan, vice president and treasurer; and
I'Mwin C. Spargo. secretary. The plant was removed to 202 Housatonic avenue many years
ago. At linuth .Mi Spargo^ the secretary and treasurer, and Henry H. McCathron, the presi-
dent, t(">k n\<y till liii^iiuss. The former retired in 1914 and was succeeded by John McCath-
ron, wlup liiia >r, iitaiy. The plant covers a space one hundred and nine feet front by two

hundred and twiiit \ livr hit in iKiitli, ami the shop is one hundred and nine by one hundred
and seventy-five fi i t i:iii|iliiyim nt is fiiiiiished to sixty people engaged in the manufacture
of all kinds of plate nun wmk. Tlie iiut|.uf includes a special boiler for heating known as the
Bridgeport Boiler, whi.li \\a~ Jesi;;ned specially for heating and manufacturing purposes and
is notalile fm it- -a\iiie ,,r ,i.al. The plant is equipped with the latest modern improvements
and acci's, lines i,,i wmk ni tlnit eharacter and the shop is never idle. This is one of the oldest,
most rclialile ami must suiee--tiil ciincerns of its kind in Bridgeport, and under the control of
Mr. McCathron the business is -teailily ami satisfactorily growing.

In October. 190.3, Mr. NM illin.n «as nianieil to MLss ,Tosie C. Laubscher of Bridgeport,
and they have two sons. Earl II. ami Wesley I'. In politics Mr. McCathron follows an inde-
pendent course, preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs.
His thorough knowledge of the trade, gained from long years of experience, has enabled him
to most widely direct the efforts of those in his employ, and the business has become a con-
tributing factor in the material prosperity of the city as well as a source of gratifying
individual income.

JACOB HUBER.

Jacob Huber, i.rfsiilciit of the Huber Ice Cream Company, has developed that business
until it has become one of the leading concerns in that field in Connecticut, but is now leaving
much of the actual work of its niaiiagement to others although he still exercises supervision
over its affairs. A native of CertTuiny lie was liorii in Kenzingen, Baden, on the 5th of January,
1856, a son of Jacob Huber. whose father, iiiamlfather and great-grandfather likewise bore
that name. The mother was in her iiiaideiil 1 liarbara Reiner, and her father and grand-
father both bore the name of Jlichael Reiner.

Jacob Huber attended the graded and secomlai y s, hools in his native country until he was
fourteen years old. When he was but a child he hiiian workinL; on flie home farm and after
his father's death, which occurred when he was twelve years old, he assisted his mother in
operating the place. However, in March, 1871, when fifteen years old. he emigrated to
America, landing at New York city. He at once continued his way to Bridgeport, his destina-
tion, and here entered the employ of F. J. Freyler, the proprietor of a candy store on Wall
street and remained there for nine years, after which he was for one year in the employ
of John E. Lewis, one of the pioneer candy men of Bridgeport. In 1881 he bought out his
former employer, Mr. Freyler, and conducted that business until June, 1914, meeting with
signal success in that connection and bviilding up a lar^e trade in candy and ice cream. In
the year mentioned he gave that business to his daiif^hter. Mrs. Lulu (Huber) Battles. He
organized the Huber Ice Cream Company, nianufaetiners and wholesalers of ice cream, and
in the fall of 1913 ground was broken while in I'.lll the first building of the plant, a structure
fifty-fotir by ninety-six feet in dimensions, was completed. Another building, forty-two by

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AH are three stories in lieight, the total Hoc
it. When Jlr. Hiiber bouglit out the Freyler si
lielp of one boy, and a one liorse delivery \va

rapid growth in trade. .Jacob Huber lias been the president and treasurer of the concern
since its incorporation and the other ollicers are, Harry Tait. secretary, and Ernest Huber,
superintendent.

In May, 1881, Mr. Huber was married to .Mi^s L,,uisa Wild, and tiny have two daugh-
ters: Lulu, who is the wife of Adolph Battles and lias a .iaii^lil. r, .\l.ta Lnin^.i; and Lydia.
the wife of Harry Howard, who is a conductor on ih,. .\, w Haven Kailway and resides in
Bridgeport. Mr. Huber came to the United States with the intention of definitely identifying
his interests with those of this counlty. and as soon as he was old enough applied for his
naturalization papers, and on attainin;^ lii~ nmiority became a legal voter, casting his first
presidential vote for Samuel J. Tilden. Fur tlnj past twenty years he has voted independ-
ently and makes a close study of political issues. From 1889 to 1891 he served as a mem-
ber of the common council of Bridgeport, representing the first ward for one year and the
third ward for one year. He has been a member of the Board of Trade since the early '808
and also early became a member of the Bridgeport Business Men's Association. He belongs
to both the Algonquin and Bridgeport Clubs, and is well known in fraternal circles as a
member of the lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine of the Masons. He was a charter
member of both the Elks and the Knights of Pythias, has filled all the chairs in the last
named and has also held every office in the Concordia, to which he has belonged for many
years, and in the Bridgeport Turnverein of which he became a member in 1872. For a long
period his life was one of unrelaxing industry but his affairs are now in so satisfactory a
condition that he feels justified in maintaining only a general supervision over the work of
the company, leaving the details of management to his associates in the business. He
spends his winters in Florida and during the summer devotes much time to motoring and
fishing. He is a man of varied interests and has done his share toward advancing his city
along a number of lines. Wherever known he is held in the highest esteem and his personal
friends are many.

SIMON C. BRADLEY.
Simon C. Bradley, founder and manager of the Keneul Food Supply Company of Fairfield,

E. (Sherwoodl lii.nllfN- In lln' |an-in( of In, r(hirati..n ],.■ alt.anl.Ml th.' .-} U of Fairlield

and th'e Staples A. a. I. any at lla-ton aial tliromjli tli.' pniod ,,i I, is early l,ovlioo,l 1,,. ,|,ent
the summer months in work upon the home farm, while later he devoted hi, mtne attention
to agricultural pursuits until 1904. He then formed the Keneul Food Su|.ply ( onipany of
Fairfield and has since conducted the business, having as partners in tlie undertakini; H. L.
Pierson of New York and his >on in l.nv. 'i'lieodoir Stiiivji's.

Mr. Bradley was mani. J m ls;;i t.. Mi-- Anna 1: llr lliilUley, a daughter of Moses A. and
Elizabeth Bulkley, and tiny Inn. t»o rlnMim: I'li/alntli, who is the wife of Theodore
Sturges; and Sarah Elizabeth, the uile ul Nelson lliiteliiiisun. Mr. Bradley makes his home
on the Sturges road and is a man of domestic tastes. His fellow townsmen, however, ai)pre-

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ciative of liis worth and ability, have called him to publie office. He has been a lifelong
democrat. He served as selectman of Fairfield for five nsir^. for one term represented his
district in the general assembly and in 1914 was appoint. 1 innlri th. W ilson administration as
postmaster of Fairfield, which oflSee he filled to the entm ^at i-tart i .n of the general public
until the spring of 1917, when his growing busine;;s il. iniui.lr.l his entire time and he
resigned his position. He belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Improved
Order of Red Men. He is well known in Fairfield as a good citizen and popular man, having
a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

GEORGE HL'XTINGTON JSnCTIOLLS JOHNSON.

George Huntington Nicholls .Tolmson is a representative of the old NichoUs family whose
ancestral line is traced back in Bridgeport through six generations. At one time much of
the site of the city was in. the possession of the Nicholls family. The founder of the family
on American soil was born in England in 1590 and came to New England in 1635, removing
to Stratford, Connecticut, in 1639. He took possession of seventy-six thousand acres of land
west of the Housatonic river, seventeen families receiving this tract as a grant from England.
Theophilus Nicholls, who was born March 31, 1703, and died on the 7th of April, 1774, had
a beautiful mansion on the point where the Farist Steel Company plant is now located, and
there he lived for a iiiiiiilur nf yrars. wliilu his brother resided on the west side of the river.
In 1723 he marrii ,1 ^aiali ( luti-. a .laiiL:litcr of Lieutenant Ebenezer Ciirtis and a grand-
daughter of Captain Williain ( Mrti> nt Siratford. They had a family of nine children. To
the same family belun^cil llahard Xirhdlls, who was the first governor of the city of New
York and who is buried in tin i.wn .ii Ainpthill, Bedfordshire, forty miles north of London.

Philip T. Nicholls, son ni lli. .iphiln^ Nicholls, was born in January. 1726. He was a
merchant, shipowner and pruminuiit business man and citizen. On the 9th of October, 1753,
he wedded Mehitable Peet of Trumbull, Connecticut, whose ancestors came from England in
1640 and settled at Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Nicholls had nine children, their
seventh child being Charles Theophilus Nichols, who died in October, 1849. He was engaged
in shipping interests and in looking after his lamliMl estate. His home was on King's High-
way and the Pequonnock river, and was tln' sonc of many brilliant social functions. George
Washington was once his guest wlion on his way from New York to Boston. He married
Sarah Tomlinson and they had two children. Ann Eliza and George Huntington Nicholls.
The latter became a minister of the Episcopal church. He was graduated from Trinity Col-
lege at Hartford in 1839. was ordained a deacon in June, 1841, and was ordained to the
priesthood of the Episcopal .liiiidi Novomhrr :;n, i«4:?. hy the Kt. R.v. llishop Jln.wnoH. His
first charge was St. John's .loii.li in >ali-liiny, wlin,. 1,,. «as arti\,' i.n- many >rai-. (hi the
8th of June, 1842, he was nianncl Ky In-hoi, |;iM»n.H. «!,,. ,iili, latcil al In- . ii.lina t ion. to
Julia Beach Phelps, a granddau^litir of i;;bono/,nr IWarli. <,f LitchliL-kl tunHectii.ut. and tlicy
became the parents of six children.

The daughter of Charles T. and Sarah (Ton.liusoiii Ni.liolls was Ann Eliza, who was
born December 27, 1813, and died in 1893, 'when in the ci;;liticth year of her age. Ann Eliza
Nicholls became the wife of William Sumner Joluison, a native of Oneida county. New Y'ork,
who was for many years a leading merchant in commercial circles in New Y'ork city. For
a time he engaged in the wholesale hardware business but fire destroyed his establishment,
and later he engaged in the wholesale dry goods trade. He removed to New Y'ork imme-
ditely after his marriage.

George Huntington Nicholls Johnson was born in Brooklyn, New Y'ork, January 8, 1844.
and in December, 1849. the family removed to Bridgeport, where he attended tlie public
schools, while latcf he became a student in Columbia College. He entered upon his business

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career in New York and for a time was treasurer of the Moore Car Wlieel Company of
Jersey City, New Jersey, but in 1868 he returned to Bridgeport, where he has since lemained.
He became manager, secretary and treasurer of the White Manufacturing Company and so
continued until 1879. He then entered into partnership with Enoch P. Hincks, under the
firm style of Hincks & Johnson, successors to Wood Brothers, and so continued until 1908,
when the business was discontinued. They built all of the property on their factory site
on Broad street. Their location was opposite the postoffice, a district that is now com-
pletely built up with modern store and office buildings.

In New York, on the 15th of April, 1868, Mr. Johnson was married to iliss Mary Emma
Webster, of New Y'ork city, and they have two children, Annie Webster and Mary W., the
latter the wife of Dr. T. L. Ellis. Mr. Johnson is a Mason and his life lias been an exempli-
fication of the spirit and purposes of the craft. He has nuinlier.--hi|) in I uiintliiaii Loilge, No.
104, r. & A. M.; Jerusalem Chapter, No. 13, R. A. M.; .I.m ii>;iliiu ( ..unnl. X,.. Ki, R. & S. M.;
Hamilton Commandery, No. 5, K. T., and has taken all the ,!ci;ir.~ ..i ilie Si..ttisli Rite up
to and including the thirty-second under jurisdiction ol Lala>etti i ..ii~i-t..iy In 1905 he
was appointed grand captain of the guard in the grand coiiiMum.Iri \ jn.l m i;ii.5 he was
made grand commander of the Knights Templar of the state >.i i .miMrt i, nt . His service
has been characterized by the same love and zeal that he has giv. n tn Im-inr--, t.) recreation
and to the church. Public office has never allured him becaus,' ni ilir |,,,.>~iii.4 ileniands of
business. His membership in many clubs, especially sportmen's rliil.-. Ii,i.^ uimmi the needed
vent for his exuberant spirits, his love of companionship and nt manly s|...iis. He belongs
to the Algonquin Club of Bridgepuit. the Adinniilark League Club, the MitaliMt.jiiaii ( hib
of Canada, the White Hollow Fishing ( lul> ..1 ( ..nueeticut, the Automobih- ( liil. ui l;ri,lur|,.,rt,
the Connecticut Automobile Club ut Aiiieiira. the .Men's Club of Trinit> (linivli in llml'^e-
port and the Church Club of the Diocese ut Connectieut. By nature friendly and ever entliu-
siastic, these characteristics of Mr. Johnson's have been greatly enjoyed and appreciated as
well as cultivated through his relationship in club life. He has ever enjoyed manly outdoor
sports, and he was one of the first to take up the bicycle, importing* in the early part of
1870 the first two-wheel bicycle or "bone shaker" from Paris. For over fortj' years he has
responded to the "call of the wild'' and has many mounted specimens of fish and wild ani-
mals. Coming of an ancestry honorable and distinguished, he is fortunate in that his lines
of life have been cast in harmony therewith. In talents and character he is a worthy scion
of his race and his record reflects added prominence to a name long distinguished in the
annals of Bridgeport.

GUY P. MILLER.

Guy P. MiikT is the secretary and treasurer of the Bridgeport Brass Company and as
such is contributing to the city's reputation as a great manufacturing center. In his busi-
ness life he has been a persistent, resolute and energetic worker, possessing strong executive
powers and keeping his hand steadily upon the helm of his business. Keenly alive to every
new avenue opened in the natural ramifications of trade, he and his associate officers of the
company have passed over the pitfalls into which unrestricted progressiveness is so fre-
quently led and have been enabled to focus their energies In directions where fruition is
certain. Bridgeport indeed owes much of her development to this undertaking, employing
as it does an army of workmen.

Mr. Miller was born in Wiscasset, Maine, February 11, 1875, a son of Herbert C. and
Sarah (Day) Miller, the former a college professor. The mother died when her son (juy
was a little child and he was reared by his grandmother in Danielson, Connecticut. After
obtaining a high school education he entered the employ of the Pope Manufacturing Com-

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paiiy of Hartford, Connecticut, and on the 1st of July, 1900, came to Bridgeport, where
he has since been associated with the Bridgeport Brass Company, the development of his
powers bringing him to his present position as secretary and treasurer of this mammoth
enterprise.

The Bridgeport Brass Company was organized in 1865, succeeding to the business of
Wilmot & Kissam, which firm was organized for the purpose of manufacturing materials for
hoop skirts. The plant was located at Crescent and Main streets. About 1865 Colonel
Mason became financially and actively interested in the company and was its president for
many years. This company gradually broadened the scope of its activities and became
the second company in the United States to begin the manufacture of seamless brass tubing.
For this purpose George E. Somers went abroad and secured the necessary information and,
returning, inaugurated a process which produced the desired result. He was president of
the company for many years and under his leadership an extensive business was built up.
With the development of the business they concentrated their energies and attention upon
seamless tubing, sheet brass, rods and wire and now they continue in the same line, in addition
to which they make metal specialties of all kinds, including bicycle and automobile pumps
and plumbing goods. Their pumps are sold all over the world to jobbers, manufacturers and
dealers but their output goes principally to manufacturers. The company has two factories
in Bridgeport, one located on Housatonic avenue, covering ten acres and comprising a number
of buildings. This is used for the raw material work. Their plant on Crescent and Main
streets covers six acres. The more recently erected buildings are reinforced concrete and
saw-toiitli liuildiiitrs and tlie sjiriiikler system is used in one-half the plant. They generate
tliiir iiuii cl.rtn. it\ . for tin- plant is operated by electric power, and they use a great deal
of liydiaulii- jiiiwiT. Tliiir eiiuiimient is thoroughly modern in every respect and the business
has been most carefully systematized, so that there is no useless expenditure of time, labor
or material. Each movement must contribute to the sum total of the whole and the three
thousand employes, many of whom are skilled workmen, work togetlier with the jirccision
of a machine. During the last two years the business has shown a five hundred per cent
increase in the tonnage of the output. The officers are: F. J. Kingsbury, of New Haven,
president and general manager; W. R. Webster, vice president and general superintendent;
and Guy T. Miller, secretary and treasurer. These men have surrounded themselves with a
most able ;iinl rili, i.nt cnriis of assistants. R. I. Neithercut is assistant secretary and pur-.
chasing aunt, v.itli A I' Swoycr as general sales manager; C. A. Baldwin as assistant sales
manager; I. M Allen, diict' accountant and credit manager; Arthur Brewer, plant super-
intendent; Horace I' stapl.s, prciduetion superintendent; Walter R. Clark, chief engineer in
charge of the draftiTi- au.l niuinecring department; A. W. Limont, superintendent of the
manufacturing department, ;uid W . F. Potter, traffic manager. The directors of the company
are Messrs. Kingsbury. Webster, Miller and Swoyer, together with C. A. Hamilton and
F. Kingsbury Curtis, of New York, Charles G. Sanford and Waldo C. Bryant. In addition to
the important duties which devolve upon Mr. Miller as sciretury and treasurer of the
Bridgeport Tirnss (oTiipnny he is also the vice president and treasurer of tlie American Tube
& StampiiiL' I niii|iiny. which is one of the big manufacturing concerns of Bridgeport and

On the :.'Ttli of i irtulxr, 1898, Mr. Miller was married to Miss Hattie C. Colt, a daughter
of Samuel Colt, of Hartford, and their children are Mary Colt, Catherine Day and Richard
Putnam.

Mr. Miller has an interesting military chapter in his life record, for he enlisted at the
time of tlir ^paiii-li Amn i, an war with the Hartford Reserves and therein displayed the same
spirit of liy,ili\ wliirli rharacterized his ancestors. In the maternal line he is entitled to
membership in tin S.Hi.ty of Colonial Wars and is identified therewith. His grandmother's
grandfather was (iineral Putnam, the second in command during the war for independence.
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state of New York. Mr. Miller belongs to the Brooklawn Country Club and
of its board of governors. In the midst of a most active business life he yet ti
those things which have cultural value and for the study of those questions \
deeply concern every American citizen. At the same time he is one of the mo.-
and widely known business men of New England and in his business career has c
a progressive spirit ruled by more than ordinary intelligence and good judgmci
with a deep earnestness, impelled and fostered by indomitable perseverance, a
justice which expresses itself in correct principles and practice.

SPOTSWOOD D. BOWERS.

Spotswood D. Bowers, a prominent attorney of Bridgeport whose large clientage is an
indication of his high standing at the bar, wn^ hom in r'iminnati, Oliin, August 1.5, 1876, and

is the eldest son of John M. Bower>, al-.i a 1;,»\.,. n,i« , ti.n,^ i„ New York city as

the senior partner of the firm of liuw.is ,\ ^aml-. Tlir ilin l.mv the maiden name of

Susan Bowler Dandridge and passed away -cMial yi'ais :\'j,<k SIic was connected with the
Colonial Dames and also with the Daughters of the American Revolution. In the paternal
line the Bowers family was represented in the Revolutionary war. John M. Bowers holds
membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. Among his ancestors was Israel Putnam.
Spotswood D. Bowers is also related tc. IIh- S|i(itsw(iiMl ami Dandridge families of Virginia.
He was reared in New Y'ork city ami ■.iivpliaiimtcil lii> .arly eihication by a course in Y'ale
College, while later he attended the New Ycrk Law Srln.ul f,.r three years. On the 15th of
November, 1898, he was admitted to practice at fli.' X.w Y,.ik har an. I removed to Cincinnati,
Ohio, where he entered upon the active work oi lii~ |ii ot..--i.in \Mth tlir U\v firm of Harmon,

Colston, Goldsmith & Hoadhn-. He remained «iil. tli:it In .i t«.. xrars. devoting himself

almost entirely to railroad litigation. The lirni wa.s a very prominent one in Ohio, one of
its members, Judson Harmon, having been governor of the state and also attorney general
under President Grover Cleveland.

In 1900 Mr. Bowers removed westward to the state of Washington, practicing in Tacoma
for four years in the oflice of the Hon. James M. Ashton, there devoting himself to admiralty
and corporation law, but his health failed and in 1904 he traveled around the world. The
following year he became a resident of Bridgeport, where he has since engaged in the practice
of law, being now senior partner in the linn "t I;. .mis a Williams. ,n. s|ic.ializing on
appellate cases. His practice is of a very imii..iiaiit .l.aia.t.i an. I u. it~ ...n.lui In- displays

a comprehensive knowledge of the principles ..i ,|.iii-| 1. n. . . wlnl. m th.> applaation of a

legal point he is seldom, if ever, at fault. He belc>ii.;s tu Ijutli tlie l.jLal bar association and to
the American Bar Association. He was employed as special prosecutor by the state of
Cohnecticut to investigate the criminal acts in connection with the Burr & Knapp failure.
These men were private bankers of Bridgeport who failed September 10, 1914. As a result
of Mr. Bowers' investigation Herbert M. Knapp pleaded guilty and spent a year in jail, while
Mr. Burr's death undoubtedly saved him from a similar fate. This was a big achievement
and victory for Mr. Bowers, who also won before the supreme court of Connecticut the case
of the Baird-Untiedt Company vs. the Associated National Manufacturers, in which case the
supreme court sustained the right of the hat manufacturers to combine for their own pro-
tection and enforce obedience to their rules and regulations by fines. This was another signal
victory for Mr. Bowers. Mr. Bowers also was one of the attorneys who successfully defended
President Charles E. Mellen and other ofTicials of the New Haven Railroad who were indicted
for manslaughter as a result of the Westport railroad wreck. He has recently drafted the
bill to create an agricultural, industrial and social welfare commission in the state of
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wage, old age and mother's pensions and health insurance. He has the largest private law
library in the state and with its contents he is widely familiar.

On the 10th of June, 1916, Mr. Bowers was united in marriage to Miss Christina
McLennan, of Syracuse, New York, whose acquaintance he formed while connected with the
notable case of William Barnes, Jr., against Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Bowers appeared for
the defense in the suit and was largely iiisti uim-iital in winning a complete victory for Colonel
Roosevelt. Mrs. Bowers died June 15. IHT, at Syracuse. She was a daughter of the late
Judge Peter B. McLennan, who at tin- tiinr cit lii> death was presiding justice of the fourth
appellate division nf tlio state of New 'Wuk and lived in Syracuse.

Mr. l;(i«er> liidil^ iiiiiiilieislii|i in tlie lOpiseoiial cliurch and belongs also to the Calumet
Club of Xew Vnrk, tlie lir.M.klawn (...untry Ciiili. the Algonquin Club and Seaside Outing
Club of i;iid,i;e|H„t, the liiiun League Club uf New Haven and the Powelton Club of New-
burgh, Ne« ^■(.lk. Ml. Bowers has been well known in variniis athletic sports for many
years and ha^ Ihmii a devotee of the game of golf for the la-( twenty-three years, and during
practically all that time has been prominently connected with the iianie. He is chairman of
the greens committee of the Brooklawn Country Club and has been such for several years,
and it has been largely through his efforts that the Brooklawn Country Club golf course has
attained its present high standing, as is shown by the fact that the Metropolitan Golf Cham-
pionship was to be played here this year. Imt \va- |H.-.t|"Uu'd nw iny to the war. It will, however,
be held at Brooklawn when ne.xt the ch..in|iinii^lM|. i^ rc-unnd. During the years 1897, 1898 and
1899 Mr. Bowers won many golf tonrni incnt ^. in. hiding: the I'resident's Cup Competition at
Lenox in 1898, when he won the fannm- si. iii rn|i In I'.niu he astounded the golfing world by
playing a championship coin-se blindluldel m .m. Iiundred and twenty-one strokes. Since that
time his business has interfered largely « itli lii^ play. Imt at that he has won many tournament
competitions since ami has a laree and \alu;il>le cuUection of trophies. Even today he has a
national l;andir:i]i ..f ii\c wliirh |"inni- liiiu to compete in the National Amateur Cham-
pionship. \lr. Il.n\.i- i.iiincily |il:iMd liadniinton and twice won the United States cham-
pionship. Mr, li.iwn- I- aN,i an enthusiastic player of the old game of pool, now known as
pocket hilliard-. and lia~ played on the Algonquin Club team for a number of years and has
won a larje p. ircntauc of his games. While in college, and for a short time thereafter, he
played fi.otiiall. |dayini; full back on the Flushing Athletic Club team for several years. ]
Bowers recently built a handsome residence on Stratfield Road, bordering upon the property
of the Brooklawn Country Club, the very evident jiurpose of which is to permit him to ci
tinue to enjoy his favorite pastime of golf, without interfering with his legal business,
after all these other things are l.nt the interests .d" his leisure hours, while his law practi
extensive and important, claims the i;ieater j.art id his time and attention. He ranks a:
very successful lawyer and ha- l^cen cmimctcd with a number of very impoitant lases. be
one of the best known appellate atturney.s in the state. Perhaps no lawyer in Cunneeti
has more practice before the supreme court. He has also been admitted to practice in
United States courts in four different states, namely, Ohio, Washington, New York and
Connecticut. He is also well known as the author of several law books and is at present
engaged in writing a state digest.

STEPHEN JACKSON PATTERSON.

Among the manufacturers of Bridgeport during the past generation who achieved s
cess and national prominence was Stephen Jackson Patterson, founder of the Bridgeport
Patent Leather Manufacturing Company and its president for fifty-five years. Mr. Patter-
son was a native of Fairfield county, his birth occurring at Greens Farms on December 25,
1814, and in his youthful days he learned the tanning business. In 1S32 he became a resident

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of Bridgeport and entered into partnership with William Rogers in the manufacture of shoo
and harness leather. The business was successfully conducted for a number of years, but
upon the death of Mr. Rogers. Mr. Patterson turned his attention to the manufacture of
patent leather, becoming one of tlie pioneers in tliat undertaking in America. He conducted
the business alone until 1849, wlien he organized the Bridgeport Patent Leather Manu-
facturing Company and continued as president thereof for fifty-five years, or until his deatli
on the 16th of August, 1904. He was a very energetic and conservative business man and
was a most prominent %ure in connection with the leather industry, having invented a
number of valuable processes relative to the tanning and japanning of leather. Several of
these he patented, including the Rocker system of tanning, which is universally used by the
carriage leather manufacturers. He also invented an approved apparatus for leaching bark
and he was the first to make patent side leather for shoes. He gave his attention to the
manufacture of shoe, carriage and harness leather of the "Charter Oak" brand until within
three years of his death, when he practicall}' retired from active business, linvinL;. iM^wivir,
a substantial enterprise which is still conducted by his descendants. In 1S41 lir iiiarriixl
Harriet S. Hoyt, of Stamford, Connecticut, who died only a few months prior to his demise,
the period of their married life covering sixty-three years. They had two children, Silas H.
Patterson and Emma C. Patterson. Emma C. Patterson became the wife of Charles Sher-
wood, a well known lawyer in Bridgeport and a yradiiatc uf Yale University who later
became pu-idnit of tin- Bridgeport Hydrauli( ( iiiii|iaiiy which position he retained until
hisdeatlL nn .luiic T, I'.iiil. Mrs. Sherwood now li\(-. iii W atiTtuwn, Connecticut, and has one
son, qiail.-. Sliriw..<Ml. ,Ir.. who niarrie,! Harriitl Curtiss. Tcbruary 13, 1908. , They also
reside in \\atr]t..wn, ( niiu.cti. iit, aiul h.<\r llirr,. s.nis: ( hailrs Sherwood, III, Curtiss De-
Forest Mir,u,„Hl. and .iolui ratt,T-.nn SImtw.h.L

treasurer of tlic firm and contributing much to tlir i;r<iwtli and ilevelopment of tlie liUNincss.
His death occurred February 21, 1899. He was a ca|.alilr l.n.siness man, of quiet tastes, and
was mucli devoted to his hunie and family, lie nianicd ( iiMn^^ianna Moody, of Bridgeport,
daughter of Thonms M.mmIv, wI,,. was iM.in in lai-iland and .am,, to the United States when a
young man. He estaldi.-lnd thr liist i... l,ii~iTii— . in iii m1l;c|m,i t and was the owner of Moody's
pond, now included in the sit.' ..f .M,.uniain (irove cemetery. Two children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Silas H. Patter.soii. st.|ilh n ll.iyt and Marion Moody Patterson. The latter was
married in December, 1906. tn Fraiik lianicl Bell, who is manager of the large store of Jleigs
& Company, of JBridgeport. Mr. and ilra. Bell have two children, Stephen Patterson and
Frances Patterson Bell.

Stephen Hoyt Patterson, only son of Silas H. and Georgianna (Moody) Patterson and
secretary-treasurer of the Bridgeport Patent Leatlier Jlanufacturing Company, i.s one of
the well known and prosperous business men of liis lity. It is true tliat lir mt.rrd n|Min a
business already established, but in developin;; ami inlai i^ni',: tin, many a man ,.i I, -~ i. so-
lute spirit and of more limited capacity would ha\c' lail.il llr »a, limn in ls;s, i„ limlo,.-
port, and received his education in the schools of Ins nali\r . ity ami att^ndid ( nrnell I'ni-

. versity. He then entered business in Bridi;c|i'ii t imiiKin witli tlic I'.iimt Leather

Manufacturing Company, succeeding to his fatia i'- nid ii --t- at tin- diath of tin latter. The
present factory is a three-story structure, one hundred and eighty-one by one liundred and
twenty feet. It is equipped with a sprinkler system and about twenty-five people are em-
ployed. About ten years ago the company abandoned the manufacture of shoe leather and
now concentrates upon the production of automobile leather, selling to manufacturers, the
eastern trade largely utilizing their product. The house is represented on the road by two
traveling s«*esmen and the plant has a capacity of from six hundred to seven hundred hides
per week, the real leather going to the best motor car manufacturers. The Qiarter Oak

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trademark is still in use and it has become a recognized indication of high standard goods.
The present officers are: F. C. Nichols, president; and S. H. Patterson, secretary and treasurer.
That Mr. Patterson is not unappreciative of the social amenities of life ia indicated
in the fact that he is a member of the Country Club. Indeed he is well known socially in
Bridgeport, where his entire life has been passed, and here he has a circle of friends almost
coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

JOHN McCATHRON.

John JlcCathron, secretary and superintendent of the Biidij.-port Boiler Works, has been

New Vciik, .laiiuai y -'-, l.--r,7. and i> a broth. 'r of lli'nry N. .\lr( .itliinn. tlie president of the

the boiler maker's trade and, mastering the business in principle and detail, he was advanced
to the position of superintendent of the boiler department in the Kingsford Foundry &,
Machine Company at Oswego, New York. Subsequently he became foreman of a boiler shop

at Philaclelpliia ami e\entiially a<'oepted the superintendency of the (Mmnin'jham shop at
Urookfyii, New \uik. ]]. wn- .ilterward superintendent of tlic Tonkin'- lloil, , W'nik- at
(Iswifjo, ami a- ■'laNri nut' i . | .i ,'..cnted the American Shipbuildin;; ( 'onipaiiN it i l.\.iaiid,

in 1IM4 h.- was i-lctc.l s.iretary and is now servin'; in the dual position, contributing in sub-
stantial measure to flir -ur<ess oi tin- industry.

On the 30th of ■hinc, IIH:;. ,Mr. .Mc( athron was married to Miss Elizabeth Effinger, a
native of Brooklyn. Xi'w ^'olk, and they had one child, John Stark, who died, however, at the
age of six days. I'l atcnially Mr. .McCathron is connected with the Masons and with the
Woodmen oi thi- World. lb' stands for that which is progressive in citizenship as well as in
business, ami liis inlbicmi- i~ always on the side of advancement and improvement.

WARD M. VAN NESS, D. D. S.

Dr. Ward il. Van Ness, secretary of the Bridgeport Dental Society and active as a
successful inactitioner. was born in this city, July 20. 1883, the only son of Fred E. Van Ness,
now a widl knowii liti/eii of llridgeport, who was born at Newark, New .Jersey, but for
thirty-si.\ years lias Iick n-iili'd. He married Estelle Laura Winchell, who was born at
Great Baninj;ton, MassarluiMtts. and she, too, is living. The Doctor comes of Holland Dutch
ancestry on the paternal sid. ami is of English descent in the maternal line.

Dr. Van Ness acquired hi- .aily .duration in the public schools of Bridgeport and put
aside his textbooks at tli.' au. ..i -.\iiit..n years to become a wage earner in the office of
the Rowland Dry Goods toinpaiiv. uith v^hi.li he spent two years, starting as a salesman at
the book counter and advanrini: to ih. |..i-iti.in of bookkeeper. For a year or more thereafter
he held a clerical position in tli. |iinrlia-inL; ilepartment of the New Haven Railroad in the
city of New Haven and tlun . nt.i. .1 n|M.n the study of dentistry. After three years spent
in the dental department of the University of Pennsylvania he was graduated in 1906 and
since then has been actively engaged in practice. He is very successful when judged by both
professional and financial standards. His work represents the latest development an.l

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researches in dental science and he possesses tlie adecinati' nieclianieal skill and ing

On the \'Mh ot I )rii'inlHT, I'.ill, Dr. \'nn Ntss was married to Miss Florence Harriet Muir,
of Buliald. \i H \n\k, a n;itivf <.t th;'t i ity. She is popular in local society circles and is
secretary vt the WuiikuiV ( lub ni tlif liiivcrsalist chnrch, of which both Dr. and Mrs. Van
Ness are members. He belongs also tu tliu (hUi l-elluws lodge, of which he is a past noble
grand, and he has membership in the Alj;<iiii|niii (hili. He is fond of football and otiier out-
door sports but his attention is chieriy dinM-ti-.l in the line of his profession. He holds

WILLIAM BRADFORD BOARDMAN.

William Bradford Boardman comes of a family distinctively American in it~ lin.al and
collateral branches through many generations. His ancestry is trai. il haik in a .iiik t Im. to
Governor William Bradford, who came from England on the jMayiliwi in ii,:.'ii an.l \\a> tiie
first governor of Massachusetts. Thomas Boardman. from wlmiii In i> ilii,,tl\ il( -c i ml, d,

William Bradford Boardman spent his youth in New Britain, Connecticut, where he com-
pleted the high school course, after which he became a student in Yale University and was
there graduated in 1893 on tlie ioin|iletiui] of an academic course.' He afterward took up the
study of law at Yale and \v„m his prufessiunal degree in 1898, but in tlie ni.antiiiir in- liad
spent three years as a teai-lier in the University School at Bridyi'iiort. On tli.' r,.ii)|,l,ti(in

of his law course he was admitted to practice at the bar of Fairlirld miinty an^l im hatdy

opened an office in Bridgeport, where he has since remained i}i tlir arti\i pi nth, ,,i liis
profession, rising to prominence as a most able lawyer, especially in thr li.M ,ii lailmad
litigation. From 1H9S until liKlfi he practiced in |iavtner«liip with (..Hnluin SLnManl an-l in
September nf tli<. lattfi- yar lir l„.,ani,' a-i-tanl att.Dn.'v In, tl.r .\,.» ^■.„■k. .X^^u li;n,ni
& Hartford Kailrcad, takn,^ .liai-jr .,t tliv -tram an. I li-,.|l,.\ I, t, nation in ( tiriit, uitli

forming tlie law firm of Hill & Boardman, an association that wa.s niaintainrd nntil tlie death
of Mr. Hill on the 30th of September, 1916. The firm enjoyed a \.ry .xtm-iM' practice,
to which Mr. Boardman has succeeded, and his capability is attt-trd hy hi- icilhaiiues and
contemporaries at the bar. He has ever been most careful to ciinf(.ini hi- pia.tid- to a high
standard of professional ethics. He gives to his clients a -ci vin ,ii i;vi'at tahiit. vmwearied
industry and rare learning, but he never forgets that tlnrc mv nitaiu thinu- due to the
court, to his own self-respect and above all to justice and the rigliteous administration of the
law which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success permit him to
disregard.

On the 22d of February, 1901, Mr. Boardman was united in marriage to Miss Alice Burr
Hall and they have uiir child, Bradford. Mr. Boardman turns to tennis for recreation. He
has mend)i i-hip with Z.ta Psi, a college fraternity, the Corbey Court Law School Society, the
Country (lull, and the University Club. He is a member of the Park Street Congregational
clinrch. His pulitiial support is given to the epublican party. Since 1907 he has been a

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member of the state bar examining committee and from 1912 to 1916 he was a member of
the board of education of the city of Bridgeport, for most of his term being secretary of the
board. His interests and activities are tlius broad and varied, maintaining that even balance
whidi makes for strength of character and the uniform development of one's powers.

THE JUDSON FAMILY.

The Judson family of Stratford, Connecticut, is one of the oldest and best known in
the state. The founder of this family in America was William Judson, who came from
England and settled on Watchliouse Hill in Stratford in 1638, and from him all of the name
in this section of New England are descended. Among his descendants was Daniel Judson,
who made his home at Paradise tireen, where he erected a residence, and in his household
were two slaves, Cato and Phyllis. Daniel Judson was a man of wealth and prominence.
He married Sarah Qntis and their eldest son, Stiles .liulsdn, ln.ainc a Revolutionary war
soldier, serving for two years as captain of a company iiid pai t irijiating in the engagement
at Ridgeiield. In 1777 he wedded Naomi Lewis and thiv (..lupied the old home that was
built by his father. He also became the owner of his fatlier's two slaves, Cato and Phyllis,
the former of whom served as captain of a company of colored troops during the Revolutionary

Stiles Judson. .Ir., s,in uf Stiles an.l Naomi (Lewis

i) Judson, was born on the farm at

Paradise Green, in tlie town ..t Strati.. id, and alter arri

ving at man's estate wedded Charity

Wells, also a repi.sentatiNe oi an old ( onn.eti.ut famih

■. Their son, Stiles Judson, the third

of the name, was born on the farm DeceniI.ei :.', 1^:.'(;, a

ind as he was not in vigorous health

in his early boyhood, he took up a seafaiiiiu lih, « h

1. h he followed for several years in

order to regain his health. Shipping befoiv tli.' ma-t.

h.. won advancement to the position

of first mate and was offered a master's pu.sitiun l.ut

at that time decided to give up the

sea. 11.' -aile.l t.. all pr.rts ..t the world upon the van..

11- ur.it l....lies of water surrounding

the dill.i.'iit ,-..1. (111. lit-, an.l liis daughter possesses niai

ly vahial.l.. niementos of her father's

trijis wliiih li.' obtain. .1 uliil.- abroad and these she eh.i

i-he,- hij^lily.

After giving up the sea .\li. .ludson went to Califoni

da .luring 1849, attracted by the gold

discoveries on the Pacilie eoast. an.l there he leniained i

until 1857, when he returned to Con-

necticut and took up ai;rieultiiial j.ui Miits. II,. «as tli

ns actively engaged for a number of

H^'^aXl^iruuM !n''^uJZ ^^

M!n,pally^o'!vh'..h'i!'^av!/nl!S'^

his tiiii.' an.l att.-nti..ii, ins ..|l..rt- i.^Milnnu in 111. n|.l.ni

l.liM.u ol a Mu.esMul 1, 11,-111, s-.. Later

in life I..' |.invl,;.-..l tie' liiinbai |.i..|...ity ..n Eur^t Broa.

Iway, now llie home ot his daughter.

Alice ( ., an.l ti..iii that tiiii. he i.si.h'.l there. He died February 31, 1905, his remains being

the state h.iiislatiir,', II.' «a- aU.. .i.ln.' in t..\vn allair-, lillin- th.' ..Ili.c ..f s.d.'ctman, and he
took a ,li','p an, I lelpliil iin.'i.-t in |.i ..iii..t m- th.' L:l..^Mh .iial |,i...ji.'-s ..t th,' town in many

He was a man of taste and artistic temperament, was a lover of nature and took a deep
interest in his home and its improvement. He planted all of the trees around his place on
the Ferry road and made it most attractive. In all of his life he was actuated by the
higliest ( hristian priiieiples and the Congregational church numbered him among its liberal
contril.Mi..! - 11. u.is most devoted to his wife and family and the best traits of his
charaet. 1 u. le inanil.st at his own fireside.

On the INth ol November, 1858, Mr. .Judson was married to Caroline Elizabeth Peck,

^^iXllj,^y-^^^^/<^2iyi.{r

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who was liorn Maj' 2, 1S30, and passed away February 17, 1866. She was a woman of many
noble traits of character, of high Christian purpose and a member of the Congregational
church. In the household she was a devoted wife and mother, counting no effort on her
part too great if it would enhance the welfare and happiness of those of her own household.

and was among the first to organize a woman suffrage movement in Stratford, in which
association she has filled the office of vice president and treasurer and is now president. She
has also served as a delegate to the county and state conventions and was foremost in the

of broad intellect an<l takes an active part in all niovcimnt ^ tlint li:i\c for their object the
benefit of the poor and oppressed. In 1910 she took a iiip jrMuiMl ilic world in the ship
Cleveland, visiting all places of interest in different coimi i h -. im liiihn^ .Japan, where she
visited her sister, who is a teacher in that country. ,M i - hul-dii i.-^idcs at the Dunbar
homestead on K;ist Bro.ndway. wlii'rc many attractive inipi..\eiiicnts have been made.

Cornelia linNnn, tlic -.r.uhl rliil.l nf stil,~ .IikNou. was born in Stratford, October 20,
1860, anil \va> c,ln,al..l in pulilir and |iii\at.. -.,li,,..ls and in the Sedgwick Academy, while
later she continued licr >tn'lics in ( liica.un. Sh,' lia^ devoted her life to missionary teaching
and for over a quarter of a century has tauj;lit in .lapan in cnnncrtion with the work of
the American Congregational mission board, bc-iiiu in.w l.i.atr.l at .Mat>nyania. She has given
her life to the noble work of Christian teadiin-. cndcavnrini; with untiring zi-al to follow
in the footsteps ,.t tlu> .Master and to Iirin'j all pcu|ilc. lu ( Inist, Stiles Judson, born February
13, 1862, is ni.ntic.ncd clsi-wherc in Uii~ «..rk. .Maria, l.<.rn I i.cember 10, 1863, after attend-
ing public and pri\atc sdjuols l.cianie a student in the State Normal School of New Britain
and qualified for teadiing in a Chicago school. Mn- l..,anie |irin.ipal of the prinnny dcjiart-
ment of the high school of Stratford, w-here she tan-lit I'm six \cais. wlan Ini lualtli tailed
her and she was obliged to give up her jirofessinn. she ilie.l .Vn-nsi .;, mil, and was laid

beautiful (lirisliaTi rhaiaetca-. I^li/alielli I'erk. tlie \ c 1 11 11 - e s I "i tlic family,
off in tlie bud.

REV. MICHAEL J. O'CONNOR.

Rev. Michael J. O'Connor, pastor of St. James Roman Catholic church at Stratford, was
born August 19, 1866. in Manchester, Connecticut, his parents being Timothy and Johanna
(Kelliher) O'Connor, who in 1858 left Ireland and came to the new world, settling in Man-
chester. Both have now passed away. They had a family of six sons and two daughters,
all yet living in Connecticut.

After attending the public schools of his native city, Michael J. O'Connor pursued a four
years' classical course at St. Charles in Baltimore, Maryland, and also spent one year at
"Niagara University in New York. He devoted the succeeding five years to study in St. James
Theological Seminary at Brighton. Jlassachusetts, and was ordained to the priesthood in Bos-
ton, December 17, 1892. by the Rt. Rev. John J. Williams, archbishop of the diocese. He
served as assistant priest of St. Augustine church at Bridgeport, of St. Patrick's at New

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Haven, of St. Peter's at Danbury and of St. Mary's at New Britain. Connecticut, and was
assigned to lii< tirst )iarish at West Thompson and Pomfret, on the 12th of November,
1902. iKuiii^ ,liaii;.' nf the Sacret Heart church in the former place and of Holy Trinity i
church ill til.' latin 11,- continued in charge of the two churches for five years, when he j
was trail-Ill i I'd to Stratford on the 13th of March, 1908, and has since been pastor of St.
James. He has done a remarkable work here, for at the time of his arrival the church had
little money and the families in the parish numbered only a few hundred people. He now
has one of the finest churches in Connecticut and the value of the church property has
been increased from ten thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. The membership is
thirteen hundred and the work is in a most flourishing condition, while Rev. O'Connor is
very popular.

TRACY BRONSON WARREN.

Every individual must essentially determine and shape his own character; at the same
time one has every right to be proud of an honored ancestry and to rejoice in the possession
of a name that has long stood as a synonym for those qualities which are most admirable
in citizenshi]) as well as in private life. The name of Warren has been associated with
American liistory almost from the period of earliest colonization in the new world and,
more tlian that, tlic ancestral line can be traced back through twenty-seven generations to
William ilr Warrciinc, Earl of Xormandy, who died in 1088 and whose wife was Gundred,
youngest ilaufihtcr of William the Conqueror. Down the long line are found many dis-
tinguished and notable names. William de Warrenne actively assisted in the conquest of
England and was created Earl of Surrey. A contemporary writer has said: "An ancient
genealogy of the family traces the lineage of this William de Warrenne back to the year
900 A. D., the year in which his Scandinavian forebears are said to have settled in Normandy.
The Warrens of America have won distinction both as civilians and soldiers. Their record
in the struggle for national independence is an exceedingly honorable one, and the valiant
services of General .Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill, are too well known to need
further comment.

"(1) The family of Warren is traced to a Norman baron of Danish extraction, who had
a son Herfastus. whose daughter married Walter de St. Martin.

"(11 ' Their son. William .li. Warrenne. Earl of Warren in Normandy, married a daughter
of Ralph 'I,' r,.-ta. .XNo ha,l a ,lau-ht.T. (JiindnMl. who married Richard, Duke of Normandy.

'■(Ill I flMii soil, Ri, liaiil, Duke of .Norman, ly. was the father of William the Conqueror,
king ol England, who married Maud, daughter ot Baldwin, Earl of Flanders. They ha.l a
daughter. Gundred, who married William de Warren, the first Earl of 'Warreii ami Suvny.
He accompanied William the Conqueror and was a powerful auxiliary in tlie Kattl.- of
Hastings in 1066. William de Warren received the title of earl before coming to I'.nglaml.
He is mentioned in Domesday Book as possessing land in almost every county in England,
comprising one hundred and thirty-nine lordships. Earl William Warren selected his residence
in the village of Lewes, county of Surrey. He erected there his beautiful castle, of which
the ruins are still to be seen on an eminence surrounding the town. Although the principal
parts are demolished, its gates are still standing, sliowing its massive construction. He
and his wife Gundred erected the priory in the town of Lewes, and he continued his benefaction
to it during his life. He died in lOSS, and his countess died in 1085. They were first buried
in the convent of Lewes built by Henry VIIL In 1775 their remains were removed to the
old church at Southover to a little chapel at the end of the church. The traveler of
the present, selecting one of the lanes running to the southward of Lewes, soon comes to the

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pleasant suburb of Southover, and passing its church will readily recognize the remains of
the priory built by William de Warren and Gundred.

"From this point, Colonel Tracy B. Warren, mentioned below, traces his ancestry in a
direct line for seventeen generations to Richard Warren, the Mayflower Pilgrim, from
whom he is descended in the ninth generation, thus making twenty-seven generations in
unbroken line from William de Warrenne, previously referred to, who married Gundred,
the youngest daughter of William the Conqueror. He is also a descendant of William
Bradford of the Mayflower, the first colonial governor.

"(1) Richard Warren, the Americiiii pni._'riiitiir, li.nii in England, came to New England
from Greenwich, England, in the hi>ti)ri. Mm yilciw < r .miipany which founded Plymouth,
Massachusetts, in 1620, and was one of tlic iiiiictccii sii;ncr» of the famous compact who
survived the hrst winter. The register at tlie end of Bradford's folio manuscript gives him
the lionorable pretix of Mr. He was mentioned by a contemporary as 'grave Richard
Warren, a man of integrity, justice and uprightness, of piety and serious religion;' and also
'as a useful instrument during the short time he lived, bearing a deep share in the difficulties
and troubles of the plantation.' He received land grants in common with his associates and
one of these grants was at Warren's Cove. He was one of the influential members of the
company and as such was selected with nine others to cruise along the coast from Cape Cod
Harbor, in a shallop, for the piirpose of deciding on a place of settlement. His death
occurred at Plymouth in 1628. His wife Elizabeth, whom he married in England, followed
him to America in the 'Ann' in 1623, bringing with her their five daughters. She occupied
an important social position in flu- colony; is usually mentioned in the records as Mistress
Elizabeth Warren, a designiitioii l)y ih> im-ans common, and is one of the rare instances in
an early colony of continued wjiliiwliooil. I'pon the marriage of her daughters, she conveyed
to their respective husbands certain lands, variously located at Eel River and Wellingsly.
She died in Plymouth, October 2, 1673, aged about ninety years. The children of Richard
and Elizabeth Warren were: Mary, who married Robert Bartlett; Ann, who became the
wife of Thomas Little; Sarah, who gave her hand in marriage to .John Cooke, Jr.; Elizabeth,
who wedded Richard Church and was the mother of the famous Benjamin Church, the
conqueror of King Philip; Abigail, who married Anthony Snow; Nathaniel, who is again
mentioned: and .Joseph. The two sons were born in Plymouth.

"The following is a chain of descent from Richard Warren of the first generation to
Tracy B. Warren of the ninth generation:

"(II) Nathaniel, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Jonatt) Warren, was born in Plymouth
in 1624 and died in 1667.

■■(Ill I Richard (3), eldest child of Nathaniel and Sarah (Walker) Warren, was born
in Plymouth in 1646 and died in Middleboro, Massachusetts, January 23, 1697.

■'(IV) John, fifth child of Richard (2) and Sarah Warren, was born in Middleboro in
1690 and died in that town in 1768.

■■(V) James, eldest child of John and Naomi (Bates) Warren, was born in Scituate,
December 4, 1714.

"(VI) Edward, seventh child of James and Abigail (Thomas) Warren, was born in
Woodbridge, September 18, 1761.

'•(VII I Alanson, sixth child of Edward and JIary (Steele) AVarren, was born in
Watertown. May 16, 1796.

"(VlII) David Hard, third child of Alanson and Sarah M. (Hickox) Warren, was born
in Watertown, September 3, 1825." He married Louisa Bronson, a descendant of John
Bronson. who came over with the I^ondon company on the ship "Hercules" in 1628 and with
his son, Sergeant Isaac Bronson, served in the Pequot war, and of Asahel Bronson, who,
like Edward Warren, served in the Revolutionary war.

Tracy B. AVarren was reared to the occupation of farming. His education was acquired
in the (ollcpiate and Commercial Institute of New Haven, from which he was graduated

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with tlie class of 1865. When his textbooks were put aside he secured employment in a
carriage hardware manufactory and was thus identified with manufacturing interests until
1874. From 1876 until 1881 he was actively interested in merchandising and in 1890
became proprietor of the Atlantic Hotel of Bridgeport, which he continuously conducted
until 1902, becoming one of the best known hotel men in New England. He has since given
his attention to the general insurance business, in which connection he is well known.

In 1874, in Boston, Colonel Warren was united in marriage to Miss Qara A. Mills who
took a most active part in charitable and philanthropic work and was also prominent in the
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which she served for many years
as vice regent of the state. She departed this life March 30, 1912. In the family were
seven children, four of whom survived the mother, but Bronson M., who was graduated
from Yale in 1904, passed away December 17, 1915. Those who still survive are: John M.,
who completed a course in the Yale Sheffield Scientific School in 1896; Louise B., who was
graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1898; and Harvey T., from Y'ale in 1910. The family residence
is at No. 2354 North avenue in Bridgeport.

His love of exercise prompts Colonel Warren's deep interest in baseball and his fondmss
for outdoor life was manifest in driving. The Episcopal church has long numbered liim
among its devoted communicants and for almost a third of a century he has been a vestryman
of St. John's church of Bridgeport. In club and fraternal circles his name is a familiar one.
He belongs to Corinthian Lodge, F. & A. M.; to Hamilton Commandery, K. T.. and has
also taken the degrees of the Scottish Rite bodies and of the Mj'stic Shrine. For thirty
years he has been identified with the Old Guard of New Y'ork City and has long served as its
commissary. As a club man lie has connection with various organizations, being a charter
member of the Seaside, Algonquin, Bridgeport Y'aclit and Brooklawn Country Clubs, a mem-
ber of the Army and Navy Club and of the Hoboken Turtle Club. He has ever been deeply
interested in the military organization of the state and for four years belonged to the
Connecticut National Guard, serving for three years as a member of the Second Regiment
of the National Guard, also as lieutenant of the New Haven Grays and as adjutant of the
Fourth Regiment for several years. He was likewise colonel on the staff of Governor Harri-
son for two years. He has membership with the Mayflower Society, with the Patriots and
Founders and with the Sons of the American Revolution. Those questions which bear most
closely upon the political conditions of the country have awakened -his earnest consideration
and he has frequently been called upon for service in public office. For two terms, in 18S3
and 1884, he was alderman of the city and in 1885 was city treasurer. He has membership in
the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce, in the Manufacturers Association and the Business
Men's Association. Between the lines of this review has been shadowed forth his deep
interest in everything that pertains to public welfare, progress and improvement and in the
present generation, as in the past, the Warren family is recognized as one of the potent
forces of public progress and improvement in Connecticut.

HON. WILLIAM WOODWORTH BENT.

Hon. William W,...,hvnrtli Unit. Inwyor aii.l l.-islator of liii(l,ur|Mi, t, wh...,. ,lcar tliink

district, was born in N'mwitli. ('unnccticut, April IT. iss:;. a .-(■n nt Maitiii 1'. and lianiil
(Woodworth) Bent, who were natives of Massarhiisrtts and ..i (Mnnr.taut ivv,„,ti\
The father, who followed blacksmithing in his a.ti\c' lit.', is h.ax Iimhu i.lmd at Noi\<
at the age of eighty-two years, but the motlier passed away 'htolin :;l, r.ii::. w lini >i\ty
years of age. The ancestry of the family is traced back to .)ohn Bent, who came fi
England at an early period in the colonization of the new world. He settled in Massachuse

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while the Woodworth family is of almost equally ancient origin in Connecticut. Both were
of English lineage.

William \\'. Bent was reared in Norwich and was graduated from the Norwich Free
Academy in 1902. In preparation for a professional career he matriculated in the Yale
Law School, from which he was graduated in 1905. In October of the same yenr h.' o|.cned
a law office in Bridgeport and while advancement at tlic 1iar is prnverliiaHy -l'i\v li, l,,i~ yet
in a comparatively brief space of time won a liberal ami distinctively repi c-entiit i\ ^ > Ihuiae,..
He is now a partner of Edward T. Buckingham, practicing under the firm name ,,1 I'.n, kiii;jliani
& Bent.

In 1908 Mr. Bent was united in marriage to Miss Corinne Ethel Secor, of Bridgeport, and
they have two chihlren: Laura Baitlett, born March 2, 1910; and David William, who was

The parents n;e meml.ei- ..i ^i i. ,..,-.■- I|,i-,n,.:,l rlnurh an. I Mr. llent also has

Order of Odd Fellows and the New Lngland Order oi I'rotection. His political views are in
accord with the principles of the democratic party and in 1911 he was elected to represent his
district in the state legislature. From 1910 until 1912 he was chairman of the democratic
city committee of Bridgeport and he has done much to further the interests of the political
principles in which he believes. He has meml"i^lii|i in tlie liii.lgeport Bar Association and his
attention is chiefly directed to his law prarti.e, hi- ,le\.,ti(>ii to his clients' interests being
zes the res|ii.nsiliilities ..I ritizenship and the obligations of the

JOEL POWELL OJIANS.

Joel Powell Omans was for twenty seven years an active business man of Bridgeport and
won substantial snere-~ as a .leal, i in li.n-es and other live stock. He was born in Madison
county, New York. May lii. l-.'s. an.l !» foie coming to Connecticut he engaged in the live
stock business, niakinj; a spe, ialty ..t tlie handling of sheep. He lived for a time in Earlville,
Chenango county, New York, ami thence removed to Bridgeport, where he arrived in 1872.
Here he began dealing in cattle ami hen ~e>. which he handled by the carload. He bought stock
throughout all the western states ami in Canada and made shipments to Bridgeport, where
part of the stock was sold. A sales stable was also maintained on Twenty-fourth street. New
York. He possessed splendid judgment as to tlie value of horses and frequently accompanied
P. T. Barnum to pick for him horses for his private use. He had a sale stable and later he
engaged in the livery busine--. lier.imin.j a paitnei- in tliaf un.l.atakini; in the firm of Gates
& Company. At length, h.i\\exei, thev ,li.|„i-e,i nf theii inti'ie.t in tlie li\ery stable and
turned their attention to the rai i nej. nu nuiartni in^j hn-ines-. » hirli they ,level(ipe(l to exten-
sive proportions. They Iniiit .:iiii;iL'e- l"i the liealth department and were builders of the
Bull's Head wagons for th<' New \ ei k tii'li', with factory at Broad and John streets. Their

product was sold from coa-t t a-t an.l in foreign countries and their' patronage steadily

increased. Mr. Omans coiitinu< .1 in the l.usiness there until his demise.

In 1865, at Earlville, New York, Mr. Omans was married to Miss Sophronia Morgan Lee,
of the Empire state. They became parents of two sons but both passed away in New York,
and the death of Mr. Omans occurred in 1899, after which his business was sold in 1900.
He was a republican in politics and kept well informed on the questions and issues of the
day but did not seek nor desire office. He was connected with no fraternities but was a
member of the Algonquin Club. He was very charitable and public-spirited, gave generous
assistance to those in need and cooperated heartily in movements for the public good. He

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stood foi all that was practical and profiifssn.. m c iti/iMiship and lus coopeiation was of

ills iimiiis Ntill liiaki's III! h Mi i;iidji|ii It, where she is most widely and favorably

known. li.i\iiiL 'Iciiii s|.l,'ii,|i,| Hulk ilnii^ . h lilt ilil( lines. She has been active in the Hall
Home slim its iimaiii/.itinn .iike li.i-. s, imiI .is its piesident, and for thirty years she was a
niembfr of the boaid of iii.iii.im i s ,,i th,' lii i.li;i.p..i t I'lotestant Oqilian Asylum. She is also
luesulent ot the childieii's waul ,,l tlic Ki i.ly(.|..,i t ilns|,ital ami picsKlent of the Needlework
(ruild of Ameiica, connections that imlicitc the bicailth of hei interesth, her deep sympathy
and ht'i liumanitaiian s])iiit

A. H. NILSON.

Working his way upward from a humble position in the business world, A. H. Nilson
became the founder and promoter of the A. H. Nilson JIachine Company, controlling an
important enterprise in Bridgeport, where the hum of industry is continuously heard. Mr.
Nilson was born in Sweden, April 2, 1849, and came to the United States in 1880. He had
previously learned the machinist's trade in his native country, where he had also been a
sailor for five years. He had other business experience as engineer in a sawmill, and all
these activities constituted a foundation upon which to build further success.

Landing at the old Castle Garden in New York, without relatives or friends or knowledge
of the language of the country, Mr. Nilson was hired by a foreman of the Bridgeport Organ
Company as a cabinet maker for one dollar a day. For four months he worked at this trade
and then was transferred to a wood tiuiiiiij; latlic. Tun years later he was sent as an engi-
neer to the Cornwall & Patterson llaiiurai tiiriiit,' ( oiiipaiiy's plant in Saugatuck, Connecticut.
In 1883 Mr. Nilson returned to Bridj^epuit with this ediiii.any. For f.mr years he operated
all of the automatic machines in the factory and then was placed in charge of the machine
department, which position he held for six j'ears.

Desirous, however, of engaging in business on his own account, he carefully saved his
earnings until his economy and industry brought him sufficient capital to enable him to
embark upon an independent vintiir.' Moreover, he felt that his broad experience justified
this step and in 1892 he opem..! a small machine shop on the second floor of the Hamilton
Brass Foundry building* at tlie cdriur of (iolden Hill and Middle streets, under the name of
A. H. Nilson & Son. At this time business became dull and the firm of A. H. Nilson & Son
sold out to Knapp & Cowles, Mr. Nilson remaining in charge of the business. In three years'
time the Cornwall & Patterson Company purchased the Knapp & Cowles Company and Mr.
Nilson again started out for himself. He became interested in corset machinery and in-
vented several corset machines which were sold to one of the large corset manufacturers.
He then organized the Automatic Machine Company, of which he was president for two years.
In 1898 the business was divided between the two stockholders and the Automatic Machine
Company removed to new quarters. Mr. Nilson then established the A. H. Nilson Machine
Company in the Knapp & Cowles building.

In 1904 he erected a building at the corner of Railroad and Bostwick avenues and since
then has built three other buildings. The company now nrnipir- nvrr tliiity tlHuisand square
feet of floor space. Most of the factory is a two story iMrilMin- ,.t til. rnn-tni. tioii, fireproof
and equipped with the sprinkler system. That the busin.-s has ilivelci|iiMl vajiidly and in a
most substantial manner is indicated in the fact that they now employ one hundred and
fifty skilled workmen. They manufacture a special line of machinery, including the Nilson
tilting wire reel. This has been developed through a recognition of the fact that lost motion,
ion cost money. The tilting wire reel eliminates all lifting
was formerly hard work for two. The operator trips the

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lever with his foot and the upper part is gradually lowered until tlie wire carrying section
ia within a few inches of the floor, ^^^len the reel is lowered it automatically locks, so that
it cannot fly back into its former position. Just an easy lift and the counterbalancing weight
brings the tilting section to a vertical ])osition, ready to feed tlie wire into the machine.
The output includes the Nilson standard reel for light coils and the clutch reel, also the
automatic four-slide wire forming machines for round and flat wire. Tliis machine also shows
many improvements upon others formerly in use and is being rapidly introduced. In addi-
tion to the products already mentioned the company manufactures hook and eye machines,
safety chain machines, paper clip machines, buckle machines, gate hook macliines, burner
shaft machines, eye feeding machines, stud feeding machines, coat and hat hook macliines,
piano hardware machines, ceiling hook machines, buckle tongue macliines, umbrella machines,
tapping machines, special presses, slirct iiuiid -ti-iiplitrm is and « ire straighteners. Their

piano action machines include rail sihihl; innhun -, pi, k -iniii- liines, damper machines,

regulating rail machines, action rail i Inin - -pnuL: m irlnn.,, l.ri-- tlange butt machines,

sticker fra7ing machines, siding oil stickei maciiuie^, double frazuig machines, tongue ma-
chines .|jiii|ir lil.i.k s, rew machines and spoon driving machines. Many of the machines
sent oii! 11 r lii, 111 \ I lit ion of Mr. Nilson, whose marked mechanical skill and Ingenuity have
done mil. ii t. imtlicr industrial progress.

In Lsrs Mr. Xilson was united in marriage to Jliss Augusta L. rctcr^on of Swc.|,.n.
They have had three children, Ifvar, who died in his infancy in Sweden; William, win, died
at the age of thirty-three in 1907; and .Jacob, who is associated witli his fatlicr in business.
The parents are members of the First Swedish Baptist .liiinli aiul .Mr. Nilson belongs to
Phoenicia Council of the Royal Arcanum. Politically, lie i- a rr|iiililiraii where national issues
are involved, but at local elections casts an independent ballot
the city of Bridgeport as health commissioner. On April :.'. I'Jl
dent of the Elliott-Cornwall Manufacturing Company nf this
member of the new Westside Bank.

Mr. Nilson has never had occasion to regret his drtmiiiiiat
here he found the opportunities which lie siiiii;lit and in tlnir iit
his way upward, advancing step by step until he is toilay ,it the
that figures prominently among tlie productiie imiiistrii s (.f hi:

and 1908 1

lie served

IS elected v

ice presi-

le is also !

i charter

WILLIAM H. WESSELS.

In the

■ years of hi;

■( active CO

nnecf

^ion with coi

H. Wlssel

- «as eiiea,;;i

■d in the 1

produ

ice business

citizens a-

a -iil.slantia

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sterli

White I'la

iii~. New \,

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1 18;

54 reiiiove.l

when iie reiii..\ei| tn 111 iilLie|inrt and established a wholesale produce business under the firm
style (if \\ i^si U linitlieis. Ininu joined by his brother, John L. Wessels. They opened their
store on Water and Wall streets and William H. Wessels remained in active and successful
connection with the business up to the time of his death, which occurred May 18, 1888, when
he was sixty years of age. He was the owner of the property in which the business was
carried on and he had also made other investments in realty here.

On September 13, 1850, in the Empire state, Mr. Wessels was married to Miss Martha
G. Mcrritt, of White Plains, New York, who survives him and is yet a resident of Bridgeport.

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Mr. Wessels always had great attachment for this city, enjoying his residence here from the
beginning, and he was ever an active and public-spirited man, supporting all those measures
and projects which he believed would be of public benefit. During the period of the Civil
war he served for three years as a selectman and assisted in building the poor house at that
time. His political allegiance was always given to the republican party, for he deemed its
principles (hi' iimsl cUcitivr f;utnrs in good government. His religious faith wa.s that of the
First l!a]ili~( rhiin h .iml ii- t ,:i. hings guided him in all of his life's relations and made him a
man whom tn kimvi wiis ti. ir^iicrt and honor.

NATHANIEL EUGENE WORDIN, M. D.

In the ranks of the medical profession in New England have been found many illustrious
men who have merited the respect and honor of their fellow citizens by reason of their many
brilliant achievements, and of these none more justly deserves this meed of praise than Dr.
Nathaniel Eugene Wordin, who many years occupied a distinguished position in profes-
sional circle^ in Connecticut. He ranked with the foremost citizens of Bridgeport and his
death, which occurred May 10, 1915. brought profound sorrow to a host of personal friends
and to one of the largest clienteles in this section of New England. Dr. Wordin came of a
splendid old Connecticut family identified witli Bridgeport from its earliest days, the first
of the name having pn.bal.lv mine from Stratford as early as 1772.

Captain .lolm Wonlm, |,i .■siiin:ihly tli.' son of 'riioiims and Dorcas (Cooke) Wordin. of
Stratford, purchased l:iii,l al «li;i( is now the iiitcrse.tion of State and Park avenues. This
property remained tlie huniestead uf the Wordin family for ninny years, most of the ancestors
of the present generation being born there. On tlie ni:itiriKil siilr also Dr. Wordin was
descended from a fine New England house, the Leavonworl lis, foiiiiiled here by Thomas
Leavenworth, who came to this country shortly after tin' nsioi;itioii of King Charles II of
England and some time prior to the year 1664, when liis nanir lirst ;>|.|iiMrs on tlie records
of Woodbury, Connecticut. Dr. Wordin's parents woro .Xathaniil Slnrwoml and Fannie
Augusta (Leavenworth) Wordin, well known residents of Bridiicport. the fatlier being a
successful merchant here and conducting a large business as a druggist.

Dr. Nathaniel E. Wordin was born Jlay 36, 1844, on the old homestead in Bridgeport,
and with the excejition of a comparatively short time during his youth always identified
himself and his activities with his native city. The first sixteen years of his life were passed
here and during this period he laid the foundation of liis unusually liberal education at the
excellent local public schools. When he had attained the age of sixteen he was sent south to
Petersburg, Virginia, to there attend a school condurti'd by nn uncle, the Eev. Mr. Leaven-
worth, a Presbyterian ilriL') man, 'I'his was in isr.d arnl the follow int^r vrar the Civil war

managed to get baek to the north, talsiiej pas-ajje on tlie steamer Northern Star, which was
the last to run the ( onfeilerate Idoekade from liiehmond. A j'ear later, feeling the great
wave of patriotism that tiien swe]it tin- country, he enlisted in Company I, Sixth Regiment
of Connecticut Volunteers, althouuh he was but eighteen' years of age. His quickness and
coolness were soon marked liy hi> ollleers and he was detailed as secretary and orderly to
Colonel Chatfield, in comma ml of the Si\tli Connecticut Regiment, a post that he held for
some time, when he was sent soiiih to join his regiment as an orderly and secretary, while
later he was a clerk at liea.l.|iiai ters. He remained with the regiment until it was mustered
out in 1865. Dininu the latter jiait of the great struggle the Sixth Connecticut Regiment
formed a part of the Tenth .\iiny Corps in the extreme southeast during the campaign in
that quarter which culininated in tlie march to Richmond and the close of hostilities. He
was one of those who entered Richmond with the victorious federal army and it was his

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hand that drew up the order of General Shepley putting the city under martial law. He
also had the distinction of drawing up many of General Grant's orders at the time concerning
the disposition of troops, etc.

This long suspension of his normal life having at length ended, Dr. Wordin returned to
the north and there resumed his studies, which had been so rudely interrupted. He had
already determined upon medicine as a career and now began courses which tended to quality
him in that direction. He first prepared for college by attending the Golden Hill Institute
at Bridgeport and it was while studying there that he first met the young lady who was
afterward to be his wife. Dr. Wordin was by taste and character a student and he devoted
himself to the mastery of many literary subjects not necessary in the pursuit of his pro-
fessional work merely because of his fondness for such. After his graduation from the Golden
inil Institute lie niiitiimlated at Yale University, where he continued his brilliant career as
a Htii.l.ni. II.' wa> a ],),.niinent member of his class and took an active part in the life of
till -tiiilriil liuily. .it Hliiih lie was a popular member. He belonged to the Linonia, Kappa

1873. Returning to Bridgeport, he at once began the practice of his profession and from the
outset was highly successful. He established his home and office at No. 174 Fairfield avenue
and there made his headquarters during the twenty-nine years that he remained in practice

of the eye and thereafter specialized to a c
original intention had been, on taking up tha
and there take up the practice of his special

an office whi.li h.' lillnl -.. .-iI.tI i\ .'ly that Im- wa^ ...iiliiMi.il ill it for nine years. Beside
these iiusiti. ill- iii\..hiji^ tli.> .lii..t ii-.' ..t In- |.i ..!.--!. . nil l^ii.iu k'dge, he also held others of
a more geiicial kiii.l. II.' I..|i.iiu..l t.. iiiaii\ lui.li.al .liili> aii.l ..ij^anizations and his unusually

energetic nature nu'lnril 1 a.li\.> in all, II. ■ Inhiiiuril to the Bridgeport Medical Society,

of which he was sr.i.tai \ i..r tu.. \.ais an-l |.i.M.l.ait fur three years. He was also a mem-
ber of the FairfieM l .mnt) M.ili.al s.i.i.t) ami ..t th.^ .State Society and for seventeen years
was secretary of tlir latt.a an. I it- i.rcsiil. ni 1... a s.^ai. |lll^i^^ his iiiriiiiiln.|i.\' lie was very
active in publishing tlu' i-.'|...il, ..I I h.' -...lin, .■.imi|.]Iiiij an. I .'.luiim th.' ,~aiii.' uitli infinite
care and labor, in Is-.i:;. .,n lln' ..i'.asj..ii ..| th,' ..im' hmiili i.lt h aiiin\ .a-aiN ..| th.- urganiza-

of his ban. Is. ll.- \\a- al-u a member of the American IVIedical Association, the .\nirrnaii
Public Health A-^.ii lath.n and a charter member of the American Academy of .M.-.lieine

The a.tivities i.t s.mie men must often surprise their fellows because of their iiiiin-
ber and variety and tlie endless store of energy necessary for taking part in them all. Such

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

vas the case of Dr. \Vi

rdi

interests was active in
spicuous socially and ^

'a!

belonged to Elias How

e 1

American Revoluti.n). t

1.-

Seaside Club, and in .,,

County Historical s.,, i

gregational cliunli m 1

ri.

also active in Christian

On the 25th of Dec

a daughter of Dr. Julii

on to his many profes
lepartments of the ci
iiiber of many of the 'most iiroiniiMiit . lul>- He
I. R., also held membership with tli.' ^ m- . ; the
the Golden Cross, the Contemporaiy t lub, ami tlie
lerary pursuits he was identified with the Fairtiidd
of religion he was affiliated with the Fir.st t on-
lie served as deacon for many years, and he was
il ill thi' Yuuiii; .Men's Cliristiaii Association.
in.liii ua> nianird ti. Miss i:iiza Woodruff Barnes,
;;radn:ilr ni \alc t iill(-i' and of the Yale Medical

if the city.

eady mentioned and it i

plan' ill his intcicst and he spared no pains td pi'i tnt hiinsi
was al-o very fi.nd ..f travel and and these tw„ tastes he nun-,
wliich he took for |ihMMiic and t,ir instnution. In 1899 he tra
three years later ^\ rttt t.. Mcxi.d. lie also devoted much time
of his papers on iiic.ljial siiliiiits wcic read before the Amer
other societies ot »hi,h lie "a- a m.-iiihrr. As a man he was i
and the sorrow can-.d hy In- .hath »av n.it confined to
to all who were a. (|iiaintiil witli him imm most casually. Hlustrative of tlie tone of the
tributes paid to hi- nu moi y ail.i his passing, the Bridgeport Telegram in tlie course of a
loiiij ohitiiai \- iioliic -aid: 'I h. death of Dr. Wordin removes one of Hiid^cport's foremost
.iti/i-iis. a man w iihl y Isimw n lor liis kindly nature and his iiitcif^t in tho imldic welfare,
beloveil liy all who knew liini. Dr. Wordin was of that serene teinpc-raimnt whicli drew
respect for his opinions from even those who differed with him. Like many ot tht- ohi school
physicians, he gave much of his time and service to alleviating pain and siiilcrinu. n ah ho
hope of recompense." As one spoke so spoke all, and the reputation wliich lli. Wordin en-
joyed both as a physician and as a man should serve as an inspiration and example to all
young men who contemplate undertaking that difficult profession in which he so nobly dis-
tinguished himself.

CARL F. DAVIS.

Carl F. Davis, senior partner in the firm of Davis & Dane, well known Bridgeport arcli
tects, with offices in the Connecticut National Bank building, was born in Hallowell. Main
September 5, IST.'k Ills [laients were Albert H. and Klla (Fullen Davis. The lather, also
native of Hallowrlh xxa- lli.r.- irared and educated and heiainr a rlothiiii: nnirhant oi thi
place, where at our tiim In .ilso tilled the office of town rleik. In ls7s lie ninoM-d i
Bridgeport, where he established a clothing s

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business up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1910. He Avas a representative of an
old Maine family and his grandfather served in the War of 1812. His wife was born in
Wayne. Maine, where she now makes her home.

Carl F. Davis was but three years of age when the family removed to Bridgeport and
when a little lad of si.x years he entered the city schools, passing through consecutive grades
to the high school. After putting aside his textbooks he entered the office of Joseph W.
Northrup, a Bridgeport architect, with whom he remained for thirteen years, working his
way steadily upward to the position of chief draftsman. In 1914 he entered into partnership
with George W. Dane, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work, under the firm style of Davis
& Dane, and in the intervening period of three years they have built up a business of sub-
stantial and growing proportions. They are both well trained along the line of their chosen
life work, thoroughly understiindinp- cverv |iin.tiinl ]ili;i-c <,(' tlu- Im-iiic^-, aiid tli.- -ictt
scientific principles which iin.lrrlii- it, Tliry \\j\,- ,\rr;iir,| iii;mi\ lini' .lr:n\iir., ,,- i.-i-ii-
for public and private buildiii;;- ami tli.^ii |iati.Miaur i~ -tiajilv im i .a-niL', Mi |),i\i- :- .,,.|i

«7LLIAM 0. BUEE.

William O. Burr, postmaster of Fairfield ami one i,t its hcst kin.un citizens is ■, native nf
the town of Fairfield. He was born May 30, iMal. .nj,! i- a .lii.rt ,!,•-, nnlant ..t .Irliu ll'irr
Jr., who was born in England about 1625 and dieil in Kaiilirld, ( .mnrrtuut in ir,s ■ ||,. „. s
the purchaser of Weantenock, an extensive tract of land lying on both sides ..! fli.. Il,.ii- it(.nif
river and comprising the present town of Milford, which also included otlier fuun- rat and
west. His partners in this enterprise were Captain Nathan Gould, who was att.iuai.l li,ii-
tenant governor, and his brother. John Burr. These brothers were sons of .Jeliu Ijun, who
came to N.'W hnolaiid with W mtlirnii early in ICIO and s.-ttied in the Massachusetts Bay
colony, wliile later tliey ^^ mt tn FaiMiel.l, ( onnr, t i. nt. Peter Burr, who was a native of
Fairfield, niarne.l Kstlni .lenniii:;s. a daii,i;htei or Dr. S,.tli .lennings, and they became the
parents of nine rliildim. tli. y.uu-.-.t ol whom was Ebenezer Burr, who was born in Fairfield,
December 23. ITOs, an, I ,|...l ^.,^,.n,l,er 28, 1873. He was married April 24, 1825, to Hannah

Osborne, a daughte, ..i Danal ( K ne, of Fairfield, and they, too, were parents of nine children.

One of their sons. W illiam Burr, was born in Fairfield and there spent his entire life, being
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was the owner of a silver tankard which was presented
to Abigail Burr by her brother, Thaddeus Burr, in 1755. Thaddeus Burr also presented a
similar one to his sister Eunice, who became H,e wife of Benjamin Wyncoop. The first

mentioned tankard later formed a part of tl mnmni.n -, , ^ i, ,• nf the Fairfield Congregational

church. On the tankard are engraved tin w.ad-: Tl„ ./nt „f Thaddeus Burr to^bigail
Burr, 1755." William Burr was marri,,! Septen.b. r c. is.vi. to ( atharine Sherwood, a daughter
of 8ilas Burr Sherwood, of Fairfield. Their children were: Annie S., who was born in May,
1861; Harriet E., in 1862; Sarah B., in 1864; William Osborne, May 30, 1866; Frederick a',
1868; Kate L., who was born in 1870 and died May 11, 1872; Mary T., born in 1873; and
Louisa A., born in 1879.

William Osborne Burr was born on the old homestead farm in Fairfield and was there
reared to manhood. He attended the public .schools of that district and made farrain<' his
principal occupation, giving it his full time and attention an,i winnin'.; success in the under-
taking. He has been a lifelong democrat, always support, n;, tl,,- |a m, ,,,lrs of that party, and
he has ever taken a deep interest in the public schools ,,f I anli. !,| ||,. served as a member
of the school board for twelve years and has been a stanih su|,|io,t,.r of the public school
system, believing that the hope of the future of America lies in the education of ite sons and

132 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

daughters in lessons of patriotism that will lead to the upbuilding of this great country and
its institutions. He has also served as a member of the board of relief in the town of Fairfield
and in March, 1917, he was appointed by President \Vil>(in |"i>tina>t(i of Fairfield to succeed
S. C. Bradley, who resigned that office. Mr. Burr is iilliii;j tiir [msition to the general
satisfaction of all and gives to his duties his entire time ami atti-iitidii.

Mr. Burr was married in Fairfield to Miss Aretta S. Sherwood and to them have been
born four children: Catharine, who was educated in the public and high schools of Fairfield;
Aretta, who was also graduated from the high school and is now attending a physical culture
srli,".l: William JilnTi. ]...iii in April, 1901; and Eunice D. Mr. Burr is a member of the
1 .1 n iiii.l.i ( '(iiiiiti\ I lull. (II uliirli he has been president. He and his wife are members of the
I liiiui r;;,itiMiK,| iliinili .'1 iaiiiiilil. in which he has filled the office of deacon for the past
twenty years. He lakes a deep interest in his native town, its people and its institutions,
and is a man of progressive ideas, broad-minded and liberal in his views and foremost in ev
enterprise that is for the benefit of Fairfield.

THE WAKEMAN FAMILY.

The Wakeman family of Southport. Connecticut, of whom Miss Frances Wakema
a representative, is one of the oldest and best known in this section of the state. A '
interesting genealogy of the family was conipiliil and pnldislicd in I'jimi hy Robert Peele
Wakeman, a well known citizen of South]iort I. >ii|. Wakrmaii. tlic -ranillatlicr of 1
Frances Wakeman, was born at Greens Farm-, I aiiiicM .nunly, I'ri.inaiy IJ, 1771, and
a son of Jesup and Amelia iP.anksi Wakeman, and tlit- luinier was a desr.n.lant ..f tlie :
Samuel Wakeman, who wa-, onr ot tin ,ail\ inini-ti-rs of the gospel in that tnwM. .Ii
Wakeman became a w.-ll kn..\vn im i: li.ii.t ..t ^..utli|",rt. where he settled in tin raiiy ]
of the nineteenth rmUny 11.- al-. ..un.d several vessels and was on.- ui tla^ f-r.-n
business mm ami iiti/rn~ ni hi, l.irality, A man of inatk.-d entrrprisr and |iiun,(.,si\ c sp
he took a (iiip intin-t ill thr piihlic affairs of his adopted town and its institutinns and
efforts cDii-titiitnl a . iintiibiitinj; element to the upbuilding of the toiiiinniiity. He
one of the mi^inal directors of the Bridgeport Bank, being chosen for that office in 1807
and contiiuunisly servinn on the board for twenty-one years. He occupied the position of
United States intemal revenue collector in the district which Includes Fairfield from 1
until ISIS. He was als.i laiuily intiiistid in the Turnpike Company, which built and owned
a section of the urw tmnpilx.- Iirt», m N.u ^.nk and New Haven, and he was also interested
in buying up fire land -> up i--nr,l l,y tlir -^a .i ninent to recompense the people for thei:
losses by the liiiti-h iliiiiiiL' tlir K. a olnt nmai \ «ar. For this scrip he obtained government
land, whi. h !:r lo, atrd 111 iiortlinn i >l.io ami tin- \\r>tiTii i;os.a\r, ami the town of Wakeman,
Ohio, was n:Miii-i| 111 hi- liniin!. Hi-- liii-inr-- allait- wnr so \\i~rly managed and his invi
ments su jinli. ion-ly maih- that ln' "as om' ot ilir w.altlii.-t mm in liis section of the state
when he passed away at his home in Suuthpoit in May, isjl. He had been married c
the 24th of May, 1792, to Miss Esther Dimon, who wa- born .January 28, 1770, a daughter
of William B. and Esther (Sturgess) Dimon and a disetndant of one of the oldest families
this section of the state. She passed away March 17, 1855. and their eight children all have
long since departed this life.

Zalmon Bradley Wakeman, son of Jesup Wakeman, was born in Southport, November
2, 1803, and was there reared to manhood, becoming in time one of Southport "s best known
and most highly respected citizens. He was also a very successful business man and left a
large property to his family at the time of his death. He was greatly interested in church
work and his life was characterized by the most rigid integrity and the utmost honesty of
purpose. His demise occurred in Southport, February 12. 1865, and was the occasion of deep

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and widespread regret, his memory being honored by all who knew him. On the 23d of
Marcli, 1S29, he had married Sarah Ann Fowler, who was born July 22, 1806, and was a
daughter of Stephen and Mary (Strong) Fowler, of Guilford, Connecticut. She died July 30,
1873, and of her three daughters only Miss Frances Wakeman, the second in order of birth,
is living. The others were Mary Fowler and Sarah White, the latter having passed away in
infancy.

Miss Frances Wakeman was reared to womanhood in her native town of Southport,
where she has spent her entire life. Her beautiful home. Rose Hill, which commands a
View of Long Islaml Suiind ami surrounding sections of Southport, is one of the most attrac-
tive places in this part nt tin -tate. Miss Wakeman is a lady of innate culture, possessing
refined taste and aitistir i.'i]i|iiraiiK'nt. She is one of the best known women of Fairfield
county and she taki^ a iiii»t attive and helpful interest in the public affairs of the village
of Southport and its institutions. Tliis was manifest in the beautiful gift which she and
her cousin. Miss Crapo. made to tlie pi-o|)le of Southport. The gift was a red brick building
known as the Wakeman Memorial and erected in memory of their grandfather, Jesup Wake-
man, at a cost of fifty thousand dollars, to be used by the boys and girls of Southport as a
club house. The building is maintained bj- Miss Wakeman and in it are found a reading
room, a sewing room and rooms for dancing and recreation where the boys and girls may
find entertainment amid delightful and beneficial surroundings. Instruction is given to the
girla in sewing and dancing is also taught. This building was opened in 1913 and it contains
a bronze tablet on which is engraved the following: "The Wakeman Memorial, 1913. This
building was erected and equipped for philantlirdjiii wmk with iiiiids inntributcd Ijy Frances
Wakeman and Cornelia Wakeman Crapo. Thrii -lari.ltatli, r. .Ir>u|i W akniian. i< renum-
bered in its name. On Christmas day of 19i:! it ua- n|i.n(il t'l thr ynutli >•( .S'>iitliport in
the hope that its privileges would enable and persuade tluui to grow up wui tliy in the com-
munity which the donors love, regardless of circumstances or creed. Their welcome here
depends alone upon the regard they show for that which the place provides."

Because of her beneficence in this matter Miss Wakeman will be remembered and her
memory revered by the boys and girls of Southport for many generations to come. She is
loved by the people of the town for her many acts of kindness and charity, for she is con-
tinually extending a helping hand where assistance is needed. She was one of the organ-
izers and charter members of the Dorothy Ripley Cliapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution at Southport, is its historian and has been a delegate to the national congress at
Washington, D. C, several times. Her activities and her philanthropies for the benefit of
Soutliport continue to make the name of Wakeman a most honored one in this community.

WILLIAil CRAXSTOL^X.

William Cranstoun, of Stratford, an attorney at law now successfully practicing in
Hoboken, New Jersey, was there born September 1, 1843. His parents emigrated from Scotland
and he was educated in a Scotch Presbyterian parish school and also in the public schools
of Hoboken, New Jersey. Starting out in the business world, he turned his attention to
mercantile lines for a brief period and later was in the office of the county clerk of Hud-
son county, New Jersey. He also spent six months in the office of the United States
revenue collector but other than this has never sought nor desired official positions. . On
leaving the county clerk's office he took up the study of law under the direction of .1. Harvey
Lyons, who had married his sister and who directed the reading of Mr. Cranstoun for four
years. He was admitted to the New .Jersey bar in 1875 and has since continuously practiced
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with the profession in said city. Through four decades his office has been in one location and
for some time his son, Kenneth Douglas Cranstoun, has practiced with him.

Mr. Cranstoun marritd into olil Stiatfurd famihes. He tirst married Annie I., daughter
of Samuel and Eliza Plunil.. NuMuilHr 'i, 1^71, and they had two children: Nellie Fairchild,
who was born December '.i, 1s7:j. anil |ia-sr(l away March 2. 1888; and Marion Grace, who was
born May 19, 1876, married C. T. Hurrniaiin ami resides at Summit, New Jersey. Mrs. Cran-
stoun departed this life March 26, 1878, and (i(tul,.T li. isM, Mr. Cranstoun married her sister,
Louise A., who died Novc-mber 2, 18S5. Slie liaci t"it rliil.lrrii: Kenneth Douglas was born
February 6, 1883, married Marjorie B. Mayiiani, iii.cc of Elliot Peck, of Stratford, and
resides in Summit, New Jersey. Elsie was born April 16, 1884. married Arthur Wilson and
lives in Glasgow, Scotland. On February 27, 1909, Mr. Cranstoun married Eva, daughter of
Samuel W. and Amelia Benjamin, also a representative of an old Stratford family.

The house occupied by the Cranstoun family in Stratford was erected in 1780 and is one
of the old landmarks of the town, although it has been much modernized by improvements
made upon it in late years. Mr. Cranstoun is a member of the Central Presbyterian church of
Summit, New Jersey, and he belongs to the Men's Club of Stratford.

J. I. FLINT.

J. I. Flint, of Fairlield. for twelve years town clerk and collector of ta.xes, was born on
the istli vf Sc|it('mlici-. issd. in P.ridj;e|p(irt . He attended the public schools of Bridgeport
and Fairlield and also tlii' riiiversity Sihciol at lirideciiort, and later entered the Yale Law
School, from which he was <;raduated in 1902. Since 1>HI4 lie has served continuously as town
clerk and collector of taxes.

In 1908 occurred the marriage of Mr. Flint and Miss Clara L. Milbrook, a native of
Bridgeport, and they have a daughter, Retha M. The family attend the Congregational church
and Mr. Flint belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Improved Order
of Red Men. Although his private practice and lii> ollicial duti.s make heavy demands upon
his time, he can always be depended upon to sii|.|.oit a meaMiir \\lio-.e object is the advance-

ALBERT J. MERRITT.

Albert J. Jlerritt. a well known member of the Bridgeport bar and also promin
nection with naval interests of the United States, was born in Mount Vernon, :

In his l>o\l d days he came to Bridgeport with his parents and in due course of

pleted the liii;li school course with the class of 1898. He prepared for professiona

in the Yale Law School, where he won his degree in 1901. He has since been a member of

the Bridgeport bar and is a successful lawyer who has advanced steadily and today occupies '

a prominent position as an able advocate and safe counsellor. For more than ten years he has ,

been prosecuting liquor agent of Fairfield county, and recently was special prosecuting

attorney.

On the 9th of December, 1914, Mr. Merritt was united in marriage to Miss Grace E.
Andrews of Bridgeport, and they have one child, Althea, born June 12, 1916.

Aside from his law practice and his home Lieutenant Merritt practically devotes his entire
time to naval militia matters. In 1906 he passed an examination for a commission in the
Connecticut Naval Militia and on the 23rd of April, 1909, was made a lieutenant, junior
grade, while on the 2d of December, 1912, he was commissioned lieutenant. On th.^ 20th of

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iMay, I'.ilS. he became state ordnance officer which position he now occiipies. and he is also
secretary df tlie Xational Nava! Militia Association of the United States When war was
declared with (icnnaTiy In- »a- m f the lirst to leave Bridge|i<iit tn ^,rv. hi, lountry and

Georgia. \l<- i- a n-|iiil.li(ai]. has ahxavs taken an active interest in leral |,(,litir-. serving for

zations of 11] idf/eiinrt. He is an l':ik and a prominent Mason, having taken the Koyal Arch
and Knij;ht 'reniplar def;rees. while with the nobles of the Mystic Mirine he has crossed
the sands of the desert. He is, however, first and foremost a lawyer, has membership in the
Bridgeport and American Bar Associations and practices before both the state and federal

H. A. MAYSE.

The important business projects which ha
commercial center find a worthy representati
September 17, IH'-i. He was left an oiphan d
D. C, with an uncle. In the a.qiiirenjent ul a
afterward became a |in|iii in the .Mum-- IIkjwii

Bank in W ;,-liiiii;l..n, uh.-iv he r.-inaine,l f,,i-

with the H. U. tanliekl U.ni|,aiiy in the ,:,|.a,i

him advancement and in lyiiT he \i.i- le -up

acting secretary and in l'.H4 \\a- .he, in ;i>-
clected secretary and in Hili; he was ilu.-ci
capacity he now serves, devoting his energies
the business. His early training in banking
qualified him for the work which he has undi
progress bringing him to a prominent and mo
adopted city.

On the 14th of October,. 190^, Mr. Mayse wa
of Major W. W. Starr, of Bridgepoit. Pclith
indorsement to the party, although ne\.i -i .
belongs to the Masonic fraternity ami tlir he
even more strictly social lines his menibei-h
Country Clubs.

ade Bridgeport a great manufacturing and
I H. A. Mayse, who was born in Kansas,
: his early youth and went to Washington,
uc ation he attended the public schools and
i.nl at Providence, Rhode Island. Early in

■al y.ais. He .aiie to I'.i iaue|M.i t in 1898

.able position in business circles in his

d to Miss Margaret T. Starr, a daughter
. Mayse is a republican, giving strong
Me as a reward for party fealty. He
Protective Order of Elks, while along
th the Algonquin and the Brooklawn

JUDCiE PATRICK KANE.

Judge Patrick Kane, a practicing attorney of Bridgeport and former de|
city court, was born on the 14th of November, 1848, in New York city, a son
Sr., whose birth occurred in Dublin, Ireland, in 1826. and who in 1847 can
States. The same year he was married in Brooklyn. New York, to Cathc-ii
native of Dublin, where they had grown up totietliei. lli.' hithir \\as :i ta
at the time of the Civil war put aside all bn-in. -, :,„:. i.e.^nnal ,,.iisi,hia
espouse the Union cause. His death occurred in isds ef a ilisease eeritiae

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Judge Kane was the eldest in a family of nine children of whom three are yet living, his
sister being Mrs. Eliza Hornby and his brother George Kane, both of Bridgeport, to which
city the family removed from New York in 1854.

Judge Kane was at that time a little lad of six years, and accordingly he entered the
public schools of Bridgeport, wherein he pursued his studies until entering Bryant & Stratton
Business College. He afterward attended the Yale Law School from which he was graduated
in 1888, and since that time he has been actively engaged in the practice of law in Bridge-
port, starting upon his professional career in the office which he now occupies in the Sturdevant
building. Througlmnt tlic intcvvoniiiLT years lip Ims continued in the general practice of law
with good succ(s>. :i lilMi;il :iihl < I i -I i I m I i \ r I \ 1. | noi'iitative clientage being accorded him.
He is most caretui m lii~ :iii.il\~i~ .1 ,1 ,;i~r. ;i,rin;it«' in his application of legal principles,
while his deduction^ :irr mmui.! ;inil liis iiasiuiiiiL; loyiial.

On the 30th of July, 18'J'.), Judge Kane was marrried to Miss Amy B. Jukes, a native of
Bridgeport, and they have four living children, Patricia. Richard S., Elizabeth and Ruth, while
a little daughter. Amy B., passed away in childhood. Judge Kane has acquired a comfortable
competence and is now financiall}' independent. Following his marriage in 1S99 he and his wife
went to Europe, visiting Dublin, the home of his ancestors, also England, Scotland and France.
His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church and he has membership with the
Knights of Coluiiilm-. IhIhi; .m ix-i;rand knight of that order. He also belongs to the Sons

of Union Veterans I hii i.iiirtr.n years he was a member of the Connecticut Temperance

Union and for fmir viji^ wn^ cilitur of the newspaper of the Connecticut Total Abstinence
Union. He holds nituibL-r.-.lii|i in tlie Bridgeport board of trade and cooperates in all well
defined plans and movements for advancing the interests of the city. For four j'ears he
served on the board of charities and for two years on the tax relief board. In politics he
is a democrat and from 1893 to 1895 inclusive he was deputy judge of the city court, being
on the belli li at tlic tiiiio of the street car riots and of the green goods excitement, the cases
arising tlni vh .nn \u-iuii tried in his court. He belongs to the Fairfield Bar Association and
while he is rernunizeil as an able lawyer he is more than that, for he is a progressive and
public-spirited citizen whose interests and activities have always been on the side of law
and order and of progress and improvement combined with a close regard for those humani-
tarian principles which have to do so largely with the welfare of others.

GEORGE WAKEMAN OSBORN, M. D.

The demands made upon the physician are many. Not only must he possess broad scien-
tific knowledge and ability to accurately apply its principles but it is demanded of him also
that he possess keen intuition and unfailing sympathy combined witli courtesy and a spirit
of optimism that inspires confidence and hop? in others. Jleeting every reciuirement Dr.
George Wakcman Osborn has made for himself a most creditalile position in professional
circles in Bridgeport, and he is constantly promoting his efficiency through his broad reading
and study. Connecticut numbers him among her native sons. He was born in Easton,
November 6. 1860, his parents being David Hull and Melissa (Banks) Osborn. He has two
brothers. Orlaiidi. Banks and David Franklin, both farmers, residing in Easton. In the
paternal line Ik ,..111. , .if a family of prominent farmers. The Osborn family has been repre-
sented in I iiiinern. lit hir more than two and a half centuries. Dr. Osborn being a representa-

came from London, England. He settled in IlinulMiii. Mi^-i. 'ui~if ts, tin- fullowing year and
removed to New Haven, Connecticut, in l(i.','i, tlirie 111111111111- until ir.:i:;, when he was
granted eighty acres of land at Fairfield, (iinnei t imt . t.i whirh tia.t lie ail.lerl until his
landed possessions became very extensive. His first grant was accorded liim in recognition of

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liis services in the Pequot war of 1637. His grandmother, in tlie paternal line, was PrisciUa
Hull, a lineal descendant of George Hull, who came from Plymouth, England, in 1639 30,
settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, resided in Windsor, Connecticut, 1636-16, when he
removed to Fairfield, Connecticut. He was a surveyor, representative to the general court,
which declared war against the Pequots in 1637 and jointly with Roger Ludlow was granted
a monopoly of the fur trade on the Connecticut river. His son Cornelius was a surveyor,
deputy to the general court, and lieutenant in King Philip's War in 1675. His son, Cor-
nelius, Jr.. was the founder of Hull's Farms, ((nniecticHt.

On the maternal side of Dr. Osborn is dcsmi.!,,! i„ tli. . iijlitli -en, ration from John Banks,
a law3'er who was one of the first settlers of W iihUoi. ( ,„iii,,ti. ut lie was appointed town
derk in 1643 and was assigned the duties <,f -i/in- I lie u. i-ht- ainl measures of the several

part in all of the lea.liii- cmhIs whi.li >liaiir,l its (,i,Iy liist<nv. \\r represented one of the
distinguished families of England. Xathan hanks, tlir L'i.;it ^;l:llhll:^tll(■r, a resident of Fair-
field, served with the American army in the Revohit inn, n u ii \l,.,lad Banks, the grand-
father, was a prominent farmer of Easton, Connecticut, ;iihI nmiiird Polly Betts, a lineal
descendant of Thomas Betts who came from England nj li;;;;i aii.l was one of the founders
of Guilford, Connecticut.

The two families were united in the marriage of David Hull Osborn and Melissa Banks
and their eldest son was Dr. George Wakeman Osborn, who, after acquiring a district school
education in his native village, prepared for college in Staples' Academy in Easton. In 1878
he was engaged to teach the district school in Easton for a period of five months and later
entered the academic department of Yale Uni\ersity for study from 1880 until June, 1884,
when he was graduated witli tiic d.-ree ..f ]!a.lMl..r nf Ait-. In ..ilIrM,. ]„. uas a ine„ili.>r of
Gamma Nu. In that year !..• matrirulat.M in lln^ ( ,dlr^r ,,i l",N.,M;,n. an, I Miiu, ■,,.!>, the
medical department of Cdluinliia I ■)ii\ ia>it y ,11 Ni'w \,iik iity. an, I uoi liis |ji,if,'ssi,iiial

was city physician and surgeon of the Emergency Hospital from 1888 until 1893, and again
from 1895 to 1899, and became medical examiner for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-
jiany of New York in 1889. He has since served in that capacity, is also examiner for the
Ma-sachusetts Accident Company, and has also been physician and examiner for many
liad-nial and beneficial organizations. The only public offices he has held have been in the
stri,l path of his profession. He served as a member of the Bridgeport board of health from
]!I(14 to 1906, and again from 1910 to 1912, of which he was president. He was surgeon of
the fire department from 1910 to 1912. and in 1905 he was appointed physician and surgeon
in the Department of Children of St. Vincent's Hospital of Bridgeport, and has been a member
nf the medical staff of that institution since 1911. He has also attended operations and
clinics in the hospitals of New Y'ork city for several years, thus gaining broad and
valuable knowledge and experience. Since 1914 he has been medical examiner of the Life
Extension Institute of New York and in 1913 he was made a member of the board of United
States Pension Examining Surgeons, of which he is the secretary.

On the 27th of December, 1888, Dr. Osborn was married to Miss Nellie Maria Boynton
of Peabody. Massachusetts, who was born in South Dan vers,' that state, on the 16th of
December, 1862, a daughter of James A. and Ellen M. (Very) Boynton of Peabody, whose
ancestry can be traced back to William the Conqueror. She is also a lineal descendant in the
ninth generation of John Boynton, who was born in Y'orkshire, England, in 1614, and settled
in Rowley, ilassachusetts. in 1638. She is likewise a descendant in the thirtieth generation
of Bartholomew de Boynton. who was seized of the Manor of Boynton in 1067. Her great-

144 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

greatgrandfather, James Boynton, was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775.
On the tablets on the gates of the Charlestown training field are tlie names of those who
fell at Bunker Hill, including that of James Boynton, of Boxford, of Freye's regiment. Perlcy's
company. Mrs. Osborn is now a member of Mary Silliman Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. After attending the public schools of Peabody she studied in the state
normal school at Salem, Massachusetts, and following her graduation in January, 1881,
devoted several years to teaching in the public schools of Peabody. Dr. and Mrs. Osborn
have become parents of four children: Lelius Boynton, born November 7, 1890, died July 3,
1891. Beatrice Melissa, born April 18, 1892, was graduated from the Bridgeport high school
in 1911 and on the 21st of October of that year became the wife of Alan Edmund Aube of
Bridgeport, by whom she has one child, Virginia Osborn, born July 11, 1912. Helen Eugenie,
born February 20, 1897, was graduated from the Bridgeport high school in 1914, from tlie
Bridgeport normal school in 1916 and became a teacher in the Elias Howe school. Richard
Galen, born December 14, 1903, completes the family. In 1900 Doctor and Mrs. Osborn made
a tour across the continent of Europe and of Great Britain, visiting many foreign countries
and in 1904 he visited the Pacific Coast.

Dr. Osborn and his family attend the Episcopal church and he was formerly a member of
the Young Men's Christian Association. He greatly enjoys hunting, fishing and sea bathing
and other forms of outdoor life, to wliieh he turns for needed rest and recreation. In politics
he is a democrat and ex-president of the Democratic Association, but has never sought nor
filled political office. In 1912, however, he became a member of the board of education of
Bridgeport of which he is vice president. His membership connections show the breadth and
nature of his interests and activities. He lias attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry,
holding membership in St. John's Lodge, No. 3, F. & A. M., Jerusalem Chapter No. 13, R. A.
M., Jerusalem Council No. 16, R. & S. M., Hamilton Commandery No. 5, K. T., Lafayette
Consistory A. & A. S. R., and Pyramid Temple A. A. 0. N. M. S. He likewise has membership
with Court Pequonnock, No. 62. Foresters of America, Konckapotanauli Tribe No. 30, Im-
proved Order of Red Men. tlie Loyal Order of Moose, Ida Lodge, No. 10. New England
Order of Protection, Dewey Camp, 7033, Modern Woodmen of America and Bridgeport
Lodge No. 36, B. P. 0. K. Educational and patriotic organizations receive his indorse-
ment and support. He is identified with the Society of the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion, with the Fairfield County Yale Alumni Association, the Bridgeport Scientific and
Historical Society and with the Algonquin Club. He is also a member of The National
Geographic Society. Along strictly professional lines he has connection with the Bridgeport
Medical Association of which he was vice president in 1900, the Fairfield County Medical
Association, the Connecticut Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the
American Academy of Medicine, thus keeping in close touch with the trend of modern medical
research and scientific investigation, his work being accordingly advanced in its efficiency.

JOSIAH B. HALLETT.

Josiah B. Hallett, who dates his residence in Bridgeport from July, 1879, was for a long
period connected with the meat industry of the city but is now living retired, enjoying
the rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. He was born in Chatham, near Cape
Cod, in 1832, a son of Samuel and Susan (Blossom) Hallett, the former a sea captain.
During his youthful days Josiah B. Hallett, while acquiring his education, spent three years
as a pupil in the schools of Boston. He was twenty-four years of age when he went to
Prairie City, Iowa, where he conducted a farm and general store, remaining in the middle
west until 1861. He then returned to the east and became connected with the meat
business, selling to the retail trade in Clinton, Massachusetts. Sulisequently he carried on a

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similar business in Leominster, Massachusetts, under the title of Hallett & Wood. In July,
1879, he removed to Bridgeport and with Leonard Wood established the first wholesale ma,rket
in Bridgeport for the sale of western dressed beef. Mr. Wood having passed away, the
coneern was then reorganized under the name of the Bridgeport Beef Company artd ultimately
was sold to Swift & Company. Mr. Hallett engaged in dealing in beef as a wholesaler and
made shipments as far as Lee, ilussatiuisetts, and west to Norwalk and Stamford, Con-
necticut, selling throughout the intervening territory and building up an extensive and
proHtable business of which he remained tlie head until about 1908. He retired in 1909. He
was first located on Water street, where he erected a building tluit is still standing, and after-
ward he purchased an adjoining brick build. ii- wliieh lie remodeled. This lie sold to Swift &.
Company in 1907, after which he acted as manager of the plant until he retired. He was
the first man in Bridgeport to engage in the sale of western dressed beef .exclusively and he
devoted liis entire attention to the business, which he developed to large and profitable
proportions.

On the 5th nf May. is",:',. Mr. Hallett was married to Miss Caroline B. Swift, of
Sandwirli, M:iss;irliu-rtt>, ;i M^trr of the founder of the Swift Company, berf packers of
Chicairci, Mr junl Mr-, ll.ill.tt became the parents of five children: Francis Herbert,
deceased: Wilhiid F., living in St. Petersburg, Florida; (J. DeWayne. an eminent oculist of
New York making a specialty of eye surgery; Hariismi H.. livin'j in New Rochelle, New
York; and Carrie A., who passed away at the age of Imu- and one-luilf years.

Mr. Hallett has long voted with the republican party, which he has supported since its
organization. He is a member of the Seaside Club and i.s a Knight Templar Mason, while his
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist church. He has now
reached the eiglity-fifth milestone on life's journey but is yet a well preserved man and in
his interests seems yet in his prime, keeping in touch witli current events and the questions
of the day. He figured for many years as a leading and progressive business man df
Bridgeport and has long been numbered as one of its valued citizens.

. F. DROUVK.

G. F. Drouv#, president and treasurer of the G. F. Drouve Company, of Bridgeport, and
employing in tlie conduct of his business the most progressive and enterprising methods, was

Meriden, Connecticut, where he worked at his trade, and in 1885 he arrived in Bridgeport,
where he opened a shop as a member of the firm of Howl & Drouve. Eventually he pur-
chased the interest of his partner and on the 36tli of May, 1896, the business was incorporated
as the G. F. Drcnnr ( ..niiniMy with i; I'. Drniiv.' :is the president and treasurer and William
V. Dee as the snrrtnry .Mt.M tlic iiir,ir|i..i :itii.n Herman Reetz and Henry Zimmermeyer
were connected with Mr. Dmuve. liiit the latter sold out and Albert Bradley became connected
with the business. He, in time, sold his interest to Mr. Dee, and Mr. Reetz disposed of his
stock some years ago. The company does all kinds of sheet metal work, specializing in anti-
fluvial skylights and window openers, which are sold all over the United States and Europe.
The goods in which the company specializes are a patented line, and employment is furnished
to about seventy people, mostly skilled labor. The output of the factory is sold to builders,
and something of the vast volume of the business handled by the firm is indicated in the fact
that the company spends about ten thousand dollars annually for advertising alone. The plant
is splendidly equipped with the latest improved machinery necessary for work of that charac-

148 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

ter, and tlit- business is so thoroughly systematized that there is no loss of time, labor or
material. The factory is located at No. 40 Drouvfi street, which in 1916 changed its name

In l^Mi -Mr Jii.in\. was united in marrriage to Miss Pauline Cache, a native of Germany.

They have llir Ln.LjIitrrs: Bertha, the wife of Job Shepherd, of Bridgeport; Minnie, the

wife of LcHoy Diikii-.in ; and Ktlicl, at home. In politics Mr. Drouve follows an iii(ii>|.fiiik'nt
course, e.xercisinji lii- liuhl uf iiaiR-liise according to the capabilities of the caiicli.latr^. Fra-
ternally he is coniiiTlr.l witli the .Masons and the Odd Fellows, and in thi' fcrni.r ha- taken
the Knight Templar degree of the V.uk Kite au.l tlie Thirty-Second degre,. ,,i the >,,,ttish
Rite, while with the Nobles of the ,M\-lir ^hriin' lie has crossed the .samU ..t {],•■ .h -ert.
He is preeminently a business man, a.ti\.-. ahit ami energetic, eoncentratin- hi~ elicit- upon
the upbuilding of the great industry uliieli lie founded, yet he is not remiss in the duties of
citizenship nor neglectful of the social side of life.

MRS. FANNY CURTIS PECK.

Mrs. Fanny Curtis Peck has spent practically her entire life in Stratford, v
makes her home. She is a daughter of Lewis Curtis, win. was one of the pio
of Stratford and traced his ancestry back in thi- rnuntiy t.i lii:;4, when the i)ro
family in the new world settled at Conr,„d, Ma-sarhuMtts. Me leniov,,!. le.uevei
in lfi38 and was among the early setthr- at Stiatt,.,,!, takiie^ up hi- ahode m

England. One of the clocks was made from an old cupboard said to have been brought to
America on the JIayllower. Through all the intervening years from the first .settlement
down to the present the Curtis family has figured prominently in connection with the history
of Bridgeport, but today Mrs. Peck is the only suivivur of that family.

She was educated in the public schools of Stratforil .ind alxi in tlie Sedgwick Academy
and in 1883 she gave her hand in nuirriage to .lob I'eek. the -we.theail of her girlhood days.
In the same year, however, after an illness of but three days, he passed away. In her infancy
Mrs. Peck was baptized in the Methodist Episcopal church, which she afterward joined and of
which she has since been a loyal and devoted member.

CHARLES D. MILLS.

One feels a sense of resignation when an aged man is called from this life — one who has
completed his work and whose powers have become lessened by advancing years: but when the
young are called, it seems that opportunity for further activity and aeemnplishinent should
be given them. It was a matter of the deepest regret when C harle- I). Mill- |.assed away
in 1892, at the age of but thirty years. He was born in Boston in Im.;.' and was educated
in Southboro, Massachusetts. He later entered the Fir-t lii i.l;;e|.oi t National Hank in the
capacity of bookkeeper and afterward became ennneite.l with the \\le>lesale grocery house of
David Trubee & Company, with which he reinaiiie.l fnr a ie« yeais. Ill healtli, however, forced
his retirement from business and for some time before his demise he was unable to resume

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:;cport, in 18S4. to Miss Helen C. Lyon, a dfii-htor of
ii; ill the city, at the advan.ed a^c m ei-hly nine years.
-lit. and is a son of Hanfoi.l l.y.m, ul,,, iias one of the
i'l' lie remained for many \ears Ind'airk H. I^yon
rdware business and for many years ua.s a pi-oininent
he city. He is mentioned at length on another page of

ces the annals of the city. He married Bessie A. Hawley,
ind they became the parents of seven children, of whom four

osephine, W. 1\. and Mrs. Mills, all of Bridgeport. I3y her
marriage Mis. Mills lie(a,m' the mother of one son, Charles D., who was born November 17,

Mr. Mills was a Knight Templar and a fliirt \ -. , ,,nd .hui.e Ma-.m and a n,e„,li,.r of the
M3'Stie Shrine. He took a very artnr and lirl|,iiil |,:iit m \hi-Mni\- and dhl (•\'ei\t liing in
his power to extend the beneficent piiinipl. - u|i,,ii xilii.li tiie ualt i^ liasid. lie was also a
member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Seaside llnl, and he had n,any substantial and
admirable qualities which endeared him to all with whom he came in contact, so that at his
passing he left behind him many friends to mourn his loss as well as his immediate family.

LUCIUS L. BRIDGE.

Lucius L. Bridge, a consulting engineer of Bridgeport, was born in Springfield, Massa-
chusetts, December 8, 1869. He comes of Puritan ancestry, being a direct descendant of .Tohn
Bridge, who was one of the passengers on the histo, i.' :\Ia\(lo\\ei. TTis u, andfatlier. .\. L.

notable record of long continued and faithful publi,^ srni,,. ||i- i;,tli.i. M, WVIU Miidge,
was born in Massachusetts and married Anna Vif)la Wlir.Ki, w],,, w |, |i,,iii in \ erin(int. a
representative of an old New England family that ha^ h. m i e|iri~.nted in t lie i ;i .■.,! Mi.,i„taiii
state since the early part of the seventeenth cctiiiy. lie, lii.itliri w a , I uiird States disliiet
judge and the family has figured prominently in eonneetion with i)iildie allaiis there.

Luciifs L. Bridge acquired a public school education at Springfield, Massachusetts, and
afterward was graduated from the Massachusetts School of Technology at Boston, where he
studied aiehiteeture and civil engineering. He then took up the active practice of architecture
in his native (ity and siil,>,'.|iien( ly engaged in the same line in Philadelphia, in Baltimore and
in New ^•nlk nlN ~n. , , ,-u ,! v. In 1917 he removed to Biddgeport. In his professional
capacity lie Imilt iln ^iiaiimil lintel at Bridgeport, the leading hosteli-y of the city and one
which w.aild he ,, ,i,dil tn aiiv iiietinpnlis of the country. He has also been connected with

in various parts of the United States.

Mr. Bridge makes his home at Milford. He was married October 5, 1892, to Miss Eva
Turk, of Springfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of Charles \V. and Ellen M. (Cook) Turk.
Her father was born in Viigiuia and removed t.i Springli.dd. .Massachusetts, after the Civil
war. being employed by the Cited States vvrrniaenl t In .niLdi. mt tl.,' lemainder of his active
life. He is now living retired at Sprinplleld. T.. .Mr. and .Mis. |i,i,|n,. have been born three
children: Richard, who was born in Springfield, Massachusetts; Marion, in Philadelphia
and Roger, in Springfield.

Lucius L. Bridge has been a lifelong republican, thus following in the political footsteps
of his father. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic lodges of Philadelphia and
Springfield and also with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Philadelphia. For years

150 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

he was organist of Masonic lodges and is thoroughly familiar with the r
organizations. He possesses notable talent as an organist and his music :
delightful source of recreation.

HON. STILES JUDSON.

Hon. Stiles .Judsuii, tlio only .^uii ,,| Stil.s .lu(ls.,n (Illi ;ina his wife, Caroline Elizabeth
Peck, was born in tin- tcwii ..f st r;il In d, l .mn, rtinit. I chniiU-v i:j. ISf:','. He acquired

his education in the .'-^trat hml pulilu .-, 1 Is, al^i. iiii.lii- pri\atc tuition and in tlie Stratford

Academy, from which lie \\a> L;raduat<Ml, In l,s,s3 lie entered the law department of Yale
College, from which institutinn h.' \\as tjraduated with honors in 1885 at the head of his
class, winning the degree of I.I.. i) \\i- was then admitted to practice before the Con-

He tlien formed a partnership with Charh'S Stuart Canfield under the name of Canfield &
Judson, which partnership continued for nineteen years. In 1907 John S. Pullman was
taken into the firm, which then became Canfield. .Tudson & Pullman. In 1908 he was

court t(i snr.Tcd til., late Saiiiu.'j l-V.-, lal.n, ni stani|..,,l. and -i\ ntli- later he was

Ihat ap]a>iiitni.'nt. llr \\a> tlim i-.-a|.|i.iiiit.'(l h.i tin' thud tniu and irtin-d tr.im the office

was supp.irtcd by all rla>Nf> and li\ pi'iiplr ui all political taitli. In is;il lie was elected a
member of the state lri;i>latui r tKan siiatii.rd ami af;ain in 1895 and served as house chair-
man of the comuiittca- mi iMdin.iiy at l,..tli >cssi.iMs. In 1892 he was a candidate for
secretary of state ..n the i(|Mililieati tirket. in which year Cleveland carried the state, and
while lie failed cil eirrtiuri, he p. died a very large vote. In 1904 he was elected a member of
the >.late senate and a'_;ain in I'lDti. and he served as chairman of the judiciary committee.
In tile session of lull lie was elcH'ted pi'esident pro tem. He was a polished speaker and

His honesty of purpose was never ipii-^i i.iiied. His independenee \va> ^r.atly admiird. tor

most earnestly to secure its passage in the session of 1911, but although it failed then,
it was passed in the session of 1913 and became a law. He was a man of great breadth of
mind, strong character, liberal culture and of the highest intelligence. He took a deep interest

foremost organizations of the Guard. Later it became a part of the eleventh company of the
Coast Artillery Corps.

Mr. Judson was also a member of the Masonic order, being identified with St. John's
Lodge of Stratford and dilVercnt Masonic bodies of Bridgeport, including Hamilton Com-

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 153

mamiery of the Knights Templar. He was also a member of the Seaside and Algonquin Clubs
of Bridgeport and the Cuplipaa and tlir Ilou-atoni,- Clubs ,.f Stiatfnid. He is survived by a
widow and two sisters. wli<. n-hl.' m Miitii'iJ Mi .Iu.I-mii r.mk'd with the greatest legal
minds of the state and as an oiatoi liml i.-w , i|nal^ lb- \\a~ ^.ll^ r.-jarded as one of the most
prominent men of C'onnerti.ut and at lii> di'atli rM'iy publie man and every newspaper
paid tril)Ute to his strong, noble character.

HORACE M. WHITNEY.

Horar,^ M. 'Wliitncy. s,.rn'taiy ..f tli.' H. O. Canfield Company, is a representative of that
class i.t \.iiin_' ni.n « Im ar.' ii.it only ta.in;.'. but are evolving, new conditions in the business
world that .ur l.adiii,- t.i lunad.a arti\iti.'- and larger results. He was born in Washington.
D. C, Uctubci 11. ISTJ. a sua of liuiacc A. and Laura (Magee) Whitney. His f.atber was
cashier in the United States treasury at the time of his death, which ordiii.J in iss., wh.n
Horace M. Whitney was a lad of thirteen years. He acquired a publir ami Iiil;Ii -. hool
education, and at the outset of his business career entered the field of real est.itc ami lianking
in connection with the Ohio Nsitional Bank In the capital city.

It was in 1898 that Mr. Whitney removed to Bridgeport, where he entered the employ
of the American Graphophone Company, with which he continued for about thirteen years or
until .January, I'.tll. liaviny charge of the cost department. He s.-vired that connection to go
upon the road as a nav.diii^ salesman for the H. (). CarilicM 1 ..rnpaiiy, and his ability and
efficiency led to his dcctinii tu the position of secretary (in the 1st ..f .laiiuary. I'JKJ.

On the 9th of December, 1911, Mr. Whitney was married to -Miss Mary M. Torbert in
Portsmouth. Virginia, and they have one child, Elizabeth. Mr. Wliitney exercises his right
of franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party and keeps in
touch with the trend of modern thought concerning vital and significant problems. He has
membership in the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and his name is also on the member-
ship rolls of the Brooklawn and Algonquin Clubs. His worth is attested in all those circles
which recognize the value of modern business enterprise and progressive methods.

MAJOR SAMUEL F. BEARDSLEY.

Major Samuel F. Beardsley. practicing at the Bridge[)ort bar since 1897. well equipped

by the thormi-jh trainintr nf Yalr. was hnrn April 17. 1874, in the city in which h • vt makes
his hoiur. a ^nn nf ,l,i,lo,. M,,,,!- I; l;, ,, i-h 1 l.,,m a prominent and distiniiui-lmil , ..pir^aila-
tive (if th- ..inii- ot tlic lity. KmIIm'.mi,^ in- iiilha', professional footstc|i, Mapi,- l!ra;il-lcy
entered Vale aft.a- receiving his pr.-linmiaiy diiralmnal training in the Briilyep.irt lii-li -cImhiI
and in the academic department of Yale. He was graduated from the former in 1891 with
salutatorian honors of the class when a youth of seventeen and was graduated from the
academic department of Yale in 1895. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts and in 1897
he was graduated from the Yale Law School, at which time the LL. B. degree was conferred

In the same year Major Beardsley entered into partnership with his father, following the
practice of law under the firm style of Beardsley & Beardsley and has since concentrated his
attention upon the duties of a growing practice that is constantly becoming more important
as well as more extensive. He belongs to the local bar association of which he is now presi-
dent, and he also has membership with the State Bar Association. In his practice he now
makes a specialty of probate law.

154 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

Major Beardsley is known in club and social circles, where his popularity is widely
acknowledged. He is now president of the University Club of Bridgeport, was former presi-
dent of the Brooklawii ( uinitry i luli :\n<\ is also an ex-president of the Seaside Outing Club.
He belongs to the Cnnirily I liih. ■■t wliicli he serve. I as the first president, and he has member-
ship with the Blaek Kuek Vaelit Clul, and the Yale Club and the Army and Navy Club
of New York city. He is also identihed with several organizations which have to do with
historic and patriotic interests. In the Sons of the American Revolution he is a member
of the governing board of the state chapter and be belongs to the Society of Colonial Wars
and to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America. His religious faith is indicated in his
membership in the United Congregational church. In politics he is a republican and he
served on the staff of (Governor Henry Roberts Irom 1905 to 11)07 with the rank of major. He
has traveled extensively, l):i\iiie \isi(e.l all paits <A the United States, while he has gone to
Europe on eight (lillCn iit \n]- an. I |..r ~. v.ial y.;ii- has paid an annual winter visit to New
Orleans, where hi- -i-t.i. Mi-, lumie ( i anniiiu. i.-iilcs. In a word he is a man of broad,
liberal culture with uhuni a.ssuciatiuii means expansion and elevation.

EDWARD ^^•RIGHT HARRAL.

In a histoiy of business enterprises of Bridgeport the name of Edward Wright Harral
Jiijiires proMiineiitly. lint nmre than this his name has become a synonym of philanthro]iy
aiiil |iiililie spiiit. His interest in tli.' wellare of dtliers and in the progress of the country

that the n)..st ..mi. .us .am... I -i u.l-e' him his success.

A natn.. ..t 111 i.l^. |...i t . Mi. Harral was born December 13, 1845, a son of Henry K. and
Sarah Ann il'i.ti llaiial 1 1..' i.unier when but fourteen years of age left the home of his
father, Dr. George Harral ul Rochester, New York, in order to seek his fortune in New
York city, and there became an employe in the saddlery house of William Wright. He
evinced deep interest in the business and decided talent in his work and on leaving the
metropolis he went to Charlestown, South Carolina, to further acquaint himself with the
business in the Wright establishment, and in due course of time was regarded as the most
successful of the southern salesmen and collectors. In early manhood he wedded Sarah Ann
Peet, the youngest daughter of William Peet, and in 1S40 he purchased the home of .John
Blatchford, D. D., and in 1848 made purchase of the walnut grove a.l jeiiiiiij.,' an. I nine
improved lots. Removing the old house upon the place he later erected tli.' iiiaii-i..n att.r-
ward occupied by Hon, Nathaniel Wheeler. During the period of his resideii.c m l;i i.l;.:.i.iirt
he became a prominent factor in the financial, social and political interests ut llie city and of
the state. In It^a.s he joined the firm of Lyon, Wright & Company, which afterward became
the Lyon & Calhoun Company, the other members of the lirm being Hanford Lyon, P. C.
Calhoun and Willys Lyon. In 1843 he gave up the management of the Cluirlestown horise
ami came t.i Bridgeport to make the city his permanent home. In June of that year he
].ureliased the stock and holdings of Hanford Lyon, who then retired from business, after
which -Mr. Harral, in connection with his partner, Philo C. Calhoun, devoted his entire time and
attention to the improvement and development of the business, which was continued under
the firm style of Harral & Calhoun until 1854, when Rowland B. Lacey, who had been
connected with the firm for a decade, was admitted to a partnership under the style of
Harral, Calhoun & Company. In 1845 a branch was established in New Y'ork with Francis
Harral, the younger brother of H. K, Harral, and Samuel E. Sproulls in charge. In 1852 the
New York business became known as Harral, Sproulls & Company. In 1845 the Bridgeport
firm furnished stock for the concern in St. Louis. In 1854 Mr. Harral passed away but
the firm name was continued until 1858, when the business was reorganized under tlie name

of the feature
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of Calhoun, Laeey & Company. I'n.in tlir .niyinal liouse have sprung many brandies of
note. Mr. Harral was always prominent in public atfairs aside from business, and was mayor
of this city from 1844 until 1847, again from 1849 until 1851 and tor the third time took
the office in 1852, serving then for two years.

After mastering the branches uf learning taught in the local schools Edward Wright
Harral became a student in Maiilh.r.in.jli ( linnliiU's military school at Sing Sing, New York,

which was then the leadini: s.l I i.i ihr kind in the country. At the outbreak of tlie

Civil war he enlisted in tin- lunrtcntli I oiincticut Volunteer Infantry, but was rejected
owing to his youth. In early raanliood he became associated with Lacey, Meeker & ((.nipany,
manufacturers of harness and saddlery, with whom he remained for ten years. l'',>r a iiuTiibcr
of years he was general agent for the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing; (i.TLipany at
Savannah, Philadelphia and San Fraiuisr,,. In 1880 he retired from active connection with
that business and soon became a faitui in the development of the Fairfield Rubber Company,
a manufacturing entcrjirisc of P,riilj;cpiirt which was then in its infancy. He tlioroughly
studied tlie business from every standpoint and ultimately became head of the company
controlling a trade of mamoth proportions. In fact he developed the rubber works from a
small concern to one of great importance, and c
lead to the growth of the undertaking was his
tested a fraternal spirit toward those in his
At a recent date tlie business has been sold 1
Harral refused to make the sale until he was given a guarantee tli.it the riii|doyees would

Mr. Harral has Iht,, niani.'.l t«irr, i i„ the l:Jlh ..I .hinc. |s(,;, he welded .lulia, daughter
of Hiram and I'olly (rciiiioyeij Cnsscy. ul Xcw Canaan, Connecticut, who died June 30, 1872,
leaving a son, Crissey Ue Forest. Mr. Harral afterward wedded Ellen B. Wheeler, a
daughter of Nathaniel and Huldali R. Wheeler, and to them was born one child, Mary
Wlieeler Harral.

There are few men who have so fully realized the obligations and responsibilities of
wealth as has Edward Wright Harral. Not only has he shown appreciation for the
capability and fidelity of his employes but has also manifested a strong civic spirit and
has fought that Bridgeport should not be sacrificed to material interests. He is deeply
interested in all those things which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. Philan-
thropy and public spirit are marked traits in his character and democracy, in its broadest
sense, dominates his life. In the midst of affluence and wealth he has never lost the
touch but recognizes the brotherhood of mankind.

FRANK T. STAPLES.

Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position
in the financial and business circles of Bridgeport than Frank T. Staples, not alone by reason
of the success he has achieved but also owing to the straightforward and honorable business
policy that he has ever followed. It is true that he entered upon a business already estab-
lished, but in enlarging and controlling this, many a man of less resolute spirit would have
failed. He has advanced the interests of his banking institution in accordance with the
progressive methods of the age and, moreover, has made the name of Staples a synonym
for the most reliable business methods.

Born in Bridgeport in 1863, Mr. Staples is a son of James and Sarah E. (Trubee)
Staples, who are mentioned elsewhere in this work. He acquired a high school education
and tlien entered his father's office in 1881, being admitted to a partnership in 1884. The

158 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

firm of James Staples & Company was organized in tlie "GDs for the conduct of an insurance
and real estate business, and the growth of their clientage and the development of their
interests led to the establishment of a banking depsutment in 1874. The firm began business
under the style of J. and G. A. Staples but the bank was organized under the firm style
of Staples & Company, T. R. Cruttenden and Frances H. Cruttenden being partners of James
Staples, who, following the demise of T. R. Cruttenden, conducted business alone for a time
but in 1884 formed the firm of James Staples & Company through the admission of Philip
L. Holzer and Frank T. Staples to a partnership. In 1003 James Staples passed away, while
the surviving iiarlii.T- I.^m. si,„, .-..i.tiinnMl tlic- buMll^^^, Their l.usiiicss was established on
State street, betwc. n M.nii ;iih1 \\:it( r sUdts. ai„l l;,t,M tlir\ r.-iiiovrd to tle'ii- own building
at No. 283 State sliert In IsM ,|,,.^\ ,.,,,.^^1 a liinl.linii at L'sT State stie.^t and in 1892

rented loi oiic [■- aii'l loil^ji- rooms. A general banking business is conducted together with
a real e-tat^ aiil in-iii.inc department, and this is regarded as one of the safe and reliable

In l.s-t I laiik T. Staples was iinit( d in iiiania'^e t.. Miss Laura F. Stevens, of Bridge-
port, a daiiL'liler .^t W illiani and Mary Stevens, and tlirv no wliave one son, Richard T., who is
a graduate of I'ei k's seliool and is now associated with lii- father in business.

Mr. Staples is a member of the Brooklawn Country rliil, and tin. Alison. piin Club and
for many years has been president of the Bridgeport Automoldle ( Inli. He is al-o president
of the Connecticut Good Roads Association and is <.ne,itly intei.-ted in tlie ini|irovement of
the highways of the state, recognizing how niueh it will mean to ( onneetieut as a tactor in
the improvement of business conditions and a^ a la. loi in tin -o.ial life. He stands at all
times for progress in connection with irnniieij'al allaii- ami stronjjiy endorses and sujiports
those measures which are a matter of civic virtue and of civic jiiide.

E. W. S. PICKETT.

E. \\'. S. Pickett, a real estate dealer also conducting a fire insurance agency, has for forty
years been a le-i.lent of laiitield Ih wa- born in the town of Ridgefield, Fairfield county,
March '.i. lsi,i }|i> paternal i.iretathc > . lohn Pickett, had located here in 1649 and had served
as constalili' id Stratfonl. as side(tnnin and as a member of the legislature. In fact he was
one of the foremost figures in tin eail\ history of Stratford. He was born in England and
came to the new world in ims. settlimj Mist at Salem, Massachusetts, whence he removed
to this state. Edwin Darlini; I'ickitt. father of E. W. S. Pickett, was a member of the Seven-
teenth Connecticut Infantry Regiment during the Civil war and was killed in the first day's
battle at (Gettysburg on the 1st of July, 1863. He was leading a charge when struck down.
He had gathered up the colors from the hand of the color sergeant, who had been shot down,
and waving the banner ru.shed on into the fray.

On the 2d of April, 1877, when a youth of sixteen years, E. W. S. Pickett came to Fairfield
and secured a clerkship in a general store. He was connected with merchandising for thirty
years and engaged in business on his own account in 1891, continuing active along that line
until 1907. He then turned his attention to the real estate and insurance business, with
which he has since been prominently identified, having one of the large and thoroughly
reliable agencies of the city. Moreover, he has figured in public affairs as postmaster of
Fairfield for twelve years, two of his commissions being issued during the McKinley ad-
ministration.

On the 2d of June, 1886, Mr. Pickett was united in marriage to Miss Leonora Kelley, ot
Hyde Park, New York, by whom he has two daughters, Mabel and Rachel, who are at home.

Mr. Pickett holds membership with the Sons of the American Revolution and his daugh-

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 151

s idenittted with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Politically Mr. Picket

Mason an.l hhiiiIk r <'{ tlir M\~tir slninr. also a member of the Red ilcii aiiM thr Cianj;!
He becaijir a . hai tri inrmlni .ii tin' \ > iln nt cci- tire company and he is ideiitilic^l \\iili tlniiv
Assoeiatiuii and tlir I ajriiild ]:"aiil ni Traile. He is also a member of the State Historic^
Society and he and his family are members of the Congregational church. His interests ar
broad and have to do with' the progress and upbuilding of the community in which he make
his home. His efforts have in many respects been directly beneficial and Fairfield counts hii
not only one of its old-time, but also one of its most valued citizens.

FRANIC L. CURTI8.

Frank L. Curtis, who is engaged in the undertaking business in Stratford, was born in
Dalton, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1866, a son of William H. Curtis and a grandson of Leamond
Curtis, who were early residents of Fairfield, Connecticut. The former wedded Helen A.
Bertine, a daughter of Mrs. Caroline Bertine, who belonged to one of the old families of this

It was in 1871 that William H. Curtis removed with his family to West Stratford

he has built up a good business and has won substantial success in its conduct.

On the 38th of May, 1889, Mr. Curtis was married to Miss Emma Arline Atwood. Avhose
parents became residents of Stratford many years ago. The children of this marriage are:
Arline, Myra and Helen E., all yet under the parental roof.

Mrs. Curtis is a member of the Congregational church and Mr. Curtis holds membership
with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Junior Order of Red Men. He likewise belongs to
the Weatogue Country Club and to the Cupheag Club. His residence in Stratford now covers
forty j'ears and with the history of the city along the lines of its material and moral progress
he has been long associated.

GEORGE O. LINES.

George O. Lines, prominent among the young business men of Bridgeport, is the vice
president of the Peck & Lines Company, conducting a garage and automobile agency. He is
a native son of Bricl^r|i.M t. In.ni in 1886, his parents being George 0. and Eleanor M. (Mosher)
Lines. The father. aK.. a iiatnr cf Bridgeport, was a son of Andrew E. Lines, of Rockford,
Illinois, who in eaily lite nniDvcd to Bridgeport. George O. Lines was for some time repre-
sentative of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company and afterward established
a livery stable on Noble avenue. Later he purchased an interest in the George H. Peck
livery business, buying out the interest of the father of George H. Peck, who is now his
son's partner. In 1893 they purchased the building now occupied by the Peck & Lines
Company and there conducted a livery barn. Ultimately, however, this was converted into

160 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

a garage. Mr. Lines departed this life in 1909, his widow surviving until 1913, wlieii she,
too, passed away.

George 0. Lines was reared and cMhuMtid in Bridgeport and in his boj'hood days became
his father's assistant in business and iipnn tlic father's death succeeded to his interest in
the company. The business was ineurpoiuted in I'joii. with George IL Peck as president and
treasurer, G. 0. Lines, vice president, and W. E. Peek. >., i, tai\ . Xi't only do they conduct
a well equipped garage for the repair and storage of nui'nii ilnlr- Imt al>o handle all lines
of automobile supplies and accessories and act as agents iiu llif llayuc^ and Chevrolet cars.
Fraternally Mr. Lines is connected with the Elks but las atteiiti.ni is ehietiy devoted to his
business affairs, and close application, sound judgment and the spirit of modern enterprise
are the qualities that are bringing to him deserved success.

THE LEWIS FAMILY.

her sister. Miss Margaret Ishara
Lewis, are descendants, is one of the oldest and best known families of Bridgeport and
virinity^ 1 '.iTi ja lain l.iw i,^. tlir ioinnlir ,.f tlir I'aiiiily in Fairfiidil io\nity, Connecticut, was
JKirn in liW>. m I, win. ,Ma>>ailin-..'tt -. ami was a >on .il lalnnuid and .Mary Lewis, of that
]ilarr. lirniainin I. .wis ranir inmi M.i--arliii-i'tl- tu Cinin-rt ii. nt , srttlin^' tirst in Wallingford,

was a tar|i'iitri l,y ."lupation and assisted in building the Congregational church of
Stratford, wlii.li was (dinpleted in 1681. He made his home in Stratford and was living in
1718. Ill niaiii.il Hannah Curtis, a daughter of Sergeant John Curtis, and they became
the parent- i.l n-l.t . liildicn. It was from Benjamin Lewis that the Lewis family of Fairfield
and othri -irtimis oi ( nnnritii iit is descended.

Benjaniiii Lewis, son ot IJrnjamin (I), was born in Stratford in 1696 and married
Sarali De Forest, a daugliter of Daniel De Forest. For his second wife he chose Sarah
Nicolls, whom he wedded February 26, 1791, and he was the father of six children.

Benjamin Lewis (III) of this family was born in Stratford, September 14, 1739, and there
became a land owner and farmer, devoting his life to the cultivation of his fields and
spending his last days upon the home farm. To him and his wife, Elizabeth, were born
seven children.

Freeninnd Lewi«. son of Benjamin (III), was liorn in the town of Strafford and was
baptized ITi'.t. lie nmde his home on what i- iiuw s,t,.|^|,„,i ^ivrnn.-. w hi're he owned

onehuniliril anrs ,,\ land, the greater part ul' wlii.h lias i i, ilivi.lnl intn Imilding lots on

which many Imnic-s have been erected, while \ari..u> sunts liavc lirm nit through. The
entire tract is within the corporation limits of Bridgeport. Freemund Lewis spent his entire
life on that farm and when called to the home beyond his remains were interred in Lake-
view cemetery in Bridgeport. He married Cherree French, who was born January 11, 1763,
a daughter of Benoni and Mehitable (Booth) French. They became parents of two children,
Alanson Freemund and Eliza Mehitable, who became the wife of Eliakim Hough.

Alanson Freemund Lewis was born August 30. 179.5. upon the homestead farm at
Stratford, and there grew to manhood. He devoted his .iitire life to agricultural pursuits on
the old home place save through the period of tli.' War ..r 1S1:J, when he defended American
interests on the battlefields. He took a deeji intnvst in the town and its public affairs and
was active in support of church and school. His politieal endorsmient was given to the
whig party and his religious belief was indicated in his attendance at the Congregational
church. He passed away on the home farm May 22, 1859, and was laid to rest in Lakeview
cemetery. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Julia Waterman, was a daughter of
Rev. Elijah and Lucy (Abbe) Waterman, tlie former a Civil war veteran. Mrs. Lewis died

(7 A a ma. J 0affi?> ,^p//-f)

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. Tft^

on the liomestead August 1
side of lier luishan.rs in La
Their rliil.li.ii «,■!,■: .lulia,

wlio n-si,l..s ,,,1 th,. ohl ho,
Moore; and Mary Isabelle, >

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165

. at the age of .

cemetery. She,

eighty-fiv.

.,f Xatha

e years, and her grav.

e is by the
nal cliurcli.

'■ ' l.!I!.ahKh "vl

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'il!'''is"u!e"«idow"of

James H.

THOMAS EDWIN LEWIS.

Thomas Edwin Lewis, tlie only . son of his parents, Alanson Freemund and Julia
(Waterman) Lewis, was born at the old Lewis homestead in East Bridgeport, July 5, 1831,
and there grew to manhood. He attended the public schools of the locality and later was a
student in what was known as the Johnson Scliool whicli was conducted in the South Church
basement in Bridgeport. Reared as otlier farm boys of his time and locality, he followed that
business, first under his father. After that parent's deatli in 1859 the care and management
of the home farm fell upon him. Mr. Lewis conducted that business successfully. With the
expansion of the city the farm property was gradually transformed into residence and manu-
facturing sites. Mr. Lewis also took a prominent part in town atiairs and at one time served
as selectman, also burgess. His judgment and opinion in business matters carried weight,
3 duties as an official were discharged as conscientiously as if they had involved his

wn private affairs.

1 republican and, while he filled public office, he was not a politician

ing and seeking office. He was modest and unassuming in manner and

^( rvice it was prompted by his ind i |ir.(al i..n of the duties of a citizen

th.' best interests of tin- tnwn. Ilr «:i,~ w.ll known and engaged the

His death occurred July -'. I'.mi, niid his Inirial took place in Lakeview

JAMES HOVEY MOORE.

James Hovey Moore, who for years was one of Bridgeport's leading business men and
well known citizens, was born in Derby, Connecticut, in 1804 and was a son of Stephen
Moore, who at one time was lighthouse keeper on Fayerweather island. The son attended
school in his native town and when a lad of eleven years was sent all alone to drive a flock
of sheep from Derby to Fayerweather island, where his father was lighthouse keeper.
When he reached Bridgeport the tide was too high to ford the river and he had to wait for
low tide, safely arriving later with his flock. He was afterward employed for a time by
Isaac Hinman to make similar trips. Subsequently he learned the trade of ship carpenter,
at which he worked as a journeyman for some time, and he also acquired a working knowledge
of seafaring life. At length he engaged in business on his own account in Bridgeport as a
ship carpenter, his yard being located on the .sitr now nWTud liy tlir Xcw EiiLiland Tran^lioita-
tion Company, and tliere he laid the foundation ot lii^ iiilnii' -icatiic^-. In In^ yard thnc
he built over forty vessels, which were enga;^id in tiado and ulmlj w.io (on~iinrtrd ino-ily
through Bridgeport capital. These proved good paying M.'iitun'.s and lie made a .sune.ss of
his enterprise. He was also a master mariner and commanded vessels in the mercantile
trade on various occasions. He followed most enterprising methods and possessed progres-
sive ideas and became one of the best known ship builders on Long Island Sound. The
bark "Bridgeport," a fine example of the product of his shipyard, is shown in an illustration

166 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

on the page opposite this sketch. He was widely known for his industry and businesslike
propensities and he ever manifested the most thorough interest in all that he undertook.
He was not only widely known as a most capable business man but was also deeply interested
in Bridgeport, its people, its institutions and its welfare. He served as a member of the
school board, also as a member of the board of selectmen of Bridgeport while it was a town,
and his cooperation could ever be counted upon to further measures and movements for the
general upbuilding. In 1881 he became a director of the Pequonnock Bank and he possessed
a thorough knowledge of the value of real estate, so that his opinions upon questions relative
thereto were considered valuable.

Mr. Moore was married first to Betsey Leete, of Leete Island, Connecticut. In 1872 he
wedded Elizabeth Waterman Lewis, who was born on the old Lewis homestead at Stratford
and was educated in the public schools, in the Stratford Academy and in Miss Ward's select
school. She afterward successfully taught school for nine years in Bridgeport and slie proved
the possessor of various otlier admirable qualities, for, following the death of Mr. Moore, slie
continued the business for a sliort time and then disposed of the yard and plant to the
New England Transportation Company.

Mr. Moore passed away on the 7th of December, 1889, and was laid to rest in Mountain
Grove cemetery in Bridgeport. He attended the Congregational church and wherever known
he was held in high esteem, being respected as a good citizen, a faithful friend, a devoted
husband and an enterprising, progressive and successful business man. Mrs. Moore is a
member of the Society of Patriots and Founders, also of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and the Society of the War of 1812, being a "real daughter" of the last named.
She is thoroughly patriotic in spirit, devoted to the country in which her ancestors have
80 long resided and in which they have rendered active service in days of peace and days
of war. Mrs. Moore belongs to the United Congregational church, is active in all branches
of the cliurch work and is also interested in various other lines of good work.

JAMES J. SEXTON.

James J. Sexton, proprietor of the granite works conducted under the name of James
Sexton & Son, is accounted one of the active and representative business men of Stratford.
It was his father, James Sexton, Sr., who founded the business. He was born in Cork, Ire-
land, in 1827, and was a young man of twenty years when he left the Emerald Isle to emigrate
to the new world, becoming a resident of Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1847. He entered the-
employ of John Beatty and engaged in lighthouse construction but following the discovery
of gold in California and the rush to the Pacific coast, he, too, made his way westward and
while in that section of the country became acquainted and worked with Flood, Mackey,
O'Brien and other of the early Californians who afterward became wealthy and famous. Not
desiring to continue his residence on the western coast, Mr. Sexton returned to New England,,
in 1860, and superintended the construction work on the Sandy Hook forts during the Civil
war, that work occupying him until 1866. Later he went to Plymouth, near Waterbury,
Connecticut, and in 1869 removed to Bridgeport. He founded the present business in East
Bridgeport, but twenty-one years ago removed to the present location in Stratford. It is
today the oldest granite works in Connecticut, and this has been a union shop for fifty
years. He did all the stone work on St. Mary's Roman Catholic church in Bridgeport, in
which he also gavetlie memorial window. The cornerstone and the statue of St. James
in the St. James Catholic cluirch, Stratford, was given by his son, James J. Sexton. In
1845 James Sexton, Sr., was united in marriage to Miss Mary Sullivan, of Killarney, Ireland,
and they became the parents of a large family. The father departed this life in 1899, while-

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Their son, James J. Sexton, was the seventh son of a seventh son, and was born in
Long Island City, in 1866. In early life lie was trained t., j;runitc cutting in his father's
shop and became proficient at the business, llr ^va^ .vciituiilly admitted to a partnership
under the present firm style of James Sexton A S..,i. an.l ,.. now at the head of the granite

works founded by his father and successfully c- Iin |i-,| in this state for half a century

The work turned out is of a high j;ra(I.- aii.l thr Ini^iih-^ I, as been Uberally patronized.

On the 16th of September, IS'Jl, .\li. s, Nt..,, ua- niairicd to Miss Elizabeth McAuliflTe,
and they became the parents of live cliihh .n : .\1]> .Muhael Gill, who was born July 5,
1892, and lujw resides in Bridgeport; Vincent, win, «a.~ Ijorn July 5, 1893, and has traveled
all over the ;j]cil.e ami while engaged as a newspaper man of Salt Lake City was appointed

first lieutenant in a I

tah regiment for duty in tin

• war with Germany; Mildred, who was

born January 5. 1S95;

Leo, born August 18, 1898; ;

and Clair, who was born in 1907, and is

now attending school u

11 Stratford.

Mr. Sexton holds

membersliip with St. James

i' Roman Catholic church of Stratford

and is one of its trust

ecs. He ah„ has momhershi,,

with the Knights of Columbus and has

attained the fourth de

nl ;„.,., e nl tl,e |,e:,.e aiel is a public-

spirited man, cooperat
time his devotion to 1

bUsi Je>-'" 1,','s e'lo'l'^pplleltinn

JOHN SMITH.

John Smith, engaged in the practice nf law at Uriil^jepm t as a nieinber of the firm of
Hull & Smith, was born in Coventry, Ijieland, Xnxeinlier L':;. 1m,;. Hi, father was Henry
Smith, a ribbon manufacturer of England, wlni s|ieiit his cntin lih' in 1 u\eiiti\, AVarwick-
shire. There he married Martha Bidmead, a representative of an old Coventry family.

John Smith of this review attended the Bablake preparatory school of Coventry and in
his youth served a four years' apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer. He was after-
ward employed for four years in a bicycle factory in Coventry which was owned by J. K.
Starley, in which factory was built the tir-t safety liicyelc ^mli ;is i^ m,n- in nse. \\ lii!<. thus
engaged Mr. Smith assisted in buildiinj the lirst Iralt' .hi/en -afety liicyeji's |iii„lne.d in the
Starley factory and he has reason to be )aoii<l of the fail tliat lie did smne oi tlie iiiei lianieal
work thereon, thus becoming a pioneer in the building of a machine which is now in uni-
versal use. He also aided in the establishment of two other bicycle factories in Coventry
in which safeties were built.

Before leaving his native city Mr. Smith was there married on the 28th of December,
1889, to- Miss Helena Bidmead. In 1894 they crossed the Atlantic and have since been
residents at Bridgeport. Mrs. Smith's parents were Joseph and Harriet (Houghton) Bid-
mead. who were natives of Coventry but were residents of Bridgeport at the time of the
marriage of their daughter tn Mr. Smith, at whiih time sin was visitin^j in Coventry.
Mr. Bidmead was largely infeiested in the liiiil,L:e|iiii t i:iasti, W eh ( i.mpaiiy at Bridgeport,
and was thus actively ideiitilied with its productive imlustiies. ami fur five years after
coming to the new world jMr. Smith acted as assistant superintendent of that factory. Later
he filled the position of assistant clerk in the office of the judge Bf the probate court for
six years and while thus engaged he studied law. Admitted to the bar in June, 1909, he has
since practiced, giving his entire attention to the duties of his profession. He served as
clerk of the Bridgeport city court from 1910 until 1912. He is careful in the preparation of
his eases, strong in argument and clear in his reasoning and has conducted consiileiable
important litigation. He belongs to both the Bridgeport Bar Association and the Connecti-
cut State Bar Association.

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To Mr. and Mrs. Smith liave been born two children, Mabel B. and Kenneth B., the
former an accomplished musician and vocal soloist well known in Bridgeport. Mr. Smith
belongs to the Order of the Sons of St. George, being a past president of Magna Charta
Lodge of that order. He is also a Royal Arch and Council Mason and a Knight of Pythias,
and a member of the Independent Order of Foresters. He belongs to the Algonquin Club
and to tlic W'vain'^uv Ki.ll (lull of Stiiitfcird. Mr. Smith resided in Bri.l;;r|ioi t im mure
than t\vi'iit\ two \r;ii, ..1 until I'.ilii, h lion he erected his modern luunr a.lji.ininu tlie
Weatogui' iiult (lull |iru|K'it.\ iu Stnitiuiil. His political allegiance is givru tu tlir ir|iubli-
can party and in 1912 he was a caiulidate lor judge of the probate court, but a division
in the party ranks that year led to his defeat. Laudable ambition has enabled him to work
his way upward in business connections and. he is now a well known and prominent repre-
sentative of professional interests in his adopted state.

. VINCENT.

Death removed one of the substantial, enterprising, highly respected busim
Bridgeport, when S. E. Vincent passed away in July, 1915. He was born ii
Connecticut, in 1854, a son of Egbert and Rhoda Green Vincent, wluj were farr
of that locality. His early training was that which usually falls to the lot o
bred boy, who divides his time lictwccn tlic work of the fields, and the duty of
. 1 1 idurse, he entered Yale Law School, a

After mastering tlir iniMi.

and other expenses liy m.li
time was principal of tlic srlidul
irt where he began business as a
r him is still carried on by the

iihiiil rlliirt. For several years he taught school, and for
;it Statrn Island. In 1886 however, he came to Bridge-
merchant in groceries and grain. The business established
'incent Brothers Company.

ALLEN E. VINCENT.

Allen E. Vincent, president of the Vincent Brothers Company, was born in Sherman,
Connecticut, in 1864, a son of Egbert and Rhoda Green Vincent, the former a farmer by
occupation. At an early date in his business carreer, he became dependent upon his own
resources and is now rated as one of the leading citizens of Bridgeport. He is assisted
in the management of the Vincent Brothers Company by his nephew, Noble E. Vincent,
son of S. E. Vincent, who is vice president.

STEPHEN CURTIS.

Stephen Curtis, who during his life was a well
local minister of the Baptist church, was a native i
his parents being Levi and Betsey (UfTord) Ciutis
oldest families in that section of New England. H
the local schools afforded him his educational opporti
gence and of high Christian character, was fond ol
From early boyhood he followed farming and mad(
In his youth he became a member of the Congreg:
verted to the Baptist faith and then joined that chi

known agr

iculturist of Stratford and a

of tho towi

a of Stratford, born in 1TU6,

;. 11.. was

,l.-,rn.led from one of the

.(1 u].oii the home farm and

iiniti.s. II,

- was a man of broad intelH-

[ rca.lin- a

ud well versed in the Bible.

de that w,

uk liis principal occupation.

ati..nal .Ini

irrh Imt afterward was con-

lurch and 1

ived up to its principles and

S. E. VINCENT

V.-ho llHl

lli.Ml

Kli;

.Ullftll

Wi.ks, (,f Xcxv V.iik

, pn>s,.d :

wedded

Saial

11 W'

fUs, di

ied at Paradise (ireeii,

.Stratfort

family.

She

was

married or

1 the 16th of January,

1879, to ]

of Man.

,field.

Bri

stol C(

3unty. Massachusetts,

born on

young 1

New

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k ,ity.

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teachings during tlie remainder of his life. He was a Hrm believer in its doctrines and
for a number of years he engaged in preaching the gospel as a representative of its ministry.
Like Paul of old, he fought a good fight and kept the faith. He passed away at his home
at Oronofiue. town of Stratford, January 20, 1862, and was there laid to rest. He had
been active in public affairs and had been called to serve in a number of town offices,
the duties of which he discharged with promptness and fidelity.

He wedded Maria Birdseye, a native of Stratford and a daughter of Thaddeus and
Helen (Lewis) Birdseye and a granddaughter of the Rev. Nathan Birdseye, who was a
«-ell known minister of Stratford. He lived to the notable old age of one hundred and
three years and five months and on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth he preached
and made a prayer from the pulpit. Thaddeus Birdseye held a commission in the American
army during the Revolutionary war and he represented one of the best known families
of Fairfield county. His daughter, Mi-s. Curtis, died at the home of her son at Paradise
Green in Stratford and was laid to rest by the side of her husband. She, too, was a devoted
member of tlie Banti.-t .hun-li. In their familv were liv,. children. TIkuI.Icus Birds,. vc, who

Preston H, Hodges, who was

his attention to the importation of teas, in which business he continued until 1874, when
he came to Stratford, Connecticut, and purchased a small farm on which he began the
growing of fruits. He also made an artificial pond on the farm for the propagation of
trout but this did not prove a successful venture. He erected a fine residence in the village
of Stratford, in which he made his home up to the time of his death, which occurred Sep-
tember 30, 1901. His widow, a lady of culture and refined taste, still occupies the home
on Main street. The building stands in the midst of henutiful pT(i\inds decorated with fine
flowers and splendid shade trees. Mrs. Hodges has ahv;i\~ Lumlrd iicr home as her chief
• interest, centering her activities there. She is well pi.-.M,,] mm .nr ,if her years and she
is honored for her personal worth and for her conncitiim with mir of Connecticut's most
prominent and valued families.

EDWARD H. WILMOT,

Edward H. Wilmot, junior partner in the firm of Hawley & Wilraot, engaged in the
imdertaking business at Bridgeport, his native city, was born on the 14th of May, 1865,
and at the usual age entered the public schools, in which he pursued his studies until he
reached the high school. He made his initial step in the business world as an employe of
the banking firm of T. L. Watson & Company and later was for years in the employ of the
Consolidated Rolling Stock Company. Upon the death of his father, in 1899, he succeeded
to the interest in the undertaking business, in which he is now engaged. The firm has
a well appointed establishment and is accorded a liberal share of the public patronage.

Mr. Wilmot belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also well known
in local musical circles, possessing a fine tenor voice, as did his father before him, and
the latter sang for sixteen years in the church in which Edward H. Wilmot is now well
known as a choir member. He also sang in Christ Episcopal church at Bridgeport for

m BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

four yeais, was tenor soloist in tlie Congregational church at Fairfield for four years, in
the Church of the Redeemer at Bridgeport for fifteen years and in the Second Baptist
church at Bridgeport for four years. He is indeed widely known in the musical circles of
the city and his powers in this direction are a contributing factor to enjoyment on many

ALEX L. DE LANEY.

Alex L. De Laney, a member of the Bridgeport bar, now serving as city prosecuting
attorney, entered upon active practice Iiere in 1900 and through the intervening years has
steadily progressed in his profession, owing to his close application, unremitting energy and
clear reasoning. He was born in Bridgeport, September 10, 1877, his parents being William
A. and Ellen E. (Leverty) He Lanoy, whose family numbered sixteen children, one of
whom was a twin sister of Alex L. Tlir latt.r |iuisued his education through attendance
at the Bridgeport public schools and tiirn, ilitirmiiiing upon the practice of law as a life
work, he became a student in the New York I.aw School and was graduated therefrom in
1899. The following year he was admitted to the bar and has since practiced here. He
worked liis way through both the high school and the law school, providing for his own
support and the expenses of his education, and thus he displayed the elemental strength
of his character and the foreefulness which has brought him to his present creditable posi-
tion as a representative of the bar.

On the 38th of September. 1904, Mr. De Laney was married to Miss Grace E. Fisher, of
Philadelphia, Jefferson county, N'cw York, lie liclongs to several social organizations, hav-
ing membership with the Sia-idr ( liili. tlic AluniniMiii cliili and the University Club, and
his chief diversion perhajis i^ ti.iiihl in iimtorini;. I'latn nally he is an Elk and is also
connected with the TJoyal Airaniiin and tlir I;.m1 Mm, His religious belief is that of the
Roman (atliulic clinnli. In politics lie is a i(|iulili(an and is a member of both the city and
state ri'puldirjn ..-ntral coniniittcTs, Hr siTVrd as assistant clerk of the city court for
two year.s and attcrwaid as ilcrk of that court for a similar jieriod, and he is now serv-
ing for the sixth consoiutive term in the office of city prosecutor, his continued reelections
to that office being an indication of his merit and ability. He belongs to both the local
and state bar associations and he enjoys in full measure the high regard of his professional

ISAAC BREWSTER PRINDLE.

Isaac Brewster Prindle, deceased, was for many years a well known financier of
Bridgeport, serving for almost forty years as cashier of the Pequonnock Bank, and the
prominent position which he occupied in banking circles well entitles him to mention with
the representative residents who have been the real builders and promoters of the city.
He was a native smi ol Hridi^cpm t. limn Manli 1.''), 1834, and had reached the age of
seventy-five years when on tlic 1 itli of March, TJio. he was called to his final rest.' His
education was ac<|nirid in the schools of this city and in early manhood he entered into
active relations with the banking business, becoming connected with the National Machine
Bank at Great Harrington, Massachusetts, in the capacity of cashier. After remaining
there for some time he returned to Bridgeport and on the 20th of February, 1869, was
elected a director and the cashier of the Pequonnock Bank, continuing to serve as cashier
until January 1, 1908, when after thirty-nine years' connection with the institution he with-

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tliew and sptnt his lemainiiig days in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. He had been
devoted to the welfare and upbuilding of the bank, had been a close student of financial
problems and had exerted his influence to safeguard in every way the interests of deposi-
tors. In a word, his labors contributed much to the fair name and his efforts to the stability
of this well known institution.

Mr. Prindle was married three times. He first wedded April 19, 1855, Miss Fanny
Edwards, and to them a son and daughter were born, but both have now passed away.
He wa.x married .Tuly 8, 1863. to Miss .Tulia M. Soov..l, of Alhnny, New York, and they
becamr tlir |,ai.'ii(s „l a .laiiulitrr, Mn.v l,nu,-r, now []„■ wifr ,.( 11. C. McClure, of Monti-
Mrs. Hanirtt X. Whit.', April I'.i, I'.iOt. Sl.r Mii\ivc> liim and now ro.^jdes at No. 795 Myrtle

Mr. Prindle was a member of the Congregational church and his entire career, upright
and honorable in every phase, commanded the confidence and respect of all with whom he
was brought in contact. He was a Mason of high rank, becoming connected with the Knight
Templar commandery and also with the Mystic Shrine. For one term in the '803 he served
was never a politician in the sense of office seeking, although ever deeply
endably interested in matters and measures for the public good. He displayed
lany sterling\ traits of character and throughout the long period of his connection with the
nancial interests of his native citj- bore an untarnished name.

GEORGE H. PECK.

George H. Peck, president and treasurer of the Peek & Lines Company, automobile
dealers of Bridgeport, his native city, exemplifies in his present business connections some-
thing of the development of iinthod, of travel, for his grandfather was a horseshocr and
blacksmith and in the early .lay-, w li. ii many oxen were used, he was paid in wood for
shoeing oxen. Both tin' ^iiin.liitli. i ,iimI the father of George H. Peck were later con-
nected with the livery business an. I then, when the automobile was introduced, the old
livery barn was converted into the present modern garage, and thus in the different genera-
tions the family have kept abreast with the trend of modern improvement in methods of
highway travel.

George H. Peck was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, July 30, 1858, a son of Edwin
and Caroline (Nichols) Peck, who were natives of Connecticut, the former born in Danbury
and the latter in Nichols. In the paternal line the ancestry is traced back to Henry Peck,
who arrived in Boston in 1639 and soon afterward settled in New Haven. He was of
EngUsh birth and became the progenitor of the family in the new world. The grandfather
was George Peck, who about 1834 came with his family to Bridgeport and purchased land
in the heart of the city wliich has sin,-,. li.',.ii in jiossession of the family. The following
year he established a livery staid.' ami wa, ail.-rward joined by his son Edwin in the
business. The latter also learin'il tlo' ranin'j.' iiaker's trade but devoted much of his life
to the livery liiisiness. He served al.-u at uiic time as deputy sheriff.

R.ai"! HI lii~ native city, George H. Peck attended its public schools and afterward
becam.' hi- i.itli.r's associate in business. In 1893 the father sold his interest to George
O, Lin.'- anil llii' pi .'sent partners have since enlarged their facilities by erecting a new
building, the structure being now one hundred and thirty-one by eighty-five feet and five
stories in height. In 1906 the business was incorporated under the name of the Peck &
Lines Company. Later Mr. Lines passed away and was succeeded in the undertaking by
his son, (ieorge 0. Lines, Jr., who is now vice president of the company, with George H.
Peck, as president and treasurer, William E. Peck as secretary and Franklin L. Peck as

176 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

a director. The last two are sons of George H. Peek and are the representatives of the
fourth generation to carry on business at the same point where their great-grandfather
started out more than eight decades ago at a period when Bridgeport had no railroads. The
company handles the Haynes and Chevrolet cars and also the Lippard-Stewart and Atlas
trucks. They conduct a general garage and accessories business, which has reached extensive
proportions, making theirs one of the profitable enterprises of this character in the city.

On the 18th of December, 1883, Mr, Peek was married to Miss Grace Lowe, a daughter
of William and Abigail Lowe, who were natives of England but came to Bridgeport in early
life. The father was the proprietor of the Bridgeport Boiler Works and an active factor
in the industrial circles of the city. To Mr. and Mrs. Peck have been born two children,
William E. and Franklin L.

Mr. Peck is prominent in social as well as in business circles of the city. He is a
member of the Board of Trade, of the Business Men's Club and of the Automobile Club
of America. He belongs also to the ilasonic fraternity, in which he has taken the Knight
Templar degree in the York Rite, the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite and he is
likewise a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also has membership with the Sons of the
American Revolution and is a communicant of St. Paul's church. He represents one of the
old families of the city, the name having been identified with its business developed for
more than eight decades.

CHARLES E. STAGG.

Charles E. Stagg, deceased, was one of Stratford's prominent citizens and well known
public men. A native of that town, he was born October 21, 1851, a son of Joseph and
Helen B. (Curtis) Stagg. He was educated in the public schools of Stratford, where he was
reared to manhood. He held the office of bridge commissioner and likewise served the town
for several years as constable and in 1894 he was appointed deputy sheriff under High Sheriff
Sidney Hawley, filling that office of responsibility with credit to himself and satisfaction to
the public. As deputy sheriff he did his full duty as he saw it and his name became a
menace to evildoers, for they knew that he would not rest until he had carried out the law.
He made all alike respect the law and never permitted gambling nor illegal liquor selling to
go unpunished. While deputy sheriff he figured in the horse car riots of Bridgeport and other
towns and also in the big strikes at the plant of the American Tube & Stamping Company.
He was in almost every raid and every big demonstration held in Fairfield county during his
term of ofliice and became a most valuable official by reason of his energy and promptness.
In fact his reputation spread throughout the state as that of a fearless sheriff and loyal
official. He stood high in the estimation of those who knew him and he had a very wide
acquaintance. Among the noted arrests which he made may be mentioned that of Tod
Sloan, the notorious jockey, who on J)ily 19. 1904, was speeding from New York to Boston
in a forty horse-power Decouville racer, a seven thousand dollar machine, at a mile a minute.
The sheriff stopped him at Washington bridge. Anotlu-r arrest was that of the noted
horse thief, Murty Savage, whom he drove out of Straford, and Leonard Davidson, an
equally notorious burglar. Mr. Stagg figured in the raid on the Modoc Club and other
plates of similar character.

He served as a member of the board of relief of Stratford for several years and for
two years occupied the position of tax collector. He was popular with all classes and he
took a deep interest in his town and its institutions, doing everything in liis power to
promote their upbuilding and progress. He possessd a very genial manner, was kind and
generous to a fault and was greatly devoted to his home and family.

It was on October 26. 1882, that he wedded Miss Emma E. Moore, a lady of refinement

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and culture, who was born in Ottawa, Canada, and was a daughter of James and Margery
Moore. The}' became parents of one child, Pauline Moore, who married Frank H. Weller, of
Palm Beach, Florida, and has one son, Charles Stagg Weller, born January 24, 1916, in the
home of his grandmother on East Broadway, Stratford. The family are members of the
Congregational church.

In the later years of his liir Mr. Sta^;; ,-.|iint tl.r wiiitci months at Palm Beach, Florida,
where he built a home wliicli is still <.\viii(l iiy the uninly. lie also erected a fine residence
on East Broadway in Stratford, wlicic his wid.iu still irsides. Mr. Stagg passed away in
Stratford, Marcli 13, 1914, and was laid to r.st in I nu.ii cemetery. On tlie day of the
funeral all business was suspended in Stratford iis a mark uf respect. The Bridgeport Post,
under tlie head of "A Town Leader," said editorially, in part:

"The death of former deputy sheriff Charles E. Stagg of Stratford removes from the
active every day life of that town a man who has played no unimportant part in its affairs
for nearly a quarter of a century. He took to polities from his earliest years and was the
working force in marshaling the republican rank and file of the old town to victory election
after election.

"Mr. Stagg belonged to a race of political leaders such as our town system has produced
for years and although their methods may not always have been of the highest idfiiN. yet
they were strong factors in securing' lor l 'oTin.rti. ut those many advantaj;. ~ sin lu- riij,,yi.(l

over other states. He at no time soii;jlit liii;li olli.r. being content to scr\.' in i,iiaii\.|y

humble positions, while at the same timr lir was the real party leader in lii- roiniiiniiity."

He was a member of the Bridgeport Lodge of Elks and also of the Cupheag Club, which
passed the following resolution:

"With profound sorrow and genuine regret the Cupheag Club of Stratford records the
death of Charles E. Stagg, for many years a prominent member of this chih, ami in so doing
publicly acknowledges its obligations to the memory of one whose persistmt imiL'), strong
personality, sterling character and loyal fidelity made inuch for the succi-s oi iln- ,njani/,a-
tion. Mr. Stagg was possessed of those qualities whi.li endeared him to hi- ii llou townsmen,
who were quick to recognize and reward. In |iiililii' lilc- In- n |iri-riit.il thr true typr oi ritizcn-
ship. He was loyal to every trust iniposed. taitliiul to the interests of tlio-r whom he

obligations to society, the law and to the old town which from boyhood li.' liail l.arned
to love and protect. His unusual personality made him a favorite in tin- lifr ..t this . luh.
His very presence created at once that atmosphere of good fellowship through w hirh lasting
friendships are formed and firm friends closer united. It is these endearing qualities which
add to the burden of sorrow sustained by his death.

"The C^ipheag Club therefore resolves that in the death of Mr. Charles E. Stagg this
club sustains a genuine loss which the club recognizes with sincere regret and great sorrow,
and further

"Resolves that this expression of sympathy be spread upon the records of this club
and a copy be sent to the family."

•GEORGE. B. HAWLEY.

George B. Hawjey, senior partner in the undertaking firm of Hawley & Wilmot at
Bridgeport, was born at Stepney, Connecticut, December 7, 1840, a son of Sylvanus Hawley
and a grandson of John Somers Hawley. The ancestral line is traced back through various
generations in America to England. The mother bore the maiden name of Maria Slier-
After acquiring a public school education George B. Hawley became connected with

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industrial activity at Stepney, Connecticut, wlicre he took up the work of coach making
and was thus engaged until conditions brought about by the Civil war caused the business
to be closed out. In 1862 he removed to Bridgeport and for fifteen years was employed
in the coach factory of Wood Brothers in the assembly department, his long connection
there proving his capability and fidelity. He afterward spent twelve years with the under-
taking firm of Hubbell & Curtis and in 1889 he formed a partnership under the style of
Hawley, Wilmot & Reynolds, the second member being the father of his present partner.
He has been engaged in this line of business continuously since, and the firm now enjoys
a liberal and well merited patronage, for they put forth every possible effort to please their
customers and carry not only a good line of undertaking supplies but also display that
tact and understanding which are so necessary in the conduct of the delicate duties that
devolve upon them.

On the 28th of August, 1863, Mr. Hawley was united in marriage to Miss Anna Eliza-
beth Paddock, daughter of William W. and Cynthia (Bartram) Paddock. The following
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hawley: Mrs. Anna M. Church, who is living in
Bridgeport; Lucy M., deceased; George Sherman, who is a court stenographer and an attor-
ney of Bridgeport; and Jessie C. and Jennie M., who are living with their parents. Mr.
Hawley is a devoted member of the Methodist church and is the author of "A History
of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Bridgeport, Connecticut." The scope of the work,
however, is even broader, for it begins with a complete story of the settlement of Bridge-
port and has many other interesting features.

CHARLES CARTLIDGE GODFREY, M. D.

Dr. Charles Cartlidge Godfrey, actively engaged in the practice of medicine since 1383,
was born in Saybrook, Connecticut, at which time his' father. Rev. Jonathan Godfrey, was
then rector of the Episcopal church at that place. He is a lineal descendant of Christopher
Godfrey, who settled at Greens Farms, Connecticut, in 1685. According to family tradition,
he was a French Huguenot but may have come from England, as the surname, originally
Norman, is quite common in England. He ovi-ned land at Greens Farms in 1686, purchasing
the property on the 29th of December of that year of Sergeant Richard Hubbell, and in 1695
making further purchase from James Newton. The Godfreys have been residents of
Greens Farms and Southport since 1688. The line of descent is traced down from Christopher
Godfrey (I) through Christopher (II), Lieutenant Nathan, Jonathan (I), Jonathan (11) and
Jonathan (III) to Dr. Charles C. Godfrey, who is of the seventh generation. Lieutenant
Nathan Godfrey, a grandson of the American founder of the family, was born in 1719 and
took a prominent part in the French and Indian war, participating in the storming of Crown
Point and Ticonderoga. He was one of the wealthiest men of Greens Farms and Westport.
His home, which was near the summit of CTapboard Hill, was burned by the British soldiers
in 1778. Not long after the birth of Dr. Charles Cartlidge Godfrey, ill health necessitated the
removal of his father, Rev. Jonathan Godfrey, and he went with his family to Aiken, South
Carolina, where he remained until the outbreak of the Civil war. He then returned to the
north and resided in Greenfield Hill, Connecticut, and near New Brunswick, New Jersey,
where he died in 1865.

While there residing the education of Oiarles C. Godfie-\ wa-, bes«n \ftei attendmg
private and public schools in S.,iitli|.ort nml at Greenfield he bei.iiin i stulmt in i militar\
school in Stamford, Connprti,ut. jimI Tu\t matriculated in the '^h lli 1 1 ^ i ntili School ot
Yale L^niversity, where he s|ini,ili/r(l in i linnistry. Hevonthel'li I d _i in 1^77 and tour
years later, or in 1881, he entered ii|hiii the study of medicine it l,iid,i|..it witli tlie late
Dr. Robert Hubbard as his preceptor. He also atteiukJ the lutuies at the College ot

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Physicians and Surgeons, the medical department of Columbia University of New York, and
at Dartmouth College, from which he was graduated in 18S3 with the M. 0. degree. On
the 1st of January, 1884, he entered into partnership witli l>r. Hubbard, an association that
was maintained until the latter's death in 1897, when Dr. Godfrey was joined by Dr. Edward
M. Smith under the firm name of Godfrey & Smith, with offices at No. 340 State street in
Bridgeport. They have an extensive practice and Dr. Godfrey's skill has won him place
among the eminent physicians of Connecticut! He is now serving as surgeon in cliief on
the staff of the Bridgeport Hospital and surgeon to St. Vincent Hospital and lie is well
skilled in every branch of p. niVs,inn:iI w„rk.

On tlie 30th of April, l---~,i. l>i (i.hlir. y was married to Miss Caroline St. Leon, who was
born September 10, 1858, ;it lir.Mt iiiurington, Massachusetts, a daughter of Colonel S. B.
Sumner, of Bridgeport. They liave one child, Carrie Lucile, born March 23, 1886. In politics
Dr. Godfrey is a republican and in 1892 and 1893 was alderman of Bridgeport. He has also
been called upon to represent his city in the general assembly and while thus serving gave
careful consideration to the vital and important questions which came up for settlement. He
has also been vice president of the board of education of Bridgeport and is still serving on the
board. He was surgeon of the Fourth Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard from 1890
until 1893 and was surgeon scnpral of tho state .if Ccniie.ti.Mit in 1903 and 1904, serving with
the rank of colonel on thr -tali ..f (;,,\,innr .\Iiirani ( liaiiilnTlaiii. He is a member and
was formerly president of tlir Iiri.lirr|i"it Srimlilir S.nirty and in Masonic circles he is
prominently known. He holds ni.-mhn.hip witli St. .I..liirs l.o,i;.re, No. 3, F. & A. M.;
Jerusalem Chapter, R. A. M.; Jerusalem Covineil, K. & S. M.; Hamilton Commandery, K. T.;
and has taken the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He is also a Noble of the
Mystic Shrine. In club circles lie is well known as a representative of the Seaside, Brook-
lawn, University, and the S.-a-ide iliidiiu' l Inl.s. lie is . nrni,-, t.d witli vaiifiiis medical
societies, including the Bricli;.'|H.rt M.-^lnal A->w,iat i.m ni \vlihli lir lu- Ktrn i],,- president, the
Fairfield County Medical ^u, ipty. tli.- i umirrt imt Matr ,Mr,lh,,| >,,ri,.tv. the American
Medical Association, the Association of .Military Mul'' "n- "t thr liiitr.,! >tates and the
New York Academy of Medicine. Anything wliiih tcinls in I.tiiil; tn maii :i lirtter under-
standing of the comple-x mystery which we rail liie i> ..f d.rp mtn'-i to liini and his
reading and investigation have been broad and tlmroiiLili. Hi- lia- tmied fidin onerous
professional duties to fishing and outdoor spirts f,.i rem al ion and lie also m'eatly enjoys
travel, having visited many parts of the United States, whil.- tlnee times he has traveled
over Europe. He never allows anything to interfere with the faithful performance of his
professional and public duties, however, and has recently been appointed a member of the
Connecticut branch of the medical committee of the National Defense and as one of its
executive committee.

B. I. ASHMUN.

B. I. Ashniun, secretary and treasurer of the Handy Manufacturing Company of Bridge-
port, was born in Rutland, Vermont, .July 18, 1871. After acquiring a public school educa-
tion he secured a position with a New York firm, Allston Gerry & Company. Later he
was employed by the hardware firm, Hammacher, Schlemmer & Company.

He afterward joined his father, Sidney Ashmun, who was engaged in the manufacture
of whalebone substitutes in New .Ier>ey. He wint on the road as a traveling salesman,
introducing the products of the lions< , Duihil: the year 1893 he represented C. F. Goepel
& Comjiany at the World's toluniliian IXposition in Chicago after having previously been
upon the road as traveling representative for that house.

In January, 1894, he started with the Armstrong Manufacturing Company as travel-

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1903. In that yea:

■ganized the Connecti-
le and Spruce street, and in 1908 he
After spending some time abroad lie
king tools for plumbers, electricians,
•ntly elected managing director of the

ing salesman and continued with th
cut Tool Company, with a factory at Howard f
sold out to the Armstrong Manufacturing Com|
established the Handy Manufacturing Compan;
water, gas, and steam fitters. Mr. Ashmun wa
Pratt & Cady Company at Hartford, Connecticul

In 1896 Mr. Ashmun was married to Miss Lillian L. Armstrong, of Bridgeport, and
they have one son, Frederick S.. who is now a high school pupil. Fraternally Mr. Ashmun
is connected with the Koyal .\r.aiium and he belongs to the Seaside and Brooklawn Clubs.
Throughout his ciitiif Id. ],r has so directed his efforts that energy and enterprise have
s obstacles ami ilillimitic s and his course has been marked by steady progress.

PAUL STANLEY CHAPMAN.

Paul Stanley Chapman, actively engaged in the practice of law in Bridgeport, was
born at Bethel, Connecticut, August 19, 1877, the second son of the Rev. Adelbert P. and
Ellen (Harvey) Chapman. The mother died in 1899. The father, an Episcopal minister,
has for the past fifteen years been rector of St. Andrew's parish church in Northfield,
Connecticut.

Paul S. Chapman has spent his entire life in this state. Liberal educational advan-
tages have been accorded him ami ln' .oiiiplctcil liis ]iicparation for a professional career
by graduation from the Yale Law School in I'.ilKS. lie then opened an office in Bridgeport,
where he has since remained in active practice, and the contributing elements of his suc-
cess have been a practical point of view as to details and the thoroughness with which he
prepares his work.

On the 4th of Septomhcr, 1909, Mr. Hiapman was married, .and has a son, Stanley H.,

office seeker, preferring t

JOHN J. CULLINAN.

John J. Cullinan, member of tli.
partnership relation that is maintaim

he studi

r, engaged in general practice in a
m style of Cullinan & Cullinan, was
his parents being John and Catherine
s were accorded him and after com-
1887, and after two years spent at
ool of Columbia University, in which

& Cullinan and has so continued in practice to the present time. He has never speciali
along a single line but has pursued the general practice of the law and his comprehens
knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence is manifest in the suc<
presented his cases to the court.

In 1894 Mr. Cullinan was united in marriage in Naugatuck,

3 with which he has

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tliis state, and they have three children:

iliti(:il allciiiMiii r til the democratic party,
- >'i\r,| 1(11 iiiiir \ I'ars as a member of tin
il''|ily inti 1' -t< 1. actuated by an earnest
.ich in' ljrli..^u> will work for the welfare u

FRANK B. JAYNES.

civil engineer of Bridgeport, was born April 27, 1871, in the city
id the fact that the family has a French coat of arms leads him to the
I America were originally of French ancestry, the name lieing De Jean,
raced down through William Jaynes, who came to the United States
no, Shaihiuli, Stephen, Nathan and Charles. The last named wedded
rcsi'iitativr c! an ..1,1 Massachusetts family.

. .lav ins, attiudnil the public schools and the Park Avenue Institute
in- ,ait in tli. l.nsi.M'ss w,.rhl. was first omplnycd by Chaffee Brothers

with the building of a number of Bridgeport's best enterprises. He was cnL^iin'cr .m the
original building for the Remington Arms Company, was resident engineer whin the Slnltim
Street Railway, now the property of tlie Connecticut Company, was built, ami in is'ji be
was in charge of the work ..r ri.nvoitiim the street railways uf Briil-eport from horse lines
to trolley lines. He did -iniilar wi.rk in \\e..t|i..rt in IsHT ami in I'.IU he went to Cuba

pany at Guane. He has In. n . .uin.. t..l with various important civil engineering projects
and now holds creditable rank in hi- pi ..l.'ssion.

In 1898 Mr. Jayne.s was ni,,rii,,l t.i Miss Geneva B. King, who was a nativ.- uf Hii.ige-
port and passed away .lanuary -i), i:in. She was a descendant of William Jaynes in the
eighth generation, her line being tlir..iii;li St.pli.n Jaynes of the fourth generation, his
son William, and the latter's dauulit.r. II. I... .a liiirr Jaynes, the mother of Caroline W.
Brotherton, who married George W, Kinu' an.l li. .anie the mother of Mrs. Geneva B. (King)
Jaynes. Fraternally he is connecte.l with st lohn's Lodge, No. 3, F. & A. M., of which he is
a past master, and he has also been a in. inhei nl the grand lodge. His military experience
covers three years' service with the state Naval Reserve and he was ensign in the third
company of the naval battalion. He is widely and favorably known in Bridgeport, where
the greater part of his life has been passed and where he has a circle of friends almost coex-
tensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

WILLIAM VAUGHN DEE.

William Vaughn Dee, secretary and manager for the G. Drouve Company of Bridgeport,
was born in Philadelphia, July 21, 1882, a son of Fred and Anna Dee. The father helped
establish the Union News Company. He was for a long time engaged in newspaper publi-
cation and established the first illustrated magazine, the American Traveler and Tourist,
which became well known all over the United States, and also the City Hall Record at
Chicago. He manifested the spirit of the pioneer in his activities, venturing into new

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and untried tields, but his sound judgment and sagacity enabled liim to rucognize tlie liour
of opportunity. He has now passed away.

William Vaughn Dee pursued a public school education and also attended the Chicago
Business College. He then entered the newspaper business and was with the Wilson Pub-
lishing Company, publishers of the Railway Age, the Electric Railway Review and the
Construction News. He remained with that company for twelve years, his knowledge of
the business constantly broadening. In 1907 he came to Bridgeport as secretary of the
G. Drouve Company and was also made general manager, in which connection he has
been most active in the furtlicr development and upbuilding of the business.

Mr. Dee was united in marriage to iliss Maude E. Garrison, of Paris, and they have
one son, Vaughn. Fraternally Mr. Dee is connected with the Masons and he is a very
prominent factor in club circles, holding membership in the Algonquin Club of Bridgeport,
the Bridgeport Club, the Machinery Club and the Friars Club of New York, the Detroit
Athletic Club and the Aero Club of Connecticut. His life has been actuated by a spirit
of modern enterprise, leading to the development of his own powers and productive of
substantial results for the business interests with wliich he has been connected.

EDWARD WILLIAMS MARSH.

The long chain of cities thrcmgli wliieh one passes in traveling over the north shore
of Long Island Sound and wliiih. tliniii.'li separated by stretches of charming rural scenery
for whicli the region is faiiuius. is yet sulticiently continuous to form connecting links of
liuman iiuliistiy, iiidiavur and prosperity, certainly constitutes a wonderful monument to
eiitirprisi- i>\ \\ir \i h I ;iii.'landers. In this populous region all the activities of civilization
are to In' fuiiml in the most concentrated form and at the highest level of efficiency,
all tlie cities that fui ni tlir links in this continuous chain there is not one that does not
have a long list of nn n w li..^, , Dm] ts lor their own success and for the betterment of mankind
have been responsilili- U'l tli. striking results that may be seen. Bridgeport can boast of ;
number of talented and most dlaieiit people identified with its progress, to whom the general
gratitude and lionor of the community are due. Among these no name in recent years stands
out as a sj'nonym of sterling morality and worth in a more pronounced way than that of
Edward Williams Marsh, soldier, financier, churchman and philanthropist, in whose death
not only Bridgejiort lint the intire surrounding region lost a prominent citizen anc
conspicuous figure in lis aitivitics.

Edward W. .Marsh «a> ,l,s, ,i,ded from sturdy New England stock. He was born in
New Milfmd, I oim. , t n nt. Iinnaiy 2i, 1836, a son of Daniel and Charlotte (Bliss) Marsh,
old and liis.:lil> h-ii..i.,| i,-i.l.nl- of that town. Endowed with natural ability and varied
talents, tlir tiainmu iliai In i.,ri\i-il as a lad was of a kind well fitted to give his abilities
that firm basis oi selt -control and reserve strength so important in the carrying out of e
serious project in life. This training, so generally received by country lads of that period,
consisted of an admixture of school and farm activities with such healthy outdoor sports as
could be crowded into the intervals between study and labor. His schooling, indeed, a
rather superior to that enjoyed by tlir niajority mI In- i oni|iani(.ns and in addition to
regular courses taught in the public in-iitution- iih In.l. ,1 a (.nn>r at the new Miliord

Academy and two years' study at tl \irllcnt .\li^ii s( hoo] at Sonth Cornwall, Connecticut.

After the completion of his studies at that institution the young man began his active
career in the humble position of an employe of the Housatonic Railroad Company. After a
short period he was given a position in the freight office at New Haven, where his alert mind
and industrious habits recommended him to his sui)eriors. In 1854 he was transferred to a
similar position in Bridgeport, which remained his home thereafter until his death. He

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quickly interested liimselt' in the artaiis of the citj- and formed associations which were later
of great value to liini. He di<l not r.nuiin in th,- employ of the railroad company for more
than a year in Hi idf^cpui I, havin.^ his |i(,sitiun t.. accept a much better place with the T.
Hawley ilardwar.' ( oiiipany. He liad l.e.n with tlii8 company for a few years when the

Connecticut Volunteer Infantiy. whiih was rcmiitid Inmi l.i>4 iiaii\.- I,itrlilir|il ,i,init\ and
was afterward converted into the Sci-ond ( uniirrtu \it Hraxv .\iiill.i\. I'hc ii-t;iiiiriit was
quickly sent to the front and saw hard service tlirnii^liiuit tlie uai. 'I'ln- i|uickness and
ability of Mr. Marsh to grasp a sitnatic.n singled him nut trnni aniunu his comiianions and

afterward h,- was pn.molrd tn the s,,,,iid li.nt.aiaiiry |..r -allantiy nii the lield of battle.

and the lighting around I'el.rshury. He was also with Sli.iidan in (lie Shniandoah valley.
In spite of the engagements in which he took part Captain Marsh was not wounded, the only
injury which he sustained being inflicted upon him accidentally by a brother officer while
at target practice, though even from this nothing serious resulted.

Little more than three years had elapsed since Captain Marsh's enli^tnunt wli.n the

was speedily followed by the mustering out of the volunteer troops. Inim.'dia'.cly thereafter
Captain Marsh returned to the north and resumed his peaceful in.idc .if living, hnding
.employment once more with the T. Hawley Hardware Companv lli- |„i,ition was a
responsible one and he soon became well known in the busim-s ,iirlr, ,u liridgeport.
He associated himself with its hanking interests and in 1887 was clc.ted ina^urcr of the

imtilhis death. After sevnin-j In- rn,,„.,ii,,n with the Hawley Company in- lit.r In, a,,,,, a

partner of F. B. Hawley in thr Sj.ring I'rrch C pany, in which successful uii.hrtakuig he

continued until the end of his life, holding the office of secretary for a long period. He
was also connected closely with a number of other important concerns, having been president
of the State Savings Bank Association and a director of the First National Bank of
Bridgeport.

Beside his business interests, which were extensive, Mr. Marsh was conspicuously
connected with the general life of the community as a participant in many movements of
importance and as a liberal supporter of eharitahle instit\itions of all kinds. He was

of the Hri.lg.-,„,rt l|..s|.,tal. ,if whirh I,.- -.ivr,! a- pirM-hnt h.,- a ,,,,„ r ,.i v.ars. He was

also greatly intiTisted in the "I'ouTig Men's ( hiistian ,\ss<., ia i hiti and fnun.l.il the Bridgeport
branch, retaining his zeal for its welfare to tlie end, serving as vice president at the time of
his death. At the time of the erection of the present handsome home of the association in
Bridgeport he was the treasurer of the building committee.

Mr. Marsh was a strong rc|)ublican in his political belief and it was characteristic of
him that, feeling so, he should take nn active part in politics although his other activities,
which have been enumerated, might well have taxed the powers of the average man. He
entered politics and soon became a leader of his party in the city. He was elected to
several offices and in 1895 was sent as Bridgeport's representative to the general assembly
of Connecticut. In 1900 he was one of the presidential electors of the state. Mr. Marsh was
a man of very strong religious beliefs and in this matter gave his allegiance to the
Congregational church. As early as 18.58 he joined the Second Congregational church of

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Bridgeport, more popularly known as the South church, and from that time until his death
was active in its affairs. He served as superintendent of the Sunday school for twenty-five
years and in 1870 was chosen a life deacon. Among his multitudinous activities were those
in connection with the city's social life. He was particularly conspicuous in fraternal circles
and was a member of Elias Howe Post, G. A. R., the New York Commandery of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion and other organizations. He was numbered with the membership of
several important clubs, including the Army and Navy club of Connecticut and the Seaside
Club.

Mr. Marsh was twice married. By his first wife, who was Amanda Blandon, of Burlington,
New York, he had one child, Charlotte Bliss, who died when but four years of age, while tlie
father was with his regiment in the south during the Civil war. The mother passed away
in 1886 and in 1888 Mr. Marsh married Fannie Forrester Hawley, of Bridgeport, a daughter of
Munson Hawley, a prominent resident of that city.

The death of Mr. Marsh brought with it a sense of severe loss over a wide district. Not
only those who were intimately acquainted with him personally, although they of course
felt it most keenly, but all his more casual associates in business and other relations of
life recognized the gap left in the community by the withdrawal of one who formed a large
factor in the sum total of Bridgeport's life. From every hand came expressions of affection
and of sorrow and each vied with the other to do his memory the utmost honor. The Peoples
Savings Bank, which he had served so faithfully and well as treasurer for many years, closed
its doors on the afternoon of the funeral and many other tokens of respect were accorded
him. The press over a wide territory devoted space tip the lecord of liis life. The Bridgeport
Daily Standard in a long article said: "In tlic pa>>-iiiu nt _Mi. Mai-li, Bridgeport suffers the
loss of a citizen who was always closely identirh'.l »itli llir |iliiliintlir(p|iic, banking, business,
civic and religious interests of the city, and tli.' n.iiiily su-iaius tho loss of another of those
heroes of the great struggle between the north and ll;r south. He was a self-made man who
reached his position through tenacity of pur|"isr. laithi iiliios and exceptional ability, and
was a shining example of the efficacy of determined |)uriiose."

GEORGE G. GOULDEN.

George G. Goulden through his unusual business acumen and his marked force of
personality has arrived at his present important position as vice president and general
manager of The D. M. Read Company, an old and famous mercantile house — one of the best
known in New England.

Mr. Goulden was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, on the 4th of October, 1857, a son of
William and Harriet Louisa (Sturgess); Goulden. His father was liuru in F.n-land but in
young manhood came to Bridgeport and later located in Fairfield, wliere he engaged in
contracting and building, erecting many of the best homes of the tmvn. He died in, 1863
at the early age oi tliii ty ei;;lit y<'ars. His wife, who was born in Fairfield in 1827, was
a member of one «( tlie nhl families ul tliat town and passed away in 1882.

Mr. Goulden atten.le.l srlmol in Fairfield and also in New Canaan, Connecticut, and
when a boy went \n \\i.il< in a dry goods store in that town, thus entering the mercantile
business at an eail\ a-'' llr sei\ed a rugged apprenticeship and obtained a practical knowl-
edge of buying and -. Ilm^ which has served him well and aided in his advancement. In
1S76 he seriireil a |in,iihiii m a dry L'e'ids store in Hartford, Connecticut, where he remained
until issd, when lie went to I'.nst.in. wleie lie was similarly employed. He was next con-
nerteil wiili thf iliy ;i Is tiaili' in Staniliinl as an employe of The C. 0. Miller Company

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1895. He tlu-n came to Bridgeport and entered the silk department of Tl-.e D. M. Read
Company His value was recognized, so that in a short time afterwards he was placed in
charjii- i<i tlii- liii.ii. llaiiiiel and cotton goods departments, being made manager and buyer.
His siijiKil .Hi, I, II, y as lu-ad of those departments led to his being placed in charge of the
house liiniisliiii--. cliiiia and glassware departments also, and in 1913, when the former
president, of The D. JI. Read Company died, Mr. Goulden was advanced to the position of
secretary of the company and later in the same year became vice president and general
manager, which offices he is now filling. He is the active head of the entire business and
therefore one of the foremost men in mercantile circles in Bridgeport, for the store con-
ducted by The D. JI. Read Company is one of the largest department stores in Fairfield
county or western Connecticut. The business was established in 1857 and during the inter-
vening years has maintained a position of leadership, due to the policy of lanyinn the best
merchandise obtainable and giving customers the greatest possible measinr ..t ^ii \ i. e.

In 18S0 Mr. Goulden was married to Miss Nettie E. Cooley. He i> ;i repiililinin in
politics but has confined liis activity in public atlairs to the exercise of hi.-, riyht ut Iranchise.
He is a charter iiniiiliei nf I'liritan Lodge, No. 43 I. 0. 0. F., at Stamford, Connecticut, has
served as noble -ran, I in tliat lodge and has been a delegate to the Grand Lodge of the
state. He is an a(ti\e nieinbii of the First Baptist church in Bridgeport and a member of
the Weatogue Country Club. The intense application which he has given to the manage-
ment of his large business interests has not lessened his capacity for warm friendship or his
interest in the general welfare, and he is not only respected for his ability but is also
held in warm regard for his public spirit and his devotion to his friends.

FRANK J. HUGHES.

Frank J. Hughes, attorney and ex-president of the board of assessors at Bridgeport,
was born June 1, 1849, in Massachusetts, his parents being Andrew and Margaret M. (Tim-
monsi Hughes. The father, a Welshman by birth, came from Wales in 1838, while the
mother was a native of Dublin, Ireland. They were married in Massachusetts, in 1848,
and the father died during the infancy of his son, Frank, while the mother passed away in
Bridgeport a few years ago.

Frank J. Hughes prepared for college at Atkinson Academy of Atkinson, New Hamp-
shire. He came to Hridyepi.rt in IST:: anil heie stu.lie,! la", li.in- admitted to the bar in
1881. He has sni,e |iiaeti,,.,l in I'.i iili;r|."i t mim' |,.r tli,- |,rn.„l ulien he held public office.
In early life he lunl Irani. ■,! the ilni- l,ii-.i]i,» in II.Meilnll, M.i-^aeliusetts, and later he
went to sea on the ship Moonliglit, sailing fur Calilurnia by way of Cape Horn. He started
as an apprentice and on arriving at San Francisco was third mate. It generally took
from one hundred and ten to one hundred and twenty days to make the trip from Boston,
from which point the vessel had sailed, but owing to severe storms off Cape Horn, the
Moonlight was carried farther suiitli than any vessel had yet gone since the time of Cap-
tain Cook. The ship was Imlleteil ali,.ut by the storms for sixty days and most of the
time used only a small tarpaulin >ail, to allow the vessel to be steered. When the storm
ceased and observations could be taken it was found that they were at sixty-nine degrees
south latitude and one hundred and nineteen degrees west longitude. From that time on,
however, they had smooth sailing to San Francisco, where they arrived after one hundred
and fifty-five days out from Boston. Their provisions became largely exhausted and at
one time their main diet was raw salt mackerel. The cargo was discharged at San Fran-
cisco and Mr. Hughes then shipped as second mate on the same vessel, which made its
way around Cape Horn to Slontevideo. Uruguay. There Mr. Hughes left the vessel and
remained in Uruguay for three years, visiting every part of that country in the employ

194 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

of a large tirra. Later he visited Paraguay, the Argentine and Pataf

every part of South America, including Brazil and ( liili. While on the southern c

in 1868 he saw service on the United States guijli(Mt> Kansas and Huron off the coast of

Uruguay and later was brought home on the IIui.iti. In iim lumorably discharged at the

Brooklyn navy yard. It was after these varicil i\|iiriiii( is tliat he came to Bridgeport

and prepared fur the |iia(ti<( of law. to wliiili he is iidw giving his attention.

On thr :tli ..t .hill., l-si. Mr. i|iii;lu-s was niarrried to Miss Anne J. Wilson, a daughter
of the Rc\. . I. .1,11 S. W lis, Ml. an I'.pis, ,.|.al niinistiT formerly well known in Bridgeport.
They have llnee liviri^ iliil.ii.n: .Mariiaict L.. .John G. and George F. The sons are gradu-
ates of the Yale-SlHllirl.l s, i.ntilir S,lio..l and both
Marion L. Hubbell ami has a -on. .I.iliii II. Hughes.
Buchanan, of Philadilpliia. Pennsylvania.

In his political views Frank J. Hughes is a republican and for two j'ears served as a
member of the common council of Bridgeport, while for seventeen years he has been a
member of the city board of assessors, of which he was the president for a number of years.
He was assistant secictaiy and later secretary of the Bridgeport Board of Trade for a num-
ber of years, llv wa- formerly a Red Man and established the first tribe of Red Men in
Bridgeport, Ik romini; its lirst sachem. He is a Royal Arch Mason and is a life director
of the Masoiii,- r<'iii|ilr .Association of Bridgeport. There have been many exciting and
interesting r\|M lirnn-. m liis life record, but through all he has maintained high standards
of citizenship und ii In in;; and his course has ever commended him to the confidence and
respect of all with ulionj he lias been associated.

REV. FRANK SAMUEL CHILD.

Rev. Frank Samuel Child, clergyman, author, lecturer and magazine writer, residing
t Fairfield, is a native of Exeter, New \oyk. Ilr is a son of Henry H. and Betsey (Brand)
hild and traces his ancestry back tlirouuli riL>!it licmi ations to Boston and then to England.
[e became a student in Whitestown siiirniai\ oi Niw York and afterward attended Ham-
ton Collf^io of Clinton. New York, irom wlii.li li, was graduated with the class of 1875.
lo coiii|ilit('l a roiiisr ill till I iiioi; I li ii ilou iia I Siiiiinary in New York city as a member
f the rla--s III 1S7S. Ilaniiltoii ( olliye ronh'nril ii|iiin him the degree of Doctor of Divinity,
,'hile later the degree ot Doctor of Literature was received by him. His life has been of
as newspaper correspondent, literary editor, maga-
literary and historical subjects before many col-
author of a dozen books on historical and religious
le is fieipiently called upon as speaker on public
■ nature and breadth of his interests is further
of the Fairfield Historical Society, vice president
Fairfield Fresh Air lloinr. jiresident of the Gould
.rresponiling sciii-taix of the Palmer Education
nistee of tlie Aiii-il ( liristian Ministers' Home of
f Mississippi, trustee of Rollins College of Florida
II Board of Foreign Missions in Boston. He has
ively in Europe, Asia and Africa. All these activi-
ties are carried on in conmctiun witli his pastorate of twenty-nine years in the First Con-
gregational church of Fairfield with its manifold and complex duties. His political endorse-
ment is given to the republican party and he does not lightly consider the obligations of
citizenship.

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ter of General John Lilly, of Lafayette, Indiana. Their children are: Dr. Frank tS. Child,
Jr., a surgeon in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States army; Arthur H., a min-
ing engineer at Mexico City; Bessie L.; Theodora, the wife of Warland Wight, of Boston;
Grace the wife of Alder Ellis, of Lo.? Angeles, California; Ruth; Amy; and Roger Sherman,
a naval reserve serving in the United States Radio station at San Juan, Porto Ricn.

It would be tautological in this connection to mt.i into any scrii- uf stati/nn-ntfl as
showing Dr. Child to be a man of broad scliolaily attammi nt- and ol r(|ually Ijioail linnjan
sympathies, for these have been shadowed fortli ln-twcon tho lines of tliis n-viow. That he
has been called upon for much official public service in connection with various societies is an
indication of the effectiveness of his labors. In all that he does he combines most practical
methods with high ideality.

IRVING F. HILL.

Irving V. Hill, manager at Bridgeport for the United Cigar Stores Company, was born
in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1884. His father, Samuel F. Hill, has now passed away,
bnf his mother is still living in Poughkeepsie, as does his only brother, Arthur. The Hill
family is one of the oldest of New England, the first representative of the name settling
at Springfield, Massachusetts, about 1642.

Irving F. Hill obtained a public school education at Poughkeepsie and at Newburgh,
New York, but his textbooks were put aside when he reached the age of fifteen years that
he might provide for his own support. He was variously employed for three years and in
1901 he went to Hartford, Connecticut, for the Underwood Typewriter Company. He
spent five years there and in 1907 came to Bridgeport to enter the employ of the United
Cigar Stores Company. His capability won almost immediate recognition and after six
months he was made Bridgeport manager, which position he still fills.

In 190.3. at Hartford. ^Ir. Hill was united in marriage to Miss Alice Folger Irwin, by
whom he has a daughtc>r. Ruth, who was born on the 7th of November, 1913. Mr. Hill is a
member of the Cliristian Science church. In the ten years of his residence in Bridgeport
he has become widely and favorably known, making for himself a creditable place in both
Bocial and business circles.

W. W. GOULD.

A most complex but complete organization is the mammoth industry conducted under
the name of the Warner Brothers Company, of which W. W. Gould is the manager of the
corset department. He seems to be in touch with every phase of the business and its
careful systemization is attributable in no small mca-mr to tin' laisim^ss discernment and
control of W. W. Gould, who was born in Bridgeport inly :.;.'. I^.--. a son of Henry B.
and Mary E. (White) Gould, representatives of an eariy ( onm , tinit faniilv. The father
during his active business career was connected with various lactmi.- .,t Hi i.lgpport and
at one time filled the office of alderman, while on another oi..i~i<Mi li. \\:i, i ollector of
revenue. He was born in Easton, Connecticut, and was a son of Hia.llcy c.nM. who in the
'30s removed with his family to Bridgeport, becoming actively identified with the early
development of the city. The mother of W. W. Gould died in 1897. She was a grand-
daughter of Stephen White, a captain of the Ninth New York Militia in the Revolutionary
war. Henry B. Gould had one brother. James L.. who for many years was with the Bridge-

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port Farmer, becoming connected therewith during the '60s. He was also judge of probate
and was one of the prominent Masons of the state.

\V. W. Gould acquired a public school education and he made his initial step in con-
nection with the present business in 1877 in the humble capacity of errand boy. He seems
to have early become acquainted with the eternal principle that industry wins and industry
became the beacon light of his life. Faithfulness and diligence brought him promotion and
he became foreman of the cutting room. Later he was assistant superintendent and after-
ward was superintendent and eventually reached the position of manager. He has been
in nearly every department of the business and is today manager of the corset department,
with a knowledge of every phase of the work that is necessary for the completed gar-
ment. He is one of the oldest employes of the house having been associated therewith for
forty years.

On the 3d of September, 1883, Mr. Gould was united in marriage to Miss Ida Moffett,
of Bridgeport, her father being Thomas Moffett, who came to this city from Scotland in
boyhood. Jlr. and Mrs. Gould have two sons, namely: Harold M.. who is in the service of
The (oiiiicrtiriit ('om]iaiiy; and Chauncey M., who is employed l>y tlie ((iljiiis Company
of C*ollins\ illr. ( ..iiiirrtinit. Fraternally Mr. Gould is connected witli tlic Kiii;;lits of Pythias,
in whicli In' is a |i:ist iliancellor, and he has membership with tlie odd Felhiws. also with'
the Weatogue Club and with the Automobile Club. He is also a member of the Society
of the Founders and Patriots of America. His political allegiance is given to the democratic
party.

CHARLES FARNUM GREENE.

Charles Farnum Greene became postmaster of Bridgeport on the 1st of March, 1915,
and was called upon to display the spirit of initiative owing to the rapid growth of the city,
resulting in a great increase in the business of the office. He was born in Bridgeport, June
17, 1879. His father, William H. Greene, who was of early Rhode Island Quaker stock,
was born on the Sound off Whitestone, New York, while his parents were removing from
Utiea, New York, where his father, Henry Perry Pierce Greene, had been engaged in teaching
school. They returned to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and it was there that William H.
Greene was reared. He was a grandson of Elnathan Chilson of Smithfield, Rhode Island,
whii saw ^.n ill' ill tlie ('.mt iiieiital army. He responded to President Lincoln's first call for
tr..i,|.s III |sr,i, inlisiiiii; in tin' Siiuii.l IMhhIo Island Infantry, and in the first battle of Bull
Kuii lir ».is wiiuiiilril, iitti'i wliiili ]n; Was lionorably discharged. He lield the rank of cor-
poral. Keturninf; tu liis limiir, In' remained in Woonsocket until 1868 and then removed to
Bridgeport. He wa^ a iiiaililr i utter, cutting figures and statues from designs, or in other
words was a cominiirial siiil|iti>r. In 1869, however, he established a drj' goods store on
Main street in tlie .Sterling House block and conducted business until 1879, when he sold
out. For two years thereafter he was engaged in the restaurant business at 42 Wall street,
Bridgeport, and then went to Danbury, Connecticut, where he engaged in the hotel business
for two years. He was the inventor of several soda water fountains in the early develop-
ment of the trade. While living in Bridgeport he made several trips to California and the
later years of his life were spent on the Pacific coast. He was one of those who founded
and laid out the town of Port Angeles, Washington, but he passed away in California in
1898. In politics lie was an aitivr su|i|)orter of the republican party. He married Sarah
J. Tucker, who was born in 111 iil-. imi t in 1S37 and died in. 1913. She was a daughter of
John Tucker, a native or llumilu . ysMJle, Connecticut, who was one of the first mason
contractors to come to Bridnepurt and was actively connected with the building of the
early stone structures of this city. Her mother was Maritta Peet of Huntington, Con-

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net'ticut, and her grandmother was a Johnson of Stratford, Connecticut, and both repre-
sented early families of the state.

Charles Farnum Greene pursued his education in tlie public schools of Bridgeport and
in a business college, and after starting out for himself as a newsboy he was employed
successively in a bakery, a book store and a jewelry store. At tlic a;;r of si'vcntiM-n yi'ars
he took up newspaper work in a reportorial capacity. He bei-auic a niHutir nn tin (jld
Union and Telegram, was also connected for a time witli tin- Stamlard and altnward
■ returned to the Union. He spent two years in New Londmi. Cniincit init, un tlie Daily Tele-
graph, and he was city hall and political reporter ivr lln I'jihh r loi ten years and for a
time political writer for the Bridgeport Sunday Post and mi i,^|i, indent for the New York
Tribune. He was likewise Washington correspondent fen thr larnni and several otlier Con-
necticut papers. For two years he was financial reporter for Bradstreet's, and he went to
Washington with Hon. Jeremiah Donovan, acting as private secretary and clerk of record
during the sixty-third congress. On the 1st of March, 1915, Mr. Greene was commissioned
postmaster of Bridgeport by President Wilson for a four years' term. During his incumbency
in the office he has increased its working force about thirty per cent in order to keep pace
with the growth in tlie city's population.

John Klrin. a Civil «ar Mdnan. TlM'y l.a\r a little >...n. ( hail,- V.. .Ir., la.ni May :;ii, I'.ilT.
Fraternally Mi. Crrem- i- .-niiiirrtrd uiiii the i;riir\ ,d. iit I'mtrrt ive Order .d Klks, the iride-

Foresters of America, and he belongs to the S.aMde l lul., while „i tlie friendly Suns of
St. Patrick he is a charter member. He serveil ii.i seven years nn the Hrid;;e|init tire
department as a member of No. 5 Engine CmiipaTiy and Inr a ennsiileralde perin,! h,. was
financial secretary of tlie Foreman's Benevolent Association, fie i> also e..nrie(ted with the
Sons of Veterans. In politics he is an active democrat and in I'.mi:; he wa- a eandidate tor

city clerk of New London but was defeated by one vote for the i ination in the eity

convention. In 1907 he was a candidate for alderman on the deniocratie fi(kei in the ninth
ward and has served as a justice of the peace. He is an active factor in all that jiertain*
to the city's benefit and upbuilding and his inHuence is always on tlie side ot progress and
improvement.

JOHN T. LUDELING HUBBAKD.

Among the younger representatives of the Bridgeport bar wiio have already attained
a position in legal circles that many an older practitioner might well envy is John T. Ludel-
ing Hubbard, who was born in Bridgeport, November 12, 1890. His father, Sherman H.
Hubbard, was a patent attorney who died when his son John was but eleven months old.
The father was born in Bridgeport about 1855 and pass<d away in 1891. He was a son
of Dr. Robert H. Hubbard, a physician of Middletown. i onin etieiit, who removed to Bridge-
port, where he engaged in active practice for a hall eintniy. heing widely recognized

surgeon id' the Se\ enteentli ( oime, f init lleeimeiit and then, resuming active practice, he
devoted his attention to his pnd'es-mn unid In, diMth, which resulted from an accidental
fall from a hahony in Is'.iCi, when he was ahoiit seventy years of age. The Hubbard family
is an ancient one in Connecticut, having resided within the borders of the state since
colonial days. In the maternal line John T. L. Hubbard comes of a distinguished southern
family. His mother is Comete Lyndhurst Ludeling, who was born in New Orleans and
is now living in New York city. Her father. Judge John T. Ludeling, was chief justice
of Louisiana, which position he filled for fifteen years during the reconstruction period.

200 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

from 1860 until 1875. He married Maria Copley, the daughter of John Singleton Copley,
the famous portrait painter of Boston, whose father, John Copley, a native of Massachusetts,
went to England and received the title of Lord Lyndhurst, later becoming lord chancellor of
England — the only American that ever held that position.

John T. Ludeling Hubbard was educated in St. Paul's School at Garden City, Long
Island, and at the Yale Law School, from which he was graduated in 1911. Having thus
prepared for the bar, he entered upon active practice in Bridgeport and in the intervening
period of sis years has devoted his attention to his professional interests, making steady
progress in a calling where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit and capa-
bility.

On the 33d of April, 1913, Mr. Hubbard was married to Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Russell,
by whom he has two daughters, Margaret Russell, born April 38, 1915; and Patricia, born
May 6, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard hold membership in the Episcopal church and in
his political views he is a republican. He is well known in club circles, holding member-
ship with the University, Brooklawu Country and Seaside Gun Clubs of Bridgeport and
the Yale Club of New York. He is also a director of the Comedy Club of Bridgeport and its
present secretary. An enthusiastic golf player, he is also fond of hunting, fishing and motoring
and in these finds his recreation from the arduous duties of his profession.

JOSEPH BARTRAM.

Although more than a third of a century has passed since Joseph Bartram was called
to his final rest he is yet remembered by many of the oldest citizens of Bridgeport, where
he played an important part in the city's development and progress along many lines. A
son of Thomas and Sarah (Burr) Bartram he was born November 2, 1800, in the house
next to the house in Black Rock which is now the home of Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Woodruff.
His education was obtained in the Fairfield Academy, and in early manhood he went to
sea, rising to the rank of master mariner and becoming captain of various vessels which
were engaged in the seacoast trade between Salem, Massachusetts, and Savannah, Georgia.
Soon after his marriage, however, he retired from the sea but always owned a number
of vessels and was interested in shipping. In 1841 he was elected a director of the Bridge-
port National Bank and thus served for forty years, being at the time of his death one
of the oldest bank officers in the state.

On the 2d of September, 1829, Mr. Bartram was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Jane Carpenter, of Harrison, Westchester county. New York. As there were then no rail-
roads through this section or other parts of the country they travelled by stage and Erie
canal to Niagara Falls on their wedding journey. They became the parents of five children:
Sarah Jane, who was deeply interested in all charitable work and served as vice president
of the Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum until January 19, 1911; Thomas William, who
with his brother Joseph founded the commission company of Bartram Brothers at 62 Pearl
street. New York City, and there continued in business until his death on the 1st of
November, 1888; Joseph Burr, who was a partner in the commission business; Elizabeth
Martha, who died October 20, 1902; and Mary Allen, the wife of Rev. Henry Collins
Woodruflr.

Both parents have now passed away, the mother's death occurring November 25, 1878,
while the father died July 27, 1881. He had reached the very venerable age of eighty-one
years and his long life had been one of intense activity and of great usefulness, making him
a prominent man of his day. In politics he was in early life a whig and he represented his
town in the general assembly of Connecticut for a number of years, giving earnest con-
sideration to the questions wliich came up for settlement, and thus aided in shajjing the

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BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

policy of

he commonwealth. He also

contrib

ited t

the n

oral pro

gress of

his CO

inity

and bt-ean

e one of tlie founders of the

Black

Rock

Congre

,'ational

church,

which

has

long

bet-n an a

five factor among the moral

forces

of th

s distri

•t, and

o the 8

ipport

of which

he was ev

r a generous contributor.

REV. HENRY COLLINS WOODRUFF.

Rev. Henry Collins Woodruff, who for tliirty-six years has been pastor of Black Rock
Congregational church of Bridgeport, was horn in Brooklyn, New York, February 16, 1845,
a son of Albert Woodrulf, win, \x:is h.un in isiir ;uid whm twchc years of age accom-
panied liis parents on tlu^ir rriii..\;il iH.rii .M^i-^,i. Inis.tt^ tn llarttord, Connecticut. When
nineteen years of age lie h'tl Imnu- nml mt.n.i ,■ nn-rrial liiclrs in New Y'ork in connec-
tion with his lirotlii-r. Hf innaiii.'d in .ntn.- Im-jn-ss tliere tor about thirty-five years and
in 1861 he retired from business.. iiijnyiiiLj will caiiied rest from that time until hia demise
which occurred in is'.il, wlicii he had ifarlnd tli,- \riierable age of eighty-four years.

His son, Henry Collin.', W uudrulf, was .hrciiii'd liberal fducatinnal opportunities and in
1868 was graduated from Yale College. He ait.-iward att.inl.Nl the Andover Theological
Seminary for two years, completing his cour^i- llinr li\ -lailiiatiiiii in the class of 1871, and
for a year previously he had been a student m thr I nini 'rhmh.^'ical Seminary, thus most
thoroughly qualifying for the ministry. Hi- in-i ,, _ was at Northport, Long Island.
After his ordination as a minister of the Cnnji , ^.i i mh ,1 ;i,h lie was oll'ered and accepted

in 1881 the pastorate of the Black Rock ^^nu-i ,m m rhurch of Bridgeport, which his

father-in-law had assisted in founding, and luir h • ha, -in •■ lived and labored, his efforts
being a direct element in promoting moral proyi ■>.- aud raising the standards of life in
this city.

On the 15th of October, 1884, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Allen Bartram,
a daughter of Joseph Bartram, mentioned elsewhere in this work, and they now occupy
tlie old family home, which has been in the posse.ssion of the Bartrams for nearly a century.

CHARLES A. LOVELL.

Charles A. Lovell, who was well known in business circles in Stratford, was a native
of Worcester, ifassachusetts, born February 13, 1855, the only child of his parents, George
and Kli/.aliith (Stanford) Lovell. The father died in Greeley, Colorado, but was buried

Cliaih-, A. la.vcll was but a child when he was taken to Bridgeport by his father, in
which city and in Stratford he was reared and received his scliooling. He was married
in Stratford, September 11, 1878, to Miss Rosella M. Todd, a daughter of Lewis H. and
Sarah A. (Fellows) Todd. Mr. Lovell remained a resident of Stratford until liis removal
to Greeley, Colorado. Returning to his home town, he entered into partnership with his
father-in-law, becoming a member of the firm of L. H. Todd & Company in the grocery and
hardware business. For a number of years this firm conducted the leading mercantile
business and so continued until Mr. Lovell's death on April 16, 1895, when the hardware
department was taken over by Mr. Lovell's estate and a separate business established,
which has since been carried on, and is now conducted under the firm name of H. C. Lovell &.
Company.

Mr. Lovell is survived by his widow, two daughters and a son. Ethelyn, the eldest,
is the wife of William H. Welsh, residing in Greeley, Colorado, and they have three children:

204 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

William Henry, Jr., born April 25, 1911; Arthur Lovell and Rosella Lovell, twins, born
November 16, 1914. Alice W., the second of the family, is the wife of Herbert W. Snitfen,
a resident of Stratford, and their children are: Herbert W., Jr., who was born July 15,

1911, and died
May 9, 1915.

The

hardware and conti:i i
pany. He was mani
York city, and they li:
Juanita, born March 2
Mr. Lovell was a i

;y; Ethelyn Lovell, born April

Harold C. Lovell, is town clerk
J liii-iiir-^ carried on under tlir lii
.Iniir V.I. 1909, to Miss Eleanor i
■ tw,. .liildren: Harold C, Jr., bc.r

)13; and Esther Kussell, born

1 highly honored in the t-

He SI

of education, was prominent in Masonic circles, and was allied with all the best interest
the

HAZARD LASHER.

Hazard Lasher, |ir(^
born at Brooklyn. N< w ^
of whom were nativt^ oi
sented one of the <>l'l lan

largest of tlii> imhiuti' li.
Lasher line \va> ( (.niiiiani
fusiliers, artillery and gr
the celebration in honor i

Hazard Lasher ])ursi
from the high scIukiI w
paper trade and \Na- tli
established the rh.l|,~ .v
new business, his trade
the kind in the city.

In 1915 Mr. Lasher

he Phelps & Lasher Paper Con
19, 1890, a son of Hazard and
lHs. New York. The father wa^

1 in the schools of 1
1909, after whirli 1

nr of the
ic-r in the
I'pendents,

1,1 l'a]i(r Company, and
ing steadily until he has

; of the

■was united in marriage to Miss Florence Rubey, by whom he has
two children, William and Hazard, Jr., twins, born in January, 1916. The religious faith
of the family is that of the Episcopal church. There have been no unusual chapters in
the life history of Hazard Lasher, but since starting out on his own account his close
application and determined purpose have enabled him to overcome difficulties and obstacles
and work his way steadily upward, his course being characterized by prompt and ready recogni-
tion and utilization of opportunities.

FREDERICK R. SILLIMAN.

Frederick R. Silliman is president of the contracting firm, the Silliraan & Godfrey Com-
pany, and vice president of the Daivd B. Crockett Company. His life history is largely

familiar tn Bridgeport's r-iti;
through till' \\ i-r iilili/;i(i.iii
present pd-ition ;i- a -iMi-t.i

also born in this city and
of the oldest colonial famil

. for he has always made his home here and it has been
t I 111' opportunities here offered that he has advanced to his
III ami successful business man. A native of Bridegport, he
11 111 F. E. and Marietta (Sherwood) Silliman. The father was
as a son of Ebenezer Silliman and a representative of one
5 of Connecticut, tracing his ancestry back to Daniel Silli-

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

205

man. of Enolan.l, wl

lio crossed the Atlantic and establishod his lio.

ne in Fairfield, Connecti-

cut, in 1643. Gen.r

al Sillinian. of Kevohitionary war fame, was i

ilso of this family. The

grandfather of Fiv.l<

rri.k I!. Silliman was a farmer, owning land ,

on what is now Fairfield

avenue in the west ]

.art of H,i,l„.port.

F. E. Sillinuni, r
1866 inul r.,|i,.«r,| 1

,;,,.,! in tin. .ity. look up the contracting; h„si„

CSS on his own account in
in 1007. Not only was

he aftivcl\ M-~.i,.L,t.
in puhli.- nllnii-. s,

upon to irpii-rllt III

.1 u,,IM„nM,n, op,..,„„ns in the city hnt also

took a most active part

s'illlrru, nn''-ll't,''b.','IIlm''' '|„ L'Ll''

l,i> attention «,,, la.^ely

direete.l to i.nu,^. t

o tlio luilMui- ol >hlr»;,lk, ,,,ni to „,a.o„,y „

..ik. lie init .loXMi liH.st

of the |.;n.'inr„i- in

l;.i,lL:c|,orl. inrlii.lliiLj (I,,, lir-t a~|i|iall paMim ,

.1, .Main street. I.at.a- he

put in hrirk i.avrnM.i

Its on i;ast Main, on Kast W ashin,i;t..ii avenue.

on .\iiikll.. >tn'ct. I aririon

Albin Bradh'y Sherwood, of Weston, ( oune.t lent, i. -.till living;,

Frederick R. Silliman, the only son of the raiiiily, pinsiie,! his e.lueation in the 1'
Avenue Institute, private schools, and Vale, whirh he eiiteie.l in order to |ui-uc the sti

Company was estahlishcl in is.'.s in \e\v llaxcn ,nul was incorporated in 1868. It i
conducted at New Haven until iss:,', hIhh a ninoval was made to Bridgeport. It is one
the oldest varnisli manufaetm ine cone.Tns in the Cnited States.

of Bridgejiort. a daughter of I'Vcd F.. and .Minni.^ iXo.thrupi liearh. Ihey haxe ,,n. -
Frederick Beach, born July 16. li)1.5. ,\lr, Silliman is a nienilier ot the i!ro(.kla\vn ( oun
Club and the Bridgeport Club, in which organizations his attractive social qualities render I
popular. The fact that many of his stanchest friends a
his boyhood is an indication that his life has been an ac(

HUGH J. LAVERY.

igaged in the practice of law in

Bridgepo

rt, his nativi

is the eldest of a family of sev

en childr

en, three sor

lents of Bridgeport. The father.

a native

of County Ai

Hugh J. Lavery, ac
was born C^tober 15, II
four daughters, who are
Ireland, passed away in l!K).i, The mother, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Elwood, was
born in County Roscommon, Ireland, and they became a.qnainted in Bridgeport, where their
marriage was celebrated in 1882 and where Mrs. Lavery still makes her liome.

Hugh J. Lavery was graduated from the commercial department of the liiidgeport high
school with honors in 1900 and started out in the business world as bookkei'|iei for tlie
Sprague Ice & Coal Company, by whom he was employed for several years, and in that
connection worked his way upward to the position of assistant manager. While thus engaged
he devoted his leisure hours to the study of law and in 1911 he was graduated with honors
from the Yale Law School. While a student there he was elected to the board of aldermen
from the tenth district of Bridgeport and in the year of his graduation he was president of
the board— the youngest to occupy that position of any man w^ho has held the office in this

206 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

city. He thus early became connected with pubUc affairs and at different periods has been
called upon for public service, in which connections he has discharged his duties with prompt-
ness and fidelity. For one year he was clerk of the board of appraisal of benefits and
damages and for two years was clerk of the city court.

Since 1911 Mr. Lavery has continuously practiced law in Bridgeport as a partner ot
Lawrence S. Finkelstone, who was his classmate at Yale. The firm of Lavery &, Finkel-
stone now enjoys a large and growing practice that has connected them with much important
litigation heard in the courts of the district.

On the 13th of July, 1914, Mr. Lavery was united in marriage to Miss Catherine M.
Smith, by whom he has a daughter, Doris Catherine, born December 21, 1915. In religious
faith the parents are Roman Catholics and Mr. Lavery is connected with the Knights of
Columbus and also with St. Joseph's Temperance, Literary and Benevolent Association, of
which he is a past president. He likewise has membership with the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks. In politics he is a democrat and is now chairman of the democratic city
committee. He stands loyally for the causes which he espouses, defending his position
with all the zeal and determination which he manifests in the trial of eases.

SIGMUND LOEWITH.

Signiund Loewith, treasurer of tlio Home Brewing Company, was born in Drosaii,
Bohemia, in 1854, and was a youth of fiuirtcen years when in 1868 he came to the new worhl.
He learned the leather trade at Newark, Xew .Jersey, and in 1869 removed from that city
to Bridgeport. Here he turned his attention to the n'al istat.' and iii-uraiir,. husinr.-, in
which he still continues under the firm style of S. l.o'willi \ < ..nipany, 'l'hi~ liiiii was
organized in 1S83 and is doin<; business at No. 116 Bank -tii"!, whrn- liny lia\.- fiolit'M'n

conducted undur the name ut tiie Hume Brewinj; r(.iii|iany, i.f uhi.l. Iir i~ tlir tiva-iirer.
This business had its inception in 1851 under the name i.i IIm' Hri.li;(|i.>i t I'.n'wirit: ( ..inpiny.
Some years later the business was taken over by Lharlrs II. Ilaitinann, wli.i (.ui.IikIimI it
independently for nine years, when on tlie liltli of .April, l^'ji.. In- s..M diit to a .nmpany
composed of Sigmund Loewith. i,.>iiis Kutsrlicr. .Ir., ul i;ri.l^cp.)i I . and .Inlui II. Spittler,
of New Haven. They cuntirnnd tin' l.n.int-,, and in I'jim; inr..rpniati'd tlifir inteio-ts under
the name of the Hartmann Hifwm- ( ..inpany with Louis IviitsclnT as presidi^nt, Sijjnuind
Loewitli as treasurer and .lohn H. Spittler as secretary. The business was capitalized for
two liundnd and twinty five thousand dollars and the interests were carried on under that
niaua;;in]ciit until 1.112, when the name was changed to the Home Brewing Company. The
plant hail a .a parity of ten thousand barrels at the time of the purchase and additions
have sine- li., n madr. inrreasing the capacity to one hundred thousand barrels, while
employnniit l^ ui\' n to litty-five people. In the meantime improvements have been made in
the equipiiH nt. lio,.,. ^..wvr beina; supplanted by motor lunver, wliile modern machinery has
been introdu. rd. I li. y ha\r tlodr own ilectrii- lii;lit plant and llicir w.iter system and their
output is laiiiily -old to loral ,ind -nUnrlvui tradiv .Mr. I.oruiih wa, al.-o an organizer of the

In New Haven, Connertimi. m l.si, M,-. l.oowitli was united in marriage to Miss
Bella Herz and they becann. th ■ paio,,t- oi four .hildren: Walter, who is now superin-
tendent of the brewery; Lind.i. ll,.- v. iio oi Leonard Asheim, an architect of Bridgeport;
Florence, the wife of Harry A. Uoldstein, an attorney; and Herbert, who is engaged in the

SIGIIUND LOEWITH

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 209

real estate business. The wife and mother passed away in July, 1914, and in November,
1915. Mr. Loewith wedded Miss Lena Marcus, of New Haven.

In liis political views Mr. Loewith is a democrat and on various occasions lias been
called to public office. He served as assessor from 1891 until 1893 and has recently com-
pleted twelve years' service on the board of appoi tiunniiiit and ta.xation. He was a member
of the city council from his ward in 1889 and isiio aii.i h- lias always been an active factor
in local politics, giving stalwart support to tlic [iriihi|il,', iii which he believes. In Masonry
Mr. Loewith has membership in both the lod^c and council and lie is also identified with
the Odd Fellows, the Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He belongs, moreover, to the
Turnverein, the Germania Singing Society, the Liederkranz, the Algonquin Club and the
Harmony Club — associations which indicate mucli of the nature of his interests. He is
well known as an active and enterprising business man and progressive citizen and by well
directed effort and merit he has worked his way steadily upward.

FRED K. BRAITLING.

Fred K. Braitling occupies a somewhat unique position in the business world, being at
the head of the only house of the country given over exclusively to the manufacture of
dolls' shoes, dolls' bodies and other accessories of the doll trade. The business, too, is one
of large proportions, and able management on the part of its directing head has made it a
profitable concern. Mr. Braitling is a native son of Connecticut, having been born in New
Haven, July 28, 1869, his parents being Charles F. and Anna M. (Keilpflug) Braitling, the
latter a daughter of Ludwig H. Keilpflug, who was one of the early settlers of Bridgeport
and opened the first bindery of the city. Charles F. Braitling was a native of Paris, France,
and in his boyhood came witli his father and mother to the United States hut afterward
again spent a few years in l-'iancr. On rrtuniinj; to the new w^orld he .si<urr,l tlic |iusition
of superintendent of the W 1 limllnTN' raiiiat;i' factory at Bridgc|iiii t- I ;\ .•ntiialh he

oy b

started tli

third ret

ail toy St..,,. ,

the count,

r .loll.s- slnic^s

actively ii

a laishu-s

until ls:i:, ^^l

father tin'

n enjoyed i

,vrll earne.l r.-si

he was ca

lied to the

home beyond.

Fred

K. Braitlin

g received his

father, wl

lom he sut

•ceeded in busi

but uniqu

e industry-

-the manutar-

accessoriei

5 at Bridgeport. Hi. li-

two by or

le hundred

and litty tu.. r

storehouse

■ thirty by

one hundred

built and

equipped

for the manuf

employs t

l.ree liundr

ed or more pe

to moden

1 business

methods and

?s. Moreo'

rer, he was the

■ lirst 11

nan in

X this busi

iness in 1869.

He con

tinned

was succeeded by his S(

)n Fred

. The

his former

toil until May

8, 1913

, when

nitial training and experience under the direction of his
ess in 1897. He is today at the head of an extensive
II. ■ nt .lulls' sh.ios, (I. ill bodies, doll wigs and other doll
n,y )■, a t\vo-st..ry stni.ture of mill construction, fifty-
.1, an. I supplicil with a sprinkler system. He also has a
nd twenty feet. This is the only factory in the world
uifacture of dolls' shoes, and in normal times the factory
, the trade having been developed carefully according
md processes. Few people realize that, great as the shoe
industry is in the United States, there is a considerable trade in dolls' shoes. These are
made in all styles, closely following the women's and children's best work of the country.
The doll's shoe is made just like any other shoe, except that no tacks are used, as all
fastening is done with cement ur by sewing. They have, however, regular dolls' lasts over
which the uppers are [luU.'il an. I la-^l.'.l just like any larger shoe. The knowledge gained
bv this factory througli titty years' experience has enabled them to put on the market
dolls' shoes that are perfect in every detail. The founder of the business, who made a
specialty of remodeling dolls and fixing up dolls which had been broken more or less during

210 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

spare times experimented in the making of dolls' shoes and was occasionally called upon
to make a pair of shoes for a doll. He finally became convinced that there was a real
market for dolls' shoes and, disposing of his retail toy store, he then established his dolls'
shoe manufactory, winning success in the undertaking from the beginning. Today the
factory turns out more than thirty styles of dolls' shoes, shoes with heels and without,
with fancy buckles and tiny bows, in all shades — pink, brown, blue, grey and black. There
are cloth tops with leather vamps and there are sandals. These dolls' shoes retail anywhere
from ten cents to a dollar a pair and occasionally some are made that sell at a still
higher price. Many retailers throughout the country buy large quantities of these dolls'
shoes and use them to advertise their business. The large retailers often send in an order
for a thousand pairs of these little shoes and then give them away, using them as an
instrument to bring trade to the store. The styles follow the prevailing styles of children's
and misses' shoes, and when anything new comes out in the other shoe establishments, it has
to also be incorporated in the Bridgeport establishment for dolls. The company carries
and manufactures wigs for dolls, many of which are made of human hair, while others are
of mohair. They also manufacture muslin doll bodies, full kid and part kid arms, dolls'
stockings of various colors and styles, dolls' belts, dolls' auto goggles and kid parlor balls
in fancy colors. The business has steadily grown and the undertaking has become one
of the important productive industries of Bridgeport.

On the 25th of December, 1S94, Jlr. Braitling was united in marriage to Miss Ella
Murphy of this city and they are well known in social circles. Mr. Braitling is a charter
member of the National Toy Men's Association. He stands for all that is highest and best
in manhood and in citizenship and in Bridgeport, where he has long resided, is spoken of in
terms of the highest regard.

GEORGE E. CRAWFORD.

George E. Crawford, president and treasurer of the Crawford Laundry Company of
Bridgeport, was born in Wiilos, :\las?achusetts, July 15, 186S, a son of Ossian and Lavinia
(Shepardi ( rawlmil. 'Ihr aiin-tiy nt tin' family in America is traced back to 1710, when
representatiMs i.t the iiaiiu^ .aiiir Ik. in Scotland and settled in Connecticut. Some of tlie
family went tu MassaLliusftt>. wliilr ..tlicr- became residents of Union, Connecticut. Ossian
Crawford was a carpenter ami builder, Imt the son, George E., did not desire to follow that
pursuit and after acquiring a pulilie m hi.nl education he turned his attention to the laundry
business, entering the employ of liis brother when a youth of seventeen years. He acquainted
himself with every phase of the business and at the age of twenty years started the Craw-
ford Laundry, opening his establishment in February, 1888, at 216 Middle street. In 1893
he removed to 34 Court street and in 1908 to 435 Fairfield avenue, where he is now located.
The business was incorporated in 1908. His present building is a four-story brick structure,
containing thirty-five thousand square feet, and for the past ten years this has been the
largest laundry in the state, employing one hundred and twenty-five people. It is equipped
with all the latest improved machinery and devices to facilitate the work and make the
product of the highest possible grade. It is equipped with individual motors for all machines
and the building was the first reinforced concrete structure erected in Bridgeport.

In 1894 Mr. Crawford was united in marriage to Miss Ida Hawes, of this city, a daughter
of Jacob Hawes, a tailor. To them have been born four children, namely: William H.,
who is a student in Brown University; Louise; Arthur J.; and George E., Jr. Fraternally
Mr. Crawford is identified with the Masons, having attained the Knights Templar degree in
the York Rite and the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. He likewise belongs to
the Mystic Shrine and is a past potentate. Mr. Crawford is also connected with the Brook-

>RGE E. CRAWFORD

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

lawn, the Bridgeport, the Algonquin and the Seaside Outing Clubs. He was a
the executive committee of the Laundry Owners National Association for seven
in 1914 was elected its president. He is equally active and ]iniiiniHiit in ■•■ith
civic affairs. He served as a member of the fire commission frcjin rios until ]'.
president of the board in 1909. He is now president of the CIijuuImt oI' Conin
its chief olticial is active in directing its policy and promoting projects which
value in extending tlie trade relations of the city and in upholding all those int
are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride.

JESSE M. HAYES.

•Jesse M. Hayes, a fish and produce dealer of Bridgeport,

making his home in Fairfield,

was born in the former city M:irrh ?.. 1Sfi4. n son nf Willi

am and Fliza (Coanl Hayes.

natives of Brooklirl.l a,nl ..f W 11,,,, >, ( ,„„„■, li,„l. ,,.,,„., t,^.

\.. 1,MI, ,-:,,„ili., tracing their

ancestry back to tl,c MnyHnHr,- ril^ii,,,^ -!,■,,,■ \i II;, \r, ^^,,.

- <,:><■:] ,n 1,,- „,,tive city and

through his boyhoo.l h,- w.is in „ ~t;,t,- of „.„,-,„,;, I„l,,,„ \

Ah,],- n.,t ,nnlin.',l to his bed,

he was unable to attend school. .Must oi his ti„,c was .pent (

lut of doors and his education

was received through his mother's iiistr.nt ion. As l„. ap|,.-.

oached manhood, however, he

developed robust health and entered upon an apprriitin'ship

at the macliinisfs trade. He

left his position when drawing a salary of twenty-one dolla.

s |KM- w.'ck and began driving

a delivery wagon for his brother in order to be out of ,1,..,,,

. Fi tliat tin,,- he and his

brother have been practically continuously ch>se!y idi'iitilicl i.

!i tl,ri,' i.,isi„ess life. In 189.5

the Hayrs Fish Conpany was in.u, ,H„at..,l, „f wl,i,l, .I.-..,. M

[. ilay.- became the president

and has s,, ...nt ini,..|, Thn.njjl,,,,,! the ii,t.T\ rnoi^ yr:,,s tl,i

s .■n„,|,aiiy has conducted the

largest rrtail li^l, l„i-in,'s. ,,i :i„y lii n, in P., i,l,^r|i,,i t , Thri,- :

^ales ,,o\v reach a large figure

i-e ot the iiartners and their

born Auiiust 11, I'lHi; „n,l Helen l,,.,ii-e. the wife of John Buckingham, of Southport, Con-

a Knight 're.„|,l;.i an, I a S,.,,tt,sl, l;,te Mas,,n. lie is als,, a , halt. a- n„-,„h,.i- of tl,e Red Men.
In politi.s he ,, a stalwart repiibli.aii and ■^ivr^ l,,yal s,ip|„,it I,, all l.-it irnate plans and
measures t.. f,iitli,r party ii,tc,rests. While ,■,.,„!, nt ,ng l„isi,,|,-,.s at 111 i.lj;ep.,it, lie has made
his home in KairHeld for the past seventeen years and his residence is one of the historic
buildings of this section, being one of six houses which were left standing by the British.
It is said to have been built in 1765 and is a most attractive old colonial home.

EMANXTEL A. DOAN.

Emanuel A. Doan, manager of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of Bridgeport,
was born in Welland county, Ontario, Canada, June 10, 1880, a son of Elias A. and Julia
(Jewell) Doan, the former a native of Welland, Canada, and the latter of Fairhaven. He
has a brother. Frank Addison Doan, who is a locomotive engineer of Canada. In the public
schools he passed through consecutive grades until graduated from the high school at
Welland, Canada, after which he secured his first position at the depot of the Michigan
Central Railway at \\'elland. When seventeen years of age he was made track nuin and

214 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

afterward became fireman on the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railroad. Subsequently he
went to Niagara P"alls, New York, where he was engaged on the building of Plant No. 2 at the
power house. He ne.xt dovoted his attention to handliiij; brick tor tlic powi/r company,
after which he engaged as lathe man at piece work. At iiii;lif ]\<- was Icauiiiii; tlie barber's
trade and in seven years lie owned a three-chair shop. In 1!K)7, liuwcxer, lu- disposed of his
business along that line and entered the employ of the Prudential Company at a small
salary of fifty-five dollars per month. Within a year he was made an assistant and in
1915 was appointed superintendent at Bridgeport, where he has since been in charge of
the interests of the Prudential Life Insurance Company. Under his guidance he has largely
developed the business and his efforts have brought very gratifying results for the company.
Mr. Doan was married in Canada to Miss Hester Jane Henderson, by whom he has three
children, namely: Austin Emanuel, born .Tanuary r,. 19(13: Tlielma .Tane, whose birth occurred
.lull.- 11. 1!HI4: and Arllnn L.,,„ai,l, «l,..>,. natal .lay »a- .In,,,. I,;. Inn,;. Tlir ,..li^i„us faith

L.idy.'. X.,. i:i:^. A. y. & A. M., and is a loyal lull, .win ,.f .Masi.iii. t.,,, liiiig-.. II,- has become
widely known in Bridgeport through his business relations and in all his various connections
he commands the goodwill and confidence of those with whom he has been associated.

HENRY EDWARD SHANNON.

After broad experience in the newspaper field Henry Edward Shannon turned to the
practice of law, and thorough preparation qualified him for the success which he has
attained as a member of the Bridgeport bar. He was born December 2, 1867, in the city
where he resides and was the youngest son in a family of six sons and two daughters, his
parents being Luke and Ann Cecelia (Cox) Shannon, who were natives of Roscommon,
Ireland, where they were reared and married. They came to the United States about 1846
and located in Bridgeport, which remained their place of residence during the rest of their
lives.

Henry E. Shannon is the only member of the family now living. He acquired his early
education in the public schools of Bridgeport and then entered the newspaper field, becoming
a reporter in 1888 on the Bridgeport Farmer. After acting In that capacity for three
years he spent one year as night editor of the Bridgeport Morning News and from 1892
until 1895 he was court reporter for the Bridgeport Standard. In the latter year he became
city editor of the Standard and continued as such for five years. Two years before
terminating his connection with that paper he was reading law and this enabled him to
successfully pass the first and second year examinations at the law school and enroll as a
member of the senior class of the Yale Law School. On the 9th of January, 1900, he was
admitted to the bar, since which time he has followed his profession in Bridgeport, being
now senior member of the firm of Shannon & Wilder, his partner being Frank L. Wilder, with
whom he is connected in the general practice of law. They do not confine their attention to a
particular line, but in all branches of practice are proving their capability to cope with and
successfully solve intricate legal problems.

On the 23d of April, 1895, Mr. Shannon was married to Miss Ellen Theresa Coughlin, of
Bridgeport, who passed away March 17, 1904. On the 1st of June, 1906, he wedded Misa
Elizabeth Co\ighlin, the younger sister of his first wife and a daughter of Hon. Patrick
C.upliliii. f.iniiorly mayor of Bridgeport. Mr. Shannon has three children, one of whom, '
lam. s I ..,,L'lil,,,, was born of the first marriage. He is now twenty years of age and is a
ii,!iii.i i,, I ;. ..ii.'.town University in the District of Columbia, having entered upon his course
th. ic siiK... graduating from the Bridgeport high school at the age of seventeen years. There
are two children of the present marriage, Henry Edward and Cecelia, aged respectively ten

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 215

and eight years. The parents are members of the Roman Catholic church and Mr. Shannon
is connected also with the Knights of Columbus. He has membership with the Modern
Woodmen of America and the Fraternal Order of Eagles and he belongs to the Seaside Club.
In politics he is a democrat but has never sought nor desired public office, feeling that he
prefers to concentrate his entire attention and energies upon his professional interests and
opportunities.

JOSEPH SMITH.

More than six decades hnvp jinsscd siiue .Joseph Smith became a resident of Bridgeport,
where for many years he w:is iiroiiiin. titly identified with business interests, being well
known in connection with cninnii-n i;]l ;i,tnity here. At length he put aside business cares
and is now enjoying the fruit.s of )iis former toil in well deserved re.st. A native of Maine,
Mr. Smith was born in North Haven in 1851 and in 1853 was brought to Bridgeport by his
parents, Aaron and Margaret Lane (Calderwood) Smith. The father was also a native of
North Haven, while the mother's birth occurred at Vinal Haven, Maine. Following the
removal to Bridgeport Aaron Smith engaged in the grocery business at the foot of
Brewster street for some time and purchased land there. Later he turned his attention to
the furniture trade, his location being where the Public Market now stands. Some time
afterward he left that place and gave his attention to the purchase and sale of real estate
and acquired considerable property. In his later years he lived retired and for over thirty
years he was a valued and respected resident of Bridgeport. He was born in July, 1816,
and was therefore in his seventieth year when on the 16th of April, 1886, he passed away.
In the family were five children: Jeremiah C, who was engaged in the grocery business
with his brother Joseph but has now departed this life; Viola J., the wife of George Gould,
deceased; Orland, who vi-as engaged in the fish and fruit business, conducting a market on
Water street, but is now deceased; Fairfield, who was in business with his brother Jeremiah
in the store on the dock and now lives in Bridgeport; and Joseph, of this review.

The last named was educated in the schools of Bridgeport and in Bryant & Stratton's
Business College. He made his initial step in the business world as a bookkeeper for the
Wheeler & Howes Coal Company and later was with the Howes Sewing Machine Company
for a short time. He afterward engaged in business with his brother Orland on Water street,
Belling fish, fruit and vegetables to the wholesale and retail trades. They built up the largest
enterprise of the kind in the city at that time and the partnership was continued for a year
or two, at the end of which period Joseph Smith purchased the interest of his brother
Fairfield and entered into partnership with his brother Jeremiah in general merchandising at
the dock in the Black Rock district, selling to crafts and boats. He continued in that line
for some time and afterward spent two years with the David Trubee Butter Company,
while subsequently he engaged in the butter business on his own account on Water street,
where he conducted a wholesale store. He next turned his attention to the sale of wagons,
having his establishment where the postoflfice is located on John street. He there bought
and sold wagons, building up a business of extensive proportions. At length he sold his
place on the postoffiee site to Gates & Omans and entered their employ in a place on the
corner of Broad and John streets, where he continued for a number of years. He then opened
business for himself in a carriage repository on John street, where he built up an extensive
business in that line. At length he turned his attention to real estate dealing and not only
bought and sold much property but also erected a number of residences and remodeled
others, converting them into modern habitable dwellings. His business affairs were always
carefully managed. He gave thorough consideration to every point bearing upon his activities
and quickly recognized both the accidental and incidental features of a business proposition.

216 BRIDGEPORT AND VICIiXITY

His judgment was sound, his sagacity keen and his enterprise unfaltering, and in this way
he so directed his affairs that success in large measure crowned his efforts.

In Bridgeport, in 1874, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Allen, a
daughter of Cliarles H. Allen, who came to Bridgeport in an early day and ran a packet
between this city and New York. He was commander of the packet Emily and of the schooner
Ella Jane for a number of years, owning both boats. He was afterward with the Bridgeport
Steamboat Company as pilot of the Crystal Wave and he became a prominent representative
of navigation interests in this city. He was a native of Westport, Connecticut, and arrived
in Bridgeport in the late '60s. He married Amanda J. Fairchild, a native of this city, who is
still living at the advanced age of eighty-eight years and who by her marriage became the
mother of four children: Charles, living in Bridgeport; Mrs. Smith; Nelson B.; and ilrs.
Mary V. Miller, whose home is in Norfolk, Virginia. Throughout his entire life Charles H.
Allen was identified with marine interests and became recognized as the most competent
pilot on the Sound. He was owner and captain of his own boats, and for a number of years,
with his brother, Sereno G., ran a packet line from Westport to New York. He was, more-
over, a public-spirited citizen, active in support of measures and movements for the general
good, thus displaying the same spirit of loyalty and patriotism which characterized his
ancestors who served in the Revolutionary war. His mother was a daughter of Captain
Steven Thorpe of Revolutionary war fame, and the Thorpe family had a grant of land at
Danbury, Connecticut. By reason of tliis ancestry the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Smith
has become identified with the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is Mrs. Viola
Hurlburt, the wife of James E. Hurlburt, of Bridgeport, and they have three children, Joseph
Edward, Allen Freeman and Viola Calderwood. Mr. Smith has lived to witness many notable
changes in Bridgeport since tlie year 1853, when he was brought here a little lad of but two
summers. In all the intervening period he has borne his part in the work of general
development and improvement and has ever stood for those things which have been
progressive elements in the city's upbuilding. His worth is widely recognized and all who
know him speak of him in terms of high regard.

A. H. TRLTilBULL.

A. H. Trumbull, president of tlie Connecticut Electric Manufacturing Company, possesses
the spirit of modern enterprise that stops not short of successful accomplishment. In the
conduct of business his plans have always been well defined and promptly executed and the
fit utilization of his innate powers and talents has brought him success, so that he is now at
the head of one of the large productive industries of Bridgeport. A native sun of Con-
necticut, his birth occurred at West Hartford, October 12, ISTiJ, hi> pai.iits hviua Hugh H.
and Mary A. Trumbull, the former a farmer by occupation, witli a family of Sfvcn suns, all
of whom entered into manufacturinj; business. J. H., Henry H. and Frank S. began manu-
facturing in electric lines at IMaimillr, i unnecticut, and developed a large concern there,
but Frank S. afterward nni.iM ,1 to lliidj^eport and took up the machine tool business.
George, the youngest of tln' lnotlurs, is connected with manufacturing interests at Ban-
tam, Connecticut. The otlier three brotliers started the business that is now conducted
under the name of tlie Connecticut Electric Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, but of
the three only A. H. is now living.

The parents removed with their family to Plainville, Connecticut, during the boyhood
of A. H. Trumbull, who there acquired a public school education, and at the outset of his
business career he turned his attention to manufacturing. Common sense has been the
foundation of his success. In other words, he has made good use of his time and oppor-
tunities, nor has he cultivated any false ideas of rapidly attaining wealth, knowing that
persistent, earnest and honorable labor is the basis of all legitimate prosperity. In 1906

)

I. B. TRU5IBULL

A. H. TRUilBULL

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 221

tlie Connecticut Electric Manufacturing Company was organized by A. H. and I. B. Trum-

many of tlieir own invcntinii. 'I'd.liiy tlir .niiiiKiny i- ni-.i^c,; in ihr iiiaiiiihMt iiii' nf fit-
tings, switches, soclieta, ctr. A riiucixjl \\a^ rii;i.li' i.i l;i nl;ji'|Hiii in I )iti'iiiIh'| . l:i|::, at

structioii, (■.(uipiM,! with a spi inkhr system, is well lighted and supplied with the latest
improve. 1 inaihliKiy U<v facilitating tlicii- work. The machinery is driven by electric

from the X.u \..iL ..lliee, whicli is at jn ( liiii.li street. I'liey also maintain an oBice in
Chicaj^o and in San l''i ancisco and their output is sent in laioc measure into South America,
also into Australia and various parts of ]:in"|,e. Mi. rnnnbull began the business with
a capital <if eij^lit liundred dollars but interi'sleil i.thers, so that moneyed men made
investment in tlie undertaking, and the growth of the business is shown by the fact that
in 1916 it amounted to one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The business
has shown a remarkable growth under the nuinagenu-nt of A. H. Trumbull and his broth-
cent jier annum. When the company was organized I. B. Trumbull acted as secretary and
treasurer, with James Trumbull as vice president, and A. H. Trumbull has been presi-
dent from the beginning. The business was at first capitalized for twenty-five thousand
dollars, of whieli eight thousand dollars was paid in. Since then the capital stock has been
increased to tw.i Innelied tlmusand dollars, all of which has been paid up. The growth of
the umlei l,ll^lllL' is att rilnitalile to the close study, the enterprising methods and the per-

. Jlr. ■

Trumbull was

married to Miss

Mary J,

, Sn

lith, of Litchfield, and they

have

tM-O t

■liildrei

!i. :\la;

rion and Dona

Id, aged ten and

. seven

yea

rs. In politics Mr. Trumb

ull is

a repi

ublicar

1 whei

•e national iss

ues are involved

but at

loci

U elections casts an indepe

ndent

ballot

. He

is w

ell known in

club circles, hav

ing mei

nbe

rship in the Algonquin, Seaside

Gun,

Housatoni,'

Kod and C.xm

and Weatogue (

;'lubs. .

All

these, however, are made i

subsi-

diary

to hil

s bnsi

ness and thru

ughout his activE

■ career

lie

has been notably prompt,

ener-

getic

and r

eliablf

., displaying i

n large measure

that qv

lalit

;y of common sense which

is so

often

the

ne attribute lacking

: in the attalnmt

mt of s

ucei

!SS.

HERMAN SALTMAN.

Along the legitimate lines of trade and commerce Herman Saltman has worked his way
steadily upward and is now president of the firm of Saltman Brothers, wholesale grocers
of Bridgeport. A native of Russia, he was born in TodoLsk in 1867 and was a young man of
about twenty years when he crossed the Atlantic to America, arriving at New York city on
the Oth of November, 1887. There he at once began work, learning the jewelry business, his
labor at first bringing him but two dollars per week. He was without friends, relatives or
funds, but he possessed courage and determination and made his industry meet liis needs.
While learning the jewelry business he was employed at various places, his increased capacity
winning him increased salary until he was being paid thirteen dollars per week. Finally
in that work and was paid five dollars per day. It was his ambition,
1 business on his own account and in 1898 he established a jewelry

222 BEIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

store in New York city, but on account of the Spanish-American war the enterprise did not
bring him the prolits that he had desired and after paying his creditors in full, dollar for
dollar, he again resumed work at the jeweler's trade at a salary of thirty-five dollars per
week. Again from his earnings he saved the money that enabled him to embark in business
for himself, but in 1907 a disagreement with a partner led him to discontinue. The firm
owed over one hundred thousand dollars in money borrowed from banks or for purchases
made of wholesalers and manufacturers. Again Mr. Saltman paid all claims dollar for
dollar, and once more he started out to seek a location. A friend advised him to go to
Bridgeport, Connecticut, and he visited the city to look over the field. He was pleased with
the prospects and in February, 1908, returned. This time he started in the grocery trade,
opening a wholesale house in March of that year. The first month's business amounted to
seven hundred and fifty dollars, but soon afterward there was a substantial increase in his
trade and after moving three times in order to get larger quarters he finally secured his
present establishment in 1910 and in 1916 his sales amounted to three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, including the sale of one hundred and twenty-five carloads of flour alone.
He now emploj'S two city salesmen and one outside salesman, has one bookkeeper, one
stenographer, three men on the floor and two drivers. The business is constantly developing
and his trade is now very gratifying.

On the 26th of October, 1889, in New York city, Mr. Saltman was united in marriage
to Miss Bessie Rosenfeild, by whom he has two children. Bernard P., who was educated
in the public schools of New York city, the high school of Brooklyn and spent six years
as a student in Yale College, is now a practicing attorney of Bridgeport. David, who acquired
his education in the public and high schools of Bridgeport, is now employed in his father's
wholesale establishment. Mr. Saltman is a member of the Temple church and also of
Harmony Lodge. His has been an active and useful life. He would never allow discourage-
ment to get the better of him and his determination and enterprise have enabled him to
make steady advance, while his life history proves what can be accomplished when energy
and ambition point out the way.

WILLIAM W. WEIGHT.

William W. Wright, vice president and general manager of The Artistic Bronze Company
of Bridgeport, his native city, was born December 2, 1888, his parents being Dr. J. W. and
Elizabeth C. (Knapp) Wright, the latter a daughter of Captain William Knapp, of Fairfield,
who was lost at sea while commanding the Evening Star, which was then the biggest steamer
afloat. Dr. Wright was born at Cromwell, Connecticut, and removed to Bridgeport, where
he has won distinction as a most able and eminent physician and surgeon. He is now presi-
dent of the Gaylcn Hospital and is mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Liberal educational opportunities were accorded William W. Wright, who attended the
Park Avenue Institute and also the Hotchkiss school. He was a youth of about nineteen
years when in 1907 he entered into connection with The Artistic Bronze Company in the
position of secretary and treasurer, and in 1910 he was made vice president and general
manager. This company was incorporated in 1902, taking over a business in this fine
establislied years before in New York. The business was removed from New York to South
Norwalk, Connecticut, and in 1911 to Bridgeport, the plant being located at No. 3050 Fairfield
avenue. They manufacture cabinet and builders' hardware and automatic screw machine
products and also do job casting in brass and bronze. They have a one-story building sixty
by one hundred and thirty feet, and in addition to the line indicated they also make white
metal specialties and automobile hardware specialties. They handle several patented articles.
Their line also includes sanitary sugar servers and ice cream cone holders, and they employ

BRIDGEPOKT AND VICINITY 223

about forty people, one-half of whom are skilled workmen. The product is sold to jobbers
and retailers and they also do considerable special contract work. The oflncers of the com-
pany are: Dr. J. W. Wright, president; William W. Wright, vice president and general
manager; and E. V. Shaw, secretary and treasurer. In addition to these, Alfred C. Shaw,
of New York, and Charles H. Armstrong, of Bridgeport, are directors. Success has attended
the undertaking and the company has tripled it.'^ business in the past few years. For a year
and a half their factory has been operated twenty-four hours in the day. It pays high
wages and the business is conducted accordiiig to high ethical standards of modern
commercialism.

On the 2d of August, 1911, Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Marguerite C.
Williams, of South Norwalk, Connecticut, and they have two sons, John Winthrop, born
June 27, 1912, and Lawrence Leverit, born June 14, 1916. Mr. Wright is greatly interested
in moral progress and those influences which work for individual uplift, and he holds
membership in the First Presbyterian church and also in the brotherhood of that church.
He is actuated by high and honorable principles in every relation of life and is constantly
extending a helping hand to those who need assistance.

XATHAN BARNUM MIDDLEBROOK.

Nathan Barnum Middlebrook. deceased, who was a well known resident of Stratford,
Connecticut, served as a soldier in the Civil war and was an honored citizen in days of
peace. He was a native of the town of Trumbull. Fairfield county, Connecticut, born
November 26, 1838, and was descended from one of the oldest and best known families of
that section of the state. His father, David Middlebrook. was born in Trumbull, July 31,
1805, and was a son of David Middlebrook, Sr., who died in 1S19 at the age of fifty-two
years. He was a carpenter and woodworker by trade and made his home in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, where he passed away on the 8th of March, 1868. His wife, who bore the
maiden name of Hepsey Beardsley, and was a resident of Putney, died in Bridgeport, Con-
necticut, August 2, 1868.

Nathan Barnum Middlebrook attended both public and private schools of Bridgeport
and learned the carriage trimming trade with J. Mott & Company, of Bridgeport, with whom
he worked for a number of years. Later lie followed the same trade with the well known
firm of Hincks & Julni^iui. with wluuii lie iinitiiiiicd until the business was suspended. He
then retired frcnn :i,ti\i' liiV ;iihI >| rul |,i, l:i-t Mven years in the enjoyment of a rest
ivhich he had trul\ nniirrl :i],,| ihlil\ >ir-.i\r^i. jra^-sing his days quietly in his home on
West Broad street in Stiatluid. Then- .lealli i.alh-d liim on the 4th of September, 1915, and

When President Lincoln issued his call for volunteers in the Dvil war, Mr. Middlebrook
enlisted, becoming a member of the Second Connecticut Light Battery, with which he served
for three years. Seven months of this time he spent in the Fairfax (Va.) Seminary Hospital,
suffering from typhoid fever, and two of his companions died from the fever. Mr. Middle-
brook, however, improved and at length rejoined his battery. After he returned home he
continued to follow his trade and in 1879 he purchased the Joseph Lampson place on what
is now West Broad street in Stratford, one of the oldest homes of the town. This he greatly
improved following the great blizzard that occurred in March, 1888, expending more than
two thousand dollars on improvements.

In Stratford, on the 31st of August, 1863, Mr. Middlebrook was married to Miss Susan
M. Batterson, who was born at Catskill, New York, June 4, 1837, a daughter of Sillick and
Emma (Bailey) Batterson and a granddaughter of Samuel Bailey, of Danbury, Connecticut.
Her father was a shoemaker and in 1842 removed to Stratford with his family, where the

224 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

liome was maintained. Of his family of fourteen children but two survive, Isaac Batterson,
of Stratford, and Mrs. Middlebrook. Sillick Batterson lived to the age of sixty-six years and
died from an injury in a fall from a stepladder. His wife survived him many years, living
to the age of ninety-two. Both are buried in Union cemetery at Stratford. To Mr. and
Mrs. Middlebrook were born seven children: Sillick Batterson, who married Mrs. Eva
Dodds and makes her home in Stamford, where he is employed by the Yale Lock Company;
Emma, who is the wife of Reuben Olmstead and occupies the old homestead with her mother ;
Daisy, the wife of George Hurd, of Bridgeport; Virginia, the wife of Ernest Rideout, a well
known contractor of Stratford; David, who married Edna Woods and is with the D. M. Road
Company of Bridgeport; William, who wedded Lula Tyack and is with the Yale Lock
Company of Stamford; and Mary, who died in infancy. Mrs. Middlebrook occupies the old
home on Broad street, which has been her home for nearly half a century. She is a member
of Christ Episcopal church, to which Mr. Middlebrook also belonged, being one of its most
faithful members. He was likewise a loyal member of Elias Howe, Jr., Post, G. A. R., of
Bridgeport, and lie was most devoted to his family. On the 31st of August. 1913, Mr. and
Jlrs. Middlebrook celebrated their golden wedding, surrounded by their children, grand-
children and many friends, on which occasion they were made the recipients of many presents
in gold. They spent lifty-two years of happy wedded life together and reared a family
who reflect credit and honor on their good name.

C. A. HANSOX.

There is no enterprise whirh in.lirat.'> iimup .U-arly tli.> dr\ .■lopment and the high
attainment of American skill aii-l inLi^iniity tli.iii th.' Aiiini.an { :ia|ili, .phone Company, now
controlling a most carefully ■ay:aiii/i-(l aii.l hiL:lil.\ .-\ ~trmati/icl liu-iiii'ss that has grown
by leaps and bounds until it is one oi the great productive iii.liistrii'-. nf New England,
C. A. Hanson is well known as general works manager of this entei pi is.\ He was burn in
Chicago, Illinois, August 18, 1872, and in the acquirement of liis idiiraticn alteiuled the
public and high schools and a manual training school of that lity. He- macle his initial
step in the business world as an employe of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett \ ( Mni| :in\ ni ( lii, ago
and was later with J. A. Fay & Company, manufacturers of woodw ..i kiiiL: inarlnih i \ Milise-
quently he was connected with the. Cliicago Stamping Company in tli.' imr. liasinu (le|iart-
ment and in 1894 he entered the employ of the Deering Harvester Company, filling the posi-
tion of general storekeeper. Those who read between the lines will immediately recognize
his developing powers in business, for it is a Avell known fact that power grows through
the exercise of effort, and throughout his entire career close application and indefatigable
industry have been salient factors. Each change he has made has represented a forward
step. In 1900 he became purchasing agent and superintendent of the AVeber Wagon Works,
which ill 1004 hopanio a part of the International Harvester Company. He continued as
superiiit.Mi.l. lit ..1 tin Weber plant until 1910, in which j'ear he rebuilt the Chatham wagon
plant in i)ntaii... i ana. la. Of this he became manager and also took over the management
of the Akia.n, (ilii... automobile plant of the International Harvester Company. Subse-
quently he became manager of the Piano works for that company and directed the interests
of all four plants as works manager, heavy responsibilities and most important duties devolv-
ing upon him. After twenty years' service with that company he resigned his position
and entered the lumber dryer business. His identification with the American Graphophone
Coftipany dates from January, 1916, and in the intervening period he has rebuilt the entire
factory and has trebled the producing power. He has also built and equipped an entire
new record plant located on the east side of Bridgeport.

In 1899 Mr. Hanson was married to Miss Mary Whelan. of Chicago, and tliev have three

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cliiklri.n, Hester, Arthur A. and Conrad A.
attained the thirty-second degree of the Sc<
Mystic Shrine. His time and attention, howe
interests and his advancement is notable. I
initiative to administrative power and he lias
iiigly diverse interests into a complex but ur

SAMUEL MELLITZ,

Samuel Mellitz, practicing at the Bridgeport bar as the junior partner in the firm of
Goldstein & Mellitz, an association which was the outgrowth of a close friendship formed in
college days, was born May 6, 1891, in the city which is yet his home. In fact he has spent
his entire life in Bridgeport. His parents, Jacob and Peppie (Hausman) Mellitz, are both
deceased. They were natives of Austria and were married in that country. In 1888 the
father came to the United States and a year later was joined by his wife, the family home
being established in Bridgeport, where he engaged in business as a dry goods merchant. In
the family were eight children, five sons and tlirce daughters. The mother died in 1905 and
the father survived only until 1909.

It was in the previous year that Samuel Mellitz was graduated from the Bridgeport
high school, after which he entered the Yale Law School, completing his course as a member
of the class of 1911. The following year, when twenty-one years of age, he was admitted
to the bar, and since 1912 he has continuously practiced in Bridgeport as a partner of Harry
Allison Goldstein under the firm style of Goldstein & Mellitz. They were classmates in
Yale and the strong friendship then begun has been cemented by the close association of

On the 18th of June, 1916, Mr. Mellitz was united in marriage to Miss Sadye L. Silver-
man, of Bridgeport, a daughter of Isadore Silverman, a merchant. Mr. Mellitz is a democrat
and he is identified with various fraternities, including the X. T. K., a legal fraternity, the
Masonic order, Abraham Lodge, I. 0. B. B., and also the Independent Order of Abraham.
He belongs to the Green Street synagogue and to the Y^oung Men's Christian Association.
The interests of his life are broad and varied and have ever been of a character that calls
forth the best in the individual.

JOHN H. HINCKLEY.

John H. Hinckley, president and treasurer of the Newficld Silver Manufacturing Com-
pany, possesses that spirit of modern American enterprise that overcomes obstacles and
perseveres in the pursuit of a persistent purpose until success is assured. It is this quality
that has enabled him to make the Newfield silver manufactory one of the important manu-
facturing concerns of Bridgeport, his native city. Mr. Hinckley was born in 1877, his
parents being John F. and Esther (Lynch) Hinckley. The father was also a native of
Bridgeport, and the grandfather, John Hinckley, was a native of Norwich, Connecticut, but
in early life removed to this city and for some time operated Moody's grist mill. John F.
Hinckley became superintendent of the Bridgeport Horse Kailway and so continued for thirty
years. He married Esther Lynch, a daughter of John Lynch, a native of Ireland who came
to Bridgeport seventy years ago and was foreman of the horse barn of the Bridgeport horse

At the usual age John H. Hinckley of this review entered the public schools and

228 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

passed through consecutive grades until he became a high school pupil. He started out in
the business world as a printer's devil in the ofiice of the Bridgeport Standard and was
there employed for two and one-half j'ears but turned his attention in other directions,
entering the employ of the firm of Holmes & Edwards, the predecessors of the International
Silver Company. In that connection he worked his way upward, becoming assistant sales
manager, and remained with that house for twenty-one years or until 1911, when he
organized the Newfield Silver Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. They bought out the
old Newfield Plating Company and the officers are: John H. Hinckley, president and
treasurer; and F. B. Elliott, secretary. Their plant is located at State and Ash streets
and includes the block between Ash and Dewey streets. The building is a three-story structure
of mill construction, furnished throughout with a sprinkler system and containing eighteen
thousand square feet of floor space. They manufacture various kinds of gold and silver
plated novelties and automobile lamps and they also do job plating and finishing of all
kinds for various manufacturers of the city and for jewelers. They bought out the Bridge-
port Electro-Plate Company in 1915, this being one of the oldest establishments of the state
and the largest of the kind in Connecticut. The Newfield Silver Manufacturing Company
now employs fifty people, semi-skilled labor. They do job work for firms as far west as the
Pacific coast and they make a specialty of hotel silver plating. They do all kinds of plating
for various manufacturers. They send out hundreds of thousands of pieces of tableware,
and the high grade of their work and the thorough reliability of the house insures them a
continued and growing patronage.

Mr. Hinckley was married in 1900 to Miss Pearl Reynolds, of Bridgeport, and they
have two children: Roger Fuller, born April 2, 1904; and Russell John, born November 17,
1910. Mr. Hinckley gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and keeps well
informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire office. He
belongs to the Algonquin Club, to which he turns for social pleasure and recreation, and in
social and business circles he enjoys the high esteem and goodwill of all with whom he haa
come in contact.

RUSSELL R. MEAD.

Russell R. Mead, connected with the American Graphophone Company of Bridgeport as
assistant works manager, was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, March 8, 1876, a son of
Sylvester and Antoinette (Cady) Mead, the former for many years superintendent of the
Waterbury waterworks. Russell R. Mead acquired a public school education and after-
ward learned the tool maker's trade with the Waterbury Clock Company, with which he
was associated for seventeen years, gradually working his way upward from one position
to another of greater importance and responsibility until he was given charge of the tool
department. He was afterward with the William L. Gilbert Clock Company at Winsted,
Connecticut, where he acted as foreman of the tool and machine room for nine months. He
then became connected with the National Cash Register Company at Dayton, Ohio, as com-
pound die maker, there continuing for six months. On the expiration of that period he
returned to his native city and entered the employ of the Risdon Tool Works, having charge
of the tooling up for a two-inch movement for the William L. Gilbert t hick Company. This
work he completed in five months. He then came to Bridgeport in 1907 and entered the
employ of the American Graphophone Company as assistant foreman of the tool department
and was made superintendent of that department in 1908. He thus served for four years,
when in 1912 he was advanced to the position of mechanical engineer and in the following
year was made assistant superintendent, while in 1914 he became superintendent and in
1916 became assistant general works manager. His position is now one of large responsi-

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bility and iiiiportance for wJiicli his previous training and broad experience liave well quali-

On tile 35th of October, 1897, Mr. Mead was united in marriage to Miss Minnie E.
Wliitiiey, of Waterbury. He is well known in fraternal circles, holding membership with the

Continental J.odae. A. F. & A ^\ . Tcxvns,.,!.! Lod._'p, No. 89, I. O. 0. F., of whioli lie is past
grand, wliile of AiM>:iiif;n\ jr l'ih:iiii|iiiiriit , \., "i, ..f Waterbury, be is p;is( cliicf |Kit ri:ircli.
He likewise bclouL;- tn l;rHli;r|„,, t I,,mIlt, N.i. :;r,, i;. I-. 0. E. and is well Ioh.wh :is m xiilned
member of l>arl< ( ity Yadit ( liih, ni 1;, „|.j,.|i,,i i . His military experimr.. ,„xvrs scviee
as a member of Company A, Seen. I lo-,,n, m ui ll,e Connecticut National Guard, of Water-
bury. His political allegiance is •^'ism [n tlir i ,|,iiliiican party and he keeps well informed
on the questions and issues of tlie ilny Iml •Ims not seek nor desire political preferment,
feeling that he can best support eivie measures as a private citizen. He concentrates his
attention upon his business affairs, and since starting out in life has made continuous
progress, reaching a position of prominence and responsibility through individual effort and

CHARLES ARTHUR HOPWOOD.

Charles Arthur Hopwood, attorney at law, has spent his entire life in Bridgeport, where
he was born October 19, 1885, his parents being David and Sarah E. (Collett) Hopwood, who
were natives of England, where they were reared and married. About 1881 they crossed
the Atlantic to the new world and settled in Bridgeport, where they still make their home,
the father devoting his attention to merchandising. In their family were four Sons and
four daughters, namely: Sallie E., who is engaged in missionery work in China; and Charles
Arthur, Mrs. Charlotte Stegemann, Edna May, Minerva, John A., David and Collett F., all
yet in Bridgeport.

In the schools of his native city Charles A. Hopwood pursued his early education and
afterward attended the Park Avenue Institute, from which he was graduated with the class
of 1U04. In preparation for the bar he became a law student at Yale and was graduated
there with the class of 1907. He has since devoted his attention to general law practice
and has won a good clientage and is making his business a profitable one. He belongs to the
Bridgeport Bar Association and in his practice he has always been careful to conform to
the highest professional ethics.

Mr. Hopwood gives his political allegiance to the republican party but is not an office
seeker. . Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he is
an active worker and earnest member of St. Paul's Episcopal church, in which he is serving
as a vestryman.

HARRY ALLISON GOLDSTEIN.

Harry Allison Goldstein, senior member of the firm of Goldstein & Mellitz of Bridgeport,
born in Xiw V.iik city on the 19th of February, 1888, a son of Jacob and Regina (Lands-
) (Jolilstiin, wild removed with their family to Bridgeport during his infancy or in 1889.
■ the parents still reside, the father being engaged in the real estate and insurance

Harry A. Goldstein attended the public schools until he reached the age of fourteen
years, when he pul aside his textbooks and began to earn his living as an employe of the
International Silver Company, remaining in that connection for six years. He was at first

232 BKIDGEPOBT AND VICINITY

in the office and in time was advanced to the position of efficiency clerk. After spending
six years as a wage earner with that concern he again took up his studies at the age of
twenty years with the idea of preparing for the bar and in 1911 was graduated from the
Yale Law School. In 1913 he formed a partnership with Samuel Mellitz, who had been a
classmate at Yale, and the firm of Goldstein & Mellitz has enjoyed an e.xtensive and growing
general practice. :\li i .'.il.ist. in iircjiares his cases with great thoroughness and care and his
trial of a cause in.li.jti > ;( nun. I well trained in the severest school of investigation and one
to which close reas(.riinj; li;w lir,,,ini' habitual and easy.

On the 14th of .Inly, 1914, Mr. Goldstein was united in marriage to Miss Florence
Theresa Loewith, her father being Sigmund Loewith, a prominent citizen of Bridgeport who
is mentioned at greater length on another page of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Goldstein have
a daughter, Barbara Sim Icy. wlm was born July 31, 1915. Mr. Goldstein is a member and
at present its seentaiy nr i 'nnun j;ation B'Nai Israel, which is the oldest Jewish religious
organization of tin i )ty IIi i> aKo a member of Harmony Lodge, No. 711, I. 0. B. B.;
also of Park City Ludf^e, Xo. ..u, K. P.; Bridgeport Lodge, No. 36, B. P. 0. E.; and Corinthian
Lodge, No. 104, A. F. & A. Jl. In politics he is a democrat but has never sought nor held
office other than that of justice of the peace. He is fond of baseball and motoring and turns
to these for rest and recreation, recognizing the fact that to maintain an even balance one
must alternate hours of play with hours of work. In his profession he has made steady
progress, his ability bringing him to the front.

G. L. FUNNELL.

G. L. Funnell, manager of the record manufacturing department of the American
Graphophone Company of Bridgeport, is a native son of Great Bend, Pennsylvania, and in
the acquirement of his education he attended Union University at Albany, New York, from
which he was graduated in 1884. Later he entered upon the study of medicine but did not
complete his course in that science. Instead he turned his attention to the retail drug
business and to chemical research work in New York. He was also engaged in similar lines
at Stamford, Connecticut, to which place he removed in 1890. Eight years afterward he
came to Bridgeport as a representative of the American Graphophone Company in the
experimental department, working on records. The master record then had to be made
for every twenty-six or thirty dupHcate records. Trouble was experienced in the variation of
the wax composition in the records. The company developed a method of molding a master
record from which millions of records can be made. This was done by putting a metal copper
plate on the wax and then gold plating it, and the invention brought about a revolution
in the record making business. This method was used on the old cylinder record. Not
content with what had already been achieved, remarkable as it was, Mr. Funnell then helped
to develop the disc record, the American Graphophone Company being pioneers in tlnit liild.
He has fitted up a very fine laboratory for extensive research work and ex|Kiinn nt, innl the
results of his labors have been notable in the extreme. In 1905 he was .'^riit lo IjhImii to
Organize the factories of the company in England and he had charge of the Imsine^- tlnre
until the outbreak of the present international war, when he returned to America and in the
spring of 1915 took over the factory management at Bridgeport. He resigned that position,
however, in the following December and returned to England, but came again to the United
States in February, 1916, and took up special investigation and efficiency work for the
company. In August, 1916, he was made manager of the record manufacturing department
and he yet continues his efforts in the experimentation department, which is one of the big
factors of the business. He has had much to do with the development of the record to its

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 233

present state of perfection, when it seems almost impossible to distinguish the reproduction
from the original voice.

On the 8th of November, 1915, Jlr. Funnell was married to Mrs. Fred Parrott, of Bridge-
port. They occupy a prominent position in the social circles of the city and Mr. Funnell is
numbered with those who have made valuable contribution to the world's work. Bringing
every phase of his inventive genius and scientific power to the development of a new industry,
his labors have been fraught with notable success that ranks him high with the inventors

SAMUEL KATZ.

Samuel Katz, a furniture dealer of Bridgeport, was born in Russia in 1877, a son of
Jacob and Molly Katz, both now deceased. The mother passed away in 1878, while the
father survived until five years ago.

Samuel Katz spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native land and in 1889
crossed the Atlantic, arriving at New York, city, after which he attended school there for
three years. In 1892 he came to Bridgeport, where he was variously employed for a time,
and in 1894 he established his present business, remaining at the same location for twenty-
three years. He carries a complete line of furniture and for twenty years has been agent
for the Oakland ranges, during which time he has sold five thousand of these stoves. He
conducts his business both on the cash and credit basis and now has fifteen hundred customers
on his books.

In Bridgeport Mr. Katz was united in marriage to Miss Lena Foderman, who came from
Russia in 1892. Their children are four in number, namely: Matthew and Elsie, who are
sixteen and fourteen years of age respectively and attend high school; Dorothy, who is eight
years old and a public school student; and Mary, a little maiden of four summers. Mr.
Katz belongs to Adath Israel Synagogue, also to Abraham Lodge, No. 89, I. O. B. B., and
to the Hebrew Sick Benefit Association. He likewise has membership with the Moose and
with Adelphia Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., of Bridgeport. He has lived to see remarkable changes
in Bridgeport. In his youthful days he played ball where the Union Metallic Cartridge
Company plant now stands, giving employment to twenty-four thousand people. He is a
self-made man. He has earned every dollar which he possesses and, moreover, he does not owe
a dollar. Gradually he has worked his way upward, his industry and economy enabling him
at length to engage in business for himself, and since that time careful management, keen
business discrimination and unfaltering enterprise have led to the upbuilding of his fortune.

THOMAS FRANCIS BURNS.

Thomas Francis Burns, second assistant chief of the Bridgeport Fire Department, was
born Februar3' 12, 1874, in the city where he resides, his parents being John and Bridget
(Donahue) Burns, who were natives of Ireland, where both were reared, educated and married.
They settled in Bridgeport in the early '60s and Mr. Burns became an emploj'e of the Win-
chester Arras Company, while later he engaged in the stevedore business on the water front,
where he was a familiar figure for years. He died in Bridgeport in 1885, while his wife
passed away in 1890.

Thomas F. Burns obtained his education in the city schools of Bridgeport and served a
five years' apprenticeship at the stone mason's trade, after which he worked at his trade for

234 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

a time, but on the 21st of June, 1895, was appointed call man of tlie fire department, and
on February 10, ISOfi. \v:is madp a permanent member. On the 16th of April, 1908, he was
made captain of Kiivinr ( uiiip:u.y No. 4, and on the 17th of May, 1916, he was advanced to
the position of sinm,ii,| :i,-i,t;iiit diiuf of the department and assigned to East Bridgeport,
where he is now lucitrd. ]{,- Ijas a splendid record as a fire fighter and has done much to
hold the department up to its present high standard of efficiency. He is popular with his
men, who recognize his ability, and he is always watchful of the interests and welfare of
those who serve under him.

On the 38th of November, 1907, Mr. Burns was married to Miss Mary I. Madden, who
was born at Bridgeport and after pursuing her education here taught in the public schools
to the time of her marriage. She is a daugliter of John D. and Katherine (McGlynn) Madden,
who were natives of Connecticut and oarlj- residents of Bridgeport. Mr. and Mrs. Burns
have two children, Eita Elizabeth and Miriam, both born in Bridgeport.

The parents are members of tlie Roman Catholic church and Mr. Burns holds member-
ship with Park City Council of the Knights of Columbus. He is also identified with the
Maccabees and he belongs to the International Association of Fire Engineers and to the
Bridgeport and the Connecticut Fire Department Sick & Relief Associations. His political
endorsement is given to the democratic party and he is never afraid to uphold his honest
convictions.

KONRAD CLEMENS, M. D.

One of the well known members of the medical profession in Bridgeport whose profes-
sional work in that city extends through a period of more than thirty-six years, is Dr.
Ivonrad Clemens. A native of Austria, Dr. Clemens was born in Vienna, November 19, 1843,
and comes from a family of physicians, for both his father and grandfather were medical

Dr. Clemens was educated in the schools of his native country and then took up the
study of medicine. For five years he engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery both
in Austria and Germany, at the end of which period he volunteered for service in the German
army and, qualifying after that examination, received the rank of lieutenant surgeon.
While in that capacity he was ordered on a botanical expedition to the Balkan country,
entering at Belgrade. The journey was made on horseback through Servia, Bulgaria, and
portions of Roumania. During his army service Dr. Clemens spent considerable time in
Galicia, being located at Lemberg, and later was surgeon of a hospital at Zalosce, near the
Russian border, the general headquarters being at Tarnople. Leaving the cavalry branch of
the army with the rank of first lieutenant, Dr. Clemens soon afterward decided to come
to the United States, fully determined to make his home here. It was about 1879 when he
took passage for New York. « licre shortly afterward he took out his first papers to become
a citizen of the Uiiiinl state - Among Dr. Clemens' first acquaintances after going to New
York waai Dr. Jaim -, l.itilr, tlic noted surgeon, who was then professor of surgery in the
College of Physician^ ami Siiiijiiiiis in New York. Dr. Little induced Dr. Clemens to go
with him to the University of Vermont, where Dr. Little taught surgery. Entering this
institution. Dr. Clemens was graduated therefrom in July, 1881, and in the month following
located in Bridgeport for the practice of his profession. He first opened an office on the
west side of Main street, south of Stati- ^tnit, and rapidly built up an excellent practice.
In 1886, (■wiiin to till' dratli m' a. iiliti\r, Ik Ktiinied to Germany, where he spent several
months. While tlierc lie n-ii-iveil the dr-i rr^, of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery and Master
of Obstetrics from the University of .lena. in recognition of a thesis on obstetrics. He also
took a course in general surgery in Vienna, his native city, under Professor Dr. Theodore
Billroth.

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Returning to America, Dr. Clemens resumed practice in Bridgeport, wliere lie has since
remained. In 1899 he took post graduate work at the New York Polyclinic in operative
surgery of the eye, while in 1902 lie took a course at the Chicago College of Ophthalmology
and Otology and still later took a course at the Electro-Therapeutic College of that city,
the pioneer X-ray college in America. Dr. Clemens served as medical examiner for the dis-
trict of Easton under Coroner Holt and was twice president of the German Medical Associa-
tion of Connecticut. During tlie earlier years of liis practice in Bridgeport he performed a
great deal of surgical work. His entire time and attention have been devoted to his pro-
fessional interests and reading and study have kept him in touch with the trend of modern
progress in medicine and surgery.

About twenty years ago Dr. Clemens was married to Miss Jennie Dickinson, of Haddam,
Connecticut, a daughter of Captain Silas Dickinson, a sea captain.

DAVID S. DAY.

David S. Day, a member of tlie law firm of Marsh, Stoddard & Day, general practitioners
at the Bridgeport bar, was born in Colchester, Connecticut, in 1880, a son of Hon. Erastus
S. and Catherine (Olmstead) Day. The father was a well known attorney at Colchester
for many years but is now living retired. He served as a member of the state legislature for
two terms and for several years was chairman of the republican state central committee.
After acquiring his early education in tlie public schools of his native town David S. Day
continued his studies in the famous Colchester Academy of that place. He determined upon
the practice of law as a life work and with that end in view entered the academic department
at Yale, while in 1902 he entered the Law School of Yale and was graduated with the class
of 1904. The same year he was admitted to the bar at New London, Connecticut, and in
October, 1905, he opened an office in Bridgeport for the independent practice of his profession
— a calling that has had much to do with the prosperity and stable conditions of every
community and which has ever been looked upon as the conservator of the rights and
privileges of the individual. Holding to higli professional standards, he has steadily worked
his way upward by reason of his close application, his thorough study and his native ability.
In 1906 he entered into partnership with Morris Seymour, a relation that was continued until
1910, when he joined the firm of Marsh, Stoddard & Stoddard, leading to the adoption of the
firm style of Marsh, Stoddard & Day. They have continued in the general practice of law
and Mr. Day is well known as one who prepares his cases with great thoroughness and skill.
He is strong in argument and logical in his deductions and within a comparatively brief
period he has won rank among the leading lawyers of Bridgeport.

Mr. Day belongs to both the Connecticut State and American Bar Associations and
fraternally he is connected with the Masons. He also belongs to the University Club, tlie
Brooklawn Country Club and the Algonquin Club and in his adopted city has a circle of
friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances. In 1913 he was married to
Natalie Cornwall, daughter of Jesse B. Cornwall, of Bridgeport.

JAMES F. JOHNSON.

James F. Johnson, managing director of the State Trade School at Bridgeport, w
in Oswego, New York. August 19, 1882, a .son of \V. H. and Beatrice Johnson, who we
residents there. In the family were seven children: James F., Thomas, William, Henr
, Agnes and Mary, all of whom are yet living.

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James F. Johnson is a graduate of the high school of Oswego, New York, of the class of
1900. He started out in the business world as general helper in a match factory and pre-
pared for colleged by working hard, it being necessary to earn the money that would enable
him to meet the expenses of a college course. He completed a classical course in the State
Normal School at Os\vego in the class of 1904. He was employed for a time in Ballard,
afterward in Seattle, Washington, and in 1906 went to Rochester, New York, where he
became a draftsman. It was subsequent to that time that he matriculated in the Massa-
chusetts School of Technology in Boston, from Avhich he was graduated in 1909 with the
degree of Mechanical Engineer. He was afterward employed in engineering work in Rochester,
New York, until he met with an injury which permanently disabled one of his arms, this
occurring in 1912. The same year he was appointed draftsman in the State Trade School in
Bridgeport and in T.ii:i «as advaiued to the position of managing director. The State Trade
School is lull to its laiarity, at all times having two hundred and ninety day students and
two huiidrnl and sixtv-tlui-f nij;lit students. There are si.\teen employes at the school
through the day and ten at niglit. Mr. Johnson takes great interest in his work and gives
personal attention to all the students. He interests himself in getting for them positions
and keeps supervision over them for a year and a half after leaving school. He has made
valuable contribution to literature bearing upon his life work. He is the author of two
volumes, one called "Practical Shop Mathematics and Mechanics'' and the other "Practical
Vocational Arithmetic." He has in preparation a volume entitled "Hand Book for Mechanics"
for use by apprentices and journeymen.

In 1913, at Leominster, Massachusetts, Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Winifred
Tansey, representative of a pioneer family there, and they have two children, James F. and
Mary C. Their religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church and Mr. Johnson has
membership with the Knights of Columbus and also the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks.

WILLIS F. HOBBS.

A student of economic conditions has said that almost ninety per cent of the men are
business failures and those who attain to positions of leadership are indeed comparatively
few. They must cultivate in large measure the qualities of determination and persistency
of purpose, combined with indefatigable cjieriry and the ability to readily discriminate
between the essential and tin- non-i-.-scntial. rossessiiif; all of these requirements, Willis
F. Hobbs now stands as one vi the lfader> in the business lirL-les of Bridgeport. As presi-
dnit (if fill' Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Corporation he has under his direction
tw.i hiinli.il . iiiployes, operating a plant devoted to the manufacture of hardware spe-
(i.iltir-. rill- liii^iness has been in existence since 1895 and through the years of his con-
nectiuii therewith Mr. Hobbs has been an important element in directing the policy and
shaping the operations of the business.

He was born in North Hampton, New Hampshire, in 1854, and attended the public
school in North Hampton and high school of Exeter, after which he entered the Phillips
Academy, thus pursuing his education while spi'mliin; his lioyhciod days in the home of his
parents, Jonathan and Mary H. (French) IIol.li^ llir hitter was a daughter of Rev.
Jonathan French, who for a half century was a ( uiijin^'ational minister of North Hamp-
ton, and both were representatives of early New England families, each of which was rep-
resented in the Revolutionary war. Among the direct ancestors was also John Alden.
Jonathan Hobbs was a farmer by occupation. Two of his sons, James F. and Francis Drake,
elder brothers of Willis F. Hobbs, were soldiers of the Civil war and both were incar-
cerated in Libby jtrison. The latter is now deceased, while the former resides in New
Hampshire.

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"leveiith in a family oi

f twelve children, WiUit

i F. Hobbs early began to provide

rn support and the pot

iition which he occupies

in the business circles of Bridge-

tirely the result of his

own efl'orts, as he recei

ived no financial help from anyone.

manhood he turned his

i attention to the drug

business, which he followed for a

, and in 1880 he remov

ed to Bridgeport, where

he became connected with Samuel

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R. Wilmot, who had established the American Belt Tin & Tube Company. They formed a
partnership under the firm style of Wilmot, Hobbs & Company, which later became the
Wilmot & Hobbs Manufacturing Company. The business proved a profitable one and after
some years' connection therewith Mr. Hobbs sold out and entered into relations with E.
N. Sperry. At length he purchased the interest of his partner and formed the present
company, which for a time operated under the name of the Bridgeport Hardware Manu-
facturing Company, as successors to the liridL;.|Mirt Aliiniifacturing Company, which was
organized in 1895. In 1902 a reorganizatimi \mi~ ,il,rtr>l under the name of the Bridge-
port Hardware Manufacturing Corporation. J hr iii~t I.Hiitinn was on Knowlton street and
in 1900 a removal was mmlr to Xo. liil liuni>t;iii avrnnr, wlirn- thfy built a saw-tooth
factory which was destroy. ■.! I.y t'w,- in rin:.'. Tlii- nr, r~~it,i t^.l the rental of space on
Housatonic avenue for a ynv Imt in I'hiI tli.' plant \\;i- i rim ill at the former location.
At that time the factory wa-, ali..nl .,n,. linnand by on.. Innniivd and fifty feet, two
stories in height with lia-nniil an. I ..i ,.nii null ...nstvuction. In 1915 an addition was
built si.xty by two huncln.! an.l t.n t..i. t\v.. ~t..ries and basement, and this is a brick
building of mill construction, the entire |ilant In-ing equipped with the sprinkler system.
The office was built in 1910. The plant is equipped with both steam and electric power
and individual motors are used. Two hundred people are employed, of whom twentj'-five
per cent . are skilled workmen. They manufacture hardware specialties, nail pullers, box
openers, wire stretchers and in fact a large variety of products, including the "Perfect slid-
ing door." Their output is sold all over the world to jobbers only, and the business is
enjoying a steady and substantial growth. The officers of the company are: Willis F.
Hobbs. president: Harry B. Curtis. trea<^urer; an.l Artlnir 1. Piatt, secretary. In addition
to his .'llii'i- iniev.'-t- \li. Il.il.li- i- a .1 i r.-.f. .r .if tli.' ( '..nn.'.-t iout Bank and a trustee of the

In l^si Mr. ||.,|,l„ \,a^ niani.d t.. Mis.. l'l..nn,/.' Iv Wilmot, a daughter of Samuel
R. and Sarah M. (Gurnsey) Wilmot. They have one son, Cliflord R., who is engaged in
the railway business and who is a graduate of the high school and of the Peck University
School.

ilr. Hobbs li.dils in.niljer-liip in tli.' Init.'.l ( ..n^jLuat ional church, also in the Seaside
Club and his j.i.lili.al -.u|i|i..it is -iv.n t.. tli.^ r. imMi.an party. Of the Seaside Club he
served as presi.leiit i.ir .di.- t.im. II. is a \.iy |)i.iiiiiiii nt member of the Manufacturers
Association, of which lie served as the tre;;~nr.i hn \\\ •■ years and as president for two
years. He was also the organizer of tlie .Manuia. i ni .is (liorus, a social feature of the
Manufacturers Association. It is characteristi. ..l him that what he attempts he accom-
plishes. His plans are always well defined ;uid .ai.'tully and promptly executed, with the
result that his powers have developed and in the utilization of his opportunities he has
reached a position of distinction in the business circles of Bridgeport.

REV. THOMAS J. SYNNOTT.

Rev. Thomas J. Synnott began his labors at St. Augustine's church in Bridgeport in
August, 1852, entering upon a pastorate that covered over thirty-two years. In this field
he gave evidence of the possession of a high degree of tact, patience and courage, combined
with unconquerable confidence and faith in his work and unusual financial capacity. It was

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a time when authority had to be exercised firmly, yet withal in a spirit of fatherly kindness.
He was equal to every demand made upon him and his conduct of affairs elicited the praise
of those above him in the church.

Rev. Synnott was a native of Ireland and was ordained to the priesthood April 11, 1851.
In the first years of his ministry he enlarged St. James' church, built St. Mary's church, then
at the conn 1 ul ( k >k iit avenue and Church street, and also was Instrumental in building
St. Thomas' iliui.li ;il lairlicld. With splendid foresight and judgment he purchased the fine
lot at till' KHii.'i- (.1 \\ a^^liiiigton avenue and Pequonnock street, in Bridgeport, and thereon

Catliiili, fiiilli. rih' cni iKTstone was laid August 25, 1865, and the church was opened for
public U(.i>lii|. .Manh 17, ISOU, being dedicated under the title of St. Augustine in June, 1868,
by Bishop iicPiiarland. The erection of St. Agnes' convent next claimed his attention,
although he did not live to see it completed.

When his last illness came upon him he was engaged in improving forty acres of land
in the north part of the city. Among his last acts of a temporal character was the purchase
of the Billiii^^ ]ii«iiicrty, now used as a parochial residence. He died April 30, 1884, at the
age of siNty-i\ y'ai>. in the old parochial residence on Pequonnock street. The Rev.
Augustine Ibwitt, C. S. P.. pronounced the funeral service, saying: "As a citizen he was
upright, honest and sincere, as a priest he was a firm upholder of the doctrines of the church
and always solicitous of the spiritual welfare of his flock. The cause of education found in
him an earnest champion. He was a member of the board of education for several years
and during that time not only maintained kindly relations with his colleagues but endeared
himself alike to teachers and pupils."

STANLEY T. KELLOGG.

Stanley T. Kellogg, conducting both a wholesale and retail business in motorcycles in
Bridgeport, was lioni in Fairfield, Connecticut, December 30, 1884. His father, Oiarles D. H.
Kellogg, has now iiassed away, but his mother, who bore the maiden name of Annie Sophia
Terrill, is -till livini.'. Tlu' first fourteen years of his life Stanley T. Kellogg spent upon

the home I; , \\i(h iln' educational opportunities offered in the rural schools. In 1898 he

came to lii iil;_'i'iini t, where lie attended school for one year and then, when a lad of fifteen,
he began earning his own living, working for a time as a messenger boy. He was also
employed for a period in a dry goods store and by the Bridgeport Brass Company, and in
1906 he became an employe of the Hendee Manufacturing Company, the makers of the
Indian motorcycle. On the 24th of Deceiiibir, lOnvi, lie became connected with the Excelsior
Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company, with which lie has since been associated, and he
now sells the excelsior motorcycle in i;ho,le I>lan.l. i unnecticut and eastern New York and
also handles the Henderson motorcycle in Cunnecticut. He was formerly a famous track
rider, beginning in 1902, and he held all the motorcycle records and championships from 1906
until 1908 inclusive in amateur work, never becoming a professional. Through his expert
riding, however, he won eighteen cups and sixty medals. He has always been interested in
all phases of outdoor life and sports and he is now greatly interested in aviation and has been
associated with Glenn Curtis, Lincoln Beachey and other famous flyers. In the sale of the
Excelsior and Henderson motorcycles he conducts both a wholesale and retail business
and his trade has now reached very large and gratLi\ini: propurtions.

On the 12lh of April, 1909, Mr, Kellogg was mariud I,, Mi-s Nellie Clark and they have
had two children: Stanley T., who died in intan.y; an.l i lark Terrill, a year old. Mr.
Kellogg belongs to Hampden Lodge, A. F. & A. il., ot t^pringrield, Massachusetts. His wife
has membership in the Congregational church. He is also identified with the Seaside Club,
the Pequonnock Yacht Club, the Seaside Gun Club, the Connecticut Trap Shooters' Association

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and the Federation of American Motorcyclists. He enjoys almost every form of outdoor
sports and he has those iiualities which make for popularity among those who stand for
clean, straight sport.

DAVID FOWLER WOOLSEY.

There is much historic interest that centers around the name of I);ivid Fowler Woolsey
and his family. He was born in Newburgh, New York. Manli :;, isiis, ami in New Y'ork
city learned the carpenter's trade. In 1850 he removed with his family Iroiii .lordan, New
York, to Bridgeport and became connected with the carriage makiiiL' liusincss ,,i ,J. Mott &
Company on State street, remaining with that firm as long a- tiny rcntimnd as active
agents in the field. They built carriages and coaches and alwa\s had a mu carriage for
the governor of the state upon his inauguration. Mr. Woolsey had charge of the finishing
department, so that his work was of a most important and responsible character. He was
the inventor of a coach handle for the door which would open from both the inside and
outside and upon this secured a patent. After the firm of J. Mott & Company discontinued
business Mr. Woolsey lived retired until his death.

In New Y'ork, on the 24th of December, 1828, David F. Woolsey was united in marriage
to Miss Sarah Ann Burr, a daughter of Nathaniel and Sally Burr. The former was a son
of Isaac and Abigail (Beardsley) Burr and Isaac Burr was a son of Captain Nathaniel and
Mary (Turney) Burr, of Fairfield, in whose family were four children. Captain Burr was a
watchmaker and jeweler and had a shop on Main .street in Fairfield. When the British burned
the town in 1779 Mrs. Burr in a panic threw the old family Bible, the silverware and an
iron pot into the well and some time afterward all were recovered. The British after setting
fire to the house left the place and the family rushed back, putting out the fire by using
pans of milk. They just saved their home, which is now one of the attractive old historic
spots of Connecticut. It was at the home of Captain Nathaniel Burr that the birth of
Aaron Burr occurred, his mother being on a visit there at the time. The ancestral line is
traced back to a much more remote period, the founder of the family in America being
Jehu Burre, who was born in England about 1600 and died in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1670.
His son, Nathaniel Burr, was probably born at Springfield about 1640 and he was made
a freeman in Fairfield in 1664. He served as constable in 1669 and was a representative
to the colonial legislature in 1692, 1693, 1694 and 1695. He married Sarah Ward and
their son, Nathaniel Burr, became a lawyer of prominence in the colony. In 1696 he was
deputy for Fairfield. He wedded Susannah Lockwood, of Fairfield, a daughter of Lieutenant
Joseph Lockwood, and among tlicir cliildrcn was Taptain Nathaniel Burr, who wedded Mary
Turnej', and to them weic Imin ii<\ir rliilclnn, lliu- tli.' linr nf il.-.tut (Mines on down
through their son Isaac to N:if li;iiii.>l llim-. wIm. wa- tli.' tatlirr n\ Mr-. Woi.lsry. He mar-
ried Sally Burr and they had a family nf six eliildr.ai. Kri-sill A., •lolni, H.nry, Sarah A.,
Rufus and Theodore. Of these Sarah A. was born April 2, ISll, and on the 24th of Decem-
ber, 1828, gave her hand in marriage to David F. Woolsey, of Bridgeport. To them were
born eight children, of whom six lived to adult age. Mary L. became the wife of John H.
Proud and has passed away, but her daughter. Miss Mary W. Proud, is living in Bridgeport.
Sarah J. became the wife of Richard S. De Lamater, of Hartford, a well known photographer,
but is now deceased. They were the parents of Captain Richard W. De Lamater, of Hart-
ford. Electa married Charles H. Curtis, of Bridgeport, but is now deceased. Susan A.
became the wife of Noble G. Olds, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who was a manufacturer of
wheels, it being the largest factory of its kind in the country. They were married in
Bridgeport, October 15, 1873, and Mr. Olds passed away in April, 1876, since which time
Mrs. Olds has made her home in Bridgeport. John H., the ne.\t of the family, died in 1896.

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He was in the naval service in the Civil war. Augusta W. became the wife of James
Eadie, December 24, 1868. He was bom in Thorapsonville and was connected with the
Underwood Typewriter Company at Hartford, but is now a resident of Bridgeport. The
death of Mrs. Woolsey occurred June 14, 1886, when in her seventy-sixth year. Mr. Woolsey
long survived and was ninety-four years and four months old when on the 30th of June.
1902, he was called to his final rest. They were members of the Baptist church.- They had
long been widely and prominently known in Bridgeport, Mrs. Woolsey representing one of
the old New England families, their record being inseparably interwoven with the families
of Fairfield.

W. S. AlILLS.

W. S. Mills, now treasurer of the W. S. Mills Company, was one of the first to spe-
cialize in the manufacture of underwear for infants and children and has carried on busi-
ness along this line since 1889. No matter in how much fantastic theorizing one may
indulge as to the cause of success we must finally reach the conclusion that indefatigable
industry and close ;i]i|ili(ati<iii an- the tuundatinn of all legitimate prosperity, a fact
which finds further \ eiitiratiun in the life ier,.i,l ui Mr. Mills.

A native of .Maine, Air. Mill- hu- l.uiii at Xmth Yarmouth, July 26, 1862, a son of
Bwight P. and Sarah A. (S.killinysi Mill.-, the inruier a native of Norfolk, Connecticut, and
the latter of North Yarmouth, Maine. The fatliei was :i nianufaeturer of underwear and
developed the Dunham Hosiery Company, a business ikjw emnlueted under the name of the
Dunham Mills, Incorporated. Of this lie was manager trum 1876 until 1914, when he
Tetir,ed from active business life at the age of eighty-one years. Now, at the age of
eighty-four, he is enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves. Our sub-
ject is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and on the paternal side traces
his ancestry back to one of Parson Hookers flock who founded the settlement at Wind-
sor, Connccticvit.

W. S. Mills acquired a public school education and later attended the Russell Military
.School at New Haven, Coniieet i. ut. He reeeived his early business training under the
direction of his father, with whcni he remained nntil 1888, learning much concerning the
manufacture of knitted gnod-. He aitiiw.nd traveled as mechanical expert for the Wil-
limantic Linen Company for a year, at the end of which time he or'_'aiiized his present
business in 1889 for the manufacture of underwear. His first fartery was at Haihiay
avenue and Warren street in Bridgeport, where he rented prii|Hrty. I mm the lie;.'in-
ning the business steadily grew and developed, and in 1893 lie Iniilt a laetory at >>.). SO
Parallel street, a four story structure forty by two hundred feet. It is of mill construc-
tion and is equipped with a sprinkler system. The electric power is generated in a plant
of their own, and the building is equipped with the latest improved machinery for turn-
ing out the product. They emiiloy about one liundred [leople. seventy-five per cent being
female operators. They manularture infants' ami ehihiren's knit underwear, this mill
being one of the first to speeiali/.e in tliis line. They were also pioneers in making infants'
goods on the circular knitting frames. l'i\.' traveling' -ah-nien re]iresent the house on the
road in the sale of the product to retail, r- tlin.uL'hout the I i,it,,l stat.s and Canada, and the
faetury has a capacity of over two hundred and litty d../en per day. They manufacture
all grades of goods from the medium |.rieed to the beoL silk garments, and their trade-
mark, Little Princess, is a recognized standard of quality. The reputation of the house for
good goods, reasonable prices and honorable dealing is indicated in the fact that they are
now selling to the second generation of buyers. For a time the business was conducted
imder tlie firm style of Mills & Company, but in 190G was incorporated as the W. S. Mills

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Company, and the officers are: D. P. Jlills. president; Samuel Lauterback, vice president;
T. I. Ferguson, secretary; and W. S. Mills, treasurer. The business has enjoyed a substan-
tial and steady growth from the beginning, and it stands as the visible evidence of the well
spent life of its promoter.

In 1893 Mr. Mills was united in marriage to Miss Clara March of Shelburne Falls,
Massachusetts, and they now have two children. .John D., a student at Yale; and Eleanor,
who is attending high school. Fraternally Mr. ilills is a chapter Mason, and politically
he is a republican. In strictly social connections he has membership with the Algonquin
Club. In his life record conservatism and progressiveness have been evenly balanced, the
one preventing unwarranted risk or failure, the other producing results that have made
him one of the foremost manufacturers in his line in Connecticut.

JAMES GREGORY BURROUGHS.

.Tames Gregory Burroughs, dealer in motorcycles in Bridgeport, is one of the young
men of the city whose enterprise, determination and industry have carried them far beyond

Connecticut. His ;;rrat-jiraiiillatl]< i was tlic l.uililiT ni most nt tlii> ul.l culunial homes
of Fairfield. His father, Stephen Jennings Burroughs, and his mother, Mrs. Annie Bur-
roughs, are still living at Long Hill, where the family has been represented for many
generations.

James Gregory Burroughs was horn at T,ong Hill, Connecticut, September 3, 1889,
and ptnsur.l hi^ r.liicntinii in tlic Shcltim srlidul of liriili^rpDrt and in the high school but
did not i;i:Hlii:iti. Ill his ycnthfiil ihiys lir woiki'd ou ;i t:irm for a time and afterward
spent three years in mercantile linrs. L.itcr he ciitcnMl the employ of Stanley T. Kellogg,
a dealer in Excelsior motorcycles, whose business he finally purrlLas<Ml. ronducting it in
1912 and 1913. On the expiration of that period he turned the Inisiiics^ l.a.k tn Mr. Kellogg
and accepted the agency for the Harley-Davi<lson motorcycles for Fairli.ld county and opened
business at the present location at Xo. ^^0(1 State street. Him.' he now enjoys a good trade
in motorcycles. He was formerly well kiio\\ii in spnitin;; lirclc-, li;i\iii;j taken part in races,
but he sustained a serious injury in racing; for the liisiiull tni|i|iy on Long Island in 1913
and has not raced since.

In 1913 Mr. Burroughs was united In marriage to Miss Mary Dunn and they have two
children: JIarian Elizabeth, born in 1914; and Marjorie Bonnell, born in 1916. Mr. Bur-
roughs belongs to the Federation of American Motorcyclists and is also a member of the
Improved I Irdii- of Hod .Men. His religious faith is indicatod liy his membership in the
Episcopal rliuirli oi l..,iiL> Hill. Ho is now .■oMiplctini: a line dMintiy home at Long Hill,

WILLIAM LILL ZEPP.

The personnel of the Bridgeport bar is such as may well be a matter of pride to the
city. The reiiri-seiitativis of tli'> profession here are on the whole men of high character and
of pronoiinr.d jl.ility .\nioiiL' tlio~i> wlm liave won a creditable name and place in connection
with llie |ii:oti..' oi \:,\\ in 1 .liili'M ronnty is William Lill Zepp, who, embracing every
opportunity, .pnilillc'd lor :iiti\o |.r:i.tirr and was admitted in 1908. He was born in this
city May 18, 1872, a son of Jacob and Katherine (Lill) Zepp, both of whom have passed

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away. They were natives of Germany but became acquainted and were married in Bridge-
port. The father, who died in 1894, was an old-time grocer and provision merchant of this
city, embarking in that business prior to the Civil war. It was on the 19th of July, 1862,
that he wedded Katherine Lill and on the 26th of April, 1894, he departed' this Ufe, while
his wife survived until December, 1914. Although of German birth she was of French
descent. In their family were thirteen children, eight of whom reached years of maturity,
while seven are yet living, all residents of Bridgeport. These are Mrs. Nellie Knablin, Mrs.
Cora Barnum, Katherine, William Lill, Mrs. Antonia Stiner, Mrs. Frances Wright and Carl.

William L. Zepp has spent his entire life in his native city and after attending the
public schools he completed a business course by night study. He afterward worked in a
carriage factory in the day time and from 1902 until 1904 he was clerk of the probate court
of Bridgeport. While occupying that position he was devoting every possible moment to
the study of law and after attending the Yale Law School for two years he completed his
preparation for the bar in the law department of Mercer University at Macon, Georgia.
There he was graduated in 1908, after which he was admitted to the bar in Macon and
two years later passed the required examination that made him a member of the Connecti-
cut bar. Since that time he has given his attention to general practice in Bridgeport and
his ability is attested by his growing clientage, which has connected him with considerable
important litigation heard in the courts of the district.

Mr. Zepp has also found time to actively participate in public aflfairs. He is a democrat
in his political views and he served for three years in the capacity of health commissio
as a member of the board, having been appointed by the mayor. He is now serving for
the third term on that board and during the infantile paralysis epidemic of 1916 he took
a most active part in the campaign to prevent tlie spread of the disease. The present splen
didly equipped health department of Bridgeport is the outgrowth of this campaign and Mr.
Zepp was an enthusiastic and untiring worker in bringing about this result. He is
Odd P'ellow and a past chief patriarch of Stratfield Encampment. His religious faith is
evidenced by his membership in the Congregational church. He is fond of outdoor sports and
country life and he also enjoys travel. In 1900 he visited Europe and the home of his
ancestors and traveled extensively through Germany, England, Ireland, France, Holland
and Austria and attended the Paris Exposition. He greatly appreciates the opportunities
of travel, knowing there is no better educator, and from experiences of this character he
has learned many interesting lessons.

WALTER F. FOLEY.

On, the roster of Bridgeport's lawyers appears the name of Walter F. Foley, who has
here practiced since 1913, at which time he was twenty-two years of age. He was born
in Middletown, Connecticut, September 15, 1890, a son of Daniel J. and Ellen M. (Boyle)
Foley. The father, who was born at South Manchester, Connecticut, January 12, 1840,
was a son of Charles Foley, who came from Ireland. Daniel J. Foley was a machinist
by trade and for a considerable period lived in Hartford, Connecticut, serving for twelve
years as a member of the city council there. He died in 1909 and his widow now makes
her home at Stratford, near Bridgeport. She, too, is of Irish lineage, her father being
James Bo3'le, who came from Ireland.

In 1899 Walter F. Foley accompanied his parents on their removal from Middletown
to Bridgeport and here he attended St. Mary's School, from which he was graduated with
the class of 1905. He afterward became a student in the University Preparatory School,
in which he completed his course in 1908, and then spent a year in the Y^ale Law School.
In 1911 he finished his law studies at the University of Cliattanooga in Chattanooga,

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Tennessee, and was admitted to practice at tlie bar of that state in August, 1911, while
on the 16th of January, 1912, he was admitted to the Connecticut bar. He has since
followed his profession in Bridgeport, giving his attention to the general practice of law,
and he is a member of both the local and state bar associations.

On the 4th of June, 1913, Mr. Foley was married to Miss Helen E. Sharon, of Bridge-
port, who was born here April 12, 1894, a daughter of Peter A. and Mary E. (Early) Sharon,
who were natives of this state. Mrs. Foley is of Irish and French descent. Mr. and Mrs.
Foley hold membership in St. Charles' Roman Catholic church and he is a Knight of Colum-
bus. His political support is given to the republican party and for two years he served
as justice of the peace but otherwise has not held public office, preferring to concentrate

WHEELER FAMILY.

The Wheeler family of Stratford, represented now by one of its descendants, Miss
Augusta Wheeler, is one of the best known and most prominent of the families of this
section of the state. Moses Wheeler, the founder of the family, died in Stratford in 1690,
at the ripe old age of one hundred years, and was buried in the old Congregational church
cemetery, for which a fund has recently been raised that will keep the cemetery in good
condition for many years to come. Moses Wheeler, son of Moses Wheeler (1), made his
home in Stratford and married Sarah Nichols. They were tlie parents of Ephraim Wheeler,
who also resided in Stratford and who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His
son, Samuel Wheeler, was born in Stratford in 1757, and he, too, espoused the cause of
the colonies in the struggle for independence, giving valuable aid to the American soldiers.
He afterward built what was known as the Wheeler mill. He was widely known and was
a strong and active factor in the community where he made his home. He was twice
married, his first wife being Sarah Moorehouse, while in 1781 he wedded Hannah Hally.
His death occurred in June, 1815.

Captain Samuel Wheeler, a son of Samuel Wheeler, was born at Stratford, September
10, 1777, and followed a seafaring life, becoming owner of the vessel China. He, too,
was widely and favorably known in the community where he made his home. He wedded
Annie Curtis, a daughter of Abijah and Phebe (Clarke) Curtis, a granddaughter of Daniel
Curtis and a great-granddaughter of Daniel Curtis. Sr. Thej', too, were of one of the
oldest families of Stratford. Captain Samuel Wheeler died in Stratford, February 28,
1858, and was buried in Union cemetery. Both he and his wife were devoted members of
the Episcopal church. She passed away in 1831 and her remains were also interred in
Union cemetery.

Their son. Captain Isaac Wheeler, was born in Stratford, May 2, 1800, and was liberally
educated for his day. He, too, took up a seafaring life and was the owner of several \
sels, including the Parthena, the Commodore Jones, the E. P. Burton and the Falcon. He
followed the coastwise trade and was noted fur liis fearlessness and bravery. He was a
man of iron nerve and strong will power and was re;nly ^it any time to risk his life for a
friend. It is said that while he was on a sailiiiL' tii[i t.i I'.oston he took with him on his
vessel a young son of a friend who was swept dviMlmanl (hiiiiiL; a storm. Captain Wheeler
immediately jumped into the raging sea and biuULilit tlir Ijuy back to the vessel safe.
Widely known, he was also very popular and lie cuniiniied a valued resident of Stratford
up to the time of his demise, which occurred at his Broad street home in August, 1867.
He held membership in Christ Episcopal church and guided his life by its teachings. In
politics he was a stanch democrat. In every relation he displayed those qualities which
command confidence, goodwill and high regard. He was married in Stratford to Catharine

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Lewis, a native of tliat place and a daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Philo and Charity
(Curtis) Lewis, tlie former a soldier of the Revolutionary war and a lieutenant colonel
of the \\:\T ..f IM::. Mis. Wheeler died September 10, 1882, and was laid to rest by the
side of liir hii-liaii.l. slio had been most true in all the relations of wifehood and mother-
hood ami slio \\a> also a consistent member of the Episcopal church. In their family were
six children: Everett Lewis, deceased; Maria T.,' who became the wife of Daniel Hatch
and both have passed away; Mary Howe, who became the wife of Alexander Pratt, deceased;
Moses H., who died in Bridgeport, Connecticut, leaving one son, Robert Brown ^Vheeler,
of Boston, and throe daughters, Elizabeth Nash, Harriett, who married Edward O. Goss, of
Waterhury, r,,7iiicrti. iil, and Catherine Middlebrook; Augusta; and Caroline Olivia, who

Miss Auj!usta Wheeler, the only living member of the family of Captain Isaac Wheeler,
was born in Stratford and attended the public schools and an academy and also Miss Ward's
school of Bridgeport. She was for a number of years in Bridgeport and assisted in the care
of the Hatch estate. She gave much care and attention to her mother in her declining years
and has since devoted her time largely to charitable and other good works. She is a most
consistent member of the Episcopal church and takes a very active and helpful part in its
work. She is also ah ardent supporter of the cause of woman suffrage and was among the
founders of the Woman's Sufffage Association in Stratford, of which she has been treasurer.
She Is a leader in all good works and is opposed to all sham and hypocrisy. She belongs
to the Red Cross Society and is eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Dames, the
Daughters of the AnMricaii K.Milution and the Society of the War of 1812. She is a mem-
ber of the Andrew \\ ail A-^d. lation and for many j'ears has been interested in the Bridge-
port Protestant (ir|iliaii~ .\~-'m lation. She makes her home on Broad street in Stratford,
having for a coiii|iaiiM.ii Mi-^ Alma ('. rnrtis, a native of Stratford and a daughter of
Charles D. and Klizahrtli A. (I'ort.ri iinti-. thr former a well known contractor and
builder of Stratford hi In- .la\-. .icriin^: a laiui' miinber of dwellings of the city. He and
his wife and their liauylitor (Jiiistiiui diid in Stratford and Miss Alma is now Miss Wheeler's
constant companion.

EDGAR BEERS.

Edgar Beers, a progressive business man of Bridgeport, handling sash, doors, blinds and
trimmings and doing a general line of contract work of that clmracter, has been a life!
resident of Connecticut. He was born in New Canaan, April 10, 1848, and comes of English
ancestry, probably being dosrpiirlrd from .Tolin Boers, a native of England, who arrived in
new world in early colonial day- Hi- fatliir. lli.liar.l llnrs, remained for some year
resident of New Canaan but in l-.i.". lomuvod with hi- family to New Haven. He wa
shoemaker by trade and tlm- |.iMvi.lo,l fur tlir sup|i.>rt of his wife, who bore the maiden
name of Jane Ann ScofieM, and tlirir nine cliildren.

Edgar Beers was a littl<- lad ..f but seven summers at the time of the removal to New
Haven, where he acquired a juililic ?f liool education, \\nien a youth of seventeen he responded
to the country's call for troops, enlisting in 1865 in the Seventeenth United States Infantry,
with which he served for three years, being in the south during the reconstruction period,
most of that time in Texas. In 1868 he returned to New Haven and on the 29th of June,
1869, came to Bridgeport. Here he began work at box making in the employ of the W.
Swords Lumber Company, with which he remained for more than a quarter of a century.
He left that employ, however, in 1895, after which he was connected with the Tomlin
Lumber Company until 1905. He then established business on his own account along sim

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lines, handling sasli, doors, blinds and house triinraings. Hf also does a penfial line of
contract work and has enjoyed a growing patronage sincf st:iitiiiL' "iit iiidc'iiendcntly.

On the 9th of November, 1371, Mr. Beers was united in marriai^e t.. .Miss IJlen Disbrow,
of Bridgeport, who was born at Easton. Connecticut, and passed away ■lauiiary 15, 1876. On
the 13th of June, 1877, Mr. Beers was married to Miss Carrie Nichols, of Nichols, Connecticut,
who departed this life on the 22d of .June, 190.'i. She was a sister of Bradley Nichols. His
present wife bore the maiden name of Miss Carrie Hartnian and was born in Bordentown,
New Jersey. This marriage was celebrated June 19, 1907. Mr. Beers has two children
by his second wife, Frank D. and Louis E., both of whom are in business with their father.
Mr. Beers holds membership in the Episcopal church and his political opinions accord witli
the platform of the republican party. He has never sought nor desired public office but has
given undivided attention to his business interests and his intelligently directed efl'orts have

^^^LLIAM e. parker.

William E. Parker, production superintendent of the American Graphophone Company,
was born in Hartford, Connecticut, December 14, 1869. and at the usual age became a public
school pupil, passing through consecutive grades to the hish sehonl. His initial step in
the business world was made as an employe nf (..It's j'at.nt I'ir.arnis ('..iniMiiy and Ills
natural mechanical skill and ingenuity wen. .1. \. I. .[..•. 1 in that . ..nn.il i..n. Later he went
to Washington, D. C, to develop the Monotype ina.hine ami built the lirst model for L. W.
Lanson, the inventor. He afterward became connected with the American Ordnance Com-
pany, occupying a position in the model room for a year. His connection with the American
Graphophone Company dates from January 29, 1897, at which time he became foreman in
the experimental room. At that period the output of the plant was but twenty- live machines
per day. Later he was given charge of the laboratory and afterward was advanced to the
position of general inspector. He next served a,s nieclianical engineer, afterward as
chief inspector and as chief of the laboratory and since 1916 has been production superin-
tendent. Thus step by step he has gone on in the business until his position is one of large
responsibility, contributing to the success of the unified whole that is made up of many
complex business interests, callintr for highly specialized work in every department.

On the 4th of June, l.Siil, Mr. Parker was married to Miss Marie K. Myers, ..f Mi.hHe-
town, Connecticut, the weddiny l"ini: , .•lehrat..! in Hartford. Mr. Parker exer.is,.s liis rii^lit
of franchise in support of tlie m.ii .iii.l imasnr.s ..1' the republican party, lie attends the
Episcopal church and he is an active member of the Masonic fraternity, havin;.' attained
the Knight Templar degree in the York Rite and the thirty-second degree in the Smttisli
Rite. He is captain general of the conimandery, is a member of the Jlystic Sluiiie and a
member of the Patrol. His appreciation for the social amenities of life here finds expres-
sion and he is a valued representative of the craft.

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native son of Scotland, his birth having occurred in Glasgow, December 18, 1878, his parents
being Daniel and Martha (Elliott) Smith, now residents of Bridgeport. He was but three
or four years of age when brought by his parents to America. They landed in New York
city and afterward went to Springfield, Massachusetts, whence they later removed to Holyoke,
Massachusetts. Subsequently they resided for a time at Florence, Massachusetts and then
came to Bridgeport, so that Archibald E. Smith pursued his education in the public schools
of this city. His opportunities were somewhat limited, however, for he had to begin work
early and from that time forward has been dependent upon his own resources. He was
first employed as a cash boy and later as elevator boy, while subsequently he worked in the
office of the Frank Miller Lumber Company, and in the cost department of the Bridgeport
Brass Company. He became connected with his present line of business in 1909 as manager.
He has complete charge of the retail store, which is located at No. 1040 Main street, and
of the ice cream department. He takes great pride in the splendid quality of the Lane
products and uses nothing but the best materials in the manufacure of both ice cream
and candy, making no so-called cheap candy or ice cream. Within the past few years
the raw materials used have increased in price on an average of seventy-five per cent, but
the selling price has advanced only twenty-five per cent. Mr. Smith closely studies every
phase of the business and from time to time puts upon the market something new in
the line which he handles, catering to discriminating taste.

Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Maud Lane, daughter of Charles D. Lane,
and they have one son, Kenneth Lane. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church
and Mr. Smith belongs also to the Royal Arcanum and the Seaside Club, associations that
indicate something of the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct.

ANTHONY S. AMBROSE.

By taking one peep on the firmament of mankind it will be revealed that some men
shine more brilliantly on the horizon of success than others, and those who have won promi-
nence, distinction and success have invariably commanded it as the spoils of a struggling
life. The fruits of labor are sweet no matter how bitter the labor may be, and a study of
the lives of men who have really made a mark will unfold that hard work is the only trust-
worthy road to fortune.

In the year 1882, Anthony S. Ambrose, a youth but fifteen years of age, blue-eyed,
big-boned, sturdy and penniless left his home in Slovakia, Hungary, to wrestle as a pioneer
among his people with the hardships of a new land. Born of humble parents, Albert and
Agnes Ambrose, his father of a Moravian Slovak descent, Anthony, the second son, was
given educational advantages and attciidinfr school in Hungary till fifteen years of age
he proved to be an apt pupil, slmwiui; a strong adaptability along literary lines.

Mr. Ambrose when arriving in the United States located himself in Plymouth. Penn-
sylvania, where he stayed for two years, working in the mines, stores, foundries and other
industries. After conquering the difliculties of language, custom and prejudice, and seeing
the need of a means of enliffhteninir his people on the customs and traditions of their newly
adopted home, he entered tlic luu ,pai . r fiidd and in 1890 established a newspaper of his own
at Plymoutli, which was |iiilili^ln d in tlir Slovak language. The publication was continued
for several years in the w.nk of iMliuatiiig the Slovaks and teaching them to be good
Americans. It was later sold, however, but Mr. Ambrose resumed editorship of it. and he
was in the newspaper business almost continuously from 1886 until 1910.

Believing that he could be of more value to his countrymen while residing in New Y'ork
city the editor took his abode there and entered the banking firm of C. B. Richard & Com-
pany at No. 61 Broadway, remaining there until 1894. when he became a member of the

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banking firm of Rovnianek & Company of Pittsburgh and New York, Mr. Ambrose acting as
manager of the New York office. This firm issued a line of daily, weekly and monthly pub-
lications in the Slovak language, and Jlr. Ambrose did considerable writing for those papers
and periodicals, as well as others, under the pen-name of Llewellyn. Wliile instilling tlie
principles of free-;i|Htrh. ncTdom ul worship, and defending the Slovak piMipK' Imni Hun-
garian molestatiini wliil.' in thi- runntiv, and bringing before the Aniniran piilili, the
ideals and tlie Imjir^ dt tlir M,i\ (ithjii^. his popularity grew; he became onr ul tin nm^t
influential men in America witli this race of people; they found him to be ahnusi indis-
pensable, and honored him by electing liim the supreme president of the National Slavonic
Society of the United States of America. He was repeatedly reelected and held office for
eleven years. He accomplished much while president, and it can be safely said that no man
ever did more toward bringing the Slovak in America to a more understanding level than has
Anthony S. Ambrose. He looms as one of the leading men of Slovak blood in America toda}'.
The call for Ambrose was not done. Under the auspices of the National Slavonic Society a
movement of back to the farms was launched. Several thousand acres of land was purchased
in Arkansas and Maryland, and colonizing was encouraged. Ambrose was the man picked
to do the work, and he did it.

The educating of Slovaks while in America to a marked degree lessened the strength
of Austria-Hungary's shackles upon these people, even though across the waters. Austria-
Hungary became infuriated. Ambrose's voice and pen made the Slovaks good Americans.
The birthland did not like this. She became jealous. Ambrose hit Austria-Hungary and hit
her hard. Due to his work on the literary field among his countrymen he was put on the
government black list in Hungary, and his experiences with the Hungarian government
and its officials are both extensive and interesting. He is an American to the core — an
admirer of Roosevelt — and while working for his oppressed people abroad he urges every
Slovak residing here to become an American citizen.

During the Russo-Japanese war he did considerable work for the Russian government
and contributed through collections and otherwise to the Russian Red Cross. In fact Mr.
Ambrose was a great factor in Russian diplomacy, and a post of Russian consulship was
offered him whicli he refused because he did not have faith in the old regime of the Russian
government. His manifold activities during the present world's war not only in obtaining
recruits for the United States but also his efforts for the freedom of the Slav, and this in
connection with controlling two businesses, reveals the astounding vitality of the man. From
private sources, we understand that during the present war Mr. Ambrose has done work
which, at the present writing, is not permissible in print.

On lecture tours he has encircled the United States several times, and the people of
Bridgeport have experienced that this gentleman has the faculty of gripping his audience.
In Boston his memorable debate with Count Albert Apponyi resounded throughout the
country. His travels through Europe, Mexico, Cuba and Bermuda capacitated him as an
interesting lecturer but he is always at home when speaking on the Slavonic question. He
is well informed on the history of the Slavonians' past, and foresees the future in a bright
light.

Mr. Ambrose la now conspicuous in the manufacturing enterprises of Bridgeport. In
1902 he organized the Ambrose Company of Bridgeport, a wholesale liquor business managed
by his brother Frank. He in 1915 made this city his home, where his parents have spent
their last years.

And now at fifty this grand "young man" of the world has entered the manufacturing
field, and as president of the Connecticut Canvas Manufacturing Company at 157 Stratford
avenue he is following up the profession of Omar by making tents. In fact the field is not
limited as anything that is made of canvas is produced at that establishment. The working
force is now about seventy-five and will within a short time be almost doubled. One busi-
ness alone being incapable of commanding all of this active man's attention he established

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the Ambrose Luggage Shop at 288 Fairfield avenue, and besides managing these two estab-
lishments he still finds time to help his fellowman. He has high hopes for Bridgeport, and
inasmuch that this city is yet to be built, Mr. Ambrose's past will no doubt enable him
to assist considerably in bringing about what the people call "a greater Bridgeport." He
has figured conspicuously politically but no ulterior motive was behind it. He is a politician
to attain ideals and does not use it as a means of livelihood.

In 1891 Mr. Ambrose was united in marriage to Miss Mary Tesiny of Bridgeport, who
died in 1903, leaving three children : Arthur H., Clayton G. and Daniel A. In 1904 he wedded
Helen Tesiny, a sister of his first wife, and they have one child, Esther B.

Mr. Ambrose belongs to the National Union and has attained high rank in Masonry,
being now a Consistorj' Mason and a Mystic Sliriner. His political allegiance is given to
the republican party. "Let your light so shine betore niiTj" rrlati's tin. scriptures, and the
man who is giving the ripest and the best years nl hi> liiC in I'.i LlLKpiii t lias :i past that
shines with glory; a past that any man would icc-l pnnnl to liaviv AiithdMy S. Ambrose
in his life record thus far shows that iiuhistrv ami (■ntirpn>.- i- a -urr fuuiidation upon
which to build, but his success consists not so iniuli m tin' niaiciial tlniii^s of life as it does
in his unflinching, fearless and relcntl. s- hattlc- a-ain-t tyranny tor the liberty of the
weaker men and nations. He is gentle yrt hold, intillc, tiial yot di inociatic, and when his
people shall be counted amongst the nations of the earth the light of Ambrose sliall not
have been fought in vain.

ROBERT L. FORBES.

Robert L. Forbes, doing business in electric signs, scenery and decorating, has in the
conduct of his interests won a, liberal patronage, while his work not only serves the purpose
of advertising but in large measure partakes of the artistic, Mr. Forbes ever .studying that
phase of the question. He was born in Scotland in 1880, and is related to the distinguished
Sir Archibald Forbes. His brother, Archibald, named after Sir Archibald, was killed in the
battle of the Somme, July 31, 1916. He had attained fame in Great Britain as an artist
and was a director of the Art League of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was also a famous
cricket player.

In Scotland, Robert L. Forbes attended the public schools until he reached the age of
fifteen years, after wIlIcIi lie studicil art at nif,'lit sessions of the Greenook Art Academy.
In 1897 he crossed thr .Vtlaiitic to New York rity and soon afterward became an employe
of Rondell of Phila.i.liiliia, a bn.tlinr of th.. di.-^tiiinuishcd artist of that name. He remained
for s.vi-n yrar> in I •liila.liipliia, working and studying, often continuing liis -tu.ly until one
or two i.'rlo.k in the morning, and while there he did all the deidiatiiiL' lor Ih.' Hawthorne
Manura.tniniL' i oinpany. In 1907 he came to Bridgeport to acci-pt tlir inanaL-nnient of the
decorating bu.siuL»s uf the Hawthorne Manufacturing Company, whidi pusitiua he tilled for
two years, when the company discontinued its decorating work. He then started in busi-
ness on his own account on Dewey street and received the contract to do the decorating
for the Barnum &. Bailey circus, which requires five months' work in the winter. In 1913
he removed to his present location and his business developed so rapidly tliat he was obliged
to give up all the actual personal work in order to concentrate hi> oncrfxies u|pon manage-
ment and supervision. Entering the field of electrical sign advertisin,<z, he has placed many
beautiful and imposing signs over the city, including about one hundred electric signs and
four linmlrc'd window signs.

In r.i(it< -Mr. Forbes was married in Bridgeport to Miss Pamelia C. Beatty. He belongs
to Clan Camiibell, also to the Decorators' LTnion, No. 190, and he is as well a member of
the Scottish Historical Society. While he is interested in commercialized art. be has devoted

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to fine painting and some of his canvases have t

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RALPH M. SPEERY.

son of E. N. and Lida A. i)iald\viii> ,-|..ii\, ul,,, uere natives of New Haven. The ancestry
in the paternal lines can he trai.'^l i.:h k tn lli.hard Sperry, who settled in New Haven in
the seventeenth century. Rei)res.iitati\ .■- ,if the name served with the colonies in the
Revolutionary war, and R. M. Sperry is now identified with the Sons .,| tli.- American
Revolution. His father removed to Bridgeport with his family in Ismi ami i^talilished
business under the name of the Monumental Bronze Company, remainiiii; in active con-
nection with the undertaking until 1910, when he retired, although he still retains a financial
interest in the business and is yet i.residcnt of the company. His wife has passed away.
Tn addition to becoming an active factor in the industrial circles of the city, E. N. Sperry
took active part in political life and served as president of the board of police commis-
sioners, also of the board of charities and of the board of trade. In a word he is a most pub-
lic-spirited man, and his interest in the general welfare has been manifested in manj' ways.

His son, Ralph M. Sperry, accpiired a public and high school education and then started
in the business with his father in I'.iOJ. ]],. l„.rain.- . ..nnrctd with the Bridgeport Hard-
ware Manufacturing (Mmpaiiy. one of lii~ tatli.,', Im-m.-s enterprises, and when E. N.
Sperry disposed of his half interest in that uiidii taking. Italjih M. S|ierry became connected
with the Monumental Bronze Company. Thoroughly acquainting himself with the business
he has advanced in his relation thereto and is now vice president and general manager,
directing the policy and shaping the activities of this concern. The other officers are:
E. N. Sperry, president; C. A. Baldwin, secretary: W. E. Phillips, treasurer: and F. R.
Clancy, factor}' manager. As previously stated the business was rstalilislied Ipy E. N.
Sperry in 1880, the plant being located on Barnum avenue near Xiihnls street. A removal
was made to the present location in 1899 and the plant here is two hundred and ten by thrive
hundred feet, a one story building Avith cellar. The company began the maimtarture of
white bronze statues and monumental work, and during the last i\\-<- years its product
has been white metal castings and bronze and aluminum castings for automobiles, etc.
The plant has been rebuilt four times in the past thr.e years in onler to meet the growing
demand of the trade and another plant has been established in Hartford. Employment is
furnished to about one hundred and seventy people, mostly -killed workmen, and the
product is sold direct to manufacturers all over New England and the middle west. The
company does much governninit w.irk of all classes and its output iurludes a large line
of copper bronze tablets, doors, etc which are sold all over th.' Init.d States. During
1916 the company produced over two millicm pounds of all kinds of fa-tin--. In 101(1 the
output was about ten thousand pounds, a fact which indicate- tlr laii] m r, a-, in their
patronage. This department was established to counterbalam e a di j^n --hu,, i,ut ha- grown
into a mammoth business and the old line of output has been di-. cut iuu. .1 until the war
shall have closed.

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III 1915 'Sir. Spfiry was united in marriage to Miss Josepliine Birdseye, a daughter
.f Isaac \\ . l;ii.l-i V.'. lit I'.ridgeport. He is well known in various public connections, being
director nf tin' ( nniuTtiiiit State Automobile Association, also of the Metals Club of New
I'ork. the Aiitiimiiljili- t hib of Bridgeport, of which he was vice president for eight years,
he Automobile Club of America, the Norwalk Country Club, the Racebrook Country Club,
he Seaside Club, the Brooklaw-n Country Club of Bridgeport, the National Founders' Associa-
ion and the Manufacturers' Association of Bridgeport.

SAilLiEL LOWNDS.

Actuated by laudable ambition, Samuel Lownda has advanced steadily in his business
career through the wise utilization of his time, his talents and his opportunities until he
is now idiiiiii ted with an im[i(irtiuit manufacturing interest of Bridgeport as the vice
]iri>iilr?it (if the Hri(li^'e|Hirt r.la>tic I'aliric Company. He was born in Staffordshire, England,
ill l>."it, and ariiiiiie.l a piililir selmol education there. His parents were George and Sarah
(Hamlin) Lownds, who were also natives of England, and the father was a weaver by
trade, as was the grandfather, Samuel Lownds. The family is of Scotch descent and their
history presents a long line of weavers, so that in taking up this work Samuel L. Lownds
followed in the footsteps of his ancestors. In the year 1888 he became a resident of East
Hampton, Massachusetts, where he occupied the position of weaver with the Glendale mills.
The year 1890 witnessed his arrival in Bridgeport and he secured work with the Bridge-
port Webbing Company, there remaining for a decade. On the expiration of that period
he joined Arthur Liggins and Arthur J. Moore in organizing the Bridgeport Elastic Fabric
Company and through the intervening period the business has steadily grown and de-
veloped. Mr. Lownds was the practical man of the firm and much responsibility devolved
upon him. In 1903 they were joined by William Boyd Spencer, whose investment materially
increased their capital stock, and he was elected president of the company. Since that
time the business has grown very rapidly. Their first factory was built at Brooklawn,
Fairfield county, and in November, 1902, a removal was made to 209 Center street, Bridge-
purt. where their factory, a one story structure with a frontage of two hundred feet, con-
tains eight thousand square feet of floor space. They own their property and in 1916
purchased more land in order to make additions to the plant. They manufac-
ture all kiinl- lit iianiiw elastic fabrics, including garters, arm bands and supporters of
silk, cotton ami ini m lizeil materials, specializing in Lisle and silk cable webs. Their trade-
mark is 'Spenier's Special," a name which has become synonymous with excellence in
manufacture and durability of product. They also manufacture the Befco brand of goods.
They employ one hundred people and have fifty-four looms, while the plant is fully
equipped with electric power. The Bridgeport Elastic Fabric Company has become a part
of the Everlastik Company, which has been incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts,
witli the principal office at Boston and with sales office in New York. This business is
capitalized for four million nine hundred thousand dollars and the company has branch
factories at Chelsea, Massachusetts, Bayonne, New Jersey. Pawtucket, Rhode Island,
Lowell. Massachusetts, Brockton, Massachusetts, and Mansfield, Ohio. The Bridgeport fac-
tory has a capacity of fifty thousand yards of elastic per week and the product is sold all
over the world to jobbers and retailers. The present officers of the company are: William
Boyd Spencer, president and treasurer; Samuel Lownds, vice president and plant man-
ager; John T. Cockerell, assistant secretary; and N. H. Downs, assistant plant manager.
Mr. Spencer and Mr. Lownds have been associated in their business interests for twenty-
four years, the latter being the practical man, with Mr. Spencer as business manager, and
their interests have been conducted most successfully. Mr. Lownds advanced the first

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children of the second marriage.

Mr. Lownds is a republican but has had no time nor inclination to seek political
office. His attention outside of business has largely been given to musical interests and
for fifteen years he served as choir master of St. Luke's Episcopal church and has been
solo singer in St. John's church. For the past twenty-four years he has been a member
of the Sons of St. George. A m;ui i>\ lo.iluti' s]iirit. Mr. Lownds has never felt doubtful
as to the outcome of the businos xcntiur intn which he entered in forming the Bridgeport
Elastic Fabric Company. His prcv inu- tiainmi: and experience qualified him to take hold

the lalMii> ail. I ..|, nation of the enterprise that splendid results have accrued and he has
made til. r.i i.l-. |i.'i t I stablishment one of the foremost undertakings of the kind in this

HON. EDWARD EARLE GARLICK.

Hon. Edward Earle Garlick, engaged in the general practice of law as a member of the
firm of Garlick & Swain, has also taken active part in public interests and throughout his
entire life has manifested a spirit of loyalty and progressiveness in municipal and govern-
ment affairs that found its culmination in the offer of his services for active duty on the
Mexican frontier in 1916. He was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, September 18, 1884, a son
of Dr. Samuel M. Garlick, who removed to this city from his old home town of Fairfield,
where he had also follouc.l hi.- profession. He was born in Devonshire, England, and mar-
ried Harriet Trubce Knapp. a representative of an old New England family established on
the American continent in colonial days and represented in the Revolutionary war, so that
Mrs. Garlick is now a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and an active
leader in the work in Bridgeport. She is also a frequent contributor to the National Maga-
zine, published by the Daughters of the American Revolution at Washington, D. C, being
the author of an article entitled Trails of the Old Kings Highway, recently published in
that magazine, and another most interesting article entitled The Heroic Woman. Her writ-
ings have also been published in various other magazines and she is well known in literary
and club circles.

Edward Earle Garlick prepared for college in the Bridgeport public schools and was
graduated from the University school in 1906. He then matriculated in the Yale Law
School and is numbered among its alumni of 1910. In February, 1911, he was admitted

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to the bar in Hartford, Connecticut, and since then has practiced his profession in Bridge-
port. He entered upon active professional work in connection with Chamberlain & Hull,
then as now one of the leading law firms of Bridgeport, and since 1913 he has been associated
with Richard S. Swain, under the firm style of Garlick &, Swain, in the general practice of
law. While one of the younger representatives of the bar he is making substantial progress
and his ability is fast becoming recognized, for he has proven his power in coping with intri-
cate legal problems.

Mr. Garlick has also figured prominently as one of the leading young republicans of
Bridgeport and his official service has been characterized by marked devotion to duty. He
has served on the board of aldermen, was formerly assistant clerk of the city court and
next was promoted to clerk of the court. From that position he was advanced to the
office of assistant prosecuting attorney in which he is now serving, and at one time he was
actively associated with Connecticut's lawmakers as a member of the general assembly.
His loyalty has further been proven bj' the tangible expression of his military spirit. When
President Wilson issued his call for service un tlie Mexican border in 1916, Mr. Garlick
joined Battery A of the Tenth Field Artillery of the National Guard of Connecticut and
was with that command three month-;, the full time, however, being spent at an army
traininfT camp in Pennsylvania, to the keen di-iipiiuiiitinent of Mr. Garlick and his comrades,
all ni wlinin were ;ui\iiius tn ]iT(K-eeil to I lie li(.riliT. Mr. Garlick has membership in the
)<eMsiile (lull aii.l was formerly a elerk iTi the North Congregational church, while at the
present wrjtiii;^ ln' is a memlier anil elerk of tli<' Union Congregational church, an association
which indicates the rules and principles which govern his conduct.

HON. EDWARD T. BUClvINGHAM.

Hon. Eilward T. Buckingham, comi.eiisation eommissioner, is not only a distinguished
attorney at law but has also been aeti\i' in tie- adnnnistrai ion of the law in Bridgeport
as Mjayor of the city. He was the seeonil yount;o~t man e\ir rall.il to llie office but assumed

eliara.teri/e,l hy marked ilevoti.ui to ,luty. lie eomes of a family long connected with
the history of New I'liL^laml ami is of Puritan anee^try. The propenitor of the Buckingham
family in the new worhl was Thomas lUiekiupham. who sailed from London and arrived
at Boston on the 36th of .June, 1637. He became a resident of Xew Haven, then Quinnipiack,
March 30, 1638, and the following year removed to Milford. His lirst wife, Mrs. Hannah
Buckingham, there passed away June 28. 1G4T, leaxini; live ehildreii: Hannah. Daniel, Samuel,
Mary and Thomas. By his second wife, .Mrs, .\nn llmkinpham. he had one son. The line
comes down through Samuel Buckingham, who wa- ha|iti/ed at Milford, June 13, 1640, and
died March 17, 1699. On the 14th of Deiemliei, ir.r,:;, he married Sarah Baldwin, whose
father, Timothy Baldwin, was one of the tirst settlers of Milford, and their children were:
Sarah; Mary; Samuel, who died in infancy; Samuel; Hannah; Thomas; Anne; Mary; Hester;
and Ruth. Of these Samuel, the second son and fourth child, was born November 1, 1668,
and departed this life Oetober 29, 170S, He was a iiroprietor of the town of New Milford,
although he never took up his ,-esi.lemc tlure. His wifi', Mrs. Sarah Buckingham, was
admitted to the chur.li in Millor.l, May 17. icar.. .md tlear cliildien were Samuel, Ebenezer,
Sarah, Thomas, Elizabeth. IMher and Nathaniel, Sammd liuekin.Lihani III, who was the
direct ancestor of Edward T. Btickingham in the fourth generation, was baptized Novemher
31. 1693, and died in Old Milford, December 29, 1749. He was married May 20, 1714, to
Silence Clark and their children were Sarah, Deborah, Abigail, Ann, Samuel, Ebenezer,
Esther, Jared, Nathan, Elizabeth and Enoch. The third son and eighth child was Jared
Buckingham, whose birth occurred October 16, 1732. while he died in Oxford about 1812.

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His children were: John; Samuel, who was born in 17T2 and wedded a Miss Wooster. of
Oxford. Connecticut; Isaac, whose natal year was 1774; and Eunice, born in 1775, who passed
away in 1880.

John Buckingham, representative of the family in the sixth generation, was born in
1770 and was married in 1791 to Esther Osborne. Their children were: Fannj', who was
born in 1792 and became the wife of Roswell Hill, with whom she removed to Ohio;
Hezekiah, Avho was born in 1794 and wedded Matilda Ann Wooster; Lucy, who was born in
1796 and married E. Bartiss; Letson, born in 1799; Susan Matilda, born in 1802; David
Harson. who was born September 19, 1805, and married Anne Marie Scofield; Lucius E.;
Linus, born in 1809: Meroe, who was born in 1811 and married Cornelius Cahoe; and Laura
L., who was born in 1813 and became the wife of Joel F. Webster, November 2, 1835.

The seventh child of tliat family, Lucius E. Buckingham, was the grandfather of
Edward T. Buckingham. He was born March 17, 1807, and his life record covered the
intervening years to 1903. He followed farming at Roxbury, Connecticcut, and also
engaged in business as a stonecutter and monument builder. He was married June 13, 1833,
to Julia A. Taylor, of New Milford, and they madei their home in Woodbury, Connecticut.
Their children were: Mary A., who was born in Roxbury, April 2, 1833, and on the 31st
of December, 1863, became the wife of Isaac B. Prindle, for thirty years cashier of the
Pequonnock National Bank of Bridgeport, where she died April 30, 1910; Esther A., who
was born July 16, 1835, and passed away December 11, 1855; Walter; George, born in
Roxbury, November 14, 1846; Ellen L., who was born December 11, 1848, and became the
wife of Henry E. Ward; and Alice A., who was born April 5, 1853, and married Dwight
Halleck. Her death' occurred in 1895.

Of that family W'alter Buckingham was born in Dover, Dutchess county. New York,
October 35, 1841. The family removed to Sing Sing in 1844 and the father tliere engaged
in the stove business for a number of years. During that period Walter Buckingham
attended the famous old Gunnery school, where he was a schoolmate of Captain Bob Beedes
tt, late postmaster of New York city. Following the removal of
r..nnrrti,-ut. Waltrr riu.kiii:;h:,ni wa> tlirr,. ,.n.pI",v.Ml in a dry
.n,.,l ,n ( l,ira-.i. lllii,,,,,, ^^h.■n■ ]v .u.j:,lt>I iii the wholesale
n y..,i~. l;,.rau,- wt ill h.Mlth 1... r-tnriir,l ,,,-i ,,11.1 for three
lint, 1 ,,1 New Yuik city, lur many years a lamuu.s hostelry there.
Iii,t,'.i a grocery store at South Norwalk, Connecticut, and after-
,•« I'rsey, where he occupied the position of superintendent of
railroad construction. ha\iiiy .haige of railroad building through that section. At Mount
Vernon, New Y'ork, he was similarly engaged and built the first macadam road in New
Y'ork city. Returning to Woodbury, Connecticut, he there engaged in the insurance business
for three years and in 1881 became a resident of Bridgeport, where he occupied the position
of bookkeeper with th,' lohn 11. Way Manufacturing Companj' until its factory was destroyed
by fire. He occupi,,! the |,,,-iti,,n of deputy collector of customs at Bridgeport for eight and
one-half years aii,l at \aii,in^ times was engaged as an expert accountant. In 1869 he was
elected fii-st city el,ik ,,f N,,r«alk. Cnnncctieut. and occupied that office for two terms. In
polities he was a state h ,|,iii,„rat aiel trateinally \\a- , , iuin-cted with King Solomon Lodge,
No. 1, A. F. & A. .\l., at W ,M.,ll,ury, ( oiiiiecti, ut. th,- ,,l,l,.st lo.lge in the state. He served as
its secretary for several years or until he rem,,ve,l t'l Briilgepurt, when he became a member
of St. John's Lodge. On the 8th of November, 1865, Walter Buckingham wedded Helen E.
Tolles, whose father, Robert I. Tolles, was a sash and blind maker of Plymouth, Connecticut.
They had but two children, the daughter, Ida E., becoming the wife of T. W. .Joyce of
Bridgeport, by whom she had two children, Louis B. and Helen L.

The only son of Walter and Helen E. Buckingham was Edward T. Buckingham of this
review, who was born in Metuchen, New Jersey, May 13, 1874, but at the age of three years
was brought to Bridgeport by his parents. His education was pursued in the Brand Streejt

and a

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public school and in the Bridgeport high school, from which he was graduated in 1891. He
next entered upon the academic course in Yale University and following his graduation in,
1895 took up the study of law at Yale, completing his course two years afterward. In 1898
he located for law practice in Bridgeport and has since followed his profession save for the
period of his service in public offices, which have demanded his entire attention. Politically
a democrat, in 1902 he was elected city clerk and in 1903 was reelected with a majority of
twenty-five hundred and thirty-five votes, the largest ever given a candidate for that office.
He was again chosen in 1905 and in 1907, his incumbency continuing until 1909. He was then
nominated and elected mayor of Bridgeport with a majority of three thousand and forty-
three, the largest received by any mayoralty candidate of the city. Moreover, he was the
second youngest mayor of Bridgeport and few men of his years have occupied a similar
position in a city of equal size in the United States. Under very trying conditions he
conducted his office with such signal dignity and honor as to win the highest respect of all.
All fair-minded citizens named his administration as one worthy of commendation and praise,
in which much good was accomplished along the lines of reform and municipal progress.
He was mentioned as a candidate for governor in 1910, but withdrew his name and
seconded the nomination of Simeon E. Baldwin, who was elected. Mr. Buckingham is
one of the strongest men of his party in this portion of the state.

On the 3d of June, 1903, Mr. Buckingham was married to Bessie R. Budau, a daughter
of John D. and Annie (Russell) Budau and a granddaughter of John Diedericks Budau, who
was born in Liibeck, Germany, October 14, 1817, and passed away in Bridgeport on the
20th of November, 1888. He was sixteen years of age wlj.n lie tanio to the new world and
for a time followed a seafaring life. He was afterward ciii|.li)y((l at railroad work in New
Orleans, where he was paid fifty cents per day. Making liis way northward, he conducted
a grocery store for a time and then established business as a dry goods merchant in Bridge-
port, successfully conducting that establishment until lie sold his stock ot goods to Beacon
& Smith, this store being now conducted by Radford B. Smith. Mr. Budau then took up the
work of settling estates and also engaged in the general real estate business, which he
managed wisely and well, so that he accumulated a handsome fortune. JNIoreover, he was
a public-spirited citizen who cooperated in many plans and projects for the general good.
For a number of years he served as street commissioner, during which period some of the
principal streets and avenues of Bridgeport were laid out. He held membership in St.
John's Lodge and in the Knights Templar coninKunliry ami was Imi ltd w ith Masonic honors.
In 1845 he wedded Louise Jane French, one of nine cliiKhcn. wlm livid to the advanced age
of more than ninety years. She was the daughter of \\ licrki I'un.li, who was born in
1792 and was a lifelong carpenter of Bridgeport, wluri In passia away in 1852. He
married Sarah Webb, daughter of Zenas Webb. She wa> buni in I'.'Ji and died in 1862.
Gamaliel French, the father of Wheeler French, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war
and his name is inscribed on a tablet of the gateway erected by the Mary Silliman Chapter,
D. A. R., at the old Stratford burying ground near the corner of North and Brooklawn avenues
in Bridgeport.

Mr. and Mrs. John Diedericks Budau had a family of seven children, including John
Budau, who was born in Bridgeport, February 24, 1851, and there passed away December
31, 1904. He was a musician of ability, belonging for a number of years to the Wheeler &.
Wilson band, llr afterward engaged in the express business and subsequently concentrated
his attention ii|ii.n JnMiiance and real estate. He belonged to St. John's Lodge, A. F. & A.
M., of whicli tlud' f;cn.iations of his family had been representatives. He married Annie
Russell, a native of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and they, became parents of a son and a
daughter: John H. D. Budau; and Bessie R., now the wife of Edward T. Buckingham.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham are: Russell B., born June 3, 1904; and
Edward T., September 2, 1906. The parents occupy an enviable position in the social circles
of the city. Like his ancestors, Mr. Buckingham is connected with St. John's Lodge, No. 3,

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A. F. & A. M., of whichi he is a past master, and lie is also a past saehem of Wowompon
Tribe, No. 40, I. 0. R, JI., and held the office of great sachem of the state of Connecticut. He
is likewise a member of Samuel H. Harris Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., the Fiatenial Order nf i;:i<;les,
the Bridgeport lodge of Elks, the Foresters of America and the Kniiihts i.f l'\tliias. He
belongs to the Arion and Germania Societies and to the Youni; .Mcn'^ Uiri.stian A^>nciation.
On October 1, 1913, he was appointed compensation commissioner by Governor Simeon E.
Baldwin and has since ably filled that position. It is said of him that his circle of friends
is coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances and that the number of his acquaintances
is daily growing. He has made for himself a notable place in the city of his residence, his
record setting at naught the old adage that a prophet is not without honor save in his
own country. He is recognized as a man of sterling worth and of high ideals and his
ability has brought him to the front.

HOJIER REID.

Efficiency is the watchword of the great corporations. To maintain an evenly balanced
organization every .l,.pnrtm.>nt must be in tlie cnre nf those esiiecially skilled in the line

prises distiiaf in tin uim'Im's yet witli a icntial liiiaiicial interrst nver wliiili Homer Reid
has supervision as chief accountant. He was born in Washington, D. C, February 27, 1875,
a son of John W. and Margaret E. Reid. After attending the public and high schools he
took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for four years in Piatt county, Illi-
nois, but returning to the east, he became a resident of Bridgeport in the spring of 1898,
at which time he entered the service of the American Graphophone Company as a clerk in
the shipping department. From the beginning he has been in the accounting department
and through intermediate positions has worked his way steadily upward through ability,
fidelity and industry, until, in 1911, he was made chief accountant and has since occupied
that position.

In 1899 Mr. Reid was united in marriage to Miss Mary Gordon, of De Land, Illinois,
and they have two children, liyn.ii (■. and l.orin II. Mr. Kcid belongs to the Masonic lodge
at Bridgeport and politically lie iiill..\v-. an iii.|i|M ii.liiit enurse, voting for men and meas-
ures rather than party. Throui;]i(nit his iiitirc l)usiniss career he has been stimulated by
the desire to attain something better, utilizing every opportunity to make his services of
such worth that the road to advancement would be open to him, and each forward step has
brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities.

CARL G. LINDQUIST.

Carl G. Lindquist, vice president of the Hawley Hardware Company, with which he
has been connected for the past twenty-four years, was born at Skara, Sweden, on the
16th of January, 1872. and is a son of Per A. and Anna Charlotta Lindquist, also natives
of tliat country, where they passed their entire lives. The father was a successful harness
and leather goods manufacturer. In the family were six children, namely: Louisa, Hilda,
Carl G., Beda, Anna and Axel.

Carl G. Lindquist attended school in his native country until he was nineteen years
of age and then emigrated to the United States, settling at Arlington, New Jersey, where
for six months he was employed in a machine shop. In 1893 he arrived in Bridgeport and

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went to work as clerk in a hardware store owned by C. W. Hawley. He continued in Mr.
Hawley's employ until 1906, when he with the other employes formed a corporation known
as the Hawley Hardware Company and bought out Mr. Hawley. The business was removed
to its present location, at No. 1120 Main street and is still conducted under the name of
the Hawley Hardware Company. Since the organization of the company Mr. Lindquist
has been vice pj-esident and has had an influential voice in the management of its affairs.
His long connection with the trade, his naturally keen insight into conditions and his sound
judgment have all been of great value to the concern, and the volume of its business has
shown a steady growth.

Mr. Lindquist was married on the 10th of March, 1898, to Miss Anna Wennstrom, who
was born in Sweden but came to Bridgeport as a young woman. Mr. Lindquist casts his
ballot in support of the candidates iind mensures of the republican party and is now serv-
ing his second term as a nicmli.T i.f thr li.iurd of fire commissioners. He gives a great
deal of time and energj- to thr wcnk nf that body and has been especially influential in
securing an elTicient and busiiu'sslikc adiiiiiiistration of the fire department. He belongs
to the Baptist church and gives his hearty suppcrt to tlip work of that organization. He
is a past noble grand of Monitor Lodge, No. 38, 1. 1 1. 1 1. ]\; past district deputy and past
delegate to the state convention of that organization: and his fraternal connections also
include membership in ( orintliiaii Lo(li.'e, No. I114. A. F. & A. M. He is likewise identified
with the Svea Sick \ r.inciit As-miation of I'.i iil^'i'iunt, a Swedish organization, and with
the Algonquin Club. A- tlusi' varioii.-, toniiiitioiis iniiicate, he has not allowed his business
interests to monopolize his time but has liad a part in tlie advancement of various pliases

SETH HILL, M. D.

Living up to one's ideals is, in any strict sense, impossible, since as our conduct gi-ows
better our vision of good grows also, keeping thus forever in advance of the steps of its more
laggard companion. But though we are forced to admit this, even at the very time we
acknowledge it to be our chief object, there is of course no similar reason to admit that we
cannot live up to the ideals of our fellows, which are not thus directly stimulated to further
flights l>y every improvement in our behavoir. As a matter of fact, many of the best and
gicatost fiL^iins in the history of the world have not merely seen beyond the ideals of their
time- lilt a.tnally lived beyond them, but for most of us the task to live up to them is one
quit.' -iiili> i,iitl\ taxing to our strength and courage, so that we may well be pleased even if
we do but appruUL-h them. The truth of tliis may well be seen if we take a more limited
case, such, for instance, as the great ma~- of i.l( aN an.l stiindanK whii li adhere about any of
the great professions as a sort of accept.'. 1 tra.liti..n liniiiiu-.: ami r.'.julal iuLi the actions of its
practitioners. If we should take, for cxanipl.-. tlie tia.liti.ui of tlu' ^icat profession of medicine,
and note the high standard of professional conduct which it sets for those who would make it
their career, it will at once be evident how difficult is the task of realizing this standard in
actual conduct, yet equally evident that it is not impossible. Indeed, were there any
tlii'oroti. al ,l..ulits about it. the matter would very soon be set to rest by the records of many of
the s|il('n<li.l 111. u who have practiced as well as professed this, one of the most altruistic of
liuiiiaii .... iipi.ti..ns. Such a record is that of the life of the late Dr. Seth Hill, of Stepney,
C'oniH'ttii ut, ill w liose long career was well exemplified the best of medical tradition, side by
side with an eminently independent spirit which made him dare to face new problems and make
original decisions. His death on February 5, 1912, was a very real loss to a large portion of
Fairfield county.

Dr. Seth Hill came of good New England stock and was born .Tuly 16, 1837, at Easton,

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Connpcticut \ son ol W akeman and Eunice (Ljon) Hill old and highly respected lesidents
ot that to\\n The early poition ot his tducatiou wa^ obtained at tht local schools ot his
natue place and he piepaied foi colle^^e at the Laston \cideiin He then enteied the \ vie
Medicil School and di'5tingui'5hed him^elt hi^hlj in hi^ eU-.-.es diiwin^ uj on himselt the
favonbl itpiid cf hib mstiiKt is mJ nnsteis and winning the lilcction ot hi, ttlkwb
in tl t I 1 1 1 t I 1 II I It imn> ot the honois ot the class, was its

valedi ( 1 1 t 1 I tl 1 de„ret ot M D Immediitelj alter giaduation

he K t 1 1 1 I t II 1 II the pi uti l t his profession but he bhortlj

afteiN I It I IhkUm lid hto icnio%ed t st, 1 a I! i 1 eUtnded his

practi tl liiig Lountij and into the nii^l t I 1 II iidEiston

His [1 t I t the laigest in the region ill 1 | I i ( ne ot the

most 1 Mi [I nils thereibouts and a leadti I [ i i i ^t puj was his

postothce iddiess lui neail> toit> h\e \e\is but his home lor loity jeais was in Tashua,
Trumbull

But It WIS n t onh m c nn< cti n with the m dicil p itession that Dr Hill was piomi
nent in tl mini t\ I I I It II t 1 1 se minds which find all human

rehti t t III I I I! 1 1 s of men He was extiemeU

actne jit ii 1 I I I ( t I til i I I | ut-^ md \ leader ot the locil

organizaticn ot that i irt\ II I il t I I I i 1 r i i lilt mis

and was extiemelv ethei t tl | i I I t t I tlic

education of childien Jii I I lilt i tic

Count Ills t\ was president ot the btate Me Ileal Socitt} i membei ot the
Anieu I \l I I ^ I t> and other organizations In 1901 Di Hill became one ot the
trusti tl ^t I I liee School and did a great deal of valuable woik in the ciuse

of cdi tl I t lit I t

Di 11 II t I ! tc being Phebe M Davton of Tow audi Pennsjl

vann I I 1 \ t 1 II i 1 marriage was celebiated on June 19 lb72 to

Maij li \ I I II I II ( nn t it a laughtei ot ^\ illiam and Maiy

Meliss \l II It \ I 1 tl I II |] 1 I t of that pi ice and members

of ol 1 1 t t 1 \l II II II 1 ind still resides in Tashua,

Trunil ill 11 1 I II II I tl 1 I t lUi an 1 ,ianJtatliei Nichols

Di Hill wis I mil t 1 ll\ I I I lit itl I 11 1 t SI ch eitiil i

disposition th it his men ] i i ii tl 1 i t t H w is n t i man

whothcu.lt ot his own ill i 11 tl 1 t I \ t 1 1 iiii It t tli iiitcii ts t the

comiminit\ in geneivl and tc thcs tl | t t [ iiticuUi He w is extiemeh chxut ible

in all his instincts and \n \\ptA\ \ 1 t him in vain eithei protessionallj oi in

anv otl el w u \11 those thit emu in t t tli him honored and admiied him and this
sketch cannot be I)ioUp,ht moie fittinglj to a close than v\ith the tribute ot his fellow trustees
of the stailes Fiee School of Laston This was in the foim of resolutions passed by them
on Febiuan 14 1912 shortly after his death They follow

The lennining tiustecs ot thi-i school Air Tredeuck F Silliman and Mr Samuel C
Shaw wish at this time and in this manner to cxpiess their appreciation of the valuable
sei vices rend led b\ their tcUow tiustee Di beth Hill recently deceased as a member
of this boaid since 1901 and to express then soricw at his death and their sjmpathj foi his
family in then gieat loss

Di Hill became a member of this boaid at a time when it especially needed the wide
judgment and conservative inHuence which he could so well exeicise. Because ot his wide
knowledge of the school, its relations with the town of Easton, and its history for many

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years past, his services as a trustee of the school were especially valuaWc, and tliey will be
greatly missed by this board.

■'We, therefore, take this opportunity to spread upon our minutes these few words of
appreciation, sorrow and sympathy."

In the Connecticut Medical Society Book of 1912 is a history of the life of Dr. Hill with
tributes of love and praise. Dr. Hill was a little over si.\ feet in height and of unusually
fine physique.

•JOHN A. CORNELL, Jr.

Although one of the younger members of the Bridgi|init liar Inlin A. Cnriull, .Jr., has
made a creditable position for himself and his friends havr laitli in his lutiur li. cause of his
strongly pronounced characteristics. He was born in this city January li'.t, l^s'.t, a son of
John A. Cornell, Sr., who was born in Bridgeport, where he still makes his home. The
Cornell family is an old one in Fairfield county and John A. Cornell, Sr., is a son of John
G. Cornell, a native of Derby, Connecticut, and a veteran of the Civil war, in which he
served for two years. John A. Cornell, Sr., wedded Minnie Frances Geary, a native of this
city, to which her parents removed from Cromwell, Connecticut, where they were early
settlers. Both Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cornell, Sr., are now living and the father has devoted
his life to mechanical pursuits.

In the attainment of his education .John A. Cornell, Jr., attended the public schools
until graduated from the Bridgeport high school with the class of 1905. \Mien nineteen
years of ape he was assistant sales manager with the Bridgeport Chain Company, but it
was his (h'^irc to 'h'viitc liis life to a professional career and he entered the New York
IiiiMisity \..i\\ ^.li.M.I in U)]2. there completing three years' work in two years, so that
lie was ijrailuiitcci witli tlie LL. B. degi'ee in 1914. Since that date he has practiced law
in Bridgeport and is now following his profession in association with Spotswood D. Bowers
and Charles E. Williamson. He is specializing in the field of corporation law and has
studied broadly along that line, gaining a comprehensive knowledge of that branch of the

Mr. Cornell belongs to St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church. In politics he is a demo-
crat and has filled the office of justice of the peace. He belongs to Phi Alpha Delta, a law
fraternity, and he has the friendship and kindly regard of many of his proessional colleagues
and contemporaries in this city.

CHARLES M. CALHOUN.

The late Charles M. Calhoun was one of Bridgeport's valued citizens and a ^vell known
figure on the cotton exchange in New York city. He was born in Bridgeport in 1848, a
representative of one of the most distinguished and honored families of the country. His
father was the Hon. Philo C. Calhoun, former mayor of Bridgeport.

Charles JI. Calhoun spent many years in the south, where he acquired expert knowledge
of cotton, being familiar with every phase of production, shipment and sale. \\Tien he was
twenty-five years of age his father presented him with a seat on the cotton exchange of
New York city, which he held until the time of his demise, or for a period of forty years.
He made daily trips to and from the metropolis and was the oldest commuter on the
New Haven Railroad, having traveled between New York and Bridgeport every morning and
evening for four decades. In his operations upon the cotton exchange he was connected with

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R. T. Wilson & Company, and he enjoyed an enviable reputation as an expert on cotton crops.

The death of Mr. Calhoun occurred August 24, 191«. when lie liad reached the age of
sixty-seven years. He was a member of the Brooklawn ( unntry ( lnh and the Contemporary
Club and in various other ways participated in the sorial artiMtn^ i,t his native city. He
was also connected with the Masonic fraternity and had luin a v< stryman of St. John's
Episcopal church. He stood as a high type of manhood and citizenship.

In 188S Charles M. Calhoun was united in marriage to Miss Julia B. Sanford, and they
became the parents of three children who are residents of Bridgeport: Philo C, John C.
and Katherine. The latter is the wife of John Carleton Sterling and the mother of one
daughter, Joan.

Philo C. Calhoun was born in Bridgeport in 1889 and passed through the schools of the
city, supplementing his early educational training by a course in Williams College, from
which he was graduated in 1910, and in the Harvard Law School, in which he completed
his course in 1913. The following year he was admitted to practice in the courts of Connecti-
cut and has since been with the firm of Marsh, Stoddard & Day, one of the most promi-
nent of the law firms of the city.

GEORGE KIPPEN.

George Kippen whose dtith 1 t V t A[ n 11 in 1 t m tin

tory of Aiizona in 1868 was a i ( I I ! i 1 Ml i I

of George and Betsey (Meeker) K n ' ' I "1^ 1

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m this territory and in Calif crnia to mourn
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Re\ Lyman H Atwater to Miss Jane ^ ^
r finement who was a de\oted mother and i

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in all good work. She did much to promote the church and Sunday school interests in
Fairfield, where she continuod tn mnko lior home until called to her final rest on the 20th
of April, 1907, her remain- I. iiu int.iirl in the Fairfield cemetery. By her marriage she

became the mother of tin Inili.n ( luules Nichols, born December 27, 1846, died in

New York city in July, IS'.is. .hnii.s Hill, born June 4, 1848, died August 19, 1848. Mary
Birdsey, born August 5, 1849, now resides in Fairfield. She is a member of the Eunice
Dennie Burr Qiapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Fairfield, which she
joined on its organization, and for six years she served as regent of the chapter. She had
three ancestors in the Revolutionary war and she is descended through the Kippen family
from Elder William Brewster, who came to America on the Mayflower and is therefore
eligible to membership in the Mayflower Society, in the Founders and Patriots' Society and
the Society of Colonial Dames. She is ciuifo active in the social and religious life of Fair-
field and is a member of the Congrf;iation:il ( Imirli Missionary Society and of the Red Cross
Society. She is also a member of th. -tati' (ounnittee of the Daughters of the American
Revolution to prevent the •Ic'spfra'ion ot tlir Hag and also of the national committee for the
same purpose. Sin- is Iiki\\i~. ;i ni.nilH i of the Connecticut Audubon Society, of which
she has been the triasnni inr sr^ntccn \ cars. She is a most womanly woman and is opposed
to women taking part in gox I'l nnnTital all'airs.

The Nichols family, of which Mis.s Kippen is a desc<-n.lant in the maternal line, was
also early established in this state.' Her great-grandfather. Hezokiah Nichols, lived in Fair-
field. He married Anna Penfield and their son. Samuel Allen Niclmls was born in Fairfield.
Connecticnt. in ITST and was (ine iif nine oliil'h i-ii. Ur was ciUiial nl and grew to manhood
there, aStiv wliidi lie tnnk n|i tin' iiriii|iati(.ri nt InrniinLi ami also liciame a merchant. His
life was sp.,nt in that town, wh.ie ho ,ias,o,l away fohiuary 4. ls(i4. He was a whig and
a republican and he served as town clnk oi Kairll,.].! iVoni ls:;7 until isr,?, and f.,i -ovoial
years was a selectman of the town, ilo u;.- aUo a i,>;oji-tr^ito n.r many >,';n-, an.l u.i. tluir^
actively connected with civic aft'airs, llo hol.l nioniliorslii|. in tin' ( oiilm ■ L'.it imia I .Imioh

of Captain Wilson W ho, hr, who ,lir,l at -oa. Mis. Xirhols was l.oii, in Urid^oiKn t, then a
part of Fairfield, Connecticut, in irs;i, and passed away in Fairfield, in 1S57, at the age of
sixty-eight years. She, too. was a devoted member of the Congregational church. Their
children were Abbie B., .hilia H., Anna 1'.. Jane A., John, who died in infancy, John II, and

It \va~ .i:ino .\. Niihols who became the wife of George Kippen, Jr., and their daughter,
Mary i'>iiil>o\ l\i|.|ien. lias in her possession two books constituting the diary kept by her
father during tiie period of his residence in California and Arizona, in which he chronicled
the events of each day and which contain many interesting incidents. The old Nichols home
was in possession of the family for more than one hundred and seventy-five years.

JAMES LALLY.

James Daily, mayor of Stratford, who in the administration of his public duties is
giving to his city a businesslike and progressive administration, was here born on the
15th of November, 1871, his parents being John and Ann (Lynch) Daily, who emigrated from
Ireland and established their home In Connecticut in 1857. They had a family of six sons
and a daughter, all of whom are yet living, namely: Mary A., who is a resident of Stratford,
Connecticut; William, living in East Providence, Rhode Island; Francis J., of Waterbury;

JAMES LALLY

BRIDGEPOKT AND VICINITY 279

and John, Thomas and Cliarles, all of Stratford, Connecticut; and James, of this review.
Both parents luive n.nv iiasse.l nway.

James I. ally ;iU. mlrd ili, piiLli, ~, li,i,ds to the age of sixteen years and then made his
initial ste|i in tlir l.ii-iie^s w.nld, -iii,e wliich time he has been closely associated with
business and jinblie intei.sls. I or tlie |M^t ten years he has taken contracts for road work
and for excavating sand ami L:r:i\el. y^'nerally employing from fifteen to twenty men and
using four teams. His artivily in pi.litieal afl'airs compasses a period of eight years,
beginning in 1909, when lie was ilerled tn the position of tree warden for tlie conservation of
trees and the promotion of tlie naUnal L^rciwili oi forests, lie aKeptably tilled that pii>iticm
for three years and in 1912 he was eli.t.d >rli(tin^in and n manicd (mi the linaul ..f >rlertmen
for three j'ears. He was then elected lust .-clertman ei nni\ui oi fslratluid in J'Jt.". ami at
the present time holds this position, which also makes him chairman of the finance com-
mittee, chairman of the board of selectmen and chairman of the sewer board. He also has
supervision over all public expenditures.

Mr. Lally is a member of St. James Roman Catholic church of Stratford and is also
connected with the Improved Order of Red Men. Those who know him, and he has a wide
acquaintance, esteem him for his sterling worth and recognize his marked fidelity to duty
in public office.

RICHARD S. SWAIN.

Richard S. Swain, junior partner in the law firm of Garlick & Swain, practicing at the
Bridgeport bar since 1913, was born in Arcanum, Ohio, July 6, 1889, being the eldest son
of the Rev. Richard L. Swain, a Congregational minister who was formerly pastor of the
South Congregational church of Bridgeport but is now upon the lecture platform.

Richard S. Swain accompanied his parents on their various removals as the father
was called from one place to another in his ministerial work. He became a student in the
high school of Laconia, New Hampshire, and later spent three years in the Syracuse (New
York) University. A review of the broad field of business led him to the determination to
make the practice of law his life work, and with that end in view he entered the Yale Law
School and was graduated in 1913 with the LL. B. degree. In June of the same year
he was admitted to practice at the Connecticut bar and since then has actively followed his
profession in Bridgeport as a partner of E. E. Garlick, who is assistant prosecuting attorney
of the city of Bridgeport and is mentioned elsewhere in this work. Mr. Swain is regarded
as one of the rising young lawyers of the city.

He is a member of the United Congregational church and is serving as assistant secre-
tary of its Sunday school. He belongs to Phi Alpha Delta, a law fraternity, and he is
fond of outdoor sports, including football, hunting, swiniining. and motoring. In a word
he is a young man of normal development and well balanced character, actuated by a spirit
of progressivcness, governed by high principles and stimulated by lofty ideals.

BENJAMIN BERNSTEIN.

Benjamin Bernstein, a partner in the wholesale grocery business conducted at Bri
port under the name of Saltnian Brothers, was born in Russia, July 6, 1887, a son of L
M. and Bessie Bernstein, who are now residents of Glen Cove, Long Island. In their fai
were eight children, the brothers and sisters of Benjamin Bernstein being: Philip
Joseph G., and Samuel A., all residents of Glen Cove, Long Island; Jennie Golden,

280 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

makes her home at New Milford, Connecticut; Walter, living at Glen Cove, Long Island;
Sadie London, of Bridgeport, Connecticut; and Frederick, who makes his home in Cleveland,
Ohio.

At the usual age Benjamin Bernstein entered the public schools, therein pursuing his
studies until 1902. On the 17th of November of that year he came to the new world,
making his way to Glen Cove, Long Island, where he again entered school. Later he had
his initial business experience in connection with the dry goods trade, being thus employed
until 1908, when he came to Bridgeport and established two stores on Main street, one being
a grocery store and the other a dry goods establishment. These he successfully conducted
until August, 1909, when he sold out, but on the 20th of September reentered commercial
circles as a partner in the firm of Saltman Brothers, in which connection he has since re-
mained contributing much through his indefatigable enterprise, business ability and sound
judgment to the success of this wholesale grocery house.

On tlie 18th of February, 1917, Mr. Bernstein was united in marriage to Miss Dinah
Berkowitz, of New York city. He does not seek to figure prominently in public connections
outside of his business, preferring to give his undivided time and attention to the wholesale
grocery trade. He deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, for his success is the
direct result of his own labors. Gradually he has advanced as the result of the wise utiliza-
tion of his opportunities and is today occupying a foremost position in commercial circles
of the city.

JOHN ALEXANDER HENRY ROBINSON.

John Alexander Henry Robinson, city clerk of Bridgeport, was born in Belfast, Ireland,
July 4, 1880, and is a splendid e.Kample of the north of Ireland stock which has played so
important a part not only in the aflfairs of that country but of every community in which
its representatives have settled throughout the world. His grandfather, Thomas Robinson,
was a farmer in the barony of Upper Castlereagh, in County Down, eight miles from Belfast,
and there John Henry Robinson was born October 2, 1848. He married Martha J. Moore, a
native of Belfast and a daughter of Captain Hugh Moore. Several of her relatives are still
living in Belfast and some of them are serving in the English army. John H. Robinson
preceded his family to this country, locating in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he was joined
after ten months by his wife and children, who crossed the Atlantic in 1883. He had already
become established in the grocery and tea business and he successfully conducted his store
for twenty years. He is still active in business at the age of sixty-nine, being now
connected with the American Graphophone Company of Bridgeport. Of his children Hugh
Moore, the eldest, holds an important position in the executive department of the Union
Typewriter Company of Bridgeport. He married Delia TjTell and they are the parents of one
child, Ethel May. Margaret Skillan became the wife of Charles Walshaw, of Birmingham.
England, and they are now residing in Bridgeport. Martha Henry is the wife of Clarence
Edwin Marsh and the mother of three sons, Elliott, Clarence and John. Edith Mary and
John Alexander are the next in order of birth. Fred Thomas married l.iiplla Payne and they
are the parents of three children, Sylvia, Moore and Luella. Adrlmc \\ \ li,' is tlie wife of
Charles Gregory and the mother of one child, Suzanne. Maud Kv. Im.. is llir w itr of John C.
Hawley. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh reside in the city of Hartford, Coniictinit. ami Mr. and Mrs.
Fred T. Robinson in New Haven, Connecticut, while the remainder of the children are
residents of Bridgeport.

John A. H. Robinson was a child of but three years when brought to the United States
by his mother. He attended the public schools of Bridgeport and at the age of thirteen
[Hit aside his textbooks and secured a position with a typewriting concern, continuing with

JOHN ALEXANDER HENKY EOBIN:SON

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 283

the office force for about eight years, after which he was on the road as a traveling salesman
for five years. He was. however, destined for another field of activity than that of business.
In early life hf t..<.k a k.cn interest in public affairs, thoroughly studying the political
situation, esiiecially in rrlati..n to local issues. He became actively identified with the city
organization of tlie rc|iiihli(aM party in early manhood and was soon regarded as a leader
in his eonimunity. In 1913 he was the successful candidate for city clerk and is now serving
his second term in that responsible position. Previously he had twice been a candidate for
state senator, but was not able to overcome the strong normal democratic majority. For
six years lie lias lilh-d the imsition of chairman of the republican town committee, having

On the -'7tli of Auuu-t, I'JOS, Mr. Robinson was married in St. Paul's church, in
Bridgeport, to Miss Betsey Carolyn Blood, a native of Bridgeport and a daugliter of William
Henry and Carolyn (Peck) Blood, who were born in Nichols, Connecticut, and are members
of old and distinguished families of the state. In religious faith Jlr. and Mrs. Robinson are
Episcolpalians. being communicants of St. Paul's church. He is an active member of the
United Commercial Travelers Association and in Masonry he has attained the thirty-second
degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to the local lodges of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks, the Royal Arcanum, the Knights of Pythias and a number of similar organiza-
tions. He is today writing a new chapter in his life history, having become captain and
regimental quartermaster of the Fourth Regiment of the Connecticut Home Guard, which
was organized in April, 1917.

JOHN H. CASEY.

John H. Casey, engaged in law practice in Bridgeport, his native city, is a son of Michael
J., and Mary (Crotty) Casey, who are residents of Bridgeport. The father was born in New
Haven, Connecticut, and is a son of John H. Casey, a native of Ireland, in which country
the mother of John H. Casey of this review was born.

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof John H. Casey obtained his early
education in Bridgeport, and is a Yale graduate of 1911, in which year he completed his law
course and finished his equipment for the bar. In his youth his summers were spent upon a
farm and in the outdoor life he laid the foundation for physical and mental development.
Following his graduation he opened an office for active law practice in Bridgeport and in
the intervening period of six years has made steady progress in his chosen profession.

Mr. Casey holds membership in the Roman Catholic church and he belongs to the Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick, of which he was formerly president. In politics he is a democrat and
for one term served as alderman of Bridgeport from the sixth ward. He has also been justice
of the peace and his decisions have ever been fair and impartial. He belongs to the Yale
Club and he finds his chief source of recreation in his reading, which covers a wide range,
keeping him in touch with the world's thought and progress.

PHILIP J. ONKEY.

One

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who remo

ed to Albany, New

York, during the

284 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

boyhood of their son Philip, who was there reared and educated, attending tlie public
schools. He came to Bridgeport in 1891 and for thirteen years occupied the responsible
position of foreman with Burns & Bassiek. He thus gained broad business experience and in
1902 he organized the Oriental Rouge Company, which on the 1st of December, 1916, became
the Oriental Rouge Company, Incorporated. The business was at first located on Railroad
avenue but in 1905 a removal was made to 66 and 68 Pine street. Among the products
of the factory are metal polish and compositions and the output is sold all over the United
States and Canada. The business has now assumed extensive and gratifying proportions,
and that Mr. Onkey is well known to the trade is indicated in the fact that he is a member
of the American Electroplaters' Association.

On the 15th of February, 1882, Mr. Onkey was married to Miss Annie Gorman, of Boston,
and they have become parents of seven children, namely: Joseph P., who is associated
in business with his father and who is also serving as alderman of the fourth ward; Helen;
Edward; Mabel; Theodore; Philip; and John. Mr. Onkey belongs to the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks and also has membership with tln' Uiiittd Commercial Travelers. For
more than a quarter of a century he has been coiimrf,il w itli tlu' business interests of Bridge-
port and throughout the entire period has maiiitaim d an iiiia>sailable reputation for com-
mercial integrity and been regarded as a worthy rLprusmtative of commercial enterprise.

JOHN SCHWING.

John Schwing, the president of the John Schwing Corporation of Bridgeport, was born
in Germany in 1863 and came to the United States in 1881, when a youth of eighteen years.
He had previously learned the tinning trade in his native country and he established busi-
ness in Bridgeport in 1882 as a member of the John Schwing Corporation, his associates
in the enterprise being his brothers, George and Peter Schwing. The business was first located
on Fairfield avenue but later a nnioval \va.>^ made to Stratford avenue and in 1907 tliey built
a factory at No. 859 Wood avenue, where they are now located. They manufacture cornices
and skylights and do general sheet metal work. They employ ten mechanics and sell to the
local trade and in near-by towns. Their factory is a one-story building fifty by one hun-
dred feet and the business has steadily grown during the three decades and more of its
existence.

In 1886 Mr. Schwing was married to Miss Susan P. Hofherr, who was born in Germany,
and they have become parents of six children, as follows: Kathcrine; Frederick, who is
associated in business with his father; Louise; John, who is also in business with his father;
Harry, a resident of Newark, New Jersey; and Theodore, who is attending school. Mr.
Schwing is a self-made man who owes his success and advancement entirely to his own
efforts and ability. Gradually and persistently he has worked his way upward and his
determination and energy have enabled him to conquer all the difficulties and obstacles
that have barred his path.

HAROLD EARLE WADHAM.

Harold Earle Wadham, conducting business under the name of the Wadha
Company, at 157 John street, in Bridgeport, was born in West Haven, Conneet
18, 1881, a son of Melville and Sarah J. (Bassett) Wadham, who arc residents of
The former is a direct descendant of Governor Leete, one of the distinguished col
of Connecticut, and is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. \

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 285

tracts hei ancestiy back to Gcumior Biidfoid of Md,saeliubetts md holds membeislii[i with
the Daughters of the Ameiicin Ee\ohition She is also eligible to memberbhip in tht Lolonial
UuiKs uid the loundeis and Pitriots tl •imeiica Jt will thus be seen that the aiiecstij
ot Haiold Ldile \\adhim hib thiou^di minj generations been distinctively American iii both
the lineal and collateial lines He luisuid his educUion in the public ■schools ot his natne
citj lemaining foi a brief peiiod in tin In h s h 1 itUi ulucli lit pit iside his textbooks in
order to pio\ide for his own sujitit II tut 1 in tli 1 usiness woild as othce boj with
the Ivew En^'land Dairj Comp\n\ i u ti \ Hn n Iiiii\ Lompinv with whith he re
mained foi hfteen yeais duim^ wl li | ill k 1 1 w i\ stiadily upwaid to the

superintendency and also becamt t I t I I II i (in tl lltl tt Febiuaiy, 1911 he

aimed ni Bridgepoit and after scllii 1 ii t tl I I i i s entered into paitner

6hip with his brother Ernest ^^ n u d tn td m tht ist ibliohmtnt ot the \\ adham Ite
Cream Companj foi the manutattuie ot ice cream The company has evei maint lined the
highest stmdiid m its piodutts and Haiold E ^^ adham has concentrated his enei^'ies upon
the uiibuildin^ md dt\tlopm(nt tt tlit business of which he is managing owner Uuiing
the tiist \ ill 1 II II s ill iiut I t touiteen thousand dolUis and something of tht
rapd U\ I I 1 It 1 1 I tl I I 1 t 1 in the fitt that in 1J16 his sales amounted to

one hun lu i ml tw itN I \ tl i ill lliis showin^' -i nine bundled pei cent incitast Of
the outjiut si\t-v pti imt i II 1 I | it wliilt tht itmunl i is stll o\tr i teriitory
extending one hundred mil i ill I t n

In l')02 Mr Widhini i t 1 i iiiiu. t Mis Mm K, ith l sj „n^i,eld Massa

chusetts, a diiect descend iiit 1 lt\ 1 an s Ktitli tl Bii l^'ew iter M issithusctts sht is a
member of Mary feilliman Chapter Dui^httrs tf tht •\meiican Revolution and is tligible to
membership in the Colonial Dimes md tht Foundtrs ind Titriots ot Amenta He bi longs to
the Episcopal church and also has mtmbership with tht Odd bellows the Masons and tht Tlks
and with the Seaside Club In ill matters of titiztnship ht is public spiiited and piogiessi\e
ttoptrating heartily in all well dehned plans for the general good

EDWARD L. GAYLORD.

Edward L Gajlord who gamed distinction as an inventor and also as in ait con
n isseur in both connections made valuable contribution to world pro^re s He was boii
in Bristol Connecticut m l^"" an 1 iq nted one of tl 11 1 i al fi 1 e ot tl e tUe
His grandpartnts wert L t I I Ml I I 1 1 i t 1 i I

Pamila (Alcott) Gayloid tl I tt t t I MM tt tl tl I i

Ldvvar 1 L C aylord w I 1 t I 1 li 1 t t v „

when lis pai nt lemo ed to t 1 \ \ k 1 n ic ite 1 e i It tn tl e hi t ] i s i „er

coach opeiated ii this c iitiv H 1 1 1 uilt from Albany to Schenectad> New

\oik in 1830 aid Mi ( ivlci 1 i 1 tl t [ 11 The engine was a crude machine ind

cam d on its tender tl e i mt v o 1 t i tl tii m 1 a bxu 1 ot v itei while ti^e c i 1 es
were use! for cars and tie gnal for taiti^ wi ^iv i b\ bl ii ^ oi a t 1 1 rn

In lis ^ utlful d vs Ml favl J I ^ai 1 an tl e 1 k n ik i tr t le n ential

New \oik ai 1 wl en i neteen ve t It 1 t ( t t t tl j lov

of tht Kirk d. Todl Comi nv it \\ I t II \I 1 111 t s

he took ui tl lock n tl s tilde I II I I t 1 t I 1 1 I is

sent to \e a k ^ J r V Iv tl 1 1 < 1 t I | tl t r

patt rns 1 i 1 he 1 1 I i Iti „i ed and tor whi h at tl t tl II

Lateihewis ill llikt T i v v ille to take charge of the 1 | tl 1 I I I | nv

and lis iiveit e ^ i us liou^lt forth many new de i^ns in 1 k 111 I

Th m St notable of the e was a device for squaring lock [lit i 1 i 1 t Ir II i fe

286 BRIDGEPORT AND VICJNITY

keys, the latter turning out twelve thousand keys daily, while the original machine was
operated for fifteen years without repairs. During his superintendency of that plant he took
out patents on more than eighty practical inventions which were all turned over to the
Eagle Lock Company without compensation. In 1871 he secured a patent on a padlock to
be used on mail bags. In the meantime he had become president of the Kagle Lock Company,
which did not care to go into that line of manufacture, and upon receiving his contract from
the government for padlocks Mr. Gaylord decided to form a new company and was joined
by Frank and James Mix under the firm style of Gaylord, Mix & Company. The first lot
of padlocks were manufactured in the old shop at Pequabuek, but as the business grew and
developed a manufacturing plant was erected in Bridgeport. New designs in cabinet locks
were added to the output and the company received large orders from the Wheeler & Wilson
Sewing Machine Company, which placed the firm of Gaylord, Mix & Company in competition
with the Eagle Lock Company so that the former made arrangements whereby the business
of the latter company was purchased. Jlr. Gaylord then returned to Terryville as president
and superintendent of the Eagle Lock Company but withdrew after a year.

His activities were then directed into an entirely new ticld. He had taken over an art
store in Bridgeport from a man who was his doljtor and Mr. Gaylord now directed all his
efforts and attention to the development of that business and became a most interested and
deep student of art. He spent much time abroad in study of the arts and purchased many
choice pictures and statues. While conducting his art store his inventive genius took another
form, and he invented a machine for cutting picture mats that is now extensively used
throughout the entire country. He was also the inventor of a method of molding amber and
died without divulging the secret of his process to any one. It was he who built the Gaylord
Hotel, now the Koyal, of which lie was proprietor for some time, and he was also interested
in a raw liidi coiiiiieiny and in tlii> biiililing of stereotyping and typesetting machines. He also
built till' blork from Wj to '.(11 Lalaycttr street, consisting of three houses. His inventions
and liis labors iiid.'cd constituted u Miluable contribution to the world's work.

In 1850 Mr. Gaylord was married to Miss Mary R. Miner, of T.rr\ vill... aii,l Uwy became the
parents of three children, but one son died in infancy and Jesse |i. i.ayl.n.l lias also passed
away, leaving Mrs. F. S. Stevens, of Bridgeport, the only survivor ut Ihr laimly. The death
of Mr. Gaylord occurred Xovemher 2, 1915, when he was eighty-eight years of age. In politics
Mr. Gaylord was ahvay- an a, tive republican. He held membership in the Baptist church and
was a most earnest iv.iker in rlmreh and Sunday school for many years. He never souglit
to figure prominently in any public light. He was a great reader, a close student and a
deep thinker, and his activities were always put forth along constructive lines, while liis
inventions wrought results from which the world is now benefiting.

DANIEL E. JOHNSON.

Daniel E. Johnson, chief of the fire department of Bridgeport, was born in Lowell.
Massachusetts, December 22, 1860, a son of Daniel and Ellen (Danahy) Johnson. The father,
a native of Kerry, Ireland, became a resident of Lowell, Massachusetts, in young manhood
and there learned the machinist's trade. In 1849 he joined the gold rush to California but
afterward returned to Lowell, where he was married. Subsequently he became a resident of
Tewksbury, Massachusetts, where he engaged in business for seven and a half years, and then
removed to Nashua, New Hampshire, where ultimately he retired from business, his death
there occurring in 1869. His wife, who was born in Kerry, Ireland, was but four years of
age when she became a resident of Lowell, Massachusetts, and she. too, passed away in
Nashua.

Daniel E. Johnson attended the public schools of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the age

DANIEL E. JOHNSON

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 289

of eight years, when the family removed to Nashua and he continued his studies tlieie. He
afterward worked in tlie cotton mills of that city and subsequently learned the trade of an
iron molder. which pursuit lie followed in Nashua until 1885, when he removed to Bridgeport
and continued as an iron molder until 1889. He then joined the tire department as call man
and in 1892 was appointed tiller man of Truck Company No. 1. In April, 1893, he was
advanced to the position of driver of Steamer Company No. 3 and on the 1st of April, 1895,
he was appointed captain of the fire department, in charge of hydrant inspection, during
which period he was stationed at the quarters of Engine Company No. 1. In October, 1908,
he was promoted to the position of assistant chief of the department, being the first man
appointed to the office after its creation as permanent. On the 1st of August, 1915, he was
advanced to the head of the department and since that date has been the chief. Wlien he
became connected with the fire department it numbered twenty-four permanent men and was
equipped with the old style fire-fighting apparatus. It consistgd of Steamer Companies
Nos. 1, 3, 3 and 5 and Truck Company No. 1, making seventy-two men in the entire depart-
ment. The department now has ten engine companies, three hook and ladder companies
and two chemical companies with two more companies in course of organization to be
installed in September, 1917. The entire department has motor equipment. Mr. Johnson
lias made it his purpose to secure the adoption of motor equipment for the fire department
and today Bridgeport has a fire-fighting system of which it has every reason to be proud.
He has brought the work up to a high standard of efficiency. He advocates and has drills
for the men with that end in view. Moreover, he closely studies modern methods of fire
fighting as used in cities throughout the entire country and he has a wonderful knowledge
of the best lines of work, which he has gained through study and long practical experience.
He has steadily worked his way upward through merit from the position of call man to
the head of the department and Bridgeport may well be proud of what he has done
for the city in this connection.

On the 2d of October, 1889, in Nashua, New Hampshire, Mr. Johnson was married to
Miss Nellie MeSherry, who was born in Nashua, where she spent her entire life until
coming to Bridgeport with her husband. She is a daugther of Dennis and Helen MeSherry,
natives of Dublin, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have become the parents of eight
children: Grace, the wife of Dr. Charles Penny, of Bridgeport; Daniel, traffic manager
for the A. W. Burritt Company of Bridgeport; Marion, Nellie, Veronica and Frances, all at
home; Lester, deceased; and Ednimid, who is also at home.

The religious faith of th,- fiimily is that of the Catholic church. Mr. Johnson holds
membership with the Elks and the Eagles and he gives his political allegiance to the
democratic party. He is a member of the Bridgeport Fire Department ,Siek & Relief Associa-
tion and also of the Connecticcut state organization. He belongs to the International
Association of Fire Engineers, the Connecticut State Association of Fire Chiefs and the
Wheeler & Wilson Veteran Firemen's Association. His is a record of splendid public service
and Bridgeport owes to him a debt of gratitude for what he has accomplished in preserving
the city against the raids of the fire fiend.

RICHARD BROWN.

Richard Brown, city sheriff' of Bridgeport, in whom is found an officer at all times loyal,
painstakinf! and ofRciont. w;ir horn in Wnrcester, ]\Iassachusetts, April 14, 1852. His father.
Dr. Jiiliii \\illi:iiri I'.rown. «;i- :i \.(i rin;iiv -.iiiL'ion jiid wedded .Jane Thomas. They were both
native? ..f Ijiulaihl, in ^^llhl! .mintiv tiny u.r.' iiurried. and in 1848 they came to the United
States, ulHTf they reM.:n,i.',l until .:.ll.'d t.. tlicir tinal rest.

Ricliard Brown spent his buj-hood in Jersey City, New Jersey, to the age of seventeen

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years, wlien lie came to Bridgeport. He afterward learned the machinists trade and for
twriity-tlirii' years was in the employ of the Bridgeport Gun Implement Company, which
iii.iiiuiiK tiiic.l all kinds of implements for loading and reloading shot guns, and its output also
iialuil.'d -ull liall.s. During the last five years of his connection with that business Mr. Brown
was foreman in the golf ball department.

He has long been prominent in political circles and a supporter of the republican party,
and has now filled the office of city sheritT for twelve years, being elected at six successive
elections by popular vote — a fact which stands in incontrovertiblp evidence of his ability and
fidelity in oflicc. His interest in politics dates back to Im'iI, «Iiiii a^ a lad of twelve years
he carried a torcli in an Abraham Lincoln parade in tin >lr(rt> .ii Irrsey City. He was
trained to patriotism, for his father was a strong Union man ami iluriiiL; the Civil war served
as veterinary surgeon with the First New Jersey Cavalry, while his brother, John W. Brown,
Jr., was a member of the Fifth New Jersey Infantry during the period of hostilities with
the south.

At twenty-one years of age Richard Brown was marrinl (c. Miss l.avinia Clyne, a native
of New York city and of German and French descent. Tli(\ l(.s( a .la\i:jlit<i . .Iiiinie Laviuia,
who became a well known teacher of Bridgeport but jkismiI a\\ay aiiuut live years ago,
deeply mourned by all who knew her. They have a sun, Kiihard Artluir, an electrician of
Bridgeport, where he was born. He married Christina Hallani, and they have five children,
Lavinia, Richard Hallani, Jennie Louise, Adaline and Laura lillen. Mr. Brown is a charter
member of Bridgeport Lodge, No. 36, B. P. O. E., with which he has served as exalted ruler,
and he also has membership with the Sons of Veterans. He is a most patriotic and public
spirited citizen and his influence concerning public affairs is always on the side of progress
and improvement.

WILLIAM EDWARD BEDELL.

William E. Bedell, proprietor of the Bedell Shipyard at Stratford, has long been
identified with shipbuilding interests and is a recognized leader in his line of business at
this point. He was born at Port Jefferson, Long Island, May 15, 1847, a son of Edward and
Susan C. (Ketcham) Bedell. The father was born at Brooklyn, New York, in 1818 and was
descended from an old English family. The mother's birth occurred in Farmingdale, New
York, in 1814.

While spending his youthful days under the parental roof William E. Bedell attended
the public schools of Glenwood, Long Island, for ten years and afterward worked in his
father's shipyard at i llcnwucHi. thus acquainting himself with the business in principle and
detail. He was enuaMcil iii that \\nrk until thirty years of age, after which he purchased a
farm near Colbrouk, i ..iiiiii t ii iil, and theron engaged in agricultural pursuits for a decade.
On the expiration of that period he purchased the Peter White shipyards at Stratford,
Connecticut, and has since carried on the business under the name of the Bedell Shipyard.
He has a well equipped plant and has been accorded a very liberal patronage. It is said that
he has built enough ships to reach from Stratford to New York if they were ]iln(i>d end to
end. In the past thirty years he has built ninety vessels of various kiials |ii,.|i. ll.J by
steam, gas and sail. Among the largest of these is the Comanche, a qiiai aiitiii. lioat of
New York city, and tlie Governor and the Seba, which are large oyster I". at-, an, I the
ya.lits |;,,s,- A. and Sarah Vrc^lancl. He also built three boats, the Rhuda ( raiir, tln> Sra
Cull anil 111'- Ciir-s. whirh aiT iinw nsed in the coastwise trade on the Sound. ( a|itaiii I'lnKdl
lia~ |iai.i cii)t ill \va<.'rs about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars at Stratltud in the
past thirty years, and his industry has been one of the important enterprises of tlie town.

Mr. Bedell has been married tliree times. In 1869 he wedded Jennie W. Smith, who

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became the mother of two children; Lydia T.; and Franklin, who died in childhood.
Following the death of his first wife Mr. Bedell was married in 187-1 to Mary Canniff,
by whom he had the following children: Jennie Louisa, now Mrs. George Hoxley; William
C. of Stratford; Addie, who died when nine years old; Levinia, now Mrs. Irvin Culver, of
Stratford; Susan, who died when about twenty-one years old; George, of Bridgeport; Arthur,
who died in 1916, at the age of twenty siv.n y.ars, leaving a son, Herbert Arthur, botn
April 4, 1914; and Floyd M., asswiat.,! uitli In. latlier in business. The wife and moth.-r
passed away and on the 26th of iSi'iitrmln r. l--;i'j. at Hempstead, Long Island, ilr. BedcU
married Mrs. Josephine (Baldwin) Tliuiiiii»uii, ulio still survives. She was born on Seven-
teenth street, New York city, June 30, 1854, a daughter of Edward and Sarah (Arnold)
Baldwin, who removed to the vicinity of Northport, Long Lsland, where she was reared.
Mr. Bedell holds membersliip in the Methodist cliincli. which has claimed his interest and
activities outside of his busims-. Ik- has Imcti a Ix^ss Imildcr since nineteen years of age,
and his life has been indeed a busy and usi ml ..nc in wliidi there have been few idle hours,
and whatever success he has ai-hicvi;d is the direct ri-^ult of liis earnest labors.

C. C. GOODWIN.

C. C. Goodwin, owner and manager of the Arco Theatre
nection he is catering to the hinl,,.,- taste by pro.lniMnr' tli.. Ii
the most enterprising of tlcc \,,unv I.iiMn.-- inr,, ,ii (I,,. ,jli

attending the public and hi^'li srliu..ls ,if Ins nativr .ity ],r innlinii.Hl In- r.liirath.n in tl

Union Business College at Bridgepoit. He afterward li.rami' iirinri|ial uf (lir I kkii'|iii

department in that school and while attending to tin- iliifi.s ,<i tliat |io>ition In- In-. an
interested in motion pictures. For a time he was i-mpldvi-il in lonin-ction with nn.vii
picture theatres of the city in tin- i-vcninu's. wnrkinu' I'm |iay ii |iM^~ilil,- an. I \\iIIi..nI r.n
pensation if necessary. In llii~ way In- (hnrnn-ltl; iii:i -t ri ,i| tin- lai-inr-,- anil .-n lla- Nl .
April, 191.5. he opened tin- Ar... 'I'lnatn- with lii> lii.itlni- a~ a |iartnrr lait s.i-m allrr\\ai

day, frc.ni lii::;n in lln- ni.iininLj till ini.ai at ni-lil. an.i In- Imusc is most liberally patronize
The equiiinu-nt i-^ inn.>t nniji-rn and n|i tu .lat.-, with ;;.'("! ventilation and commodious sea
ing, and the nature of the attractions which he presents insures for him a liberal patronage.

E. H. LIEFELD.

E. H. I.ii-trhl, sriiiiir nn-!nh(-r of the Model Laumliy Cnnpany <.f BridLn-port, was lairn
in New Ihnrn. C-iinirrtirut. .Iiiin- 25, 1869, a son of Herman (. ami ( atln-rin.- (i-Va-li) la.-t,-ld.
The fatla-r, a naliM- .-f Cnniany, came to the Unitc.l stat.-s in y..nn,u nianh,..M| an. I alt.-r
residing for a number of years in New Haven removed to Biidgc|iort in Lssl. IK- -was a .-hiit
cutter by trade.

E. H. Liefeld acquired a public school education and when a youth of sixteen years, or
in 1885, became connected with the laundry business, working for the Pembroke Laundry
under 0. E. Lindsley. He learned the business and became foreman of that establishment.
On the 4th of February, 1902, he embarked in business on his own account as a member of
the firm of E. H. and F. W. Liefeld, under the name of the Model Laundry Company. They
started at 109 Sliddle street but in 1911 erected a building to which they made an addition

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ill 1913. Their property is seventy-three by one hundred and fifty feet and three stories in
height. The laundry is supplied witli the most modern equipment and employs twenty-four
people, while three wagons arc utili/td tor delivery and collection. They specialize in handling
shirts, collars and cuffs and do cxpi it xvoik

Mr. Liefeld is niRrried and l.a^ t«o .o„s: Raymond H.. now a st
and HoracT V... a In.t:!, >.l,n,.l pupil. In polit,,-. Mr. I.i,.|. 1,1 i- a r,-pul

of the trustees of thr lirst I'.apti-t clinnli. wind, tin. Is in Inni a t
filled all tlir .hails in tin- Kni.^ht. ,.f I'ytl.ia. I.i.l,^.. ami 1,. is wall kno
he has attaimd the Kiiiulit T.iiiplar .Ic-rrr or tlic \i.vk Kit.' ami tl
the Scottish Kite, while witli the m.liles ot tlii' .M\stie Shrine h.' has

WILLIAM ROBERTS.

William K.iberts. |.resi.lent of th.> Brid.L'eport Cornice Works, was born in Wilkes-Barre,
1'. iiii-\ Kani.i, Mai.li ;.'l, I'-rs, nn.l ait.r a. .piiring a public school education learned the sheet
ni.tal tia.l. with K K in w . n t liv at \\ ilk.s - P.arre, Pennsylvania. Applying himself closely
t.. this hnsiniss. he b..ain.' lUiiiiian and .vi'ntually superintendent with Schuler Brothers.

The year 1901 witnessed tlic arrival of Mr. Roberts in Bridgeport and for a short time
he was connected with the G. Drouvf Company. In June, 1904, he organized the Bridgeport
Cornice Works, in which undertaking he was associated with Otto X. Sauer, who sold his
interest in the business to ilr. Roberts in June, 1916. The plant was located at No. 227
John Street, but in 1911 they ereet. .1 a n. w building at 800 Broad street, where they have
a building of mill construction forty by sixty feet. It was in that year that the business
was incorporated. The comj.any manufa. tiires skylights and cornices and does sheet metal
work for factories, and they ai.- ajjiiits f..r the Evans-Almett fire doors and shutters. Their
output is largely sold to the l]..iii.' tia.l.' and tliey employ eight or ten skilled mechanics.

On the 31st of Seiitomb.r, Is'.il. Mr, I'.olierts was married to Miss Rose H. Dixon, of
Wilkes-Barre. I'.nn-yK aula, wli., ili...l .Inly It. TUr,, Two daughters. Bertha and Anna,
were born to thi- union. .Mr, K.ib.its i- i.l.iititli'.l with tli.' In.leiiendent Order of Odd Fellows
and with the Ben. 'V. .lent I'rote.tive (h.ler of KIks. •rh.i.' liav.' been no unusual or spectacular
phases in his life history, but the reeurd of ev,-ry honorable and .successful business man
is of substantial worth to th.' community in wliieli he lives, and Mr. Roberta has proven
his right to rank with the respected ami loyal business men of the city in which he makes

JOHN B. W\'NKOOP.

Among the public officials of Bridgeport John B. Wynkoop is making a creditable record
as assistant secretary of the board of education and is accounted one of the ri'presentative
and esteemed citizens of this place. He was born in Pati'rson. New Jersey. October 9, 1883,
and is of Holland Dutch descent. He is the eldest son of Richard J. Wynkoop. a photographer
of Bridgeport, now proprietor of the Wynkoop Studio on Fairfield avenue. He was born in
New York city but since 1901 has resided in Bridgeport. His wife, who bore the maiden
name of Elizabeth Murphy, is a native of Boonton, New Jersey. The paternal grandfather,
John B. Wynkoop. on coming from Holland made his way westward to Michigan and settled
in the city of Holland, named in honor of the mother country.

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His grandson, John B. Wynkoop, whose name introduces tliis review, attended the public

port with his parents in 1901 and while ^tiidyiii;: in Xrw ^,.ik rinMi-itv niaJ. the trip from

was then giving his attention. The days were dcvutrd to liis iliities iii the s.rvioe of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroa.i, in wliirh hr represented both the passenger
and operating departments. He remained altogether in the employ of that railroad for ten
years, or from 1906 until 1916, during wliich time he received seven promotions, being
advanced from clerk to the position of assistant chief clerk. He resigned the latter position
on the 1st of April, 1916, and then for nine months had charge of the traffic department of
the Remington Arms Company. Again he resigned on the 24th of December, 1916, and
entered upon his duties as clerk of the board of education, which office he held until May
14, 1917, when he was appointed assistant secretary of that board.

On the 30th of June, 1907, Mr. Wynkoop was married to Miss Anna R. Huston, who was
born in Hamilton, Oliio, and they have one son. Huston Richard, born September 16, 1913.
The parents hold membership in the People's Presbyterian church and for three years Mr.
Wynkoop has been president of the Men's Club of that congregation. He is also a Mason
and he belongs to tlie Fifth District Republican Club— associations which indicate the nature
of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct. His life has ever been actuated
by high and honorable purposes and principles and has gained for him the uncjualilied respect
and regard of those who know him.

GEORGE M. BALDWIN.

George M. Baldwin, one of Bridgeport's native sons, now filling the position of city
purchasing agent, was born in 1854 and represents an old family here. His father, Samuel
WTieeler Baldwin, was born in Bridgeport in 1823. An ancestor in the Wheeler line received
a grant of land from the English government, making her the possessor of much of the
present site of Bridgeport. Nathan Baldwin, grandfather of Oeorge I\r. Baldwin, arrived in
Bridgeport at an early period in its ilevrlopm.iit ami he. :une associated with .lo^^iah Baldwin
in the book binding business S:.iiniel W lueler I'.il.luin . :m ly took up tlie trade of book
binding and for a time residid else\\liere owItil' to business (cmnections, but eventually
returned to Bridgeport, after which he established a book store on Wall street and also
conducted a book bindery in the rear of the establishment of the Davis & Hawley Jewelry
Company. He was a warm personal friend of Mr. Blakenian. of the firm of Ivanson, Phinney
& Blakeman, hymn book publishers, who proposed to :Mr. Baldwin that they go to St. Louis
and there engage in business. He consented and all arrangements were made, but while upon
the dock ready for departure Mr. Baldwin was waited upon by a delegation, who attempted
to induce him to remain. At length he consented and embarked in business with Thomas
Hawley under the firm style of T. Hawley & Company, but for some time prior to his death,
which occurred December 25, 1914, he was sole proprietor of the business. Bridgeport num-
bered him among her most public-spirited and valued citizens and many tangible evidences
of his loyalty to the general good may be cited. He served as fire commissioner for twenty-
five years and it was he who built up the electric system and introduced steam engines in
connection with the fire department. He was also a member of the sinking fund board
for a number of years. He wedded Mary Waterman Bussey, who was also a representative

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of one of the old families of Bridgeport. She passed away in 1855, leaving two children,
the elder being Mary W., who is now the wife of Frederick Trubee, by whom she has two
children.

George M. Baldwin attended the public schools of Bridgeport to the age of fourteen and
later becanio a pupil in a boarding school. When scvontfen years of ago lie began clerking

ever, he closed out the business. In July, 1914, he was appointed city purchasing agent and
has since occupied that position, being well qualified for the responsible duties that devolve
upon him in this connection. He was also police commissioner at one time for nine and
a half years and then again was called to the office, serving for a period of two years.
His political allegiance has ever been given to the republican party.

In Bridgeport, in 1878, Mr. Baldwin was united in marriage to Miss Clara Bishop
Nichols, a daughter of Horace Xielmls. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Elk and he is
identified with several social m L'ani/at ions He became a charter member of the Algonquin
Club and is also a member in tlie lirci.iklawn Club. As a citizen he has ever been public-
spirited and active, cociperating iu all those interests and movements which have been
Instituted loi tie liiKeniient of the community and the upholding of its civic standards.
He repn -eiii~ ui the old and honored families of the city and he has reason to be proud

IlENKY HERBERT SMITH.

Henry Herbert .Smith, who during his life was a well known citizen of Milford and
Brideipiirt, ( oimecticut. left the iiiii)ress of his individuality in various ways uiain the lile
lit hi- roiniiMinity. At the time iil the Civil war he gave indisputable |.ii».l oi his patiiotism
and 111- ln^,■,ltv l.y a. live s,.rvice at the front. He was a nativ ot tlir t..«„ ,,t M)lf„nl,
New llav,-n cunty. h,.in in ls4-. an.l was a son of Northrop and Adeline (( arriiietnn)
Smith, both of wlenn spent thi'ir entile lives in Milford. His education was acquired in the
schools of his native {nwu ,ind lie wa- still in his teens when the call came for volunteers
to put down the rdn llii.n in tin' sniith lie aii-wered the call when he enlisted as a member
of Company 1. I « cut vse\ .nt h Kr^uneiii ,,t ( ,.iine, t init \(dunteer Infantry, enrolling for
nine niiinl ii-' -ei \ ire. II,- did his pait I ;i it li tii I ly and well, uas promoted to corporal of his
compan\ ;iiid :iitei tin' e\|iiiatinii ni 111, term's enlistment he returned home and secured
employment in the car sli(.|is at Ih idL;c|i(.rt, where lie resided for a time. Later he returned
to his natixe tn\\n oi Milfurd, where lie continued liis eni|pU)yraent in the car shops for a
period nf mrv tliiity ycais. ipcrfurmiiig liis tasks elliciently. His army life, however, had
weakened his cnnstitutiim. He was not very rugged after that and he died from the effects of
a weak heart in July, 1897, his remains being interred in the cemetery at Milford. He was
widely known in that locality and greatly respected as a good citizen, as a reliable business
man and as a devoted husband and father. He held membership in the Independent Order
of Odd F.dloHs and in I'.lias Howe, Jr.. Post. G. A. R., of Bridgeport. He was also a member

In Stratlind Mi. ^mitll « as united in marriage to Miss Lavinia E. Wilcoxson, who was
there born, a dan^^hler .ii I'.lnathan Wheeler and Mary .Tan,. {\Xviuu,rr\ Wilcoxson, the

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familj' having settled there in 1639, and lie was recognized as a valued citizen. He passed
away in Stratford, while his wife died in Boulder, Colorado.

To Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born three cliildiiMi : Lillian H., who married Frank
L. Cogall and has three living children: Eugeiu', win. nianicd Lavina Smith and is employed
by the Remington Arms Company of Bridgeport, wlien^ tli.y make their home; and Howard
F,, who married Annie Verelle and is the well known tax collector of Bridgeport. During
her married life Mrs. Smith made her home in Bridgeport and in Milford and since the
death of her husband has removed to Stratford, having a pleasant home on King street,
where she now lives. She is a woman of splendid Christian character, holding membership
in the Congregational church. She also belongs to the Daughters of the American
Revolution, being a descendant of William Wilcoxson, who was numbered among the
soldiers who fought for and won American independence. She is also a member of
Charity Lodge of the Daughters of Rebekah and a member of the Woman's Relief Corps
of Milford. She is much devoted to her home and family and she has many admirable traits
of character which have won for her warm friendships.

GEORGE R. LATHKOP.

George R. Lathrop, for many years a resident of Bridgeport and long connected with the
sewing machine interests of the city, passed away in 1899 at the age of fifty-eight years.
He was born in Bangor, Maine, and in early life learned the machinist's trade in Watertown,
Connecticut, to which place he removed in young manhood. He was there associated with
the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company and in that connection came to Bridgeport,
continuing in their ,nii,l,.y inv a minihr-r ot years. About the time of the Civil war, however,
he went to Sprinu'li.'M, Mass:iiliiis,.tt-., wh.r,- he rnnuine'd through the period of hostilities,
being connected witli the ariiHuy in (lir iriaiiiifaiture of arras and other service for the
government. When the war eii.lril hi' rituriied to Bridgeport and became connected with the
Howe Sewing JIaohine Company, with which lie had a contract for the manufacture of parts.
His time was there occupied l.ir an rxtindcd period, but afterward he went to New Haven,
where his son-in-law was superintendent of .Sargent & Company, and there he continued until
his demise.

In Bridgeport, in 1858, Mr. Lathrop was married to Miss Anna R. Sterling, the wedding
ceremony being performed by the Rev. David Osborne in the home of her parents, William
S. and Polly (.Telleflf) Sterling, who resided in Bridgeport during her early girlhood. Their
home was at Wilton and they occupied the only house that stood in that section through
the Revolutionary war. Mr. Sterling's father, Thaddeus Sterling, was an officer in the Ameri-
can army during the struggle for independence. William S. Sterling was born in Wilton,
as was also his father. Coming to Bridgeport more than sixty years ago he engaged in
carriage making on his own account, opening his shop on Williams street, while later he
conducted business on Crescent avenue. He was nut only an cntcrini^inLr Iiusinrss man but
was also an active worker and one of the oilicials in tin- \\a-liinu(nn I'aik iliunli. His .arly

.li.s..l„ti.,n hr jntwd thr ranks

of the newly organized republican party, which lie continue. 1 t

.1 Mipp.irt until his demise, but

never son^jht olilc as a reward for party fealty. He died ii

1 the year 1890 at the age of

seventy-thr..,.. whil,' his wife survived until 1906, and had r

cached the notable old age of

ninety-one years at the time ..f Iht demise. In their family

were eleven children, nine sons

and two daughters. Four s,.ns .lio.l yoiui- and live reached

maturity. Of these Theodore

died while serving as a Union sol.lier in the Civil war. Sherma

n H. died in Porto Rico. Odell

was connected with the Singer Sewing Machine Company froi

u his boyhood until his death.

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Andrew J. is living in Bridgeport. Rodman B. makes his home in Middlebury, Connecticut.
The daughters are Mary E., who is the widow of William F. Gilbert, and Mrs. Anna Lathrop.

The last named by her marriage became the mother of two children. The son, George S.,
married Lulu Andrus of New York and both have passed away, leaving a son, Earle Sterling
Lathrop, an excellent young man, wlio is connected with Sargent & Co. The daughter, Emma
A., is the wife of John H. Shaw, who is now general superintendent of Sargent & Co. at New
Haven.

George R. Lathrop was always a stalwart republican in his political views and was a
public spirited citizen who lent the aid of his influence to all measures and movements which
he deemed of worth to the community. He belonged to Samuel Harris Lodge, I. O. CK F.,
and he was ever a loyal member of the Methodist church. He had a wide acquaintance and
those who knew him spoke of him in terms of warm regard, for his chief characteristics were
those which make for honorable manhood and citizenship.

MAX W. DICK.

Max W. Dick is the junior partner in the firm of Saltman Brothers, wholesale dealers
in flour and groceries at No. 488 Water street in Bridgeport. Step by step he has advanced in
his business career and as he has progressed there has come to him a broader outlook and
wider opportunities. Fortunate in possessing character and ability that inspire confidence
in others, the simple weight of his character and ability has carried him into prominent

He was born in Russia in 1878 and on coming to the United States in 1887 he sup-
plemented his early education, acquired in the schools of his native land, by study at New
Haven, Connecticut. Soon, however, he was forced to go to work and was first employed
at farm labor. He worked hard and did everything possible to gain a start. At length
his savings enabled him to purchase some cows and he established a milk route, making
some money in that undertaking. By working at night he learned the printer's trade and
in fact developed expert skill along that line. At length he sold out his personal property
on the farm and went to New York city, where he obtained a position with the J. J. Little
Publishing Company and was also employed by the Munsey Publishing Company and others,
being thus engaged until ill health forced him to give up the printing business. He then
looked about him for a favorable opening and decided he would like to learn the cutlery
business, after which ho entered the employ of J. Buseh, a prominent cutlery house of New
York city. In that connection he thoroughly acquainted himself with the trade, but ill
health again interfered and he retired from active connection with that business. In 1904
he came to Bridgeport and invested his capital in a retail grocery store. At first his sales
were small but gradually his business increased until he was not only conducting one
establishment but several in different locations. Eventually he sold out and with the
profits of his labor in Bridgeport he again embarked in business in New Y'ork city, becoming
associated with his brother-in-law under the name of the Brody & Dick Cloak Company.
After three years, however, he again came to Bridgeport and in 1913 purchased an interest
in the wholesale grocery house of Saltman Brothers, with which he is still identified, con-
tributing to the growing success of what is now one of the most important commercial
enterprises of the city. He is a man of excellent executive ability, notably prompt, energetic
and reliable, and his administrative powers are constituting an important element in the
growth of the trade.

Mr. Dick was married in New Y'ork city to Miss Freda Povlin, who was born in the
metropolis, and they have four children: William, Samuel. Lillian and Gertrude, aged
respectively twelve, eight, four and two years. Mr. Dick holds to the religious faith of his

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fathers and is connected with the Jewish synagogue. Fraternally he is identified with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Early in his business career he held the position of
office boy and gradually worked his way upward to that of manager, while eventually he
became a partner in one of the leading commercial concerns of Bridgeport. He inherited
no money and in his youth worked at a salary of six dollars per week. Difficulties and
obstacles in his path have served as a stimulus to renewed effort and, utilizing his advantages
in the best possible manner, he has gradually worked upward until he has long since left
the ranks of the many and stands among the successful few.

DANIEL LARSEN.

The rapid growth and development of Bridgeport has given notable impetus to building
operations in the city within the past few years, and among those who have enjoyed the
advantages of business activity in tli:it field is Dnnicl Liusen, now well known as a con-
tractor and builder. He was born in ^firkliulm. burden, in 1888, a son of Emil and Marie
Larsen, the former now living, while tlir lntti i li:i~ j^issed away.

Daniel Larsen was but five years uf age wliun tlie parents left the old world and came
with their family to the United States, settling first at Peekskill, New York, whence a
removal was made to Bridgeport in 1896. Daniel Larsen acquired a public school education,
spending two years in Peekskill, New York, after whieh he spent the remainder of his school
period in Bridgeport. Following his graduation Inmi Ihe ■.'laiiiniar scIhxjI lie was employed

port high school, where he continued his studies \,,r tliie( years. Still later he was jjraduated
from the Pratt Institute at Brooklyn, New York, where he received training for architectural
work. He now spends a large part of his time in drawing plans and specifications for other
contractors and firms as well as for himself. He made all of the plans for the buildings
which he has erected, numbering more than thirty homes at Lordship Manor. One of his
most important contracts was the erection of the large John Moore home at Stratfield, Con-
necticut, for which he made the plans and specifications, and he also erected the bathing
pavilion and the dance hall at Lordship Manor, conclusive evidence of the skill which he
displays in solving important problems relative to building operations.

Mr. Larsen belongs to the Swedish Congregationiil church and also to the Young Men's
Christian Association. He is identified with several beneficial lodges and is ever ready to
extend a helping hand where aid is needed. In his business career he has been dependent
entirely upon his own resources and has earned the proud American title of a self-made
man, for he inherited no money nor received financial assistance at the outset but has gradu-
ally worked his way upward through perseverance and capability.

JAMES H. LOCKWOOD.

James H. Lockwood, who has recently disposed of his holdings and resigned as president
of the Gale Electric Company of Bridgeport, was bom near Easton in Fairfield county,
Connecticut, March 31, 1883, and is a son of William Henry and Addie (Pago) Lockwood.
The father, also a native of Fairfield county, was a son of William Fletcher Lockwood of
Weston, Connecticut, and a representative of one of the very early families of Fairfield
county. William Henry Lockwood removed with his family to Vermont in 1893, settling
at St. Johnsbury, where his remaining days were passed and where his widow still makes
her home.

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James H. Loekwood acquired a public school education and throughout his entire life
has been connected with the electrical business, having started in this line when a boy.
In 1906 he went t.. \rw Hinm and entered the employ of the W. W. Gale Company, in

which connection 1 h^inn,! -tiailily. being promoted from time to time after mastering

the phases of tlio bu^iiuss intrusted to his care. Eventually he became superintendent of
the business. The \V. W. Gale Company had been successors to Beers & Bonnell, and con-
ducted the Bridgeport establishment as a branch of their New Haven interests prior to
1908. In that year, however, the Bridgeport business was incorporated and became a
separate concern. The first oflRcers of the business following its establishment were:
Clifton B. Thorp, manager; and Stella L. Thorp, secretary. When it was taken over by
W. W. Gale & Company the ofRcers were: W. W. Gale, president; and Huntington Lee,
treasurer. On the 21st of June, 1910, H. R. Philbrick purchased ^tock and became treasurer
of the company. On the 17th of January, 1914, Mr. Loekwood purchased all of the stock
of W. W. Gale & Company and became superintendent and secretary. On the 20th of April.
1916, Mr. Philbrick sold out to Phillip Clegg, who became treasurer. J. H. McCleary bought
into the company and became secretary when Mr. Loekwood was chosen president. They did
electrical contracting and repairing, handled electrical supplies and did the electrical work
in connection witli tlie Bridgeport Projectile Company recently erected; also for the Auto-
matic Machine Company, the American (^.raphophone Company, the Connecticut Alloyed Metals
Company and variou.^ otlier important concerns. They employed about twenty-five electri-
cians in addition to eight or ten in the office and store.

On the 10th of May, 1905, Mr. Loekwood was united in marriage to Miss Annie Stone
of West Burke, Vermont, and they have one child, Doris S., born July 8. 1912. Fraternally
Jlr. Loekwood is connected with the Masons and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit
of the craft. He is well known as one who is competent to speak with authority upon every
phase of business in his line, for thorough training and long experience have given him
expert knowledge.

FLOYD TUClvER.

Floyd Tucker, who is now editor in chief and one of the publishers and owners of the
Bridgeport Farmer, an enterprising and popular daily paper, has been connected in one
capacity or another with that journal for forty-six years. He was born in Redding Ridge,
Connecticut, June 11, 1844, a son of Floyd and Anna (Jelliff) Tucker.

The father, who was born in Bedford, New York, engaged in the manufacture of shoes
in young manhood, but in the early '40s removed to Redding Ridge, Connecticut, where he
turned his attention to farming. Later he followed agricultural pursuits in the vicinity of
Easton, Coiiiiccticut, and there he passed away. He held a number of local offices, being a
representative in the town of Redding, justice of the peace of Easton and for many years a
selectman of Easton. His wife, who was born at Wilton, Connecticut, taught school at Cross
River, New York, for some time. She is also deceased.

Floyd Tucker received his general education in the public schools of Fairfield county,
Connecticut, in Sanford Academy at bedding Ridge and in the Easton Academy. Later
for two yrars lie stmlied law in the office of an attorney in New Y'ork city and then was
for a similar period connected with a hardware concern in that city. In 1871 he went to work
on the Bridgeport Farmer and has since been connected with that daily, having been at
different times reporter, editor and business manager, thus gaining a thorough working
knowledge of all its departments. He is now one of the owners and publishers of the
paper and is also editor in chief. He is recognized by his professional colleagues as one of
the most able newspaper men of this section of the state and the Bridgeport Farmer is an

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reliable

D Miss Helen F. Stiles, a native
wins, Henry B. and Arthur J.,
ielaer Polytechnic Institute at

influential factor in the molding of public opinion as v
disseminator of news. In polities it is strongly democrati

Jlr. Tucker was married on the ITth of January, 1S7;
of Glastonbury, Connecticut, and they have two children
natives of Bridgeport, who are now students at the R
Troy, New York.

Mr. Tucker is a stanch democrat, believing that the interests of the country can be best
served through following the policies of that party, and both as an editor and personally he
has done all in his power to advance democratic interests. At one time he served as park
■commissioner of Bridgeport and since early manhood has manifested an active interest in
public affairs, whether local, state or national. Fraternally he is connected with Corinthian
Lodge, No. 104, A. F. & A. M.; Jerusalem Chapter, No. 13, R. A. M.; and Hamilton Com-
mandery, No. 5, K. T. He is a great reader and has a large and well chosen library which
is one of his chief sources of enjoyment. His residence is at No. 105 Brooklawn place.
Because of his forty-six years' connection with newspaper work in Bridgeport he is probably
one of the best informed men in the city on the history of the local press and he is the
author of the chapter on that subject in the historical volume of this work.

SANFORD STODDARD.

Sanford Stoddard, a practitioner at the bar of Fairfield county for fifteen years, is

of will

1 the firm of Marsh, Stoddard & Day. He

lortunities were accorded him. He '
|ire]iaration for a professional caree
Hiiinis of 1902. In that year he w
county anil fiillnwiMl his profession for some time as a
Bishop. Changes have since occurred, however, in his pa
member of the firm of Marsh, Stoddard & Day, recognized
His social interests are in a measure indicated
Cniversity Clubs.

3 born in Bridgeport in 1877 and

ABRAHAM LEVY.

Abraham Levy, city sheriff of Bridgeport, was born in Philadel|.hia. Pennsylvania, August
31, 1861, and represents an old family of German origin. His father, (iottsilialk Levy, was
born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, and in 184S came to the I'rnt.d States. He liad
previously been married in the fatherland and his eldest son, Nathan Levy, was born in
Germany before the emigration to the new world. In this country that son was reared and
at the time of the Civil war he espoused the cause of the Union and went to the front
with the northern army. In the family were nine chihiren, five of whom are living, auiJ
with the exception of Abraham all arc residents of Pliil:i.lelpliia.

Abraham Levy was reared am] i illicit,,! in lii^ native i ity and in his youthful days
he took up the study of bookkeepiiiL'. wliirh lie tliiirnn^'lily ina^tiMed. In 1884 he came to
Bridgeport and for three years was iiii]ili'vi'il Ijv the Warner Brothers Company as book-
keeper and assistant forenian l.afrr h.' iieiame an exjiert baseball maker and gave his
attention to that business Im main \iai-, assisting in the establishment of many factories
for the manufacture of basebalN Imtli iii I'ai.l-eport and elsewhere. He possessed great skill
in that line of work and his services were therefore in demand by the manufacturers through-

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out the country. Later he turned his attention to the real estate business, in which he still
engages to some extent, but at the present time his attention is mostly given to his official
duties.

Mr. Levy is a republican in politics and has always taken an active interest in politics,
standing loyally by the principles in which he believes. For many years he was the repub-
lican leader in this district and in 1912 he was made inspector of the water sprinkling depart-
ment of the city, while in November, 1915, he was elected to the office of city sheriff by
popular vote. He is now a member of the Sixth District Republican Club and was once
its president.

In 1882 Mr. Levy was married to Miss Louisa Kraus and they became the parents of two
daughters, Louisa and Ida. The latter became the wife of William Meyer, who is now
deceased, and by her marriage she had one child, Edna. Mr. Levy is leading a busy and
useful life. In business circles he worked his way steadily upward and through his
connection with public affairs he has contributed much to the substantial development and
progress of his

ROBERT GOITLDING WHITNEY.

Real estate and building operations in and around Bridgeport find a prominent repre-
sentative in Robert G. Whitney, member of the Langlands-Whitney Company, Whitney &
Owens, Inc., real estate developers, and his personal real estate and insurance business,
conducted in his own name, with offices for all three businesses at No. 142 Golden Hill
street. Mr. Whitney is a son of Thomas B. Whitney, of Derby, and connected with the
John Whitney family, which for years has been identified with Bridgeport's affairs.

Mr. Whitney has spent but eleven years in Bridgeport, during which time he has become
well known through important business connections. For nine years before entering his
present lines he was private secretary to the president of Crane Company, Bridgeport
branch. At length, however, he entered on the above business wherein he has achieved
marked success.

Among the developments with which Mr. Whitney has been connected are Stratfield
Hill, comprising several acres of beautiful homes and streets adjoining his elaborate residence
on Jackman avenue, Fairfield; the Gilman Manor tracts, Nos. 1 and 2, adjoining the old
Gilman Manor house, which has been recently coiivcrti'il into a lioautitul hotel; the Bayvi
development on Fairfield avenue, and one or two minor (l.'v,loiiiiH.iit.s in Fairfield, all of
which developments are a huge credit to the voun- mans .ilorts to develop something
above the average in communities where the lot prices were well witliin the reach of the
repectable man of moderate means.

Mr. Whitney wa.s united in marriage to Miss Mattie M. Wehrle, formerly of Ansonia,
Connecticut, and has three daughters: Charlotte, who is attending high school, and Alice
and Helen, who are in the grades.

CAPTAIN GEORGE A. CLEVELAND.

George A. Cleveland, captain and master of the steamer Stratford and a resident of the
town of Stratford, was born in Horwinton, Connecticut, January 30, 1852, and acquired his
education in the public schools of that place and of Goshen, where he spent his early days.
He was also a student for a time at Northfield. In 1865 he removed to Stratford and I
since been connected with marine interests. He went at once upon the water, becom

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cook on the E. P. Burton and afterward serving in a similar capacity on tlie Falcon. He
afterward made a trip on a schooner to the West Indies and subsequently became sail master
on the schooner Union and master of the schooner Josephine, in which boat he purchased an
interest. He was also master of the schooners W. McCobb and Brown. Putting aside marine
interests for a year, he spent that period as watchman in the employ of H. J. Lewis of
Stratford, at the end of wliiili tiiiu' he received his license certificate and returned to the
sea as master of the Fred Brown. Hr has since served as master of the Annie and of the
Eta May and in 1896 he went ti. tlit- st.umer Stratford, of which he has now been master
for twenty-one years, operating in iDnnciti.iu witli the oyster business. He has completely
rebuilt the boat since becoming nm-iii Ihi- uhl length was seventy-seven feet, with a
beam of eighteen feet. The boat is t."ln\ nn, hiunlud and seven feet in length, with a beam
of twenty-three feet, and draws nine ifct of water. He has had many interesting experi-
ences during the years of his active life. On one occasion he carried five hundred kegs or
twelve thousand five hundred pounds of powder from New York to tlie Union Metallic
Cartridge Company, of Bridgeport. This powder was put in the stateroom for safety. It
was a colli clay ami lliere was a stove in the stateroom. In tliis a hiii tiir was started and
the stovr uji-rt anioiit; the kegs of powder. It was only the captain'^ ■iniik wit that saved
his schooiin. thr Ans.>n B, and all lives, for many kegs were l.iun.d ainio-t through the

iiember of the ilasui

THEODORE E. STEIBER.

Theodore E. Steiber, an attorney and clerk of the city court, was born in l!ridL,'f[iort,
November 20, 18S5, his parents being Isaac and Pearl (Bocki Stoil»-r. The father, wlio
devoted his life to merchandising, was born in Austria and cann' to thr United States when
twenty years of age, at which time he established his honu' in Brhlgepurt. He married
Pearl Beck before coming to the new world, both being then about eighteen years of age. His
death occurred in Bridgeport in 1907, when he was fifty-seven years of age, but his widow

namely: Mrs. Sadie Meyer, of Montclair, New Jersey; Benjamin B., who is ..n^-ai;..,! in
merchandising in Bridgeport; Theodore E.; Mrs. Annie Speigel, of Brooklyn, X.w "lOrk;
and Mrs. Mildred Meyer, also of Brooklyn, her husband being a brother of her sister Sadie's
husband.

Theodore E. Steiber was largely educated under the private tutorship of Dr. Fred C.
Stanley, who instructed him for four years. He then entered the Yale Law School in 1905
and completed his course in that institution by graduation with the class of 1908. Since
then he lias practiced law in Bridgeport and in the trial of his cases it is seen that his
knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence is comprehensive and exact.

On the 21st of .June, 1910, Mr. Steiber was married to Miss Mariadina Cohen, of New
Y'ork city, a daughter of Maurice S. Cohen, who is president of the Bronx Bar Association
of New York city and is a well known lawyer of the metropolis. In 1916 he was the
democratic candidate for the office of state treasurer of New York. Both Mrs. Steiber and

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her mother are graduates of a New York college. The latter bore the maiden name of
Rosalie Mejer and was a daughter of the late Sidney B. Meyer, who was widely known in
New York city, where he conducted business while making his home on Long Island. He
was one of the founders of tlie Montefiore Home and was on the first board of trustees of
Mount Sinai Hospital of New York city.

Mr. Steiber is well known as an active worker in republican circles and for two years
he served as clerk of the city board of appraisers in Bridgeport. In 1915 he was appointed
clerk of the city court, which position he is now filling under Judge Frederic A. Bartlett.
He also served for one year as land indexer for the city of Bridgeport. He belongs to the
Bridgeport Club, is a member of the Park Avenue Jewish Temple and is a member of the
Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, of which he was the president for two years, while he
was the secretary of the general committee which managed the celebration of its fiftieth
anniversary on the 11th, 13th and 13th of February, 1917. He is very prominent among
the Jewish people of Bridgeport and yet his circle of friends is by no means limited to those
of his own faith as he enjoys the companionship and highest regard of many friends.

ALEXANDER MACPHEE.

Alexander Macphee, superintendent of hull construction of the Lake Torpido Boat
Company of Bridgeport, has been connected with the building of undersea ir;Ut fm marly
twenty years and is now recognized as one of the world authorities upon tli.- inn-trurt icti nf
submersibles. He Avas born near Glasgow, Scotland, on the 19th of Septeinl),! . is.-,:;, a son
of Charles and Mnr;_Mrrt Anderson (Kerr) Macphee, who passed their entire lives in that
country. The fatlit-r was a iiiininjr engineer by profession.

Alexander Macpli.r was rcand in a suburb of Glasgow and received only a common
school education, tlic pruiiiinciiLC wliich he has since gained in a highly technical field being
due to his natural mechanical ability, his long experience in siuli work and his careful
study of the difficult problems with which he has been confronted. Wlini littlr more than
a child he entered the office of R. Napier & Sons, shipbuilders on the Clyde, and spent several
years in the office of that concern, but as soon as he was old enough was transferred to
the hull construction department of that company. He remained in that connection for ten
years, during which lime he learned the business of hull construction thoroughly according
•to the methods used by tliat eoiuirn. but. wisliing to broaden his knowledge, he subsequently
associated himself witli sev.ial of the lar-est slii|.l.iiilding companies in both Scotland and
England. He worked diiriii- all tliis time :n liiill construction departments and beciame
familiar witli flie \arious mi'tho.ls eTn|doyed by tlie different builders. In 1S89 he came to
the United ^tales and se. uie.l a position in tlie hull construction department of the Columbia
Iron Works at I'.altimoi.. Maryland. Later he was employed in the order stated by the
Maryland ."-teel Coiii|iany. in the sliipbuiliiiiig department, and the Crescent Shipbuilding
Company at Elizabeth, New Jersey. While with the last named concern he constructed the
hulls of the Holland type submarines, the first successful undersea boats ever built. In 1901
the Johnson Iron Works of New Orleans, Louisiana, were building some boats for the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company to be used on the Mississippi river and Mr. Macphee was
employed by them to superintend the construction of the hulls of those boats, which were
the first vessels with iron hulls built in New Orleans.

After the eom[iI..tion of that work he left New Orleans ami returned east and in 1901
became assoeiated with Simon Lake, the inventor of tlie even ke.d tyj.e of sulimarine. as
superintendent of the hull and machine department id' tin' Lake Toriieilo lioat ( ompany at

submarines. Mr. Macphee constructed the first submarine built at Bridgeport and alter tliis

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boat had proved a success it was sold to the Russian government for use in the Russian
navy. It was sent to Russia on the deck of a ship and thence to Vladivostok by way of the
Siberian Railroad, being intended for use in the Russo-Japanese war. It arrived too late
for service in that conllict but was attached to the Russian navy and is still in commission.
It was the first submarine bought by the Russian government. After constructing this boat
Mr. Macphee became superintendent of hull construction for the ( hailrs L. Si;iliuiy ( (Hiipiiiiy,
a gas engine and power company located on the Harlem rivn. in N. w \i.ik .ity. and
remained there from 1903 to December 31, lOOS. The following .lanuary In- return.'. I to
Bridgeport as superinten.lent uf hull .■..!i>trm ti.m ..f the Lake Torpedo Boat Company and is
still serving in that capaiity. Huhmv' tlir \i:.r I'.ioy and until October, 1910, he was the
company's representative at Xewii.jrt .\i».-. \\liiic they were building two submarine boats.
Since October, 1910, he has remained at Bridgeport and recently he has constructed the hulls
for eight submarines which the company is building for the United State navy. His record
of accomplishment in the new and difficult field of submarine construction in itself indicates
the high position which he holds among the naval architects of the country.

Mr. Macphee was married at Bayonne, New .Jer^'y, ..n th.. l.-.th ..f .lune, 189T, to Miss
Catherine Gartley, a native of Elizabeth. New Jers.y. T.. tlii- uni..ii hav.^ been born two
daughters, both natives of Elizabeth, namely: Bess .MansiU.'. wli., i> s.rretary of the Booth
& Bayliss Commercial College of Bridgeport; and Margaret Kerr.

Mr. Macphee believes in the wisdom of the policies of the republican party, but where
no great national issue is at stake votes independently. He holds membership in the Methodist
Episcopal church, as does his wife, and she is very active in the Ladies' Aid and the Home
Missionary Society and in various charitable organizations. He belongs to Govendale Lodge,
No. 437, A. F. & A. M.. at Govan, Scotlaml, and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
Elizabeth, New Jersey. Along strictly professional lines he is a ni.'mber of the American
Association of Naval Architects and Marine Engincr.-. Hi- Hi.' «..ik has been the con-
struction of iron hulls for ships and he has thoroughly ina-t.ri.i th.- science of engineering
as it pertains to shipbuilding and especially to the c.iiii-truLti..ii .it submarines. When the
building of undersea craft was still in its experimental stage and many doubted that they
could ever be made practicabl.'. h.' s.iw dearly the wonderful possibilities in such boats, and
as the years have passed his work has been an important element in the perfecting of this
type of vessel. It is now generally conceded that he is the most expert hull constructor

GEORGE KANE.

Among the practitioners at the Bridgeport bar is George Kane, who was born in this city
April 27, 1868, and is the younger of the two living sons of Patrick and Catherine (Smith)
Kane. His elder brother is Judge Patrick Kane, who is mentioned elsewhere in this

George Kane has always lived in Bridgeport and at the usual age he became a public
school pupil, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school with
the class of 1887. He was afterward variously employed as a wage earner until 1895 and
during that period he clerked for several years in the first exclusive rubber store in Bridge-
port. In 1895 he entered the Yale Law School, from which he was graduated in 1897 with
the LL. B. dcgre,.. an.l since June of that year he has practiced continuously in HridL'oport.

has followed. H.' thr..u. hiiii-.-ll .m-iIx ami natuially int.. th.- a i ;.^u..i.ait ami ],.■ i„a,iif,.>ts

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mind trained in the severest school of investigation and to which the closest reasoning is
habitual and easy. In his law practice he has been identified with some very important
litigation. He was one of the attorneys in the case of the state vs. Napoleon Bisonette, in
which he appeared for the defense. His client had been accused of murder and he so con-
ducted his case and presented his evidence that the man received a sentence of but three
years. Another important case which he won was a civil action entitled Cerati vs. Dr.
Cenicola, in which Mr. Kane again appeared for the defense, the jury being unable to agree
upon a verdict, after which the case was dropped.

On the 19th of November, t901, Mr. Kane was married to Miss Margaret Hamilton, a
daughter of Thomas F. Hamilton, now deceased, who for twenty years served as city sheriff of
Bridgeport and later was deputy sheriff of Fairfield county. Mr. and Mrs. Kane have two
living children, Grace and Catherine, aged respectively fourteen and eight years.

In politics Mr. Kane has always been a stalwart democrat and takes an active interest
in local politics in his home district, the seventh, in which he was formerly democratic
chairman. He served as justice of the peace for ten years but has never held any other
office nor desired preferment of that kind. He belongs to the St. Augustine Roman Catholic
church and to the Knights of Columbus and is a member of Park City Council of that order.

EDWARD MOONEY.

Edward Mooney has figured prominently in the business circles and public i
Bridgeport, and from April, 1904, until July, 1915, was the efficient chief of the fire depart-
ment. He was born in Dublin. Ireland, in December, 1850, and was a youth of fourteen
years when in 1864 he came to the United States, residing in New York for three years
thereafter. He then came to BridiJeport in 1S67 and learned the trade of carriage black-
smith in the carriage work^ of Wood Rriithors. where he remained until 1874. He then went
to the Wheeler & Wil-MH raioiy and \\:is roiincrtiil with thi' l>laiksmitliing department for
fourteen years. ( in tlu' i\|iiratinii ot tliat priio.l he toi.k iliaigi' ot the shop of the
New Haven Tool (_'oiiii>any at Xcw Haven, (onnerticiit. then- remaining for twenty-six
months, after which he was with the firm of Cole & Mel\eiizie of lii idj^eport in the black-
smithing department. His next position was at the Paeilie lion \\(irk> and later he went to
Eaton. Cole & Burnham, having charge of their blacksmitli slio|i f,ir ten years. In September,
1916, he completed a garage eighty-four by fifty-five feet for the storage of cars, but it is
his intention to increase its capacity immediately and add a repair department. This
garage is located at 175 William street and is personally conducted by ilr. Mooney.

His aeti\itii-- in eoniieitiou witli tlie fire department have made Mr. Mooney |perlia[i3
even more w ulely known, lie ioini>il lAcel-ior Company No. 5, of tlie \olnnteir tire (le].;iit-
ment in isr,: In 1-~T:J tln^ wa^ nia^le a rail department and Mr. Moon.'y \\a> ilhi-en ra|itaiii
of No. 5 in l-iTs and .mi .servi J until 18SG. He was appointed fire chief in April. l'.)U4, and
continued in tliat position of responsibility until July, 1915. During that period the depart-
ment was changed from horse to motor power and stations No. 8, 9 and 10 were
built, together with chemical stations No. 1 and 2. At the time he assumed command of
the department there were seven engine houses, while today there are ten and two chemical
stations. He studied closely everything bearing upon the improvement of the department
and did all in his power to promote its efficiency, giving splendid service to the city during the
eleven years of his administration.

In Bridgeport in 1874, Mr. Mooney was married to Miss Delia Fagan, a native of this
city and a daughter of John Fagan, an early resident of Bridgeport who lived upon the
ground now occupied byi the Mooney home. Mr. Fagan was employed by Wood Brothers,
having care of the plant. He purchased his residence property in 1842 and there remained

EDWARD JXOOXEY

BKIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 315

until his death. Upon tliat place Mrs. Mooney haa spent her entire life. Mr. and Mra.
Mooney became the parents of three children: Belle and Margaret, who are teachers in the
public schools; and a son, Ambrose, who has passed away. The religious faith of the
family is tiiat of the Catliolic church and Mr. Mooney belongs also to the Knights of
Columbus. In politics he has always been a stalwart democrat and from 188» until 1892
was alderman at large. He has given much time and thought to public service and his
labors have been of far-reaching and beneficial effect.

JAY H. McCLEARY.

Jay H. McCleary, secretary and treasurer of the Gale Electric Company of Bridgeport,
was born in Berlin, Connecticut, March 4, 1885, a son of Henry and Dora (Tryon) McCleary,
the first named a native of Roden, Canada, and tlic latter of Middletown, Connecticut. The
father was a square maker by trade, and tCr fnity In.- years was connected with the Peck,
Stowe & Wilcox Company. The family rriihi\...l tu Snuthington, Connecticut, and there
J. H. McCleary acquired a public school iihuatinn, after which he attended the Wesleyan
Academy. Later he became a mechanical draftsman, thoroughly qualifying for work of that
character. He was for some time connected with the Corbin Screw Corporation of New
Britain, Connecticut, and later was with the Trumbull Electric Company in charge of their
drafting room at Plainville, Connecticut. Subsequently he became draftsman for the Farrel
Foundry & Machine Company at Waterbury, Connecticut, and was also designer of special
machinery there. He afterward went upon the road as traveling salesman for Edward
Miller & Company of Meriden, CoTiiicctiriil , wluim he thus represented for five years, and
in 1U16 he came to Bridgeport aii'l |iurrh,i,-r,l :iii interest in the Gale Electric Company, of
which he became secretary. In tlii- . omiirt i.in ],,- has charge of the oflice and of the business
end of tlii-ir interests, and is tluis ;i,fi\c in formulating the plans and directing the interests
of tlir r.iiii|i;]tiy, iHiidiiiir liis fin'rL;i.'s to administrative direction and executive control.

In Mn.-i Ah Mr( Iraiy \v.i> ,untr,[ in marriage to Miss Ruth Woodruff Pierson, of South-
ington. ( (iiini-iticiit, and they have two daughters, Nathalie and Barbara. Mr. McCleary
holds membership in Friendship Lodge, No. 33, A. F. & A. M., and also in Triune Chapter,
No. 40, R. A. M. He attends the Methodist church and gives his political support to the
republican party, being a stalwart advocate of its principles. He stands for all that is
n citizenship as well as in business life, and his influence is ever on the side

of advancement and improver

ARTHUR T. GRANGER.

idgeport is that conducted under
'. Granger is president. Although
;he 1st of January, 1917, he has
ty. However, he had about eleven
;onnected with the Gale Electric
s born in Winsted on the 15th of
January, 1885, his parents being Lafayette and Hannah C. Granger. The father was
engaged in the wholesale and retail farm implement business at Winsted.

Arthur T. Granger acquired a public school education in his native city, and when
sixteen years of age went to Vermillion, Kansas, where he was associated with a brother
in the general merchandise business. In 1903 he returned to his native city and entered the

One 01

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interests of B

the name (

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', of

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he has be«

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already wo

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circles of the c

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Company.

Connecticut claims him as ;

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316 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

employ of the E. A. Perkins Ele-tiic-al Coniiiany witli wliicli ho continued for a year. He
was afterward with the New Enr,'|anil En'iinecrin^' Company for several years and in
Eeliruary, I'.iH, he iiitori'd tlic eiiiijloy of I). W. I'liiit of New Haven, Connecticut, in the
sail- III J'cini iar>. On the 1st of .lamiary, r.HT, he n-nioved to Bridgeport and purchased an
interest in the (Jale Electric Company, so that lie is now actively connected with the
business, contributing to its growth and success.

On the 16th of April, 1907, Mr. Granger was united in marriage to Miss Lena May
McClary. He is well known in connection with Masonic interests, belonging to the lodge
and council and also to tlie Masonic Club of New Haven. He is likewise connected with
tlie Indi'iicndcnt Order of Odd Fellows as a member of the lodge and encampment. Politically
he maintains an independent course, supporting men and measures rather than party. He
has sought business advancement along the lines of legitimate activity, basing his success upon
industry and unfaltering determination.

EDSON W. HALL.

Edson W. Hall, a coal dealer of Stratford who has developed a business that is a leader
in its line, has his office at Xo. 555 Broad street and his residence, which he erected in 1915,
is at Xo. 15.';6 South Main street. He was born in Easton, Connecticut, in 1854, a son of
Pliilo and Delia (Blakeman) Hall, both now deceased. They came of old American families
wlio were early residents of Easton. They had six children, of whom Henry, Emeline A.,
Austin A. and August A. are now deceased. The second of the family, Frances E., is
living in Easton at the age of eighty-one years. The only other survivor is Edson W., who
has spent each Sunday with his sister for the past fourteen years.

After attending the Easton public schools and the Easton Academy, Edson W. Hall
started out to provide for his own support and made a conlract with the government for
carying the mail between Easton and Bridgeport for four yrms. On tlic expiration of that
period he began to learn the butcher's trade in Bridgeimrl, wlicn- lie spent a year, after
which he engaged in farming for a time. Returning to Hriilge]iiirt, In- was for a while
in a grocery slorc and later spent seventeen years in the employ of the Adams Express
Company. Fcr almost tliicc decades he has lived in Stratford, having taken up his abode
here in 1SS9. at which time he purchased the coal business of Robert Wheeler and has since
been actively connected with the trade. He is recognized as a thoroughly reliable and enter-
prising business man and his straightforward methods and close application have made his
business a very substantial one.

Mr. Hall lias been miirried twice. On the 30th of December, 1893, he wedded Miss
Caroline Itolicits. who passed away I'ebruary 27, 1914, leaving one daughter, Qiarlotte
Elwo.id. In Ai.ril, HH:,, .Mr. Ihill married Miss Gertrude E. Black. Mr. Hall devotes his
entire time to his liome outside of business hours. He has no club nor fraternal relations.
There have been no spectacular phases in his life work, but in the faithful performance of
each day's duties he has proven himself a substantial citizen.

WILLIAM F. DOWLING.

William F. Dowling is the

pre

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and is giving the major part

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attenti

business interests which this t

now controls

. He w

William S. and Harriet Dowlinf

,th

former now

decease

& Bottomly Company of Bridgeport
1 to the direction of the important
3 born in England in 1881, a son of
while the latter is still living. They

EDSON W. HALL

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 319

loft England, their native lanii, wlien their son William was but a year old and, establishing
their home in Bridceport, he here pursued his education as a public and grammar school
student, also attending the St. Augustine School. He was employed for a time in a factory
and then took his initial step toward entering the contracting business, starting out as a
bricklayer. 'I'he Dowling & Bottomly Company was organized in 1885 and thus for almost
a third of a cenfuiy flir (Mimpany has been actively and prominently identified with con-
tracting interests line. In I 'KIT the Imsiness was incorporated with William S. Dowling
as president, t'hai le- -\. l'...tt..iiily as secretary, and James T. Quinn as treasurer. In the

business which has given them prominent place in the promotion of the building activities
of the city. Upon the deatli of William S. Dowling, March 25, 1915, William F. Dowling
became president.

In 1904 William F. Dowling was married to Miss Grace E. Bailey and they have one
child, Frances Evelyn. The parents hold membership in St. Augustine's Roman Catholic
church and Mr. Dowling also belongs to the Sons of St. George.

M. JOSEPH DOWLING.

M. Joseph Dowling was (dected secretary of the Dowling & Bottomly Company in
January, 1916. He is accounted niie of the enterprising, alert and active young business men
of Bridgeport, in wliLli rity lie «;is Imni October 26, 1894. He completed his education by
graduation from the St. .\uL'u~tiin S, ho.d of Bridgeport and entered the employ of the
present company as olllre ln^y. wuikiUL: l'>r the lirst week for a wage of a dollar and a half.
He afterward left the company and «as employed elsewhere, but later started again and
has since been identified with the liu>iiie-s. He has thoroughly acquainted himself with
every phase of contracting ainl liuihling :niil in .laiiuary, 1916, he was made secretary of
the company and is thus takim; :ui ;irtiir p.i.t ni its nianagement and the furtherance
of its interests. He, too, Imhls niemlirrship in St .\iii;ii<t iin's rlnirch and in the sons of
St. George. He was married .May ~'. I'.ilT, ti> Cnue i:\<'lyn llromley, of Bridgeport.

CHARLES ANDERSON BOTTOMLY.

Cliarles Anderson Bottomly, a native son of Bridgeport, was born December 6, 1886,
a son of Charles and Sophia Bottomly, the former now deceased. After completing the
work taught in the public schools Mr. Bottomly spent a brief period as a high school pupil
but when seventeen years of age put aside his textbooks in order to go to work. On attain-
ing his majority he became an otBcer in the inesent company. He was married in 1909 to
Glena Potter, and their children are Charles, Elizabeth. Lucy May aii.l Susan. Mr. Bottomly
belongs to St. .John's Episcopal clinuli and is a incTnlirr <if its cliuir, having sung in this
and other churches of the city fny sc\rnterii yiars. so tliat he is promini'nti\- known in
musical circles in Bridge]. ort.

William F. and M. .lose],]. I),.«iinu' .in.i ( hnihs .\. Hottomly constitute the Dowling &

work. They erected the scutli wing of the plant of the Locomobile Company, the winter

, Frank P. Bell, W. R. Webster, H. '

320 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

G. F. Diouve. They were also the builders of the Lincoln, Staples, Wheeler, McKinley. St.
Mary's and St. Charles schools, the county courthouse, the telephone building, the Meigs
building and the Wakeman iMemorial Library. They have also done work on almost all
of the theaters of Bridgeport aud their name has become a recognized synonym for high
standards and efficiency. Tlie partners are men of enterprise, wide-awake and alert, mani-
festing as well persistency of purjjose and the indefatigable energy which accomplishes
results.

PERRY FAMILY.

The Perry family of Fairfield, of which the late Burr Perry was a descendant, is one
of the oldest and best known families of the state. Its founder in Connecticut was Richard
Perry, a lawyer by profession, who came from England prior to 16.33 and settled in the New
Haven colony. He was a man of influence and held the office of secietary to the court at
New Haven. He came to Fairfield in 1649. His son, Nathaniel Peiry. was a , Intliier and
died in 1682. He was the father of Joseph Perry, who was born in ir.77 and was a wheel-
wriglit liy tra.lo. His ilcatli cKnirrcil in 1753. His son, .Josrpji I'my. -Tr.. was born in 1713
and was a iiiillcr liy n.cuiiation. o|iirating a mill at Mill Plaiii, iu iaiilicid, which had been
in tlic family >iiicc iTii.".. 1 he mill and home have been uwm.l liy the I'errys for over two
hundred an. I twrlv, yrai-,

Peter I'.n y. -mii ,1 l,.s,.ph Perry, Jr., was born in 1739 and lived on the place at Mill
Plain and .i|iriati J thi null tliere, remaining until his death in the year 1804. His son, Job
Perry, hon^lit llie intin-t nf the other heirs in the mill and placed his son, Alfred, in charge
at the mill, .lob Peiiy resi.led at Easton, becoming a well known citizen of that section.
He wedded Sarah Sturees. who was a daughter uf .Tose|di Sturges. who died on the prison
ship Jersey during tlie Revolutionary war. He and his wife passed away at their home in
Easton and were laid to rest in the Easton cemetery. Their son. Monson Perry, was born
at Easton and there grew up to manhood He removed to Westchester county. New York,
locating at Somers, where he made his home throuj;hout his remaining days and followed
milling and farming. He wedded Arity Godfrey, a dau^hti i cii Sillinnm (JDilfrey

Burr Perry, son of Monson and Arity Perry, «.i- liorn at s.iin.i-. W e-l, li,-t-i cuunty.
New York, August 3. 1822. and there acquired hi- eaily ,.ln,ati,.n. He al-i. attended the
Peekskill Aca.lemy and took up the study of civil ,-noineerii.g and Muveymg but never tol-
IowimI that piniessh.n. He Was ;Mti\.ly Miuaged in the grain business with his brother
.luiin;,' the ( i\il war aihl was .|uitr -u. r.^lnl in tile undertaking. In 1866 he came to the
liome (,t hi.s amestors at Mill Plain and settle,! at the old homestead which was owned by his
uncle, Alfred Perry. There Burr Perry continued to reside throughout the remainder of
his life and made various improvements on the old home. He was a man of quiet tastes
and domestic in his habits and was a good citizen. His political allegiance was given to the
republican party. He passed away April 1, 1901, and was laid to rest in Oaklawn cemetery
of Fairfield.

For his first wife he marrried Laura H. Gildersleeve, a daughter of Dr. Thomas Gilder-
sleeve, of New Yoik. on the .Id ,,f July, isr,r,. She passed away in 1869, and their only child.
Lama ( iiM., -!re\ e. ,lir,l in jniamy Km- his se.'.unl wife Mr. I'erry chose Kate E. Peet, who
wa- linrii I'eliiiKiiy I, ls4L', at ['..niid Kiilu'e, Westchester rcmnty. New York, a daughter of
Miln and ll.iiii.t .\asli iSaundcrsi Peet. She was educated in tjie public schools and in the
llmi-atnnir jn-tiluti' at New .Milford, Connecticut. She taught school for some years and
lie(,inie |,iin,i|ial nf the Croton River Institute at Somers, Westchester county. New York,
where ,-he sjieiit ( jglit ycars teaching the classics and fitting pupils for higher education.
She was a lady of superior culture and had marked taste for literature. She was also a

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 321

writer of considerable note and was a woman of progressive ideas and thoroughly artistic.
She took a deep interest in her adopted home, Fairfield, and did much for the cause of
education there. For several years she was correspondent for that town to the Bridgeport
Standard as well as other papers and her gifted pen was used in the interests of progress
and against evil in every form. She did much to preserve neglected cemeteries and graves
and in 1882 had compiled and published, after years of labor, a book entitled "The Old
Burying Ground of Fairfield, Connecticut," which also contains an account of the rebuilding
of the tombs. She also wrote the chapter on Fairfield for Kurd's "History of Fairfield
County" in 1881. She was one of the organizers of a public circulating library at Mill Plain
which was kept in existence until 1901. 8he was active in the religious and charitable
interests of the town and was a member of the Congregational church, while in her own
home she conducted a Sumlaj' school class. She was a most devoted wife and mother and
possessed many virtues. She passed away August 22, 1882, and was laid to rest in the
Oaklawn cemetery at Fairfield. Mrs. Perry was the mother of several children, five of
whom reached adult age, including Loretta Brundige, to whom we are indebted for a
history of the family. A son, Fiancis Burr, educated in the Yonkers Military School,
operates the Perry mill and is residing on the old homestead at Mill Plain. He wedded Mary
Grace Leigh and they have five children, Kate Leigh, Eliza Brundige, Burr, Francis Monson
and Mary Grace. Alfred Silliman Perry, a graduate of the Yale Law School, resides at
Elkton, Maryland. He married Frances Gertrude Mills and has four children, Dorothy, John,
Alfred S., Jr., and Charles Godfrey. Susan Derby, educated at the Rye (N. Y.) Seminary, is
the wife of Rev. John Maurice Dcyo. wlio wn~. -raduated from Y'ale College and Theologi-
cal Seminary and is now a minist<T nf (lir ( .iiiiji(i.Mtional church at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Sarah Josephine, who was also graduate. 1 ihmii tlir Kye Seminary, is the wife of Dr. Joseph
M. Klein, a well known physician of ( Hh licstcr. New London county, Connecticut, and they
have one child, Robert. On the 9th of December, 1885, Burr Perry was a third time married.
Miss Loretta Brundige becoming his wife. She was a daughter of Joseph and Thirza (Mead)
Brundige and died February 17, 1899, her grave being made in the Oaklawn cemetery at
Fairfield.

The eldest daughter of Burr Perry is Loretta Brundige Perry, who was educated at a
select school and in the Golden Hill Seminary, under Miss Nelson. She now resides on
Eliot road, in Fairfield, where she built a home. She is a lady of liberal culture and has
traveled extensively over the American continent, going as far as Alaska, and has also made
several trips to Europe. She is an active member of the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Kevolution of Fairfield and has served as a delegate to several
conventions of the society iii \\ a-lnnL't.in and other places. She has given instruction in
domestic science to several .la--.- .i l'iiI- in Fairfield and is nnuii interested in the work.
She is also active in church an. I jiii--i..naiy work and holds membership in the Congregational
church. She likewise belongs to the Art League of Bridgeport and her aid and influence are
always given in support of those interests which tend to uplift the individual and promote moral
progress.

F. A. CANTWELL.

F. A. Cantwell is the efiicicnt and popular manager of the Stratfield Hotel of Bridgeport.
He did not come inexperienced to his present responsible position — in fact he has for twenty
years been actively connected with hotel management, liaving starte.l in the CVocker House
at New London, Connecticut, in 1897. After remaining tlirrc f..r a yrar he went to Hotel
, where he continued for seven year>, ami later he spent one
rk. For three years he has been connected with tlie Stratfield

322 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

aa manager and under his direction has two hundred employes, witli six assistants who act
as heads of departments.

The Strattield is the only strictly fireproof hotel of Bridgeport. It contains two hundred
and ninety rooms, of which two hundred and seventy-five are with bath. It is tlioroughly
modern — a beautiful hotel which would be a credit to any metropolis of the country. The
hotel is eight stories in height, with a lobby one hundred by sixty feet. One of the attractive
features of the hostelry is the park which surrounds it, with wide lawns and well kept
gardens. The dining room is back one hundred and fifty feet from the hotel proper and
there is a most excellent cuisine. The hotel is hmtnl tlunuL^Iiout by steam, there is perfect
ventilation and a vacuum cleaning system has 1.., n iii~t;ill. .1 Turkish baths may be had
at the hotel and in fact there is no convenience m ...minrt .if modern hotel life that cannot
be secured at the Stratfield, and Mr. Cantwell is cuntinually studying the public wishes and
demands in this connection.

Mr. Cantwell holds membership in the Congregational church and is identified with various
Masonic bodies, having attained the Knights Templar degree of the York Rite and belonging
to Pyramid Temple of the Order of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Elks,
the Odd Fellows and the Red Men.

A. J. SiUTH, M. D.

Dr. A. J. Smith, who for more than a half century was one of Bridgeport's noted
physicians, continuing in practice here until his demise, was born at Pond Ridge, New York,
October 6, 1839, and was a son of Reuben and Maria (Holly) Smith, who were well known
residents of that part of the Empire state. His early education was acquired in his
native town and at New Canaan, Connecticut, where he fitted himself for teaching. He
followed that profession for a time and in that way accumulated a sufficient sum to meet the_
expenses of a college course. Desiring to become a representative of the medical profession,
he perfected his plans where{)y he became a student in the College of Physicians and Surgeons
of New York and upon the completion of the regular course he won his M. D. degree. A few
years were devoted to hospital practiic, \vhiril)y juost broad and liberal experience and
training are gained. During the Civil war lie «as in the Davids Island Hospital, where he
performed a number of notable operatiun,-.. <.n<- <.t wliich was fully described in Harper's
Woikly i.f tliat iuri.,d. In 1868 he came to Bridgeport and at the time of his death he and
Dr. I'oit.r Will' th. iil.k-t practicing physicians of the city. Dr. Smith located on the east
siilr mil tliiiini;li lii> w i.lily recognized skill and his close application to professional duties
he built up an txtLnsi\ c and successful practice. He was one of the best known and most
beloved physicians in his section of the city. He had the deepest interest in his profession
and while he possessed notable skill in surgery, he preferred rather the practice of medicine.
He was one of the founders of the Bridgeport Medical Society, was much interested in its
activities and was elected its president in 1894. He also held membership in the Connecticut
Medical Society and his broad reading kept him in touch with all the ideas that were
advanced or the methods promulgated in connection with medical and surgical practice.
Aside from his ]ir<ifcssi(in he was a trustee of tlu' I'aiiiii'i- & Mn haiii.s Savings Bank.

On .June 12. l^^',l. Dr. Smith was married in Hi iiljiimi t t.i Mi~> .Iriiiiie Barnes Andrus,
who was burn at I'laiiivillc, Connecticut, a dauLilitn ni Ijskni. an. I .lano Rebecca (Barnes)
Andrus. Her father was a brass worker, long connected with tlie Hriiigeport Brass Foundry
Company, becoming foreman of its casting department. He also served as a member of the
n council of Bridgeport and was a well known citizen. He passed away in Bridgeport,
gust 2, 1914, while his wife survived only until August 3. 1915. His fraternal connection
s with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.' His family numbered two daughters, the

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sister of Mrs. Smith being Mrs. Frederick W. Jaynes, wlio has two children, Harold Andrus
and Winifred, and resides in Orange, Conneetiout.

Tlie death of Dr. Smith occurred at his h..nio in liri.lg.|.ort on the 20th of December,
1914, and he was laid to rest in the Mountain '■vi\r crmctfiy. He attended the Congrega-
tional church and was clerk of tjie Ecclesiastical Sc.ciity tur forty years. He took a deep
interest in the city of his adoption, in its welfare, its people and its institutions. While a
republican, he never sought office but was never neglectful of his public duties and
cooperated in many plans and measures for the general good. Mrs. Smith still resides on
Barnum avenue. She was educated in the public and high schools of Bridgeport and
engaged in teaching until her marriage. She is a lady of liberal culture and of recognized
ability, while the circle of her friends is almost coextensive with the circle of her acquain-

HEEMAN K. BEACH.

Herman K. Beach, secretary-treas>irer of the Bridgeport Metal Goods Manufacturing
Company, was born September 21, 1881. in the < ity in \vliich lie still iiinkcs his home, a son of
Nelson M. and .Jennie (Fairchild) Beach. The tadici's Initli nccuiicl in We.st Haven. Connecti-
cut, while the mother was a native of Kan-as Ncl>nn M. |;.mcI, «as for thirty-live years
connected with thd Bridgeport Brass Coiiivjiiiy nt h hi. h he bccaine the treasurer, and he ranked
high in business circles up to the tin f his licmi-c

Herman K. Beacli acquired a piihli.^ -ri I dii, ation, passing through consecutive grades

to his graduation from the high scl 1. lot ~c\cn years he was connected with the Bridge-
port Brass Company, and for two yeais \\;i~ ;i i c|,re,ent;iti\ e cf thi> Xew Haven Railroad. '

its success by reason of his sound business judgment and the enterprise which he has displayed
along that line.

On the 7th of .Tune. 1911, Mr. Beach wf
they have two children, HiTman and Will
to Hamilton Cominandery. Nn. ."., 1\. '!'.. I.m Inyette ( .m-i-t.n y. A, A: A. S. 1;.. ami the .Mystic

ma.steV of .Jerusalem Council, and is at all time, ,in e\ein|phiiy leprescntatix e uf the craft. He
is also a member of the board of gi.\ein,.i. ..i (lie Seaside Club. Politically he maintains an
independent course. He takes, howevei , a ,h , i.leil ,fan<l in support of all those interests which
contribute to civic welfare, and he cn,,peiate, in promoting the moral progress of the com-
munity as a member of the Park Street Congregational church.

SAMUEL JHDDLETON GARLIClv, JI. D.

a Bridgejiort physician and surgeon who has been honored
lilt Slate Aleiliial Society, is, by his colleagues and con-
.listini timi in professional circles in New England. In his

continually advancing his eiTiciency. Dr. Garlick was born in Derbysliire, laiLilaml. (he yiiiiiiL.'est
in a family of four children whose parents were .John and Jlannali ilieanli Kaili.I,, hnth
representatives of old families of Derbyshire whose ancestry can be traced IkicI< ihroueh many
generations. The father was one of a family of four sons and two daughters. Samuel

Dr. Sam.i

lel Miildleton

by the presiil

lencv of the

temporaries, :

icconled a p,.:

practice he hi

IS ever held t

326 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

Garlick, his brother, was a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and saw service at Gibraltar.
Thomas Garlick, another brother, went to Canada and served as a member of the Canadian
parliament. He also engaged in military duty in Canada and in recognition of his gallantry
Queen Victoria presented him with a sword and pair of spurs, the latter being now in the
possession of Dr. Garlick.

John Garlick started with his family for the United States when his son, Samuel Middleton,
was but three years of age. His wife died during the voyage and the father passed away
three weeks after landing in Boston. Dr. Garlick was thus left an orphan when still but a
babe. He was reared in the home of his uncle and aunt, .James Small and Esther Ann Middle-
ton of Salem, New Hampshire, the latter a sister of John Garlick. There he remained to the
age of eighteen years and obtained his early education in the schools of that place. In 1860
he was graduated from the state normal school at Westfield, Massachusetts, and for several
years thereafter he engaged in teaching at Kingston, New York, at New Canaan and at Fair-
field, Connecticut, and finally at Salem, New Hampshire, his boyhood home. It was through
teaching that he earned the money that enabled him to pursue a college course in preparation
for his proli'ssidniil cancr. He entered the Dartmouth Medical College and completed his
course in l.sT4. I'rici to this he was appointed assistant physician of the Northampton Hos-
pital for till' lii>inii'. tlirrc remaining for two years. He took a post-graduate course in
Harvard Mr,li,al ( ..11,-,' in 1877 and received the M. D. de^nce from b..th llnrtmouth and
Harvard. Ait. i In- ...m-, at Harvard he took for a year fli,' |,ni,ti,,> ,.f Dr. Frank Bingham,
of Shre«>l,iir\. M.i - a, li ii -.tt-. In 1879 he located for tli.' |.ra,ti,-,- ,.1 in, -,11, in,, in Fairfield,
whcv li,' i,ai,ain,.l uiit.l I^m; ^^hvu lie opened his office in 111 i.l,^.,.|H., t . II,. wn. ;,->... latcl with

member of the stafi' ,.1 , ,.ii-nltinL! -iii l:,-,.ii^ ,.f that institution. He is an ex-pres^dent of the
Bridgeport Medical Assi.iiatii.n an,l wa> lionorcd \v ith election to the Connecticut State Medical
Society in 1916 and belongs to the American Medical Association and to the New York
Academy of Medicine. For fifteen years he was a member of tlic state board of medical
examiners. There are few physicians of Bridgeport who have practiced in the city longer
than he, and throughout the entire period he has been accorded a most liberal patronage in
recognition of his superior ability, manifest ever in the conscientious performance of his
duties. .

On the lith of Dicember, 1S78, Dr. Garlick was married at Fairfield, Connecticut, to- Miss
Harriet Trubee l^najip, a daughter of Captain Rufus Knapp, a sea captain of Fairfiel.l, now
deceased, an,l of Caroline Trubee Knapp. Dr. and Mrs. Garlick became parents of five cliildren,
of whom Almira Klizabi'th Trubee [lassed away at the age of sixteen years, Fuur of the
number survive, (.'an.lin,. i- a L:ia,lnat,- ,.f the ( mtlanil silimil and of the I'anny Smith
Kindergarten Trainin- s,li,...l an.l ha- -in.-,, l.c.n a -n,.,'s~hil t.'a.licr in l'.ri.l.-|.|.,.i t and else-
where. Herbert Mi, 1. 11, ■!,.». win. -In,lii.,l .il th,. ( ',jnii,Hti,ut State .\L:ri,'ultnral College is

of Bridgeport now s,i\inL' i- a-^i-tanf |.i ..-,., nting attorney. George H., wlio is the youngest
and was born in Bri,l.-,| ,n t. X,.v,inl.,.i Id, i,s,sr,, is now associated with his father. He was
graduated from the Cniversily :-.li..<.l ,.i l;ri,lL'(<port in l!i(lt an,l aftcrwar.l ,1. 'voted two
years to the study of scien..' in (arl.t.iii (..11.-.' ..i X... tliti.1.1. Miiin.'s..ta. i..it,'i- he was
for four years in the Yale .M.'.li.-.l ( ,.ll,"ji'. ulml, ,-..iil,i i ..l ii,'.in him his \1. I) .l.'^r,.,. at his
graduation in 1912. He aftciwai.l spent tw,. years as iTit.Tii,' in tli,' Kli,,,!,. Islan.l General
Hospital of Proviilenec and later four months in the Providence Contagious Hospital,
ami four months in the Providence Lying In Hospital, thus gaining the broad and valu-
able experience which cannot be obtained as quickly and as surely in any other way
as in hospital practice. Returning to Bridgeport he was for one year supervising medical

BRIDGEPOKT AND VICINITY 327

officer of the City Charities Department and in I'.ilt; he entered upon the general prac-
tice of medicine as the associate of his father. During the border trouble with ilexico in
1916 he served as first lieutenant of the sanitary troops of the Connecticut Coast Artillery
with tlie National Guard, going to the border in June with Troop A of New Haven. He is
now assistant medical attending physician of the Bridgeport Hospital and a member of the
Bridgeport, Fairfield county and Connecticut State :\l.di. ,il Sn. iitii >. He belongs also to the
Seaside Club, finds his chief recreation in motcTiiii; .iii^l i- a member of the United
Congregational church. Inspired by the example nl lii> latli.r and actuated by personal
ambition he is making steady advancement in his chosen prulession.

In his political views Dr. Samuel Jliddleton Garlick is a progressive republican. He has
never sought political oftlce and for four years was health commissioner of Bridgeport. He is
coroner's physician, suceeding the late Frederick B. Downs, having been appointed to that
service in 1911. For many years he was a member of the First Congregational church and
after its union with the United Congregational church in 1910 he transferred his membership
tliereto and is now one of its deacons. He is a master Mason and was a charter member of
the University Club of Bridgeport. He belongs to the Seaside Club and his chief recreation
is reading. He finds great delight iu American history and is imbued with the spirit of
patriotism and devotion to the highest ideals of the country.

JOHN F. TOOLE.

John F. Toole, of the firm of Toole & Sunderlin, pile drivers and dock builders of Bridge-
port, was born at Hudson Falls, New York, in 1865, and after acquiring a public school
education there was employed in various ways and various places, but eventually turned his
attention in a direction which has led him to his present business connections. For a time
he was employed at the lime kilns of Glenns Falls, New York, and afterward worked on the

bridge connecting Charleston and East Boston, Massachusetts, and later he was called to
superintend the building of the viaduct through the city of Bridgeport for the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Railway Company. Previous to the completion of that con-
tract he had been supcriiitciiilcnt of construction in the building of Grant boulevard in

. This is a c-ontractuig

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvau:

In 1;H),5, in coi

nnection

with Geo

the firm of TooK- & Sui

Kiel

■lin, with offices

at No. S

3 Fairfielc

firm organized for tlie f

lur]

H.se of building

docks an

d for con

masonry, pile driving and

dredging. This

firm ha^

! enjoyed

which it is well qualifie

d t

handle by rea;

5on of ar

1 excelleni

of the long and vari.,1 ,

■Np.

■1 ini. ,■ of the m

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boats, pile drivns. all k

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. .it' pumps and

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everythin

heavy machinery im p

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,ck buildi

for the electric lij;lit cc

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any, also the C

rane Con

ipanv dof

the Lake Torpedo Boat

; C

ompany. They

also bui

It flir Im

tube mill of the Bridgei

lort

Brass Companj

r and the

■y '. loi

turbines and suction v

veW

of the Connec

ticut Coi

mpany

with the West Chester

Lit

Mount

for the Deacon street

,-rr nt llli.l-rp,,

avenue outlets for the t

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ik >cw,T. They

they employ on an aver:

age

one hundred pe(

.pie.

328 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

Mr. Toole has a daughter, Kathryn A., who is now being prepared in a select school
in Boston for a higher educational course. Mr. Toole holds membership in the Roman
Catholic church and fraternally is identified with the Elks. He has steadily advanced to
his present position solely through his own efforts, as he began at the bottom and has had
no influence nor prestige back of him save that which with the passing years he has built
up on his own individual merit. Each change in his business connections has been occasioned
by the offer of more lucrative and more responsible work and, mastering all of the complex
questions of construction, he is now splendidly qualified to carry out the contracts, many in
number and of an important character, that are entrusted to the firm.

ELM SERVICE COMPANY.

The Elm Service Company at Nos. 166-168 P;im street, was incorporated in 1917 and is
one of the strong organizations in the automobile circles of Bridgeport. The company's
business comprises a high class auto livery, utilizing excellent touring cars and high grade
limousines with equipment up-to-date in every detail. Its central location with a modern
building forty by seventy feet and two stories in height as well as the recognized high
standing of tho men bfliiiid the organization gives assurance of a service in its line that
ranks witli the be.st in any city in the country. The officers of the company are: John
Cullinan, president; F. C. Mullins, vice president; William S. Buckley, secretary and treasurer;
and Thomas Morrisey, general manager, who with Thomas J. Scott comprise the board of
directors.

BEN.IAiUN I. HART, M. D.

Dr. Benjamin I. Hart, physician, surgeon and scholar, who since 1908 has practiced his
profession in Bridgeport, was born in New York city, March 15, 1881, and is the eldest of a
family of three sons and two daughters whose parents, Frank and Matilda (Grauer) Hart,
are natives of Russia, where they remained until after their marriage, coming to the
United States in 1880. The father is a shirt manufacturer and they are still residents of
the metropolis.

Liberal educational opportunities wire acfordid Dr. Hart, who won his Bachelor of Arts
degree from the College of the City oi Xiw Yi.rk in 1 'lOO. He then entered upon preparation
for a professional career as a stiidmt in tlic ( iill.-gi- of Physicians and Surgeons of New
Y'ork. from which he was graduated with the Jl. D. degree in 1904. For a year thereafter
he engaged in teaching school in New York city and from 1906 until 1907 was ship surgeon
on the Hamburg-American Line between New York city and South American ports. In
1907 he practiced with marked success in New Y'ork and in 1908 removed to Bridgeport,
where he has since ably followed his profession, being recognized as one of the most skillful
physicians of Bridgeport. He is physician to the Loyal Order of Moose and he is a member
of the Fairfield County and the Connecticut State Medical Societies and the American
Medical Association.

On the 19th of June, 1909, Dr. Hart was married to Miss Elfreda R. Rubin, of Hartford.
Connecticut, and they have a son, Victor, born August 10, 1911.

Dr. Hart gives his political allegiance to the republican party but has had no ambition
for office holding. Fraternally he is connected with tlie Junior Order of American Mechanics
and in religion holds to the Hebrew faith. He has ever been a close student of medical litera-
ture and history and he has one of the best private libraries of tlie city, containing live

DR. BENJAMIN I. HART

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

thousand volumes or more aside from his medical works. His rea
field in general literature but he is especially interested in ant

EDWARD P. WALTER.

Edward P. Walter, long identified with industrial interests in Bridgeport, was born
in Hamburg, Germany, December 2:;, 1S4S, and there piusued his education and learned
the trades of machinist and brass worker. He was a youth of eighteen when he crossed
the Atlantic in 1866, making his way to New York, while later he went to Morristown,
New .Jersey, there remaining until his removal to Bridgeport, in 1S74, when twenty-six years
of age. Here he entered the employ of the Pacific Iron Works in the building of hoisting
engines and was superintendent of the works for about three or four years. Hi- ne.xt
engaged in business on his own account on Cannon street as one of tlie inci'iictni ^ df a
machine shop conducted under the firm style of Walter Brothers, Henry ( . Waltei lirini; liis
associate in the undertaking. After two or three years Edward P. Walter left the linn and
two years later established business on .John stre<'t under his own name. There he remained
active up to the time of his death. He and his bi other were the inventors of a small planer
which they manufactured and also a shaper, and the former is still being widely used
under the name of the Walter planer.

In 1877 Jlr. Walter was married to Miss Carrie E. Piatt, a daughter of .John and Hannah
M. (Pritchard) Piatt, who came to Bridgeport from Springville, Pennsylvania. Her father
was a plane maker by trade but never eiiya^'cl in business in Bridgeport. Mr. and Mrs.
Walter reared an adopted daughter, ( hailntte May. who is still with her mother.

The death of ilr. Walter occurred on ilic :.M)tli of February, 1910, when he had reached
the age of si.\ty-t\vo years. His political svipii^ut was pivcn to the republican party and,
while never an office seeker, he was always a pulilic -spiritid ritizen and his aid and cooperation
could be counted upon to further progressive puhlir nin\,'nii nts and civic affairs. He belonged
to the Algonquin Club and in 1S73 he became a Mas. in. lie was in hearty sympathy with
the purposes and spirit of flir .raft aii.l ii.haii.c.l in <l nl.r until he attained the thirty-
second degree of tli.' .^...tfi^h Kit.', wliil.' in I'Mis h.' ioin,.! the Mystic Shrine. His life
was ever a busy aii.l us.'ful .nic in «lii.li li.' ear. fully ..insi.lered the rights of others and his
obligations to his fellowmcn.

REV. JOHN GEORGE SADTLER.

Rev. .Tiihn Georpe Sadtler. rector of Christ Episcopal church of Bridgeport, was born in
BaltimiM. ..aiiil\, M;M>lan.!. jii-t .nil-i.l.' the city limits of Baltimore, on the 30th of
Marcli, IM,:. ail. I 1- III.' v.iiiii.j.-t liMiij .liil.l of Rev. Benjamin Sadtler, a Lutheran minister,

who at til.' fill 1 his ^.iii'^ liirth was iufsiilent of, a young ladies' seminary there. He was

born in the city of Baltimore, his father being Phillip B. Sadtler, at one time a prominent
jeweler of Baltimore, founding in 1800 tlve present jewelry house of G. T. Sadtler & Sons.
He was of German descent and held a captain's commission as commander of a company in

served with the rank of colonel in the Kevolutionary war. He was an uncle of President .lames
Madison. Colonel Beale was also a direct descendant of Yost Hill, one of the first settlers

332 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

of tlie Shenandoah valley. Rev. and JIis. Benjamin Sadtler lived to celebrate their golden
wedding in 1895, and in I'.ioi t\w fonmr pastel away, but the latter is now living in Balti-
more at the age of nin.-ty y. ai-. In tlirir tainily u hit nine ehildren, of whom two daughters
and five sons yet suivive. 11,,, ,.l,l,-t -..n i~ riulr.-ur Samuel P. Sadtler, who for many
years was i)vnf(-s,,r ..t (hnui^tiy iu the L'niver^ity of Pennsylvania and is now consulting
chemist ot l'hila,lrl|.l,ia ami tin- .hemical editor of a- book called tlie United States Dispensa-
tory, ]iulili>lir.| iTi l'liila.l(l|.liia by Wood, Remington & Sadtler, and which is accepted as
standard autiii.'rity by [iliarm.uihts throughout the country. Another son, Edwin Beale
Sadtler, is the general agent of the New York Shipbuilding Company of New York city.

Rev. .John G. Sadtler was reared in his native county and was graduated from the Johns
Hopkins tniversity with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1889. He afterward spent a year
abroad in travel and study and following his return to America became a student in the
General Theological Seminary of New York. He was ordained to the Episcopal ministry in
June, isii:;, at the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore county, Maryland, by the Rt. Rev.
\\"illiani Par.t. bishop of Maryland. His first charge was Grace church in Darlington,
.Maiyhnnl. \\ lnTe he remained for a year and a half. He then became assistant rector of
St. !■> tri - i;].isriipul church of Baltimore, where he continued from 1S95 until 1898. He was
afterward rector of the Church of Our Savior in Baltimore for a decade and was examining
chaplain to the bishop of Maryland from 1897 until 1914. During the last five years of that
period he was also rector of St. Mary's Episcopal church of Baltimore and in October, 1914,
he was called to Christ Episcopal church of Bridgeport, where he has since remained as

On the 26th of June, 1912, Rev. Sadtler was married to Miss Ellen Bruce Rutherford,
who was born in Baltimore, August 29, 1880, a daughter of Alexander Hawksley Rutherford,
of the rialtimore brokerage firm of Middendorf, Williams & Company. He died November
25, I'Jl.'j. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Rosa Seddon, was a daughter of Hon
.lames A. Snldnii, w hii served as secretary of war in the cabinet of the Confederacy under

.IrH.i-nti |ia\i~, ri 1.1 .^rddoM home in Richmond, Virginia, is now a Confederate museum.

'1(1 K. \ aii.l .\h- Sinliln lia\.' Iircn born two sons: Alexander R,utherford, born November

Rev. .Sailtler liuldn nieiiiberaUip with the Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity. He is
fond of rational outdoor sports, of motoring and of golf and turns to these for recreation.
He has twice been abroad, gaining that broad and liberal culture and experience which only
travel can bring. He studies not only the past but the present for life's lessons and keeps
in touch with the trend of modern thought along those lines which are of vital interest to
city, state and the world at large.

WILLIAM F. BLAMEY.

William F. Blarney, a contractor and builder of Stratford, where his work has contributed
largely to the improvement of the city, was here born on the 14th of February. 1S92, his
parents being Walter and Josephine Blarney, who are still residents of Stratford. They are
natives of England and the father was about thirty-five years of age when he crossed the
Atlantic to the new world.

William F. Blamey is indebted to the public school system of Stratford for the educa-
tional |>riviliL;(s lie enjoyed. A short time after leaving the high school he entered the
employ of tlic ( ranc \alve Company of Bridgeport, with which he remained for a brief
period ami tliin took up carpentering, which he followed at various places in Connecticut and
also in Florida. He began contracting on the day that he was twenty-one years of age and
has since been actively identified with industrial interests in Stratford. He supplemented

WILLIAM F. BLAMEY

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 335

liis day school training by attending night school for two terms and also the Bridgeport
Trade School. He possesses much natural ability in the line of his chosen occupation and his
skill and ingenuity have brought substantial results. He has built fully thirty residences in
Stratford, also one of the church edifices and a large garage, together with many miscellaneous
buildings. He has also erected fivo dwellings at Bridgeport and a similar number at The
Beach, a summer resort. Since starting in business on his own account he has paid out
twenty-five thousand dollars in wages and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
material^^ in Stratford. Thiis liis business has lieen an element of worth to Stratford in
keeping.' ihoik y in ,ir. illation, as \v,ll as rontrilnit in- to the upbuilding of the city.

Ill siiati.n.l. oil thf •.■.,tl, ni Srptrnihrr. 1,11,-. Mr. Blarney was united in marriage to
Miss Ethrl .May .K.hiison. a davi;;ht.-r ..f ( harU- I). .Johnson, of Stratford, and they have
two children, Helen Etliel and Doris May, twins, born on the 25th of November, 1916.
Mr. Blarney is intensely interested in all matters pertaining to the general, welfare and is
now a trustee of the fire department and one of the volunteer firemen. He belongs to the
Cupheag Club, the Improved Order of Red Men and to the Bethany church—
which indicate the nature of his interests and the rules that govern his conduct.

WILLIAJI J. NICHOLS.

William .T. Xi.liols .•iij(.\- laniiliar distinction as a prime factor in the extensive and
important operntiinK ..f ihr pa-t few years in real estate dealing and in building. Aside from
his personal interests ]\r h.is |icrf(irnied public service of far-reaching and enduring value,
for real estate in all parts of the city through his development has rapidly advanced and
unsightly vacancies have been occupied by attractive edifices. A native of Connecticut, Mr.
Nichols was born in Trumbull on the 27th of January, 1859, a son of Bradley and Sarah
L. (Pardee) Nichols, representatives of Connecticut families. They removed to Bridgeport
during the boyhood of their son William, arriving here in 1865. In 1898 the father went to
Florida and was there drowned in that year, together with his wife, one of his sons and his

William J. Nichols was a lad of but si.\ years at the time of the removal to Bridgeport.
At one time he lived in Fairfield, Cimnecticut, for fourteen years but in 1890 returned to
Bridgeport. For an extended period he has been an active factor in real estate circles. • He

the Houijii farm in Stratford, a tract of fifty-live acres. liHated at what is ii..w ( ..iitral

he has since continued until the extent and importance of his operations have made him
one of the most prominent real estate dealers of Bridgeport. Their second subdivision
covered a tract of thirty acres between Main street and Madison avenue, which they platted and
upon which they erected many buildings. This was known as the Synnott addition, in a
part of which they placed the sewers and built tlie sidewalks. They also erected many
buildings and gave personal supervision to that work and also to the sale of the property.
Another tract which was developed was that adjoiniiiL; D.-ardsley Park, known as the
Deane & Lamont addition, of thirty-five acres. This tln.y al-i. plattr.l, iiiiiniiM-d and .sold.
They likewise purchased the William Meaehen propiity ..n sti itioil a\riiii,., a tract of
thirty-five acres, of which six acres adjoins the old H.nmh farm. Th.y [ilattrd altogether
forty-one acres in the Meaehen addition and the same progressive mctlRuls of improvement
were carried on there. About the same time they purchased sixty-nine acres where the
Remington Arms plant is now located and this W. J. Nichols developed in connection with
F. J. Lockwood. It was a part of the old Judson farm and was purchased from the Judson
estate, being added to the city under the name of the Lockwood & Nichols tract. He has

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

further

more developed wliat is known as the Nichols addition, a forty acre tr

act on East

Main s

treat north of Boston avenue. In his extensive business operations of t

is rhararter

he was

associated with his father, Bradley Nichols, and his brother, Warren i;^ >

irl,n|,. His

operati

ons in the field of real estate have also included the purchase of tlie Sanf.

r,i |.n>|,i-ity,

extend

ng from Fairfield avenue to State street, and throush it Fremont >tii

•t has been

opened

In 19(14 he was associated with A.lc.lf Sh.Tii.an in np.aimn a M.vrTitren

rrc tract on

Seaview and Boston avenues, all of wliicli he sold after platting tlir same. He was also
associated witli :\lr. Slierman in ojieniiij; U|i the Beach tract of twenty-three acres between .
Main street and Capitol avenue, which he also platted and sold, and in 1915 he and Mr.
Sherman purchased the Knowlton farm near Stratford, a farm occupied by the Weatogue
Golf Club. This is now being developed and a large number of residences are under course
of constrtictinn. In I'.iKi he and Mr. Sherman purchased the Wileoxson Farms at Paradise
Greens, llfty nnc aiic ■<. all of which tract is being platted and sold. Mr. Nichols acquired the
ownership of tin- propirty on Main between Chapel and Congress streets and there built a
large block of stt>res. Through his real estate activities and his building operations he has
been closely and prominently identified w^ith the development of the city. The labors of
perhaps no other one man have done more to further the interests of city building than his.
With notable forr<i<jlit he has recognized and utilized opportunities and in the development
of his real r-lat.' Im^in.-- !ia> imt nnly jirc.nu.tiMl liis own prosperity but has contributed

In IsT'.i ;\Ir. Xichol^^ wa- united in marriage to :Miss Mary N. Barker and they became
the parents of three children: S. Louise, now the wife of Frank I. Gaylord; William W.; and
Elizabeth S., at home. Th
wedded Miss Elizab.'th F.

nd mother passed a

vay in 1889 and in 1893 Mr. Nichols

I sister of his first

wife.

ell known, having n

lembership in the Seaside and Brook

public-spirited ma

n who through the years of his resi

ic conditions and ir

many ways has given active aid in

of the community.

WILLIAM A. MACFARLANE.

William A. ]\tacfarlane. general manager and a director of the Bridgeport Crucible
Company and tlius identified with one of the most important and productive industries of the
city, was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, May 9, 1881, a son of W. T. and Amy R. iHillis)
Macfarlane. natives of JIassachusetts and New Jersey respectively. The father was always
a manufacturer, and in 1886 removed with his family to Bridgeport, where he is now
living retired. William A. Macfarlane, at that time a lad of five years, became a pupil in
the city schools and afterward continued his education in the Ohio State University, becoming
a ceramic engineer. In 1887 his father established the Bridgeport Crucible Company and
remained the founder and president of the business until its sale at a recent date to the
Buflfalo Copper & Brass Rolling Mill, of Buffalo, New York. From the beginning the
enterprise prospered, the business enjoying a steady growth. In 1904 the company purchased
the business of the Taunton Crucible Company of Taunton, Massachusetts, and tlir (ilant
there has since been operated as a branch establishment of the Bridge|i(irt idant. The
business was oriffinally organized with a paid up capital of twenty-five thousand dollars,
anil tlic land, and biiildinos were leased from the late P. T. Barnum. Such has been the
]irntifalplc iialiui' oi tlic luisiness that no capital has ever been asked for or paid in since
the licL'inning, and only a brief period had elapsed before the company purchased, its own
plant. In 1901 a stock dividend of seventy-five thousand dollars was declared and paid to
its stockholders, increasing its capital stock to one hundred thousand dollars. The product

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 337

is used largely by the brass rolling mills, and for about ten years the firm has furnislied
the steel crucibles used by the Bethlehem Steel Company. The BuiTalo company, which is
the largest single user of crucibles in the country, bought out the business in August, 1916,
in order to assure its suppW of crucibles so necessary owing to the great increase of the
business causpd by the present war demand. The present officers of the company are
all now ill Biillain, wiih tlie e\, ,|,t ion ,.|' J. H. Edwards, who is a resident of Bridgeport.
William A. MaeliirhiiH' edntiniies ■!> ..iie <it (lie directors and general manager of the business
with whirl, lie lia? been i. lei. t i tied >iiiee ■■, .mpleting his college course.

In liiOG Jlr. ilacfarlane was married to Miss Bessie JI. Burton of Waterbury, Con-
necticut, and they liave one child, Margery B. In politics Mr. Macfarlane is an independent
republican, but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for liim. In
Masonic circles he has attained high rank, being now a Knight Templar and a Thirty-
Second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He has long occupied
a prominent position in both business and social circles in the city in whicli he has made
his home since 1886.

HENRY JAMES SEELEY.

Henry James Seeley, of Bridgeport, is entitled to mention in this volume, both because
of the ncitalili' measure nf siieees> wliieh he has i;ained as a photographer and because of his
activity in the CranJ Aiiny ..I tlie Ke|Hil,lir, ,if «liieli he is now department commander for
the Department ..t ( onneetieiit, lie «a~ Ih.iii in J.ri.lm, Vermont, February 22, 1849, and is

a son of Samuel Hamilton and Catleiiiie l.li/al-etl, ,Xa-ln S,.eley. native. re.| ti\ely .,f

Keysville, New York, and Jericho. \^TiiHiiit The t'.itliir. \\lin «as a i liini-t In tiade,

removed in early manhood to \Vinni.<ki 1 alK. Xeineint. win le he \\a> hn a niiiiilui- .ii \ears
in charge of the machinery nf wnnlen mills. Subsequently he removed to Wisconsin and
was employed as a macliiiii>t tlnre until his death in 1855,
with her children to Lafayette. I„, liana, ami after the Civil v
later to'Centralia, Missouri, where lier death occurred,

Henry J. Seeley was very young when the family remo\
about six years old when he was taken by his mother to
education. In 1864, although at that time only fifteen year:
Indiana Battery, Light Artillery, for service in the Civil war.
had attem])ted to join the army
enlistment he was transferred to
the Tennessee river, but later lie
After the close of the Rebellicm t
out In July, 1865, He then went t.. ( 'ai l.ondale, Illinois, where he tauijht m1,m,,1 nnnl the
fall of 1867. wlien he came ea>t and entered the Essex Classical Institute ut Ls.ie.^ Junetion,
Vermont, there |ire|iaiinL.' liiiii.-elf for more efficient work as a teacher. He followed his
k. for one year and also taught at Worcester, Fall River and
At the latter place he also took a special normal course, as it
s well as possible for his work.

1ST2, Jlr. Seeley came to Bridgeport, Connecticut, and took up
liile on the 1st of May of that year he opened a studio in a
eet. During the intervening period of forty-live \eai> he has
me building, which he now owns. He is the ..hh-t |.hMt,M_.K,|,|,er
he city and has numbered among his patrons many of the famous men ei tie nation,
prestige which he has gained in his chosen line is the result of a thorough understanding

refused on account of hii

. age. N

ot long

afte

iboat Stone River, which

was doin

g patrol

dut

h his battery at Fort Jelii

ison, IIUT

itsville, .

\lal

y returned to Indiana ami

1 Mr, ^ee

\ry «a-

profession at l.'om
Bridgewafei. Mas-

':i:.,^::tt;

On the 10th
the study of phot
building at No, 9'.
engaged in busines

12 -Main s
s in that

338 BRIDGEPOET AXD VICINITY

work and the following of businesslike methods. As the years have passed his
have Steadily increased and he is now flnancially independent.

Mr. Seeley was married in 1881, at Bridgeport, to Miss Ella D. Carr, a native of New
York city. To them have been born two children: Mabel Ella, the wife of Frederick A.
Marsh, of Easton, Connecticut; and Henry Arthur, who is a graduate of Cornell University
and is now practicing civil engineering in New York city. Mrs. Seeley passed away May
23, 1917.

Mr. Seeley endorses the policies of the republican party but at local elections votes
for the men best qualified to fill th,' ollices in question without regard to their political affili-
ations. He is one of the must widely known men in the country in Grand Army circles, as
for forty years he has been active in tliat order. He holds membership in Elias Howe, Jr.,
Post, No. 3, of Bridgeport, of wiiiih he has served as commander, and he has a number
of times been called to office in the state and national organizations of the order. In 1912
he was assistant adjutant general of the Department of Connecticut, which office he held for
two years, f.ir one year was assistant quartermaster general, and in 1913 was honored by
ek'ttidii a^ inljutiLiit ;jrii(ral of tin- national body at a reunion held in Los Angeles, Cali-
fiTiiia. Ilr \\a- ..iir ..t till' must active officers that ever served and made the unusual record
of visiting on ollicial busim-ss all of the states of the Union e.xcept two during his term of
office. He is now department commander of the Department of Connecticut. He is also
prominent in the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar and thirty-second degree
Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to Corinthian Lodge, No. 104, A. F.
& A. M.; Jerusalem Chapter, No. 13, R. A. M.; Jerusalem Council, No. 16, Hamilton Com-
mandery, No. 5, K. T.; Lafayette Consistory, S. P. R. S.; and Pyramid Temple, A. A. O.
N. M. S. In the Senior Order of United American Jlechanics he is likewise well known, having
held state and national offices in the order as well us having tilled all the chairs in Waldemere
Council, No. B, of Bridgeport, of which he is the only surviving charter member. He belongs
to Arcanum Lodge, No. 41, 1. O. 0. F., the Odd Fellows Veteran Association, the Seaside Club
and the 49 Club. His has been indeed a successful life, as he has gained material prosperity,
has served with honor in important positions of trust and has won the sincere respect and
the warm regard of those who have been intimately associated with him.

BERNHARD SETZER.

Bernhard Setzer, while not activel}' engaged in anj' business at this writing, does
however represent the William Ottmann Company of Fulton Market, New York, wholesale
purveyors of meats and poultry. H!e has been engaged in this line of business since early
manhood and is recognized as an authority on all phases of the trade. He was born on
the 2d day of November, 1866, in New York city, a son of Henry and Helena (Heister)
Setzer, natives of Germany, who, however, came to America when quite young. After com-
pleting his education in New York city the father turned his attention to the butcher
business, which he followed up to within a few years of his death. The mother also passed
away in New York.

Bernhard Setzer was reared in his native city and received his early education in its
jjublic schools. While still only a boy he became engaged in the market business and later
became purveyor to hotels and steamship lines in New York city. In 1896 he removed
to Bridpeport, Connecticut, going into the same line of business on State street with his
brotlier Henry. This conginial partnership lasted for many years or until they both decided
to retire. Tlie death of liis motlier one April followed by the death of his brother in, the
following ilay left him trustee of both estates. His responsibilities in that connection
coupled with his interest in the building of apartment houses in New York city take him

BERXHARD SETZER

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 341

to that city several times each week. He, however, maintains an office in the Meigs
building in liridgcport, which is necessary on account of his interests here. In connrrtii.n with
his long liUMiM>> ixiH ri.ii..', 1,,. is recognized as a man of unusual initiatm- an. I rntn|irise
and has a «i.l. a. ,,na mtan, ,■ ,„ husiness and social circles. All who know l.ini lat. l.ini a, a
man of unusual ability and unswerving integrity. He has important real estate interests
in New York city and is financially independent. For the past eiglit years he has occupied
a suite in the Stratfield Hotel in Bridgeport.

In 1896 Mr. Setzer married Ella Belzer Ottmann, of New York city, whose father, Jacob
Ottmann, was the founder of the present United States Printing & Lithographing Company.
Two children haye been born of this union, a son, Louis Ottmann, born in 1897, and a
daughter, Eleanor Dorothea, born in 1903.

Mr. .'-^.■tzer is independent in imlitics and ha> served his city as a member of the board
of apportioiiiiieiK an.i taxation. l),.iiiL^ apimintr,! tn tliat body in 1902 and continuing thereon
by reapiii>intiiiciit foi thice tcrnis m1 tun \cai- racli. He made a fine record as an official,
bringing to bear upon the solution of the problems before the board the same readiness in
grasping the essential points of a situation, and tin -am,' n-muv, mln.-- tliat hav.- ,bar-
acterized him in the management of his business inteicst>. Ilr i- \\>-]\ knnwn in Ma.^nnie
circles, belonging to .St. .John'.s Lodge, Xo. 3, A. F. & A. M.; .liTusahMii i lia|itrr. No. i:;,
R. A. M.; Jerusalem Coum-il, No. If,, R. & S. M.; Hamilton Comman.liy, No, ,-,, K, T.;
Pyramid Temple, A. A. 0. X. -M. S., in which he is an honorary member of tlie I'atrol; and
to the various Scottish Rite bodies, including the Consistory. He is a uk'hiIm i oi a number
of important clubs, being identified with the Algonquin Club, the i:ro..klawn ( oiintry Club,
the Brooklawn Riding (.lull and the New York Athletic Club, lie is a ui-ai lover of horses
and is considered an expert rider. His religious faith i> iii.liralcd by tin Lot that he is a
communi.aiit of .^t. .b,l,n\ I'lote-tant Episcopal church of Bridgeport. lb- lia, in many

ment ot tin. intnrM- oi l,i- ,iiy. ami In- i, ji.Mly regarded as one of it> Icadiiiu nti/cns.

W. K. SHERWOOD.

W. K. Sherwood, a lieating and plumbing contractor doing busi
street, wa- born m North ( a-tlc. Westchester county. New York, in
Mary Shci woo.l an. I a r.preseiifative of one of the oldest American
new world at the earlh^st period of colonization on this sid.- of t
uncles, John and Aaron .Sherwood, were ...oldler.- ot the I iiioii
sustained a scalp wound, being shot in the lieail, while .\aion

W. K. Sherwood at the usual age entere.l the puldic s,
could go in that way. He afterwards studied in niglit pay scl
acquired information as opportunity offered, desiring to obtii
of real practical benefit and value to him in the world. Ii
upon the old home place and he early came to realize the

substantial and notable succi'.ss. I
Bridgeport Hospital, the Day Nui

army in the Civil w

■ar and John

lost a linger,
chools and went as

high as he

M.ols and he has ah

vays eagerly

lin an education tli

at would be

11 his youthful .lay:

s he farmed

vabf ..f itnlustiy

and energy.

tore, but he

icd tin- pliimbin;;'tr;

ole with the

nty-three years am

1 during the

ss. In 1907 he est

;ablished his

the intervening yes

us has won

t for the plumbing

work in the

the Warner Brotli.

■rs' building.

342 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

the First Bridgeport Bank and many other homes and public buildings and he also does
most of the plumbing work for the architect Southey. Since starting out on his own account
his patronage has steadily and constantly increased and he now controls one of the largest
and most important plumbing businesses of Bridgeport.

In 1890 Mr. Sherwood was married to Miss Vinnie Crolius, of Brooklyn, New York.
Their religious faitli is indicated by their membership in the Methodist church and Mr.
Sherwood also has membership in the Odd Fellows lodge and in Stratford Encampment, No.
23. His attention and energy, however, have always been given to his business affairs and
his developing powers have brought him to a prominent position in the industrial circles of
Bridgeport.

W. LEE WEADON, M. D.

Dr. W. Lee Weadon, a distinguished surgeon of Bridgeport and one of the proprietors
of the Galen Hospital, was born in Virginia, October 8, 1882, a son of Ashford and Mary
(O'Bannon) Weadon, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The father, a farmer by
occupation, served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil war and died many years ago, but
the mother is still living. •

Dr. Weadon was reared at Bluemont, Virginia, and acquired his education in public
and private schools of that city. Having deterniimd uimjii tlir ]iractice of medicine as a life
work, he later entered the University College of .Mnlii inc in Kirlnnond, Virginia, from which
he was graduated in 1905, after which he entered upon ]iractice in West Virginia, there
reniiiiniiiy until I'Jll. In tliat year he came to Bridgeport and purchased a fifty-one per cent
intiiist ill thi' Cah-n Hospital on Myrtle avenue, an institution which is devoted chiefly to
suiyual wi.ik. IJr. Weadon has specialized in surgery and has performed very many
notable major operations which indicate his superior skill. He possesses fonii.r.honsive
knowledge of anatomy and the component parts of the human IhmIv. <,i tin- onsUmylits
made upon it by disease or left to it as a legacy by progenitors. ( uinlnnrd with his know 1-
edge is a notable skill that arises from a clear head and steady hand, enabling him at all
times to be cool and collected even in (hr -tr.s- oi i^icat rincriieniirs.

On the 20th of May, 1908, Dr. W.ad.m wa,- inani,,! to Mis- Mabel Faulconer, of
Virginia. He belongs to the University. Soasidr an.l lirooklawii (.'ouiitry Clubs, while pro-
fessionally his connection extends to the Bridgeport, the Fairfield County and the Con-
necticut State Medical Societies, the West Virginia Medical Society and the American
Medical Association.

HARRY F. MITCHELL.

Harry F. Mitchell, president of the Auto Service Company of Bridgeport, is one of
the reliable citizens that the south has furnished to Connecticut. He was born in Louisville,
Kentucky, January 9, 1880, a son of Henry R. Mitchell, who removed to this city in 1900,
when Harry F. was a young man of twenty years. He had previously acquired a good educa-
tion in his native city, passing through consecutive grades in the public schools until he
became a high school pupil. Starting out in the business world in Bridgeport, he learned the
.machinist's trade as an employe of the American Ordnance Company of Bridgeport, there
remaining for three years. He was afterward employed for about eleven years at the
Locomobile works and, winning promotion from time to time, became assistant foreman of
the rough testing department. But he was ambitious to engage in business on his own

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 345

account and bent every energy toward carrying out tliat purpose. At length he felt that his
savings and his experience justified the step and on the 2Sth of April, 1913, he established
the Auto Service Company, wliiih w;iN iTicurporated with Harry F. Mitchell as president;
Edward R. Green, vice pre>i^|. ii( : :iihl W A. Smith, treasurer and Fred J. Smith, secretary.
The business is located at 22."^ .Inl,„ str.rt. whore they conduct an auto repair shop, thoronghly
equipped so as to turn out first class work. Their business has grown steadily and they
now employ twenty skilled mechanics. Theirs is the largest repair shop in Bridgeport today
and their success has been based ujion the excellence of the work which they turn out.

In 1904 Mr. Miti!i<ll wa^ luiit.Ml in marriage to Miss Clara L. Birks, of Bridgeport, and
they have three cliil.li .n : Humtliy I... Harry F., Jr., and Richard Armstrong. In the
seventeen years of hi-; ir>iilriirr iii l;i lil-rport, Mr. Mitchell has not only worked his way
upward in business cuiuRctions but lias also won the warm regard of all with whom social
or business relations have brought him in contact.

EDWARD R. GREEN.

lort. with which

ill in I'.ii:;, was Imrn in S,

..h,s. New York,

.n, wl,o in iss;; rrninvr,! f

n.ni the Empire

g the proper age the son

became a public

il he had acquired a high s

ichool education.

rs in New York as repres

sentative of the

r f-aine to l!ri,I,L'<'port to e

nter the employ

irnt Hi- rl!!i'lrni-y rnlKt

itntp.i the basis

li- own account.

Edward R. Green, vice [irt
business he has been conniMtn
in 1884, a son of Will Sprauu,
state to Greenwich, Conneetici
school pupil, passing through c
Early in his business career he spent s
B. F. Sturdevant Company of Boston an(
of the Locomobile Com|iany in the s. r\
of his retention there until 19i:i, wlicii.
he became one of the oiganiziTS of thi' Aiit.i Sn\i,( ( (.ni|i,iny. in wliiili undertaking he was
associated with Harry F. Mitili.-ll. tlir latt,i In, ,,,„,!,_' pr. -i^lent, with Mr. Green as vice
president, ^\■. A. Smith, treasiirrr. and I'rcl .1. ^imtli. -in.tary. They have established the
largest business in their line in Bridirrjiort . liiMiiiL- an auto trpair shop which is splendidly
equipped with first class mariiitirry lor iloini' tin L.^t |io,,ilil,' work.

In 1910 Mr. Green was nnirii-.l to \li,-- Nna \\ . iMiapp, of CJreenwieh, Connecticut, and
they have one child, Doris. In lii- 1 1 at' i na I i . lai i,,i)- Mr, ( o .-. ii is a Mason and he exemplifies
in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft.

HENRY EDWaN WATERHOUSE, M. D.

Dr. Henry Edwin Waterhouse, physician and surgeon of Bridgeport, where he began
practice early in 1903, was born in Centreville, Rhode Island, March 3, 1877, the only son of
Henry A. and Caroline E. (Reed) Waterhouse. The father, a woolen manufacturer, is now
living retired at Mount Vernon, New York, but the mother passed away March 16, 1916. The
only daughter, Mrs, Orarr Word Con^lilan. is the wife of George R. Coughlan, of Mount
Vernon, The Wateilion^r iaiiiil\ i~ an old .ine of Itlio.li' Islaml and its male representatives
were for many generation- 'oimrrteil with woolen nianiilaetnring tlnTC.

Dr. Waterhouse iirepaied for rolle-e in the publie schools of his native state and in
Dean Academy of Franklin, Massachusetts. He afterward pursued a special medical course
in Brown University from 1895 until 1898 and in 1903 he was graduated from the College
of Physicians and Surgeons of New Y'ork. He afterward spent a year as interne in the
Bellevue Hospital of New Y'ork and early in 1903 located in Bridgeport, where he has since

346 BRIDGEPOET AND VICINITY

remained in active practice, having his office at No. 430 State street until May, 1917, when
he removed to No. 30 Elmwood Place, where he completed a handsome residence. He specializes
in obstetrics and is serving on the staff of the Bridgeport Public Hospital, being chief of thu
obstetrical department. In addition he has a large private practice and is most prompt and
conscientious in the performance of his professional duties.

On the 12th of December, 1914, Dr. Waterhouse was married to Miss Minnie Frances
Bowes, a graduate nurse of the Bridgejiort Hospital, who was born and reared in Danbury,
Connecticut. Dr. Waterhouse. apjireciative of the social amenities of life, holds membership
in the Seaside Club and in the Weatogue Club of Stratford. He is likewise a Knight T._-m|ilar
Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine, while along strictly professional liii.s lie l,a> ron-
nection with the Bridgeport, the Fairfield County and the Connecticut State .\lcdiial .'m" i.ties,
the American Medical Association and the New York Academy of Medicine. Laudable ambi-
tion has brought him to his present position as an able and successful representative of the
medical fraternity of Bridgeport.

MRS. FLORA L. (CLARK) DECKAND.

One of the best known real estate operators of Fairfield county is Mrs. Flora L. Deckand,
who is a well known resident of Stratford, where for several years she has made her home
and has contributed much tow.ird the upbuilding and improvement of that section of the
state. Mrs. Deckand is a native of Connecticut, born in the town of Torrington, and is a
daughter of Herman and Kllen (Holconib) Clark. Her girlhood days were spent in her
native town, where she attended s.h.M.l, and in yuun? womanhood >lic laiiir t.. Eridg.-port,

there went to the floss machine, whic h >li. Irarnnl t,, .ipnatc while lat.r shr lia.l Mianag.-nient
of eleven machines. It was aftrr l..r i.iairia-,. to l.iwis ( iiitis, who was a wril known real

field. Having acquired a tliorounl, kiiow!...lL.'c ..I tlie real c.-tatc. business under the guidance
of her husband. ^Iie was able (o suerr>-fully carry on the business after his death and has
continued active in that liehl i„ i;, i,l,ee|,o, t and in Stratford since. In her marriage to Willis
Ives, a retired p.diee ollieer ot New V.nk. ^he found a man of symiiathy and aid in her
business ventures. With the help of her huhlian,) -he eoiitinucl her buiMin- and real estate
operations and after the death of Mr. Ives she l.uatc.l in StratlOi.l. |iiii .hasiiiL' the l;ol>ert

in B

ve 1
■idge

.ir^elias'hlnt'il

She

n.stitut.M i.iin.i;alow

belie

ving

it to be in the int.

tion to the building of these h..nie. an.i her etlorts have been an iinportaut element in the
improvement of Stratford. She is a woman of good l.usiness judgment and of progressive
ideas and her capabilities ha\e louiid e\|ire-sio„ i,, ii,.,- success. The excellence of her
plans is seen in the full realization of the att<Mupt. She is greatly assisted by her husband.

BRIDGEPOKT AND VICINITY 347

who is a man of broad ideas and wide knowledge, having traveled extensively, from the
Pacific coast to Labrador and widely as well over Europe and Asia.

Mrs. Deckand takes a deep interest in Stratford, in its growth and progress, and does
everything possible to further the welfare of the town. She is a member of the United
Congregational church of Bridgeport, but attends tlie services of the Congregational church
at Stratford. She takes little or no interest in scuii-tirs or ilnhs nf any kind, but is strongly
in favor of woman's suffrage in so far as it w.n.l.l jjIm. thr w.unan wlm luis property the
right to vote for the man or woman who taxis tluit jiruperty. She p,,^-os-;r>. too. strong
domestic tastes and much thought and attention are given to her home, which in its rest

MICHAEL ROTH.

bakery in Bridgeport in ISMi

th.. 14th of May.
ot iKir l„s natural
fzuidcl by s,)und
I). He had been a

nd for a year and a half wa

s employed at the

c months at the H. J. Ortoi

1 bakery. On the

ness on his own account ;Mid

Twi m'''(Z"m'''

Michael Roth, t
with one of the leading business enterprises
Austria in 1866, and after spending tljc jie
land came to the United States in 1893. arr
While a financial depression overspread the ci
energy or hamper his efforts, and the pers
intelligence, made him the owner of a retail
resident of this city since December, 1893, ar
Hochheiser bakery, aftei which he spent six
expiration of that period he engaged in busin
until 1916, when he joined Sidney R. Adams ii
of which he is the treasurer and the manager
largest baking enterprises of the city, employing liftytlirfc mm. Tli.- lon.liti.ui nf tlir pl.int
is perfectly sanitary, the utmost care being exercised as to cleanliness and al>(p a> to tlie
standard of excellence of their products. They use eleven delivery trucks and -ixtr.-n head
of horses. Seventy-five per cent of their business is in Bridgeport and suburbs, with twenty-
five per cent of their goods hoiiiL' ^-ln|ipr,l to other partsof the state, and they deliver all of
their own goods to the BridL-'iim t rust. ■in. rs.

Mr. Roth was united in iiiania-r to Miss Rosa Poilie and they now have five children.
Julius, Helen, Anna, Ernest and .Miiiiael. Mr. Roth is a member of the Hungarian church,
while his wife is of the Roman Catholic faith. He belongs to the Rakgorc Lodge, to the
Hungarian Business Men's Association and to various church societies. His position as a
progressive and prosperous business man is due to his own efforts. He has w^orked steadily
and persistently along lines that have brought forth success, and he is constantly striving to
improve in the business methods followed in his establishment, knowing that satisfied cus-
tomers are the best advertisement. The Adams-Roth Baking Company is today a name that
is accepted as a synonym for excellence in bakery goods.

WILBUR ALBERT SMITH.

No contractor of Bridgeport has for a longer
interests of the city than Wilbur Albert Smith, v
operations here as senior partner in the firm of W.
ford, Connecticut, in 1S.55, a son of Albert Curtis a
natives of Stratford and Bridgeport respectively. T

348 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

(Vose) Smith and they, too were born in Stratfoid Seveial representatueo of the Smitli
family piitieipated in the Revolutionary war and duiing that conflict the Biitish buincd the
mill ot I lin Smitli who was both a farmer and sawmill owner Albeit Cuitis bmith became
an eaih I)iiil lin^ untrittcr of Biidgeport but afterwaid returned to Sti itfoid where he
tuinel hi Utinti n to in uiiil utuinv iiittrestb One of his sons rrinklin Curtis Smith
was tit\ 1 t I t tilt 111 I t ^t II 111 i for many veais At the time of his death he
was St I til \ 1 th liil I t 11 I h Company He married Jennie Stewart and thcj
had out 11 ( 1 111 1 Ml il 1 1 in Episcopal mmibter but is now gtneial agent

for the Noithwe t in Mutiul 1 ii In^uiance Companj at Hammond Indiana and one
daughter, Gi ite ^ttw ii I who li d it lour yeirs of age Charles A Smith is mairied ind

■\\ilbiir All it s,i„tl 1 1 1

1 1 a public school educitlon i

nl t-ii 1 iMit tim was in

busims. tl 1 tl 1 1 .t I
Smith t 1 . I-, 11
hasbten it , i U . 1 nt 1 1

Issd came to Biidgeport and ii

IS Ltd IV tht oklebt buiUin^
uith buiUiing inteiests He tin

1 1 tl Ml, f Suag, &

t 1 1 11 1. port who

11 1 1 iitiittwoik

and to him whl iwaidtd tlit .

tntiitts loi the tiection of tl

( 1 t ut 1 ink building

the \oun„r Mtns Cbiistian \^,st

tiation building the buildings

t tl 1 1 ( ii| t Compinv

the Public Maiket ind many o

f tht fmtst itsdtnt s (f tht

tv 1,1 II t ht IS rttogniztd

as one ol Biidgepoits leidiiig t
up the Hudson on Long Isl in 1
Somt thing of the volume tl hi
hunii It t« liunlit 1 wtil iiu
tti li s ,\ n u lut 1 IS n t 1

nti I t 1 III 1 Ins il 1 II I, 1
HI \ \ k it\ in \ « 1

lu 11 1 1 It 1 111 tl 1 1

t 111 t tl t 1 11 1 \11

1 1 \ Ik tlscwhtie at points
\ n 1 thioughout this state
t tl It hi employs from one
totk and does manufacturing
eit \\ IS now his associate

tl III n 1 n^ 111 1 11 ui

1 1 th III. I W \ s,„

ith &. Son

md has contii

Smith, isst 1

s hnols of Bri 1

tmg bu

sine=

s ,s a graduate

ition ir
f itht

1 pii

vate schools and
the conti acting

1 tml

thit
iized

his grandfather
1 all that he has
It Voik

t M

\li

1 li Caison I

th Ml

th his not ciilv

V 11 kl

«n

number of the

native of Lon It n
followed in his tit
Seaside Club sei v ii

GEORGE HENRY LEE.

George Henry Lee, of Britlgeport, was ronniM-tod with various navigation and com-
mercial intfiTsts of the city. He was born in ^lM^.Il. i mimfticut. May 29, 1851, a son of
George H. Lee, who in 1854 removed with his hu.iily t.. Britlgeport and was proprietor
of the York House until 1801 as a member uf the linn of Lee & Ingham. He afterward
conducted the Staples House for a short time and subseiiuently removed to State street.

GliORGE HEXRY LEE

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 351

where he was proprietor of a hotel until his death, which occurred in 1880, when he was
seventy-one years of age. He was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, and while there residing
served as captain of a militia company. He was also at one time a member of the police
force of Bridgeport for about two years and was ever a public-spirited citizen, doing all in
his power tu further the general welfare. His political allegiance was ever given to the
republican party from the time of its organization.

George H. Lee, Sr., was married in Salisbury, Connecticut, to Miss Mary C. Chamberlain,
wlio died in 1892. In the family were three eliiUlreu; George Henry; Jennie K., who
became the wife of Dr Stratton, uf San Francisco, California, and died in 1913; and Fannie,

Tlie only son pursued his education in the schools of Bridgeport, supplementing his
public scliool training by) study in the private school of Emery F. Strong. In the mean-
time, however, he went to work to earn a living and with the inoney he saved paid his
tuition in the private school. For two years he was riii|il.i\ ed a~ bookkeeper in the City
Bakery and was afterward with a steamboat company as iniLilit (Ink on the old steamship
"Bridgeport" and was on the "Laura" as purser. He uus also employed in a similar capacity
for a tiiiir nil tile •Crystal Wave," these boats making trips between Bridgeport and New
York rit> . \\ liih- thus engaged he carefully saved his earnings until the sum was sufficient
to enable liiin to establish a grocery store. With the passing years he developed a business
of considerable proportions and success attended his efforts up to the time of his retire-
ment, when on the 1st of August, 1910, he sold out. For a time he was engaged in the mer-
cantile business. He spent his last days in the enjoyment of well earned rest and derived a
substantial iiicnine from stores which he erected on State street and other property, for as he
prosper!. I 111 111, iiiiili rtakiiii.'- lie made judicious investments in realty. He passed away May
31, r.ilT. alter a lnii 1 illness anil was laid to rest in Mountain Grove cemetery.

In issl .Mr. Lee was united in marriage to Miss Esther Nelson, of Connecticut, who
was brought to Bridgeport by her parents during her early girlhood. She died May 28,
1910, and in October, 1913, Mr. Lee wedded Mrs. Nancy F. Stevenson. Fraternally he was
connected with the Red Men and he belimged also to the Seaside Club. He never sought
to figure prominently in public life as an nfKce seeker but was always loyal in matters
of citizenship and in business he e\eiii|.lilie,l the strength of his character, working his
way steadily upward along the well delined lines of labor until enterprise and industry
placed him among the prosperous residents of his city.

FRARAY HALE, M. D.

Dr. Fraray Hale, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Bridgeport, was born
in Wallingford, Connecticut, July 28, 1882, and is the elder of the two sons of Fraray and
EHie C. (Ives) Hale, who are still residents of Wallingford. The family is an old one in this
state, dating back to the early part of the seventeenth century. The immigrant ancestor was
Samuel Hale, who came from Wales, and the line of descent is traced down through Samuel
(II), Thomas, Timothy, Isaac and three Frarays to Dr. Fraray Hale of this review, who
represents the family in the ninth generation. It was Thomas Hale in the above line who
married Sarah Frary and thus the frequency of the name among their descendants. Isaac
Hale, the great-great-grandson of Samuel Hale, the founder, and the great-great-grandfather
of Dr. Hale of this review, was a Revolutionary war soldier.

Dr. Hale was graduated from the St. John's Military Academy at Manlius, New York,
with the class of 1901 and received his Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation from
Amherst College in 1905. He then determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work
and entered the medical department of Columbia University of New Y'ork, from which he

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received his M. D. degree in 1909. He spent a year and a half thereafter in the City
Hospital of >few York and has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine and
surgery in Bridgeport since 1913. In the intervening period he has made steady progress,
the public recognizing his growing skill and ability to cope with intricate and involved
problems of health. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern advancement in the line
of his profession through his membership in the Bridgeport Medical Society, the Fairfield
County Medical Society, the Connecticut State Medical Society and the American Medical
Association. He also belongs to the New York City Hospital Alumni Association.

Dr. Hale gives his political allegiance to the republican party but has never consented
to become a candidate for olliee. He turns for recreation to the golf links and is also a
member of tlie Seaside and the Brooklawn Clubs, while the rules that govern his conduct
are indicated in the fact that he has membership in the Episcopal church. In a word, his
has been an active, useful, honorable and well spent life and he has made for himself a
creditable position in professional circles.

GEORGE KIPPEN BIRDSEYE.

Along the path of an orderly progression George Kippen Birdseye reached the goal of
success and his life record in its well defined purposes and carefully executed plans may
well serve to inspire and encourage others, showing what may be accomplished when there
is a will to dare and to do. The attainment of success, however, was not the sole end and
aim of his life. He was interested in all those things which have to do with public progress
and which further the welfare of the community and by reason of his sterling worth there
are many who yet cherish his memory. Bridgeport numbered him among her native sons,
his birth having here occurred May 15, 1838. His parents were Ezekiel and Mary E. (Kippen)
Birdseye, the former a direct descendant of John Birdseye, who came from England in 1636,
ficcompanied by his brother Eben, who settled at Middletown, while John Birdseye took up
his abode at Stratford, Connecticut. Ezekiel Birdseye was born near Bridgeport and at one
time lived in New Y'ork, but returned to this city, where his last days were passed, his
death occurring in his home on Fairfield avenue. He was the first dry goods merchant on
Main street, in Bridgeport, and for forty years conducted business where the crockery store
of F. E. Beach now stands.

After reaching adult age George K, Birdseye joined his father in the firm of Birdseye
& Company and in that connection received his initial commercial training, which well
qualified him for the duties and responsibilities that he later assumed and constituted the
initial step toward the attainment of the substantial success which ultimately came to him.
Upon severing his connection with his father's business he entered into partnership with
Archibald McNeil for the conduct of a fruit business and afterward he became proprietor
of a wholesale grocery house, in which he specialized in spices for many years. He was thus
prominently assoeiatr.l witli c.Tiiiiurcial interests of Briili.'i |"ii t ami rarefully managed and
conducted his afl'aiis. i-\';- i , rdjni/iii!.' the fact that sati^li.M imtiun- aif the best advertise-
ment. Moreover, tlir inti^'iity i.f his business methods \Na- ihm i .all.,1 in question and thus
as the years passed his patronage steadily increased. At length, iiavinix acquired a handsome
competence, he retired from active business life. His death occurred November 13, 1906.

In 1857 Mr. Birdseye was united in marriage to Miss Martha W. Hatch, a daughter of
Horace F. and Mary Ann (Tyson) Hatch, the latter a native of New Jersey and daughter
of John Tyson, a Revolutionary soldier. The former was born in Bridgeport and was a son
of Daniel Hatch, a seafaring man, who was active in the coast service and spent his life in
this locality. Horace F. Hatch did not follow marine interests but turned his attention to
mercantile pursuits, conducting a retail store on Water street for the sale of hats, caps and

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live business for a long period but retired a few years prior to his
3 Bank in 1886. He was prominent in com-

officia! prerogatives in support of many measures fur the jiublie lioud. ]lis politi.-al alh-iance
was given to the wliig party and upon its dissolutiuii lie joiir.! tlie ranl^s of the new
republican party. Both he and hi> v.ife wore iiieiiihers ot the North church. Her death
occurred when she was fifty-nine y.ar> .l .i,-r, while Mr. Hatch survived until 1900 and ■
reached the venerable age of eighty ^i\ yiai> In their family were foiu- children, two of
whom have passed away, the others 1.. iny Mrs. Birdseye and Mrs. Alida F. Goodsell. To
the marria.L'e of .Mr. and Mrs. Birdseye were bo:n two sons and a daughter, Herbert, Frank
H. and Mary.

After retiring from active business life Mr. Birdseye was elected a member of the hoard
of aldermen of Bridgeport and at one time he was a member of the board of supervisors.
He took a most active and helpful interest in everything that pertained to the city's
welfare and cooperated heartily in every movement for the general good. He belonged to the
Business Men's Association, of which he was at one time secretary, and he delivered many
interesting lectures upon historical themes at the Bridgeport Public Library, being familiar
with many of the events which have had most to do with shaping the history of the city.

ABRAHAJVI BERNSTEIN, M. D.

en.,'aged in tin practice of medicine and surgery in Biidgeport,
!i(r 20 1SS4 md m ISQS wis brou„'ht to tlit United Stxtes by

his edu( ition until gri iiut 1 )i tl 1 h I I itl tl li t I (H He studied

medicini it \ ih when 1 u | I t I I i iii I i is ] )i i I i | i I i ml k,'ret He

was afterward in mtun. in thi 1 rici^,'<_i . rt lies, it il I i i \ ii ,i I i hill mi thus giined
the broad [irKticil ind \aluahle experi'enc. which ciih h jitil w ik .in gne He enteitd
upon the pri\ ite practice ot intdKine on the 1st ct I nui ii \ 1 lUi ml his since been very
succcsslul his practice growing year by year He is KeiteJ it Ni 472 State street where
ho owns an attractive home He belongs to the lairheld County Medical Society, the
Connecticut state Medical Society and the American Medical Association and thus he keeps
m touch with the trend of modern professional thought

On the 21st of September 191. Dr B.nist.in wis mirri.d to Miss riicr.si s,hei, a
daughter of Jacob Scher a jeweler cirrjm^ n In ii oi M un ti. t in Pn 1 [ rt Dr

Bernstein holds membership with the Soeiitx . t 1 ii u I nth mil is iN, i Kni.ht el IMlins
He has a wide acquiintance and he is const uitl\ idvinnn^' m the pretessioii to whiili he is
devoting his life

SIDNEY R. ADAMS.

R. Adams, president of the Adams-Roth Baking Company, has a splendidly
ilant and one of the largest and most important business enterprises of this
not only in Bridgeport but in Connecticut. He has been a lifelong resident ot
his birth haviiio ,„, nrriNl at Xi.rwalk. .Tanuary 8, 1857, and when he was but six
I, hi- iiarcTit-, l:ii;ii- and Mary V.. il.nrkwood) Adams removed with their family

ng his youthful days under the parental roof. Sidney R. Adams attended district

354 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

school No. 6 and afterward spent a short term in a private school. He was, however, obliged
to put aside his textbooks and enter the business world in order to provide for his own
support. On attaining his majority he removed to Bethel, Connecticut, where he worked at
various periods at the hat trade, at the butcher business and in the bakery business and in the
latter connection laid the foundation for his later success. In May, 1888, he removed to
Bridgeport, where he started work as a baker, and he soon had an interest in the Adams &
• Burr retail bakery on Main street. Later he sold his interest to his partner and then began
business for himself at East Main and Steuben streets, there remaining for three years. At
the end of that time Mr. Adams purchased the ground and built the block across the street
at Seymour and East Main streets and at that point embarked in the wholesale bakery
business. At the time he felt that his establishment was large enough to supply Bridgeport
and vicinity for years to come but by April, 1916, his business had outgrown its quarters and
conditions demanded enlarged facilities. The Adams-Roth Baking Company was then formed
and incorporated with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars. Today their plant
covers a ground plot two hundred by two hundred and ninety feet and contains eight big
ovens. In his bnkery godds ilr. Adams has always maintained the highest standard of
e.Ycellence and his output lias found a ready sale, leading to the continued growth of his trade.

In Wilton. Conm-ctiiut, Mr. Adams was united in man-iage to Miss Cornelia S. Dickerson,
<.f Suctasunna. Xew .I.Tsry. and tlicy have two children: Sylvia Esther, the wife of William
A. Xiitlinaulc, of Stratford. I niiiii i t init . liy whom she has two children. Esther Cornelia and
William Alfr.-d. .Ir.; and Anna Cntrudr, the wife of WilUam C. Gerbich, by whom she has
one c'liild, Sidney Adams, named in honor of his grandfather.

Mr. Adams belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and also has membership
with the National Association of Master Bakers. He came to Bridgeport with only two
hundred and fifty dollars and with that capital as a foundation he has built up the super-
structure of his success through hard labor, close application and sound discrimination.
With his developing powers he has gradually extended his trade connections and is today
at the head of one of the foremost business enterprises of Bridgeport.

FELIX ROMETSCH.

Felix Rometseh, a well known business man of Bridgeport, was born in the kingdom
of Wurttemberg, Germany, on the 23d of September, 1847, and is a son of Louis and Ottilie
Rometseh, also natives of Wurttemberg. For many years the father was engaged in the
manufacture of dolls' heads in the city of Stuttgart but in 1869 came to America after
the death of his wife. Locating in New York city he became a manufacturer of molds for
making fancy candy by confectioners. In 1883 he removed to New Haven, Connecticut, but
later returned to New York, where his death occurred.

In the land of his nativity Felix Rometseh was reared and educated but having decided
to try his fortune in the new world he crossed the Atlantic in 1865, four years before his
father came to the United States. This was immediately after the Civil war, when farm
labor was very scarce in the south, and southern plantation owners had agents in New York
city hiring all such help as was available. Thus it came about that Mr. Rometseh was hired
and went to Alabama, where for two years he was employed on a cotton plantation. He was
four years in Tennessee, where he was similarly employed, and then went to southern
Indiana, where he worked on tobacco plantations for six years. It was about 1877. when
Mr. Rometseh returned to New York city, wluir Ins latli.i tln'ii resided, he having emigrated
from Germany about 1869. In New York city lir Irarnrd tlie making of display forms for
corsets and devoted several years to that lin-inrs- bilon' lu^ established a business of
his own for making plaster casts and molds for tlie making of fancy candy and fancy candy

FELIX ROMETSCH

resident

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boxes, known as Frencli candy boxes. In 1883 lie became a
necticut, where he was in the employ of the Union Form Com
corset display forms, and when that company was dih^ohcd
York. Subsequently Mr. Rometsch removed to Norwitli. C cm
form making department of the Norwich Nickle and Bi,i-s (.oiiiii,Ui\ In 1889, however, he
came to Bridgeport as manager of the dis]da\ form dcpaitment toi Wan,, i T!i.,tli. is ( uisit
Company and remained with them live yeais. Having decideil to discoiiti,,,,, tli it In in. Ii i.t
their busine.ss Mr. Rometsch persuaded that company to ]ironiisc that tl,, \ \m.ii1.I vn. Iii„i
all their orders for display forms, wl,ii-l, tl,i'y Imv,' ,>\er mikm- iMntinucd t.i .1.. II.' ,,.it .i,,ly
has the patronage of Warner Brotl,(■l^ li,it .,K.. i,,,ik. - .ill tl,.' t.inns t.n a niimlici n\ ntlicr
corset companies, including the La Ki -i^Ki. 11,. Il.it. In Urn ,i,,.l tin ( mwn lie li.,s lii.'t with
success in this undertaking and now Miiiiisli.'h cn,)|ilii> i,ii'i,t to .ihout twidse h.iiuls Fm the
past eight years his shop has been located at 1027 Housatonic avenue.

In New Yoik city, November 1, 1884, Mr. Rometsch was united in marriage to Miss
Anna Linck. also a nati\e of (iermany, who came to America in childhood and died in
Bridgepiiit in .luiie. I'.ilt; V.\ tins iniion were born two children, namely: Ottilie, now
the wife III Aiiyu^t ( luiiil"!,'-. ii,-.]ii'. tn, for the Yost Typewriter Company; and William
H., who 1- with Warner BiutluTN l,,is, t Company at Bridgeport.

Mr. Rometsch makes las home .,t X,. V) Kiiiidnll avenue. He is a member of the
Universalist church and is a belicMi ii, th. |iiiini|il,- ..l the democratic party but at the
polls votes air independent ticket. -.ii|i|H.n m- tli. m. n uli.nn he_ believes best qualified to
(ill the offices regardless of party tie^ In Ini-ii,. — .,ll,iii- li, li.is always been found thoroughly
leliable and he well merits the high esteem m wl,Kh he is held.

CLARENCE E. C. ATKINS, D. D. S.

Pr ( Iir I, r ( \tk I r l I i tl [ ti t of dentistry in Bridgeport with office
in tl, 's ir t\ I , 1 I I In \ --I M tiber 8 1880 a son of Charles Edward

ind Mm i t \ i t ^ I t \tl I natives of Nova Scotia and of Buffalo,

\(W \ ik r n U\lI\ 111 1 itl, r w I r i ir- a tiveh engaged in the manufacture

oftigirs inl IS now living in Orlindo 11 ,1 I Itl tl i j issed away in 1914.

During his childhood the pirents fDr \tk It Bridgeport. Here he grew to

manhood icquiring his eduiiti, n in tli i il 1 1 I \\ hiU still in his teens, Dr. Atkins

put aside his textbooks m i 1 r \ ril \ irs travtkd ixtensivelv through the south and
west also visiting Me\R u 1 1 iiti 1, ( lunibia and returning in 1900 to become associated
with his fither in the ii ir in i,ii tun, business Charles E Atkins, Sr., being at that
time thi proi rietor of thr I 11 i i t t ii 1 n l^tport Ht earned on both a retail and

wholesale 1 usiness and in tl i ii i t ir I us emplo\ed a considerable number of

worknun \t length Dr \tl ii I t ii ii 1 t turn his attention from commercial to
professional interests and m 1 Ml 1 I I t i tl 1 IiiHdelphia Dental College, from

which he was graduated in 190S II I tl I t f 1 ntistry in Bridgeport. For a

short time he was associated w Itl I 1 I 1 II II i 1 since that time he has con-

tinuously followed his professun I ' ' tl ity He is president of the

Bridgt port Dental Societ-v a tact w 1,1 1 li t I | | ulirity among his fellow practitioners.
He WIS ireviouslv secretarj ol tl, t\ I tl terms He also belongs to the State

and National Dental Sccieties an 1 1 ii| \ tl lull uinhdtnct and regard of his colleagues

led to Miss Lillian Robie Spencer, a
ilh The doctor gives his political
ted with the Improved Order of Red

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Men. He enjoys baseball, football, fishing, hunting, boating, a good saddle horse and a motor
car, but his chief recreations are horseback riding and motoring. He is fond of music and a
guitarist of no mean ability. Dr. Atkins is a young man alert, energetic and actively interested
in the welfare of his community and maintains a high professional and personal reputation.

ROBERT DOUGLAS ROLLER, JR., M. D.

Dr. Robert Douglas Roller, Jr., physician and surgeon of Bridgeport, who is associated
with Dr. W. Lee Weadon in the ownership of the Galen Hospital, was born in Riclimond,
Virginia, ]\ray 34, IST'.l, .t son of the Rev. Robert Douglas and Carrie (Booker) Roller, who'
are also n:itiv.^ .ii tin- old Dominion. The father is an Episcopal minister, now rector of
St. JolmV ihiucli lit ( h;iili-stcin. West Virginia, where he has served for nearly thirty years.

Dr, Kiilli 1 was nand in Charleston and acquired his more specifically literary education
in the University of West Virginia at Morgantown. from which he was graduated in 1900,
Later he entered upon preparation for the practice of medicine and surgery and in 1905 won
his M. D. degree from the University College of Medicine at Richmond, Virginia. For nine
years thereafter he continued in active practice in West Virginia but in 1915 removed to
Bridgeport and became identified with the Galen Hospital as one of its owners and managers,
entering into business relations with Dr. W. Lee Weadon, a former classmate m the medical
college. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern thought and scientific investigation
along the lines of medical and surgical practice as a member of the Bridgeport, the Fairfielil
County, tlie Connecticut State and the American Medical Associations. He specializes in
internal medicine and is now clinical assistant in the department of medicine in the New
York Post Graduate School.

In leisure hours Dr. Roller finds pleasure and companionship in the University, Seaside
and Brooklawn Clubs and he is also well known in Masonic circles, having taken the degrees
of lodge, chapter and commandery, while in his life he exemplifies the beneficent spirit upon
which the craft is founded.

FREDERICK C. ECKART.

Frederick C. Eckart is a factor in the business development of Bridgeport as senior partner
of the Eckart Brothers Brewing Company. He was born in this city in 1879, of the marriage

of George and Carolitm Eckart, win in TifiS omifrratod from Moinin.oon, riermany, to the

United Stat.-. Tli.-y li.-t -Mt;..^l in I'if I -llrl.l, ^Ia~s;,;.l,,,„.U-.. l.ut in |s,;s ranir I,, Ilii.i^rpn, t
and here 111,' fallirr, in a^..H-,at ,..n u it 1, a l.ali hrntlirr. r...l.Mirk I'liisa in, ,-ta Mi-lir.! the

The father passed away in 1889, but the mother survives
Frederick C. of this review; George, who is tlic jniii
Brewing Company; and Louise, who married Franz Silm
Frederick C. Eckart graduated from the high sclm
New York city, where he took a full course at the Nat
degree of Master Brewer, In further preparation for

some time with the John Kress Brewing Company if N< w \oik nty ami was for two
and a half years employed by the James Wallace Brew in.' i nmpany, also of New York.
He thus added to his theoretical knowledge broad prartiral . xiMTi.'iicr ami ii|i<in his return
to Bridgeport was qualified to take an active part in tlic niana-cmcnt of the brewery
established by his father. In 1896 he and his brother took over the concern, which they

tliem w

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reorganized under the name of the Eckart Brothers Brewing Company. In the intervening
twenty-one years they have added many improvements to the plant, the most important
being a large bottling works. They employ an average of fifteen men and two trucks are
required in delivering their goods to various parts of the city. They make high class porter,
beer and ale, and the local demand for their product is so great that almost the entire
output of the brewery is sold in Bridgeport.

Mr. Eckart was married in 1903 to Miss Louise Cunningham, of Bridgeport, and they
have three children: Carl, John and Louise. It is the intention of Mr. Eckart to give all
of his children a college education. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent Protec-
tive Order of Elks and the Improved Order of Red Men. In politics he is an independent
democrat but the demands of his private business interests have been so heavy that he has
had no time to take an active part in public affairs. Among his salient characteristics are
determination, energy and good judgment, qualities which go far toward insuring success
in any field of endeavor.

LOmS KUTSCHER, JR.

Louis KutscluT, Jr., the pro^idmt ..f t\\f Hume Brewing Company of Bridgeport, was
born in New York city about Iurty-iiL;lit yars a;;o and during his infancy was brought to
Bridgeport by his fatlier, Li'uis Kutsclicr. a native of Hanover, Germany, who in his boyhood
days was brought to the new world by his parents. For a number of years he resided in
Bridgeport, where he engaged in the bottling and sale of Weiss beer. He founded a brewery,
which he developed, buildini; up a large and profitable business. He died in the year 1916.
He was an active and pulilir->|iii ii.d , itizen and gave generous support to many well defined
plans for promoting thr jmliln w.li.irr. He lived retired from 1890 until his demise, hiS
business being taken uicr by Ins -um^.

The birth of Louis Kiitsclier. .Jr., uirurrod in Xmv York city, April 16, 186S, and in the
public schools and a business college of Bi i.l'_'i|Hirt lie puisui'd his education. On attaining
his majority he entered the bottling and lin'\\in_' Im^m.-s in connection with his father
and upon the latter's retirement he and his hrnthir. William F. Kutscher. succeeded to the
business of brewing and bottling Weiss beer uii.I.-i the name of Kutscher Brothers. The
as.sociation was maintained between them until -\hu>h l.j, 1^06. when the partnership was
formally terminated, and not long att..iward Lmiis Kutscher became connected with the
management of the Hartmann Brewing Company, cuitributing greatly to the success of that
undertaking and the upbuildins of the interests of the firm. When the Hartmann brewing
interests were reorganized and enlarged and tlie tirin name was changed to the Home

previously acted as president of the oM. He is tlo i.i ut the hea.l of a lMi-iiie~s « hich

is one of the important productive Industrie's of the kiiel iii Ih i'l^jeport. with a eapaeity of
one hundred thousand bnrrels The plant is sple|,(M,il\ e(pii|ipe(I with moilerii maehinery
necessary in their line, i, oper:,|e,| hx ,„u(or po«e,. and they have their own wafer system
and electric plant. Hi- hi-th.a, Williani F. Knl-eher. v. itli who,,, he wa- tonnerly i„ part-
in 1899. Asi.le from hi- other interests Louis Kutscher is connected with the American Gun
Barrel Manufaeturitii." i onu-any of Xew Haven and is the vice president and one of the
directors of the Anierican Hank & Trust Company.

On the 20th of April, 1897. Mr. Kutscher was united in marriage to Miss Flora Weber, a
daughter of Robert Weber, a prominent citizen of Bridgeport, who for a number of years
was town clerk. They have become the parents of two sons and a daughter, Louis, Robert
and Flora, all at home.

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In politics Mr. Kutscher is a democrat and for some time served on the park board
and has also been a member of the commission government plan committee. He has attained
hif.'li rank in M:i-<'iiiy. Iiiwing reached the thirty-second degree in the consistory, while with
t\w Xcililr.-. (ii til. M\>tir Slirine he has crossed the sands of the desert. He also has mem-
beisliip with till' i:ils~, tlu Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias and he belongs to the
Arion .Singing ."^uiiity. He i> a public-spirited man, cooperating in many plans and move-
ments for the geneial giK.il, giving strong endorsement and generous financial support to
various projects wliiili liavc bctii promoted for the welfare of the city. He is now a member
of the Second Company of the Governor's Foot Guard and he has important club connections,
being an ex-president of the Algonquin Club and a member of the New Haven Union League.

GEORGE F-REDERICK ECKART.

George Frederick Eckart, junior partner of the Eckart Brothers Brewing Company, was
born in Bridgeport in 1883, in the room which is now used as the office of the brewery, but
which was then one of the family living rooms, as for some time the family resided above
the brewery. The InisiiiH.- \va> established in 1868 by his father, George Eckart, further
mention of whom apic^n- m tlic -ketch of Frederick C. Eckart elsewhere in this work.

George F. Eckait . oiii|ili'tr.l tli.. work of the grades in the Bridgeport schools and took

a shi.rt coiirs,. in tli.. Iii..jli >. 1 1, altn- whirh he attended the National Blew. 'is CAh-'r at

Xrw "i'l.ik city, wliirh ii.ii1ci-i-.mI \i|ii.ii liiiii tlio degree of Master Brewer i.ii tlic .■i.ni|il..ti(in
iif lii- ..iiii-i'. H<. til. 11 ii'tiiriH.l til i;i iilui'iKii t and at once became connecteil witli tli.' i;rkart
Brutliers IJrcwery, ut wliiili hv i.s juiiinr partner. He has worked in every .Irpai tiiuait.
including collecting, selling, brewing and bottling, and is now serving in tlie iiii|ioi taut
capacity of brewmaster. Tlie senior member of the firm is his bn.tlier. I'leilei i, k (. . I"., kart.
They employ fifteen men on an average and use two trucks in the delivery of tlieir prip.liiet,
including beer, ale and porter, to all parts of the city, the local markets utilizing practically
all of the output. In 1907 the company m -aiiized tlie Eckart Brothers Bottling Works and
erected a large building to house this eoiui.ni adjoining the brewery.

In 1906 George F. Eckart was iinileil in marriage to Miss Dorothy Gilbert, of Tnimbull,
Connecticut, and they have six ehil.lien: ( 'liarlntte; George F., who is named for his father;
Caroline, who is named in Ikhioi ol her paternal grandmother; Harold; Dorotliy, who is Iter
mother's namesake; and Frederick, who i.s named for his uncle, Frederick C. Eckart. The
four older children are attending the Bridgeport schools, and Mr. Eckart intends to give
all the best possible educational advantages.

He is an independent democrat in politics and his religious faith is indicated by his
membership in Trinity Episcopal chur.li ' . In ].iiil;s to no lodges or clubs and when not
at home or at work spends his time limit mj n li-lnng. He holds the record for the biggest
bass caught in the Berkshire Hills in N.w llaiiip-liire and is well known as a sportsman.
He possesses the initiative and confidence characteristic of a young man and also has the
soundness of judgment necessary to the successful management of large business interests.

ARTHUR H. MOORE.

Arthur H. Moore, manager of the estimating and sales departments of the Bridgeport
Metal Goods Manufacturing Company, was born in Newtown, Connecticut, December 20, 1878,
his parents being Andrew C. and Frances (Fairchild) Moore, the former a native of Canada,
while the latter was born in Newtown. Conneetictit, where the Fairchilds settled at a very

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 363

early daj'. In early manhood Andrew C. Moore was a mechanic and became a manufacturer
but is now following the occupation of farming in Newtown.

Arthur H. Moore acquired a public school education, supplemented by further study in
Newtown Academy, and he made his initial step in the business world as an emjiloye in the
Wheeler & Wilson factory in 1896. He afterward became connected with the Bridgeport
Brass Company, which he rejni-.'ntid Un- riiihtrm years, eventually having charge of the
estimating department. Hi- li.lrlit\ .in.l ( .iiulnhty were plainly indicated in his long con-
nection with that corporation In \'i],. l,,. ,.nii. t.i tlic Bridgeport Metal (ioods Manufacturing
Company, assuming charge cif tlir (-tjiuutiug and sales departments, and in that connection
still continues, his previous experience well qualifjing him for the responsibilities that
now devolve upon him.

On the 2d of October, 1907, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Holroyd,
a native of Bridgeport and a daughti-r c.f M.itliew and Ermina Hohoy.l. Tin. cliildi.Ti nt this

marriage are Evelyn Frances, Mildri'il ,l,in. .iinl Arthur Hidrosd Mi Mi.i.u' li.i- 1 n .piite

active in JIasonic circles. He belong- to St. .lohn- Lodge, No. )1. i.- a pa-t tliini. illu-.tn(ius
master of Jerusalem Council, R. & 8. M., and is now standard bearer of Hamilton Com-
mandery. No. 5, K. T. He has also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite
and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs likewise to the Weatogue Country Club
and is appreciative of the social amenities of life, while his genial nature is such as sheds
around him much of life's sunshine.

FREDERIC .JOSEPH ADAMS, M. D.

Dr. Frederic Joseph Adams, who. a.

rtively en,;;aged in the jiraetire of uirdi.ine in Bridge-

jiort. specializes in gynecology, has wo

in wi.Ic r.M-ognition as an aldo repi .•-entative of the

profession, working his way up by indi\

idiial ni.Tit l.aMMl ,i|,nn th,ir<.n^di j.i . liniiiiary prepara-

tiou and continued study. He was hor

n in Salinr. Mirliiijiin. l)er,.nilier 7, 1S68, a son of the

Rev. Frederick H. Adams, who was 1

.,.rn in London. Kn^land. and in 1848 came to the

United States. He was graduated fro

111 til.- I'..k-kill Military A, ademy of New York in

1854 and then in preparation for the i

ninistry pursued a curse in the General Theological

Seminary of New York. Immediately

afterward he began the work of preaching the gospel

in the Congregational church and for :

ibout fifty years was well known as a clergyman in

New York. Michigan, Connecticut and

Rhode Island. In the pursuit of his labors he was

not denied the full harvest nor the i

iftermath, and his inlhnur,. runstitute.l an effective

force in promoting the moral progress

of the comniunifi.- in whirl, he liv.-d. He married

Electa Jeannette Booth, who was born i

in Trumbull, Connecticut, a daughter of Walter Booth,

a farmer, and Mrs. Adams still surviv.

es. She has two sons, the elder being Walter Booth

Adams, who for many years has been

1 professor of materia medica and therapeutics in a

medical college at Beirut, Syria.

The younger son, Dr. Frederic J,

Adam-, acquired his preliminary education in the

public schools of New Huitfmd. ( nni,

'■'■ti.llL iH'illL' -la.lllatrd from tlic lliL'll -rl 1 uitll

1891, while his professional degree was won from the medical department of the New Y'ork
University in 1895. His father and brother were both graduates of the same school and the
work of the family has been a most valuable contribution to the medical profession. Dr.
F. J. Adams obtained his initial experience by six months' connection with flie I. Hood
Wright Hospital. He spent a year in the Bellevue Hospital and four months in tlic ( hanibers
Street Hospital, also two months in the Broome Street Lying-in Hospital, all of tin.-,, in-titu-
tions being in New York. His hospital experience came to him ere his graduation in lh95.

364 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

since which year he has been in active practice in Bridgeport, being now located at No. 339
West avenue, where he owns a splendid home in which luxury, comfort and artistic adornment
are most harmoniously blended. In his practice he has specialized in gynecology and his
opinions along that line have in large measure been respected as standard by his fellow
practitioners of Bridgeport and the state.

On the 21>t lit jlrccinluT, 1 s'jy. Dr. Adams was married to Miss Mildred May Beamer,
of Bridmiicit. iin.l tliry h;nr ..n.' iliild, Alice Electa. Dr. Adams is a member of the People's
Presbytii laii . Inn, li ami tli.' I'-i I'lisilon. a college fraternity. As a Mason he is identified
with tdiintliian ].n,luc (,i Hi idm>])art and he also belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks. On iM.th >hIi-^ In- is descended from ancestry represented in the Revolutionary
war, so that li,' i- nititled to membership with the Sons of the American Revolution. He
belongs tu the Hridgrpnrt flub and to the Weatogue Club of Stratford and he finds relaxation
from onerous professional duties and cares in golf and music. For thirteen years, or since
1904, he has been connected with the Connecticut National Guard and in October, 1916, was
appointed chief surgeon by Governor Holcomb with the rank of major. He belongs to the
Bridgeport Medical Society, Fairfield County Medical Society, Connecticut State Medical
Association and the American Medical Association, and his professional duties are ever
regarded as his foremost interest. He has ever fully recognized the obligations and respon-
sibilities devolving upon him in this connection and has earnestly striven to make his
service of the greatest possible worth, accomplishing this end through that wide study and
investigation which leads to broadened experience and greater

.J. WALTER SCHEFFER.

J. Walter Scheffer, attorney at law, is, now successfully practicing in Bridgeport. He
was born in Meriden, Connecticut, July 1, 1885, a son of Thomas and Katie (Haas) Scheffer,
who are residents of that city. The father, who is a chemist, was born in the province of
Quebec, Canada, while the mother is a native of New Haven, Connecticut. On the paternal
side the family is of Holland Dutch descent and on the maternal side of German, Irish and
English lineage. Mrs. ScliclT.-r was a dauixliter of John Haas, who was born in Germany but
came to the United States piinr lo tli.' i ivil war and served as a Union soldier during that
conflict, being on one occa-i.ai u.nnid.'d in battle.

J. Wnltfr Si'lipfi'or Avas i,ai.,l in M.Tiden anil graduated from the high school of tliat
rity with thr rlass of I'.iii:,. II, • att-iuai,! -p.nt :i year in the Drexel Institute of Phila-
,l.-l|iliia. wli.-ic hr stu,lic,l rl,,,'! 1 i,a I ,'nLi i ni-,'i inu an, I later he began preparation for the bar,
spcndin- f(.ur years in tin- law dc[iartni,'nt ..f the George Washington University, from
which he was graduated with the LL. B. degree in 1914. The following year he was admitted
to the Connecticut state bar and at once began practice in Bridgeport, being associated with
Marsh. Stoddard & Day until February 1, 1917. Since then he has been practicing as an
individual. Wliil<> onr of the younger representatives of the profession in this city he has
already made a gca.il start and his ,iiialilirations promise success for the future. Along with
those qualities iiidi-iHii-aldi- to the lawyer — a keen, rapid, logical mind, plus the business
sense and a i(m,I\ ,a|,a.ity for hard work — he brought to the starting point of his legal
career th, lim, ,,i , i, ,|u, iice of language and a strong personality. He displays a thorougli
grasp of ih,' law with aliility to accurately apply its principles, which constitutes a strong
factor in his cHicieiuy as an advocate. Mr. Scheffer passed a successful civil service examina-
tion in 1909 and for several years was in the civil service department of the United States
government, being thus connected during the four years in which he studied in the George
Washington University, his position being that of stenographer and private secretary, for
which work he was qualified by a course in the Butler Business College of New Haven, from

J. WALTER SCHEFFER

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 367

which lie was graduated in 1907. While in the government service his position was first
with the navy department and later with the commerce department, in the Bureau of Cor-
porations. His work in this department consisted of work on the study of trusts and
corporations, and for one year he assisted in an investigation throughout the country of tlie
Harvester trust. He worked his way steadily upward in the government service and became
private secretary to George Rublee, member of the Federal Trade Commission.

Jlr. Scheffer holds membership with Phi Sigma Kappa, a college fraternity. His religious
faith is indicated in his membership in St. Augustine's Roman Catholic church. Along pro-
fessional lines he is connected with the City and County Bar Associations, and he is putting
forth every effort to make legitimate advancement in the profession which he has determined
upon as a life work.

GILES C. FULLMER.

(lies C I ullmer master mechanic with the Brid^joit Metal Goods Manufacturing

( I I 11} 1 a native of Herkimer New 'Vork He was born October 30 1868 f tl e

narr v of 1 1 I r B 1 M i\ I C^n T II \tt r c, r i j 11 11

<ducit n 1 tt 1 1 tl 1 II \ \ 1 I II I

Hi It e 1 1 t 1 I I t 1 1 I t I I II t 1

h s ^iiliilU ^ oik d 1 \ i\ II T 1 H tt t e tl tl K i „toi Vins

( on [ u ^ of Il'on New 'iork an 1 was afterw ir 1 \ tl tl Rem n^ton Ivpewr t r C n [ ii \
Ren ov II g to Niagara Fall Iclcin [ ritilit f tl Kell \ M B i Aliiut t ir n„

( II in\ 11 1 ht r 1 III I t I 1 I t 1 tt 1 I yl

' II a I mi te n I II I 1 M I 1 1 t M I i

tl I It t tl B i M I II I t 1 1-,)

li I I t 1 1 1 I I M iclinery and e\p ii

n ntU I I rti It II I II I I ods Mil it-i tiiii„

( 01 I 1 t t M It I he has been n i t r

ml II I I t tl „ll\ I I 1 I t tl le-^i onsibilitiea which

de I I tl t n H 1 an \i t I 1 id le 1 to his notable

ik II t I t e I tl t I t 1 t 1 to the succ ss of the

I I I 11 I Mss Ii \ lark ot I ttle Till New \ rk He

b I I \ 111 I I t tl I ai 1 I ell aid fx\ lallj li vn n

1 I t 1 dl |t 1 t I le 111 1 tl I rol 1 r 1 I i B ^ |0 t

BENJAMIN BROOKS FINKELSTONE, M. D.

Dr. Benjamin Brooks Finkelstone, a Bridgeport physician numbered among the alumni
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, was born in New York city, July
4, 18S7, and is the eldest of the three sons of Jacob Finkelstone, who is inspector of excava-
tions of the city of Bridgeport, which position he has held for six years. Dr. Finkelstone
came to this city with his parents in 1S03 and the family home has since been maintained
here. He has two brothers, both of whom are lawyers of this city.

In the attainment of his education Dr. Finkelstone attended the public schools until

368 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

graduated from the high school with the class of 1905. For four years he studied in the
medical department of Yale and afterward entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Baltimore, from which he was graduated in 1910, winning the M. D. degree. Following
his return to Bridgeport he was house surgeon in St. Vincent's Hospital for a year and later
was assistant house surgeon in the Lying-in Hospital of New York in 1911 and 1912. Since
the latter year he has engajii'il in tlic jimcrMl ]irartiii- of iiuMliiiiii' ami is aiidrded a liliiTal
and growing patronage. He is alsn diiif c.f the nlistrtriral (li'|iai tiDcnt nf St. \"iiicint's
Hospital and he belongs to tin' ( (Hinty aij.l Statr MiHlical Suiictirs, to the Anirriraii .Medical
Association and the Alumni S,„iety of tli<> New York I.yiii- In Hospital. He writes largely
for medical publications and liis rontribut ions to tin literature of his profession are regarded

of Health, eoniieeted with the Rockefeller Foundation, for investigation of the hookworm
ili-i ase at the L'overnment mines in Pi-ang China. He has done some cancer research work

Dr. Finkelstone holds membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and
adheres to the religious faith of his fathers, who were of the Hebrew race. His time and
attention are chiefly concentrated upon his professional duties and his growing ability has
gained him

NELSON C. LUND.

Nelson C. Lund, manager

of the ^Yest End

14, 1881, and attended public

schools there unti

crossed the Atlantic to the nev

1- world and becai

tinned his education for two yt

■ars. When a yovi

Ashcroft foiniiany of P.ri.lyepo

rt. with whom li(

period he ,lis|,laye.l iiniel, intere

st in auuisem.'nts

with th.' Aslirrolt ( ..iiipaiiy. -A

,t length he houfil

itre, was born in Germany February
teen years of age, when in 1894 he
resident of Bridgeport, where he eon-
sixteen he entered the employ of the
ained tor twelve years. During this
iiusii' and taught music while working
the Little 'riieatre. a moving picture
house, but realized that he could not attend to three lines at once— the shop work, the
teaching ot nui^i.' and the theatre, so concentrated his etl'orts upon the last named. He is
now the niaiiat;.r of the famous West End Theatre, which he built in 1910 and which then
had a seatin;.' eapaeity of four hundred. In three years he enhuL'ed it so that its seating
capacity was seven hundred and eighty, and two years .ljo he rrl)iiilt i( s,, that it will now

seat twelve hundred. It is thus one of the old.si vet o, f the ,iewe-t th.^atres <.f r,rhl-e-

port and is devoted exclusively to moving- piet\ires. It is thorouixhly modern in every way
and beautifully equipped. Mr, l.iiinl was the lir-t man t.i usi' an orchestra in a moving

picture theatre and now has an eiuht piee ehestra. , instituting one of the attractive

features of the house. Possessini; marked niushal ability himself, he naturally pays much
attention to featuring music in connection with the production of the films. He has fran-
chises with the Selznick, the Clara Kimball Young, the G. W. Cohen, the Douglas Fairbanks,
the Paramount, the Metro, the Brady and the New Art pictures and also the Chaplin and
Linder comedies.

On the 14th of February, 1903, in Bridgeport, Mr. Lund was married to Miss Alberta L.
W'ocKlhull, daughter of Henry and Mary A. (Hulse) W'oodhuU, and to this iinion have been
born two children: Gladys, who was born in 1905 and died when seven years old; and Harold
WoodhuU, born March 10, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Lund hold membership in the Lutheran

NELSON C. LUND

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 371

{•hurch and he belongs to St. Jolin's Lodge, A. F. & A. M. and Arcanum lodge, I. 0. 0. F.
He became the youngest member of Dewey Camp of the Modern Woodmen of America, and
he belongs to the National Fraternal League, «lii,li draws its iiiendKT>hi|. ..nlv fr.ini those
who are connected with the Masonic fraternity, ami is ■, diaitrr iiuiiiliri ,,i tl,,. Kiw.uiis
Club, which was organized in 1917. He is one nf tlir mo^t i.r..-r.'s>i\ e and eiiirrpnsin- Imsi-
ness men of Bridgeport, keeping in touch witij and diiectiiig taste in moving picture ])roduc-
tions, and today has the leading house of this kind in the city.

CHARLES PHILLIPS.

Charles Phillips, general superintendent of the Bridgeport Metal Goods Company and
well known as a sportsman, especially in yachting circles, was born in Plymouth, England,
August 5, 1864, a son of James and Mary (Jewell) Phillips, who in 1869 left England and came
with their family to the United States, .settling at Stratford, Connecticut, where the father
followed the carpenter's trade, which he liad previously learned in his native land.

Charles Phillips acquired a public and high school education in this state, having been
but five years of age at the time of the emigration to the new world. He entered upon his
business career as an employe of the Bridgeport Brass Company and became acquainted with
all the various labors performed in the general factory. Working his way steadily upward,
he served as department superintendent of electroplating and finishing, having himself attained
expert skill in that field. In 1909 lie became connected with the Bridgeport Metal Goods
Company as general superintendent and his marked efficiency is indicated by the fact that
he has since been retained in the position, covering eight years.

Mr. Phillips was united in marriage to Miss Annie Trautmann, of New York, and their
cliildren are: Edith, now the wife of Edward Dailey, of Bridgeport; Robert, a macliinist
with the Locomobile Company, of Bridgeport, wlio is now married and has one child; Mabel,
the wife of Edward Winton, of Bridgeport, by whom she has one child; and Charles, now
of Florida, who is married and has one child.

Mr. Phillips is well known in fraternal circles. He holds membership in St. John's Lodge,
No. 8, A. F. & A. M.; in Bridgeport Chapter, No. 15, R. A. M.; and Jerusalem Council, No. 16,
R. & S. M. He is also connected with the Modern Woodmen and with the Brotherhood of
America. The nature of his recreation is largely indicated in the fact that he has been
timer for most of the boat races held in Bridgeport. He holds membership in the East End
Yacht Club and for three years he has been commodore of the Park City Yacht Club. It has
been said that the well balanced man knows not only how to work well but also how to
play well, and while Mr. Phillips neglects no interest connected with the important position
which he occupies, he realizes the value of recreation and finds not only an upbuilding
force but also keen pleasure in yachting.

WILLIAM ELMER SEELEY.
er of the Blue Ribbon Garage \\

head of one of the largest busi

a the political circles of the s

372 BRIDGEPOET AND VICINITY

1840, a son of Seth and Charity (Wilson) Seeley, the former a farmer by occupation,
through whom the ancestral line was traced back to Robert Seeley, who came from England
in 1630 and settled at Salem, Massachusetts. He afterward beeanu' :i n-sidnit of Water-
town, Massachusetts, where he lived for six years and then removed ti. WithcrsticM. Connecti-
cut. Later representatives of the family defended American intii. i-t^ in tlie Kevolutionary

William E. Seeley, Sr., started upon his banking career in early manhood in connection
with the Farmers Bank of Bridgeport and from that time forward his career was one of
steady progress. In 1864 he became one of the organizers of the Fii^t Xntional Bank of
Bridgeport, was chosen its first cashier and in 1892 was elected tn tlir pi ^^i,ll■ll, y, occupying
that position until his demise. He wa,s also for many years | n -i,l. nt of the Peoples
Savings Bank of Bridgeport, occupying that office to the time ul liis death, and he was
president of the ( oiinccfiint I'aiikers' Association, which indicated the regard entertained
for him by his c(ill<ai;iics mul KUiteinporaries in business. His opinions were recognized as
authority on matters uf liaiikiiiL.' and finance. His name was also prominentlj' known in
connection with iiiilitaiy, i i\ ir and |iolitical interests. He served for a number of years in
the State Militia and n -iijiicd uliile holding the rank of lieutenant colonel. In the same year
he was electrd -tatr si natnr .md xvliile serving in the upper house was made a member of the
until I'.iOj he filled the office uf state ei.niptroller and
it ]H.sition. He M-as prominent in tlir icuneils of the
ini(s was called to olfice in l;rid,i;.|«.i t. s.rving as fire

t- T.iii|.lar (.r ( 'nmicticut. lie was also a iii. ruber of the
f the Society of CLilunial Wars, of the Union League Club,
• York and of the Seaside, Algonquin, Brooklawn, Yacht
le held membership in the Congregational church and for
st respected and influential residents of Bridgeport. In
:abeth Sterlintr and they became the parents of five sons,
ry Sterling. Robert Clinton and Frank Earle.
r-y. rarly in Ills business career became a representative ot
laitl'-rd, ( .iinmtirut, in New Y'ork and for a few years
. -laLli-liiiM nt at W a-l.inuton, D, C. In 1907 he became
Imi-t \ I .inia^r I .iiii]Mny of Bridgeport, a firm carrying
le, iiieludint; all kinds ol harness, blankets, robes, whips
; well a livery, boarding and sales stable and made a
specialty of selling fine carriage horses. As the automobile, however, came more and more
largely into general favor the nature of the business changed somewhat and in October,
1908, the Blue Eibbon Garage was incorporated with J. Schiott as the president and W. E.
Seeley secretary and treasurer. They handled automobile supplies, accessories and parts
and became exclusive agents at Bridgeport for the Packard ear and also agents for the
Dodge car. At that date they had one car salesman and six men in the repair department.
Something of the growth of the business is indicated in the fact that they now have
twelve salesmen and eighty men in the repair department, while one hundred and four men

tl;nu-:ind -.|iKirr irri. :ind takiiiLj diTr the Blue Eibbon Auto and i ',' ■ l- i' :_ : an

additional Mxty-f.Mir tl.Mii-iind ,->niare feet. In 1916 they boiiuli i:- ilh

an liulity tn..t frnntaL'i'. on wliiili they have recently erectol .: r. a -t.,d m: mihrrte
building three stories in height, giving them twenty-two thousand sciuarc feet in addition to

enjoyed

an en

rerord in ■

republica
commissi.

n pari

ty and

It' rear.'." a ^

past grar

and 1
id com

mandei

■ of the Km

Sons of the An-

lerican

Revolution.

of the T:

ranspo

rtation

Club of X

and Outii

ng Clii

lbs of Bridgeport.

a half cc

Jitury

was

ne of the i

October,

1861, :

ried .Jane li

William

E.. Frederick

Sterling. H

The ■

eldest

son. W

illiam )•:. S,

the Elect

rio V(

dlillo I

oni|iany of

also had

oliaro.

■ ,.1 a 1

iiaiah iii tl

a salesm;

Ul wit

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;lur Kllilloll

everythin

:g for

the h.

ii-.se and sti

and carriages.

They

conducted

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 373

what they already have. They will occupy all of this space. Theirs is the largest garage
in New England. In 1910 they built a garage at Meriden, Connecticut, as a branch of their
business and in 1916 erected a building for a sales room and service station at Waterbury
which is the best in that city. They also put up a garage at New Haven. They are operating
all of these branches, where they handle the same cars that they do in Bridgeport, and their
business at each point is steadily growing. They have storage for more than four hundred
cars in Bridgeport. In 1915 they added to their business a painting, trimming and upholster-
ing department with competent people in charge. In addition to the one hundred and four
men employed in Bridgeport they have twelve men at Mtridcn, fourteen men in New Haven
and fourteen in Waterbury. Their business has assumed extensive proportions, becoming
one of the most prominent and profitable undertakings of this kind not only in Bridgeport
but in New England.

In iss'.i Mr. S.rlry was married to Miss Maude D. Parker, of Bridgeport, a daughter
of Edwin M I'.iikn. :i j.wrlor. and they have one son, W. Parker. Mr. Seeley is a thirty-
second il.L'i',' ,M:i-,.ii ,iihl ;i Mystic Shriner, is a member of the Algonquin Club, of which he
was one of tlie .pi |i.ii;itni>. ju,] i< also a inniilM.r of the Brooklawn Country Club and of
the Home Club of .Mrn.lrn. In ]-.iliti.- \,r lakr- a vi-ry active interest as a republican, is
chairman of the fiisf .livliirt an.l ha- li.-m ti.a-iinr v\ the republican town committee for a
number of years, lie i^ iiuw .serving as presidLiit ul tlie board of apportionment of Bridgeport,
which position he has occupied for several years. To his public duties he brings the same
keen discernment and unfaltering enterprise that he displays in the conduct of his business
affairs. In his vocabulary there is no such word as fail. What he undertakes he accomplishes
and legitimate purpose has ever actuated him, while indefatigable energy has brought him to

WaLLIAM BOYD SPENCER.

Among the leading industries of Bridgeport, which ranks high in order of importance
among the manufacturing cities of the east, is the Bridgeport Elastic Fabric Company, a
branch of The Everlastik Company, Inc., of Boston, and the growth of the business is in
large measure due to the efficiency and enterprise of William Boyd Spencer, vice-president
and general manager of The Everlastik Company, Inc. He is a native of New York city and
was born on the 5th of November, 1872. His father, Theodore P. Spencer, was a son of
Stephen G. Spencer and the family has been identified with New York state since the old
Knickerbocker days. On his mother's side as well William B. Spencer is descended from an
old New York family, for she was in her maidenhood Josephine Boyd and is a daughter
of W. A. Boyd.

When six months old Mr. Spencer of this review was taken by his parents to northern
Connecticut. The family resided upon a farm near Somerville, town of Somers, and during
his boyhood he divided his time between assisting in the farm work and attending a typical
old-time district school. In 1883, however, he entered the Bridgeport schools and finished the
work of the grades and took one year of the high school course. In 1891 he secured a position
with the Bridgeport Elastic Web Company and while in their employ attended business
college for a year. While with that company he was chiefly engaged in clerical work. About
1902 the business was sold and he became connected with the Union Metallic Cartridge
Company, having charge of a part of the shipping department, but in the following year
was asked to become a stockholder and president and treasurer of the iJi iljepMi i ^^la~tic
Fabric Company, which had been formed in 1902 by several former emplnv. ~ ,.] ih, liul-e-
port Elastic Web Company. During the intervening fourteen years Mr. Sp. ih. i I, ,- l.. . n an
oflScer of the Bridgeport Elastic Fabric Company, which now does an annual iiii.-,iiie.-.s amuunt-

374 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

ing to three hundred thousand dollars although its business for the first year of its existence
did not exceed thirty thousand dollars. This record of an increase of about a thousand per
cent in fifteen years is the best possible evidence of the ability of the officers of the concern.
In 1914 it was sold to The Everlastik Company, Inc., of Boston, of which it is now a branch,
although the original name has been retained. Since 1914 Mr. Spencer has been vice president
and general manai.'ir of Tin- Everlastik Company, Inc., and he has direct supervision over
seven plants of tli. ,Miii|i:iny Inrati'il in various parts of the east and to some extent directs
the operation of nth. r |.lant- a- far west as Ohio. The sales offices of the company are in
New York city and the executive office is in Boston and he is kept very busy going from
plant to plant and from office to office in tlie performance of his work of administrative
control. Althougli all connected with the company recognize his unusual knowledge of all
its details, his thorough understanding of the business in principle and detail, his executive
force and his almost unerring judgment, he himself gives much of the credit for the success
of the concern to liis loyal associates.

Mr. Spencer was married in 1901 to Miss Anna C. Benedict, of Bridgeport, daughter oi
William C. and Margaret Benedict, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. Benedict was a
descendant of an old New England family and for many years was engaged in mercantile
pursuits. Mr. Spencer votes independently at local elections, but where national issues are
at stake usually supiurts llie rctmliliian party. He belongs to the First Methodist church
and is kiciily int.ri>ttil in all iimx .iiiriits calculated to promote the moral welfare of his
city. Hi' i- «i-ll known in elub link--, belonging to the Brooklawn Country Club and the
City Club of lio.stun, and is as Iciglily esteemed for his social qualities as for his business
ability. Through hard work and the prompt utilization of opportunities he has advanced
from a humble position in the business world to one of prominence.

GEORGE HOWELL WARNER, M. D.

' an age of specialization and Dr. George Howell Warner is an
exponent of the spirit of the age, for after preparing for medical practice he concentrated
his efforts along the line of diseases of the eye. ear, nose and throat and in that particular
field has gained much more than local distinction. His efforts have thus not been dissipated
over a broad field but have been concentrated along a siiigle line, thus bringing to bear a
force and capability that could not otherwise be obtained. Dr. Warner was born on Long
Island, in the village of Baiting Hollow, April 17, 1870, a son of Allen M. and Achsah (Howell)
Warner. The father, a farmer by occupation, is still living at Baiting Hollow, where he
was born in 1842. The mother, whose birth occurred at East Moriches, Long Island, passed
away June 10, 1876, at the age of thirty-seven years. After the death of his first wife the
father was twice married.

Dr. Warner was reared at Baiting Hollow and acquired his education in the public
schools there and in the Norwich Free Academy of Connecticut. In early manhood he taught
school to some extent, but regarded this merely as an initial step to other professional labor
and eagerly embraced the opportunity to take up the study of medicine. Matriculatmg at
Yale, he was there graduated in 1897 -lyith the M. D. degree, but previous to this he had
been engaged in business pursuits at Baltimore, Maryland, and Pittsburgh and Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. After completing a course in Y'ale be served as interne for a year and a
half in the Bridgeport Hospital and thus put his theoretical knowledge to a practical test
and gained that broad and valuable experience which only hospital practice can give. He
afterward spent a year in the Rocky mountain states and in 1900 he entered upon the
general practice of medicine in Bridgeport. He was thus successfuUj' engaged for a time,
and becoming deeply interested in the eye, ear. nose and throat, he at length abandoned

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BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 377

general practice to concentrate his efforts entirely upon the designated lines. This he has
done since 1912. He has taken post graduate work in the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat
Hospital of New York and he puts forth every effort possible to advance his efficiency in his
chosen field. He has membersliip in the Bridgeport, the Fairfield County and the Connecticut
State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association and of the first named he is
now the president.

Dr. Warner served for five years in the Connecticut State Military and Coast Artillery
and was a member of the Hospital Corps during much of that time. He has membership
in the Seaside and the Brooklawn Clubs. He has traveled extensively in the United States
and in 1911 visited Europe. He enjoys manly sports and various pliases of outdoor life, is
fond of motoring, golfing, skating, and among the arts his greatest love is for music.

S. T. HEWLETT.

S. T. Hewlett, treasurer of the T. J. Pardy Construction Company of Bridgeport, is
numbered among Connecticut's native sons, his birth liaving occurred in West Haven on the
6tli of August, 1887, his parents being G. T. and Nettie (Wilson) Hewlett, natives of New
Haven and representatives of old families of that city. Mr. Hewlett's father still resides
tliere and is secretary of the board of education.

At the usual age S. T. Hewlett entered the public schools of New Haven and passed
through consecutive grades to the liigh school. On starting out to ).rovidi' for his own sup-
port he entered the employ of the Torrington Building Company and rciiiain,-d with them,
receiving thorough training, until the T. J. Pardy Construction Cunipany was organized in
1013, at which time he became treasurer, with T. J. Pardy as president and G. T. Hewlett as
secretary. Tliis company engages in the erection of buildings of all kinds and a full
account of its activities will be found in the sketch of T. J. Pardy. They have erected
theatres at Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts, and fa.tui iis. loidi'ines and office
buildings in various localities. They have their own .Ir^iuinim .lr],:ii tin.Ml , aTid something
of the vast amount of business executed by the compaii\ . n. li ycin is iiMlnatcd in the fact
that they have from four hundred to five hundred peo|ilr in tlicir iini'luy. .Mr. Hewlett has
devoted his entire life to work of this character, gaining broad and valuable experience and
knowledge wliich have enabled him to carefully direct the labors of those now in his service.

On the 4th of October, 1913, Jlr. Hewlett was married to Miss Marjorie A. Hall, of Long
Hill, Connecticut, and they have one child, George Tyler. Mr. Hewlett is identified with the
Masonic fraternity, also is a member of the Algonquin Club and is connected with the
Mutual Investors' Association, of which he is the secretary. His political allegiance is
usually given to the republican party. His life has been fraught with strong purpose and
guided by honorable principles and the results which he has achieved are enviable.

JOHN WINTHROP WRIGHT, M. D.

Dr. John Winthrop Wright, a surgeon, who is president of the Galen Hospital As>,„iation
of Bridge|>ort, holds high rank in professional circles. He was born in Croinw.-ll. I onnct i,ut,

now deceased. In the paternal line Dr. Wright is d.-.r,Tnl.a tmni ancestry represented in
the Revolutionary war, his great-great-grandfather liaMn- -in.M nn.ler Washington.

In the attainment of his more specilically literary idiuatMn IM \\ liglit became a student
at Amherst College, where he won his Bachelor of Arts .It-.Mce in loiT. Later he entered

378 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

the University of New York as a medical student and received his professional degree in 1
In the same year he located in Bridgeport, where he has since engaged in the practic<

medicine and surgery.

In 1900 he founded Galen Hospital at Nos

. 808-12 Myrtle avenue in

Bridgeport and has sir

ice conducted that hospital with marked sue.

;ess. It is devoted chiefly

to surgical cases and

associated with him in the ownership and

conduct of the hospital is

Dr. W. Lee Weadon a

nd Dr. Robert D. Roller. For twenty y.ar.

. Dr. Wii-ht wa- .ui-run

of Bridgeport Hospital

. He is a member of the Bridgeport ami tin

• l-iiili.M ( nuniy :.l>-ai.jal

Societies, of both of i

.vhich he has been president, and he als,> 1,

<lnll-> t,. Ill,, L,.„l.. ticUt

State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He has practiced successiully
for thirty-seven years, his ability being attested by the liberal patronage accorded him, and
he has been a frequent and valued contributor to medical journals.

On the 8th of December, 1886, Dr. Wright was married to Miss Elizabeth Curtis Knapp,
of Fairfield, and they have three children, Elizabeth Curtis, William Winthrop and Marion
Trubee. The elder daughter is a graduate of Smith College and the younger i^ a graduate
of the Sargent School of Physical Education at Cambridge, JIas.sachusetts. The son is
vice president and manager of the Artistic Bronze Company of Bridgeport.

Dr. Wright holds membership in the Presbyterian church, is a Master Mason and belongs
to the Brooklawn and Seaside Clubs. During the Spanish-American war he served as acting
assistant surgeon of the United States Army, remaining for three months, from July until Sep-
tember, 1898, in Porto Rico. He has traveled extensively over the United States and also in
Eurojie and was in Carlsbad, Austria, in 1914 when the present great international war was
declared. He is a man of broad and liberal culture and scholarly attainments aside from his
profession, while in his chosen line of work his conscientious performance of duty has gained
for him the confidence and high regard of colleagues and contemporaries.

JOSEPH H. STAGG.

Joseph H. Stai;;; i^ pn -I'luit nt the Hawlej Hardware Company and is giving his pei »onaI
attention to th< -w h.il, - ili .1. |i,ii tiiu'nt which has developed from a small beErinnim: to its
present pi.--itinn ..i h nlii^liip in its field. He has also had a part in tin _ n • i i ii.-.s
devel(i|imi lit .t tli. .it\ lie \\as born in New York city, September In ' if

Heniy 1' ml Mii\ Kiiiiii Stacg. a sketch of whose lives appears elsewh k

H, n.,,u,,l 1,., .ilihdiML m thr public ^rhooW .md in Sed;;e^^ick Ac a.l, uin .a -;i,i,..iJ,

H,i«le.\ iK.n^ht th. int.'nst ot 111- laitii.i Mr Plumlj, and , ontinued the Im-ine-s un.l. r hi- own
name until 1907, -when Mr. Stagg organized and incorporated the Hawley Hanlwan ( nniiiany,
of which he has since been the president. The new corporation took o\ei th. lui-ims^ of
C. W. Hawley and its trade has now reached large proportions, em])loyment In uil' lmmii tn a
large number of men. Mr. Stagg gives most of his time to the v,\uih -lU nid di th bu-iness,
in whuh connection he travels all over New England. He is ]»i~c.iiill\ i |iiiint. 1 with
practically all of the large manufacturers of the state and his hoii-i liinn-ln- tln'i >' ith a
good shaie (.f tlnii liiidu.iu Mipidies He is a man of m , miiiLh t ii . I. -- , ii. i _ ^ u -iKo
pleasant .iml loint.iii- iii In- minmr, a combination wlmli il»i\- inik.- loi t ^ ii,-t
efficien(\ lli li i- m t nnh In i n maikedly successful in ^iiiniu nnl In Minj tli t ni of

Mr. Stagg was mauKd on the 19th of November, 1-'H) t.. M, - 1 .mli I ni.u.in. a
native of Dover, New Jersey, and a daughter of Tlioiiii- nnl M t I w m. who

the leading manufacturers and dealers of Connecticut but hi- il I i nthu-iastic

cooperation of his brother officials in the company and nt tin . ni| 1m- II imin owns

and occupies a thiee-story building at No. 1120 Main stieet and Middle -ticet

student in

tlie \Vt

•sleyan

itives of Br:

idgepurt

,. Mr.

ducation an

d takes

great

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out an unex

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le is now chairman

of the

new electri

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by the

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rially r.

Hluced.

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were born respectively in England and in Dover, New Jersey. The father owned land in his
native country and remained there until he was twenty-five years old, when he crossed the
Atlantic and located in Dover, where he engaged in the mining business. He passed away
there, but his wife still survives and makes her home with a son at Dover. Mr. and Mrs.
Stagg have three children: Helen Treganowan. at home; Joseph H., Jr., who is a senior in
tlie Boston Institute of Technology, and Dwight Elliott, wlio is ;
University at Jliddletown, Connecticut. All of tlie children are i

satisfaction in the knowledge that he is giving his children <

He is a republican in politics and in 1912 was appointed to fii:
alderman and was elected to that office in 1913 and again in 1915.
lamp committee and it was due to his efforts that the powerful r
installed on the main business street of Bridgeport. He also worked o
cost of erecting and maintaining the lights on the streets has been \

He is now also a member of the rules and miscellaneous committiH > ainl wa-i formerly for
one year a member of the finance committee. He is a commuiiii a nt mI st Inlm's Protestant
Episcopal church and is a prominent Mason, belonging to St. .Inlm , 1.,h|-i. A 1". & A. M.;
Jerusalem Chapter, R. A. M.; Hamilton Coramandery, No. 5, K. T.; Pyramid |. ,,i|il... A A. 0.
X. M. S., in which he is a member of the Patrol; and to the various iScotii-li Kit- li.i I,,.- up
to and including the Consistory. He also belongs to the Sons of the Aiinihin I;, v ohition
and to the Sons uf Veterans, and the patriotism which characterized )ii^ anrr^tui^ is also
one of his iii,,st iloiiiinant qualities. He is a member of the Seaside Club and the Brouklawn
Country 1 lull. Hr rriiresents the Hawley Hardware Company in the Bridgeport Chamber of
Comnier.r and the Hiidgeport Business Men's Association, the two organizations which have
been most active in the advaiaiiiiriit i.t the commercial and industrial interests of the city.
It is such men as he who air ar. ,,al nfy builders— men of constructive ability, directed by
a strong sense of civic ri-s|iuiisil,ility. He owns liis lieautiful residence at No. 151 West

WILLIAM A. LAMOND.

master of Bridgeport \\as born m Plymouth, Massachusett'
. t 1 t irniU til it his been connected with niaune intnest
1 \nl I mil 11 I w Is a sea captain and for man} jeais com
null I In tin ( iih davs he often made the port of Budge
11)11 i titlur ot our subject and a native of Eastpoit, Maiuf
-ihiHiniis mgaged m the coastwise trade Tin lattei mairiei
.11 (it litiuh extraction and wue usidcnts ot No\a Votia

Hotel, whuh his titl.i . \n< 1 ^ il |u nth h liijiinl ( n li.unl Ih Mi i I II
freighter owmd li\ ( i|tiin liitt ml ui id, lilt\ oi moie trips „n this x,. 1 t I ti
Calais, Eastport and other coast cities He remained on that boat for about h\i \tais a
then returned to Bridgeport. For a time he was in the employ of the Batcheler Cor
Company and for six years had charge of the Batcheler yacht, the Sea Bird In 1915 he \i

380 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

appointed harbor master of Bridgeport and has since served in that capacity. He finds the
work much to his liking and has proved exceptionally competent in the discharge of his duties.
Mr. Lamond is a republican in his political belief but has never taken an active part in
public affairs. He holds membership in the St. Augustine Roman Catholic church and is a
member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His strict integrity, industry and
determination have been factors in his success and have also won him a high place in the
esteem of those who have been closely associated with him.

FRED E. HOFFMAN.

Fred E. Hoffman, a sheet steel and metal ceilings and walls contractor doing business
at No. 491 Main street in Bridgeport, was born in West Hoboken, New Jersey, April 16, 1884,
a son of Albert F. and Christine Hoffman, who are now residents of Jersey City, New Jersey.
At the usual age Fred E. Hoffman entered the public schools of his native city and there
pursued his studies until he reached the age of sixteen years. He afterward worked along
the line of his trade for three years and at the end of that period began contracting on his
own account. In 1910 he removed to Bridgeport, where he has since done contract work in
the building of sheet steel and metal ceilings and walls, and there is now evidenca of his
skill and handiwork in many of the fine .structures of Bridgeport, including the Odd Fellows
hall, the building of the Nagle Clothing Company, the Junior lii;ili srln.nl, the Black Rock
police and fire station, the Palace theatre and others. He is tll<ll(.ll^llly a.-.|iuunted with
every phase of his work and is thus able to direct tlie labors nt' thcisc in his i'iii|>loy.

Mr. Hoffman was married April 1=;. l!ins, in Xrw York nty t.. Mi-s luroline D.
Pfankuchen, of that city. Mr. ll..llni;iii .itlcii.U tli.' I'l.sl.ytn ian .hun h and hr h.ihls ni-ni-

bership in the Masonic lodgr aii.l «ith Ih.- .Iimi... A riran M.rhanirs. II,. is a.tual.Mi in all

that he does by a laudable ambition tu attain succr^s and is building his prosperity \ipon the
sure foundation of unfaltering industry, determination and straightforward dealing

HARRY D. GATES.

Harry D. Gates, president ami trea-.uiei of tin' I'airfield Automobile Company of Bridge-
port, where he is well known as a ! r|a , -intat ivi^ business man and citizen, was here born
in 1885, a son of H. D. and C, .\, Calo, Ih,. father eame to Bridgeport in the late 'SOs and
engaged in the carriage nianniaeturini; business, being one of the earliest to enter that field
in the city. His factory stood whri, liis son's place of business is now found. His biography
will be found on another paj;i' of tliis volume.

Harry D. Gates attended tlie riii\.rsity school and in 1904 became connected with the
automobile business in California, where lie remained for a short time. He tlien returned
to Bridgeport and in 1906 the Fairfield Aiitcunoliih' (.'ompany was organized by W, i'. Hall and
J. L. Carpenter. On the dissolution of that firm the business was taken over by ilr. Hall
and in 1908 was incorporated with W. P. Hall as |, re-id. nt, II. 1). Gates as vice president and
E. R. Hampton as secretary and treasurer. Six Tnontb> later Jlr. Hall sold his interest to
Mr. Gates, who became president and treasurer, witli .Mrs H. D. Gates as vice president,
while Mr. Hampton continues as secretary. They are agents for the Hup, Chalmers and the
Hal motor cars and in addition to selling these machines they condiuct a supply and
repair business, being well equipped for work of that character. Their patronage has steadily
grown in the intervening period of nine years and theirs is today one of the important motor
car enterprises of Bridgeport.

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 383

90(5 Jlr. t;att'S was married to Miss Elizabeth Rubey, of Bridgeport, and they have
Iren, H. ]). and Newman V. He is well known in social circles and is a prominent
1, having membership in the Seaside, Racebrook and Pequonnoek Yacht Clubs, the
e Country Club and the Park City Gun Club.

DUANE E. BREWER.

A well equipped printing establishment is that owned and controlled by The Brewer-
Colgan Company of Bridgeport, of which Duane E. Brewer is the president, and his activities
in this direction contribute to the industrial enterprise and consequent prosperity of the
city. He was born in Granby, Connecticut, October 6, 1849, and is a son of Edwin and Abigail
Eliza (Smith) Brewer, the former a native of West Springfield, Massachusetts, and the latter
of Agawam, that state. The ancestry in the paternal line is traced back to Daniel Brewer,
who came from England on the 10th of September, 1632, and located at Roxbury, Massa-
chusetts, bringing with him his family of seven and two servants. He had been a resident of
Somersetshire, England, and he embarked at London on the ship Lion. Daniel Brewer,
the progenitor of tlie family in the new world, was the grandfather of Daniel Brewer HL who
became the pastor of the First Congregational church at Springtield, Massachusetts. The line
from him is traced down through Nathaniel, Solomon and Erastiis Brewer to Edwin Brewer,
who became a mechanic and removed from his native town of West Springfield to Westfield,
Massarhu>etts, whcic he became a prominent manufacturer, and in 1848 he established his
home :it Cianliy. i unnecticut. In 1851, attracted by the gold discoveries in Cahfornia, he
made hi^ way t<i tlic Pacific coast, where he remained for two years. He afterward returned
to New England and was engaged in the foundry business in Springfield. Subsequently he
was employed by the firm of Bemis & Call, engine builders of Springfield, and eventually, in
1857, he became master of motive power in the Isle Royal copper mine of Houghton, Michi-
gan, there remaining until 1863, when he returned to Springfield. The following year he
purchased a farm at East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, but afterward resumed connection
with machine shop work, becoming an employe of the George Dwight Manufacturing Company
of Springfield, which made the Earle Steam Pump. The farm was sold in the spring ot
1867, the family returning to Springfield, In November, 1867, he removed with the company
to South Norwalk and about 1875 returned to Springfield and later went to Chicopee, Massa-
chusetts where he passed away on the 31st of March, 1881, his remains being interred in
Westfield, where eight of the family now li,. Iiuried. One of his sons, Charles E. Brewer, was
a member of Company A, F'irst ,\lirlii;_Mn (;n,ilry, during the Civil war and was killed in
action at the second battle of Bull linn .m tlir l"JIIi of August, 1863.

Duane E. Brewer went with the family to Michigan in 1859 when a little lad of ten
years and there attended the public schools. He afterward learned the printer's trade while
working on the Houghton Mining Gazette. Following the return of the family to Springfield,
Massachusetts, in 1863 he became a pupil in the schools there and he also attended school
at East Longmeadow during three winters, and afterward continued his education in a business
college in Springfield. In the winter of 1S67 he attended the South Norwalk public schools.
On the 20th of April, 1868, he arrived in Bridgeport and for nearly twenty-three years was
employed in the Standard job printing office. In 1890 he engaged in business with Frank S.
Buckingham and organized the business of which he is now the president. The firm of Buck-
ingham & Brewer established their plant at the corner of Water and Wall streets in 1890
and later became Buckingham, Brewer & Piatt, which firm in 1910 was succeeded by The
Brewer-Colgan Company, Inc. About 1892 a removal was made to the Read Carpet Company
building on Middle street and about 1896 to the Post building on Cannon street. In 1900 the
business was removed to its present location at No. 181 State street, in the Barnum-Thomp-

384 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

son building, where the company occupies six thousand square feet of floor space. They do
a full line of commercial printing and book binding and are the printers of the Metal Record
and Electroplate? and other high class publications. The officers of the company are:
Duane E. Brewer, president; J. F. Cox, vice president; W. E. Phillips, treasurer; and J. E.
Colgan, secretary and business manager, with E. E. Brewer a director in addition to the
officers. Thry employ about fifteen people and do excellent work, representing the highest
degree oi rili.i.iu y in tlie printing art. It was this company that was chosen to print the
city plan . uniniis.-^i.in rrpdrt of 1916.

On til.- L':M of May, 1877, Mr. Brewer was married at Ellington, Connecticut, to Miss
Alice Josephine Ingraham, of ALra\v;nn, Massachusetts, a daughter of Charles Nathan and
Mary (Fox) Ingraham, of lii>ltnn. Cunnreticut. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer have had four chil-
dren: Edwin Elmer, who was horn Aui.'ust 15, 1879, and is in business with his father;
Louis Ellsworth, who was born .luly 27, 1884, and died at the age of five years; Herbert
Nelson, who was born June 5, 1890, and died at the age of seven years; and Ethel Ingraham,
who was born December 31, 1892, and married Andrew J. Seamann and resides at Newark,
New .Jersey. They have two children, Doris Ethel and Andrew Brewer.

The family are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Brewer
has been an officer since 1877. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Order of United American Mechanics and the 49 Club of Bridgeport, of which
he is president, wliile his political faith is that of the republican party. His has been a
well spent life, its activities bringing him to a prominent position in business circles, wherein
his name has become a synonym not only of efficiency in his line but also of Integrity and

REV. HENRY MARTYN SHERMAN.

Rev. Henry Martyn Sherman i- ;i clin.t di-i .iitlant of the Hon. Samuel Sherman, who
was one of the founders of the StrattHiil ...l,.n\ :in,l also a leader of the company who went
from Stratford to settle in the Poni]iri .iul: Nalb-y at what is now the town of Woodbury,
and who was later an Assistant Govi rnur of Cunnecticut in colonial days. In the same line
of descent are Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Roger Minot
Sherman, a justice of the supreme court of Connecticut, the Hon. John Sherman, and his
brother. General William T. Sherman of Civil war fame.

Til.' siilij. 1 1 ..t thi^ sketch was born on the 26tli day of June, 1838. In his boyhood his
parents m. xi.l !.. \\.-tport, where he attended the Westport Academy under the famous
principal. X. li.iniali A. lams. Later he was a student in and graduate of Berkeley Divinity
School He was ordained Deacon by Bishop John Williams of (■.iiine.ticut in 1S64 and Priest
in 1865. His entire ministry has been spent in tlic Dimis.' ..f ( ..nn.. ti. ut He became
Missionary and then Rector of Calvary Church. Coleliost.T. wh.r.' lu^ luiilt a ihur.h. He was
also chaplain in the famous Oramel Whittlesey ^lusi.' \ aU- S.minai y. near that place. In
1870 he became rector of Trinity Church, TarilV\ ill.', wIut.' hi' luiilt a handsome brownstone
church. He became Rector of Trinity Church, Turrinutun. in IsTii, in which place he became
Archdeacon of T.iti'lifipl.l. Iiolding that office until Ib'JU. when he entered upon the rectorship
of St. Paiil- ( Imi. li. Ill i.liieport, and later was Archdeacon of Fairfield. He represented the
Diocese ..i ( (inniri i, iif m the General Convention of 1886. He was a member of the Standing
Comniitt. .' ..i tlj.' iii..<.'~i' from 1892 to 1898, and its secretary for the larger portion of that
time. He was also, for many years, an Examining Chaplain of the IMocese. During his
ministry he was twice elected General Missionary of the Diocese of Jlassachusetts, but each
time declined that important office.

In ilasonry he has attained the Knight Templar degree, and several times was Grand

REV. HEXRY M. SHERMAX

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 387

f different branches of tlie order. He was also an active member of several
rders. Owing to ill health he resigned St. Paul's parish in 1903, and retired

this uiuiiiagc, ilaruurct L.ydia, and Mary Benson wife of
liree grandchildren, (JarroU Louis, Sherman Joseph, and Louisa
s married to Mary Eliza, daughter of William H. Perry. Her

JAMES DOUGLAS GOLD, M. D.

Dr. James Douglas Gold, engaged in the practice of medicine in Bridgeport, was born
at Cornwall, Connecticut, November 5, 1866, a son of Theodore Sedgewick and Mrs. Emma
Tracy Baldwin Gold. In the paternal line the ancestry is traced back to England. The name
Gould, so common in the United States, was originally spelled Gold and the Goulds and
Golds have descended from a common ancestry, Jay Gould being distantly related to Dr. Gold's
father. Theodore S. Gold was the author of a history of Cornwall, which was published in
■book form in 1877, a volume of about five hundred pages. In this work is the following
concerning his ancestry. "Little is known of the characteristics of the family in early times.
They were active, patriotic men. God-fearing and law-abiding, but not so peaceable as to
shirk duty at the call of their country. At the time of the British raid at Danbury,
Connecticut, in 1777, beside Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Gold, who was killed at Ridgefield,
we find eight of the name of Gold in a military company of about one hundred at Fairfield.
Major Nathan Gold rendered valued military as well as diplomatic service in settling the
boundary claims with the Dutch and with the Indians. His life was one of continual
activity and he enjoyed general confidence and esteem, proved by his long tenure of office."
This Major Nathan Gold was the founder of the family in America. He came from Bury
St. Edmunds, about twenty-five miles east of Cambridge, England, and became a land-
holder at Milford, Connecticut, in 1647 and at Fairfield in 1649. He took a prominent part
in military affairs of his day and was called captain and later major. He died March 4, 1693
or 1694. The Gold family has a coat of arms. The Rev. Hezekiah Gold, the great-great-great-
grandfather of Dr. Gold, was a Congregational minister who resided at Stratford, Connecticut
and was pastor of the Congregational church there. His remains lie interred at Stratford.
Samut'l Wadsworth Gold, grandfather of Dr. James Douglas Gold, was also a physician and
practiced at Madison, New York, at Cornwall, Connecticut, and finally at Goshen, Connecticut,
where he remained for more than thirty years. His son, Hon. Theodore Sedgewick Gold, was
born at Madison, New York, in 1818 and was graduated from Yale with the class of 1838,
after which he devoted his attention to the occupation of farming. Mr. Gold was for thirty-
four years secretary of the Connecticut State Board of Agriculture and took a very deep and
active interest in all matters relating thereto and furthering the agricultural interests of the
state. He was for a number of years a trustee of Storrs School, now the Connecticut Agri-
cultural College, and a member of the board of control of the State Experiment Station from
its organization until his death. He died in March, 1906. He married Caroline E. Lockwood,
of Bridgeport, and after her death he wedded Mrs. Emma (Tracy) Baldwin. Of the second
marriage four children were born, of whom Dr. James Douglas Gold, of Bridgeport, is the
youngest. The father is now deceased but the mother still survives. She, too, is descended
from a family represented in the Revolutionary war.

Dr. Gold of this review wag graduated from the Yale Scientific School in 1888 with the
ilegr.p of Bachelor of Philosophy and in 1891 he received his M. D. degree from the College

388 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. He afterward spent two years in the Rhode
Island General Hospital at Providence and in March, 1894, he located in Bridgeport, where
he has since been actively and successfully engaged in practice, specializing in dermatology.
He is on the staff of the Bridgeport and the St. Vincent Hospitals and he is a member of the
Bridgeport, the Fairfield County and the Connecticut State Medical Societies and the American
Medical Association. Of the first two he has served as president and his professional
brethren accord him high rank.

Dr. Gold finds great pleasure in motoring and he belongs to the Seaside Club, while the
rules which govern him in all life's relations are indicated in his membership in the United
Congregational church. He is also a member of the Order of Patriots & Founders. He was
married on the ITth of October, 1894, to Miss Gertrude House, a daughter of the late James
A. House, who was a well known and highly respected resident of this city. Dr. Gold is
recognized as a man of sterling worth, whose life has been actuated by high and honorable
purposes and has become the expression of straightforward principles both in professional
connections and otherwise.

JAMES E. COLGAN.

James E. Colgan, the secretary and business manager of a printing house of Bridgeport
conducted under the name of The Brewer-Colgan Company, was born June 22, 1876, in the
city in which he makes his home, his parents being Morris and Catherine (Kelley) Colgan,
who in early life became residents of Bridgeport. The father entered into active connection
■with the business interests of the city and for many years was with the Wheeler & Wilson
Manufacturing Company. He died in June, 1S97, having for two years survived his wife,
who passed away in 1895.

James E. Colgan attended the public and high schools in the acquirement of his education
and chose the printing business as a life work, becoming actively connected therewith as a
representative of the interests of Buckingham & Brewer in 1890. Gradually he worked his
way upward and has Become financially interested in the business as well as an active factor
in its management and control. In 1892 a removal was made from the original location at
Water and Wall streets to the Read Carpet Company building on Middle street and about
1896 the plant was established in the Post building on Cannon street. The ne.Mt removal,
about 1900, took it to its present location at No. 181 State street, where the company
occupies si.x thousand square feet of floor space. They do all kinds of book and commercial
printing, and book binding. The present officers are: Duane E. Brewer, president; J. F. Cox,
vice president; W. E. Phillips, treasurer; and James E. Colgan, secretary and business
manager.

Mr. Colgan is a Catholic in religious faith and holds membership with the Knights of
Columbus and the Foresters. In politics he maintains an independent course.

CAPTAIN ^VILLIAM BROWN HOWES.

Captain William Brown Howes, who for years was a well known and successful dealer
in coal and lumber at Black Rock, in the city of Bridgeport, was a native of Long Island.
He was born at Southampton, September 22, 1817, a son of Sears and Harriet (Havens)
Howes. After his textbooks were put aside he took up a seafaring life, in which he was
interested from early boyhood, and for many years he engaged in the whaling trade. He
sailed from New Bedford and was successful in his undertakings. He engaged in whaling

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 389

and Pacific waters and was part owner of the ships which he com-
! being the Nimrod, which was wrecked. He continued as a whaling
master until IS':?.. avIicm, at tlic request of his wife, he gave up the sea. Coming to Con-
necticut, he lorat.'.l at Mia. k Mock, in Bridgeport, where he established a coal and lumber
business. At Icii-th hr .lismiitinued the lumber business but remained active as a dealer in
coal during the remainder of his active life. Two years before his death he gave up the
business on account of his failing health and went to Newtown, Connecticut where he
hoped to improve his health, but while there he passed away very suddenly in 1868 at
the age of fifty-one years and his remains were brought back to Bridgeport for interment in
Mountain Grove cemetery. Widely known, he was also highly respected. He took a deep
interest in his adopted to«n, its institutions and its welfare. The cause of education found
in him a stalwart chanipiuii an,l hr sriv,.,l for some time as a member of the school com-
mittee, doing everything in his |m.u.., to a. Ivan. v tli.' int.T.sts of public e.lucation. He was

ford, Connecticut, who died June 6, J,s4s, leaving a son. '
Harbor, Long Island, and who married Ida Hinkley. They h
of Dr. D. C. De Wolf; Ada Florence; William Ezekiel, w
Wheeler & Howes, well known coal merchants of Bridgepoi
and .Josephine, who died in infancy. On the 15th of Ma\
married, his second union being with Almira A. Mills, who was born in Xew York, .July
9, 1839, a daughter of Ceorgc and Nancy (Thorpe) Mills. The former was a well known
hatter of Canal street, New York city, and the latter was a daughter of Sturgess Perry
and Theodosia (Hurt) Thorpe. Mrs. Howes died June 17, 1894, and was laid to rest opposite
her husband in Mountain Grove cemetery. She was a devoted wife and mother and a consistent
Christian and she left behind her the mnnoi y .,f a beautiful character. She licl.l mcnibership
in the Congregational church and «as a woman of nllned and cultured tasti s. I'.y Uw srrond
marriage there were eight children; lla.rirf Ilavms, who died in childhoo,!; Saial, l-iances,
residing at 65 Brooklawn Place; Agnes, who dieil when four years old; Charles Sanmcl, who
died when two years old; James Edward, who wedded Mary Packer, of New York, and
died leaving one child, Mary Louise; Su.san Augusta, who resides at Brooklawn Place;
Abraham Lincoln, who died in young manhood; and Almira, who became the wife of George
Torrey and lives in New Rochelle, New Y'ork. The Misses Howes reside at No. 65 Brooklawn
Place, in Bridgeport, where they built their home in 1908, and they are well known through-
out the city, being much interested in all good work. They are members of the United
Congregational church and air nninli. rs of the Wednesday W'orking Day ( Inii oi' the
church. They are also i.l.ail ilud uiil, (hr Red Cross Society and with tlio rlnldivn- v. aid of
the Bridgeport Hospital. -Mi.~- Saiah J ranees Howes is a strong suppurti i oi the woman's
suffrage movement. Miss Susan Augusta Howes is a member of the Mary Siilimaii (.'iiapter
of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Bridgeport, having had thre
participated in the struggle for independence.

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ROBERT R. FERRETT.

Although a young man Robert R.
manager of the Bridgeport Towing Line
of Bridgeport and was born April i:i. iss
wick) Ferrett. His paternal graiidfathn-,
his maternal granSfather, Charles Soutliw
in the early days. It is said that on hi;

390 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

did all within her power to protect women accused of witchcraft during the persecution of
witches at Salem, Massachusetts.

Robert R. Ferrett was graduated from the high school in Bridgeport in 1908 and in the
fall of that year went abroad. On returning to this country he entered the law school of
Yale University, from which he was graduated in 1911 with the degree of LL. B. He at
once returned to Bridgeport and was admitted to the bar in the same year, but a short time
after beginning the practice of law was compelled to give it up on account of his father's
illness, which made it necessary for him to take his father's place as manager of the
Bridgeport Towing Line. He has since served in that capacity and has proved an ener-
getic and capable business man. His legal training has stood him in good stead in the
management of his business affairs and his continued success in the commercial field seems
assured. The company employes fifteen men and operates from New Haven to the Jersey
coast. It owns three big powerful steamer tugs and although at present it leases a dock
it intends to buy a dock in the near future. The liberal policy of the company to its
employes is indicated in the fact that they remain with the concern for many years.
Captain Joseph Green has been in the employ of the company for a half century and
Henry Suhulthies h^s been in the company's service for a quarter of a century.

Mr. Ferrett is a republican in politics and is keenly alive to public questions and issues
and is serving as justice of the peace. He holds membership in the First Presbyterian church,
in which he has served as treasurer for a year, and he is identified with the Masonic order,
belonging to St. John's Lodge, No. 3, A. F. & A. M., and the Mystic Shrine. He is also a
member of the Seaside Club. His ability is conceded by all who have had dealings with him
and his personal qualities are such that his friends are many.

FRANCIS WANZER MARSH.

Francis Wanzer Marsh, a retired banker of Bridgeport, figured for many years as a
prominent factor in the business and financial circles of this city, where he and his associate,
Orange Merwin, organized tw-o of the leading moneyed institutions. He was born in New
Milford, Litchfield county, Connecticut, December 18, 1846, the youngest of the ten children
of John B. and Laura (Hine) Marsh. He is descended on the father's side from William
Marsh, of the Boston Commissary in the Indian war of 1636. William was a brother of James
Marsh, of Kent, England, captain in the Royal Army. On the mother's side Mr. Marsh
is a descendant of Daniel and Mary (Bronson) Hine of Waterbury, founders of the Hine
family in America. He was reared on the homestead farm in Litchfield county and in his
boyhood divided his time between the work of the fields and the acquirement of an education
in the district schools and in the high school of New Milford.

Mr. Marsh came to Bridgeport in 1866 and entered the employ of Hall & Read, the
predecessors of the D. M. Read Company. In the year 1867 he went with Sherman Marsh &
Company, who conducted the insurance business and also had the management of the Peoples
Savings Bank, where he remained until 18S6. Commencing as an office boy, he was promoted
from time to time until he became treasurer of the bank and a partner in the insurance
business. In 1886 he resiviinl ;is fria-urrr of the savings bank and a new partnership was
formed taking over the in^niiihc Ihi-hm-^ and adding private banking, safe deposit and real

estate under the firm nan i Mai-li, Mnwin & Lemmon, which was continued under that

name mitil 1901. when ilr. .Mar.-l, aiui .Mr. Merwin, the surviving partners, organized the
Tri.lLa I .irt 'Iriist Company, which took over the banking ami saf.> ilcpo-it business, and
tiM l:iiJjr|H,it Land & Title Company, which took over the real .-tatr an.l in-urance busi-
1M-- Mr. Marsh became president of the Trust Company and Mr. Mi-ruiii prcsidi'nt of the
Land .V Title Company. Mr. Marsh continued to be president of the Trust Company until

FRANCIS W. MARSH

BRIDGEPORT AND VICIXITY

1913. when he disposed of his interest and retired from active b
process of developing business interests these institutions under h
be two of the most prominent financial institutions of the city :
in a substantial measure to the development and upbuilding of its business activities.

On the 17th of May, 1871, Mr. Marsh was married to Miss Emma Clifford Wilson, a
native of Bridgeport and a daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Shopard) Wilson. Mr. Wilson
was a descendant of the old Wilson family of Leed^, Iji-.'liiihl. iii..in whose land the city
was built. Jlrs. Wilson was a direct descendant of WiIIlhii Hindt.ird. colonial governor of
Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh becam.- tin- (larciits of four children, Egbert
Shepard, Violet Shepard, Clifford Wanzer and Mable Ehoades.

Politically Mr. Marsh is a republican but has never held or wished for a public office.
He is a proliibitionist and is on the board of the State Temperance Society. Outside of his
husin.^'s lit.' Mr. Marsh's greatest interest has been his church life. He is a Presbyterian
and his :,,tivitirs havr been in the work of that church and have taken much of his time.
He was an cl.lir, superintendent of the Sunday school, trustee, and a member of different
committees fur many years. He was director and treasurer of the city Young Men's Chris-
tian Association and was also on the state board. He was much interested in the Young
People's Society of Christian Endeavor which he iielped to organize in his own church, was
several times its president, also served as president of the local union and on the state board.
He is also interested in and one of the vice presidents of the American Sunday School Union.
He has now passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten. He stands today a
strong man. strong in his honor and his good name, strong in his ability to plan and perform.
The interests of his life have been evenly balanced, making his a well rounded character.
At no time lias he allowed business affairs to so monopolize his attention as to preclude
the possibility of cooperation in those forces which work for moral uplift but on the con-
trary as his success has increased he has given more and more liberally of his time and
means to the furtherance of those interests which are effective forces in moral progress.

C. SYDNEY EAMES.

C. Sydney Eames, of the Arm of G. S. Eames & Company, having a complete plumbing
and heating plant and sheet metal works at No. 246 Midille street, in Bridgeport, has always
■resided in New England and is a representative of on
of the country, tracing his ancestry back to 'I'hnmns K:
The family was represented in the Revolutim,;,! y « m
the interests of the colonies, nine of the faniil\ li.iiiL'
break of hostilities with the mother country. I.utli.r
was a farmer and shoe manufacturer who IImmI in-,
removed to the old family home in Framiiiu'liim, Al;i-
on land that has been in the possession of the la
buried at FramiiiulKiiii Hi- wife bore the maiden name of Eliz;

Their son, ( "-\iliny I im.^. was born in New Hampsh
boyhood was pn~~iM iii I i iMrimjIiain. Massachusetts. After acquiring a high school education
he removal to I'.i iiI;;H|i..rt, wliere he entered upon an apprenticeship to the plumbing and heat-
ing liii>inr<-.. Ii'iiiiiin^ the trade in principle and detail. For twelve years he was connected
with xhc linn ,.f Iha.lbury & Goo.lsell, but, ambitious to enjra.ue in business on his own
account, he carefully saved liis eaiiiiiius until hi-, iiidii-try and rr.niomy ciiabliMl liim to open
a plumbing and heating establi-^lmi'Mit in I'^s::! on Water -tiait at the iiorlliuist corner of

Fairfield avenue. He ren>aiiir,l at tl li-iiial loraiio,, :.,; „,ai,y s. •,,,-. l.ni ali.mt liiOrt

removed to No. 246 Middle street, wlcere he lias a cuui|.h-te [.lumbiiiu ami heating plant

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394 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

and sheet metal works. About 1905 he admitted S. A. Meeker to a partnership in the business,
which now employs about thirty people. They do a large amount of contract work and
sustain an enviable reputation for thorough reliability and efficiency.

In 1875 Mr. Eames was married to Miss Carrie B. Stillraan, a daughter of John J. and
Carrie S. (Childs) Stillman, of Bridgeport. They had one son, Harry, who died at the age
of ten years. Mr. and Mrs. Eames attend the Park Street Congregational ihuirl, jimI ::uide
their lives according to its teachings. In politics he usually votes with tin- ir|iiiljli. ;iii party
but does not consider himself bound by party ties and often casts an iihlrpcn-lrnt 1. allot.
He has many substantial qualities which render him popular and whicli lia\ i- wun lur him
the respect and goodwill of all with whom he has been brought in contact.

.JOHX McDOXALD CRONIX.

John McDonald Cronin, secretary of the Feency Tool Company of Bridgeport, was born
in Portland. Connecticut, on the 17th of July, 1890, and after acquiring a public school
education attended a commercial college. In his youthful days he learned the machinist's
trade and in tlie fall of 1911, soon after attaining his majority, he came to Bridgeport. Vor
a year and a lialf alt.T his arrival in this city he was employed by the Locomobile Company
and later >[iiiit time years with the Baird Machinery Company as production manager, the
business being conducted under the Tnylnr system. He was afterward with the engineering
department of the Remington Arni- i Miii|aiiy. in i liarge of the control division, and in June,
1916, he became associated with ..tli.i- in nrijanizing the Feeney Tool Company, which
was incorporated in August of that yiai witlj .Icihn M. Feeney as the president and treasurer
and John McDonald Cronin as secretary. The plant is located at No. 252 Middle street and
the factory has four thousand square feet of floor space. They do fine tool work and die
work and make gauges of all kinds and they do light metal manufacturing by contract. The
shop is well equipped, being supplied with modern machinery. The company is incorporated
for forty thousand dollars, of which the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars has been paid
in. They employed fifty-four skilled mechanics in 1916. They follow the policy of taking
work from many firms rather than one with the result that they now have many places to
draw business from. From the beginning the business has steadily grown and their success
is most gratifying.

Mr. Cronin is a Catholic in religious belief and is identified with the Knights of Columbus.
He has lived in Bridgeport for about six years and has become well known in its trade
circles as a young man of indefatigable enterprise and determination.

CHARLES PICKHARDT HALLER, M. D.

Dr Charles Pickhardt Haller, practicing medicine in Bridgeport since 1903, was born in
West Cornwall, Connecticut, July 13, 1870, a son of Henry and Dorothea (DiefTenbacli)
Haller

Dr. Haller spent his early childliood at West Cornwall, but much of his youth was
passed at Yalesville, Connecticut, and he there attended the public schools. When nineteen
years of age he her-ann' assistant secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association at
Meriden, Connecti(nl ami \mi> l.lc ntified with work of that character as assistant secretary
and as secretary fen -r\. n m:ii-. In 1898 he entered upon the study of medicine and after
four years spent in tin Ifalirnniann Medical College of Philadelphia was graduated with the
class of 1902. His initial practical experience came to him as interne in the Buft'alo

DR. CHAEI.KS P. HALLER

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 397

Homeopathic Hospital, in which he remained for a year, and in 1903 he came to Bridgeport,
where he has since been actively and successfully engaged in the general practice of medicine.
On the 16th of May, 1905, Dr. Haller was married to Miss Julia Rose Scofield, who was
born and reared at Stamford, Connecticvit, and is descended from old colonial families repre-
sented in the Revolutionary war in both the paternal and maternal lines, while Dr. Haller's
father was a soldier of the Civil war, going to the front as a private of the Fifth Connecticut
Regiment of Volunteers. Mrs. Haller is a daughter of George E. and Emma (Rose) Scofield,
the former a representative of the old Scofield family of Stamford and the latter of the
old Rose family of Suffield, Connecticut. Mrs. Haller comes of a long line of patriotic
ancestors who lived in New England and her father manifested the same spirit of loyalty
to the country, joining the Union army as a member of the Twenty-eighth Connecticut
Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. Mrs. Haller now holds membership with the
Daugliters of the American Revolution, while both the Doctor and Mrs. Haller are members
of the Parish of the First Universalist church of Bridgeport. He is likewise a Knight
Templar and thirty-second degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine and in fact
has taken all of the degrees of the order save the honorary thirty-third. His foundation
connection with Masonry comes through Corinthian Lodge, No. 104, A. F. & A. il., of Bridge-
port. He belongs to the Seaside Club and is fond of witnessing outdoor sports. He also
enjoys country life and turns to it for rest and recreation. He owns and occupies a beautiful
and commodious residence at No. 320 West avenue which he has recently purchased. In
the line of his profession Dr. Haller is connected with the Connecticut State Homeopathic
Medical Society, the American Institute of Homeopathy and a Fellow of the American
Medical Association.

ISAAC WASHINGTON BIRDSEYE.

Isaac Washington Birdseye is classed with those who have contributed toward making
Uridgeport a great industrial center, with its ramifying trade interests reaching out to all
sections of the country and even to foreign lands. While he is now retired, his work has
been of the utmost benefit to the city, having always been directed along lines that have
led to substantial public progress and prosperity as well as to individual success. He ever
displayed excellent business enterprise and unusual executive ability and his administrative
powers have brought him success in his various business enterprises.

Mr. Birdseye is a native of Huntington, Connecticut, and a son of Joseph and Caroline
(Hubbell) Birdseye. He is descended from one of the oldest Connecticut families, his
ancestors having come from Berkshire, England, and settled at Stratford in 1636. Patriotism
has ever been a dominant quality among them and various representatives of the name
defended public interests in the Indian and colonial wars. Isaac W. Birdseye was educated
in the public schools and on attaining his majority began business as a manufacturer in his
native town. He afterward removed to Shelton, Connecticut, where he continued business
until 1880 and then came to Bridgeport in order to secure broader scope for his activities and
interests. Enlarging his facilities by the removal, he soon added another factory to his plant
and later the entire business was removed to Bridgeport, where the firm of Birdseye &
Somers conducted one of the largest corset factories of the United States, maintaining sales-
rooms in Boston, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. In all that he undertook Mr.
Birdseye succeeded. He was watchful of every detail pointing to success and his powers
of organization were most effective and resultant. After winning a handsome and well merited
fortune failing health caused him to retire from active business and he is now enjoying the
rest to which his former labor well entitles him. He is a director of the First Bridgeport
National Bank, the Bridgeport Savings Bank, and the Bankers Loan & Trust Company of

398 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

New York. He was one of the organizers of the Bridgeport Trust Company and its first
president. He has long been identified with the Bridgeport Board of Trade and was its
president in 1902 and 1903.

Mr. Birdseye was married to Jliss Lizzie Josephine Sherwood, only daughter of the late
Aaron Banks and Elizabeth (Curtis) Sherwood, of Bridgeport. They have one daughter,
Elizabeth Josephine, now Mrs. Ralph Milo Sperry.

In politics Mr. Birdseye is a republican but has nevjer been an office seeker. He hag
taken an active part in the social and club interests of the city and is a member of the
Brooklawn Country Club, also of the Lotus Club of New York city, and served for several
years on the governor's staff of the former. He was one of the presidential electors of 1904
and in the same year was a commissioner from the state of Connecticut to the St. Louis
E.xposition. He is a member of the Order of Barons of Runnymede, the Society of
Colonial Wars, the Military nnl.r ..i I'ur.'ign Wars, the Sons of the Revulutiui. and
the Sons of the Amerie^iii K.volutiun ami of the last named was for several years
national treasurer general. H.' li;\-; licld membership in the South Congregational church
for more than thirty years. He was one of the organizers of the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association of Bridgeport and was an active member of the building committee,
having in charge the erection of the jjresent association building. He was also for more than
thirteen years chairman of thr liiiaiu-.- mininittee. He is a trustee of the Bridgeport Orphan
Asylum and has been lHl|.f\illy iiitnotid in various charities and movements which seek
the amelioration of hard euiiilitiuii> cii life lor the unfortunate. In a word, he has ever truly
lecognized his responsibilities and obligations and, prompted not by a sense of duty but
by a real interest in his fellowmen, has extended a helping hand.

JAMES EDWaN HAIR, M. D.

Dr. James Edwin Hair, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Bridgeport,
was born in Worcestershire, England, January f), 1S63, his parents being Charles W. and
Emma (Thomas) Hair, the former a merchant of England. In his native country the son
was reared and there obtained an academic education. He was graduated from the King
Edward grammar school at Halesowen, England, and in 1880 came to the United States,
making his home in Bridgeport since 1882. For several years he was engaged in the drug-
business here at the corner of Main and Elm streets, duriiiL; wln.h |icii,Ml 1,,. J.voted his
leisure hours to the study of medicine, his exiH-rienee in tlu ,Iiiil' tinL m m,j ,i jis^iied his
Interest in the practice of the profession. He further i|ualilic,l as a -tinli iit in the Eclectic

gery. For seven years, or from 1S07 to 1904, he was chief surgeon at the Bridgeport Emerg-
ency Hospital and he probably does as much surgical work today as anyone in Bridgeport.
His ability is pronounced. He is cool and collected in emergencies and he has a compre-
hensive knowledge of anatomy and the component |iait-i ..t (he liuman body. Moreover, he
keeps in touch with the latest scientific researdi an.l uivr-tiL'at i.m and is familiar with the
most modern methods of surgical work as exeni|iliii. ,1 in thi- cduiitry and in Europe. He
is iHiw iiiTM.l.nt uf the r.Minr, tir.it Statc Eclectic .Medical Society and is a member of the
National lirlciti. Alnii ,il ^.iiirt'.- lie is also a member of the Connecticut Eclectic Medical
i:\aniininL' In.arJ. tla \, ^^ rir.'!.iM>l lalcctic Medical Association, and of the Connecticut State
Buard ol' i:.\amiiui> vi .Mulwilciy. For five years he was honored with the presidency

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of the Connecticut State Eclectic Medical Society. He was given the degree of C. il., JI. D.
by the Kansas City College of Medicine & Surgery in 1915.

On the 2Stli ..f Srptruilin . iss2. Dr. Hair was married to Miss Hattie Wyoming Learn,
of Laporte, lnili;iiia, ami tli. y have a daughter, Bessie Dilwyn, now a young lady at home.
They also lost a ilau-lit. i. .Irnnir Emma, who was a graduate of the Bridgeport high school
and passed away at the a,-. ,,i i wcnty-thrcp years. Mrs. Hair was born in Laporte, Indiana.
a daughter of Heller and Kafhciiin i Sfu.rker I Learn, both of Dutch descent.

Dr. Hair belongs to St. .I..linV l....lii.., A. F. & A. M., of Bridgeport, and he also has
membership in the Seasidi^ i hih, i. fnii,| „\ fishing and hunting and loves good dogs. He is

many blue riblmns at the New ^Hrk and Boston bench shuws and in fact have gained eliani-
pionships for him at vaiii.us lieiuli shows throughout tlie entire eountry. His diigs are liis eliief
interest aside from his profession, but no interest is ever allowed to interfere with tlie
faithful performance of the work that devolves upon him as a physician and surgeon.

RICHARD B. COGSWELL.

Richard B. Cogswell, connected wifli thi lieiL'lit department of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad Company, wa- Ihhii .lanuaiy (>. 1848, in Pittsfield, Mas.sachusetts.
Throughout the greater part of his life hi- attention has been devoted to railway service.
He was for a time agent for the company at New Milford and in 1S80 he Temoved to Bridge-
port, where he has since made his home. However, this was not the first period of his
residence in Bridgeport, for he had previously been in the city for a time. In railway circles

In Lee, Ma^^-aelm-.i t-. iii l-r,'i. Mr. ('nii-wrll \va~ unite, 1 in marriage to Miss Lucy 31.

For thirty-seven consecutive years Richard B. Cogswell has been
gational church of this city, guiding his life by its teachings. He
to know is to respect and honor, for his entire career has been
the warm regard of those whom he has met socially and the full
he represents in a business way.

MICHAEL JOHN FLANAGAN.

Michael John Flanagan, of Bridg.^port, has been very sue.e-.tnl a^
addition to looking after his private interests he is now serviii- a^ a
superior court. His birth occurred in Bridgeport. November .". ]^-.:;.
Christopher and Ann (RogmsDn i Klanauaii. linfli hi- |iaternal :ji ainlfath
and his maternal grandfather. Michael i;.iuri-nn. w.re highly e-te,Miie,
mcath, Ireland, and there both ef hi- parent- « ere hern. In l-r,.-, (
Flanagan came to America and not long afterward took nj) their re^i
To them were born two sons and five daughters, those besides our sul
who wag educated in the Bridgeport graded and high schools and is now
New Jersey; Minnie, a resident of Bridgeport; Katherine, a graduat

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high school and a teacher by profession; Eleanor, a resident of Bridgeport; Bessie, who
married E. G. Bagley, of Hartford, Connecticut; and Rose, who is also a graduate of the
Bridgeport high school and is engaged in teaching.

Michael John Flanagan in his boyhood attended at different times both the public and
parochial schools, including the St. Mary's Jane Barnum and Congress Street schools. In
1896 he entered Yale University and completed the first three years of the law course,
leaving college in 1899. In that year he was admitted to the bar of Bridgeport and has
since been active in the practice of his profession. In 1900 he was elected an alderman and
made so creditable a record in that capacity that he was reelected for a second term. F'or
four years he was clerk of the board of appraisers and in 1907 was a candidate for judge of
the probate court, but went down to defeat together with almost his entire ticket. For the
next three years his entire attention was given to his practice, but since 1910 he has been
assistant clerk of the superior court. Every duty devolving upon him is fully discharged
and his work is characterized by system and accuracy.

Jlr. Flanagan was married in Danbury to Miss Mary A. Ginty, a daughter of Mr. and
Mr>^. hniirs i^inty. still residents of Danbury. Mr. Flanagan is a communicant of the St.
Aii^u^tiiic Kuiiuui Catholic church and is well known in fraternal circles, belonging to the
Elks, tin- Aiuiiiit Order of Hibernians, the Knights of Columbus, the Knights of St. Patrick,
St. Joseph's T. B. & L. Association. He also holds membership in the Seaside Club and
his large capacity for friendship has made him popular both within and without those
organizations.

ERNEST ORTLEPP.

Ernest Ortlepp is one of the oldest undertakers of Bridgeport in years of continuous
connection with the business here and he also conducts an upholstering and mattress estab-
lishment at No. 2057 Main street. He was born in New York city, May 31, 1857. His
parents were natives of Germany and tlie mother's death occurred in New York city, while
the father passed away in Bridgeport.

After acquiring his education in public and private schools at New York, Ernest Ortlepp
removed to Bridgeport in 1885, when about twenty-eight years of age, and through the
intervening |)eriod, covering almost a third of a century, has here made his home. He
started in the furniture and undertaking business with his father and brother William H.,
now deceased, on Stratford avenue and there remained until 1897, when a removal was
made to State street. Their next location was on Main street, after which the business
was again conducted on Stratfnrd a venue. In fact throughout the entire intervening period
the store on Stratford avenin' liin! Iiroti iiuiiTitiiiiHil, tlie other establishments being conducted
as brancli stores. From tin' lii"jinninu tlirii ti\nli' steadily grew and their developing
interests made theirs one uf the mu>t iiiipHi taut furniture establishments of the city.
In 1903 Ernest Ortlepp purchased the business following the death of his father and brother
and removed liis business to Burroughs street, while four years ago he located at his present
place of business at No. 2057 Main street. There he has a well appointed upholstering and
undertaking establishment, carrying a large and (anfiilly stUctid line of upholstering goods
an<l undertaking supplies. He attends to all tlif i uilalniiii^ personally and both branches
of his business are now being liberally patruiii/.rd. Ik- ir- tuday one of the three oldest
undertakers of Bridgeport and has officiated at hundreds ol funerals in this city. He is now
secretary of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, which position he has occupied
for eight years.

Mr. Ortlepp has been married twice. He wedded Elizabeth Clinton, a native of New
York city, and they became the parents of four children, Charlotte M., Elizabeth, Ernest

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and Frederick, all yet living. For his second wife Mr. Ortlepp chose Laura Elizabeth Clarke,
a representative of an early Bridgeport family and also a member of the famous Rogers
family of New London. They have one child, William H., who is now a pupil in the Bridge-
port high school and an active boy scout, being scribe of Troop No. 23, B. S. A.

Mr. Ortlepp has an interesting military chapter in his life history, having served for
four years as a member of Company B, Fourth Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard,
at the end of which time he was honorably discharged. He is prominently known in club
circles and has been a loyal adherent of various lodges and societies. He holds membership
with the Masons, is a prominent Odd Fellow, having been past noble grand of the local
lodge and a member of the Grand Lodge, is a past sachem of the United Order of Red
Men and a member of the Grand Lodge, was the first chaplain of the Order of Moose in
Bridgeport and is third vice president of the German-American Alliance. He likewise has
membership with the Modern Woodmen of America and with the Brotherhood of America.
His religious faith is that of tlie German Evangelical Lutheran church, in which he is past
deacon and president of the congregation. He guides his life according to its teachings and
is a man whose many admirable traits of character have gained for him the respect and
confidence of all with whom he has been brought in contact.

SAMUEL H. PEEL.

Samuel H. Peel is at the head of the firm of S. H. Peel & Company, engaged in plumb-
ing, tinning, gas fitting and copper work in Bridgeport. He was born in England, June 11,
1878, a son of George and Sarah Peel. His mother died in England and his father afterward
came to the new world, crossing the Atlantic in 1883. He located at Springfield, Massa-
chusetts, where he conducted business as a contractor.

Samuel H. Peel acquired a public school education and then began qualifying for life's
practicat and responsible duties by learning the plumbing trade. He first started in business
on his own account at Hartford in 1899 and in 1903 he removed to Bridgeport, where he
entered the employ of Henry Bentclspacher. He remained in that connection until 1911,
when he purchased the business, which is located at No. 235 Midillc strict. The company do
all kinds of sheet metal, plumbing and copper work and deal in i.lunil.iTi;; -iipplies. They
nuike a specialty of beer work and beer pumps and they employ tlmr .^killid lurthanies.

In 1900 Mr. Peel was married at Rockville, Connecticut, to Miss Bertha Kuhnly, who
was born in this state. He has never had occasion to regret his removal to the new world,
for here he has found excellent business opportunities and in their utilization has worked
liis way steadily upward.

PETER F. HUNT.

Peter F. Hunt, station master for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway at
Bridgeport for the past twenty-eight years, has made an unusual record for length and
efficiency of service. He was born in Dover Plains, New York, in 1860, and is a son of
Terrance and Mary Hunt. He attended the public schools of his native town until he was
seventeen years old and then learned telegraphy. For four years he was operator for the
Harlem road, but in 1882 entered the employ of the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railway as night telegraph operator in Bridgeport. During the intervening thirty-five
years he has been the representative of that road at Bridgeport and he was given charge
of the first signal tower built in the city. This structure was located at the bridge, the only

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drawbridge then in Bridgeport, and Mr. Hunt was stationed in tlie tower for tliree years.
In 1889 he was appointed station master and is still filling that position. During his period
of service the old station has been torn down, a temporary station erected and the present
modern station completed and occupied. When he first became station master there was
only one track, which was on the street grade, and the employes at the station ranged from
three to five, while now there are many tracks, all of which are elevated, and the employes
number forty-five. As the amount of traffic handled has grown his duties have increased in
difficulty and in responsibility but He has proved more than equal to all the demands made
upon his executive ability and has received the commendation of his superior officers.

Mr. Hunt was married in 1883 to Miss Libby Cox, of New York state, and they have a
son, Harold James, who is a native of Bridgeport, is a graduate of the high school here and
also of the Jones Private Academy and is now connected with the West End plant of the
Crane Valve Company.

In polities Mr. Hunt is independent and has never been an aspirant for office. In
religious faith he is a Koman Catholic and he takes a commendable interest in the work of the
church. He has a wide acquaintance in the city and is held in high esteem.

EDWARD E. HAMPTON.

Opportunity has ever been a call to action with Edward R. Hampton and in his business
career he has advanced steadily step by step until he is now secretary of the Fairfield
Automobile Company of Bridgeport, hi.^ native city. He was born October 21, 1877, and is
a son of John an.l M.'ll ilT.„f/i Hampton, who were natives of New York. The father was
engaged in the furnitmr Im-iiir-- Imt is now deceased. The mother, however, still surives.

Edward R. Haiii|.t.iii «;i,- ,:r;Mluated from the high school of Bridgeport and then took
up the study of law. cuiitiiniiiiL' lii^ reading under the direction of Albert J. Merritt until
his admission to tin' liar in T.inT, In 1909 he became connected with the Fairfield Auto-
mobile Company, Avilli wliuli li. lias since been identified, and at the present time he occupies
the position of secretary.

In 1904 Mr. Hampton was iniited in inarriaLic t(i Miss Sarali E. Rubey, of Bridgeport, a
daughter of Albert Burr Eub.-y, ami tli.y liax. lu.i rlnMnn. .Inhn Henry and Edward R., Jr.
Mr. Hampton is a member of the :\Ia>..inr iiatnnity, in wlii.li lie has taken the degrees of
lodge, chapter and commandeiy. an.l lif is likrw i-r ,i nuinlirr nf the My>tie Shrine. He is
also well known in club circles a^ a nienilirr nt tlir AlL'iini|iiin an.l .seaside Cnn Clubs and
he has a wide and favoraljli- acjuaintaiu-. in 1'.] i.lu. |nii t. wli.i.' his entire life has been
passed, the high regard entertained lor him being indis|iutiible evidence of a well spent

EDWARD SYLVESTER SMITH, M. D.

For more than a quarter of a century Dr. Edward Sylvester Smith has continuously
engaged in the practice of medi. ine and surgery in Bridgeport, where he opened an office in
1890. Through the intervening period he has steadily progressed and that he is a prominent
representative of his school of praiti..' i- in.li.at.'.l in the fact that he has been honored
with the presidency of the Connectrnt ^tai.' I l.niH.ipatliii' Me.lical Society. A native of
New Haven, he is a son of Sylvest.r and llani.i 1., (Ma.kayi Smith, both of whom have
passed away. His ancestors lived in (unmetieut through many generations and on the
maternal side he is of Revolutionary war descent.

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Dr. Smith was reared under the parental roof at the family home in New Haven and
there acquired a public school education. In reviewing the vast field of business and pro-
fessional activity he determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work and in
preparation therefor entered the Xew York Homeopathic Medical College, from which he
was graduated in 1888 with the il. D. degree. He afterward went abroad and continued
his medical studies in the University of Vienna. Since 1890 he has maintained his office
in Bridgeport and through the intervening years has enjoyed a large and growing practice,
standing as one of the foremost representatives of his school of medicine in the state. He
belongs to the Connecticut State Homeopathic Jledical Society, and he is also a member
of the American Institute of Homeopathy.

Dr. Smith holds membership in the First Methodist Episcopal church of Bridgeport
and is serving on its official board. . He has also been the president of the board of directors
of the Bridgeport Young Men's Christian Association and does all in his power to further
the moral progress of his community. He is a Master Mason, loyal to the teachings of the
craft and its purposes. He has a beautiful home at No. 784 Fairfield avenue. In the state
of Connecticut there are few practitioners of homeopathy so widely and favorably known,
and not only professionally but also in private life does he command the goodwill and
confidence of those with whom he has been brought in contact.

THOJIAS ¥. KELLEY.

Thomas F. Kelley, who departed this life Xovember 6, 1913, when but fifty-si.x years of
age. had for many years been promniently identified with contracting and building operations
on Long Island and through Connecticut. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, a son of
Patrick Kelley of that city, who during the Civil war was in active service as a defender of
the Union cause and later was engaged in tailoring in Boston. He wedded Mary McKay, of
that city, and there Thomas F. Kelley was reared and educated. After going to New York
he entered a school of modeling and designing and thus carefully prepared for his chosen
life work. For a time he resided at Floral Park, Long Island, where he built that section
for John L. Childs. He was the owner of a large mill there devoted to the manufacture of
moldings, etc., and he also did contracting and designing as a member of the iirm of Gold-
smith & Kelley. They conducted a very extensive and profitable business but on account
of his health Mr. Kelley was obliged to sell out there and removed to Southport, where he
made his home for ten years. During that period he designed work for the country home
of Mrs. Julia Watt Curtis and continued very active in the field of contracting and drafting.
In 1905 he removed to Bridgeport and concentrated his energies largely upon architecture.
He did not do any more building after coming to this city but made plans for residence
property and was recognized as one of the foremost representatives in his line, his skill
and handiwork being manifest in some of the most beautiful structures of the city and this
part of the state.

Mr. Kelley was married in Fairfield, in 1882, to Miss Mary Josephine Otis, a daughter
of Michael Otis, of Southport, who was an early resident there, devoting his time to agri-
cultural pursuits. He stood very high in the community in which he lived and his death,
which occurred in 1911, was a matter of deep regret to all who knew him. He had Avedded
Maria Brown, a native of Ireland, and they became the parents of four children: Mrs. Mary
J. Kelley; Elizabeth F., who became the wife of John Morgan; Sarah B.; and Michael,
who is living in New Y'ork city, where he is engaged in missionary work. To Mr. and Mrs.
Kelley were born several children: Mary Frances, who is Mrs. Frank P. Devine; Joseph M.,
who is attending Woodstock College in Baltimore and was ordained to the priesthood in

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June, 1917; and Adeline C, who is carrying on the business of her father under the name
o£ A. C. Kelley, at the same address.

The death of Mr. Kelley occurred when he was yet in the prime of life, having only
reached the tifty-sixth milestone on life's journey. He held membership in St. Augustine's
Roman Catliolic church and was also a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
He lived up to his faith and in every relation he displayed sterling qualities which gained
for him the respect, confidence and goodwill of all, while his skill, progressiveness and enter-
prise carried him into important business relations.

GEORGE S. YOUNGS.

George S. Youngs, who in partnership with his brother, Roy Austin Youngs, is the
owner of a large brass and copper-working shop in Bridgeport, is a native of this city and
was born September 12, 1883. His parents, Charles A. and Annie (Barr) Y'oungs, are still
living in this city, but both his grandfathers, John Y'oungs and John Barr, are deceased.
He attended the public schools for three or four years and then became a student in the
Park Avenue Institute, where he completed his education. His first work was in the employ
of the American Graphophone Company, with which he remained for three years, and for a
similar period he traveled for the Bridgeport Crucible Company. In 1908 he established
himself in the metal-working business on his own account on Stella street, where he remained
for a number of years. At length, liowever, the need for larger quarters led him to buy
land at No. 250 North avenue and there he erected his present modern plant, to which tlie
business was removed on the 1st of January, 1917. The plant is conducted under his' own
name and brass and copper work is done exclusively. As two shifts of men, each working
twelve hours, are used, the plant is never shut down, running twenty-four hours a day,
and in all details of its management the most modern and most efficient methods are
employed. A liberal bonus system insures the employes of receiving a fair share of the
profits of the company and the working conditions in all respects measure up to a high
standard. Employment is furnished to one hundred men.

Mr. Youngs was married in 1913 to Miss Sophia Stewart. He belongs to both the Seaside
and the Country Clubs and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Trinity
Episcopal church. In the management of his business interests he has displayed marked
energy and a progressive spirit tempered by sound judgment and as a result has gained a
highly gratifying measure of success. He has a large acquaintance in Bridgeport, where his
entire life has been passed, and his genuine worth is attested by the fact that those who
have known him longest and most intimately are his stanchest friends.

PETER DAW'E.

Peter D-awe, devoting his entire attention to the moving picture business, in which
connection he operates two theatres in Bridgeport, was born in England, October 20, 1862,
and had reached the twenty-second milestone on life's journey when he crossed the Atlantic
and came to the United States in 1884. settling in New Y'ork. He had previously learned
the painter's trade, which he followed in the eastern metropolis for a time but afterward
returned to England. Iri 1886, however, he once more came to the United States and on
1 took up his abode in Bridgeport. The following year he established business
count as a dealer in paints and a contractor in the painting business. Along
uilt up a good trade but in 1910 branched out into another field by the pur-

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cliase of the Bijou tlieatre, which he converted into a moving picture house. Success attended
the venture and in 1913 he tore down his paint store and built the Palace theatre, since
which time he has conducted both places, now giving his entire attention to the moving
picture business. He has not left the theatres one night in six years. The Bijou is a ten-
cent theatre seating eight hundred and fifty people, and the Palace is of equal capacity and
price. Both are fireproof structures and the Palace, which is the newer building, is equipped
with a most modern system of ventilation. Mr. Dawe greatly enjoys the business and feels
that therein he has found his permanent life work. >

On June 4, 1888, Mr. Dawe was married to Miss Jlinnie Thomas, a native of England,
who had been his schoolmate in their youtliliil chiys. Tiny )i:ivi> become parents of four
children: John S., who is now in business witli his fatlui. niaiiicd .loscphine Gross, of New
York, and has one child, John, Jr. Agnes is tlic wife (.f Xipniian Collins, of Bridgeport.
Gladys is employed by the American Bank & Trust Company. Eva Belle is in school. Mr.
Dawe belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men and his political allegiance is given to
the republican party. His residence in Bridgeport covers a period of more than thirty years,
(luring which he has won the high regard of all with whom he has come in contact, and in
his business career he has worked his way steadily upward, always maintaining a high
standard of service as a merchant and also in connection with the theatre business.

EUGENE H. WOOD, M. D.

Dr. Eugene H. Wood, a physician and surgeon of Bridgeport, was born in New York
city, January 4. IS.'JT, a son of Scth A. and Sarah E. (Lockwoud) Wood, both of whom are

now diT,-;is,'.l, the. iiM.tlin haviiiL' ii;i>~r,l invay « lirn \wr s.n, !■:„;:, .,„. uas l.iit four years of

was a pensioner of tlu- K.-VMhili.niai y war, her hM>l,;iihl l,a\inii Ih,.,, killed in battle while
serving with the Continental troops in the struggle ii<r iTr-l. |ii'ii.|,nrc.

Dr. Wood spent his youthful days under the panntal km.i ;iTid in the acquirement of
his education attended the Long Island College of Brooklyn, Xr« ^ork, from which he was
graduated with the M. D. degree in 1SS6. He had four years' lios|ii(al cxpciinice in connec-
tion with his medical course in the college and thus he was constant 1\ |iiittiiiL' liis theoretical
knowledge to the practical test in active professional work. In Iss? hr i.pened an office
in Bridgeport, where he has since remained, practicing continuously here for a period of three
decades, and his ability has won for him liberal and well deserved success.

On the 8th of October, 1890, Dr. Wood was married to Mrs. Lizzie Reed, of Bridgeport,
who passed away April 28, 1916. Dr. Wood gives his political allegiance to the republican
party and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but at local elections
supports the man who he considers best qualified for office without regard for party affiliation.
He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ahd the Knights of Pythias and along
strictly professional lines has connection with the Bridgeport Medical Society.

.JOHN BLTiN.

he firm of Burn & Crump, manufacturers of store and office
rt;h, Scotland, October 14, 1879, a son of William and Sarah
,t of his native land until he reached the age of twenty years
1 States in 1899. He located in Bridgeport and accepted the

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position of foreman with W. E. Muirhead, with whom he remained for about fourteen
years, on the expiration of which period he embarked in business on his own account by
organizing the firm of Burn & Crump in 1913, his associate being Bert Crump. They engage
in the manufacture of store and office fixtures and employ from eight to fifteen people, all
skilled laborers. They occupy a two-story factory seventy-five by thirty-five feet, fully
equipped with all the latest wood-working machinery. Among those business houses where
the firm has installed fi.xtures may be mentioned the Brill store, the Burnstein & Brown
store, the Jacoby sfore, the Kursman block, the Hudson store, the Levin block, the English
Woolen Jlills, the Palace, the Garden, the Cummin and the Congress restaurants, and a
number of other business houses. They do a very high grade of wood work, showing the
latest designs in store fixtures and furnishings, utilizing highly finished and polished woods,
and the results achieved are most creditable and satisfactory.

Mr. Burn was married in 1900 to Miss Alexandrina Wilson, of Tranent, Scotland, and
their family consists of two daughters, Elizabeth and Muriel. Mr. and Mrs. Burn hold
membership in the Presbyterian church and fraternally he is connected with the Masons
and is also a member of the Scotch Clan. Pulitieally lie maintains an independent course,
voting for men and measures rather than for party. Hi^ bu.'iine^s affairs have been well
managed and the laudable ambition v.hicU brought him to America when a young man of
twenty years has found expression in well directed activity and enterprise leading to
substantial results.

FRANK J. OSTROFSKY.

Frank J. Ostrofsky, a well known druggist of Bridgeport, was born in the city of
O'Lublo, county of Szepes, Hungary, on the 25th of September, 1865, his parents being
Frank J. and Anna (Olessak) Ostrofsky, also natives of Hungary, where the mntlur died.
She was of German descent, her ancestors having formerly lived in Saxony, lli.. fjt'ner
of our subject was of Polish origin. At the time of the division of PdanJ by tl.r thife
powers the ancestors of Mr. Ostrofsky fought under Kosciuszko and at tlic fall nf that
i^reat iiafriot these ancestors, being men of rank in that movement, were banished from
Pcilaiiil and tlicir property was confiscated and later donated to a monastery. They crossed
till' Caipatliiaii mountains into Hungary and settled in the city where our subject was
born. His father was proprietor of a meat mark.t in lliiiiL;ary for many years but after
the death of his wife came to America and s.ttl.a ii, I'liilmlrlphia, Pennsylvania, where he
conducted a butcher shop for some time. Lati i li. \\a> i iiL;aged in the same business in
Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He was again maninl in this country and with his wife after-
ward returned to Hungary, where he died in l'.il4.

Frank J. Ostrofsky, Jr., began his iduratimi in the city schools of Gnezda, Hungary, and
later attomled the high school at Podolin. from which he was graduated. He continued his
.^(ii.lir- in ;i preparatory school at Jaszbereny, Hungary, and upon his graduation from that
institution si cured the necessary permit from the government to study pharmacy. Three
via IS Will' then devoted to the acquirement of a knowledge of pharmacy and chemistry,
after which he came to the United States, his destination being Chicago, Illinois. On his
arrival in New York city he had only twenty-one dollars and on reaching Chicago found
that he had only three dollars remaining. This was in 18S8. Having no friends in the city
and but little money he was obliged to seek employment at once and soon obtained a posi-
tion in a drug store in a German section for at that time he was unfamiliar with the
English language but could speak German as well as Hungarian. Saving his money, he
engaged a private tutor to teach him English and was quick to learn, so that after ten
months' residence in Chicago he was able to take the state examination for assistant ]iharma-

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cist license, wliich he passed. A year later he received a pharmacist's license. Mr. Ostrofslcy
continued to work for druggists in Chicago for six years and during that time took out his
naturalization papers, becoming a citizen of the United States.

It was in 1894 that Mr. Ostrofsky removed to Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he had a
sister living, and here rented a vacant store at the corner of Hallam street and Pembroke
in East Bridgeport, which had previously been occupied by a druggist and still contained
fixtures suitable for his business. These he also rented from the landlord as at that time
his capital was very limited and he did not have enough money to buy both fixtures and a
stock of drugs. He opened his store for business on the 7th of May, 1894, with all his
savings invested, but prospered in his new undertaking and in a few years was able to
purchase a vacant lot at the corner of Pembroke and Hamilton streets, on which he erected
a modern two story brick building in 1900, the lower floor being especially arranged and
equipped for a drug store, while the upper floor was made into living apartments. Here
Mr. Ustrofsky has since carried on business with marked success, and in January, 1913, also
bought a store building and lot at No. 1141 East Main street, Bridgeport, where he also
conducted a drug store under a manager and has built up a fine trade there. He is a member
of the American Pharmaceutical Association and the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association.

Mr. Ostrofsky was married in Bridgeport, October 15, 1896, to Miss Mary Casey, who
was born, reared and educated in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and is a daughter of James P.
and Mary (Mosher) Casey. Her father was a native of Bridgeport and here died. Mrs.
Casey was born in Seymour, Connecticut, and belongs to an old Xew England family which
was represented in the war for independence, making her eligible to the Daughters of the
American Kevolution. She also had a brother in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Ostrofsky have
three children, all born in Bridgeport, namely: Frank J., born September 28, 1899; Edna
May, September 2, 1901; and James N., May 14, 1904. The older son is now attending high

Mr. Ostrofsky purchased the old Nathaniel Wheeler homestead at the corner of East
Main street and Boston avenue and there the family now reside. They are members of the
Roman Catholic church, and he is also identified with St. John's Slavonian Sick i Benefit
Society and the Independent Order of Foresters at Bridjicjiort. In politics he is independent,
n organizing the American Bank & Tru.^t Company of Bridgeport, of which he
1 director and a member of the executive committee. He stands high in busuiesa
nd is respected wherever known.

AXEL PEDERSEN.

Axel Pedersen, of the Pedersen Brothers Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, was
born in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 33, 1884, and was well qualified by educational training
for the life work which he has taken up. He is a graduate of a technical school and in his
youthful days he lenrned nierhanical engineerinir. Attract..,! by the opportunities of the
new world, he dctrnninr,! tn tiy !,.< f..,tin n tlii. -iL- tl„. .\tl.ii,tir ai„l rauu- to America

He spent three and one-half years in Detroit, Michigan, hoiain-j i i-|m.ii<i1,|,. |i,,sitions with
the Cadillac Motor Car Company, the Buick Motor Car Company, tlir stmlrl.akir and Ford
companies and gaining experience which was invaluable to liini wlu-n hi-, pn'sent business
was organized. He afterward worked for a year and a half in the plant of tlie American
Graphophone Company and in January. 1916, became one of the organizers of the Pedersen
Brothers Manufacturing Company, his partner being Julius Pedersen. They established busi-
ness at No. 236 Middle street for the manufacture and designing of tools and special

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machinery, gauges, etc. The plant has about two thousand square feet of floor space and
is equipped with modern machinery. They employ about twenty skilled mechanics and all
tools made by them are tested by the famous Johanson blocks. They turn out some of
the finest tools made in Bridgeport and their output includes special tools of all kinds.

Axel Pedersen holds membership with the JIasonic fraternity and is loyal to the teach-
ings and purposes of the craft. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
His attention, however, is chiefly given to his business interests and his intelligently directed
efforts have brought him a measure of success of which he may well feel proud. His experi-
ence in a business way has been very broad, developing his accuracy and efl^iciency, and he is
recognized as an expert in tool making and mechanical engineering.

CLARENCE NILES PAYNE, M. D.

Dr. Clarence Niles Payne, a physician and surgeon of Bridgeport, was born in Waverly,
New York, September 8, 1862, a son of Frederick Y'ork Payne, whose birth occurred at
Smethport, Pennsylvania, his parents being Hiram and Sarah (York) Payne. The latter's-
parents were living in Pennsylvania at the time of the Wyoming massacre but managed to
escape from the Indians. Both Frederick Y. Payne and his wife lia\i' now passed away.

Dr. Payne was reared under the parental roof and in tin- Niw Yink Homeopathic Medical
College he prepared for a professional career, winning the JI. I), digree in 1885. His first
practical experience came to him through serving as interne in the Cumberland Street
Hospital of Brooklyn, New Y'ork, where he remained for a year and a half, having ample
opportunity to put his theoretical training to the practical test in the varied experiences
of hospital work. He practiced medicine at Port Jervis, New Y'ork, from 1886 until 1890
and .since the latter date has been in Bridgeport. In the interim he has built up an extensive
practice which is bringing to him a substantial measure of success.

On the 15th of November, 1887, Dr. Payne was united in marriage to Miss .Teannie
McLean, of Brooklyn, and they have a daughter. Beatrice Marion, who is a graduate of Miss
Fuller's Ossining (N. Y'.) School for Girls. Mrs. Payne was born at Inverness, Scotland,
and was brought to the United States by her parents when a little maiden of but twelve

Dr. Payne is a member of the First Presbyterian church and he is a director of the
Bridgeport Christian Union. His fraternal allegiance is given to the Odd Fellows. He
exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the prohibition party
and has ever been a stalwart advocate of the cause of tem])erance. He belongs to the
American Institute of Homeopathy and to the Connecticut State Homeopathic Medical
Society and of the latter was at one time president — a fact which indicates the high
position accorded him by his colleagues and contemporaries in the profession. His aid and
influence are always given on the side of progress and improvement and he stands as a loyal
supporter of those movements which are seeking the uplift of the individual and the better-
ment of the community.

HAERY J. PLATT.

Harry J. Piatt, president of the Reo Garage, Incorporated, is conducting a well organized
and rapidly developing business in this connection. He was born in Bridgeport, October 20,
1880, a son of Henry and Mary (Blake) Piatt, the former a native of Bethlehem, Connecticut,
while the latter was born in Bridgeport. The father devoted his life to the occupation of

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415

farming

and in his

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' days of h

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thoroughly

mods

•ual manner of farm lads of the period, Harry .J. Piatt
■outh. He acquired a public school education and he has
iness longer than any other man in Bridgeport. In fact
started as a chauffeur, thoroughly acquainted himself
and eventually organized the Reo Garage, Incorporated.

i.r-r W.

The

ow erecting a new gar.
ixty by two hundred a
1 fifty by forty feet,
in addition to show a

t the r

mplete machine shop. The company carries a fu

they will conduct a garage business, having roc

I thoii-Mihl s.|iiare feet of floor space on each floor

ini i;ikiii- .ars to the second floor and this

I I'.nl^. |iMi t. l,ciiig ready for business in Julv,

for

two hundred cars, there bfiii;: si\t(rii thoii-;i
garage is equipped with a lamp ini lak
largest and most modern i^aiaur ni I'.nl^. |iMi t . l,ciiig ready for business in July, 1917.

they employ twenty skilled hhtIi.i m, - 1 h.x liamll, thr Kr.i ami "-trai n-Kiii-lit rai> and
also Reo trucks and hav tli.^ ■.,•■.■u.^ i.,, lairhrM r,,iiiit\ ami al-,, a part .if New Haven
county. Something of tlie iiiitahlr j^iuwth ut tlnir p.itruiiayc is indicated in tlic tact that
they are now doing double the business which they did a year ago and this result has largely
been achieved through the enterprise, industry, perseverance and capable management of
Mr. Piatt.

On the 11th of September, 1906. Jlr. Piatt was united in marriage to Miss Susanne
JIcQuade, of New York. He belongs to the Algonquin Club and is popular in both business
and social circles of this city.

FRAJSTK H. MULLINS.

Among the wide-awake, enterprising business men of Bridgeport is numbered Frank H.
MulHns at the head of the JIullins Typewriter Exchange, which is doing the largest business
of its kind in the state of Connecticut. Mr. MuUins was born in Bridgeport on the 18th
of April, 1880, and is a son of Patrick and Bridget Kcllinsi Mullins, natives of Ireland,
where they were reared and married. On leaving his old home in Limerick the father came
to the United States in 1870 and made his home in Bridgeport tlirouvhunt tlie remainder of
his life, dying here in 1916. By occupation he was a steam c ntiinccr. The mother also
passed away in Bridgeport, in the faith of the Catholic churcli, to wliiili liuth she and her
husband belonged.

Frank H. MuUins was educated in the city schools of Bridgeport and in early life took
up mechanics, being first employed at repairing typewriters with the Marshall Typewriter
Exchange in this city. On leavin./ that company in 1906 he began business in a small way

ment, and is enjoying an excellent business. He is the Bridgeport agent for the Corona
typewriter and is today the oldest man in the retail typewriter business in the city,
having been identified with that enterprise since starting out in life for himself.

On the 37th of January, 1914, Mr. Mullins was married at Stratford, Connecticut, to
Miss Cecelia McGrath, who was born in that city and was graduated from St. \'incent's
Training School for Nurses at Norfolk, Virginia. Her father, Thomas McGrath, is also a
native of Stratford, where he is now engaged in business as a market gardener. Mr. and

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Mrs. Mullins have a daughter, Cecelia Frances. They are members of the Roman Catholic
church and Mr. Mullins is also a charter member of Rogers Council, No. 1248, K. C, which he
has served as financial secretary. In politics he is an independent democrat. He is one of
the representative business men of his native city and the success that has come to him is
but the just reward of his own industry, enterprise and good management.

MICHAEL HAWIE.

Michael Hawie, who is engaged in the manufacture of buckles, is one of the enterprising
and resourceful manufacturers who are fast making Bridgeport one of the leading industrial
centers of the country. Hi> was liorn in the Mount Lebanon district, in Syria, in 18T6
and is a son of Ayub and Lillian Hawie. He received an excellent education in the English
and American mission schools in his native country and in 1896, when twenty years old.
emigrated to New York city. For some time he was employed in various factories there
and later began manufacturing in a small way on his own account. He met with gratifying
success in his independent ventures and in 1907 came to Bridgeport and purchased a buckle
factory at No. 729 North Washington avenue, which he has since owned and operated. At
that time there were only twenty-five employes, but during the ten years he has been in
control of the business that number has been increased three hundred per cent, the factory
now employing twenty-five men and fifty women. The output has increased proportionately.
The chief product is suspender and hose supporter buckles and almost the entire output finds
sale in New York city and abroad. One important factor in the rapid growth of the
business has been the automatic machinery used in the plant. Many of the improved
features of this machinery are the inventions of Mr. Hawie.

One machine which formerly required two men and six women to operate, now through
Mr. Hawie's improvements, is absolutely automatic, thus effecting a great saving in labor
cost. He is continually stvulyiiiL' his business, both in its operating and in its selling depart-
ments, in an effort to effect olli.i rliaii,'' < which will make for efficiency and lower costs. '

Mr. Hawie was marric! in \. w \.,]k ' ity a short time before his removal to Bridgeport..
Altliimuli nut a nn-iiilHT m ,ii:\ i|. ihun iii;i t h in, I:..- attends the various Protestant churches
ami sii|i|iMii- ilMi-r uHM-iiM - 1 1 , • 1 1^1 1 rj I'l'i iMur;!! ;nl\ancement. The highly gratifying success
whirli Im' i: I- l: iiiii'l 'Imin- th i-\. nt;. -ii.' y.Mi- that he has been a resident of the United
States is liiU the natural result <u his quickness to recognize opportunities, his initiative
and keen business judgment, and he is held in the highest esteem in manufacturing circles.

DAVID HENRY MONAHAN, M. D.

Dr. David Henry Monahan, who since October, 1900, has been engaged in the practice
of medicine and surgery in Bridgeport, now enjoys an enviable reputation, for throughout
this entire period, covering seventeen years, he has made steady progress owing to his
broadeniiiL' ' ["liiir md constant study. He was born at Southington, Connecticut, Feb-
ruary ',1, :■■ - I i: lames M. and Bridget (McKiernan) Monahan. both of whom were
natives ni I'. I III I Ml which country they were acquainted, although their marriage was
celebrated in Nev, Jlawn after they had emigrated to (lie new world. The father was a
coal merchant and thus provided for his family. Imt l".th he and his wife are now de-
ceased. Dr. Monahan was the sixth of their ten eliiMnn, of whom only three are yet
living. He has a brother and sister: Dr. .I(ise]ili l;. Alcmahan, a physician of New Haven;
and Julia A., also living in that city, where she is engaged in teaching in the public schools.

DR. DAVID H. JIOXAHAN

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Dr. David H. Monahan spent his youthful days in his native city and in the year in
which he attained his majority was graduated from Manhattan College of New York city,
winning the Bachelor of Arts degree on the completion of a four years' course in that
institution. He afterward followed business pursuits in Southington for several years
but at length determined to prepare for the practice of medicine and in 1S96 matriculated
in the medical department of Dai tiih.utli Cllr-r. from which he was graduated in 1900.
He then opened an office at Derli\ . ( .imir, t n iit . Ijiit in October of the same year removed
to Bridgeport, where he has since -.nr* ,-,i nllx |ii:m tired. He is now serving on the board of
health and is a member of tlu- st:,!!' m ^i. \ inr, ,it~ Hosi.ital. Tlirnitoh the interchange of

On tlie Kith of April, 191)2, Dr. ilonahan was marri.'d to Miss Mary E. Tuite, of Hart-
ford, who was a teacher in tlic public/ scliools there and is a graduate of the Connecticut
State Normal School of New Britain, They have five children: Mary E.. David T., Julia,
Catherine and Elizabeth. The family are communicants of tin- Sacnd ITiait cluirch and
have always adhered to the Roman Catholic faith. Dr. Jlniuliin hi- ni' mln-rship witli
the Knights of Columbus, also the Ancient Order of Hibernian- and tin- i r.itiTnal Order
of Eagles, and he belongs as well to the Algonquin Chib Hi- i-ditical allegiance is given
to the democratic party and he has served as a nn mln i .<
Bridgeport for six years. His home is practically lii- rlili. in
of his family and prefers to spend his leisure hour- at his

JUDGE CARL FOSTER.

Althougl) a native of Virginia, Judge Carl Foster, attorney of Bridgeport, is a repre-
sentative of one of the old and well known Connecticut faiiiili.s idrntifipd with tlio history
of New England since early colonial days, the Fosters lir-t makinLr -rttlrm. n( at Mid.llctnwn
in 1625. Down through succeeding generations the family lu- -t,.n<l f,,i l.n alty in .iii/j-n-
Bhip and progressiveness in public affairs, and when tli. i ivil \\:tv wa- maiiLiiiiat.al Isaac
McKendry Foster, father of .Judge Foster, responded to t\v ...unti y'- rail for tr(in|,s, inlisting
as a private in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth New V..ik \ ..liiiitcrr Infantry, with which
he served throughout the period of hostilities, spenilini; t'n nicntlis uf that time in Cimtcdcrate
prisons. When the war Avas ov,t In- n'tuninl to Xrw \'ork and devoted his life to the
work of the ministry as a Mcthoilist . l.ML'ynian. H.- w.dili.l .lulia E. Mosher, whose ancestors
were also Connecticut pcopk'. scttlinij at .Milford in li.ili

Judge Foster accompanied his parmls on tlirii removal from Virginia to New York and
from the Empire state came to Coiinr, tinit. His inorr specifically literary course was
pursued in Dickinson College, which .oni.Tivd upon liiin tli.' degree of Bachelor of Arts in
1893 and in 1896 the honorary degree of Ma.stcr of Arts. It was in that year that he was
admitted to the bar in Fairfield county, having successfully passed the required examination
in January after having carefully studied in preparation for a legal career. He entered
upon active practice in connection with the firm of Lockwood & Beers and upon the death
of the .senior partner. Judge David B. Lockwood. in January, I'^OT. he was admitted to a
partnership by Judge Beers under the firm style of Beers & Fostir. a relation that was main-
tained until April 15, 1915. At that date he entered into partnership with Frederick E.
Morgan and the firm of Foster & Morgan is now engaged in general law practice in Bridge-
port, where a liberal clientage is accorded them. While well grounded in the principles
of common law when admitted to the bar, Judge Foster has continued through the whole
of his professional life a diligent student of those elemental principles that constitute the

420 BRIDGEPOKT AND VICINITY

basis of all legal science and this knowledge has served hira well in the courts, where he has
successfully conducted many cases. Preparing his cases with great care, if there has been a
close legal point involved in tlie issue, it has been his habit to thoroughly examine every
authority within his reach bearing on tlie (juestion, and this makes him a formidable adversary.
His addresses before the courts are nmdtls of clearness and logic .and his reputation as a lawyer
has been won through earnest, honest labor, while his standing at the bar is a merited tribute
to his ability.

On the 29th of June, 1897, Mr. Foster was married in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to Miss
Delia J. Norcross, of that state, and they have become parents of two sons and five daughters,
namely: Mary Louise, .Julia Moslier, Elizabeth Norcross, George Norcross, Ruth Sheldon,
Sheldon Jackson and Delia Sheldon.

Judge Foster is a stalwart republican and on various occasions has been called to public
office by his fellow townsmen, who have recognized iiis wurtli and ability. In 1898 he was
elected a member of the board of aldermen and served for one term of two years, acting as
president of the board during half of that period. In 1907 he was elected deputy judge of
the city i-iuiit iiiid in 19(19 he was elected judge of the city court, wliicli pusitiun lie tilli'd for
four yein>. He lias al.<u been one of the trustees of the Connecticut C.duny fur Kpilcptics.
In Ma.soiiiy lie lias attained the thirty-second degree of the Scutti.sli Kite ami aUo the
Knight T.'iiqilar degree of the York Rite. He has been the national head of the- Improved
(irdrr of Kcd Men, thus serving from 1913 until 1914, and he holds niemlierr-hip witli the
Sons uf \-,.trrans and the Sons of the American Revolution. His name is also en the nu-m-
bersliip roll ul the Yale Graduates Club of New Haven and of the Sigma Lhi Club uf New
York city, while in Bridgeport he has membership with the Brooklawn Country, the University
and the Black Rock Yacht Clubs, indicating his popularity among his fellow townsmen.

CHARLES W. PFLOMM.

Charles W. Pflomm, a man of sound business judgment, alert and enterprising, con-
ducting a substantial business as a florist, is also one of the directors of the American Bank
& Trust Company of Bridgeport, Avhich he aided in organizing. He was born in Brooklyn.
New York, in 1861, a son of Charles and Emma (Frauenberger) Pflomm. The father was
a native of Germany and in young manhood came to America, settling first at Brooklyn,
New York, whence he removed to Bridgeport in 1866. Here he began business as a florist,
turning his attention to the raising of flowers on Barnum avenue, in the eastern part of
the city. He continued in business up to the time of his death and long ranked as one
of the leaders in his line of activity, having one of the finest florist's establishments of
the lily Whin lie opened his business on Barnum avenue his location was out in the
.niiiitiy JMith he and his wife passed away in Bridgeport, the death of Mr. Pflomm

tharlcs \V. Pflomm was a little lad of but five years when he came to Bridgeport
with his parents and here he attended the city schools. His business training was received
under the direction of his father, with whom he learned everything in connection with
flower propagation and development. He continued as an employe of his father until
1891, when he and his brother George were admitted to a partnership in the business under
the firm style of Charles Pflomm Sons. This association was maintained until the
father's death in 1911, when the firm was dissolved and Charles W. Pflomm established
an indeiiciHl. lit . ntcrpiisr at No. 1195 Barnum avenue, where he has a fine modern florist's
establisliim lit witli li.itlnniscs and open gardens as well as a most attractive sales room.
He enjoys an . xn Ih nf fradc. His entire life has been devoted to the business and he has
a comprehensive knowledge of everythingt connected therewith. He also assisted in organ-

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izing the American Bank & Trust Company of Bridgeport and Iiis recognized business
judgment led to his election to tlie directorate. He now has active voice in the manage-
ment of the bank and brings to bear in the solution of its problems the same keen discern-
ment and sagacity which have won for him success as a florist.

On the 39th of November, 1902, Mr. Pflomm was married to Miss Anna Marie Kachcle,
of Bridgeport, who was born in Newtown, Connecticut, a daughter of George and Anna
M. (Steib) Kachele, who were natives of Germany. The father was a farmer of Easton,
Connecticut, and it was there that Mrs. PHomm was reared and educated.

In politics Mr. Pflomm follows an independent course, voting according to the dictates
of his judgment. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He has never sought to figure in any public life outside of business, but lias concentrated
liis efforts upon his business as a florist and has made for himself a most creditable name
and position in commercial circles.

CHARLES R. PEABODY.

Charles R. Peabody, Bridgeport manager fo- Duntee W. Flint in the handling of the
Ford automobile, was born in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1877. After completing a public
school education he turned his attention to the clothing business in his native state and in
1911 he engaged in the automobile business in connection with D. W. Flint at Providence,
Rhode Island. With the development of the business he opened a branch house for Mr.
Flint at Newport and in 1914 came to Bridgeport in charge of the interests of Mr. Flint,
who has the agency for Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut and for the entire
state of Rhode Island. In this connection he controls sixteen stores, nine of which are
located in Connecticut. The Bridgeport branch is at No. 141 Cannon street and at 388
Fairfield avenue. Mr. Peabody in his business covers all of the territory here niul also at
Stratford and Southport and carries a full line of Ford cars and Ford a. , ,-- ;o, i,-. Imviiig
put out a thousand or more cars in the year 1916. He employs thirty iiu'ii "ho arc -killeil
mechanics and has his own repair shop, garage and gasoline station. The liii~iTii'>s iirnlrr his
direction has grown steadily until it has now asMnn.d extrusive and gratifying proportions,
indicating the excellent methods and enterpri^iiiL' spirit of Mr. Peabody.

In 1902 Mr. Peabody was united in marriai^c t<. Miss Lilly Howard, of Newport, Rhode
Island, and their children are: Richard, fourteen years of age; Howard, eight years of age;
and Phyllis Spencer. Mr. Peabody is identified with no clubs or lodges. In his leisure hours
his interest centers in his home. Through the day his attention is concentrated upon his
business, which is rapidly developing under his able management and careful control.

GEORGE W. SMITH.

George W. Smith, secretary of the Reo Garage, Incorporated, and active in the manage-
ment of that undertaking, which is now proving one of the prosperous business enterprises of
the city, was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. April 17, 1881. a son of Charles A. and Annie
(Wardley) Smith, who in 1890 removed to Bridgeport, (he father becoming manager for the
White & Wells Company. He remained active in business for many years but is now living
retired at Stratford, enjoying a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves,

George W. Smith was a lad of but nine summers when the family came to Bridgeport and
his education, previousl.v begun in the public schools of the state, was here continued until
he had completed the high school course. He afterward became a student in the Union

424 BEIDGEPOKT AND VICINITY

Business College and was thus trained for the practical and responsible duties of a business
career. He has always concentrated his eflforts and attention along industrial lines and he
started out in the business world as an employe of the Wheel & Wood Bending Company.
Later he was in the employ of M. H. Rogers as buyer of iron and steel and afterward became
connected with the Bridgeport Chain Company, which he represented as cashier for eight
years. He next was with the Ford Garage for two months, at the end of which time he
joined H. J. Piatt in organizing the Reo Garage, Incorporated, of which he has since been
the secretary and treasurer. Their business has enjoyed a very rapid and substantial growth.
They handle the Reo and Stearns-Knight cars, also sell all kinds of auto parts and have
recently opened a large garage containing thirty-two thousand s(]uaic feet of floor space.

On the 8th of March, 1916, Mr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Julia F. Blake and
they have one child, Wardley B. Mr. Smith is couneitfil with no lodges or clubs, preferring
to concentrate his efforts and undivided attenticn ii|inii Lis luisiness affairs, which, carefully
directed, are bringing to him a gratifying measure vi prosperity.

GEORGE WALLER HAWLEY, M. D.

Dr. George Waller Hawley, who since 1908 has been engaged in active and successful
practice in orthopedic surgery in Bridgeport, his native city, was born July 24, 1ST4. and is
the eldest son of Alexander Hawley, who for many years was an officer in the Bridgeport
Savings Bank, filling the position of treasurer at the time of his death, which occurred in
1909. He was born in this city in 1843 and at the age of sixteen years made his initial
step in the banking business in a clerical capacity. That was in 1859, and from that date
until his death a half century later lie was continuously identified with the banking
business of Bridgeport. His desk in tlic Bridgeport Savings Bank at the time of his death
stood over the identical spot of ground which was the site of tlie bank in wliicli he had
begun as clerk fifty years before. He was at his demise the pioneer l)aiiker of liridueport
and had long been honored as a most prominent financier of tlie city. His wifi'. uhci liore
the maiden name of Susan H. Waller, was born in New Preston, Conncetieiit. in ls4:. and
departed this life in 1898. Her father, George B. Waller, was long a ]ir.>iiiiiient .iti/-ii uf
Bridgeport, where at one time he was president of two banks. Dr. Hawley i- the el-lest
of a family of four sons, his brothers being: Alexander W., of Fort Dudge, Inwa; and
Samuel M. and Bronson, both of whom are residents of Bridgeport, tlie former having suc-
ceeded his father as treasurer of the Bridgeport Savings Bank.

In his youthful days Dr. Hawley attended the Bridgeport public schools and later became
a student in St. Paul's School at Concord, New Hampshire, where he remained for two years.
He entered Yale in 1893 and there won his Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1896. With
broad literary learning to serve as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of
professional knowledge, he entered the Cornell University Medical College in New York
city and there received his M. D. degree in 1899. He gained further comprehensive knowledge
through two years' service as interne in the Bellevue Hospital of New York city, benefiting
by the broad exprrienre which only hospital practice can bring. Later be spent a year in

This was in 1;hi2. 1 p..n returning to the riiite.l States l,e went t.. the Paeilie eoast and for
six years practiced in Seattle, Washington, but since 190S has been engaged in active and
.successful practice in Bridgeport. He is now serving on the surgical staff of the Bridgeport
Hospital and also of St. Vincent's Hospital and he is surgeon on tlie staff of the Hospital for
the Ruptured and Crippled of New York city. His work has attracted the attention and
received the endorsement of many of his colleagues and contemporaries in professional circles

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 425

and he has become recognized as an authority upon tlie subject of orthopedic surgery, in
which he specializes. He is the inventor of an orthopedic table that is in general use
throughout the world and is the inventor of much other valuable apparatus used in con-
nection with orthopedic work. He spent three months in the summer of 1916 in a military
hospital in France, attending the wounded from the front. When in Paris he met the surgeon
in chief of the Hospital Buffon from Buenos Aires, Argentine, South America — Dr. Pedro
Chutro, who upon being introduced to Dr. Hawley said: "I have heard of you. Dr. Hawley,
and use your orthopedic table at the University of Buenos Aires." Dr. Hawley was invited
to go to Paris and take with him his orthopedic inventions, which he did, and by courtesy of
the French government the apparatus was all passed in as baggage. His stay abroad was
of mutual benefit to the wounded French and to Dr. Hawley, who through his experience
there added much to his knowledge and skill. In May, 1917, he was recommended by the
National Council of Defense for service in England with the United States Medical Army
Reserve Corps Commission, the commission sailing for England on May 15, 1917.

On the 15th of September, 1902, Dr. Hawley was married to Miss Anne Payne Murray,
of Chicago, and they have two children: Murray, born April 18, 1914; and Nancy, February
2, 1916. Dr. and Mrs. Hawley hold membership in the United Congregational church of
Bridgeport and he belongs also to the University and Brooklawn Clubs. In politics he is a
progressive republican and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. He
is identified professionally with the Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut State and
American Medical Associations, the American Orthopedic Association, and the New York
Academy of Medicine. His eff'orts along professional lines have constituted a valuable and
direct contribution to the world's work. Concentrating his attention along a given line, his
experiments, his research and his investigation liave resulted in bringing forth many
inventions which have resulted in orthopedic corrections and both his inventions and his
methods are now widely used and followed throughout the world.

RALPH W. BARNES.

Ralph W. Barnes, Bridgeport manager for the Detroit Cadillac Motor Company, is a
Pennsylvanian by birth. His natal day was March 8, 1874, and his birthplace is Gibson,
Susquehanna county. In the public schools he acquired his education, after which he took
up the task of learning carriage building. Subsequently he was engaged in the bicycle
business and later he turned his attention to the automobile business in Buffalo, New York,
in 1897, there engaging in the building of steam driven automobiles in connection with his
brother-in-law under the name of the Conrad Motor Carriage Company. In that connection
he marketed many cars, shipping several hundred to England. At length, however, the
company failed for lack of capital, for they were pioneers in that undertaking. Ralph W.
Barnes then became connected with the Auto Car Equipment Company, occupying the
responsible position of superintendent for three years. He afterward went to Cleveland,
Ohio, where he had charge of one of the largest garages of the city, having charge of
Cadillac agency. His next step made him superintendent with the Auto Car Equipment
Company and in January, 1906, he came to Bridgeport, becoming associated with the Miller
Garage in the building of commercial cars. In this connection he developed some good
models. Following the death of Mr. Miller, Mr. Barnes conducted the garage for a few years,
selling Maxwell and Chalmers cars, and in 1909 he took over the Chalmers branch of the
business with the Carl H. Page Company. This w^as afterward purchased by the factory but
Mr. Barnes continued as manager.

On the 1st of August, 1916, he took the Cadillac agency and is now conducting business
at No. 532 Fairfield avenue, with a salesroom thirty-five by fifty feet. His salesroom is

426 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

mahogany trimmed with tile floor, and he has a service station thirty-five by eighty-five
feet with cement floor. The building, which was erected at a coat of fifty thousand dollars,
was finished in 1917. The service station includes a repair department for owners of Cadillac
cars and six skilled mechanics are employed, with Charles M. Campbell, an expert workman,
in charge of the service department, he having for many years done work with Cadillac
cars. Successive stages of business development have brought Mr. Barnes to the place which
he occupies in connection with the automobile trade. He is well equipped for his present
responsibilities and duties and is building up a business of very gratifying proportions.

Mr. Barnes was married to Miss Clara Cannon, of BuflTalo, New York, a daughter of
R. J. Cannon of the Grand Trunk Railway and a native of England. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes
have two children, Eleanor and Janet. Mr. Barnes belongs to the Masonic frate»nity and
also to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, while in club circles he is well known as a
representative of the Algonquin Club. His political allegiance is given to the republican
party. He is a self-made man and one whose efforts have been effective forces in the attain-
ment of success, for he has ever displayed untiring energy intelligently directed.

CHARLES W. ELLISON.

Charles W. Ellison, conducting a profitable business in tires and automobile acces-
sories at Bridgeport, was born in England, September 36, 1863, a son of William and Eliza-
beth (Bannister) Ellison, who came to the United States with their family in the spring
of 1869, when Charles W. Ellison was about five years old. The family home was estab-
lished in Brooklyn, New York, where they remained for about three years and then went
to Hartford, Connecticut, where the father engaged in merchandising, but both he and his
wife are now deceased.

Charles W. Ellison supplemented a public school education by a course in a business
college and when a youth of nine and a half years he made his initial, step in the business
world in connection with the rubber trade, entering the employ of John W. Gray, who
founded the Hartford Rubber Works, now a part of the United States Tire Company.
That he was capable, faithful and efficient is indicated by the fact that he remained with
Mr. Gray for ten years, during which time he gained valuable experience and a compre-
hensive knowledge of the business. In 1884 he entered the shop of Pratt & Whitney in
Hartford, serving a three years' apprenticeship as a machinist. In 1888 he removed to
Bridgeport, where he became manager of the first and only rubber store in the city,
known as the Goodyear Rubber Store, and one year later purchased the business. Soon
afterward William B. Middlebrook was admitted as a partner, under the firm name of
Ellison & Middlebrook, the business being located at 465 Main street In addition to the
rubber business, bicycles were carried, the business in this line being one of the largest
in the city. About 1898 the business was disposed of to the Ailing Rubber Company, and
Air. Ellison then became a traveling salesman for the Acme Manufacturing Company of
Reading, Pennsylvania, in the sale of bicycles. He became superintendent of manufactur-
ing for the American Graphophone Company, but he did not enter the service of that
company in that position, however, for his original position was one of minor importance.
Gradually he \vorked his way upward and had been with the company for fifteen years
when in 1913 he opened the Ellison Tire and Repair Company business. He now handles
tires of all makes, also Ford parts, and does vulcanizing of all kinds. The business is
located at No. 371 Fairfield avenue. He has built up a large and gratifying trade and
gives his attention closely to his business, often working from seven o'clock in the morn-
ing \mtil midnight.

In 1889 Mr. Ellison was united in marriage to Miss Ella May Elmer, of Hartford, a

CHARLES W. ELLISON

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 429

(laiigliter of Hiram W. and Cynthia Elmer, the former manager of a freight depot at
Hartford and a representative of an old pioneer family of the state.

Mr. Ellison belongs to the Masonic lodge and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and the Order of Owls, and he attends the Episcopal Church. He exercises his right of
franchise in support of the men and measures of the republican party, to which he has
given his support since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has ever been
loyal to any cause that he has espoused and faithful to any project that he has under-
taken and step by step he has advanced in the business world.

FRANK J. QUINN.

With the splendid system of organization that exists in
rade of the country it is natural that the leading houses sh
1 Bridgeport, the center of ;jii'at cniriiiirnial and industria

tion that Frank J. Quinn

lu.- 1hm,,„„. »rll known

as the Bridgeport manager of the Fisk

Rubber Company of New

Yolk II, u:i, Imrn in

tile metropolis in January, 1887, and in

the acquirement of his c.

raiiflies of learnins there taught in the

■j,:,.\M and high schools.

He lias 1 11 i,l,.ntiri,.,l

uitl, tl,,- i„I,l„.r tiiv business since 1906,

.lit. ring that field in Nei

V V,,vk, ^^Uru■ li,. ,■,■11,:, 1

11, ,1 f,ir -■v,'!, aii.l a half years, during

wliidi time he thoroughh

• a,/,iiiaint,',l liiiiisi^li » ,t

1, ,'x,iy pi, a-,. ,,t tli,_. trade, the market

and the qualitiy of goods

carried. He aftcr»:,r,l 1

„,aiii,^ ,,.iiii,,, tiHJ witli tlie Fisk Company

in New York and in 1915

came to Bridgeport. «!,,•

1,, Ins 1. 11-111, 'ss is n,,w l,„at,,,l at No. 284

Fairfield avenue. He is :

manager of the Bri,lji,'|

i,.rt factory branch an,l service station,

wliirl, is twenty live l.y v

.„. hundred feet, and he

maintains a vulcanizing department and

,.ln|.],,>s Inlir r\|irlt,, 'l-l..

■v l,;iii,lle pneumatic tires

and maintain a high standard of products.

l-„r ul.irli til,. lM>k nuiiH.

■ has become a synonyi

11. Tlie business has already grown to

gratify mg proportions and

I is bringing to Mr. Qui]

!\n a very desirable and notable measure

e Order of Elks and he

THOMAS F. MARTIN, M. D.

Dr. Thomas F. Martin has since 1S77 engaged in the practice of medicine in Bridgeport
and is today one of the oldest physi,iai,s ,.f th,' ,it\ ii, >,■,,■- of , .intiiiiious connection with
professional interests here. Hewasl„iii, ,,, W ,,t, i Inn \ , i ,m,ii< ■ 1 1. ut , I .'liniary 29, 1852. His

father Thomas Martin, was a contra,!,., ;,,„! In, ,11,, :,,,.! :,iii,^ ;, mail of large ineans. He

was born in Ireland and when a youtli ol ci.L'litccii tro.sscil tlu' AtUintiL, spending the remainder
of his life in Waterbury, Connecticut, where he ranked with the most prominent, influential
and substantial citizens. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret McCann, was
also born in Ireland and both have now passed away.

Dr. Slartin was reared in Waterbury, Connecticut, and acquired his early education in
the public schools there. He next entered the Holy Cross College of Worcester, Massachusetts,
where he remained for a year and a half and subsequently spent a year as a student in
Seton Hall College at South Orange, New Jersey, and a year and a half in Manhattan
College of New York city, where he finished his academic studies and won his Bachelor of
Arts degree. He afterward matriculated in the medical department of the New York Uni-
versity and won his professional degree upon graduation in 1874. For a year thereafter he

430 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

served as interne in the Bellevue Hospital of New York city and for two years engaged in
active iiraotice in tlio metroiiolis but in 1877 removed to Bridgeport, where he has now
fdllowiil 111- |ii.i|. --hii tMi l.iity var>, IjrinL' tnday die of tiir ohlost physicians of the city.

Di \l I ; . ; 111 i--; t.( Ml-- Ainu I'mMmk. nt r.ridgeport, who died February

1, ls;i:j, I. ,>..i,_ 1 .- . iii^'i I.I- ami a -nn : IMitli. tli.' uili- ..f FnMerick W. Wren; Albert V.;
and .Margui'iiu-, the uue ui Julm A, lliirl.). Jr. Hi, ,laii-litri- Iinth reside in Bridgeport.
Xiie only son is now serving in tlir liiiti^l ^tati- aimy ami at thi- writing is stationed at
Fort Bayard, New Mexico. Tlic nliiiiuii- laitl: m tla laiuily i- tliat of tlie Roman Catholic
church. Dr. Martin being a conmuiijiraiit .if St. Aiigu-tiiie's clnnih. Hf was also one of the
organizers of the Bridgeport Council of the Kniglits of Columbus and he became one of the
organizers and charter members of the Seaside Club. His political allegiance is given to the
democratic party and for eight years he served on the board of education and for two
years on the board of health. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional
tliought and progress as a member of the Fairfield County and Connecticut State Medical
Societies.

REV. JAMES B. NIHILL.

Rev. .Tames B. Nihill, pastor of St. Augustine's church of Bridgeport was born at
New Britain. Connecticut, April 6, 1856, a. son of Martin and Honora (Byron) Nihill. The
father, a native of Ireland, there learned the carpenter's trade and on coming to America
settled in New Britain, Connecticut, in 1840, continuing his residence there until liis death,
which occurred when he had reached the very venerable age of ninety-four years. His wife
was eighty-seven years of age at the time of her demise. They had a family of seven
children, of whom two are living, the elder being Edward Nihill, who at the age of seventy
years is residing in New Britain, where he was born.

Rev. .James B. Nihill ulitaimd liis early education in St. Mary's parish school at New
Britain, also attemliil tli.' inilila i^rammar school for a year and was graduated from the high
scliool of liis nativi' iit\ in 1^7 4. He afterward worked at the carpenter's trade with his
fatlirr ill iiriler tn m,.| ,.M..ii;;li niuiiey to enter college. He first became a student in Holy
( r.i-^ (nil,-,, at W.iivr-trr in February, 1876, and by working wlicnever opportunity offered
tliiuiiuli 111- ri.llii;!' ,lay- lu' was able to meet the expenses of his course and was graduated
with Ihr llarliilcn (if .Arts degree in 1878. He next became a student in tlie Grand Seminary
at Montreal, Canada, and was ordained to the priesthood by Anhbisliop Fabre on the 23d of
December, 1882. His first assignment was to St. Mary's ilanxli at Hirmingham, now Derby,
Connecticut, in 1S83, at whicli time the church was just luiii.y built. In 1885 he became
assistant ui St. P,-tfr's iIluivIl in Daul.iiry. loiin. . ti. iit. ami .m tlir 21st of May, 1889, he
removed to raiilvp'Tt to (.rnaniz,. St. I'atrak'- |iari-li Title liad hmi previously procured to
vacant pruiirrty mi Liialley street a- ,i -ite lur the , hiirrli. situate,! la^tween North Wash-
being unsuitable for church purposes because of its location. The pari-h , misi-t, ,1 ,,1 ali,.nt
six hundred souls and had small chance for growth for about lift en y,ai- iiwihl: t,. the
inaccessibility of the district previous to the trolley extension. Rev. Nihill held serviees in
the Grand Street school from the 21st of May, 1889, until December, 1890. Later lie secured
a part of the Eli Thompson estate on North avenue, between Parallel and Thompson streets,
and on that site erected St. Patrick's church, beginning the work early in 1890, the
cornerstone being laid in August and the basement finished in December of that year. The
church, which is a very beautiful edifice of steel construction with the basement of granite
and the superstructure of marble, was finally completed in 1911.

Father Nihill continued as pastor there until August 1, 1914, when he became pastor

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 433

of St. Augustine's church on Washington avenue, succeeding the late Father McElroy. St.
Patrick's church is on Korth avenue, a block from Main street, and Father Nihill became
much interested in the project of widening Main street, which at that time was a very
narrow thoroughfare, extending from BuUsliead north. Although the project was a strenuous
one he eventually succeeded in making the undertaking a success. It was also through his
efforts that St. Vincent's Hospital, a Catholic institution, was located in Bridgeport although
other cities were trying hard to secure it. This hospital has a capacity of between four and
five hundred beds and is the best constructed hospital in New England. It is so thoroughly
fireproof that they have no fire insurance upon it and it is supplied with evei-y modern
equipment.

Since taking charge of St. Augustine's church Father Nihill has purchased additional
property on Calhoun street and has erected a new school building containing twenty rooms
and a hall and thoroughly modern in every particular. He has also been instrumental in
erecting several new buildings for St. Agnes' Convent and in installing a central heating
plant, which supplies heat to the school, church, convent and parish house.

In politics Father Nihill maintains an independent course. He was appointed by Governor
Woodruff a member of the board to consider the advisability of establishing tuberculosis
institutions. The test of their report was accepted by the legislature and four such
institutions were established in the state. To Father Nihill's efforts more than any other
individual can be credited the enactment of the law that is now on the statutes relating to
the care of dependent children. About twenty-five years ago his attention was called to the
predicament of an unfortunate mother who had been forced to place her two children in
public charge. Their care, according to the then existing law, was placed in the hands of
the county commissioners and their custom was to place them temporarily in the reputable
homes, but the parents were in all cases denied any further communication with their
children. One child was thus placed and the mother later was in position to care for her child
but, it being still under the jurisdiction of the county commissioners, she was, according to
custom, denied the privilege of seeing her child or having any voice in its spiritual training.
Appealing to Father Nihill, he realized the inhumanty of the law and began a fight almost
single-handed to repeal the law and replace it with the one now extant whereby dependent
children's spiritual training is now done under tlie creed desired by the parent, or that of the
parent, and they become wards of the probate court instead of the county commissioners.
Father Nihill was a charter member of the Knights of Columbus council at Danbury, later
transferring his membership to Bridgeport, and he puts forth every possible effort* to
advance the interests of the Catholic people and of the church, his work being productive
of most substantial results, which find tangible evidence in the properties belonging to the
parishes of which he has had charge.

ROY AUSTIN YOUNGS.

Roy Austin Youngs, who is associated with his brother, George S. Youngs, in the conduct
of a successful brass and copper-working business in Bridgeport, was born in this city
on the 23d of June, 1889, a son of Charles A. and Annie (Barr) Youngs. A sketch of his
brother, George S. Youngs, appears elsewhere in this work.

Roy A. Youngs never attended the public schools, receiving his entire education in the
Park Avenue Institute, and on beginning his independent career entered the employ of the
J. W. Beach Coniiiaiiy. witli wliirli he remained for twelve years. At the end of that time
he formed a jiartii. r-liip uitli liis brother and has since been actively connected with the
management of tin- lni-iiH--. whieli is conducted under the name of George S. Youngs. The
plant is located at No. :.\:iii X.uth avenue and one hundred men are employed, there being

434 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

two shifts, each working twelve hours. A bonus system of payment is in force and in its
dealings with its men the firm is guided by the principle of justice rather than temporary
gain. Copper and brass work is done exclusively and the output of the plant finds a ready
sale, for it has gained a well deserved reputation for high quality.

Mr. Youngs married Miss Helen M. Beardsley, a representative of an old family of
Stratford. His political allegiance is given to the republican party but he has never been an
office seeker. He belongs to the Peoples Presbyterian clmn h and lii^ ehib connections are
with the Seaside, Criterion and Weatogue Clubs, in wliicli he is |,(.|iular. He is a fine rep-
resentative of the enterprising men of the younger gcnciatiun who are proving such an
important factor in the rapidly developing industrial life of Bridgeport.

GEORGE A. ROBERTSON.

George A. Robertson, proprietor of the People's Daily, which was organized in 1880, is
the only man now in business on State street who was there thirty years ago. He was
born in New Milford, Connecticut, February 22, 1865, a son of George and Annie Robert-
son, the former one of the old-time merchants of New Milford. The son acquired a public
school education and in 1885, when a young man of twenty years, came to Bridgeport,
where he engaged in clerking for his Sunday school teacher, Mr. Green. Finally he pur-
cliased flip liusiiiess in 1890 and has since continued as proprietor. The dairy has been
hhati ,1 at it- |ii. -. Tif .piartiTS since 1880 and was originally called the City Creamery, but
liii-iiic -- I- new raninl 1.11 under the name of the People's Dairy. The building occupied
wa.s iiriL|iiially tlii' lii,st postoffice of Bridgeport.

Mr. Robertson has been married twice. He first wedded Susie Irene Flint, the wed-
ding ceremony being performed by the Rev. Childs. His present wife bore the maiden
name of Wilma M. Buchanan and it was she who established the Women's Drug Company
of Bridgeport, a. business that has recently been sold. They have one child, Charlotte, at

Mr. Robertson is a loyal member of the Congregational church and he belongs to the
Knights of Pytliias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also a member of
the^Algonquin Club, while in community affairs his deep interest is shown in the fact that
he is identified witli the Business Men's Association and the Bridgeport Board of Trade.
He holds ,Tn annual iiicnibcrship certificate dated 1892 and signed by Charles B. Broth-
well and .laiins Staples. |iioiieiT residents of tliis city. Jlr. Robertson has always cooperated
in well deliie d |ilaii.- and nieasiires icir tlu' puhlie i;ii(id and his influence has ever been on
the side vi ii,L;lil, justiee. truth and iiniircivenu'nt.

GEORGE S. HILL.

George S. Hill, departm

ent ma

ami h;

«itli tl

uager for Warner Brotl
lis worked his way u|nv
liis corporation dating; h

lers, ha

d no special advantages
liis present position of
n Ho was born in New

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1869, and is a son of
ed. The mother survive.-

■"■'"■'"'■'

1. and Frances Hill, the
lakes her home with her

ildren.

George S. Hill acquired a public

school education and in

1887 C£

ime to Bridgeport, where

entered the railway servic

e under

L. B. Nickerson. He w

as thus

engaged for three years

C4E0RGE A. ROBERTSOX

BKIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 437

the office and was one of three who constituted the entire office force at that period. He
later was put in charge of the accessory manufacturing department, being called to that
position in 1'.I{13, ^inii' wliicli time he has had about five hundred emproyes under his direction.
He is tl](ircmj;lily ai(|u,iintcil with every phase of the business and has contributed in no small

of David Piatt, and they ihih li:i\r on,' ,liii<L \i:iii.l''. wlio i~ :ittiii'liriL' \l\r ^mn x m Nrw

■nt and he stands for higi
erprise in business affairs.

RICHARD \V. COGSWELL.

r of the City 8a\ings Bank ut Biidgeport, has since 1891
n in which he is now holdino prominent official position,

M-t.nit S(

?cretary and

trea;

,uiei.

,;:„::::

elected tieas,

1 of

and

the h
risks.

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ents

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Cogswell in

polit

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to the Bi

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Club

and

from boyhood days 1

o th

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■sent

a foiwaid step from time to time until h
that position he continued until Octobei .
sequently a trustee and thus has voice in
which is conducted upon a safe, convervat
November of the same year he became a
thus he has made for himself a ci edit;, We
In r.n.lyi],..it in l<n4 Ah ( .._-xwll xx

hold memlu^iship m the 1 niti'.l 1 n,,^,, ,(
is a lepublican. He belongs to tin ^^ i-nl
he has many friends in this cit,\ nvIi.k 1
time, the large number of his fiumls iiidn
has endeared him to his associates and dc\<
ment in the business world.

FRED D. IVES.

Fred D. Ives, engaged in the truck and teaming business in Bridgeport, was born in
Brooklyn, New York, October 21, 1867, and is a son of Willis De Wolf and Kate (Laraway)
Ives. The father was for a long period connected with the New York police department
but in his later life lived retired in Bridgeport.

438 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

Fred D. Ives, after mastering the branches of learning taught in the public scliools,
turned his attention to the wholesale dry goods business, thus making his initial step in
commercial circles. Later, however, he took up civil engineering and was with the Con-
solidated Gas Company of New York for five years. In 1897 he came to Bridgeport as
a representative of the Citizens' Gas Company, holding the position of superintendent
of distribution. He occupied that position for four years, after which he became superin-
tendent for Chris Richard, and in 1906 he established a general trucking business. In
this connection he makes a specialty of factory work. He has four motor trucks and
three teams and employs twelve people. He has been accorded a liberal patronage and
his success is the merited reward of his close application and unfaltering diligence.

On the 18th of September, 1888, Mr. Ives was united in marriage to Miss Pauline
Elizabeth Thieling, of New York, and their children are: Irene Elizabeth, who is now at
home; Edna H. ; and Willis De Wolf, who died at the age of five years.

In Masonry he has attained high rank. Be has passed up through both routes and
is now a Knight Templar ilason, a thirty-second degree Consistory Mason and a member
of the Mystic Shrine. He is also connected with the Sons of the American Revolution,
being entitled to membership in that organization through his paternal ancestors. He
is descended from Levi Booth, who located in Stratford, Connecticut, in the early part of
the seventeenth century and founded a family that sent its representatives to the Anurican
army in the war for independence. Mr. Ives is independent in his political views Imt has
been called to some local offices. He served as president of the Bridgeport board ot health
in 1914 and for one term he represented the fourth district on the board of city aldermen.
The family attend the United Congregational church and Mr. Ives holds membership in
the Algonquin Club. He is widely and favorably known in Bridgeport, where his many
substantial qualities have won him warm personal regard, while his business activities
have establislied him as a representative and reliable business man.

IRVING ELSON.

Irving Elson, practicing at the bar of Bridgeport, is a citizen of foreign birth who has
found in American conditions opportunities for steady business advancement and the attain-
ment of success. He was born in the city of Odessa, Russia, July 30, 1881, of Hebrew
parentage, and with his father and mother came to the United States in 1898. The former,
who was engaged in the brokerage business, died December 1, 1911, while the latter now
resides in Bridgeport with her son Irving, who is one of a family of nine children, six sons
and three daughters.

Irving Elson came to Bridgeport in 1909 and was admitted to the bar in 1910. In
1906 he was graduated from the law department of St. Lawrence University at Canton,
New York, ami prior to this had graduated from public school No. 7 in New York city and
afterwaril tr.Hn thr 1), Witt Clinton high school of New York. Early becoming interested
in the law. h. tlim miLilily qualified for a professional career and following his admission
to the bar hMutcil for practice in Brooklyn, New York, but since 1910 has been located
in Bridgeport, where he has continuously engaged in general practice, winning a good
clientage which has connected him with considerable important litigation.

On the 27th of February, 1910, Mr. Elson was married to Miss Miriam Nebenzahl, of
Bridgeport, and they have a son. Daniel Irving, who was born June 14, 1911. Mr. Elson
is interested in several commercial enterprises of Bridgeport and at all times has displayed
discriminating judgment in making his investments. He takes an active part in local
politics as a supporter of the democratic party and in November, 1915, he was elected
one of the selectmen of Bridgeport. He is now serving as justice of the peace and in 1916

BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 439

was a candidate for state senator but was defeated. He belongs to the Bridgeport Club
and to the Highland Country Club and he is also a member of the Bridgeport Bar Asso-
ciation. He enjoys the respect and confidence of his professional brethren, for lie is always
careful to conform his practice to a high standard of professional ethics.

HARRY K. BERRY.

Harry K. Berry, of Bridgeport, secretary of the Turney Brothers Company, with which
he has been connected since 1915, was bora in Newark, New Jersey, in 1867, a son of
William M. and Jerusha C. (Parker) Berry. He obtained a public school education sup-
plemented by a business course and then, taking up the task of providing for his own
support, he secured the position of bookkeeper with the firm of McNair & Turney of Newark,
with whom he remained for si.x years, during which period he gained broad knowledge of
business methods and wide experience wliiili iiualificd him for further activities and responsi-
bilities. Later he was engaged in thr ri..[| lui^iinss for six years on his own account and
in 1896 he came to Bridgeport, at wliiih tiiiir lie iiitered into partnership with J. B. Turney
in the produce business. A decade later he went to Hartford, Connecticut, where he engaged
rn the produce business until 1915. In that year he sold out in Hartford and purchased
stock in the Turney Brothers Company, Incorporated, of which he has since been the secre-
tar}-. They handle both foreign and domestic fruits and produce and have a trade extending
from fifty to one hundred miles in all directions from Bridgeport. Their business has
steadily grown and has reached gratifying proportions, the volume of their trade making
the undertaking a profitable one.

Jlr. Berry was married in 1893 to Miss Harriette B. Duncan, ni X^wark, New .lersey.
He is a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics and IlI^ ]i(.litiial allegiance is
given to the republican part)', while his religious faith is that of tlie First Presbyterian
church. In this connection are indicated the rules which govern his conduct and shape his
career, making him a man highly respected by all with whom he has come in contact.

HENRY F. NOYES.

Henry F. Noyes is now at the head of one of the important industrial c
Bridge])ort. being president and treasurer of the Bridgeport Cutter Works. He was born
in Abington, Massachusetts, in 1866, a son of Henry P. and Elizabeth (Ford) Noyes. The
father is a native of Mount Desert, Maine, and is a representative of one of the old families
of that state, where his ancestors have resided for several generations, coming originally
from Massachusetts. He continued to make his home in Maine until reaching manhood but
later engaged in the furniture business at Andover, Massachusetts, for many years and also
at Georgetown, that state. At the present time, however, he is living retired in Bridgeport,
Connecticut. His wife, who was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, died in Bridgeport.

Diiriiii,' liis 1i.i\Iic..m1 and yuuth Henry F. Noyes attended the public schools of George-
town anil .Xndi.MT, Ma-sa. Imsctts, and later entered Y'ale, from which imiversity he was
graduatrd with tlic (la-- .it I->li. After leaving school he became interested in the machine
manulai tuiini.' Iju.-ini.s6 and in 1910 came to Bridgeport as superintendent of the Black
Rock Macliine Company, with which he was connected until 1915. In that year he established
and incorporated the Bridgeport Cutter Works, of which he has since served as president
and treasurer, with John W. Banks as vice president. Although they began business in a
modest way they now occupy a modern factory building on Reraer street, which they com-

440 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

pleted in December, 1916, and it is thoroughly equipped with electric driven machinery
for the manufacture of lathe chucks, milling cutters and fine cutting tools, and fixtures of
all kinds. ICmployment is furnished to about forty skilled mechanics and the corpora-
tion is capitalized for fifty thousand dollars.

In ISiio Mv. Noyes was married at Elgin, Illinois, to Miss Fannie Auslev. Mrs. Noyes
is a member of the Congregational church and Mr. Noyes is connected with the University
Club of Bridgeport. In politics he is a republican but takes no active part in public affairs,
preferring to devote his undivided attention to his business interests. He is a wide-awake,
energetic business man and has met with excellent success in his ventures.

ROBERT EVANDER PARSONS.

Robert Evander Parsons is now living retired in Bridgeport, although for many years
he was actively connected with the iron industry of the city and in that connection figured
as one of the leading business men in manufacturing circles. He was born in Springfield,
Massachusetts, .luly 27, 1842, a son of William G. and Dolly (Brown) Parsons. The
father, a native of the Old Bay state, was a carpenter at Springfield, but died when his
son Robert was but six weeks old, leaving a widow with two children, the elder being Wil-
liam H. ilrs. Parsons was born in Montville, Connecticut, and after her husband's death
returned to the home of her mother in Montville, where she reared and educated her two
children. After the removal of her son to Bridgeport she made her home with him in this
city and here passed away. Her older son, William B. Parsons, engaged in the steamboat
business and became a marine engineer, but was killed by an explosion of the boilers on
his ship in New York harbor.

Robert E. Parsons acquired his education in the village school of Montville and early
began to earn his living by working at odd jobs whenever he could find opportunity. He,
too, turned liis attention to the steamboat business, running between New York city and
Aliens Point. ( diiii.c t idit, and eventually he became a marine engineer on the line from
New York to New i.oiidon, Norwich and Aliens Point, At the time of the Civil war he
became connected with the army transport service, engaged in transporting troops to
Florida, to New Orleans and other southern points. At the time of the bombardment of
Fort Sumter and of Fort Moultrie he was on a troop ship at sea near enough to hear
the sound of the guns.

It was in 1864 that Mr, Parsons came to Bridgeport, where he spent three years in
the employ of the AVheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, In 1867 he became time-
keeper and paymaster with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and afterward
Icicntcd at I'.i i.lucpnit, wliilr l:itcr lie went to Xrw Haven when the plant was removed
to tli;it ].];ur, lldw.Mi. lie >nl.si',|ii.ritly ri'turni'd to Bridgeport to accept the position of
paymaster w itlj tlir S.r.ir Sih iiii; Mmhiin' < ■iin|iiuiy. In 1873 he formed a partnership
with several otlieis ;iiiil cstalilislied an iron foundry in Bridgeport under the name of the
Wilson-Parsons Company, .lani.s Wilson briny- liis |.rin.i|.a! partner. They later admitted
.Anson H. London to a jiaitnrrship under tin- liiin style ot Wilson, Parsons & Landon, an
assc.(iati(in tluit was maintained for five years, after which Mr. Wilson retired. The busi-
n. s- \\:is then incorporated as the R. E. Parsons Company, with John W. Cottrell as the
in.si.l.nt :inil Mr. Parsons as secretary and treasurer, Mr. Landon at that time retiring.
Linler that style the foundry was conducted until Novenihcr, Idl.^. wlien Mr. Parsons sold
his interest to Clarence E. Bilton ami the corporate niune \^,l- ■liuii;od to the Parsons
Foundry Company, Mr. Bilton becoming secretary and tiea^mvi I |h.m the death of Mr.
Cottrell, Mr, Bilton succeeded to the presidency an<l tin' bu-imss \xliifh was established
by Mr. Parsons is still being conducted. From a small beginning he had developed one

ROBERT E. PARSOXS

BKIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 443

became one of

the foremost

also assisted ir

1 organizing tl

he is still a tli:

rector. He ow

where tobacco
that business 1

is grown and

of the largest foundries of Connecticut. In the carlj' days of its existence he began mak-
ing castings for the large sewing machine companies of Bridgeport and that continued
to be an important feature of his business for many years. He also carried on a general
gray iron casting business and such was the demand for his product that his industry
of the kind in this section of the state. Mr. Parsons
the American Bank & Trust Company of Bridgeport, of whicii
lacco plantation between Windsor and Windsor Locks,
He, however, has never been active in the conduct of

On llir 1~tli (il May, If^M. Mr, l':iis(.iw was married to Miss Fannie W. Warren, of
Bridgcpiirl, win. was lii.rii at Lyiiir. ( (Hiiiirt init . and was a daughter of Captain Warren,
who was a sra vaiitain. .Mrs. ]'ars..iis pass.-.l away in Bridgeport and some time afterward
Mr. Parsons wedded Mrs. Ida E. (Strickland) Terry, of Windsor, Connecticut, who was
born at Westfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of Francis G. Strickland, a representative of
an old family of Windsor, Connecticut.

port. Ill' lj«i<>iij;s tl. till' I'ri'sl.ytiriaii (linn li ami traternally is connccti.l with st, .Inlin's

Lodge, F. & A. M., and .liTiisalmi 1 lia|i|ri. i;, A. .M. He became one of tl aily m. inhns

of the Seaside Club, of wlii.h lir i- tn.lay mi,' ,.i the oldest members. lli~ irMarn..' in
Bridgeport covers about a liali cntiirv an. I tl.r.mghout this period lu' ha- .aii..)..! the
respect and good-will of his fi'lhiwuun. win. Iiave recognized in him a [.n.yrosn ,■ l.iisi-

HENRY DORKIN.

Henry Dorkin, iir.si<l,.|it <.f tlic Cn-
he was practicallx w]tl...nt .apital ami.

Russia in 186'J an. I attir att.ai.lini; tli.>
in a private scln.ul tliiT.'. His j.ai.'iit
country, the former in 1S81 and the lati
daughter, those besides our subject being: Josep
and is associated with his brother Henry

It was ill 1SS7 that Henry Dorkin ci

Meriden Brittania Company ai .M.ii.hn. .
silver in the United Stat.'-. I.at.'i h.' -t
manufacture of ink, but ii..t hmu ait.r\\ai
of the C. F. Adams Comi.any ..i .X.w lla^
ment plan. He was very -ii. . .'--fill in t
installment house of his i.wn. This bn-ii

; Frank. In 1903 1
use to the E.\celsioi

T'J. To them were born thr.
ph, who came to the United

States

and .

one

usiness; f

ind Abraham and

Ester,

both

to the Uii

lited States and a

fter lai

idiiig

nditions i

n various places.

At le

ngth

I \i'\v Ha

.ven and later he
st famous compar
ess for himself, c

worked
ngagini

for
rking

the
the

444 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

street and Middle street, while the name was changed to the Dorkin-Frank Candy Com-
pany. About four years after the location of the factory on Middle street the partnership
was dissolved and Mr. Dorkin became sole owner of the business, then located at Courtland
and Fairfield avenue. After three and a half years the business was removed to Water
street and in 1915 to the present location at No. 96 Island Brook Road. The plant has
fifteen thousand square feet of floor space and is equipped throughout with the most
modern appliances known for the manufacture of his product. The name has again been
changed, the present style being the Crescent Candy Company. As many as sixty people
have been employed in tlio factory, and live travolinc salesmen represent the company
upon the road. It- in.Klurt is s..l,l tliiniit;li.iia X.w llnuhiinl. .\iu York, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West ^irL:illia. dhi... Mirhiyan. in. liana, lllinnis aiiil .\li--ouri, the extent of its
distribution indicating its reputation fur purity and excellence. As president of the com-
pany Mr. Dorkin has been chiefly responsible for the gratifying growth in its business.
In addition to his interests mentioned, Mr. Dorkin is engaged during his spare time in the
real estate business.

Henry Dorkin married Miss Annie Frank and they have four childern: Charlotte H.,
who is a graduate of the New York College of Dentistry; Julia, who is a graduate of a
business college and is bookkeeper for the Crescent Candy Company; David, who is taking
a course in mechanical and electrical engineering at Lehigh University; and Louis, who
is a student in the Bridgeport high school.

Mr. Dorkin is an independent voter, believing that the qualifications of a candidate
arc, excejit in a few instances, of greater importance than his party affiliation. He attenls
the Park Avenue Temple, and is coniicdca with the subordinate lodge ami encampment
of the Independent Order of Odd Fcllnws, with tin- Independent Order B'rith Abraham, of
which he was the president, and witli tlie Independent Order Bnai B'rith. He has not only
gained a place amung the important manufacturers of Bridgeport, but he has also won
tlie warm regard and unqualified respect of all whom have been associated with iiim.

CHARLES CLIFFORD CROUCH.

Charles Clifford Crouch, senior partner of Crouch & Plassmann, bakers, is entitled to
a great deal of the credit for the remarkably rapid growth of the business of that firm.
He was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1857, and is a son of Isaac and Amanda
(Blair) CYouch, the former a native of England and the latter of New York city. The
mother has now reached the advanced age of ninety-two years. To their union were born
four children, those besides our subject bcin;.': William, deceased; Elizabeth, a resident of
California; and Mrs. Minnie K.rr. li\iii- in Hcvon, ( (.nncctic\it.

Charles C. Crouch was lu.uiiilit li\ Ins paicnts to jlri.lucport, Connecticut, in 1871, when
but four years old. and rc,ci\..l his education in the rrospcct Street school. Upon putting
aside his tcstlmoks lie went to sea and for some time was in the coastwise trade, sailing on
the steamer Fannie Carnor ami later on two steamers, the C. H. Bentley and the Abbie P.
Cromer. .At Icnytli he icturncl to Bridgeport and learned the bakery business under A. W.
Wallaci', with wiioni lie leinained for fifteen years. Upon severing that connection he formed
a partnership with \\ illiani P. Plassmann and they conducted a bakery in Buffalo, New Y'ork,
ilurinf.' the Pan-American l^xposition, leaving that city just three days before President
McKinley was assassinated in September, 1901. They then established a small bakery in a
basement at 870 Main street, in Bridgeport, and did all the work themselves for a time,
but the excellence of their product led to a steady Increase in their trade. After remaining
at their first location for six years they removed to No. 601 Howard avenue, where they
remained for a similar period. From that time on the business has grown with such rapidity

BKIDGEPORT AND VICINITY 445

that they have had difficulty in securing large enough quarters. At one time they leased
from three different landlords in an effort to get sufficient room and at length tliey erected
a large plant at the present location, at No. 760 Beeclnvuud aviiuu-. whuli they have occu-
pied since the 14th of March, 1914. When tliey built thry t.lt that they wcir providing for
their needs for some time to come, but in 1915 were cuhii.cIIimI t.. erect a laryc addition to
their plant. Nine automobiles are required to make the city deliveries and employment is
given to thirty-five people all told. Eighty per cent of their output is sold in Bridgeport
and the remaining twenty per cent in nearby towns and cities.

In Bridgeport, November 2, 1901, Mr. Crouch married Jliss Catherhie Amelia Rae, of
Bridgeport, who came from Ireland to the United States when about nineteen years old and
first made her home with her uncle, William Boyden, of Brockton, Massachusetts. Two
children have been born to this union, namely, Charles Rae and William Maxwell, both of
whom are attending the Bridgeport schools. The former was born December 10, 1903, in
Bridgeport, tlie latter, August 22, 1904.

Mr. Crouch is a member of the First Presbyterian church and gives his hearty support
to its work. Fraternally he is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks All
that he has, and he now ranks among tlie substantial men of Bridgeport, he has made
himself and his success gives him added satisfaction because of the fact tliat it is proof
of his ability to recognize tlie salient points in a situation, his sound judgment and his
enterprise.

NILS H. ANDERSON.

Nils H. Anderson is the president nt thi' .\nihM>.Mi l>i(' Machine Company of Bridgeport,
and is thus an active representative c.t iihlu-^trial iiitcTi'^is in the city. He was born in
Sweden in 1881, a son of Nils H. and Anna (Nystrnnn Anderson, who brought their family
to the new world in 1892 and settled at Trenton, New .lersey. It was there, after completing
his public school training, that Nils H. Anderson of this review began learning the macliinist's
trade in the Joe Crossley Machine Works. There he remained until 1896, when the family
removed to Bridgeport and Nils H. Anderson tlien entered the employ of Harvey Hubbell.
He was afterward with the American Tube & Stamping Company and subsequently became
associated with tlie Stanley Instrument Company at Great Barrington, Massachusetts, occupy-
ing the position of foreman of the manufacture of meters. Each change in his business
ig tlie line of his chosen life work. He became fore-
nd later was superintendent for the Standard Gauge
New York. At a subsequent period he went to
3 made works engineer for the Noiseless Typewriter
organized a small plant of his own and did experimenting
special tj'pewriter work. Perfecting designs and
.li^ani/i'd tlie Anderson Die Machine Company in
■>iil. nt with L. H. Anderson as secretary and C.
,, rated at No. 590 Water street, wliere they have
ized in the manufacture of machinery for making
designs made by Mr. Ander.son. wlio has also
patented a vertical tapping machine which is now on the market. They employ thirty
skilled mechanics. Their output includes the Anderson Die Forming Macliine and the P.otary
Super-Helical Qitter, and their machines have received the indorsement of many of the
most prominent firms of the country indorsing its elliciency in the making of blanking dies,
irregular shaped gauges and templets and formers for cams or profiling machines. The ver-
tical tapping machine has a direct motor drive and variable cutting speed with constant

Manufactui

■ing Company

of Syracus

Middletowi,

I, Connecticut,

where he v

Company.

In December,

1913, he or|

in lines tha

,t he now mai

lufactures a

devices on

which he was

working he

June, 1915,

Mr. Andersoi

1 l.e.-umiiiL; 1

H. Newmar

1 as treasurer.

The l)iisiiu

two thonsai

ad square feet

of Hoor spa

dies. Thes

■,e machines a

re patented

446 BRIDGEPORT AND VICINITY

speed per operation. It has many improved features and is meeting fully tlie requirements
of the trade. Mr. Anderson has taken out about one hundred patents, and the Noiseless
Typewriter, as it is now built, is entirely his invention.

In 1904 Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Katherine Kaeehell, of Bridgeport, and they
have two children: Nils Theodore, born May 21, 1904, at Great Barrington, Massachusetts;
and Dorothy. Mr. Anderson and his family attend the Congregational church. He belongs
to the Chamber of Commerce and cooperates in all its well devised plans and projects for the
upbuilding and improvement of the city, but he maintains an independent course in politics,
nor is lie a iihiuIk r iif any club. He indorses those interests that he believes to be for Lhe

public ^ I :\u<\ LiM> nitive support to movements of general worth.. His has been an

active an. I ii~. iHI liii'. winning for him the high respect of those with whom he has been
brought ill cuiitact.

EDWARD S. BRAY.

Edward S. Bray. coiKhictins a parajie in Bridge|mrt. was born in this city August 18.
1879, his parents \n;n<j .lulm \V, and Ko-r A, {(JalViicyi I'.ray. The father was born in
Ireland and in iMis ranic tn I'.i i(lL:i|i'n t, uliili' tln' niothcr, who was also a native of the
Emerald isle, arrivi'd in tlie mw wcnM diiriii.i; lu'r ^iiillnnHl. For a considerable period
John W. Bray was connected witli the Bartroms in the lirrf l,u>iiie>--..

Reared under the parental roo"f, Edward S. Bray a(i|iiinil a ]iiililic school education and
then began learning the machinist's trade in the Biillai.l iart(air>.. there working for five

mechanics.

In 1901 Mr. Bray was married to Miss Louise A. Richard, of Bridgepoit, and they
have two children, Rosalynd and Dorot