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COMMEMORATIVE
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF
NEW HAVEN COUNTY,
CONNECTICUT,
CONTAINING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS,
AND OF MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLED FAMILIES. .
ILLUSTRATED.
V.I
Pt. 7
CHICAGO:
J. H. BEERS & Co. 1902.
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integrity of character, have gained huum an honor- able position among his fellow men.
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Mr. Terrell was born in Colebrook, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 9, 1866, a son of Henry Terrell, a native of the same county. There the grandfa- ther, Josiah Terrell, followed farming throughout - life, and the father was also an agriculturist. Hen- ry Terrell was one of the prominent Democrats of his community, representing the town of Colebrook in the State Legislature in 1876. He married Miss Enieline Whiting, a native of that town and a dangh- ter of Seth Whiting, and two children were born to them: Henry S. and Emery L. The elder has been a member of the State militia for fifteen : years ; served as captain in the Cuban army on the Island of Cuba, during the recent war with Spain, and rendered good service against the Spaniards ; later he became second lieutenant in the United States army, in which he served in the Philippines. The father died June 22, 1879, in Colebrook, and the mother passed away May 26, 1866. Both were consistent members of the Congregational Church, and were highly respected by all who knew them.
Reared in Colebrook, Emery L. Terrell obtained his early education in the schools of that town, and later attended high school in Winsted, Conn., for a time. In 1883 he came to Beacon Falls, where he clerked in the general store of Terrell & Bacon for four years and then purchased an interest in the business, as a partner of E. J. Terrell, under the firm name of E. J. Terrell & Co. On the death of the senior member in June. 1896, our subject purchased his interest, and has since been alone in the business, which he has successfully conducted under the name of E. L. Terrell. He carries a well selected stock of merchandise, and by fair and honorable dealing receives a liberal share of the public patronage. The store is located on Main street, opposite Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co.'s office.
Mr. Terrell is an ardent supporter of the Demo- cratic party, and in 1895 he represented his town in the State Legislature, being one of the youngest members of that body. He served as town clerk in 1889 and 1800, and from 1896 to 1900; is filling the offices of town treasurer and postmaster at Beacon Falls, having been appointed to the latter position in 1806. He has been a member of the board of relief and the school board, and was tax collector for three years. Mr. Terrell is one of the most prominent young men of the town, is deeply interested in public affairs and the good of the community in which he resides. and he is pop- ular in business, social and political circles.
C. FRED LANE. The Lane family. of whom C. Fred Lane, of Wallingford, is one of the present representatives, is an old and honored one in Con- necticut. Robert Lane, the first of that name in New England, was born in Derbifffre, England, about 1635, and came to the Colonies when a young
man. He located first in Stratford, where he be- came a leading member of the community. He went to the General Court from 1699 to 1715; in 1686 he was Deputy, County Court of Elections. In 1695 he removed to Killingworth, Middlesex county, where he died April 2, 1718. On Dec. 19, 1665, he married Sarah Picketts, daughter of John Picketts. The following children were born to them: Hannah, born Dec. 26, 1668, married Nathaniel Wilcox in 1695; Daniel, born July 27, 1671, died in infancy; Robert, born in 1672, died March 17, 1673: John; Elizabeth, born Jan. 31, 1677, married Thomas Fitch; Margaret; Rebecca, born March 7, 1682; Jonathan, born Oct. 16, 1685, married Mere Wellman, and after her death wed- ded Patience Strong: Mary, born Sept. 23, 1688.
John Lane, son of Robert, the emigrant, was born in Stratford, July 12, 1674, and removed to South Killingworth with his parents. There he married Lydia Kelsey, daughter of Lieut. Jolin Kelsey, Dec. 31, 1700, and for his second wife, Hannah Parks, Jan. 16, 1711. He was Deputy to the General Court for twenty years, and was justice of the peace for many years. He was Deacon of the Church, and an accomplished man, his ability as a penman being especially noteworthy. He died Oct. 2, 1759, and was buried in Killingworth. The children born of the first marriage were: Sarah, born Sept. 17, 1701 ; Robert, July 1, 1704, died April 7, 1709; Lydia, born June 9, 1706; John, born April 20, 1708, married Experience Edgerton, March 9, 1732, and died in 1755; Daniel. By the second union were born: Hannah, Oct. 14, 1711, married Obadialı Platts in 1737; Robert, born November, 1713, married Mary Thatcher; Joseph, born Feb. 11. 1716, died March 25, 1718; Stephen, born Aug. 1, 1719, married Rhoda, daughter of John Hull; and Joseph, born May 8, 1723, married Rachel Pond, and after her death, Lydia Kirkland.
Daniel Lane, son of Jolin, was born in Killing- worth, Sept. 11, 1710. He married Jemima Crane, Jan. 8, 1736, and removed to Wolcott, New Haven county, in 1773, where he and his wife were en- rolled church members. He died there in 1794, and was buried in Wolcott cemetery. He was the father of the following children: Daniel; Mary, born Sept. 5, 1740, married Sarah Dudley, Aug. 25, 1766; Sarah, born Nov. 12, 1742; Jemima, born July 12, 1744; Hannah, born Feb. 25, 1747, mar- ried Enoch Smith; Eliza, born Jan. 23, 1750, died young ; Joel, Oct. 18, 1751 : Elijah, baptized S: pt. 12, 1754, married Mary Scannell. April 19, 1779; and Margaret, baptized Sept. 1, 1750.
Joel Lane, son of Daniel, was born in Killing- worth, and removed with his parents to Wolcott, . Conn., where he spent the remainder of his life as a land owner and farmer. A soldier of the Amer- ican army under Col. Joseph Spencer, during the Revolution, he did valiant service for the relief of Boston. In 1777 he served under General Put- namn ; and he was at the storming of Stony Point,
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and participated in many of the most memorable scenes and incidents of that great struggle. He was married May 22, 1776, to Elizabeth Atkins, daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Wheeler ) Atkins, and died Aug. 18, 1806, in Wolcott, where he was buried. To him were born the following children : Josiah, 1778: Mark, born July 16, 1784, married Rhoda Shepherd; Richard, born Sept. 29, 1786; Elizabeth, born in 1793, died in 1809; da, married Sela A. Barns.
Josiah Lane, son of Joel, was born in Wolcott, where he spent his entire life as a cabinet maker, and died Nov. 30, 1812. He married Mehitable Woodruff, who was born in Southington, Conn., and died in Wallingford, in 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Lane were parents to the following children: George, born in 1803; Betsy, who died in July, 1816, at the age of eleven years ; and Harriet, who died April 19, 1829, when twenty-one years old.
George Lane, son of Josiah, the grandfather of C. Fred Lane, was born in Wolcott, where he grew to manhood. When a young man he came to Wallingford, where he engaged in the manufacture of razor strops in company with Asahel Andrews. He died in middle life in Wallingford, July 18, 1851, and was buried in Center Street Cemetery. He was an Old-line Whig, and a devout member of the Episcopal Church. He was married in Walling- ford in 1829, by Rev. Mr. Noves, to Miss Jan- nette Atkins, daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Dutton) Atkins, of Wallingford. Her father was a prominent sea captain. Their children were as follows: George Dutton, born Oct. 28, 1830, mar- ried Ellen F. Carrington ; Harriet Cornelia, born in 1832, graduated from the Munich Art School in Bavaria under Prof. Siltz, and is now an artist in Wallingford; Charles Nelson, born April 16, 1834; Josiah Woodruff, born March 18, 1838, married Mary Elizabeth Pomeroy ; Oscar Burton; born June : II, 1843, married Mary Wilcoxson : Theodore F., born March 26, 1844, married Julia R. Yale, daugh- ter of Henry and Charlotte ( Hunter ) Yale; and William F., born April 7, 1847, married Augusta J. Smithi.
Charles Nelson Lane was born in Wallingford, and received his education in the district school, which on account of the death of his father, he was compelled to leave at the age of sixteen years, and In 1802 Mr. Lane married in Wallingford, Miss Caroline V. Moore, who was born in Cleveland. Ohio, a daughter of J. Willard and Etta ( Butler Moore. go to work to help support the family. In early life he was a clerk for Lorenzo Lewis, of Walling- ford, and then worked in a button shop, b.ing in the employ of E. M. Pomeroy until 1857. when he worked for Hall, Elton & Co., and later in the but- ton shop of Hall & Miller. In 1861 he enlisted and spent a year at the front, when he returned home. In 1865 he again enlisted, being commissioned Sec- ond Lieutenant under Col. George N. Lewis and Capt. James E. Smith, serving until the end of the war. He participated in the Grand Review at On the paternal side Mr. Cuningham descend !- el from the old Conynghame family, the brand. Washington, and was honorabit Idargul at Hartford. Mr. Lane resumed his position with , that were natives of Lincolnshire, England, in the
Hall & Miller, and in 1866, when the firm b.can Simpson, Hall & Miller, he was made its machini which position he has held for thirty-four years. part of this time he has also been in partnersh with his son, C. Fred. He is still quite active ar energetic, and is a kind and genial gentleman.
Charles Nelson Lane was married to Elizabet Morse, who was born in Detroit, Mich., a daughti of Eldridge and Augusta ( Smith) Morse, a grand daughter of Capt. Benajah and Lois ( Hall) Morsi a granddaughter of Judge Solomon Smith, wh was a Major in the Revolutionary army, and great-granddaughter of Levi and Martha ( Fenn Morse. To this union were born three children ( I) Edward C., born in Wallingford, May 23 1860. is now a resident of that city, where he mat ried Elizabeth Dunn, a daughter of Thomas Dunn He is the father of five children : Emma Gertrude Florence, Maria Alma, Charles R. and Dorath, Sybill. (2) C. Fred. (3) Fanny Elizabeth, bori Sept. II, 1876, married Arthur H. Whiton, of Wallingford, and is the mother of one child, Grac Isabelle. Mrs. Charles Nelson Lane was educated in Wallingford, and taught school at North Farms Mr. Lane belongs to the Arthur A. Dutton Post G. A. R., at Wallingford, and for a number of year! has been a member of the Wallingford band. In his political views he is a Republican, and in his, re- ligious belief an Episcopalian.
C. Fred Lane was born in Wallingford Oct. 27, 1867, and acquired his education in the public school. He learned the machinist trade in the fac- tory of Simpson, Hall & Miller, and was three. years in their employ. In 1887 he started in the book and news business on Main street in company with his father, and was quite prosperous. In 1894 he sold out and removed to the Kirkman farm of seven acres, near the town, and for the last six years has been extensively engaged in the poultry busi- ness, breeding different varieties and has developed. a very successful industry. He has extensively1 improved the farm, and adapted its equipment ty his business, and is known as the largest poultry raiser in Wallingford. A Republican, ke is no. office seeker, and works for the benefit of the com- munity. He belongs to several societies, and is a member of the Episcopal Church.
JOHN JAMES VANDERPOOL CUNING- HAM, bookkeeper and paymaster for the Bran- ford Lock Works ( Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.), was . born Jan. 19, 1865, in the city of Cork, Ireland. a son of Edward Harte and Isabella Charlotte ( Shine ) Cuningham.
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ourteenth century, and who later removed to Ayrshire, Scotland; in the transition of the fam- ly, and during the period of the Middle English, vith the Stuart or Lowland Scotch, the family jeparated, one portion going to the County of Edinburgh, Scotland, and changing the name to Cuningham from Conynghame, which former spelling has been retained by the above to the pres- ent time. The latter branch is still extant, and belongs to the Scottish peerage, the present Mar- quis De Conynghame representing the family in England.
On the maternal side the subject of this sketch claims, as his great-granduncle, Rear-Admiral James Nott, commanding the British East India Station for the Crown during the latter part of the eighteenth century. This family was also part of and identified with the Blenner-Hassett and Floyd families of Ireland and the West Midland counties of England, in the early part of the nine- teenth century.
Uncles and great-uncles of our subject have served 'in the British army and navy, and two of his paternal uncles-William Woods Cuningham and John Harte Cuningham-have been identified with service in the Crimean war, and in India with the Sepoy Rebellion, including the siege of Lucknow. William Woods Cunningham spent nearly a score. of years in the British service, and lost nearly all his family (two wives and four children) in British India. He is now and has been for upward of fifteen years a citizen of Liver- pool, England.
John Woods Cuningham, the paternal grand- Edward Harte Cuningham, father of John J. V., was born in Kildare, Ireland, May 27, 1832. He was a coppersmith by trade, and a master me- chanic, worked at same in England and Scotland, ! and for several years before coming to America was in Cork, Ireland, as manager of the Woods & Cun- ingham Copper Manufactory. In 1881, after the deatlı of his uncle, he came to America with his family, landing in New York City, whence, in 1882. he came to New Haven county, Conn., locating in Branford Here he was employed in the Branford Lock Works as a bronze finisher, serving in that capacity until his death, which occurred Aug. 4, 1883, after but two days' illness. On Jan. 5, 1864, father of our subject, was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, born in 1792; and died in 1842. He was a shipbuilder and coppersmith by occupation, and spent most of his life in Scotland. He married Charlotte Matilda Harte, who was born in 1707. in the North of Ireland, and died in 1885. Their children were: (1) John Harte, born June 29. 1819, in Scotland, died in May, 1875. He was a shipwright and coppersmith, and for a time was engaged on the Clyde. (2) Letitia, born in Oc- tober, 1820, married in England and died there. (3) William Woods, born in January, 1822, served in India. (4) Catherine Caroline, born in ! February, 1823, never married. (5) Dora W. | Edward Harte Cuningham married Isabella Char- died in infancy. (6) James Harte, born in 1826. lotte Shine, and children as follows were born to them: John J. V., sketch of whom follows; Mar- 1 garet Jane Elizabeth, Mrs. John George Pool, of Lynn, Mass., who has three children, George Ed- : ward. Harold J. and Bertha M. : and Charlotte Isa- bella, who died in Branford, Aug. 21, 1883, aged eleven years. In Ireland Edward H. Cuningham was an active worker in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, but after settling in Branford he was iden- tified with Trinity Episcopal Church. Mrs. Cun- ingham belongs to the Church of England.
came to America in 1859, and died in Syracuse, N. Y., about 1879 or 1880. (7) Dora Matilda, twin of James H., married Thomas Hornidge, in Kildare, Ireland. (8) Charlotte died young. (9) Elizabeth, born in 1828, married, first, Christopher Warren, and after his death married an English- man, Edward Hawkins. (10) Ann, born about 1830, married John Thomas Brereton, and is de- ceased. ' ( II) Edward Harte, our subject's father. is next in order of birth. ( 12) Thomas Woods. born in 1834. when young served in the Engli navy. After coming to America he was captam
of a coasting vessel. He died about 1880-81. (13) Charlotte (2), born about 1837-38, married John Hornidge, and died in Manchester, England, about 1875.
James Shine, our subject's maternal grand- father, was a native of the North of Ireland, born about 1796, and died in Ireland in 1858. His wife Margaret ( Nott) was born in 1794 in Shrews- bury, Shropshire, England, and died in the United States in 1866, in Virginia. Their children were: ( I) Frances married John Harrold, of Richmond, Va. (2) Ann married J. Hayes, of London, Eng- land. (3) William was a physician in Ireland, and postmaster of the town of Bandon, County Cork. (4) James came to America, settled in Virginia, and fought in the Confederate ranks during the Rebellion. (5) Jolin Nott married and went to England, later to India, where he was con- nected with the army. (6) Elizabeth married Paul Wood, a schoolmaster in Ireland. They came to America in 1866, living in New York for a time, and later moved to Branford, Conn., where she died in 1881, he in 1879. (7) Alexander died when eleven years old, his death being caused by an acci- 'dent. (8) Charlotte died when four years old. (9) Isabella Charlotte became the mother of our sub- : ject. ( 10) Mary Jane was married in 1870 to Ed- ward B. Knowles, of Branford, Conn., where she resides. The father of this family for some years conducted a bakery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, later returning to Ireland, where he embarked in the same business. He was a thirty-third-degree Free- mason, taking his thirty-third degree in London.
John J. V. Cuningham, the subject proper of this sketch, was reared in Cork, Ireland, and is a
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graduate of the public schools of that city. In 1881 he came to America with his parents, and at once located in Branford, where since Jan. 1, 1882, he has been in the employ of the Branford Lock Works ( Yale & Towne Mig. Co.) in various ca- pacities, occupying his present position since 1889.
On Oct. 17, 1895, Mr. Cuningham was mar- ried to Mary Wilson, daughter of Stephen Wilson and Augusta (Lacey) Buck, of Leraysville, Brad- tord Co., Pa., and one son, Edward Wilson Buck, came of this union. He was born Dec. 21, 1896, and died May 15, 1897, at Branford. Mrs. Cun- ingham on the paternal side is a direct descendant ot James Wilson, of Pennsylvania, one of the sign- ers of the Declaration of Independence, and als) of Lieut. John Waterman, who was with Gen. Washington's army at Valley Forge during that famous winter campaign in 1777-1778. He there tell a victim to the American cause, April 23. 1778. and his was the only marked grave in Valley Forge of all the men who died there during that campaign. A monument was erected and dedicated, in the fall of 1901, on the spot which marked his grave, to the memory of Lieut. John Waterman and the other three thousand soldiers who gave their lives for the cause of American independence. Mrs. Cuning- ham's ancestors on both sides are of New England origin. She is eligible for membership in the D. A. R.
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Mr. Cuningham and his wife are active mem- bers of the First Congregational Church of Bran- ford, of which he is clerk and treasurer, and of which he was elected a deacon Feb. 15, 1895. So- cially he is a charter member and present worthy patriarch of Branford Division, No. 16, Sons of Temperance, which he joined in 1885 : is a charter member and noble commander of Fidelity Com- mandery, No. 343, United Order of the Golden Cross, which he joined in 1887; and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Widows Sons Lodge, No. 66, F. & A. M., of Branford; to Pulaski Chapter, No. 26. R. A. M., Crawford Coun- cil, No. 19, R. & S. M., and New Haven Command- ery, No. 2, K. T., all of New Haven. He is a char- ter member of Georgia Chapter, No. 48, O. E. S., organized Jan. 15, 1899, and to which Mrs. Cun- ingham also belongs. A Republican in politics, Mr. Cuningham has been a member of the Bran- ford school board since 1891, and secretary of same since 1893. Since 1891 he had been town auditor, and also bank auditor.
ANDREW C. BRENNAN, a representative and prominent business man of Naugatuck, was born in Union City, this county, Nov. 7, 1863, and is a son of Andrew Brennan, a well-known coal dealer of Naugatuck, whose sketch may be found on another page of this volume.
Our subject attended the public schools of Naugatuck until about fifteen years of age, and during the following five years was employed in
the Naugatuck Malleable Iron Works, then known as the Tuttle & Whitemore foundry. Subsequently he worked in his father's coal office as bookkeeper for a year and a half, and at the end of that time formed a co-partnership with N. J. McGrath, in the bottling business, under the firm name of Bren- nan & McGrath. They began business Aug. 10, 1885, and continued together for a year and a half. when Mr. Brennan purchased his partner's inter- est, and has since been alone. He has also bought out other competitors, and is now doing a fine busi- ness, bottling all kinds of carbonated beverages. His trade is in Naugatuck and Beacon Falls. After the death of his brother William, Aug. 16, 1900, our subject became manager, treasurer and stock- holder in the Union City Coal Co., and his brother Francis took the management of the bottling works in Naugatuck.
On June 10, 1885, Mr. Brennan was united in marriage with Miss Nellie E. Mooney, of Nauga- tuck, a daughter of John Mooney, who was born in Ireland, and died in New Haven. Mrs. Bren- nan died Jan. 21, 1898, leaving four children : Mary, Andrew. Carleton and Nellie.
Another child. Teressa, died young.
Mr. Brennan affiliates with the Democratic party ; has been a member of the board of chari- ties; and in' 1805 was elected to the board of burgesses from the Third ward. He was quite a popular and capable official. Religiously he is a member of St. Francis Catholic Church, and so- cially belongs to the Foresters, the Hibernians and Salem Club.
JAMES THOMAS KANE, a prominent gro- cer of Branford, was born in, New Haven, Conn .. June 16, 1863, a son of James and Ellen (Con- nolly) Kane, natives of County Cork, Ireland, who came to this country in 1852, and located in New Haven, where the father was employed by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway Co., until 1865. That year he made a visit to his native Ire- land, and while there was taken sick, and died.
James Thomas Kane, the only child of his par- ents, was reared in the city of New York, where his mother located when he was less than three years old. He acquired his education in the pub- lic schools of that city, and in Cargill Business | College in New Haven. In 1881 he came to Bran- ford, and for fifteen years was employed as clerk in the grocery store of M. P. Harding. Affable and accommodating, he made many friends, and when he purchased the establishment in 1895. it was to enter at once upon a large and satisfactory trade with a host of customers who were already his personal friends, and who were prepared to take an active interest in extending his custom. To-day it is not too much to say that Mr. Kane is one of the most popular grocers in this part of the county. He carries good goods, is contented with reasonable profits, and is anxious to make of every
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customer a friend, if honest dealing and courteous treatment can accomplish it.
Mr. Kane is a faithful member of the Catholic Church, and socially belongs to the Knights of Co- lumbus and the Emerald Social Club of Branford, and is active and reliable in these various connec- tions. In politics he is a Democrat, but gives little attention to party manipulations.
JOHN AUGUSTUS MARTIN, Judge of the Probate Court, District of Wallingford, was born in that town, Aug. 4. 1863, a son of Henry Martin. This branch of the Martin family was first repre- sented in America by Samuel Martin, the great- grandfather of John Augustus. He was born in Fair Haven, England, was a sea captain by occu- pation, and died while in command of a vessel in the West Indies.
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Wooster Martin, son of Capt. Samuel Martin, was born in Prospect, Conn. In his early days he was a wagon maker, and from 1832 onward con- ducted a wagon shop at North Farms, Walling- ford. In the later years of his life he lived in Wall- ingford, and died in 1862, aged seventy-two years. He was thrice married. Alethea Hall, the daughter of David Hall, of Wallingford, became his first wife, and bore him the following children: ( I) Almer died at the age of ten years in Meriden. (2) Cor- nelia died when nineteen years old. (3) Othniel Ives died Nov. 1, 1900, and left a reputation as one of the most capable officials of Wallingford. In 1872 he was elected town clerk, and at the next election Judge of Probate. At the time of his death he was regarded as the oldest town clerk in the State in point of continuous service. From 1872 to 1892 he held the office of Judge of Probate, and only the bar of age prevented his continued re-elec- tion. In 186t he was a representative from Walling- ford in the State Legislature. He was one of the in- corporators of the Dime Savings Bank. Fraternally he was a Mason, and religiously a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. Martin was twice married, first to Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Judge Augustus Hall, and then to Sarah A. Cook, daugh- ter of Thaddeus Cook, who served in the war of 1812, and whose father, Col. Thaddeus Cook, was an officer in the Continental army. (4) Wooster died at the age of ten years. (5) Henry is men- tioned below. (6) William died in Wallingford at the age of two years. For his second wife Wooster Martin married Mrs. Delilah ( Morse ) Hull, the widow of Sylvester Hull, and the daugh- ter of Capt. Benajah Morse. To this union was born one daughter. Delilah C., who has never mar- ried, and is still living in Wallingford. Wooster Martin married for his third wife Laura Payne, of Prospect.
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