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BIOGRAPHICAL
LOREN RUSSELL CARTER
It has been said that to understand an individual one must know something of his forbears, and the ancestral line of Loren Russell Carter is one which has long reflected credit and honor upon the history of New England. He is a direct descendant of the Rev. Thomas Carter, who was the first minister of Woburn, Massachusetts. There is no reasonable doubt that he was a native of Suffolk county, England, and probably a son of James Carter, yeoman, of Hinderclay, Suffolk county, whose will, dated August, 1625, is on file at Bury St. Edmunds. The Rev. Thomas Carter became a student in St. John's College of Cambridge University, April 1, 1626, and won the Bachelor of Arts degree in January, 1629-30, and that of Master of Arts in 1633. During the last five years of that period he was a fellow student with the Rev. John Howard, founder of Harvard College, and both were made freemen of the colony of Massachusetts in 1637. The Rev. Carter was admitted a freeman of Dedham, April 25, 1637, O. S., but remained there for only a brief period. He removed to Water- town, where he was an elder in the church, and he was there granted a homestall of ten acres, and in 1642 a farm of ninety- two acres. He preached in Woburn for the first time December 4, 1641, and was called to that church, becoming the first minister there, his ordination taking place November 22, 1642. He was spoken of in one of the publications of the early day as a "rev- erend Godly man, apt to teach the sound and wholesome truths of Christ." He died September 5, 1684, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.
Thomas Carter, son of the Rev. Thomas and Mary (Park- hurst) Carter, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, June 8, 1655, and while the exact date of his death is not known, on the 21st of September, 1722, he and his wife, Margery, acknowledged a
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deed originally given by them in 1688. He was married in 1682 to Margaret (or Margery) Whittemore (or Whitmore), who was born September 9, 1668, and died October 5, 1734. She was a daughter of Francis Whittemore, of Cambridge, and his wife, Margaret Harty (or Hartz). Thomas and Margery (Whitte- more) Carter were the parents of a son, Thomas Carter (III), who was born June 13, 1686, in Woburn and was married in Reading, February 19, 1713, to Abigail Locke, of Woburn. He established his home in Weston, Massachusetts, where three of his children were baptized, and later two others. There the mother died April 10, 1729, and on December 9, 1730, Thomas Carter married Sarah Gilbert, daughter of Samuel Gilbert, and his wife, Mercy, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Boltwood) Warner. Sarah Gilbert was a great-granddaughter of Jonathan Gilbert, promi- nent in the affairs of the colony of Connecticut from 1645 until his death in 1682. He was collector of customs at Hartford, deputy to the general court and marshal of the colony and was a man of large wealth. He married Mary, daughter of Elder John White, and after her death wedded Mary, daughter of Hugh Welles. Their son, Samuel Gilbert, born in Hartford about 1663, was married October 2, 1685, to Mary Rogers, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Stanton) Rogers, of New London, Connecti- cut. Samuel Gilbert (II) died in Lyme, Connecticut, August 5, 1733, at the age of seventy years. His son, Samuel Gilbert (III), was born in Hartford, February 5, 1687/8, and died May 1, 1760. It was his daughter, Sarah, who became the wife of Thomas Carter of the third generation. Their son, Lieutenant Samuel Carter, was born in Hebron, Connecticut, May 31, 1734, and died in Warren, Connecticut, April 1, 1822, at the age of eighty-eight years. He and his two brothers, Thomas and Joseph, served in the Revolutionary war. He was married May 4, 1759, in Warren to Martha Buell, who was born in Hebron, Connecticut, July 24, 1736, a daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Buell. She died in War- ren, July 5, 1835, when nearly ninety-nine years of age. Lieu- tenant Samuel Carter was an influential citizen who filled various offices of public trust in days of peace as well as attaining the rank of lieutenant in the struggle for independence. He was frequently selectman of his town and represented Warren in the general assembly in 1788 and 1797.
Buell Carter, the fourth of the eleven children of Lieutenant
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Samuel and Martha (Buell) Carter, was born in Warren, Con- necticut, May 25, 1766, and there passed away May 8, 1856, at the age of ninety years. At Cornwall, Connecticut, October 29, 1789, he married Eunice Peck, who was born in Cornwall, March 4, 1770, and died in Warren, September 20, 1847, at the age of seventy-seven years. She was a daughter of Benoni and Mehitable (Miller) Peck. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Buell Carter num- bered four children, the second being Russell Carter, who was born in Warren, Connecticut, November 2, 1792, and died at Waterbury, February 21, 1870. He was married January 29, 1823, in New Milford, Connecticut, to Rebecca Stone, who was born August 11, 1797, and died in Warren, January 17, 1844, a daughter of Benjamin Stone. At Kent, Connecticut, March 16, 1845, Russell Carter married Laura Lenora Hills, who was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, January 11, 1824, a daughter of John and Esther (Hale) Hills. Like his ancestors, Russell Carter took a prominent part in public affairs. He served as representa- tive from Warren during 1837 and 1838, held various town offices, and was sergeant, ensign, lieutenant and captain in the State Militia. His children, born in Warren of his first marriage, were: Buell, born November 25, 1827; and Harriet Maria, born August 31, 1833. The children of his second marriage were: Rebecca I., who was born September 23, 1846, and died Novem- ber 15, 1862; Loren Russell, born October 16, 1854; and Eleanor Elizabeth, born August 10, 1857. Russell Carter was a farmer of Warren in early manhood. He removed to Waterbury in 1856 and there his death occurred. In each generation representatives of the family took an active and prominent part in shaping public affairs and contributed in substantial measure to the progress and upbuilding of the various communities in which they lived.
Loren Russell Carter was a pupil in the public schools of Waterbury and afterward attended the Wesleyan Academy and Eastman's Business College. He started out in the business world in the employ of F. L. Allen, a hardware merchant, with whom he remained for some time. He afterward engaged in' house building in the western part of Waterbury and in 1892 he turned his attention to real estate, fire insurance and loans. He has since been well known through his realty operations, and his activities have ever been of a character that have contributed to public progress and improvement as well as to individual suc-
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cess. He is today the owner of considerable improved real estate in Waterbury and is classed with the substantial and valuable residents of the city. In association with F. W. French and George L. Jenks, he organized the French Manufacturing Com- pany in 1905 and acted as its treasurer until the business was sold to the Anaconda Copper Company in 1929. His hobby, if he has one, is his stock and dairy farm in Kent. His real estate interests have perhaps featured as his most important business connections, and since 1903 George L. Jenks has been a partner with him in the conduct of his realty business.
Mr. Carter's political allegiance is given to the republican party. Fraternally he is connected with Townsend Lodge, No. 89, I. O. O. F., and he belongs to the Baptist Church. He is also connected with The Founders and Patriots of America, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Three Score and Ten Club of Miami, Florida.
On the 20th of September, 1879, Mr. Carter was married in Waterbury to Miss Irene Ethelinda Hendrick, who was born in New York city, March 2, 1858, a daughter of Joseph Edward and Catherine (Card) Hendrick. Mrs. Carter belongs to the Woman's Club of Waterbury and is also active in the work of the Sunday school of the Baptist Church, where she has been superintendent of the primary department for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Carter have become the parents of three children. Loren Russell, Jr., born July 9, 1880, attended the schools of Waterbury until he completed the high school course; afterward pursued his aca- demic studies at Yale, where he won his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1903, and then entered the Harvard Law School, from which he was graduated in 1906. He has engaged in the practice of law continuously in Waterbury since 1909 and is a director of the Waterbury National Bank. Earle Buell, the second son, was born October 20, 1885; attended the grammar and high schools of Waterbury; was graduated from the Connecticut Literary Institute and from the Yale Scientific School in 1907. He after- ward became a medical student in the Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore, from which he was graduated in 1908, and also received medical training in the Norwegian Hospital of New York. He is a graduate member of the medical profession in Hartford and also state referee for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. The daughter, Ethel Lorene, attended the public
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schools of Waterbury and the Emma Willard School of Troy, New York, and is now the wife of Henry Brooks Rathbun, of Noank, Connecticut. The family has long been a distinguished one in Connecticut, and the record of Loren Russell Carter re- flects credit upon an untarnished family name.
IRVING C. SPIERS
Among the important manufacturing concerns of the Nauga- tuck valley is numbered the Waterbury Wire Die Company, which owes its growth and prosperity to the initiative, experience and ability of Irving C. Spiers, who fills the offices of president and treasurer. He was born in Troy, New York, October 10, 1882, and is a son of William M. and Emma J. (Smith) Spiers, natives of Connecticut. His education was acquired in the public schools of Waterbury, and at the age of fifteen years he entered upon his business career as an employe of the Waterbury Wire Die Company. While working in their factory he gained a high de- gree of skill in the making of diamond dies and was with the company from 1897 until 1905, when he went to New York, where he trained others in that line of business for two years. On the expiration of that period Mr. Spiers returned to his home and dur- ing the ensuing four years was a tool maker for the Waterbury Clock Company. From 1912 until 1919 he was with the Standard Wire Die Company and then started in business for himself under the style of the Waterbury Wire Die Company, choosing the name of the firm he had first worked for, an organization that had with- drawn from the field in 1912. Mr. Spiers has a modern, completely equipped plant at 444 Meadow street, where he manufactures not only diamond dies but also the only chilled iron dies finished in Connecticut. Great skill and care enter into the making of his output, which is shipped to many parts of the United States, while he also has trade connections in South America. He is not only a master mechanic but a forceful, capable executive who in eleven years has developed a large and profitable business, and is en- dowed with all of the qualifications essential to leadership in the line in which he specializes.
In February, 1916, Mr. Spiers was married in Waterbury to Miss Mary Reyher, who died several years ago, leaving a son,
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Irving Chester, Jr. In fishing Mr. Spiers obtains the necessary relaxation from business cares. His political allegiance is given to the republican party, while his religious belief is indicated in his membership in St. John's Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Harmony Lodge, F. & A. M., and to Clarke Commandery, K. T. He is also a Scottish Rite Mason, having taken the thirty-second degree, and is a member of Sphinx Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The mem- bers of these organizations and his business associates hold him in high esteem, for worthy motives and high principles have gov- erned him at all points in his career.
NATHANIEL WYETH KENDALL
Important business interests claimed the attention and profited by the enterprising spirit, the broad vision and keen sagacity of Nathaniel Wyeth Kendall, who was long a resident of New Haven and gained widespread prominence in connection with the brewing industry. Born in Augusta, Oneida county, New York, May 12, 1848, he was a son of Leonard Jarvis Ken- dall and was accorded a public school education. Liberally en- dowed with energy and that quality which has been termed the "commercial sense," he made rapid progress in business affairs and in 1885 assumed the presidency of the Yale Brewing Com- pany of New Haven. From that time until his death he remained at its head, developing an industry of large proportions, and as the years passed he became known throughout the country as a leader in that line of business. He was vice president and a director of the Consumers Malting Company of Minneapolis; a director of the National Brewers Insurance Company of Chi- cago; a director of the Underwriters Agency Company, and served as president of both the Connecticut and United States Brewers Associations. He also figured prominently in other con- nections, successfully controlling the activities of the Cashin Card & Glazed Paper Company, of which he was president for a num- ber of years, and was likewise one of the directors of the Mechan- ics Bank of New Haven. Forceful, resourceful and systematic,
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he made his efforts count for the utmost and his cooperation was of value to every organization which he represented.
Mr. Kendall was married December 20, 1894, to Miss Har- riet Frances Terry, a daughter of William R. Terry. They be- came the parents of a son, Nathaniel Wyeth, Jr., who was born May 31, 1898. He was married June 28, 1922, to Violet Mar- quise, nee Miller, and their children are: Nathaniel Wyeth (III), who was born December 8, 1923; and Gwendolyn Marquise, born January 23, 1929.
In 1896 Mr. Kendall established his home at Kenmore, a beau- tiful country estate in the outskirts of New Haven, and there his widow still resides. Fraternally he was a Mason, belonging to Crystal Wave Lodge, No. 638, F. & A. M., of which he was a past worshipful master, and to Constellation Chapter, No. 209, R. A. M., of Brooklyn. A descendant of one of the patriots who participated in the struggle for American independence, he was identified with the Sons of the American Revolution. He also had membership in the New Haven Chamber of Commerce, the Farmers Club, the Quinnipiack Club and the Union League Club. A stanch republican, he never wavered in his allegiance to the party but had no political aspirations, as his time was fully occu- pied with business affairs. However, he was always ready to cooperate in projects for New Haven's growth and advancement, for his interest in the welfare of his city was deep and sincere. He attained the age of seventy-two years, passing away May 21, 1921, while on a visit to Atlantic City, New Jersey, and to his family he left the heritage of an honored name and the memory of a well spent life. His breadth of mind, his kindly spirit and companionable nature gained for him many friends, and in his death New Haven sustained the loss of one of its loyal, highly respected citizens and leading business men.
MARSHALL WILLIAM HAYWARD
In the discharge of his important duties as treasurer and gen- eral manager of Super-Service, Incorporated, of Waterbury, Mar- shall William Hayward brings to bear broad experience as an automobile mechanic and salesman, supplemented by the mental alertness and forcefulness of the true executive, and thus his
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efforts have been unusually effective. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, October 31, 1896, and is a son of George M. and Mary Ellen (Pepper) Hayward, the former a native of Taunton, Massachusetts, and the latter of Birmingham, England.
On completing his studies in the Crosby high school of Water- bury, Marshall W. Hayward entered upon his business career with the Mattatuck Manufacturing Company, continuing with the firm for about a year. He next worked as a chemical plater in the factory of the Waterbury Buckle Company for one and a half years, afterward becoming associated with the Ford distri- butor in Rhode Island and Connecticut, the D. W. Flint Company, and was thus engaged for two years. On the 7th of May, 1917, he joined the United States Navy, enlisting as a common seaman, and through hard work and study won promotion to the rank of chief machinist's mate.
In 1920 Mr. Hayward was honorably discharged and returned to Waterbury, working for about a year for the W. D. Upson Company, Buick dealers. Afterward he sold equipment in New England for the firm of Post & Lester, automotive jobbers, with whom he was associated for about three years, and during the following five years he was with the B. H. Spinney Company, job- bers in automobile accessories. On the 29th of July, 1929, he entered the field independently, forming the organization known as Super-Service, Incorporated, of which he was elected treasurer and general manager. The other officers are D. R. Kaiser, of Thomaston, president, and J. T. Monzani, of Waterbury, secre- tary. They are distributors for the Goodrich tires and Winfield carburetors, for which there is a wide demand, and their sales in these lines have already reached a substantial figure. Centrally located on West Main street, they occupy six thousand square feet of floor space and are open for business twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week. With complete equipment that is up to the minute, a staff of thoroughly experienced department super- visors, and the best of stock and working materials, they are al- ways ready to meet the wants of the motoring public and enjoy the distinction of having the finest equipped service station in Con- necticut. They were the first to open a one-stop service station in the state, and patrons of their establishment are provided with everything essential in the way of washing and greasing facilities, tires, brake linings, batteries, electrical service, etc., comprising
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six individual service departments under one roof. This unique institution is a great convenience to motorists and is rapidly gain- ing in popularity with the trade. In the conduct of the business Mr. Hayward plays a leading part, and under his expert man- agement its future is assured.
On the 14th of March, 1920, Mr. Hayward was married in Waterbury to Miss Olive Lillian Miller, and they have become the parents of a son, John Marshall. Mr. Hayward is active in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association and of the Episcopal Church. He belongs to the Continental Lodge of Mas- ons and is also a member of the Kiwanis Club. His loyalty and public spirit have prompted his earnest cooperation in movements for the advancement and benefit of his city, while his enterprise, ability and business sagacity have made him an influential factor in its commercial circles.
SAMUEL ALFRED MOYLE
Samuel Alfred Moyle has since 1922 been the successful man- ager of the New Haven office of the Fidelity Mutual Life Insur- ance Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is also serving for the fourth term as president of the Automobile Club of New Haven County. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, August 7, 1876, his parents being Samuel and Mary E. (Murphey) Moyle, natives, respectively, of Cornwall, England, and Westerly, Rhode Island. The father as a youth accompanied his parents on their emigration to America, the family home being established in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He became a stationary engineer, saw service in the United States Navy during the Civil war period and subsequently entered the employ of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, being burned to death in an explosion in this plant on the 17th of January, 1881. He was also a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bridgeport and the founder of the Point Union Mission in what was then known as East Bridgeport.
Samuel A. Moyle acquired his early education in the public schools of Bridgeport and was graduated from the Derby high school in 1894, while four years later he completed a course in Wesleyan University of Middletown, Connecticut, at which time
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the Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him. During his student days at the last named institution he was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and the Wesleyan Glee Club. In 1922 he was elected the first president of the Wesleyan Alumni Associa- tion of New Haven. After leaving college he taught school for one year at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and then in 1900 en- tered the insurance business, in which he has continued to the present time. He was associated with several companies prior to 1916 but during the past fourteen years has represented the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, which made him manager of its New Haven office in 1922. He is a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Underwriters Association of New Haven and has won wide recognition as a most successful representative of insurance interests in his adopted city.
On the 25th of October, 1900, Mr. Moyle was united in mar- riage to Miss Elizabeth E. Dufford, of Paterson, New Jersey, who was graduated from Wesleyan University with the class of 1897. They have two living children, a son and a daughter. The former, William D., was graduated from Wesleyan University with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1923, while in 1929 Columbia Uni- versity conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. He is now an instructor in the English department of the high school at Scarsdale, New York. Elizabeth E. Moyle is a senior in Mid- dlebury College of Middlebury, Vermont. The family residence is at Wilford road, Indian Neck, Branford, Connecticut.
The military record of Mr. Moyle includes several years' con- nection with the New Haven Grays, following which he was ap- pointed regimental sergeant major of the Second Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard. During the period of the World war he was captain and adjutant of the Second Regiment of the Connecticut State Guard. He has membership in the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil war, the Sojourners Club, and New Haven Chapter of the Knights of the Round Table, of which he served as its first president for two years.
Long active in the Masonic fraternity, his name is on the membership rolls of Hiram Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M .; Frank- lin Chapter, R. A. M .; Harmony Council, R. & S. M .; New Haven Commandery, No. 2, K. T .; E. G. Storer Lodge of Perfection; Elm City Council Princes of Jerusalem; New Haven Chapter Rose Croix; Lafayette Consistory, A. A. S. R .; Hejaz Grotto, M. O.
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V. P. E. R .; and Pyramid Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He was elected worshipful master of Hiram Lodge, No. 1, in 1918, and in 1919 was appointed deputy of the Fourth Masonic district, which position he held for three years. In 1926 he was appointed grand junior steward of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, and was advanced in office each year, being elected grand junior warden in 1930. He is past president of the Past Masters' Association of New Haven County, past most wise master of New Haven Chap- ter Rose Croix, and now holds office in the Connecticut Council of Deliberation, A. A. S. R. Mr. Moyle has also served for six years as chairman of the Masonic Board of Relief of New Haven.
As stated at the beginning of this biography, he is now serving for the fourth term as president of the Automobile Club of New Haven County, having been elected to that position in 1927, and for several years preceding was a member of the board of direc- tors of the organization. His favorite forms of recreation are motoring and fishing.
A. ROSARIO GIAIMO
Although a recent addition to the moneyed institutions of New Haven, the Sons of Italy Industrial Bank at 23 Wooster place has already become an important factor in the financial life of the city, owing its progress in large measure to the systematic, well directed efforts of A. Rosario Giaimo, who serves in the dual capacity of secretary and treasurer. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, June 13, 1882, and was there reared and educated. After the completion of his public school course he studied law and in 1904 was graduated from the University of Palermo. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in his native city for about four years, also serving for a time as an alderman.
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