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On the 14th of August, 1889, Mr. Clarke was married in Willimantie, Connecticut, to Miss Sarah M. Andrew, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Andrew. They have two children: Helen M., who was born in Machias, Maine, April 15, 1892, and is a grad- uate of the Dean Academy of Franklin, Massachusetts; and Rachel M., the wife of Thomas S. Hartley, of Hamden, Connecticut. She was born in Whitneyville, June 12, 1895, and is a graduate of the Dean Academy. By her marriage she has one child, Charles S. Hartley, who was born in Hamden in June, 1916.
Fraternally Mr. Clarke is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political endorsement has long been given to the democratic party and for six years he filled the office of prosecuting attorney at Hamden, while for seventeen years he was a mem- ber of the school board there. He belongs to the New Haven, to the Connecticut and to the American Bar Associations and he is a member of the New Haven Congregational church. While his interests are broad and varied, he yet concentrates his efforts upon his
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law practice, recognizing the fact that in no profession is there a career more open to talent than in that of law and also recognizing the fact that in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethies of life or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges.
REV. JEREMIAH CURTIN.
Rev. Jeremiah Curtin, pastor of the St. Lawrence Roman Catholic church at West Haven, was born in New Britain, August 23, 1860. After attending the public and high schools there, graduating from the latter in 1877, he became a student in St. Charles College, Maryland, and prepared for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary, at Baltimore.
On the 29th of June, 1883, Father Curtin was ordained a priest by Rt. Rev. Bishop MeMabon, and for five years was stationed at St. Patrick's church in Waterbury. Later he was for seven years assistant at the Sacred Heart church at New Haven, and then was given charge of the St. Lawrence church at West Haven, which pastorate he has held for twenty-two years.
During this time his work has been fruitful and he has built a reetory, church and chapel, at Savin Roek, and a parochial school, in addition to strengthening the parish in all departments of church activities. He is a fourth degree Knight of Columbus and is much interested in that organization. It is recognized by Catholies and non-Catholics alike that he has accomplished much for the moral development of the community.
FRANK GOFFE PHIPPS BARNES.
Frank Goffe Phipps Barnes, eity controller and one of the best known of the younger business men of New Haven, was born in this city, September 18, 1877, a son of the late Thomas Attwater and Phoebe B. (Phipps) Barnes, and a grandson of Amos Foote Barnes; one of the city's leading business men. Amos F. Barnes came to New Haven from Water- town, Connecticut, in 1836 and in 1842 began his independent business career as a grocer. the outgrowth of which was the wholesale grocery business conducted for many years un- der the name of Fintch & Barnes and one of the well and favorably known business houses of the city. He married Nancy Richards Attwater, daughter of Thomas Attwater, and a descendant of David Attwater, one of the first settlers of New Haven.
Thomas Attwater Barnes, son of Amos F., was born in New Haven in 1848 and in 1869 became a partner of his father, when the firm name was established as Amos F. Barnes & Son and so continued until the partnership was terminated by the death of the senior member in 1890. Thomas Barnes stood in the first rank of New Haven's substan- tial and valued citizens, becoming closely identified with a number of the city's large business interests and actively interested in its public affairs. . He served as president of the chamber of commerce; secretary of the State Board of Trade; president of the Union & New Haven Trust Company, which he organized; vice president and a director of the First National Bank, of which his father was an organizer; a trustee of the Connecticut Savings Bank, and director in a number of other corporations in New Haven and else- where. He was a member of the New Haven Grays, a famous organization in the city's history, known as Company F, Second Regiment of the National Guard of Connecticut, joining as a private and advancing to the rank of major in the regiment. He died in 1902. Major Barnes was married in 1873 to Phoebe Bryan Phipps, daughter of Frank Goffe Phipps, of New Haven. Mrs. Barnes passed away in 1902, the mother of two children, Amos Foote and Frank Goffe Phipps, the elder also a resident of New Haven.
Frank G. P. Barnes supplemented his public and high school training by study in the Boardman Manual Training School and after leaving the latter institution entered the bank- ing business in connection with the New Haven Trust Company, with which he occupied a clerical position until 1897. He then turned his attention to newspaper publication,
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becoming connected with the Record Publishing Company as advertising solicitor. There he remained for two years and on the expiration of that period he became identified with the motor manufacturing business as secretary and treasurer of the Kidder Motor Vehicle Company. Mr. Barnes later secured a position with the New Haven Gas Light Company, steadily working his way upward from a minor position to one of prominence. When he resigned he was manager of the by-products department, but he put aside his duties in that connection in order to enter public office, having been elected in October, 1915, to the office of city controller.
On the 30th of November, 1904, Mr. Barnes was married to Miss Mae Louise Gilbert, of New Haven, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilbert, and they have two children: Francis Phipps, who was born in 1913; and Mathew Gilbert, in 1915.
Mr. Barnes is a popular public official and is a recognized leader in the local ranks of the republican party. He and his wife hold membership in Trinity church and he is identified with various social organizations, including the Quinnipiac Club, the Country Club, the Lawn Club and the New Haven Yacht Club.
UVA S. AYER.
Uva S. Ayer, prominent in the management of a constantly growing business as pres- ident of the Ayer-O'Connell Manufacturing Company of Meriden, was born in West Townsend, Vermont, July 4, 1885. His father, Dr. A. D. Ayer, was a distinguished physician of Willimantic, Connecticut, and married Anna Faulinger, who represented one of the old and well known American families that was established in the state of New York among its earliest settlers.
Uva S. Ayer acquired a public school education in Madison, Connecticut, and also pursued his studies for a time in Clinton, Connecticut. He started out in the business world as an employe in a grocery store, his hours of service being from four o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock at night. He afterward entered the employ of the firm of J. L. Howard & Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, and within seven years worked his way upward from the position of office boy to superintendent. He represented the house upon the road as a traveling salesman for five years and became thoroughly familiar with every branch of the business. On leaving the firm of Howard & Company he organized the Ayer-O'Connell Manufacturing Company, which was established in 1912. At the out- set he employed four workmen skilled in that line and three general employes. In 1916 the business was incorporated as the Ayer-O'Connell Manufacturing Company with Uva S. Ayer as the president, D. W. Ayer as secretary. and M. J. O'Connell, of Chicago, as vice president. Originally the plant contained six thousand square feet of floor space and some- thing of the growth of the business is indicated in the fact that there is today thirty-five thousand square feet of floor space, with eighty employes in the plant, five in the office, while upon the road there are three traveling salesmen, making eighty-eight in all. In 1917 a large warehouse was added. Mr. Ayer is also vice president of the Bennett-O'Con- nell Manufacturing Company, conducting business at No. 3600 South Morgan street, Chi- cago, where they employ two hundred and fifty men.
The Ayer-O'Connell Manufacturing Company makes everything for buffing and plat- ing work and its products likewise include generator sets and dynamos. They own their own patents and their machinery is the last word in improvements along that line. Their sales cover the entire world and their business during the first six months of 1917 was more than for the entire year of 1916, such is the rapid development of their trade. The business is organized along the most progressive lines and the company is now arranging for a division of its profits among its employes.
Mr. Ayer was united in marriage in 1906 to Miss Ruby Jessamine Crossley, a daugh- ter of Captain Crossley, of East Haven, who owns a seagoing yacht and is a famous sports- man and representative of a prominent old American family. Mr. and Mrs. Ayer have one child, Lucile Emily. Mr. Ayer also has a sister, Emma Buena Ayer, who is a grad- uate of Wellesley College. She completed her course with high honors, was coxswain of the boat crew and became very prominent in the secret societies of the college.
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Mr. Ayer is a republican in his political views and while not an office seeker he cooperates in many well defined plans for the upbuilding and progress of his eity and state and is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce. He belongs to the Colonial Chub and to the Masonie Club of New Haven. having membership in the bhie lodge of Masons in Madison. He is also a member of the Congregational church and in these associations are found the nature of his interests and the rules which govern his conduct.
WALTER BOOTH LAW.
Walter Booth Law is the president and treasurer of the Booth & Law Company and ix the vice president of the New Haven Savings Bank and one of the oldest if not the oldest active business man in the city. He is thus closely and prominently associated with the commercial and financial interests of the city and in business circles has made for himself a creditable and honorable position. He was born in Woodbury, Connecticut, September 5, 1842, and is a son of John Gibbs and Finette (Booth) Law, the former a direet descendant of Jonathan Law, at one time governor of the Connecticut Colony, while the mother was a descendant of the Booths who came from England and first settled at Stratford, Connecticut.
In his youthful days Walter B. Law attended the public schools of New Haven and also the Robins Commercial School. He then became connected with an established business, being identified with the Booth & Law Company since 1866. In this connection a trade of large and gratifying proportions have been built up in the sale of paints, oils and varnishes, and of the company Mr. Law is the president and treasurer. He has closely studied every- thing relating to the business and his enterprise and diligence are salient features in the upbuilding of the success. Ile is also the vice president of the New Haven Savings Bank and he is treasurer of the Woody (rest Association. a shore settlement chartered by the state of Connecticut.
On the 13th of September. 1871, in Waterbury, Mr. Law was united in marriage to Miss Julia Townsend, a daughter of Charles Townsend and a descendant of Viscount Rayn- ham Townshend, of Raynham. England. Mr. and Mrs. Law have become parents of three children: Grace Easton; Florence Townsend; and John Harold, who is secretary of the Booth & Law Company. He was married on the 14th of January, 1914, to Marion Rice.
In his political views Mr. Law has always been an earnest republican sinee age con- ferred upon him the right of franchise and he is a warm admirer of Theodore Roosevelt. The only public office which he has ever held is that of member of the New Haven city couneil serving two terms from 1872. His military experience covers service with the Twenty-seventh Connectieut Regiment for a part of the Civil war, but on account of an injury he was honorably discharged. He belongs to the Congregational Club and was at one time its president for a year. He has membership with the Paint and Oil Club of New Haven, of which he was president for two years following its organization. He belongs to the New Haven Chamber of Commerce and to the United church, being chairman of its Society Committee for several years. Ile has been treasurer of the United church since 1897 and for a long period served on its official board, doing everything in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence. His aid is always given on the side of right and progress and he stands loyally for truth and justice. For more than a half century he has been identified with the business interests of New Haven in his present line and through- out the entire period, his has been an unassailable reputation, nothing having ever tarnished his good name.
HON. SAMUEL E. HOYT.
Through the steps of an orderly progression in the field of law practice, Hon. Samuel E. Hoyt has come to be recognized as one of the leaders of the bench and bar of New Haven. He represents a family that for four generations has resided in New Haven and here he was born on the 17th of December, 1875, his parents being Nehemiah H. and Emma
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J. (Gardner) Hoyt. The former was a well known wholesale merchant of the firm of Leu & Hoyt, conducting business here on an extensive scale for a half century. He is an honored resident of New Haven, where as a business man and citizen he has long been most favorably known. His wife, a lifelong resident of this city, passed away in 1902. In the family were but two children, the elder being Charles W. Hoyt, of New York city.
In his youthful days Judge Hoyt attended the grammar schools of New Haven and is numbered among the high school alumni of 1894. His more advanced training was re- ceived in the Sheffield Scientific School and he was graduated from Yale with the Bach- elor of Philosophy degree in 1897 and is secretary of his class. Having determined upon the practice of law as a life work, he then matriculated in the law department and received the LL. B. degree from Yale University in 1899. Immediately afterward he entered upon active practice and his professional career has been marked by steady advancement, bring- ing him to a high position at the bar and in public regard.
Judge Hoyt has on various occasions been called to public office. In 1903 he was chosen a selectman and served for one term. In 1905 he became assistant city attorney of New Haven and continued in that position until 1908. He was then elected city attorney and served until 1911, when he was elected judge of the city court and remained upon the bench until the 1st of July, 1913. He then resumed the private practice of law, but was again chosen to the office of judge of the city court and again took his place upon the bench on the 1st of July, 1917. In addition to his law practice Judge Hoyt has become well known in commercial circles as a director of a number of the leading business organ- izations and corporations of New Haven and in business affairs displays notable sagacity and discernment.
On the 14th of June, 1900, Judge Hoyt was married to Miss Grace Alvord, of South Norwalk, Connecticut, a daughter of Elmore D. and Belle (Swords) Alvord. They have be- come the parents of three children. Samuel E .. born in New Haven in 1903, is now attending high school. Spencer S .. born in Woodmont. Connecticut, in 1905, is also in school; and Alvord, born in Woodmont in 1908, completes the family.
In politics Judge Hoyt has ever been a stalwart republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He became a member of the Governor's Foot Guard. He is well known in club and fraternal circles as a member of the Quinnipiac Club, -the Theta Xi Fraternity, and the Yale Club of New York city. He is likewise connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Along professional lines his membership is with the County and State Bar Associations and the American Bar Association. He has at all times been careful to conform his practice to a high standard of professional ethics and he now holds distinctive precedence as an able lawyer and judge.
ERROLL M. AUGUR.
Erroll M. Augur, member of the bar and assistant clerk of the superior court at New Haven since 1912, was born at Westport, Connecticut, December 9, 1874, a son of Charles P. and Belle M. (Allen) Augur, who were natives of this state. Dr. Nicholas Angur was one of the first of the family to settle in the New Haven colony in 1640 and purchased prop- erty near the corner of Church and Elm streets that is now in the center of the city. Charles P. Augur was born in New Haven, while his wife was a native of Westport. For a time he engaged in farming and seed growing at Woodbridge, Connecticut. He still survives, but his wife passed away in October, 1915. In their family were eight children, seven daughters and one son: Mrs. Charles E. Peck, of Woodbridge: Erroll M .; Elma I., also living in Woodbridge; Ethel M., now of Philadelphia; Mrs. Samuel Patterson, of New Haven; Eunice R., a teacher in the Beechwood school at Jenkintown, Pennsylvania: Mrs. Sherwood Doolittle, of New Haven; and Mrs. Robert Frazer, of Philadelphia
Erroll M. Augur supplemented his public school education by study in a business col- lege and then entered the Yale Law School, from which he was graduated with the class of 1897. Immediately afterward he began practice in New Haven in the office of Bristol, Stoddard & Bristol. On the 1st of May, 1912, he was appointed to the office of assistant elerk of the superior court and annually since that time has been chosen for the position.
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He is systematic in the discharge of his duties and his knowledge of the law proves of marked benefit to him in the performance of the tasks that devolve upon him.
On the 18th of August, 1897, Mr. Augur was married to Miss Addie R. Peck, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phineas E. Peck, of Woodbridge, and they have one child, Alta M., who was born March 24, 1899, and graduated from the New Haven high school. While main- taining his home in New Haven, Mr. Augur also owns farm lands at Woodbridge and is much interested in agricultural pursuits. Along professional lines he is widely and favorably known. He belongs to the State and County Bar Associations and is secretary and treas- urer of the New Haven County Bar Association and law library. Along strictly social lines he has connection with the Quinnipiac and Edgewood Clubs and he has won pop- ularity in these organizations.
WALTER LEWIS BRADLEY.
Walter Lewis Bradley, who is engaged in the undertaking business in Meriden, was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, September 16, 1869, a son of John and Elizabeth Bradley, both of whom passed away in his infancy. His childhood was spent at Haverhill, Massa- chusetts, where he attended the public schools.
For a time Walter L. Bradley was employed in a grocery store and then found work in a shoe factory. He next went to New Haven and entered the employ of the Winches- ter Arms Company and, later, of Louis & Maycocks, undertakers, with whom he remained for nine years, during which time he gained a practical knowledge of undertaking and embalming. He desired, however, to fit himself more perfectly for work along that line and later took a course in the Barnes College of Embalming and Sanitary Science in New York city. After leaving that institution he came to Meriden and secured a posi- tion with L. H. Church, the oldest undertaking establishment in Meriden and perhaps in the state.
Following the death of Mr. Church, Mr. Bradley and Mr. White purchased the business and conducted it in partnership until 1912, when Mr. Bradley became the sole owner. He gives his personal attention to all of the business and is not only an expert embalmer but is tactful, unobtrusive and efficient in arranging for and conducting a funeral. His equipment is of the very best in every way and includes a motor bearse, and fine Sedan cars for the mourners.
Mr. Bradley was married March 1, 1916, to Miss Effie Cornwall, of Middletown. He supports the republican party at the polls but is not an office seeker. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic blue lodge, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and he is also a popular member of the Colonial Club. Along pro- fessional lines he is identified with the State and County Associations of Undertakers and is constantly seeking in every way possible to better the service offered his patrons and make it more nearly the fitting expression of the regard felt for the departed. His re- ligious faith is that of the Congregational church and its work profits by his loyal support
SAMUEL M. HAMMOND, M. D.
Dr. Samuel M. Hammond, specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, has attained much more than local prominence in that connection, for his ability in his chosen field is widely recognized. He was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, October 24, 1870, a son of Samuel M. and Francel Amanda (Howell) Hammond, who were natives of Long Island. The father came to Connecticut as a clergyman with the Methodist Episcopal church and devoted his life to the work of the ministry in this state and in New York, passing away in Torrington, Connecticut, in January, 1892, at the age of fifty-nine years. His widow survived until February, 1917, and died in Derby, Con- necticut, at the age of seventy-five years.
In a family of fourteen children Dr. Hammond was the fifth in order of birth. In
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the schools of New Britain, Torrington and New Haven he mastered those branches of learning which usually constitute the public school curriculum and then entered the Yale Scientific School, from which he was graduated with the class of 1893. He afterward devoted three years to study in the medical department of Yale and won his professional degree in 1896. In that year he began practice in Bridgeport as a hospital interne and afterward became house physician in the hospital. He then took up the general practice of medicine, in which he remained active until July, 1914, since which time he has con- centrated his efforts and attention upon the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat and as oculist, aurist and laryngologist has won an enviable position. He took post graduate work in the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital from 1911 to 1914, inclusive, thus completing a four years' course, and his knowledge in that field of practice is most complete. He is now instructor in rhinology in Yale University and is serving on the staff of the New Haven Hospital. He belongs to the New Haven, the New Haven County, the Connecticut State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association, and he is civil service examiner.
On the 10th of September, 1901, in Torrington, Connecticut, Dr. Hammond wedded Miss Kate Dayton, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dayton. She passed away September 15, 1911, leaving one child, Mary Elizabeth, who was born in New Haven, August 15, 1904, and is attending school in Brewster, Massachusetts.
Dr. Hammond is a republican in his political views and a Methodist in religious faith. His influence is always on the side of progress and improvement, of justice and truth. Professionally he ranks high, being accorded a place among the leading physicians of the city, and in his practice he is most conscientious, holding to the highest professional standards.
JAMES E. STETSON, M. D.
Dr. James E. Stetson is a retired physician and capitalist of New Haven and outside of the city is well known as a sportsman; in fact, his name is a familiar one in connection with gun meets throughout the country. His interest in the sport is a natural sequence of his early training, for in his youth he was connected with gun manufacturing estab- lishments.
A native of Northampton, Massachusetts, he was horn July 24, 1844, a son of James Alexander and Dolly (Wetter) Stetson. The ancestry can be traced back to Robert Stet- son, an ensign of the Plymouth colony under Miles Standish. For service Robert Stetson was awarded by the colony two hundred acres of land, which is still in possession of the family. Upon that tract he built a flour mill which he operated for many years. He was also an active factor in politics of that day and became a member of the colonial legis- lature. From him are descended all of the Stetsons in the United States, all belonging, as the Doctor expresses it, "to one family." His father, James A. Stetson, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1801, and became a carriage maker, beginning work at that trade in 1824. At the time of his death, which occurred in Brooklyn, Connecticut, in 1893, he was the oldest manufacturer of carriages in this state. His wife, who was born in Brook- lyn, Connecticut, in 1807, died in 1899, in the same house in which her birth had occurred and which she had always occupied. She, too, was a descendant of one of the members of the old Plymouth colony.
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