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In December. 1887, Mr. MeCarroll was married to Miss Lena D. A. Atcheson, of Birmingham, Alabama. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Atcheson, formerly of Paris. Kentucky. They had two children but both have passed away.
In polities Mr. MeCarroll has always been a stalwart democrat. He has worked his
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way upwurd entirely unassisted. His father died during the carly boyhood of the son and. he was foreed to start out in life to aid in the support of his widowed mother. The greater part of his youth was spent in the west. He remained for some time in Texas when it was still a frontier state inhabited largely by Indians, while buffaloes roamed the prairie, enduring many hardships and privations in those early days. His life record, however, proves that it is only under the pressure of adversity and the stimulus of opposition that the best and strongest in men is brought out and developed. Conditions called forth his latent powers, and the thoroughness with which he undertakes everything has been one ot the chief characteristics of his success.
ERASTUS STEVENS KIMBALL.
Erastus Stevens Kimball comes of a family distinctively American in its lineal and collateral branches through many generations, for the family was established in Connecticut in 1634, Richard Kimball coming from Ipswich, England, and settling at Watertown, Massachusetts, on the 10th of April of that year, his home being near what is now the corner of Huron avenue and Appleton street. In 1637 he removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he conducted business as a wheelwright until his death, which occurred in June, 1675. He was numbered among those who aided in reclaiming the district for the purposes of civilization and did his share in laying the foundation upon which has been builded modern progress and prosperity. His sixth son. Benjamin, was born in Watertown in 1637 and afterward became a resident of Rowley-Bradford. He wedded Mercy Hazeltine. lle served as cornet of a horse troop and was known as Cornet Kimball. He, too, was a wheelwright by trade and he became a wealthy man. He died June 19, 1695, and his gravestone is still to be seen. David, of the third generation, was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, in 1671 and departed this life in 1743. Ile was married twice and had twelve children. Among the number was Aaron, who was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, June 7, 1710. lle removed to Hopkinton, New Hampshire, and in 1731 married Susanna Smith. He built a fort at llopkinton opposite the present home of James Story and was a very prominent and influential resident of that locality. He died July 30, 1760, and a tablet in the grave- yard still marks his resting place. Abraham, a direct ancestor of Erastus S. Kimball in the fifth generation, was born at Hopkinton, New Hampshire, April 18, 1742. ITe was the first white child born at that place and on that account received a grant of five hundred acres of pine land. He participated in the battle of Bunker Hill and was wounded in the battle of Bennington. When a lad of only eleven years he was captured by the Indians but was rescued the following day. His death occurred at Beacham, Vermont. John Kimball, of the sixth generation, was born at Hopkinton, New Hampshire, December 7, 1761. Ilis son and namesake, John Kimball HI, was born at Hopkinton, July 17, 1785, and died in Orange, New Hampshire, October 3, 1841. He was the father of Alfred A. Kimball, who was born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, July 31, 1819. He went to California by way of Cape Horn in 1850 and in 1854 returned to Illinois. He was killed by being thrown from a wagon in July, 1863, when his son, Erastus Kimball, was but two years of age. flis wife, Mrs. Hannah KimbaH, then returned to Danbury, Connecticut, where her girlhood had been passed and she, too, has now departed this life.
Their son, Erastus S. Kimball, was born at Lisbon, Illinois, April 29, 1861, and when only two years of age was brought by his mother to Connectient, the family home being maintained in Danbury, where he acquired a public school education, reaching the tenth room. He began work as a delivery boy in the employ of a butcher and later he followed various pursuits which would yield him a living until he entered upon an apprenticeship in the machine shop of Belden & Company at Danbury, Conneetient. He then learned the machinist's trade, after which he went west and was employed at that kind of work at several places for two and a half years. Returning to Danbury, he again entered the employ of Belden & Company and after this plant was destroyed by fire he spent a period in the employ of the Danbury Ice Company.
Mr. Kimball came to New Haven in 1890 and for fifteen years was in the employ of the Winchester Arms Company, continuing with that corporation until 1905. He afterward
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worked in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and in Boston, Massachusetts, until January, 1908, when he started upon his first independent business venture, opening a small place on Webster street in New Haven. He continued at that location until July, 1909, when he removed to Orchard street, securing somewhat larger quarters. In March, 1911, he secured a still larger place at No. 328 Dixwell avenue and in November, 1913, came to his present location, where he secured still more space. His interests were carried on under the name of the Oxy-Carhi Company until September, 1917, when the business became Kimball's Incorporated, with E. S. Kimball as president. When he started in business he had no employes, but now has seven men and could use more if he could secure larger quarters, which he hopes soon to do.
On the 4th of March, 1889, Mr. Kimball was united in marriage to Miss Anna E. Barnum, of Danbury, and to them have been born three children: Leo B., who attended the Peekskill Military Academy of New York and was later a student in the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but is now a member of the United States Aviation Corps; Norma, a graduate of the New Haven high school; and Anita, attending school in New Haven.
Mr. Kimball in his political views is an independent republican. His has been an active, useful and well spent life. He has worked diligently and persistently to gain a start and is now controlling a business which is becoming steadily more and more extensive and important.
LEWIS H. WARNER.
Lewis H. Warner is the president of the Lewis H. Warner Hardware Company, of West Haven, in which connection he has developed a business of gratifying proportions. Ife was born in Kingsport, Nova Scotia, December 23, 1867, a son of Lewis B. and Eliza- beth (York) Warner, both of whom were natives of Nova Scotia, to which country his grandparents removed at an early period. Ancestors of the family left the United States and went to Nova Scotia at the beginning of the Revolutionary war. After living for a time in Nova Scotia, Lewis B. Warner removed with his family to Connecticut, settling in West Haven, where he became a building contractor. He passed away there in 1916 at the age of sixty-nine years, while his wife survives and yet makes her home in West Haven at the age of seventy-three years.
Lewis H. Warner was the second in order of birth in a family of ten children. He attended school in Nova Scotia and pursued a commercial course in a business college. After his textbooks were put aside he learned the carpenter's trade under the direction of his father and was thus connected with building operations of West Haven until 1902, when he established the hardware store which was the predecessor of his present estab- lishment. He began business in 1902 on a very small scale and the business has steadily grown and increased so that he has had to enlarge his facilities to meet the demands of his trade, securing increased floor space and a much larger stock. He has thus built up his business to its present extensive and gratifying proportions as the result of his close application, thorough attention to details and wise management of the principal features of his business. He is a director of the Orange Bank & Trust Company and is recognized as a man of sound business judgment, keen sagacity and clear discrimination,
In September, 1889, Mr. Warner was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Kettle, of West Haven, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kettle, a prominent family of this sec- tion of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Warner have become the parents of five children. Bessie A., who was born in West Haven in 1891 and is a graduate of the local high school, married Arnold D. Johnson and has two children, Mildred and Barbara Elinor. Clayton York Warner, born at West Haven, March 4, 1893, was graduated from the West Haven high school and was in business with his father until he joined the United States army. Lewis H., Jr., born in West Haven, August 24, 1897, attended the Connecticut Agrienltural College and the Connecticut Literary Institute of Suffield, and is now also in service with the United States army. Hazel Eleanor, born in West Haven in 1909, and Donald, born in 1911, are both in school.
LEWIS H. WARNER
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Mr. Warner has ever manifested keen interest in community affairs and is president of the West Haven Chamber of Commerce. He was also burgess of West Haven prior to its incorporation and he has represented his district in the state legislature, having been elected a member of that body in 1911 on the democratic ticket. He lias been a stalwart supporter of democratic principles since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and his political record is one worthy of high commendation, for he has ever been loyal to the trust reposed in him and has been found efficient and faithful in the discharge of his pub- lic duties. He is a Royal Arch Mason and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft, which is based upon a recognition of the brotherhood of mankind. His wife is a member of the Eastern Star and socially they are prominent in West Haven. Mr. Warner deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. He is a self-made man and has been both the architect and builder of his own fortunes.
ORLANDO S. GAUCH.
Orlando S. Gauch. secretary and treasurer of the Sheldon Electrotyping & Lithographing Company now known as The Sheldon Company of New Haven, has become known in his business connections throughout the country from coast to coast, his ability having secured for him various important positions in the line of his trade. Today he is reaping the rewards of thorough preparation, close application and of expert knowledge and skill.
Mr. Gauch was born in Champaign, Illinois, July 13, 1862, a son of Jacob P. and Eliza A. (Staley) Gauch, natives of Ohio and West Virginia, respectively. Early in life the father learned the carriage and wagon maker's trade and became well known in Chicago and vicinity for the expert quality of his work. When Brigham Young and his followers decided to establish a colony of their own in the unknown wilds of the west, Mr. Gauch was one of the two contractors to whom was assigned the work of building the wagons for the train, and so well did he accomplish his task that on the long and arduous trip over the hot stretches of sand and through the mountain passes into the wilderness not once were they forced to delay on account of a breakdown. In 1849 Mr. Ganch decided to go to California and made his way to the Pacific coast by way of the Isthmus route. On reaching the Golden state he outfitted and then went up the Feather river in search of the precious metal. He soon discovered a rich deposit and then invested all of his savings in lumber to build sluice boxes. Just as his plans were carried forward to completion and all was in readiness to begin work, the high water swept everything away. About all that had been taken out of the river was used to pay expenses. After this experience Mr. Gauch decided to return to the east and made the trip overland. He located in Champaign, Illinois, and engaged in the lumber business. He was later elected justice of the peace, being the first to fill that office in his county. He died in 1895 and his widow now makes her home in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. In their family were four children: Orlando S .; Annie, who for many years has been connected with the Chicago schools as a teacher; Ina S., who died in Chicago in 1915; and one who died in infancy.
In his youthful days Orlando S. Ganch attended the schools of Chicago, of Bloomington and of Champaign, Illinois, after which he learned the printing and typesetting trade on the Champaign County Gazette. On attaining his majority he returned to Chicago, where he continued to work at his trade, being employed in the printing offices of all the big plants of that city. He became connected with the printing plant of the Henry O. Shepard Printing Company, of Chicago, and there remained for nine years in charge of the composition of railroad printing. He resigned this position to accept the foremanship of Cameron, Amberg & Company's printing department, where he remained nine years. He was superin- tendent of the W. B. Conkey plant at Hammond, Indiana, about eighteen months, resigning his position on account of labor conditions. Later he worked for the Robert O. Law Com- pany of Chicago for a year and a half, and left that position to become manager for the Shelby Printing Company of Shelby, Ohio, being identified with that business from its inception until he sold his interest in the business. He then came to New Haven in January. 1917, to embark in business with his lifelong friend, W. W. MeCarroll, under the name of The Sheldon Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer. They have since Vol. II-20
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conducted a successful business and their establishment is accorded a liberal and growing patronage. The long experience of the partners has made them most proficient and their work is of the highest grade and most artistic kind.
On the 19th of June, 1899, Mr. Gauch was married to Miss Katherine Kraft, of Chicago, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kraft of that city. They became the parents of two daughters: Florence K., who died in Chieago when but twenty-two months old; and Irene M., a very talented musician who died in Shelby, Ohio, at the early age of sixteen.
In early manhood Mr. Gaueh was a member of the Illinois National Guard. Fraternally he is a Mason, has taken the Commandery degrees and has been through the chairs in the blue lodge, chapter and the Eastern Star. He also holds membership with the Knights of Pythias and with the National Union. Both Mr. Gauch and Mr. McCarroll are regarded as valuable acquisitions to the business world of New Haven. They have brought to their new field broad experience, comprehensive knowledge and efficiency, and are condueting an electrotyping and stereotyping establishment which is second to none as regards the kind of work turned out. Their success is well merited and the many friends whom they have made since coming to New Haven wish them still greater prosperity in the future.
LEWIS HAWTHORNE.
Lewis Hawthorne is proprietor of the Lewis Hawthorne Sash & Door Manufactory, which he has developed to substantial proportions. He began the business in a small way but has constantly conducted his interests in such a manner that a liberal patronage is now accorded him. He was born November 11. 1871, on board a vessel while his parents were coming from England. The captain of this vessel was Captain Lewis, an old resident of North Haven, and in his honor Mr. Hawthorne was named. His father, Thomas James Hawthorne, was a native of England and eame to the United States in 1871, establishing his home at North Haven, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1879, when he was forty- nine years of age. He was a builder by trade and was quite successful in his undertakings. He married Fannie Campbell, who died in New llaven in 1889, at the age of sixty years.
In a family of eight children Lewis Hawthorne was the seventh in order of birth. He acquired a common school education in Cheshire and when nine years of age started out to earn his own living, being employed by a farmer, Harmon Humiston, in Hamden. There he remained until he reached the age of seventeen as a farm hand when he began dairying and farming in partnership with his former employer. He was thus active to the age of twenty- six years, when their interests were advantageously sold and Mr. Hawthorne entered the service of the Fuller Construction Company of New York city. With that firm he continued as foreman for six years, at the end of which time he resigned his position to come to New Haven and here, in 1903, he established his present business in the old Halsted and Harmont building on Water street, which is now occupied by the City Supply Company. He began in a small way in a little two-story frame building with but one employe. His business developed, however, and after remaining at his first location for six years he removed to 49 Chestnut street, purchasing the old plant of the Killam Carriage Company. On the 8th of April, 1912, this building was destroyed by fire and Mr. Hawthorne at once began the erection of a new and modern building which is one hundred and forty-one by one hundred and fifty feet. The growth of his trade is indicated in the fact that he employs twelve men. He does a large manufacturing business, selling entirely to the local trade, manu- facturing doors, sash and interior trimmings. His well equipped plant, the progressiveness of his business methods. his thorough reliability and his enterprise have constituted the chief factors in the attainment of his prosperity.
On the 28th of May, 1901, Mr. Hawthorne was married in New York city to Miss Sophie Kanasky, a native of Russia, and to them has been born a son, Thomas James, who was named in honor of his grandfather and whose birth occurred in New York, May 16, 1902. In politics Mr. Hawthorne is a republican but does not seek nor desire office as a reward for party fealty. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce of New Haven and is interested in all of the projects put forth for the upbuilding of the city, the extension of its trade re- lations and the upholding of civic standards. His life is guided by high and honorable prin-
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ciples as a member of the Plymouth church. He certainly deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. Starting out on his own account when a boy but nine years, he early learned the vahie of industry and economy and utilized those qualities in the attainment of his present success. He has steadily advanced until he is now at the head of a prosperous and growing business and owns an attractive home at No. 1315 Boulevard.
JOHN W. LANIGAN.
John W. Lanigan, vice president and general manager of the firm of Dillon & Douglass. wholesale dealers in butter and cheese, was born in New Haven, December 20, 1874, and attended the Eaton public and Hillhouse high schools and following his graduation with the class of 1893 he entered the employ of the firm of Dillon & Douglass on- the 12th of June of that year as office boy. He rose through various positions as the result of his diligence and trustworthiness until in April, 1916, he was elected vice president and general manager of the company, which is today one of the oldest establishments in the wholesale trade in butter and cheese in New Haven. The business has become one of the important commercial enter- prises of the city. Mr. Lanigan is familiar with every phase of it in principle and detail and with unfaltering energy concentrates his efforts upon the further extension of the trade relations of the house. Its business has ever been based upon the most reliable principles and progressive methods have been infused, keeping the establishment in touch with the trend of business advancement at the present day.
On the 28th of June, 1899, Mr. Lanigan was married to Miss Louie Alling, of New Haven. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Alling, and they have one child, Audrey, who was born in December, 1904. Mr. Lanigan belongs to the Quinnipiac Club and is a Mason, exemplifying in his life the beneficent teachings and purposes of the craft. He is thor- oughly wide-awake, alert and energetic-a self-made man who deserves much credit for what he has accomplished, and his colleagues in business circles speak of him in terms of high regard.
JACOB WEINSTEIN.
Jacob Weinstein, an architect and engineer, practicing his profession in New Haven, Connectient, was born April 15, 1886, near Vilna, Russia, and is a son of Abraham Weinstein, who is also a native of that country and who came to America in 1892, making his way direct to New Haven, where he has engaged in mercantile lines to the present time, winning a sub- stantial measure of success. He married Esther Roth, also a native of Russia, and she followed her husband to America with their family in 1895. They were the parents of nine children.
Jacob Weinstein, the eldest of this family, acquired his education in the public and high schools of New Haven, being graduated from high school with the class of 1905. He next entered Yale and there pursued a course in the Sheffield Scientific School, winning his Bachelor of Philosophy degree with the class of 1908. He started ont in the business world on his own account at the age of twenty-two years and was first employed in Portland, Oregon, by the Hurley-Mason Company, designing and supervising contractors. He left the Pacific coast, however, in 1910 and returned eastward to New York, where he was em- ployed by the New York Central Railroad Company in the architectural department. While thus engaged he was a student in Columbia University, pursuing special courses in ar- chitecture. He continued with the New York Central during 1910 and the following year returned to New Haven, where he was employed by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in its architectural department, continuing with that road until 1912, when he resigned his position to establish offices at No. 6 Church street. Here he has since privately practiced his profession and has gained a very liberal clientage. He stands high in pro- fessional circles, his ability being widely recognized, and he is now a member of the Archi- tects' League of New Haven.
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On the 27th of November, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Weinstein was united in marriage to Miss Eva Aleskowitz, a native of Brooklyn and a daughter of Abraham and Ida Aleskowitz, of Russian birth. They now have one son, Howard, born September 26, 1915. Mr. Weinstein is elassed with those men who early recognize the value of industry, energy and enterprise. Accorded liberal educational advantages, he has used his opportunities wisely and well and in his chosen profession has made steady progress.
HERBERT F. HOTCHKISS.
Investigation into the history of New England shows that one of the first names to appear on its pages is that of Hotchkiss, Captain John Hotchkiss having settled at Cheshire, Connecticut, in 1638. From that time on down through the intervening years to the present time the family has taken an important part in affairs of city and state and has always stood for loyalty, for progressiveness and for patriotism. Various representatives of the name have rendered military service to their country in the Revolutionary war, in the Civil war and in other periods of conflict. Herbert F. Hotchkiss of this review is a direct descendant of Captain John Hotchkiss and was born in Cheshire, May 11, 1881, his parents being William A. and Juliet A. (Fenton) Hotchkiss. The father was born in Cheshire, June 25, 1854, and in 1874 came to New Haven, securing a position with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway as a factor in the freight department. He was advanced from time to time through various positions to that of general foreman and continued with the company for twenty-eight years. He then decided to engage in business on his own account and bought the S. A. Lewis Transfer Company, doing an expressing and hauling business. This was in 1908 and he has since been at the head of the eoncern now conducted under the name of W. A. Hotelkiss & Company, the partners being William A. and Herbert F. Hotchkiss, engaged in the trucking and piano moving business. William A. Hotchkiss was united in marriage to Juliet A. Fenton, who was born in Cheshire, May 30, 1855, and both are now living in New Haven.
Their only child, Herbert F. Hotchkiss, began his education in the New Haven public schools and passed through consecutive grades to the Hillhouse high school. afterward becoming a student in the Sheffield Scientifie School. He was graduated from Yale with the class of 1901, but prior to this had entered upon business activities, heing numbered among the employes of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company from 1893 until 1909, save that he spent three years of that time in Yale. In the latter year he resigned his railroad position to become the partner of his father in the transfer business, which they have sinee actively and successfully conducted, being accorded a liberal patronage.
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