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EDWARD M. COTTER.
Working his way steadily upward, prompted by a desire to achieve success and at all times actuated by honorable purposes, Edward M. Cotter has become president of the J. HF. Buckley Company, conducting a plumbing and heating business at No. 14 Whitney avenue. He was born September 20, 1867, at Greenport, Long Island, a son of Edward H. and Hannah (Hallock) Cotter, who were also natives of Long Island The father belonged to one of the old families of Long Island of English lineage. He early went to sea and for many years lived the life of a sailor. He passed away in July, 1880, at the age of forty- two, and is still survived by his wife. They were the parents of three children: Harriett, who is living in New Haven; Edward M., of this review; and Frances, who is the wife of J. G. Van Arsdale, of Hartford. Connecticut.
Edward M. Cotter is indebted to the public school system of Greenport, Long Island, for his educational opportunities. He there passed through consecutive grades to the high school and later, putting aside his textbooks, started out to provide for his own support, being then a youth of fifteen years. He was first employed by the firm of Sargent & Com- pany of New Haven, occupying a position at their plant for two years. Later he was apprenticed to the late T. W. Corbett, a plumber, with whom he continued for two and one-half years. He afterward worked at his trade as a journeyman for twenty-seven years and later organized the present firm, known as the J. H. Buckley Company. This was in 1913 and upon the death of Mr. Buckley he succeeded to the presidency after having previously served as secretary. The other officers at this writing are: Mrs. E. M. Cotter, secretary ; and T. C. Fowler, treasurer. In the four years of its existence the business has steadily developed, owing to the efficiency of its founders and promoters. Mr. Cotter is a man of broad experience in plumbing lines and thoroughly understands the trade in every detail. Moreover, he is very prompt and reliable in all of his dealings and by well directed effort has won a substantial measure of success which is growing as the years go by.
It was in New Haven, on the 25th of April, 1896. that Mr. Cotter was united in marriage to Miss Marie Brandes, a native of New Haven and a daughter of Frederick and Frederica
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Brandes, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Cotter have a daughter. Anna F., who was born in New Haven on the 28th of January. 1897. The family residence is at No. 117 Foster street.
Mr. Cotter is independent in polities and fraternally is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and with the Masons, belonging to Adelphi Lodge of the latter order. The prosperity which he now enjoys is attributable entirely to his own efforts, for he has been dependent upon his own resources since a youth of fifteen years and has justly won the proud Ameriean title of a self-made man.
JOHN VINCENT O'BRIEN.
John Vincent O'Brien, attorney and assistant clerk of the probate court, has been very active in law practice and also in connection with political affairs in New Haven for some years. He was born December 8, 1884, in the city which is still his home. His father, Phillip O'Brien, is a native of Ireland and came to America in 1865, settling in New Haven, where he engaged in contracting and building, remaining aetive in business until 1901, when he retired to private life, enjoying the rest which he has truly earned and riehly deserves. He married Maria Brady, also a native of Ireland, and both survive. They had a family of seven children. five of whom are living: Sylvester L., a resident of Brooklyn, New York: Dr. Edward F., of New Haven; Dr. Thomas A., who makes his home in Waterbury; John Vincent, of this re- view; and Mrs. William Clarkin of New Haven.
In the schools of New Haven John Vincent O'Brien pursued his education. He was grad- nated from the Lovell grammar school in 1900 and from the New Haven high school with the class of 1904. He afterward became a student in the law department of Yale and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1910. He then engaged in practice with the late Judge R. H. Tyner and after the death of Judge Tyner he became associated with Corporation Counsel Charles Kleiner. He is engaged in general practice and is well known as a representative of the legal profession of this city. He has also been very active in republican politics since leaving col- lege. He was deputy registrar of the eighth ward for one year and since 1912 has been as- sistant clerk of the court of probate in the district of New Haven.
On the 20th of January, 1915, Mr. O'Brien was united in marriage to Miss Mary C. Buck- ley, a daughter of the late Joseph H. and Anna (Mason) Buckley, of this eity. They have one child, Anna Elizabeth. The parents are members of St. Brendan's Roman Catholic church and Mr. O'Brien also belongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Knights of St. Patrick and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Hfe is likewise a member of the Republican Club and he be- longs to Troop A, Veterans Association. Ilis active military service began with his enlistment in the Connecticut Naval Militia in 1904 and he thus continued until 1907. From 1908 until 1915 he was a member of Troop A of the Connecticut National Guard and in the latter year received a state medal for ten years' service. During his high school days he was active in athleties and was a member of the hockey team, while at Yale he became a member of the freshman hockey team. He worked his way through school and college, having been depend- ent upon his own resources for a livelihood since being a small boy. His progress is the. re- sult of his close application, energy and ability, and individual effort has brought him to a ereditable position as a member of the New Haven bar.
CHARLES T. HULL.
One of the attractive business enterprises in the outlying districts of New Haven is the store of Charles T. Hull, at 141 Dixwell avenue. He is a progressive business man who has worked his way upward from a humble clerkship and is now at the head of a protitable and growing trade.
Mr. Hull was born in New Haven, December 30, 1873, a son of Thomas (. Hull, a native of Ansonia and a representative of an old Connecticut family of English descent which was founded in America by three brothers who came to the new world in the early part of the
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seventeenth century. Thomas C. Hull learned the trade of making matches and was employed by the Diamond Match Company for many years, passing away in New Haven at the age of forty-two. In early manhood he wedded Ellen Perkins, a native of Woodbridge, belonging to an old Connecticut family of English origin. She is still living at the age of seventy-nine years and makes her home with her son Charles in New Haven. At the time of the Civil war she taught in the Dixwell school, two blocks from Mr. Hull's present business location. She had but two children, the younger being A. S. Hull, who is a paper maker by trade but is now engaged in the automobile business in New Haven.
Passing through consecutive grades in the public schools Charles T. Hull left the high school at the age of fifteen years to enter upon an apprenticeship to William E. Ford, then one of the leading druggists of New Haven. He was employed as a clerk in various leading drug stores of the city for twenty-one years and in April, 1913, he established business on his own account at No. 141 Dixwell avenue, where he has since remained. With the exception of a few of the down town stores he has one of the largest, best appointed and most attractive drug stores in New Haven. A liberal patronage has been accorded him and his success is the merited reward of well defined plans and unremitting energy.
On the 1st of March, 1905, in New Haven, Mr. Hull was married to Miss Jennie Coe, a native of this city and a daughter of James B. and Hattie (Steel) Coe, both members of prominent old families of New Haven. The father was for eight years a director of public works in New Haven.
Mr. Hull was formerly a member of the Governor's Foot Guard, serving for seven years as a private. In politics he is a republican and his religious faith is evidenced by his mem- bership in the Westville Congregational church. He belongs to Olive Branch Lodge, No. 87, A. F. & A. M .. of Westville; Crosswell Lodge, I. O. O. F .; the Chamber of Commerce; the . Young Men's Republican Club; the New Haven Druggists Association, of which he is the president; and the Connecticut State Druggists Association, of which he is now serving as a member of the executive committee. He was but nine years of age at the time of his father's death and he attributes much of his success to the influence and aid of his mother, whom he is endeavoring to requite through filial care and affection. The principles which she early instilled in him have borne rich fruit and he has become one of the substantial business men of New Haven.
ALBERTUS K. BOARDMAN, M. D.
Dr. Albertus K. Boardman, who enjoys a large private practice in addition to extensive hospital work, was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, January 19, 1875, a son of Dwight and Stella Delphine (Richards) Boardman. Through eight generations the ancestors have lived in Massachusetts. His grandfather, Levi Boardman, removed to Sheffield from Wethersfield, and there Dwight Boardman was reared. His wife was born in Lenox, Massachusetts. He engaged in farming and still retains his residence in Massachusetts, being an honored resident of Sheffield at the age of eighty-two years. At the time of the Civil war he responded to the country's call for troops and 'went to the front as a volunteer of the Forty-ninth Mass- achusetts Regiment, with which he served as a noncommissioned officer, rendering active aid to the Union during that dark hour in the country's history. His wife is still living at the age of seventy-seven years. Their children are: Roland Leslie, who is living in Sheffield; Walter Richards, a resident of Lime Rock, Connecticut; Jennie, who died at the age of twelve years; Elizabeth Warner, who became the wife of Dr. Benjamin Platt and died in the Philippine Islands, December 15, 1915; and Albertus K., of this review, who is the young- est of the family.
In his boyhood days Dr. Boardman was a pupil in the public schools of Sheffield and of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He attended the high school in the latter place and afterward pursued preparatory work at Mount Hermon. His professional training was received in the University of Pennsylvania, where he became a medical student and won his degree upon graduation in 1899. He then located for practice in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he remained for a year, and later he removed to Adams, Massachusetts, where he also resided for a year. On the expiration of that period he came to New Haven and spent a
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year and a half in the Emergency Hospital. He then entered upon the private practice of medicine in Fairfield, Connecticut, where he continued for a year and a half, after which he returned to New Haven in 1904. Here he has since built up a large practice. He is splendidly equipped for the onerous and responsible duties of the profession, for in addition to his pre- liminary college course he has done post graduate work in the Lying-In Charity Hospital of Philadelphia, in the Wills Eye Hospital of Philadelphia, which he attended in 1899, and he also spent one year in the Mercer County Hospital of Trenton, New Jersey. He be- longs to the New Haven, the Connecticut State and the American Medical Associations and in addition to his private practice and his general hospital work is engaged in the drug business.
In 1903 Dr. Boardman was united in marriage to Miss Anna Rosa De Eli, of New Haven, a daughter of Joseph and Josephine De Eli. They have become parents of three children: Stella Josephine, who was born July 7, 1904, and is attending school, being a junior in the New Haven high school; Gladys Elizabeth, born May 13, 1908; and Jane Richards, born August 15, 1912.
In his fraternal relations Dr. Boardman is a Mason, holding membership in the lodge and council. He is serving with the Second Company of the Governor's Foot Guard. In a professional way he has worked his way upward unaided, depending entirely upon his own resources, and his developing powers have won for him a creditable position in the ranks of the medical fraternity in New Haven.
JAMES A. SCOTT.
James A. Scott is a member of the general contracting firm of Hayes & Scott, also con- ducting a planing mill business at No. 246 Grove street, in New Haven. He was born Decem- ber 21, 1876, in Kingston, Canada, a son of James S. Scott, a native of London, England, who emigrated to the new world in 1865 and settled in Kingston, where he was engaged in car- pentering and building. In 1870 he went to Kansas City, Missouri, where he erected the city hall, and remained at that place for three years. He then again went to Kingston. Canada, where he continued his residence until 1878, when he established his home at West Haven, Connecticut. He was for eleven years actively and successfully engaged in the contracting business in New Haven, winning a liberal patronage that made his undertakings profitable. As the years passed he added annually to his income, so that he is now the possessor of a hand- some competence which enables him to live in retirement from business, in New Haven. In early manhood he wedded Emily Dyson, a native of London, England, and on coming to the new world she took up her abode at Kingston, Canada, where she resided for several years prior to the arrival of Mr. Seott. There she was engaged in teaching and eventually she formed the acquaintance of Mr. Scott, who sought her hand in marriage. To their union were born twelve children, nine of whom are living; the mother also survives.
James A. Scott was the second of this family. He acquired his education in the public schools of New Haven, pursuing his studies to the age of fourteen years, when he started ont in the business world, being apprenticed to learn the carpenter's and buikler's trades. He worked as a journeyman along that line for twenty years and in 1911 entered into part- nership with R. D. Hayes under the present firm style of Hayes & Scott. From the begin- ning the firm has prospered and the business is now one of pronounced success. In addition to receiving a large patronage as contractors and builders they conduct a planing mill which has a floor space of five thousand square feet and in the mill they employ on an average twenty skilled workmen. They have erected many substantial buildings in New Haven and this section of the state, and enjoy a well merited reputation by reason of their fidelity to the terms of their contracts and their integrity in all business matters.
On the 4th of October, 1899, Mr. Scott was married in New Haven, in St. Mary's C'ath- olic church, by the Rev. Father Lilley to Miss Mary Carter. To Mr. and Mrs. Scott have been born four children, James Carter. Thomas Carl. Marion, and one who died in infancy.
In his political views Mr. Scott is independent. considering the capability of a candidate. not his party affiliation. Fraternally he is connected with the Woodmen of the World and with the Fraternal Benefit League. His religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church
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and his membership is in St. John's parish of Highwood. His military record covers service with Company D of the Connecticut National Guard, in which he was a private for three years. Whatever he has undertaken in a business way he has achieved and he fully merits his sue- eess, He is determined and energetie and, moreover, he early recognized the eternal principle that industry wins and has ever made industry the beacon light of his life. His capability, resourcefulness and integrity in business are the erowning points in his career and have con- tributed in large measure to the substantial success which has placed the firm of Hayes & Scott in the ranks of the leading contractors of New Haven.
JOIN A. MURPHY, M. D.
Dr. John A. Murphy, actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, with office at No. 28 Edward street, in New Haven. his native city. was born February 2, 1872, a son of Hugh and Mary A ((;leeson) Murphy. The father, a native of Ireland, came to Amer- ica during the early '60s, making his way direct to New Haven, where he resided until the time of his death, which occurred in January, 1913, when he had reached the age of seventy- three years. He was superintendent of Judd Brothers' iron foundry of Wallingford for the greater part of his life and in the early days he was also connected with the same line of business with James Reynolds on his own account in New Haven. His wife, a native of this city. was a daughter of Dennis and Margaret (O'Meara; Gleeson, who were of Irish birth and were among the earliest of the Irish citizens of New Haven. Mrs. Murphy was reared, educated and married in New Haven and by her marriage became the mother of seven children, six of whom are living, the Doctor being the oldest. ller death occurred in New llaven, December 9, 1905.
During his boyhood days Dr. John A. Murphy was a pupil in the public and high schools of New Haven and afterward entered Manhattan College of New York city for the comple- tion of his classical course, there winning the Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation in 1894. lle thus laid broadly the foundation upon which to build the superstructure of pro- fessional knowledge. Taking up the study of medicine, he entered the New York University as a student in the College of Medicine and was there graduated with the M. D. degree in 1897. He put his theoretical training to practical test by service as an interne in the New York Lying-In Hospital, where he remained for a year, and also spent six months in the Bellevue Hospital of New York. He then returned to New Haven and entered upon private practice, in which he still continues. lle has never specialized along any one line but has given his attention to general practice and is a thoroughly well read physician, keeping in touch with the trend of modern thought and scientific research and investigation in the field of medieal and surgical practice. He is now assistant attending physician at St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven. lle belongs to the New Haven. the New Haven County and the Connectieut State Medieal Societies and the American Medical Association.
In polities Dr. Murphy maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than for party. lle belongs to the Roman Catholic church and he has membersbip with the Knights of Columbus. His entire life has been passed in New Haven and many of his stanehest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present. a fact which is indicative of a well spent career.
BALDWIN I. THOMPSON.
Baldwin I. Thompson is the secretary of the Horton Printing Company, having one of the large establishments of that character in Meriden. Their business is located at 21 Church street and has reached extensive proportions. Entering into connection with this business in a humble capacity, Mr. Thompson has gradually worked his way upward until he is now the manager of the corporation.
He was born in Jersey City. New Jersey, August 5, 1863, a son of John H. and Louise
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(Niblette) Thompson. The ancestral line is traced back to John and Anthony Thompson, brothers, who signed the Colony Constitution at New Haven in June, 1639, while in 1647 their brother William is mentioned. Anthony Thompson had a son John and in his will, dated 1647, he mentions his brothers, William and John. In 1654 Anthony Thompson, Jr., through the terms of his will, gave all of his lands to his brother John. One John, died in 1674. In 1682 William made his will and named his sister, Ellen, his brother Anthony's son John, his cousins, John and William, sons of his nephew, John, and other relatives. Eben- ezer, who settled in Guilford, was of the New Haven family, and had a son John, who died in 1676. The John that settled at Stoney River, was also of this family and was called Farmer John in distinction from John at New Haven, who was a seaman.
The line of descent is traced down through John and Eleanor Thompson, whose children numbered John; Mary, who became the wife of John Cooper, Jr .; Hannah, who became the wife of Matthew Moulthrop, Jr., in 1662; Rebekah; and Sarah, who married Alling Ball, Jr., in 1678. Of this family John Thompson, Jr., married Priscilla Powel on the 29th of March, 1666. Their children were: John, born August 6, 1667; Priscilla, who was born August 7, 1671, and became the wife of Ebenezer Chedsey in 1689; Samuel, born in Jannary, 1673; Samuel, born May 1, 1677; Abigail, born February 24, 1679, who became the wife of Daniel Collins; and Anna, who was born March 20, 1683. The eldest of the family, John Thompson (III), married and to him and his wife, Merey, were born the following named: John, born October 11, 1692; Abigail, in October, 1694; Merey, who was born February 21, 1696, and married Joseph Tuttle; Moses, born November 1, 1699: Eleanor, who was born April 28, 1702, and became the wife of Samuel Smith; Samuel, who was born September 30, 1704; Bathsheba, who was born January 24, 1707, and married Joseph Grannis, Jr., and after his death became the wife of Abraham Chedsey; and Joseph, who was born in March, 1709.
John Thompson (IV) married Sarah Pardee and their children were: Sarah, who was born January 17, 1718, and became the wife of Patterson Smith; John, born October 21, 1721; Stephen, December 25, 1723; Timothy, December 26, 1727; Joseph, January 31, 1730; and James, in 1735.
John Thompson (V) wedded Mary Hoadly and their children were John, Levi, Wyllys and Anna.
Stephen Thompson married Hannah Rowe in 1746 and their children were: Amos, born August 2, 1751; Moses, December 28, 1754: Hannah; and Stephen, born JJanuary 11, 1760. For his second wife Stephen Thompson wedded Mrs. Mary Baldwin, a widow, and they had a son, James.
Amos Thompson wedded Mary Thompson and their children were Hezekiah, William, Elizabeth, Isaac. Mary, Susan, Philemon, Asenath, Huldah, Hezekiah, and Esther.
Moses Thompson married Desire Moulthrop and their family numbered: Hannah, who became the wife of John Heminway: Desire; Anna; Charles; Clarissa; Sylvester: Betsey ; Betsey (II); Sarah; and Sarah (II).
Stephen Thompson was married in 1779 to Lois Bradley and their children were Aug. ustus, Silas, Hannah, Orlando, Ransom. Sarah, Hannah and Wyllys.
James Thompson married Lydia Chedsey, by whom he had the following children: Stephen, Mary, Leonard, Nathaniel, Henry, Elizur, James, Abraham, Chedsey, Abraham, Ed- ward Ellsworth and Haynes Heminway.
Timothy Thompson married Esther Perkins. Their children were as follows: Sarah, who was born August 1. 1750, and who first became the wife of Abijah Bradley, after whose death she wedded Samuel Heminway; John, born April 27, 1753; Desire, born May 26, 1756: Esther, whose birth occurred August 12, 1759, and who gave her hand in marriage to Elijah Bradley : Huldah, born June 25, 1762, who became the wife of Joseph Shepard in 1798; Timothy, born December 1, 1766; and Abraham, born February 10, 1772.
John Thompson married Mrs. Dorcas Andrews, a widow, in 1783. Their children were John, George, Desire, Lucy, James, Lue, James, John, Daniel Atwater.
John Thompson married Julia Foote, by whom he had the following children: Elizabeth. who became the wife of Thomas Barnes; John; William; Sarah, who wedded William Smith; Jorre: and Isaac Baldwin.
John Thompson, who became the father of Baldwin 1. Thompson, married Louise Niblette in 1856 and their children were: Elizabeth, who was born in June, 1857. and became the wife of Charles Foote; William, born in June, 1859; Emma, born in February, 1861; Baldwin 1.,
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born August 5, 1863; John, born in August, 1865; Clifford, in June, 1867; and Louise, in Jan- uary, 1871.
In the maternal line Baldwin I. Thompson cames of a family of equally ancient ancestry. He was a pupil in the public schools of North Branford and until he reached the age of six- teen years divided his time between attendance at school and work in the neighborhood. He afterward spent one season as a pupil in a preparatory school in New York and later took up the printing trade, which he learned in the establishment of W. H. Thomas & Sons of New York city. In 1883 he became a resident of Meriden, being then about nineteen years of age, and entered the employ of E. A. Horton, which was incorporated as the Horton Printing Company in 1893. In this connection he has worked his way steadily upward, leaving the company, however, for five years during which period he was employed by the Journal Com- pany. He then returned to the Horton Printing Company in the capacity of foreman, after- ward served as superintendent and eventually became general manager. Finally he entered the corporation and is today secretary of the company. His carcer illustrates the possibili- ties for advancement through capability and merit. The Horton Company has today one of the large printing plants of Meriden and this section of the country. There is a floor space of almost sixty thousand square feet and sixty employes turn out the work of the plant, which is of the highest grade, expressing the last word in printing.
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