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In October, 1882, while in Chicago, Illinois, Mr.
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Miller married Margaret Carter, and they are the parents of six children: Albert, Charles E., Chester, Frank, Margaret, and John. Charles E. Miller en- listed for service in the World War, in May, 1917, was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, com- missioned a second lieutenant, and sailed in Septem- ber, 1918, for France, with the 345th Regiment, goth Division, being mustered out of service in June, 1919, at Camp Lee, Virginia. Chester Miller served during the World War as a naval reserve, and is now at home. Frank Miller served in the United States army, being stationed at Camp Devens, Mass- achusetts, during the war.
ALBERT STODDARD CULLEN-Holding a re- sponsible position in the industrial world, and with an honorable record of service in the recent strug- gle overseas, Albert Stoddard Cullen, of Baltic, Con- necticut, is one of those young men who are carry- ing New London county forward in the march of progress.
Mr. Cullen comes of Scotch ancestry, and his father, James Cullen, was born in Glasgow, Scot- land, and educated in the National schools of that country. He came to America when a young man, locating at East Long Meadow, Massachusetts, where he worked as a fancy stone and marble cutter all his active life. He was gifted with artistic talent, and many very beautiful examples of his work have gone out from the yards where he was employed. In 1902 he went to Scotland in the hope of regaining his broken health, but died there in 1903. He mar- ried Annie Stoddard, and she still survives him, being a resident of Baltic. They were the parents of four children.
Albert Stoddard Cullen was born in East Long Meadow, Massachusetts, on February 4, 1890. There he attended the public schools, gaining a practical education in preparation for the battle of life. Hav- ing completed his education, he entered the West Warren Cotton Mill, in the mechanical department, and continued there from 1906 to 1913. He learned there the machinists' trade, as applied to the cotton industry, and also the trade of stationary engineer. Being naturally of a mechanical bent, he was an adept at this work, and became a valuable hand. In 1913 he came to Baltic, Connecticut, entering the employ of the Baltic Mill Company, in the capacity of engineer. Since 1919 he has been connected with the Shetucket Worsted Mills, Incorporated, in the capacity of master mechanic.
In 1918 Mr. Cullen answered the call of humanity which reached so many thousands of the flower of young American manhood. He was assigned to the 308th Machine Gun Company, of the 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and served with honor in France until the close of the war. He was mustered out of service at Camp Devens, on May 13, 1919, when he returned to his old home in Baltic.
Mr. Cullen is a popular young man of this vicinity, and interested in the various branches of social, fraternal and civic activity. Politically, he is a Re-
publican, and was recently elected selectman of the town of Sprague. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to a Warren, Massachusetts, Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Franklin Chapter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons, of Norwich; and Franklin Council, No. 3, Royal and Select Masters, also of Norwich. He is also a member of Quinebaug Lodge, No. 187, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Warren. He is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church, and active in the young people's organi- zations.
ARTHUR DYER TRIPP-Among those who can claim descent from the first families of the State of Rhode Island is the present Tripp family, whose ancestry runs back to the pre-Revolutionary days when good Peregrine Tripp made stout shoes for the people of the village of Exeter, Rhode Island, where he lived, worked and died. His wife, Isabella (Sprague) Tripp, was born August 26, 1768, and died September 26, 1812, leaving a large family behind them. These were: Isabella, born December 22, 1791; John, born November 17, 1793; Saralı, born March 13, 1797, died May 25, 1798; Sarah (2), born August 6, 1799, who married Silas Moore, and died in Richmondtown, Rhode Island, March 19, 1862; Betsey, born October 22, 1802, who married William Northrop, and died in Warwick, Rhode Island; De- borah, born September 29, 1804, who married Mr. Hoxie, of Rhode Island, and died in May, 1846; Lyman, born April 11, 1806, died in March, 1808; and Phoebe, who was born March 28, 1809, and mar- ried in Rhode Island.
John Tripp, one of the sons of Peregrine Tripp, carried on farming on the home place until his mar- riage, when after a few years of working on rented land near Exeter, he came to Plainfield with his wife's parents, all locating in the southern part of the town on a farm which the father-in-law pur- chased. Until the death of his wife, Mr. Tripp re- mained on this property and then went to Brooklyn, Connecticut, where he lived with his son until his death, in March, 1852. Through his marriage, in Exeter, to Sarah Bissell, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Allen) Bissell, John Tripp became connected with one of the leading families of Rhode Island. Samuel Bissell served in the Continental army under General Nathanael Greene, was made a lieutenant, and later became captain of his company. He re- signed soon after this last appointment, however, and went on board a privateer, where he assisted in the capture of twenty-seven British vessels. Throughout the Revolutionary War he remained in the navy, and drew a pension until his death. After the war he worked at farming in Plainfield, Con- necticut, for many years, and was buried in the private burying ground at Flat Rock in that town, where his wife, who died at the age of forty-nine, had already been buried. The children of John Tripp and his wife were: 1. Lucy Ann, born at Plain- field, in April, 1818, who married Gilbert Robbins, a factory superintendent, and died in Plainfield. 2. Samuel B., born February 23, 1820, who married
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Betsy Keach; he was a shoemaker by trade, entered the army during the Civil War, and was killed at Cold Harbor. 3. Huldah, born October 12, 1821, who married Miner Tucker, and died in Plainfield. 4. Perry G., born October 12, 1823, who married Abbie Pidge; served in the Civil War in the First and (second) Harriet Irene Robbins, of Brooklyn. 5. Stephen H., born in June, 1826, who married Abbie Pidge, served in the Civil War in the First Connecticut Cavalry, later became a farmer, and died in Brooklyn. 6. Henry D., of whom further. 7. Sophia, who died in infancy. 8. Emily, who married Louis Treseott, and died in Providence, Rhode Island. 9. George, born August, 1834, who married Lydia Spicer, and after retiring from seafaring life, engaged in the lumber business at Mystic, Con- necticut.
Henry D. Tripp, father of Arthur Dyer Tripp, was born in Plainfield, Connecticut, February 23, 1828, and died in Brooklyn, Connecticut, November 7, 1907, most of his life being spent in Windham county, Connecticut. He worked at farming, prin- cipally, but was a tanner by trade and made shoes. He married Adelaide J. Simmons, a native of Provi- dence, Rhode Island, who is now living in East Brooklyn, Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Tripp became the parents of twelve children, among whom was Arthur Dyer Tripp, the tenth child.
Arthur Dyer Tripp was born in Thompson, Con- necticut, September 25, 1875. He attended the pub- lie school at Central Village, in the town of Plain- field, Connecticut, completing his education at Putnam Business College. He chose teaching as a profession, and beginning in 1902, taught sixteen years, half of those years in East Brooklyn, Con- necticut, and the other half in different schools. In 1910 he located in Jewett City, and entering into partnership with H. B. Chapman, engaged in the lumber and coal business and the handling of builders' supplies, under the firm name of Chapman & Tripp. The association has been both pleasant and profitable and is continued at the present time, the firm carrying on a large and successful business.
Politically, Mr. Tripp is a Republican. Fraternally, he is affiliated with Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 75, Free and Accepted Masons; Reliance Lodge, No. 29, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which order he is a past noble grand; Faith Chapter, No. 82, Order of the Eastern Star, of Jewett City; Un- daunted Lodge, No. 34, Knights of Pythias, of Jewett City; and Pachaug Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Griswold, Connecticut. He is also secretary of the Slater Library Corporation, of Jewett City. Mr. Tripp attends the Baptist church.
Mr. Tripp married, September 17, 1913, Martha B. Church, daughter of Rollin R. and Lydia (Brown) Church, of Jewett City, and they are the parents of three children: Arthur D., Jr., Rollin Church, and Hermon Brown.
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CHARLES ADAMS MARQUARDT, the sixth child of the late George and Martha (Salsman) Marquardt, was born at Groton, Connecticut, Sep-
tember 27, 1869. His father was a native of Ger- many, and came to this country when a young man, locating in Groton, where he resided the remainder of his lifetime, following agricultural pursuits.
The education of the boy, Charles A., was ob- tained in the public schools of Groton, after which he served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade and it is with this particular line of business that he has ever since been interested in. In 1895 he founded the Marquardt Brothers' Lumber Company, which was incorporated in 1910, and was run under this name until 1917, when it was sold, and is now con- ducted under the name of the Groton Lumber Com- pany. The success of this organization was due in no small measure to the wonderful business genius and business ability of Charles Adams Marquardt. Since the dissolution of this company, Mr. Marquardt has carried on successfully a large contracting busi- ness, and is recognized as one of the most progres- sive business men of this community.
Mr. Marquardt is an Independent in politics. He affiliates with the Free and Accepted Masons, and with the Independent Odrer of Odd Fellows, Fair- view Lodge, No. 101, of which he is a charter mem- ber. In religion he is a Baptist, attending the church of this denomination at Groton.
Charles Adams Marquardt was united in marriage with Celia Chapman, of Groton, a daughter of Charles D. and Annie (Morgan) Chapman. Mr. and Mrs. Marquardt are the parents of four children: Alice E .; Gladys A., who married Edward Seaver, of Groton; Percy; and Barbara.
ALBERT LAMATE DUHAIME, proprietor of a moving picture theatre in Mystic, Connecticut, has been in the business here for some years, and con- ducts a very popular enterprise.
Albert Lamate Duhaime is the son of Joseph L. and Albina (La Montaine) Duhaime, the father be- ing a native of Salix, Iowa, and the mother having been born in Montreal, Canada. Joseph L. Duhaime attended the public school of his birthplace and when quite young became a ranch man, living that life for a year, then, coming back into the business world, he took up the meat market business, continuing it for many years, finally retiring from active work. He now resides in Providence, Rhode Island. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children, of whom their son, Albert Lamate, is the youngest.
Born in Mandeville, Rhode Island, September S, 1883, Albert Lamate Duhaime acquired an education in the public school of that village, and after leaving it, became employed as manager of one of the large chain of Childs' restaurants, located in Providence, Rhode Island. For the next six years Mr. Duhaime remained in this establishment, but his health be- coming somewhat impaired at this time, he gave it up and, coming to Mystic, opened the Lyceum Thea- tre, in the Gilbert block; some time later the build- ing was destroyed by fire, but this catastrophe did not discourage Mr. Duhaime, for he at once set about opening another theatre in an adjoining build- ing, giving it the name of the Mystic Theatre,
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though it is devoted entirely to the work of the screen. It has proved itself to be a very successful venture, and Mr. Duhaime is still conducting it.
A member of the Knights of Columbus, Mr. Du- haime is an active worker in Father Murphy Council of Mystic. He also is affiliated with Westerly Lodge, No. 678, of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Westerly, Rhode Island. In politi- cal faith he is a Republican.
On June 21, 1905, Albert Lamate Duhaime was married to Margaret King, daughter of Patrick King. Three children have been born to them: Ernest L., Margaret L., and Cyril L .; they all live at home. Mr. and Mrs. Duhaime and their children all attend the Roman Catholic church of Mystic.
ALWARD JOHN HUGGARD-Born in the town of Norton, Kings county, New Brunswick, Canada, Mr. Huggard was there educated and spent the first nineteen years of his life. His father, James Hug- gard, born in Ireland, came to Canada when a lad of twelve, and found a home in Kings county, New Brunswick, and there died in 1876, aged sixty-three years. He married Anne Robinson, born in Queens county, New Brunswick, who died in 1891, aged seventy-one years. She was the daughter of Thomas and Isabella Robinson. James and Anne (Robin- son) Huggard were the parents of five sons: Jo- seph, Thomas, Jacob, James, Alward John, of further mention; and four daughters: Elmira, Isa- bell, Mary, and Anne.
Alward John Huggard was born March 24, 1868, and attended the public schools in his youth. He remained in New Brunswick until 1887, when he went to Waterville, Maine, there passing eight months as an employee of the Lockwood Cotton Mills. He was next in Lowell, Massachusetts, where for eleven years he was with the Kitson Machine Company. His next employment was with the now Climax Company until 1912, when he went to New Jersey, where he spent the years until May, 1915, as a shipping clerk. On that date he located in Montville, New London county, Connecticut, where as a member of the firm, Chagnon and Huggard Company, he is successfully engaged in the manu- facture of paper tubes.
Mr. Huggard married, at Lowell, Massachusetts, in December, 1892, Catherine MacAnlay, born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, August 7, 1867, daugh- ter of John and Arabella MacAulay, who had three other daughters who grew to womanhood: Sophia, Annie, and Jane; a daughter, Delina, and a son, Malcolm, are deceased.
RAOUL M. DELAGRANGE-A descendant of an old Huguenot family of France, Raoul M. Dela- grange is a native of that country, but since his infancy he has lived in the United States. His father, Adolph A. Delagrange, was born in Fruriner, France, and as a boy attended the public school in his native city. In his young manhood he became a commission merchant and a speculator in all export foods, fruits and such commodities. In 1880, or
thereabout, Mr. Delagrange came to this country, bringing his family with him, and located in Long Island City, New York :. He only lived a few years there, dying in 1897. By his first wife he had two children: Gaston and Adolph. His second wife, who was a Miss Poulver, also a native of France, died at Long Island City in 1884. They were the parents of two children: Raoul M., and Edgar M., who married Josephine Greiser, a resident of Ston- ington, where they now reside.
Having acquired an education in the public schools of Long Island City, Raoul M. Delagrange came to Stonington in 1898 and entered the employ of the American Velvet Company, where he learned the velvet weaving business. Continuing in this line for ten years, Mr. Delagrange became interested in marine engines, and in 1908 bought out the business of William F. Broughton, a dealer in marine engines and supplies, adding to this line a machine shop for general jobbing. In 1920 he built a garage, 65x100 feet, which is one of the most up-to-date garages within one hundred miles, equipped with modern machinery, all accessories, welding machines, etc., and the painting of cars is also done here. Mr. Delagrange has inherited from his father a keen desire to speculate and will become interested in anything that promises a money return; to a certain extent that has become somewhat of a hobby.
Mr. Delagrange is what might be called a fraternal man, being connected with several organizations, in which he is quite active. He is a member of Asylum Lodge, No. 67, of Stonington, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Pequot Council, Royal Arcanum. For the past eight years Mr. Delagrange has been foreman of the hook and ladder company of Stonington. He also is a member of the Repub- lican party.
In 1902 Raoul M. Delagrange was married to Josephine Ollweiler, a daughter of George Ollweiler, a native of Germany. To this union four children have been born: Constance M .; Olive; Winona; and Reginald; and they are all living at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Delagrange and their fam- ily are all members of the Protestant Episcopal church of Stonington.
CHARLES W. PRENTICE-One of the indus- tries of Taftville and southern Connecticut is the roll covering business, conducted by Charles W. Pren- tice until his death in 1909, and since then under the ownership of Mrs. Prentice, and managed by their son, Harry E. Prentice, a sketch of whom follows. The roll covering business was introduced into the Prentice family by Ephraim Prentice, father of Charles W., and grandfather of Harry E. Prentice. He was a mechanical genins, a carpenter, millwright and roll coverer, a business he began in one room, with rented power and two assistants. The business continued by his sons is now in the hands of grand- sons.
Captain Thomas Prentice, born in England in 16~1, married in England, and with his wife, Grace, joined the church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in
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1652. He was captain of a troop of horse fighters in the Indian War, 1675, and died in Newtown, Massachusetts, July 6, 1710. His wife Grace died October 8, 1692, the mother of sons and daughters. The line of descent from Captain Thomas and Grace Prentice is through their eldest son, Thomas Pren- tice, and his wife, Sarah Stanton; their son, Samuel Prentice, and his wife, Esther Hammond; their son. Joseph Prentice, and his wife, Mary Wheeler; their son, Manasseh Prentice, and his wife, Asenath Ben- ton; their son, Ephraim Prentice, and his wife, Mary Dow; their son, John D. Prentice, and his wife, Abby Gray Gilmore; their son, Ephraim Prentice, and his wife, Rachel S. Wilson; their son, Charles W. Pren- tice, and his wife, Alice M. Brown; their son, Harry E. Prentice, and his wife, Mary Waterman; their children, Dorothy W., Charles W., and Ruth B. Prentice. In the fourth generation this branch moved from Newtown, Massachusetts, to Preston, Connecticut, and that State has since been the home of this branch of the family. Preston, Plainfield, Moosup, Taftville, and Norwich have all been homes of the family.
Ephraim Prentice, of the eighth generation, was born near Moosup, in the town of Plainfield, Wind- ham county, Connecticut, July 27, 1822, died at his farm in East Brooklyn, then a part of the borough of Danielson, Windham county, Connecticut, No- vember 13, 1899. He learned the carpenter's trade, then was engaged for many years as a millwright, and finally completed a process for covering top rolls used in cotton mills in the making of textiles. He developed a good business in that line at Wau- regan, Connecticut, moving in 1883 to East Brook- lyn, where he owned the old Stewart property. There he built and prospered, and continued his roll covering plant until his death in 1899, when he was succeeded by his son, George E., in the East Brooklyn plant. In 1871 he established a branch plant at Taftville, New London county, Connecticut, and that was placed under the management of his son, Charles W. Prentice, in 1880.
Ephraim Prentice, alter removing to East Brook- lyn, devoted a good share of his own time to his sixty-two acres and especially to the breeding of pure-blooded Holstein cattle, having a fine herd. He is a Republican in politics, an attendant and supporter of the Congregational church, and a mem- ber of Mount Moriah Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Danielson, Connecticut. He married, in Plainfield, Connecticut, Rachel S. Wilson, born in Plainfield, September 22, 1821, died November 8. 1891; both were buried in Westfield Cemetery, Dan- ielson. They were the parents of four children: Charles W., of whom further; Ellen M., who never married but always remained her parents' companion, and after they had passed away she remained at the old home in East Brooklyn: Emma R., who married John Whitaker, of Plainfield; and George E., born June 14, 1860, long associated in the roll covering business with his father, whom he succeeded at the East Brooklyn plant.
Charles W. Prentice, eldest son of Ephraim and
Rachel S. (Wilson) Prentice, was born in Green- ville, Connecticut, February 13, 1847, died in Taft- ville, Connecticut, August 25, 1906. His youth was spent in the various Connecticut towns in which his father followed his trade, finally coming to Wau- regan, which was the family home for twenty-four years, and there the lad was educated in the public schools. When school years were over he was em- ployed as an assistant bookkeeper in a mill at Wauregan, but soon entered the employ of his father, who had established a shop in Wauregan for the covering of rolls used in textile manufacturing. The branch factory established at Taftville by his father in 1871 was placed under the management of Charles W. Prentice in 1880, and for twenty-nine years he continued its operation, becoming its owner. He became an important figure in cotton manufacturing circles and his business grew to large proportions. He was held in high regard as an able business man, and in his citizenship there was no flaw.
In politics, Mr. Prentice was a Republican, but never active in the party, although keenly alive to his obligations as a good citizen. He was a member of the Masonic order and affiliated with Mount Moriah Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Dan- ielson; the Scottish Rite at Norwich, holding the thirty-second degree; and with Sphinx Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was very popular in these orders and in his community.
Mr. Prentice married, in Manchester, New Hamp- shire, Alice M. Brown, who survives him. She suc- ceeded to the ownership of the roll covering busi- ness, which she has continued until the present time (1921) under the management of her eldest son, Harry E., of mention below. Leonard Charles Prentice, her youngest son, is also associated with the same business; he married Florence Weller, of Taftville, Connecticut, and has two daughters: Shir- ley Weller, and Lorraine Elizabeth Prentice.
HARRY EPHRAIM PRENTICE, eldest of the two sons of Charles W. and Alice M. ( Brown) Pren- tice (q. v.), was born at the old home of his mother in Manchester, New Hampshire, November 2, 1888. Norwich, Connecticut, became the family home, and there he was educated in the public schools and Norwich Free Academy (class of 1907), later attend- ing Phillips Exeter, Academy at Exeter, New Hamp- shire, class of 1909. He then spent two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, returning to Norwich in 1912. In that year he became manager of the business established in Taftville by his grand- father, The Prentice Company, developed by his father, and since the latter's death in 1906, owned and operated by his mother. In politics Mr. Pren- tice is a Republican, and in religious faith is a Con- gregationalist.
Mr. Prentice married, at Waterford, Connecticut, July 11, 1911, Mary Waterman, born in Lebanon, Connecticut, April 11, 1889, daughter of Andrew and Julia (Stark) Waterman. Mr. and Mrs. Prentice are
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the parents of three children: Dorothy Waterman, born April 17, 1912, in Norwich, Connecticut; Charles Wilson, born May 23, 1913, at Taftville, Connecti- cut; and Ruth Brown, born March 23, 1920, at Nor- wich, Connecticut. The family home is in Norwich
DR. FREDERIC EDMOND RAINVILLE was born in Rouville county, Province of Quebec, Janu- ary 7, 1861, son of Paul and Sophia (Giroux) Rain- ville. His father, Paul Rainville, was born in Rou- ville, and followed agricultural pursuits throughout his entire lifetime. He died in 1871. To Mr. and Mrs. Rainville were born nine children, Frederic Edmond being the third child.
After preliminary education in the public schools of Rouville, Frederic Edmond Rainville entered Fel- ler Institute Preparatory School, whence he was graduated in 1887. In the meantime, having decided to adopt medicine as a profession, he entered the University of Vermont, receiving his M. D. from the Medical Department of that institution in 1891. The same year lie was appointed interne at Notre Dame Hospital, Montreal, Canada, where he made a special study of surgery. Later he established in the practice of his profession in Montreal, Canada, where he made a special study of surgery, but later moved to Wauregan, Connecticut, subsequently go- ing to Danielson, where until 1910 he practiced his profession with success. He then came to Jewett City, since which time his practice has been steadily increasing. Dr. Rainville is a Republican in politics.
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