A modern history of Windham county, Connecticut : a Windham county treasure book, Volume II, Part 111

Author: Lincoln, Allen B
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke publ. co.
Number of Pages: 960

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Louis Peloquin, Jr., was educated in Catholic schools of Montreal to the age of twelve years, when the family removed to the United States and he completed his studies in the public schools of Oakdale, Massachusetts. When his textbooks were put aside he secured employment in the West Boylston cotton mill at Oakdale, where he remained for nine years, working in various departments and winning advancement step by step as his efficiency and skill increased. He made a thorough study of cotton

JAMES H. DIXON

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manufacturing, gaining broad experience in his different positions. Subsequently the company removed to Easthampton, Massachusetts, where the business was carried on under the same name. Mr. Peloquin was advanced to the position of overseer of the weaving department, thus continuing for several years. In 1911 he returned to the place of his nativity, where he continued for four years and during that period he played baseball for the local team, while in the winter seasons he was employed in a shipyard. In 1915 he became a resident of Danielson, accepting the position of over- seer of weaving for the Connecticut Mills Company, with which he has since been associated, and he is now filling the position of night superintendent of the entire mill.

On the 23d of November, 1903, Mr. Peloquin was married to Miss Selina Meyette, of Sorel, Quebec, Canada, a daughter of Charles and Mary (Cournoyer) Meyette, also natives of Quebec. Mr. and Mrs. Peloquin have become parents of four children: Euclide, Blanche, Reny and Yvette, all at home.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church. Mr. Peloquin became a citizen of the United States in 1909 and has since given his political endorse- ment to the republican party. While born across the border, much of his life has been spent in the United States and through the utilization of business opportunities here offered he has made steady advancement and is now occupying a responsible and profit- able position in connection with the milling interests of Danielson.

JOHN NATORSKI.

John Natorski, whose bakery is one of the substantial business enterprises of Danielson, was born in Poland, Russia, December 11, 1890, a son of Alojzy and Marie (Siegel) Natorski, the former now deceased, while the latter is still living in Poland. The father was a carpenter by trade, followed that pursuit during the greater part of his life.

The family was in limited financial circumstances, so that John Natorski had but meager educational privileges. He early began learning the carpenter's trade with his father and worked in that way for about three years. In May, 1906, he came to the United States with his brother and settled in West Warren, Massachusetts, where he secured employment in a mill. His days were passed in work there and in the even- ings he was employed by his uncle, who had come to the new world some years before and was owner of a general store in West Warren. John Natorski spent about two years in work of that character and thus gained his start in life. About 1909 he opened a meat market and grocery store in West Warren, conducting the business for a year, after which he organized a company for the conduct of the enterprise. Later he sold his interest and again entered the mill in the weaving department, spending a year in that connection. In November, 1913, he arrived in Danielson, where he was employed for a few months in the mills, after which he opened a meat market and grocery store in connection with his brother in the building of the Danielson Cotton Company. Success attended this venture, but in the meantime Mr. Natorski had become interested in the bakery business, and he removed to New London, Connecticut, where he estab- lished a bakery which he carried on for about twelve months. In 1915 he returned to Danielson, where he established a wholesale bakery and has since conducted a con- stantly growing business. He now has an excellent plant supplied with all modern machinery and equipment for the conduct of an enterprise of this character. He holds to the highest standards in the manufacture of his bakery goods and by reason of the excellence of his output has gained a very substantial trade.

In July, 1911, Mr. Natorski was married in West Warren, Massachusetts, to Miss Apolonia Gural, who was born in Poland and came to the United States in 1909. Their children are Stanislawa, Bronislawa and Amelia. All were born in Danielson. The family is of the Catholic faith. It was the desire of enjoying better business opportun- nities amid more congenial surroundings that led John Natorski to bid adieu to friends and native land and seek a home in the new world, nor has he ever had occasion to regret this step as the years have passed by.

CLARK BENJAMIN GALLUP.

Clark Benjamin Gallup is the owner of an excellent farm property in Plainfield, of which he has every reason to be proud. It presents a most attractive appearance, constituting one of the pleasing features of the landscape, owing to the excellent improvements that Mr. Gallup has placed upon it and the care which he displays in the further development of the farm. One of the native sons of Windham county, he

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was born on Ekonk Hill, in Voluntown, August 26, 1878, a son of Edwin Byron and Hannah Mary (Burdick) Gallup. The father, also a native of Voluntown, attended the public schools of that place and continued his education in the East Greenwich Academy of East Greenwich, Connecticut. In young manhood he took up the pro- fession of teaching, which he followed at various points for some time, and later turned his attention to farming at Voluntown and is now numbered among the suc- cessful general farmers and dairymen of that district. To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B. Gallup were born six children: Ella Adelaide, the wife of Charles Hopkins, a farmer and lumber dealer of Plainfield; Edwin S., who married Lena Gallup, of Sterling, and is represented on another page of this volume; Clark Benjamin; Esther G., who is a teacher; Everett B., who married Maud Chapman, of Norwich, Connecticut and Carolyn, who has passed away.

Clark B. Gallup pursued his education in the public schools of Sterling and of Moosup and in the Bryant & Stratton Business College of Providence, Rhode Island, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1899. In young manhood he took up farm work in connection with his father and has always carried on agri- cultural pursuits. After spending some time upon the home farm he purchased land near Moosup in the town of Plainfield, becoming owner of one hundred and fifty acres, which he has converted into a very valuable and productive tract. He carries on general farming, dairying and teaming and he manifests a justifiable pride in his place, upon which he has made various improvements in the way of buildings. He has also introduced modern conveniences and uses the latest improved farm machinery to facilitate the work of the fields. Everything about the place indicates his care and supervision and in all of his work he has displayed practical and progressive methods.

On the 31st of May, 1900, on Ekonk Hill in Sterling, Mr. Gallup was married to Miss Flora Mabel Frink, a daughter of John Allen and Hattie (Baldwin) Frink, of Sterling Hill, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Gallup have become parents of five children: Raymond C., John B., Ruth M., Flora A., and Albert B. The family attend the Methodist church of Moosup and are well known socially in the district in which they reside.

In politics Mr. Gallup maintains an independent course. Fraternally he is con- nected with Ekonk Grange, No. 89, and he also has membership with the Windham County Farmers Association and with the New England Milk Producers Association. He is keenly interested in everything that has to do with progress along agricultural lines and is quick to adopt any new method or measure that he believes will constitute a force in the further development of his farm.

LEROY PORTER PEARL.

Leroy Porter Pearl, overseer of the Brooklyn jail, was born in Hampton, Con- necticut, November 22, 1862, his parents being John P. and Maria (Jewett) Pearl, natives of Hampton, Connecticut, and of the state of New York respectively. The father was a farmer in Hampton and conducted agricultural pursuits quite extensively in his younger days, while in his later years he modified his activities to a consid- erable extent in accordance with his advanced age. He passed away April 2, 1881, while his wife died in Hampton June 27, 1909. Mr. Pearl was a democrat in his political views and in early life held town offices in Hampton, where he was widely and favorably known, enjoying at all times the esteem and confidence of his fellow- men. He attended the Congregational church and his life measured up to high standards of manhood and citizenship. To him and his wife were born eight children, those now living being three in number. Austin E., born in Hampton, where he now resides, was married to Miss Mary Weeks, of that place, and their children were: Eva, now deceased; Arthur; William; Reubin; Mary; Florence; and Evelyn. Fred D. Pearl, who was born in Hampton and now lives in Augusta, Maine, has been married twice.

The third member of the family is Leroy P. Pearl, who was educated in the school's of Hampton and in early life worked upon his father's farm. In 1892 he removed to Brooklyn, Connecticut, where he managed a farm for about two years, and in 1894 he entered the employ of Edwin M. Marlor, of Brooklyn, who was the owner of a large tract of land and with whom he continued until the spring of 1901, when he was appointed overseer of the Brooklyn jail, occupying that position for about seven years. He later engaged with Mrs. Thomas Marlor, the mother of Edwin M.,

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of Brooklyn, on the Marlor estate until 1916, when he again returned to the jail as overseer and has continued to fill the position to the present time.

On the 27th of March, 1887, Mr. Pearl was married in Hampton, Connecticut, to Miss Nellie Calista Hopkins, who was born in Killingly, a daughter of Harley and Ellen (Cornell) Hopkins. Her father's birth occurred in Foster, Rhode Island, while her mother was born in Sterling, Connecticut. Mr. Hopkins was a shoemaker of South Killingly at a time when shoes were made by hand, and he carried on work at his trade until his death in May, 1870. He is still survived by his wife, who is living in Abington, Connecticut.

To Mr. and Mrs. Pearl has been born a son, George Leroy, whose birth occurred at Danielson, in the town of Killingly, December 28, 1893, and who lives at home with his parents. He acts as chauffeur for Luther Pilling, of Danielson. In May, 1917, he enlisted with the old Thirteenth Heavy Artillery of Danielson, which was later reor- ganized as the Fifty-sixth Regiment, and he served for eight months at Fort Terry and for eleven months in France. He entered the service as second class mechanic, later was promoted to first class mechanic, and afterward appointed sergeant per S. O. No. 83 Headquarters Fifty-sixth Artillery, C. A. C., August 5, 1918. He was then appointed supply sergeant per battery Order No. 15, August 6, 1918,

Mr. Pearl of this review is a stalwart democrat in his political views, but has held no other office outside of the position which he is now filling. He is a well known and prominent member of the Brooklyn Grange, having served as its master for three years, and he has taken all of the degrees of the order. He attends the Unitarian church of Brooklyn.

ALVAN MAHRS THOMPSON.

Alvan Mahrs Thompson, conducting an insurange agency in Danielson, was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, May 7, 1883, and is a representative of one of the old families of New England. His father, Henry M. Thompson, was born in North Brookfield, Massachusetts, and when a boy, removed to Danielson, where he attended the high school. He afterward worked for a time in the shoe store of his uncle in Danielson and subsequently he returned to West Brookfield, Massachusetts, where for a few years he was connected with a corset factory. About 1887 he took up his abode in Wauregan, Connecticut, where he filled the position of bookkeeper with the Wauregan Company for a decade. In 1897 he again returned to Danielson and accepted the posi- tion of paymaster with the Quinebaug Company, with which he has since been identified. He married Charlotte Mahrs, who was born in Danielson, and they have had but one child, Alvan M. The parents are members of the Congregational church and Mr. Thompson gives his political support to the republican party.

Alvan M. Thompson, after attending the grammar and high schools of Danielson, pursued a special college course in the Worcester Academy at Worcester, Massachusetts, and then entered the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, from which he was graduated in June, 1905, after having pursued his studies there for five years, during which time he specialized in electrical engineering and won his professional degree. In the same year he entered the employ of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company as an engineer and in that connection worked in Boston for a year. In 1906 he became connected with the Underwriters Laboratories of Chicago in their Boston office, occupying that posi- tion until 1911, when he became general manager of the Conduit & Cable Manufacturing Company at Chelsea, Massachusetts, where he remained until January, 1913. At that date he became engineer for the Underwriters Bureau of New England and so served until December, 1919, when he established a general insurance office in Danielson and has since been in control of a rapidly growing business of this character. With a thoroughness that has always been manifest in everything that he has undertaken, he has acquainted himself with the business and is able to offer a real service in connec- tion with all forms of insurance.

Mr. Thompson is pleasantly situated in his home life. He was married in Rox- bury, Massachusetts, October 4, 1911, to Marian Moline Blodgett, who was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, a daughter of Benjamin F. and Roxanna (Bragg) Blodgett, who now reside in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her father formerly engaged in the grocery business in West Brookfield but since 1905 has lived retired. To him and his wife were born three children: Nellie B., Albert A. and Marian Moline. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson has been blessed with two daughters: Henrietta M., who was born at Swampscott, Massachusetts, March 23, 1913; and Ruth, born in Danielson, May 13, 1917.

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson attend the Congregational church and his political belief

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is that of the republican party, which he has always supported. He belongs to Phi Gamma Delta, a college fraternity, and is an exemplary member of Moriah Lodge, No. 15, A. F. & A. M., of Danielson. He is also connected with the Bohemian Club of Dan- ielson and his associates in these various orders and fraternities entertain for him the warm regard which is always the spontaneous recognition of true worth and ability and of the possession of those qualities which in every land and clime awaken ad- miration and esteem.

WILLIAM NELSON SWEET.

William Nelson Sweet, of Oneco, engaged in the lumber business, was born in Sterling, Connecticut, October 30, 1868, a son of George and Hannah (Fenner) Sweet. The father, a native of Wickford, Rhode Island, became a resident of Sterling in his boyhood days and there was reared and educated. He worked as a farm hand for several years and afterward became associated with Jeremiah and John Fenner in building the acid mill of South Sterling, the enterprise being undertaken under the firm name of the Fenner & Sweet Company. They continued the business for several years but later the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Sweet then built a mill in the same place, conducting it under the name of the George Sweet Acid Mill, to which he de- voted his attention for a considerable period, and at the same time carried on farming interests near his mill. He passed away in Sterling in 1877 and his wife, a native of the town, died in the same locality in 1897. In their family were nine children, of whom five are yet living: Nellie, who is a school teacher at Greene, Rhode Island; Sarah, who resides in Boston, Massachusetts; Mary, a resident of Moosup, Connecticut; Muzetta, the wife of Stephen Hillsinger, a plumber of Troy, New York; and William Nelson, of this review.

The last named was reared and educated in Voluntown, Connecticut, and after putting aside his textbooks worked as a farm hand for several years. Subsequently he became foreman of a sawmill and in the ensuing years was employed in that capacity at various places. In 1901, however, he began dealing in lumber on his own account, buying wood lots, hiring a sawmill for cutting the lumber and then placing his product on the market. He sells both lumber and wood and has developed a business of sub- stantial proportions in this connection.

On the 27th of August, 1906, Mr. Sweet was married to Miss Grace A. Angell, a daughter of Emor and Almira (Briggs) Angell, who were natives of Johnston, Rhode Island. Mrs. Sweet is a consistent member of the Baptist church, which Mr. Sweet also attends and supports. Fraternally he is connected with Moosup Lodge, No. 113, A. F. & A. M., and also belongs to Ekonk Grange. His wife is a director of the Wind- ham County Agricultural Association and served as chairman of the Liberty Loan com- mittee of Sterling. They have ever been keenly interested in all those forces which have to do with public welfare and progress, cooperating heartily in every movement for the general good.

FRED D. JORDAN.

Various business and corporate interests have profited by the stimulus and enterprise of Fred D. Jordan, a sagacious and far-sighted business man whose diligence and deter- mination permit him to brook no obstacles that can be overcome by persistent and hon- orable effort. His plans are always well defined and his resolute purpose carries them forward to successful accomplishment. He is the president of the Jordan Hardware Company and as such controls one of the important commercial interests of Willimantic.

A native of Lebanon, Connecticut, he was born on the 18th of February, 1865, of the marriage of Peter and Philipina (Paige) Jordan, both of whom have passed away. After attending the public schools of Lebanon and of Natchaug he continued his education in the high school of Willimantic and also in a business college in Newark, New Jersey. He afterward taught school for several years at Lebanon, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he had acquired and proving an able educator of the place of his nativity. He then became connected with the hardware trade by accepting a position in the store of Carpenter & Fowler, with which firm he remained for three years, when the partnership was dissolved and the new firm of Carpenter & Jordan was formed. That association was maintained for nine years, or until the death of Mr. Carpenter, who was then succeeded by W. P. Jordan, a brother of Fred D. Jordan, the firm style of Jordan Brothers then being assumed. Later the business was incorporated under the style of

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the Jordan Hardware Company, of which Fred D. Jordan is the president. They have built up a large trade and carry an extensive stock to meet the demands of their growing patronage. Their business methods measure up at all times to the highest standards of commercial activity and enterprise and the integrity of their methods is never called into question. Aside from his interest in the hardware trade Mr. Jordan of this review is well known in many other business connections, being the treasurer of the Jordan Auto Company, president of the Willimantic Trust Company and president of the Rockwell- Willimantic Lighting Company, which is supplying gas and electricity to the two cities. F. D. and W. P. Jordan are now erecting the finest business block in Willimantic, a credit to the city and a monument to the enterprising spirit of the builders.

Mr. Jordan returned to Lebanon for his bride, being married on the 5th of September, 1889, in that town to Miss Nettie Brewster. They have become the parents of three children, Roland B., Myrtle V. and Walter S., who add to the interest of their lives.

Mr. Jordan belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a prominent Mason, advancing through the degrees of the York Rite as a member of the lodge, chapter, council and commandery. He has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Jordan serves as president of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association and takes a very sincere interest in the work of this organization. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jordan are members of the Congregational church and they occupy an enviable social position, the best homes of the city freely according them warm-hearted hospitality.

As the architect of his own fortunes Mr. Jordan has builded wisely and well and his record is one which should inspire and encourage others, showing what may be accom- plished through indefatigable effort and unfaltering purpose. He has never feared to venture where favoring opportunity has led the way. He is fortunate in that he pos- sesses character and ability that inspire confidence in others and the simple weight of his character and ability has carried him unto important business relations.

MRS. MARY ELIZABETH SALOTTI.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Salotti, a most progressive business woman, conducting a confectionery establishment in Danielson, was born in Genoa, Italy, August 16, 1856, her parents being Antonio and Marie Salome (Descalzo) Fisallo, In young manhood the father was a sailor of Genoa and served as a marine in the Italian navy for four years. He was married in Genoa and when about thirty years of age came to the United States, settling in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was employed at different trades for a year. In October, 1858, he sent for his wife and daughter, who landed on Ameri- can shores in January, 1859, and joined the husband and father in Boston. For about thirteen years thereafter he remained in that city as a general worker and in Sep- tember, 1871, removed to Providence, Rhode Island, where he resided for forty years, there passing away in 1910. He had long survived his wife, who departed this life in 1873. After coming to the new world several children were born to them, Mrs. Salotti of this review being the only one born in Italy. Theresa died in Providence, Rhode Island, in childhood. Francis died in Boston in early boyhood. Louise Frances is now living in Providence, Rhode Island. Lawrence died in Providence about 1900. Joseph died in Boston in childhood. Peter is an upholsterer now living in Providence. All of the above mentioned children were born in Boston. Emma, the youngest of the family, was born in Providence and died there in infancy.

Mary Elizabeth Fisallo attended the schools of Boston to the age of sixteen years, when she accompanied her parents to Providence and soon obtained employment in the Giles mill, where she remained for about five years, first working in the braiding de- partment and later in the jacket department. In January, 1881, in Providence, she be- came the wife of John Salotti, who was born in Tuscany, Italy, and came to the United States in young manhood. He conducted a grocery business and general store in Prov- idence for about four years, and after the death of his young son he returned with his wife to Italy, where they remained for twenty months. They then came again to the United States and soon afterward settled in Danielson, Connecticut, where in August, 1886, Mr. Salotti purchased a confectionery business, on Main street, from John Peters. His health soon afterward began to fail and he passed away on the 6th of November, 1886. .

For six years after the death of her husband Mrs. Salotti conducted the store with success and then sold the business in 1893, rejoining her people in Providence, Rhode Island, where she continued to reside for a number of years. About 1898, however, she again came to Danielson and for a time engaged in clerking in the confectionery store which she now owns, situated in the central section of Main street. About 1908

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she purchased the business which she has since profitably carried on. She has gained the friendship and high esteem of many of the people of the city by reason of her capa- bility and progressiveness as a business woman and her strong attachment to the church. Having lost her only child, Francis Joseph, who was born in Providence, and who passed away when but twenty-seven months old, her mother love has gone out to all children and they ever regard her as a friend.

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A modern history of Windham county, Connecticut : a Windham county treasure book, Volume II, Part 111

Author: Lincoln, Allen B Publication date: 1920 Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke publ. co. Number of Pages: 960

Author: Lincoln, Allen B
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago : S. J. Clarke publ. co.
Number of Pages: 960