A modern history of Windham county, Connecticut : a Windham county treasure book, Volume II, Part 68

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

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On the 14th of September, 1910, at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Mr. Buckley was married to Miss Violet Wood, and they have two children, both born in Pawtucket, Marcus G. and Francis J., both at home. Mrs. Buckley is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and a daughter of Gilbert and Jean (Lambie) Wood, who were also natives of Glasgow.

Since becoming a naturalized American citizen Mr. Buckley has given loyal sup- port to the republican party. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church, and his life is actuated by manly principles and high purposes. In his business career he has based his progress upon capability that has been constantly augmented by experience and further reading and study along the line of his chosen life work. His preparation was most thorough, and he has advanced from one step to another along the line of textile manufacturing until he now occupies an enviable position in this field.

GEORGE HENRY GALLUP.

George Henry Gallup is a prominent farmer of eastern Connecticut, where his holdings total more than a thousand acres of valuable land, much of which is in Windham county, where the greater part of his life has been spent. He is living on Ekonk Hill and it was upon that hill, in the town of Sterling, that he was born, Novem- ber 5, 1860, his parents being Daniel A. and Barbara P. (Gordon) Gallup. A record of his father is given on another page of this work. He is a representative of one of the oldest and best known families of this section of the state. His early education was acquired in the district school of Ekonk Hill, and later he attended the Woodstock Academy. At the age of eleven years he went to Hartford, Connecticut, and was em- ployed in the New York Tea & Coffee Store. He afterward returned to the home farm and it was subsequent to this that he entered the Woodstock Academy, while still later he became connected with the butchering business, entering the employ of his brother-in-law, James J. Williamson, for whom he did slaughtering and selling. He afterward went to Providence, Rhode Island, where he had charge of the veal depart- ment in a wholesale butchering establishment. Returning once more to Ekonk Hill, he took up his abode upon his father's farm and there engaged in the butchering business. At the age of eighteen years he went to Brooklyn, Connecticut, and purchased the stage coach route, operating stages on the old Concord line between Brooklyn and Moosup, making two trips a day with passengers and mail. He developed this business to include a general livery and teaming, in addition to managing the stage line, which he extended to Danielson and Elliott Station, Connecticut, utilizing twenty-two horses, while he also had seven men in his employ. In 1888 he sold the business and purchased the old homestead farm of two hundred acres on Ekonk Hill. Upon this place he has since resided, devoting his attention to general farming, stock raising and dairying. He has also been selling agent for agricultural implements and machinery, and this branch of his business has given him a very wide acquaintance throughout eastern Connecticut and the adjoining section of Rhode Island. Not only does he own the old Gallup home but also owns a splendidly improved farm property of two hundred and fifty acres near the home place on Ekonk Hill and has altogether over a thousand acres of land in the towns of Sterling and Plainfield, in Windham county, and in Voluntown, across the boundary line, in New London county. The home farm of Mr. Gallup is one

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of the highly improved properties on Ekonk Hill. When he took possession there were facilities for only six head of cattle and one horse, while at the present time there are sixty head of cattle upon the place, upon which extensive improvements have been made. Mr. Gallup has a large herd of Ayrshire cattle and is engaged in the dairy business on an extensive scale.

On the 20th of October, 1880, Mr. Gallup was married to Miss Mary Gallup at the Nathaniel Gallup homestead, where she was born, a daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Ella (Mathewson ) Gallup. To Mr. and Mrs. Gallup have been born seven children, four of whom are yet living. George Howard, who was born in Brooklyn, Connecticut, October 8, 1882, is the eldest. He married Nellie Fern Brown, of Woodstock, Connecticut, and is now farming on Ekonk Hill. They have three children: George Howard, Jr., Gertrude Arline and Paul Raymond. Carl Daniel, the second son, born September 5, 1884, and also engaged in farming on Ekonk Hill, wedded Lottie Staunton and has three children: Carl Staunton, Donald Clifford and Laura. Earle Nathaniel married Phoebe Tanner, of Voluntown, Connecticut, and died March 5, 1919. Mary Ethel is the wife of Louis Sissons Ingalls, a lumberman of Danielson, Connecticut, and they have three living sons, George Louis, James Edmond and Ralph, while Robert Lemuel, who was the third in order of birth, is deceased. Avis Belle died in infancy and Harry Gordon at the age of two years, while Gladys Gordon, the youngest of the family, is yet at home.

In politics Mr. Gallup maintains an independent course. His religious faith is that of the Congregational church, his membership being with the Line Meeting House. He belongs to the Patrons of Husbandry and is well known in Masonic circles, having membership in Moosup Lodge, No. 113, A. F. & A. M., and Warren Chapter, R. A. M., at Danielson. He and his wife are members of Ekonk Grange, of which Mrs. Gallup was master for three years. Mr. Gallup served on the Board of Relief of the town of Sterling and for three years was one of the selectmen of the town of Sterling. He also served as town constable and as tax collector. His wife is very active in the work of the church and is chairman of the church committee and superintendent of the Sunday school. She possesses marked musical talent and was a paid singer in churches some years ago. She still lends her aid in this direction to the church and has con- tributed much to the beauty and interest of the services. Mr. Gallup was postmaster of the Ekonk postoffice for eighteen years, or up to the time when the rural free delivery system was established and the Ekonk postoffice abolished. He also carried the mail for ten years when conducting his stage line, so that he was altogether in the postoffice service for twenty-eight years. The foregoing indicates how closely, actively and helpfully the Gallup family has been identified with the interests of Ekonk Hill and the surrounding district. The aid of Mr. and Mrs. Gallup is ever to be found on the side of right, progress and improvement, and they are valued and representative citizens in the community in which they live. With many phases of business Mr. Gallup has been closely associated, is today one of the extensive and prominent farmers of his section of Windham county and also conducts a lumber and native timber busi- ness, operating a sawmill. He has one of the finest herds of Ayrshire cattle to be found in this section of the state and the progressive methods which he has instituted in the development and conduct of his farm have constituted an example which others have wisely and profitably followed.

MRS. CLARE RUSSELL BOWEN.

Mrs. Clare Russell Bowen, residing in one of the beautiful homes of the town of Putnam, was born in Massillon, Ohio, a daughter of Allen A. and Olive C. (Cook) Rus- sell, who were natives of Sutton, Vermont. Her father was born May 7, 1831, and was a son of Cyrus Russell, a native of England. Her paternal grandparents spent the greater part of their lives in Thompson, Connecticut, with their daughter, Mrs. Martha Rawson, and died there. Allen A. Russell was reared and educated in Sutton, Vermont, where he followed farming until twenty-five years of age, and then removed to Massillon, Ohio. There he engaged in business with his six brothers, establishing a manufacturing plant for the building of threshing machines and engines. This was in 1842. They developed one of the important industrial enterprises of that locality and Allen A. Russell became prominently known as the inventor of threshing machines and other valuable agricultural implements and devices. He continued in business with his broth- ers throughout his remaining days and passed away at Grand Forks, North Dakota, in September, 1901. In the Russell family were three children: Harley A., who married and is now living retired at Indianapolis, Indiana; Martha, deceased; and Mrs. Bowen of this review.

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In her girlhood days Clare Russell was a pupil in a private school of Indianapolis and afterward remained at home with her parents to the time of her marriage to Samuel M. Burdett, of Louisville, Kentucky, who was a newspaper reporter on the Louisville Courier. He was afterward connected with the Chicago Herald and other leading papers of the middle west. He was widely noted as a political writer and had a very wide acquaintance among the political leaders and statesmen of the country. He died in 1902.

Later Mrs. Burdett became the wife of Herbert E. Bowen, of Providence, Rhode Island, and New York city, who was connected with the Clyde, Ward & Mallory Steam- ship Lines, being one of the stockholders in these transportation lines. He purchased a . summer home at Putnam, Connecticut, and here passed away in 1912. He was a promi- nent thirty-second-degree Mason, identified with the order in New York city, and was a member of the Episcopal church. Mrs. Bowen still retains her home at Putnam, where she is most attractively located, occupying an enviable position in the social circles of the section in which she lives.

PIERRE J. LARAMEE.

Pierre J. Laramee has the distinction of being the only Frenchman ever chosen to represent Windham in the state legislature of Connecticut and has long been a recognized leader in democratic circles of Willimantic, where he is also widely and prominently known as a leading business man, being the treasurer of The Laramee Company, pro- prietors of one of the largest groceries in the city. He also has other important business connections and investments. He was born in Georgeville, Rhode Island, May 13, 1882, a son of Mitchell and Katherine L. (Crepeau) Laramee, both of whom were natives of Canada. The father followed several occupations in early life but after establishing his home in Willimantic in 1894 has given his attention to the shoe business and to taxi- dermy and is the present tree warden of the city.

Pierre J. Laramee acquired his education in the public schools of Centerville, Rhode Island, to the age of twelve years, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Willimantic and started out in the business world as a boy in the cotton mills. He afterward learned the machinist's trade and first became connected with the grocery business as an employe in the store of Mullins & St. Onge. He remained as a clerk with that firm for three years and in 1907, in connection with a partner, or- ganized the Trudeau-Laramee Company. They established a grocery store in a small way but after six months Mr. Laramee became sole proprietor and has since built up the business to large and important proportions. He incorporated the store on the 10th of June, 1907, under the name of The Laramee Company, of which he is the treasurer, with his father-in-law, Joseph A. Martin, as the president and his wife, Mrs. P. J. Laramee, as the secretary. Mr. Laramee established his store with borrowed money, but today has one of the largest grocery houses of the city, carrying an extensive and well selected line of staple and fancy groceries. His store is splendidly equipped, is sup- plied with various modern makes of refrigerators and other equipment that provides for the sanitary care of groceries, meats and provisions. He has a most select trade and is one of the popular young men of the city. Aside from his grocery business he is known in other connections, being a director of the Willimantic Trust Company and a stockholder in the C. S. C. Paper Box Mills of Willimantic. He is also the president of the Garde Forimond, of which he was treasurer for several years.

On the 1st of May, 1905, Mr. Laramee was united in marriage to Miss Emma Martin, of Willimantic, a daughter of Joseph A. and Mathilda (Bonin) Martin. Her father is a very prominent citizen of Willimantic and a leader in democratic circles. Several times he has been called upon to fill positions of public trust and has served as alder- man at large and in other positions. Mr. and Mrs. Laramee have one daughter, Agnes Louise. Mrs. Laramee is very prominent in the St. Anne's Society, the Council St. Cecile and L'Union St. Jean le Baptiste. She is also a most active worker in other church societies and in the Red Cross auxiliary of the church.

Mr. Laramee is a communicant of St. Mary's church, is a member and a most earnest supporter of the old St. John the Baptist Society and has held various offices in that organization. He is likewise a member of the French Naturalization Society and fraternally belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party and he was elected on its ticket to the office of representative to the state legislature from his district, a well merited honor, but one which had never been accorded a Frenchman before. He is recognized as a leader in democratic circles, his opinions carrying weight in the local councils of the party. His activities are broad and touch the general in- terests of society and at all times his aid and influence are given on the side of ad-

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vancement and progress. He has been connected with many movements of great civic worth and at all times he is recognized as a strong and purposeful man-strong in his honor and his good name, strong in his ability to plan and perform.

ARTHUR DROUGHT MARSH, M. D.

Hampton is fortunate in having in her midst a young physician as well versed in the scientific principles and practices of modern medicine as is Dr. Arthur Drought Marsh. A Yale graduate, he keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional thought, investigation and research, and his labors bear the stamp of approval from eminent men of the medical profession. Dr. Marsh is a native of Oriskany Falls, New York, where he was born October 7, 1886. He is a son of Dr. Arthur W. and Helen (Drought) Marsh. The father was born in Cabot, Vermont, and was graduated on the completion of the medical course in the University of Vermont. He is now a well known physician and surgeon of New Haven, Connecticut. His wife was born in Bur- lington, Vermont, and through the greater part of their lives they have been residents of New Haven.

It was during the very early boyhood of Dr. Arthur D. Marsh that the family home was established in New Haven, where he attended the public schools, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school. Later he entered Yale University as a medical student and won his M. D. degree on graduation with the class of 1908. He spent a year as interne in St. Luke's Hospital at Utica, New York, and for a year was connected with Greenwich Hospital at Greenwich, Connecticut. He then opened an office in Hampton, Windham county, in 1912, for the general practice of medicine and surgery and has here since remained save that on the 2d of September, 1918, he went on active duty as a first lieutenant of the Medical Corps of the United States army and served with the Seventy-seventh Infantry of the Fourteenth Division at Camp Custer, Michigan, where he was honorably discharged February 4, 1919. He then returned to Hampton, where already he has built up an extensive practice. Hampton has a large colony of summer residents and Dr. Marsh practices among them as well as among the permanent citizens of the town.

In his political views the Doctor is a republican, having supported the party since attaining his majority, but has neither time nor inclination to seek public office. He is a member of the American Medical Association, also of the Connecticut Medical Society and the Windham County Medical Society and of the last named served as secretary for several years. Already he has gained a creditable position for one of his years and his professional attainments promise well for a successful future.

WILLIAM FRANKLYN MULLIGAN.

William Franklyn Mulligan, who is the superintendent and part owner of the busi- ness conducted under the name of the Killingly Worsted Company at Elmville, was born in Wilsonville, Connecticut, August 4, 1876, a son of John F. and Mary Ann (O'Conners) Mulligan. The father was born in Ireland and when four years of age was brought to the United States, the family home being established at Uxbridge, Massachusetts, where he was reared and educated. After attending the district schools he continued his educa- tion in a select school at Uxbridge, and following the completion of his course he ob- tained work in a woolen mill. He was afterward employed in various places, occupying the positions of overseer and assistant superintendent in different mills throughout New England and the middle west. He is now retired and resides at Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He was married twice and by his first union had four children: William Franklyn, of this review; Henry C., who resides at Woonsocket, Rhode Island; John F., who married Bridget Quinn and is a mill man at Harrisville, Rhode Island; and Mabel, who became the wife of John Sarisky, a mill man at Harrisville, Rhode Island. For his second wife John F. Mulligan chose Josephine Midio and they became parents of one daughter, Martha, who is at home.

In his youthful days William F. Mulligan was a pupil in the public schools of Providence, Rhode Island, and after he had completed his studies he started out to pro- vide for his own support by working in a file shop. There he remained for a brief period, while later he directed his attention to the woolen industry, obtaining a situation at the Mapleville mill, working in the picking room, where is found the first machinery that the wool goes through in the course of its manufacture into finished cloth. Later he was employed in different departments of the woolen mill, learning the business

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thoroughly in all of its different phases. He obtained employment in various places, thus working until 1902, when he became overseer of the finishing department for the Glenn Worsted Company of Harrisville, Rhode Island, there remaining for nine years. Later he was with the United States Worsted mills of Harrisville, Rhode Island, for two and a half years as overseer of finishing, his position there being a most important and re- sponsible one. In 1911 he removed to Elmville, Connecticut, to become overseer of the finishing department for the Glenn Worsted Company at this place. In 1915 the busi- ness was reorganized under the name of the Killingly Worsted Company, with Mr. Mulligan as part owner and as superintendent of the plant. He is now concentrating his efforts and attention upon the operation of the mill, which is one of the important productive industries of this section of the state.

At Harrisville, Rhode Island, on the 22d of January, 1902, Mr. Mulligan was mar- ried to Miss Ellen Dewire, a daughter of Michael H. and Margaret (Lee) Dewire. The three children of this marriage are Margaret M., Edward H. and William F. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church. Mr. Mulligan is identified with Rose of Lima Council, No. 52, K. of C., of Danielson, and also belongs to the Putnam Lodge, No. 574, B. P. O. E. His political endorsement is given to the republican party, but while he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day, he has never sought or desired office as a reward for party fealty. His attention is given to his business affairs, which have been wisely and carefully managed, and the thoroughness with which he has mastered every phase of woolen manufacturing has led to his con- tinuous promotion in this field, bringing him at length to a place where he is active in the ownership and control of an important manufacturing enterprise.

JOHN MARSHALL PERRIN.

The life record of John Marshall Perrin covered seventy-eight years. He was born in West Woodstock on the 24th of May, 1839, and was called to his final rest January 6, 1918. His parents were Jathniel and Lucy Williams (Litchfield) Perrin, and the former was a son of Captain Hadlock Perrin and a grandson of David Perrin. The last named, as were the other representatives of the family mentioned, were all natives of Wood- stock. David Perrin was a son of Abraham Perrin, and he in turn was a son of Samuel and a grandson of John Perrin, so that the family has long been represented in Amer- ica by these various ancestors. Jathniel Perrin, father of John M. Perrin, was a shoe- maker and farmer of Woodstock and also engaged in teaching music. He possessed a fine bass voice and was a noted singer as well as instructor. He retired during the latter part of his life and passed away on the old Litchfield homestead in West Wood- stock. His wife was born in West Woodstock and her demise occurred in Brooklyn, New York.

John Marshall Perrin acquired a district school education and also attended the West Woodstock high school. He afterward took up the profession of teaching in West Woodstock, devoting his attention to the duties of the schoolroom during the winter months, while in the summer seasons he engaged in farming. He became very success- ful in the operation of his land and long ranked as one of the representative agricul- turists of his community. In 1876 he erected what is the present Perrin home and at various times he added substantial and commodious outbuildings to his place in order to furnish ample shelter for grain and stock. As farm machinery was improved he also secured the latest inventions that were of worth in the work of the farm and, in a word, his business affairs were conducted along most progressive and enterprising lines, fruit- ful of good results. In his later years he retired from active business and turned the management of his farm over to his two sons, Irving and John, who are now cultivating it. They, too, are carrying on general farming and stock raising and are meeting with prosperity similar to that which their father enjoyed.

On the 16th of April, 1863, Mr. Perrin was united in marriage to Miss Emma Teresa Williams, of Woodstock, who was born on the old Williams homestead, being the last of the family whose birth occurred at that place, which was known as the Red House. She spent most of her life in Woodstock, where she was widely and favorably known, not only by reason of her social qualities but also because of her marked musical talent. She was a fine musician and taught music in Woodstock and also in the south. As her husband likewise inherited musical talent and was an excellent singer, the Perrin home was the scene of many an attractive musical gathering and furnished entertain- ment of the highest order for their friends. Mrs. Perrin was also an interested student of botany and manifested a great love of flowers. Her parents were William Pitt and Maria (Fox) Williams, both of whom were natives of Woodstock and representatives of one of the oldest families there. The death of Mrs. Perrin occurred September 15, 1905.

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She was survived by her three children, all of whom were born on the old homestead, namely: . Irving Williams, Lucy Maude and John Marshall. The last named married Ida Pruess, of Corona, Long Island, and they have three children, Eleanor Williams, John Marshall and Elizabeth Mildred.

In his political views Mr. Perrin was always a democrat, giving stalwart support to the party. He served on the school committee and was interested in everything that had to do with the welfare and progress of his community. He long held membership in the Congregational church and for many years served as superintendent of its Sunday school. He was also a member of the church committee, was clerk of the church society and was one of the deacons of the church, and his wife acted as organist. They were people of genuine worth, greatly respected by all who knew them by reason of their many sterling traits of character and their kindliness of spirit. In their passing the community in which they lived lost two of its substantial residents and many there are who still cherish their memory.

JOHN HOFFMAN.

John Hoffman is one of the owners of the largest bakery business in Willimantic, conducted under the firm style of Blanchette & Hoffman. He was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, August 17, 1866, his parents being Leonard and Katherina (Wansiedler) Hoff- man, who were also natives of the same place. The father was a farmer who followed that pursuit throughout his entire life in Germany, where both he and his wife passed away. They were the parents of six children: Leonard, John, Frederick, Andreas, Mary and George.

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A modern history of Windham county, Connecticut : a Windham county treasure book, Volume II, Part 68

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