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Brigadier-general Haven was married in October, 1870, to Miss Ella A. Beckwith, who died in 1877. She was the mother of a son and a daughter, who died young. He contracted a second marriage in October, 1882, with Miss Mattie A. Comstock, of New London, a daughter of Captain Horace Com- stock. By this union he has one son, Morgan B., born February 4, 1893. General Haven served the city for six years as Alderman and Councilman. An active member of the Grand Army, he was the father of W. W. Perkins Post, No. 47, and has filled its principal offices, serving as Commander for three terms. He is a Master Mason; and he has passed the chairs in Mohegan Lodge, I. O. O. F.
REDERICK H. BREWER, a well- known citizen of the town of Groton and a Justice of the Peace, was born in Norwich, Conn., May 24, 1834, son of Lyman and Harriet (Tyler) Brewer. (An account of
his ancestry may be found in the sketch of Louisa J. Brewer, published elsewhere in this work.) The father was born in Wilbraham, Mass,, about 1785, and died in Norwich in June, 1857. His wife was the daughter of the Rev. John Tyler, rector of Christ's Church for fifty-four years. They had eleven chil- dren, of whom the subject of this sketch was the youngest.
Frederick H. Brewer was educated in the school of Dr. Roswell Park at Pomfret, where he studied for six years. In 1852 he went to Buffalo, where he was engaged for sixteen years in the Cuban shook trade, as a member of the firm of Story & Polhemus.
In 1869 he returned to Norwich, and settled upon his small farm of twenty acres, near West Mystic station. He has been proprie- tor for seven years of the Nawyang House, on Mystic Island, now called the Mystic Island House, which was built in 1857, and was owned by his brother William. Fhis brother, who was Clerk of the Court in Norwich for many years, died in California. Judge Brewer is a Democrat politically. He has served as Justice of the Peace for twelve years, and has also been Registrar of Voters. He is a Master Mason of Buffalo Lodge. He is a communicant of the Episcopal church, in which he serves as vestryman and clerk of the parish. Judge Brewer was married in Buffalo in 1859 to Rebecca Holmes, daughter of Rob- ert Holmes, of that place. He has five chil- dren, namely: Lyman, a banker in California, who is married and has two sons and two daughters; Harriet L., who resides with her brother; Julia E., Ellen T., and Frances Hale, who reside at home with their parents. These children were educated in the high school at Mystic.
Judge Brewer's home, on the banks of the Sound, commands a fine view of the ocean and
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neighboring islands to the east and south. With a plenteous supply of bivalves and fish in every variety fresh from the water, with vegetables from the garden and abundant sup- plies from the dairy and poultry yard, they are in no danger of wanting the necessaries or even many of the comforts of life.
ENRY HASKELL GALLUP, a prominent manufacturer of Norwich, was born in the town of Preston, this county, June 2, 1846. He traces his ancestry through many generations, in which credit and honor have been associated with the name, to John Gallup, a native of Dorsetshire, England, who sailed from Plymouth, Eng- land, in the ship "Mary and John," and ar- rived at Nantasket on May 30, 1630. This ancestor, who settled in Massachusetts, was a mariner and the captain of a vessel. While not a man of property, he was held in high esteem. He received Gallup's Island as a present from Governor Winthrop. John Mason was also a close friend of his. In 1636 Captain Gallup's name appeared in the town records. The family coat of arms bore the motto, "Be bold, be wise." The gene- alogy of the family, which was published in 1893 by John B. Gallup, of Agawam, Mass., contains many interesting facts concerning its early American progenitors.
Benadam Gallup, the great -great-grand- father of Henry Haskell Gallup, born in Gro- ton, Conn., in 1716, died in 1800. He served in the Revolutionary War as Major in the Second Battalion of Wadsworth's brigade, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colo- nel, his commission being signed by Governor Jonathan Trumbull, and bearing the date of December 2, 1776. Isaae Gallup, son of Benadam, also won distinction in the struggle
for independence. He was a Lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment, Tenth Company, under Colonel Samuel H. Parsons, this regiment being one of those raised at the Lexington alarm in April, 1775. Until June 17 the regiment was on duty at New London, and was then ordered by the Governor's Council to Boston. Afterward it was stationed at Roxbury, and formed a part of General Spen - eer's brigade until December 10, 1775, when its term of service expired. By this time Isaac Gallup had been promoted to the rank of Captain. The regiment was reorganized under Colonel Parsons in 1776 for service in the Continental army; and after the siege of Boston it was ordered to New York City, whither it went by way of New London and the Long Island Sound. It was there en- gaged in fortifying the city until the elose of the year, participating in the battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, and in the retreat on August 29. It subsequently took part in the battle of White Plains, after which it was sta- tioned on the Hudson, near Peekskill, under General Heath, until its term of service ex- pired, on December 31, 1776. Captain Isaac Gallup married Anna Smith, a daughter of Nehemiah Smith, of Groton.
Isaac Gallup, son of Captain Isaac and the grandfather of Henry H., took part in the War of 1812. By trade he was a carpenter and builder. He also owned and profitably conducted a good farm, which is now owned and occupied by his son. He was a man of influence in town and general affairs. On March 12, 1812, he was married to Miss Pru- denee Geer, of Ledyard, who, being a daugh- ter of David and Mary (Stanton) Geer, traced her family history to England. Of his five children, a son and four daughters, Isaac Gallup, who was born near Poquetanuck, No- vember 13, 1820, and now resides on the old
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homestead in Preston, is the only survivor. He married on March 23, 1845, Miss Ma- ria Theresa Davis, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Shaw) Davis, of Preston, and a grand- daughter of Peter and Lucretia (Pellingham) Shaw, of Westerly, R.I. On March 23, 1895, he and his wife celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Although he is now seventy-seven and she is seventy-three years of age, they retain their mental and physical activity remarkably. Three children blessed their union, namely: Henry Haskell, the subject of this biography; Ella Maria, the wife of Avery D. Wheeler, of Cliff Street, Norwich; and Charles Davis, of Norwich, who married Grace Rogers Aldrich, and is associated with his brother in the belt busi- ness.
After receiving a good education in both conimon and select schools, Henry Haskell Gallup was engaged in teaching for four winters. At the age of twenty-two he came to Norwich, and went to work as a clerk in a hat store. Soon after he became book-keeper for Barstow & Palmer, with whom he remained three years. On March 1, 1871, he started out for himself in company with George S. Smith, forming the firm of Smith & Gallup, which did a prosperous business in leather and findings. In 1873, together with Frank Ulmer, they purchased the tannery of the late Charles N. Farnam, of the Norwich Belt Manufacturing Company. Mr. Smith retired in 1883, and Mr. Ulmer in 1892, leaving Mr. Gallup the sole owner of the tannery at Green- ville and of the factory in Norwich. He is now doing a very extensive business, employ- ing one hundred and ten men, including seven travelling salesmen, and having a branch house in Chicago, under the management of Roswell Allen Breed, by whom it was estab- lished in 1887.
On September 26, 1871, Mr. Gallup was married to Miss Irena H. Breed, of this city. She is a daughter of Edward and Harriet Lee (Hebard) Breed and a grand-daughter of Ros- well and Sarah (Hancox) Breed. Her ma- ternal grandparents were Gurdon Hebard, born at Windham, Conn., October 31, 1770, and Irena (Frink) Hebard, born May 19, 1775. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Breed buried their first-born, Charles E., who was a young man in the navy, and a daughter, Fanny Miner, who died when fifteen years of age. Their son Andrew resides in Norwich; while Roswell, as above intimated, lives in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Gallup have lost an infant son and daughter: Fanny Ella, in 1876, when twenty-one months old; and Clarence Brced in 1881, at the age of six months. Their living children are: Walter Henry, born April 13, 1873, now at home, having left the Norwich Free Academy to go into business with his father; and Susie Irena, thirteen years old.
In politics Mr. Gallup is a Republican. He was the second president of the Board of Trade, in which capacity he served for two years. Since 1888 he has been a director of the Thames Bank, and the president of the Norwich Industrial Building Company since its organization. He is also a director of the Chelsea Savings Bank, the president of the Crescent Fire-arms Company, and the treas- urer of the W. H. Davenport Fire-arms Company. His religious creed is the Epis- copalian, and he is a warden of the Christ Episcopal Church. The family reside at 127 Washington Street, in the elegant home that lie purchased in 1890. It was built by the late James Lloyd Greene at a considerably large expense, being constructed of brick and finished. in a very thorough and attractive manner. It stands well back from three
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streets, occupying nearly half of a block, with the large lawn sloping to Washington Street, and the garden extending back to Cedar Street. There is, however, no ostentatious display; while refinement, intelligence, and cordiality rule within.
RS. ELIZABETH M. HOWARD, an esteemed resident of Old Lyme, was born in 1823, the youngest of the twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, of Robert and Anstice (Manwaring) Hough. Her parents were mar- ried about 1806; and, the mother dying when her daughter Elizabeth was six months old, the latter was brought up in the family of her uncle, Josiah Manwaring, at Niantic. All the members of this family have passed away except Mrs. Howard and her brother, Latham M. Hough, of Springfield, Mass.
Elizabeth M. Hough was married in 1840, when only seventeen years of age, to Charles S. Howard, son of Daniel and Hannah (Smith) Howard, of Waterford. His father was at different periods of his life a farmer and seafaring man ; and the children consisted of four sons and two daughters, of whom two sons and one daughter are now living. Daniel Howard, who was twice married, died in 1867. Charles S. Howard went to sea when he was but fourteen years old; and by application to his duties he gradually rose until he became captain of a vessel and later on part owner of twenty-three fishing-smacks. He also at one time carried on a mercantile business in Niantic. About 1865 he settled on a farm of one hundred and forty acres, which he conducted prosperously for the rest of his life, his death occurring April 24, 1890. He was a man of affairs in Niantic, and served as Selectman. In religion his
opinions led him to affiliate with the Baptists, and he was a member of the church of that denomination. Politically, he was a Republi- can. Mr. and Mrs. Howard had a family of eleven children, all of whom are living but two. Their names respectively are: Charles R., Mary E., Josiah, Hannah, Mary E. (sec- ond of the name), Daniel, Palmer, Edwin, Franklin J., Lucy E., and Alfred. Charles R. is a merchant in Everett, Mass., and a widower with one child. Mary E. (first) died when she was five years old. Josiah died at the age of fourteen. Hannah is the wife of Frederick Harding, of Lyme, and has one daughter. Mary E. (second) is the wife of Pierce Littlefield, of East Lyme, and has one child. Daniel, a merchant in Hartford, is married and has two children, a son and a daughter. Palmer resides in Lyme, is mar- ried, and has one son. Edwin has a wife and one son. Franklin J. is married, and has two sons and one daughter. Lucy E. is the wife of E. D. Caulkins, a farmer. Alfred, who cares for the old farm, married Lizzie M. Riddle. The last four are all residents of Lyme.
LYSTED GATES, a member of. .. the firm of Gates Brothers, of Ni- antic, dealers in general merchan- dise, was born in this village, February 22, 1857, son of Daniel C. and Lydia M. (Parm- lee) Gates. His grandfather, Behri Gates, who resided in East Haddam and subse- quently in Niantic, was a carpenter by trade. He was born in one of the last years of the eighteenth century, and died in 1877. His wife, a Manwaring, was born in isco, and died in 1886. They reared a large family of children, of whom three sons and one daughter are now living. Daniel C. Gates was born in East Haddam, Conn. He was a blacksmith
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by trade, and came to Niantic from New York City shortly after his marriage, opening here the first blacksmith shop in the town. A nat- ural mechanic, he could mend a watch or pull a tooth with cqual skill, and was a master of his trade. He was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and an active supporter of its varied benevolent and chari- table enterprises. In 1849 he married Lydia M. Parmlee, of Killingworth, who bore him five sons and two daughters, of whom the sub- ject of this sketch is the fourth son and child. The first son was Walter, who was acciden- tally drowned; the second is Walton, of the firm of Gates Brothers; Charles, the third child, resides in Niantic; Jacob G. lives in Guilford, Conn. ; Eugenia died at the age of twelve; and Pauline, at the age of two years. The mother passed away in June, 1876. The father subsequently married for his second wife a lady from Maine, who survives him.
D. Lysted Gates was educated in the dis- trict schools. In April, 1881, he began his working life by becoming a clerk for W. P. Beckwith. Two years later he began business for himself under the firm name of Gates & Ray. The firm continued for twenty-six months, when it became Gates Brothers, under which name it has since done a large and growing business, the largest of the kind in Niantic, this result being obtained by fair dealing and courteous treatment of patrons.
Mr. Gates is a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., and has served in all the offices in the gift of the order. In politics he is a stanch Republican; and in 1887 he was elected to the legislature, in which he served creditably for two terms, reflecting honor upon his constituents. He is interested in the educational affairs of the town, and has been a member of the School Board for six years and its chairman for five years. In all
public positions he has been faithful to his constituents, and has never used official posi- tion for the furtherance of his personal inter- ests, but has considered himself merely as the servant of the public. On the 22d of Novem- ber, 1896, Mr. Gates was united in marriage with Mrs. Rachie M. Reilly.
EORGE G. BROMLEY,* a well- known farmer and influential citizen of Lisbon, Conn., was born about a half-mile distant from his present residence on October 8, 1844, son of Sanford and Re- becca (Rose) Bromley. His grandfather Bromley was a farmer, and came to Lisbon about 1826. He and his wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Y. Errington, had eleven children, all of whom are now deceased.
Sanford Bromley, above named, was born in 1812, probably at Stonington, and died in Lisbon in July, 1870. He was a stone-cutter, and worked at stone and brick masonry. A Democrat in politics, he was active in all public affairs, was a man of prominence and influence, and commanded universal respect. He served as Town Clerk for seventeen years, as Selectman, as School Visitor, and as Rep- resentative to the legislature for two terms. He was married in 1834 to Rebecca, daughter of Captain Russell Rose, of Lisbon. She was born in 1812, and died in 1890, about twenty years after her husband. Sanford and Re- becca (Rose) Bromley had four children. A daughter named Nancy died at the age of seventy-nine years, and a son, Frederick, when an infant. George and Eliza Frances are the living, the latter being the wife of Frank Fitch, of Norwich Falls.
Mr. George C. Bromley was educated in the common schools, a select school, and a busi- uess college in Hartford. In 1870 he went to
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Arizona as clerk in the quartermaster's de- partment, and was there for nine years. On his way home, he stayed in Los Angeles nearly a year. Ile studied the conditions of climate and vegetation there, and believed it to be, what has since been so strikingly demonstrated, a section of country containing marvellous agricultural resources, and capable of almost unlimited development in agricult- ural lines.
In 1870 Mr. Bromley was united in mar- riage with his first wife, Jessie Ross. In December, 1887, he was married to his pres- ent wife, Elvira B., daughter of H. and Mary E. (Boyne) Rogers, of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Bromley have a family of three children, namely: Mabel, aged seven; Ida, aged five; and George Lester, aged three. Mr. Bromley is a Democrat in politics, and is actively in- terested in the public affairs of the town. He has been a member of the Board of Relief, and has served the town as Constable for years, also as Town Clerk, being now on his fourth term in the last-named position. He has been prominently connected with the edu- cational work of the town, and as a member of the School Board has given evidence of his practical and broad ideas in regard to the management of the local schools. Mr. Brom- ley's farm consists of seventy acres. Besides carrying on general farming, he has always done, and still continues to do, considerable carpentering.
ILLIAM H. CARDWELL,* a well-known grocer of Norwich, was born in Montville, Conn., a son of Samuel Cardwell, his paternal grandfather being William Cardwell, a Revolutionary soldier. After completing his school educa- tion he became clerk in his father's store, and later worked in similar positions for others
until he had laid by a small capital with which to establish himself in business. This he did in Norwich about forty years ago, and Mr. Ransom is the only one here who has been engaged in trade in this town for a longer period.
In 1859 Mr. Cardwell married Miss Lucy Leffingwell Morgan, a daughter of Guerdon and Mabel Bushnell Morgan, of Norwich. Mrs. Cardwell traces her ancestry directly to Governor William Bradford and his wife, Alice (Southworth) Bradford. Her paternal great-grandfather was Darius Morgan, of Nor- wich, and her grandparents, Peter and Han- nah (Leach) Morgan, also of Norwich. Her father, Guerdon Morgan, was a farmer, whose farm came down to him by inheritance through seven generations, and is still in possession of the family. Mrs. Cardwell is eligible for membership in the Society of Colonial Dames. Her four children are descendants in the ninth generation of Francis Bushnell, one of the thirty-five proprietors who came from England and settled in Guilford in 1639, where he died in 1646. His son, Richard, born in England in 1620, married October II, 1648, Mary Marvin, of Hartford, Conn., a daughter of Matthew Marvin, who was born in England in 1600. Richard Bushnell, second, the next lineal representative, married Eliza- beth Adgate, daughter of Thomas Adgate. Caleb, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Bush- nell, married Ann Leffingwell, of Norwich; and their son Richard married Lucy Perkins. Caleb, the son of Richard and Lucy Bushnell, married Mabel Pitkin, of Hartford, a descend- ant of William Pitkin, of that place. Their son Richard married Annie Bellows, a mem- ber of the Groton branch of the Bellows fam- ily. Guerdon Morgan, father of Mrs. Card- well, died at thirty-nine years of age. His widow lived to the age of seventy-six.
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Mrs. Cardwell was educated in the Norwich schools. She has borne her husband four children, two sons and two daughters; namely, Mabel, George, Harry, and Alice. Mabel, who studied at Waterbury under Professor Russell, is proficient in art and music; . George, a graduate of the Norwich Free Acad- emy, is a merchant in Denver; Harry, who was graduated from the Norwich Academy, and afterward spent three years in the Poly- technic School of Woreester, resides with his parents; and Aliee, who is a graduate of the Norwich Free Academy, has also distinguishcd herself as a student, receiving a prize and a free seholarship. The family live in the large brick residenee, 313 Main Street, which was built by Mr. Cardwell eighteen years ago. In politics he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Episcopal church, in which he is a vestryman. He is a thirty- second degree Mason.
EORGE ALBERT AYER, a promi- nent farmer of the town of Preston and one of the youngest landed pro- prietors in the county, was born at the Ayer - homestead, June 8, 1875, son of George Al- bert, Sr., and Hannah M. (Arnold) Ayer. He owns the farm that has been in the family for nearly two hundred years, and it is one of the most extensive and highly cultivated in this region. It was originally a part of a large tract of land bought of the Indians by John Ayer, the ancestor of this branch of the Ayer family, who was born in England, it is said, in 1680, and dicd here on February 20, 1750.
John Ayer's wife, Sarah, whose family name is unknown, died in 1760, at the age of sixty-eight years, having been the mother of ten children. John Ayer, Jr., was the fourth
child and the first son. He was born in 1718. His wife, Abigail, bore him nine children, Jonas, born February 6, 1750, being the sixth child and the second son. Jonas Ayer was a man of extensive possessions and of great in- fluence. He served as a member of the legis- fature for several years. He married Abigail Morgan, of Preston, who died at the age of fifty-eight years, leaving the following-named six children: Louise, born Mareh 2, 1814; Albert G., born October 2, 1815; John, born in April, 1817; James W., born in 1819: Abby Ann, born June 10, 1821; and Jonas Morgan, born Mareh 29, 1824.
Albert G. Ayer, who was the grandfather of Mr. George Albert Ayer, was one of the rep- resentative men of his generation. He mar- lied on September 23, 1845, Jane Pendleton, born June 3, 1823, a daughter of Isaac Pendle- ton, of Oxford, N. Y., and was the father of two children: Abbie J., who was born on July 7, 1846, and died on March 5, 1873; and George A., the father of the subject of this sketch.
George Albert Ayer, Sr., was born on the old homestead, April 22, 1849, and died on October 22, 1874. He was educated in Suffield and in East Greenwich, and was a man of broad views and well informed on cur- rent topics. He was in the legislature for a number of terms, and up to 1873 was the youngest man who had ever occupied a scat in the house. He was a deeply religious man, and was a member of the Congregational church at Preston City. He was married on Christmas Day, 1873, to Hannah M., daughter of Peleg A. and Hannah W. (Browning) Ar- nold. Mr. Arnold died on October 11, 1894, at the age of fifty-eight years, leaving his widow and three children: Hannah M. : Emily C., wife of Carder HI. Tucker, of Wake- field, R. I. ; and Mary Jessie Arnold.
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Mrs. Hannah M. Ayer was married a sec- ond time on December 14, 1881, to Fred S. Brown, son of Shepherd and Martha (Brown- ing) Brown, and is living on the Brown home- stead, which has been in the family for several generations. By this second marriage there are two sons: Shepherd F. Brown, born Feb- ruary 29, 1884, the fourth Shepherd Brown who has lived here; and Arnold P., born July 31, 1886. Mr. Brown is a Democrat, and has been Selectman for four years. He owns a fine farm of two hundred acres, and carries on general farming and dairying, having a herd of some twenty-two cows. He also deals quite largely in cattle and poultry, shipping poultry to the Eastern markets.
George Albert Ayer, only son of the elder George Albert, was born some months after the death of his father; and his education and training was under the competent direction of his mother. The estate of three hundred acres that has come down to him from his grand- father Ayer is a heritage with which any man might be satisfied, and the family associations connected with the place doubly enhance its value to the present owner. A few weeks ago, on January 5, 1898, Mr. Ayer was united in marriage with Miss Mabel E. Tattersall, daughter of John and Eleanor (Handy) Tat- tersall, of Jewett City, Conn.
OIIN E. McDONALD,+ of Noank, for more than a quarter-century general foreman of the business now conducted under the name of the Robert Palmer Com- pany, a ship-building and marine railway con- cern, was born March 14, 1844, on Prince Ed- ward Island, and is a son of John and Chris- tina (Sutherland) McDonald.
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