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energetic industry and foresight, combined with a systematic and upright method of con- ducting business. A Mr. O'Meara, a gentle- man of superior ability, is associated with the brothers in business.
In politics Mr. James F. Meara is an car- nest advocate of the principles of the Demo- cratic party. Socially, he is prominent in the Knights of Columbus and in the Oriental Order of Foresters, having held some of the offices in the latter society. Religiously, he is loyal to the faith of his parents, and is a valued member of the Catholic church, as are also his brothers and sisters. Mr. Meara is still unmarried.
ATRICK FEENEY, a prosperous farmer of the Merryall District in the town of New Milford, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, March 15, 1844, son of Thomas and Catherine (Carrigan) Feeney. Mr. Feeney's grandparents on his father's side were James and Margaret (Carrens) Feeney, the former of whom was a farmer and a life- long resident of County Mayo, reaching the age of over seventy years. He and his wife became the parents of ten children, namely : Bridget; Anna; Michael; Martin; Thomas; Anthony; Richard; James; Mary; and Brid- get, second. Grandmother Feeney died at the age of fifty years.
Thomas Feeney, son of James, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, December 20, 1814. Hle followed agricultural labors in his native country until 1855, when he emigrated to the United States, where he has since continued as a farmer, making his home in New Milford. llis wife, Catherine Carrigan, who is also a native of County Mayo, was born March 15, 1815. They have three children, namely : Patrick, the subject of this sketch; Michael; and Ellen.
Patrick Feeney commenced life as a farm laborer, and assisted in the cultivation of vari - ous farms until 1883, when he bought the T. Watson property of one hundred and twenty- two acres, situated in the Upper Merryall Dis- trict, where he has since resided. He here conducts general farming with energy and ability, making a specialty of dairy interests, and, as a result of continued diligence and thrift, is one of the successful farmers of this locality.
Mr. Feeney was united in marriage with Annie Verden, daughter of James Verden, on November 28, 1865, and has had six children, as follows: James; John; William H. ; Thomas; Edward; and Mary, who died at the age of three years.
Mr. Feeney is a Democrat in politics and a Roman Catholic in religion, and is esteemed as an industrious, useful, and loyal American citizen.
RED H. CHASE, general merchant and Postmaster of South Kent, son of John and Caroline (Turrill) Chase, was born in this town, February 11, 1855. His paternal grandfather, Alvin Chase, who died at the age of seventy-four years, was a native and lifelong resident of Putnam County, New York. By his first wife, Ruth Cole, daugh- ter of Azel Cole, of Putnam County, he had twelve children, as follows: Cyrus, Neohana, Darins, Susan, Lyman, Sally, Hiram, Henry, Cynthia, Mary, Francis, and John. Mrs. Ruth Cole Chase died at the age of forty-nine; and Alvin Chase's second wife, Polly Dwight, daughter of Daniel Dwight, died aged seventy, leaving three children - Alvin, Hannah, and Elmer.
John Chase, son of Alvin and Ruth Chase, was born in Kent, N. Y. For a number of years in early manhood he devoted himself to
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agriculture in Kent, Conn., but finally relin- quished farming, and is now engaged in mer- cantile pursuits with his son in South Kent. He has long been prominent in local public affairs, and has served with ability as Chair- man of the School Board and of the Board of Selectmen, and as an Assessor, and is at the present time a member of the Board of Relief. His wife, Caroline Turrill, was a daughter of Harvey Turrill, a prosperous farmer of Kent. She died at the age of twenty-six years, leaving four children, namely : Charles T., who mar- ried Mary Howland, and has one son, named John W. ; Fred H., the subject of this sketch ; Edna, who is now Mrs. Pomeroy, and has one son, named Charles; and Gertrude.
Fred H. Chase was educated in the district and select schools; and, after completing his studies, he taught school for two seasons. At
the age of sixteen he became a clerk in a store, in which capacity he remained until reaching the age of twenty-eight, when he established himself in business upon his own account in South Kent, where he is now con- ducting a profitable trade. He carries a large and varied stock of general merchandise, be- sides dealing extensively in grain and feed, and, being enterprising and progressive, he re- ceives a liberal patronage. In politics he is a Democrat, and has served as Tax Collector for several terms. As Postmaster, he is courteous and obliging, and serves the public in that important position with marked ability.
Mr. Chase and Clara W. Smith, daughter of Stephen Smith, of Kent, were unitcd in mar- riage in 1880, and have three children - Jes- sie, Eunice, and Frank. Mr. and Mrs. Chase attend the Congregational church.
INDEX.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
A
Bartholomew, Uri P.
609
Brown, Josiah W. 128
Abeling, William F.
297
Bartlett, Henry H.
260
Brown, Plumb . 526
Ackley, George B.
537
Battam, William E. .
218
Brown, Thomas II. 243
Ackley, John C.
643
Beach, Benajah I.
383
Bryant, William 532
Adam, George A.
538
Beaney, Walter F.
477
Buck, J. Leroy 587
Adams, Mrs. Alice B.
628
Beardsley, Edwin H.
379
Buckingham, Ilomer 429
Adams, Horace O.
643
Beecher, Abel S. .
Beeman, Oscar E.
Beers, Chauncey A. .
462
Bull, Jay J. . 581
Alford, Ralph E. .
640
Benedict, Edwin D). .
555
Bull, William W.
Alfred, George B.
315
Benedict, Sherman
308
Burgess, Samuel F. 383
Allen, George P.
485
Benham, Enos .
282
Burnham, George S. 115
Allen, Henry J.
60
Bennett, Frederick G.
518
Burnham, Major Walter 415
Alvord, Mrs. Mary L
332
Benton, Amos C.
195
Burton, Jesse B. 500
Ames, John Q.
181
Benton, James M.
553
Butler, Egbert T.
411
Andrus, John
194
Berry, Jerome
563
Butler, Mrs. Jerusha B.
164
Anthony, George W. 296
156
Bierce, David K ...
158
Armour, William A.
589
Birge, Charles S.
Bishop, Dr. James E.
53
Austin, Wilbert N.
472
Bissell, Miss Sarah A.
177
Calhoun, Charles L ..
502
Bissell, William, M.D. .
1.49
Camp. Augustus B.
330
Bacon, Timothy C. .
504
Bolles, Joshua A.
239
Camp, Henry N.
Baird, Mrs. Mary R.
164
Bostwick, Henry B. .
368
Camp, Lawrence (
Balch, Jonathan B.
354
Bostwick, John R.
602
Canfeld, Lawrence
Canfieldl, Lewis .V
Canfield, Wallace 1 :1
Baldwin, Phinchas R.
151
Bradstreet, Ilon. Albert P.
Baldwin, William S.
235
Bradstreet, Thomas J. Briggs, Albert P'. .
130
Carroll, Richard
Barber, Charles S.
372
Brinsmade, John C.
200
Cartwright, Orson F.
Barnes, Andrew G. .
271
Bristol, Isaac B.
220
Case, Dwight S.
Barnes, Harvey
503
Brooks, Isa.ne W.
Case, Frank V.
Barnum, James II.
133 Brown, Francis
Case, Wallace
C
Atkins, George H.
510
Bissell, Henry B.
Calhoun, Vel .
B
Blakeslee, Augustus E.
287
Camp, George .
Baldwin, Andrew J. . 280
Bostwick, Miss Melvina
Baldwin, Leslie I.
580
Bradley, Andrew A ..
Capron, George V.
473
C'arroll, John J.
Bannon, Rev. T. F. .110
Bidwell, Henry A.
595
Butler, John
639 Buel, John L., M.I). . 42
Adams, Normand
174
Adkins, Henry R.
617
530
Buckingham, John A. 597
Apley, Lorrain
foy
668
INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
Catlin, George W.
470
Duggan, Rev. P. . 233
Griggs, .Orvis . 389
Catlin, John
653
Dunbar, Everett St. John . 582
Grilley, Marshall J. 514
Catlin, Lewis
141
Dunning, George S.
239
Griswold, A. W., M.D.
650
Chase, Charles M. 144
Griswold, Hamilton B., M.D.
406
Griswold, William H.
86
Cheney, Edward P.
524
E
Church, Uri 294
Eldridge, Miss Isabella 338
Clark, Edwin E. 417
Elmore, George S. 62
Clark, Eli
523
Ely, Clarence M. .
547
Clark, George H.
187
Ensign, Sidney P.
72
Clark, Lyman L. .
250
Etheridge, Frank W. 611
Clark, Samuel F. .
421
Coe, Edward T.
46
F
Harrison, George C.
85
Cole, Cortland D. 321
Feeney, Patrick 665
Collins, John W. .
518
Fenn, Henry H., D. D.S. zt9
Fenton, Irving R.
649
Hawley, Rev. John P.
304
Heminway, Buell .
188
Cothren, William 492
Ford, Guy C. 243
Hickcox, Howard M. 285
Hill, Albert S. 350
Crane, George P.
303
Ford, Nelson D. .
166
Hine, Henry D.
393
Crofut, Isaac C. . 355
Foster, Chauncey S.
140
Hine, Mrs. Sarah K.
364
Culver, Mrs. Mary A.
122
French, William G.
401
Hine, William H. 334
Hinsdale, Mrs. Charles W.
79
Curtis, Levi E.
370
Curtiss, Daniel
316
Hitchcock, Floyd F.
459
Curtiss, James G. 260
Curtiss, William M., M.D. 130
G
Holley, Mrs. Edward H.
102
Hopkins, Alfred C. 71
Hotchkiss, Edward C.
119
Gay, Henry .
Gaylord, Hubert G.
Geer, Mrs. Loretta
223
Humeston, Benjamin F.
224
Humphrey, Austin R. 436
Dean, Frederick G. . 162
Gibbs, Jerome F.
Gilbert, George 169
Hunt, George H. .
73
Deming, Harvey .
339
Gilbert, George C. 551
Hutchinson, Isaac H
225
Dexter, Theodore F.
156 Gillett, Austin H. 437
Huntington, James
488
---- -
I
Irwin, Robert W. 256
Ives, Fessenden
IIO
Duff, Peter, Jr. : 372
Gridley, Silas A. . 559
Ives, Lewis H.
384
Duffie, Rev. Cornelius R., D.D. 561 Griffing, Charles E. 606
H
Hall, Asaph 453
Hall, George W. 152
Hall, John H. .
404
Hallock, Orion J. .
171
Halpine, James Stuart
482
Cogswell, Sherman 478
Farrand, Frank 349
Hassard, Robert G., M.D. 161
Hatch, John
468
Hatch, Lauren J ..
452
Cook, Charles .
541
Flynn & Doyle
532
Corbin, Peter .
196
Forbes, Mrs. Harriet W. 255
Henderson, Robert 92
Cowdrey, George W. 74
Ford, John M. . 344
Cowles, Edward
240
Ford, Murray C. . 347
Hill, Merritt W.
385
Crissey, Ralph I. .
256
Foskett, George L.
I43
Hine, James, M.D.
278
Crosby, Gilbert N. 362
French, Eugene C., M.D. 395
Hine, Walter C.
659
Cunningham, Rev. Herbert N. . 632
French, Willis G.
409
Fuller, Almon E.
508
Fyler, Walter S. . 596
Hoffman, Frederick .
371
D
Davis, Silas D. 369
Dawson, Louis E. 634
Dayton, William H. 172
Gibbs, Miss Adaline
624
450
Hunt, Charles K. 649
Dickerman, Sidney F.
377
423 Gillette, Joseph R. Goddard, Rev. John C. 209
Dickinson, Edwin P.
96
Gold, Theodore S.
107
Dolan, John A., M.D. 590 Granger, Col. Salmon A. 325
Douglass, Frank 426 Granniss, Weston G.
210
Garfield,' Alonzo B. . 191
614
Hotchkiss, Frank H. 416
442 Hotchkiss, Ira C. 219
Cunningham, Seymour . 428
Hinsdale, John
465
Deming, Erastus A. 396
Dickinson, Henry H.
438
Draper, Rev. Frank B. 427 Greenleaf, Mrs. Emma J. 342
Ives, Riley
298
Chase, Fred H.
665
Coe, Frank E. .
529
Colt, Cornelius
306
A
INDEX
669
PAGE
J
Janssen, Carsten D. . 535
Jewell, Frederick A. 311
Johnson, Rev. Frank A. 467
Johnson, George H. . 412
Johnson, George T.
101
Jones, George E. 519
Judson, Theodore 250
Manville, Horace
425
Palmer, William H. . 461
Marble, Frank P. 497 Parmelee, Cornelius C. 390
Marsh, Cyrus W. 548
Partree, Frederick J. 545
Mattoon, Burton H. . 570
Patchen, Myron 658
Mattoon, Charles B. 619
Patterson, Abijah L. 478
Keeler, John 660
Keenan, James F. 128
McNamara, Michael
511
Peabody, E. L. 360
Kellogg, Henry A. 625
McNeil, Charles A. .
97
Pearsall, Albert S. 2.48
Kilborn, Frank J. 242
McNeil, Frederick D.
491
Pease, Byron W., M.D. 565
Kilbourn, Dwight C. 64
McNeil, Merritt
52
Peck, Frank O.
348
Kilbourne, Mrs. Harriet D. 150
Meara, James F.
664
Peck, Hiram W.
656
Kimberly, Sherman . 610
Merrell, Alfred E.
343
Peirce, Daniel L. .
546
Kimlin, Thomas W. . 426
Merrell, Mortimer D.
584
Pendleton, Robert P. 133
King, Fred E., M.D.
513
Migeon, Achille F.
48 Perkins, Augustus M. 193
Kingman, Samuel C. 355
Persons, Edward H. 591
Kirtland, Charles W. 523
Miner, Edward S.
576
Phelps, Eugene L.
136
Knapp, Edgar F. . 655
Miner, William W. .
402
Phelps, Mrs. Julia E. Phelps, Levi 551
Knight, Henry M., M.D .. 6.44
Moore, Darwin S.
632
Phelps, Miss Mary
232
Knowles, Frederick W. 265
Morey, William
367
Pickett, Frank A.
202
Knox, Arthur E. 621
Morgan, James T.
203
Pinney, Harvey W.
124
Morris, George F.
388
Platt, Benjamin 59
Morris, George W. .
458
Platt, William J. 318
Morris, William J.
378 Pomeroy, Charles 274
Morrison, William H.
424
Pond, Willis L. . 512 Porter, Charles J. 178
Lawrence, Edmund D. 158
Lawrence, William I'. 170
Munson, Walter I). . 637
Pratt, Seth 026
Lee, Charles 473
Munson, William J. . 471
Prentiss, Rev. George 43
Lee, Frank II., M.D.
253 620
441
Lewis, Walter S. . 77 Lillibridge, Jeremiah 487
Liner, John . 598
Nash, Lorenzo S. 220
Newbury, C. C. 348
Linsley, James HI. 228 Newcomb, Frederick U. 155
Little, Robert 274
Nichols, Charles I1. . 330
Lockwood, Edson B. 359
Nickerson, Mark S . 186
North, Horace 1.42
R
Lorrain, Edward L. . 110
North, Joseph 11., M.D. 380
Lovell, Charles T.
217
Northrop, Mrs. A lelaide 262
Northrop, Charles 400
PAGE
PAGE
Lyman, George S. 254
Northrop, Lewis S. 631
Lyman, I vanoe
Norton, Edward .
572
Lyman, Moses
618
Norton, James T.
341
Lyon, Carr S. .
662
P
M
Page, Benjamin F. 312
Mallett, Burr 651
Palmer, Leander B. .
205
K
Karrmann, Henry S., M. D. 630
McLeish, Archibald . 234
L
Lake, Royal B. 572
Lamphier, Benjamin F. 244
Morrissey, James F.
409
La Place, Edgar R. . 640
Munn, Frank B. .
554
Pratt, Earnest L. . 502
Preston, James J. 322
Ico, Rev. Father .
Murray, Frederick 134
Pritchard, George F.
259
Lewis, George B.
Pulver, Albert HI
52
Pulver, Hiram .
51
N
Pulver, Hudson J., M.D.
Quane, John
.
Randall, Amon C.
50
Randall, Jeremiah G.
.
Lyman, Charles P. 597
Miller, John M.
123
206
Knickerbocker, William H. 324
Minor, Selden .
364
Munson, Lyman B.
542 Pratt, Mrs. Rachel L 157
Murphy, Robert J. 340
Liner, Ludwig . 592
Lord, Augustus A.
Patterson, Burton C. 479
670
INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
Ransom, William L. 88
Strong, Mrs. Juliette A. II4
Ward, George P. . I20
Reynolds, Henry F. 263
Strong, Nathaniel M. 277
Warner, Arthur D. 636
Richmond, George W. . 205
Strong, Willis A. . 430
Warner, Henry O. 418
Richmond, John C. 145 Stuart, William H. 657
Warner, Stanley L. 489
Roberts, Elbert P. 412
Sullivan, William A. 443
Watson, Franklin 552
Rockwell, Reuben 307
Swenson, Carl . 560 Weeks, Eli D. 290
Rogers, Dwight 129
Weeks, George S. 554
Rogers, Hilan M. 78
Root, Edward C. .
590
Taft, Horace D. . 583
Welch, Lebbeus J. 232
S
Sabin, Mrs. Sarah A.
270
Sanford, Charles A., M.D.
185
Tiffany, Leverett W. 648
Wetmore, Mrs. Eliza P. 50
Sanford, Col. George B.
44 Tomlinson, George A. .
399
Wheaton, George A. 165
Sanford, Henry
105
Treat, Benjamin 248
Wheeler, Frank M. . 9
Scoville, Samuel R 212
Trescott, Edward J. . 266
White, Henry M. 200
Seymour, Hudson M. 314
Trowbridge, Albert J. 654
Whitehead, John B. . 363
Shove, Harmon W., M.D.
574
Trowbridge, Charles E.
375
Whiting, Uri E ..
199
Skiff, Franc's S., M.D. 513
Trowbridge, William F. 509
Wilcox, George R .. I39
Skilton, James G. 337
Tucker, Henry J. .
614
Williams, Charles F. 386
Smith, Almon I). . 661
Turrill, Abel
651 Wilson, Albert G.
99
Smith, Francis B., M.D. 212
Wilson, Humphrey H.
499
Smith, Hiram A. .
U
Wilson, Stillman L. .
9
Smith, Riley W.
484 Upson, Le Roy
466
Witherell, William S. . 421
Somers, David L. 622
Wood, John H. 182
Soule, Lieut. David E. . 629
Woodruff, Rev. Elijah W. 601
Spencer, James B. 588
Woodruff, Frederick N. 236
Spittle, William
173
Van Keuren, John H. . 317
Woodruff, George C.
459
Squires, Anson H.
261
Van Winkle, Capt. Edgar B. 444
Woodruff, George M. 54
Starr, Frederic E.
Vining, William H. 146
Woodruff, Henry W. 272
Staub, George E., M.D.
652
Volkmann, Henry 612 Woodward, George R. . 187
Steele, Elisha J.
67
Wooster, Edward R. 227 .
Steele, Hubert A. 581
Workman, George D. . 300
Stevens, Henry C. 299
Wyckoff, Rev. James L. R. . 647
Stoddard, George 627 Wadhams, Francis F. 662
Stone, Rev. Hiram
69
Wadhams, Fred. L. . 326
Y
Stone, William D. 331
Wallbridge, William G. 498
Stoughton, Frank 179
Walter, David D. 649
York, Charles J
80
Straight, Marshall 350
T
Weirs, Alanson L. 635 Welch, Edward H., M.D. 192
Thibault, Narcisse J. 325
Wells, John F. 603
Thomas, Chester . 293
Welton, James G. 356
Thompson, Jarvis E. 605 Wessells, Col. Henry W. 163
Wilson, Rollin D. I35
Smith, James H. 434
V
289
W
Wanger, Charles F.
663
Youngs, Daniel
216
PORTRAITS.
PAGE
PAGE
PACE
Adam, George
539
Deming, Erastus A.
397
North, Joseph H.
381
Adams, Normand
175
Ford, John M. .
345
Parmelee, Cornelius C.
391
Adkins, Henry R.
616
Ford, Nelson D.
167
Partree, Frederick J. 544
Bacon, Timothy C.
505
Gridley, Silas A.
558
Phelps, Eugene L. 137
Barber, Charles S.
373
Grilley, Marshall J. .
515
Phelps, Horace M. 207
Barnum, James H. .
132
Griswold, Hamilton B., M.D.
407
Phelps, Levi 550
Bartholomew, Uri P. 608
Heminway, Buell (steel) 189
Pinney, Harvey W. 125
Beaney, Jesse .
476
Henderson, Robert .
93
Platt. William J.
319
Beers, Chauncey A.
463
Iline, William H.
335
Pulver, Hudson J.
448
Benedict, Sherman
309
Hotchkiss, Edward C.
118
Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
10.4
Benham, Enos (steel)
283
Ives, Fessenden
Bristol, Isaac B. .
221
Janssen, Carsten D. .
534
Straight, Marshall
351
Brown, Francis (steel)
83
Judson, Theodore
251
Strong, Willis A.
431
Brown, Plumb .
527
Kilbourn, Dwight C.
65
Trescott, Edward J.
26-
Buck, J. Leroy
586 Kirtland, Charles W.
522
Vining, William H.
147
Burnham, Walter
414 Lamphier, Benjamin F.
2.45
Wadhams, Fred L.
201
Canfield, Lawrence
495
Lewis, George B. (steel)
440
Welton, James G.
Carroll, Richard
578
Liner, John .
599
Wilson, Stillman L. (stech
S
Clark, Samuel F ..
420
Liner, Ludwig
593
Wood, John H.
Corbin, Peter
197
Linsley, James II.
229
Woodruff, Frederick N.
237
Cowdrey, George W.
75
little, Robert
275
Woodruff, George M.
Crissey, Ralph I. .
257
Minor, Selden 365 Workman, George D
3 1
Smith, Francis B.
213
Calhoun, Abel .
568
Lawrence. Edmund D. .
159
Weeks, Eli D.
2990
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