Biographical review; this volume contains biographical sketches of the leading citizens of Litchfield County, Connecticut, Part 73

Author: Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, pub
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: Boston, Biographical Review Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 682


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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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