Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 105

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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On October 18, 1866, Mr. Curtiss married Mrs. Ellen J. Dewhurst, who passed to the un- seen life January 19, 1870. On November 12, 1871, he formed a second union, this time with Miss Anna A. Marshall, who died August 7. 1878. He has had five children. The two by the first marriage are: (1) Anna Sarah, born February 3, 1868, and (2) George, born January 11, 1870. By the second union there were three children: (3) Charles Turney, born October 7. 1872, who was married June 5, 1895, to Miss Mary A. B. Nordahy, and has one son, Charles Henry, born March 14. 1896; (4) Caroline Esther, born Au- gust 4. 1874; and (5) Augusta M., born July 29, 1878.

A BRAHAM TRAVIS CLASON, M. D. (de- ceased). For more than a quarter of a century this gifted practitioner ranked among

the foremost members of the medical profession in this section, his pre-eminent ability and skill in surgery being recognized not only in his chosen home, Danbury, but throughout this and adjacent counties in Connecticut and New York; and in fact on more than one occasion he was called to New York City to assist in some criti- cal case wherein his special knowledge was de- sired. It has been said that " the boy is father to the man," and in boyhood Dr. Clason dis- played in a marked degree the natural aptitude for the noble calling in which he afterward be- came distinguished. That this ability was in- herited there can be no doubt, as his father, Solomon Clason, was a leading physician in West Chester, N. Y. One day, when our subject was but ten years old, he was playing snowball with some schoolmates, and to add zest to the sport they ". loaded " the balls, each being mold- ed around a stone. The missiles were decidedly dangerous, and before long one of the boys re- ceived a bad scalp wound three or four inches long, and down to the bone. As Dr. Solomon Clason was away from home at the time the lit- tle ten-year-old offered to dress the wound, and so well did he perform the task that when the father returned and the sufferer was brought to him for inspection he declared that he himself could have done no better. Other cases requir- ing prompt surgical attention were treated by him from time to time with complete success, and while a mere boy he became known as the " Professor.

Dr. Clason was a native of the Empire State. having first seen the light at Peekskill-on-the- Hudson March 22, 1840. His grandparents, Solomon and Ruth (Smith) Clason, resided at Stamford. Conn. where Dr. Solomon Clason, our subject's father. was born in April, 1792. The latter passed his youth at Stamford, attend- ing the public schools and afterward the acade- my, from which he was graduated. When only eighteen years old he became a teacher in the academy, and while thus engaged he began the study of medicine with Dr. Hubbard, of the same city. After teaching several years he went to Fishkill, New York, and continued his studies under the direction of Dr. White, and later he entered the Medical Department of the Universi- ty of New York, where Dr. North, Dr. Kissam, Dr. Watt and other physicians of note were then | teaching. On graduating, in 1828, he located at Peekskill, and there he established a large 1 and lucrative practice on general lines. His death occurred at Stormville, Dutchess county, N. Y. on May 18, 1864, when he was in his seventy-second year. He married Mary

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Lyon, who was born July 6, 1795. in Bedford, N. Y. and died December 8. 1858. She was a granddaughter of Major Samuel Lyon and daughter of John and Sarah (Smith) Lyon. Ma- jor Lyon was an officer in the Revolutionary army and an intimate friend of General Washing- ton and Governor John Jay. During the latter's absence in Europe on diplomatic business Major Lyon took charge of his estate at Bedford, West- chester county, New York, purchasing an adjoin- ing place where he afterward continued to re- side. Thomas Lyon was a large land-holder, owning three thousand acres in one tract, and the Byram tract of eight miles on the Sound. while disposing of much more, he retained and divided between his descendants, on which some of them still reside.

Our subject was the youngest in a family of three children, none of whom ever married and all are now deceased: Sarah Lyon Clason was born in Bedford, N. Y., May 28, 1830, and died suddenly May 21, 1898; John Addison, born April 6, 1833, in Bedford. N. Y., died at Mullen, Hooker Co., Neb., October 12. 1894.

Dr. Clason's education was begun under pri- vate tutors. and he entered Peekskill Academy. where he studied for several years. His father was his preceptor in medicine, and after a pre- liminary course of reading he pursued his profes- sional studies in the Medical Department of the University of New York, the same institution which his father had attended. In 1865 he com- pleted the regular course and received his de- gree, but he spent one year in the hospitals of New York and Brooklyn, taking special work, for which he was awarded an extra diploma. As the Civil war was in progress during his attend- ance at college, he had unusual opportunities for practical work in surgery The old St. Thomas Hospital in Central Park was devoted to the wounded soldiers who were constantly being sent north from the battlefield, and operations were frequent. The university was permitted to send four undergraduates to visit the hospital and as- sist the surgeons as might be required, and our subject was one of the fortunate ones chosen by the professors to this coveted post. In 1867 Dr. Clason opened his office in Danbury, where he remained in active practice until his death, which occurred June 16, 1896. He passed away at the comparatively early age of fifty-six.

So thoroughly absorbed was Dr. Clason in his professional labors, and in the research nec- essary to keep abreast of scientific advance in all branches of his calling, that he would never consent to take public office of any kind, believ- ing that an undivided allegiance was due to his

chosen work. His sympathies were always on' the side of progress, and he took an intelligent interest in the great issues of the time, his polit- ical affiliations being with the Republican party.

Dr. Clason, on his mother's side, was a di- rect descendant of Sir John DeLyon, first Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn; Viscount Lyon, Baron Glammis, Tannadyce Reidlaw, and Stra- dichte, who married Lady Jane Stuart, daughter of Robert the Second, through Thomas Lyon, a landholder in Fairfield and Westchester counties, residing at Greenwich, Conn. The following is a description of the crest, which can be found in "Fairbank's Crests of Great Britain and Ire- land." Within two branches of laurel a lady to the girdle vested in Dexter, the Royal Thistle, all proper, in allusion to the alliance of Sir John DeLyon with Lady Jane, daughter of Robert the Second. - Motto: " In te Domine speravi" (" In Thee, O, Lord ! have I placed my hope."). -Crest: Plate 2, Crest 10, branches same plate, Crest 11-Thistle Plate 36, Crest 6. [The Coat of Arms will be found in ". Burke's Peerage."]

JOHN DAVENPORT is the senior partner of the Davenport & Tracey Co., of Stam- ford, Conn., who are to-day known as the largest producers of piano plates in the world, and also as extensive manufacturers of piano hardware. They have established a reputation for first-class work, wherever their wares have been introduced, and attained a business stand- ing unsurpassed by any in their line and equalled by few.

This house was established in 1868, the first factory being located on the corner of Third avenue and Fifty-seventh street, New York City, whence, in the fall of 1872, the plant was re- moved to Jersey City. The company was incor- porated in 1876, and continued operations in Jersey City, until 1887. when they settled on the. present site in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Conn. A new foundry and other buildings were erected, and they directed their attention especially to the manufacture of piano plates, also turning out all varieties of piano hardware. The capital stock is all owned now by John Davenport and Daniel F. Tracey, who have made good use of the unusual excellent facilities at their disposal of increasing their patronage and acquiring a name second to none in their line. With gener- ous means at their command, and a solid backing of sound, practical knowledge of all the require- ments necessary to produce the finest grade of piano plates gained in sixteen years of experi- ence. success came to them immediately, and-

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the growth of their business was nothing short of phenomenal. Success is such a convenient term, and so commonly used, that it scarcely expresses the situation here; but some idea of what this one firm has accomplished may be gained from the simple statement that while in 1 1884 they sold 275 plates, their custom so in- | city chamberlain in 1534, sheriff in 1540, and mayor of Coventry in 1550. He married a daughter of John Hanford.

creased that in 1891 they made the enormous quantity of 23,400 plates, and filled a corres- ponding large demand for their piano hard- ware. Such rapid and steady development does i not follow every business venture, even under the most favorable circumstances, and it is only giving "honor to whom honor is due " to say that the advancement of this firm is the natural

Davenport, of Woodford, married Alice Prest- wick, who died in 1447. (13) Nicholas Daven- port, of Woodford, died prior to February 9. 1522. He married Margaret Savage. (14) Christopher Davenport married Emma, daughter of John Blunt. (15) Edward Davenport was

(16) Henry Davenport was mayor of Cov- entry in 1613, church warden of St. Michael's 1 in 1642. For his first wife he married Winifred ! Barnabit; his second was Elizabeth --. (17) Rev. John Davenport was born in Coventry, county of Warwick, and was baptized April 9. outcome only when such qualities of sagacity. | 1597. in the Church of the Holy Trinity. On June

enterprise and sound judgment as are found in the heads of this house are combined with ample financial resources. which though necessary in any undertaking of such magnitude, are not suf- I of the First Church. He married Elizabeth ficient in themselves to guarantee success.

| 26, 1637, he arrived at Boston in the " Hestor," and settled in New Haven in April, 1638, on December 9, following, being installed as pastor

Wooley, and they died March 15, 1669, and

John Davenport is a native of the town of : September, 1676, respectively. (18) John Dav- Stamford, born August 28, 1840, and traces his : enport, born in 1635, in London, England, came descent in America through a line of patriotic I to New Haven in 1639, and in 1666 removed to Boston, where he was engaged in mercantile business and served as register of probate in 1675-76. He died in the year last named. He married Abigail, daughter of Abraham Pierson. 1 (19) Rev. John Davenport was born in the city of Boston, was baptized in 1668. and was or- i dained at Stamford in 1694. He died February 5. 1731. By his first wife, Martha Gould Sel- leck, he had six children, and he married for his second wife Elizabeth Morris Maltby, whose son : Abraham was the great-grandfather of the gentle- and distinguished ancestors to one of the oldest settlers of New England. Following the line- | age still farther back, we find that he is of the ! twenty. third generation in direct line from (1) Ormus De Daveneporte, who was born in the year 1086, and assumed the local name in the ! county of Chester, England. He was a wit- ness of the charter of enfranchisement of Gilbert Venables in the time of William II or Henry I of England. (2) Richard de Davenport, born in 1136, was chief forester of Leek and Mac- clesfield. He married Amabilia, daughter of . man whose name opens this sketch.

Gilbert Venables, baron of Kinderton. (3)

(20) Hon. Abraham Davenport was born at Thomas de Davenport lived during the reign of . Stamford in 1715, and graduated from Yale King Henry II. (4) Richard de Davenport was | University in 1732. He was first married on granted by Randle de Blundleville, Earl of ' November 16, 1750, to Elizabeth Huntington, Chester, acquittance from suit in the Shire : and after her death, which occurred in 1773, he

and Hundred Court for himself and . heirs- wedded Mrs. Martha Fitch. Abram Davenport, 1206-1226. (5)Vivian de Davenport was granted | better known as Colonel Davenport, was one of the grand sergeancy of the forests of Leek and i the foremost men in public life in his day. He Macclesfield-1209-1226. He married Beatrix i became judge, and in his later life was a member Ellen, daughter of Bertrand de Hulme. (6) . of the Senate, during which time he distinguish- Roger of Davenport married Mary, daughter of | ed himself by at least one act of courage which Robert Salemon. (7) Sir Thomas of Davenport ' has been immortalized by one of New England's died in 1320. His first wife was Agnes, daughter | poets, John G. Whittier. On the memorable of Sir Thomas de Macclesfield, and his second was Roesia, daughter of Ralph de Vernon.

Thomas Davenport married Elizabeth

(9) Sir John Davenport married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Peter Legh. (10) Nicholas Davenport married Ellen, widow of Edward. (11) Christo- pher Davenport, of Woodford, married Alice, I either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there daughter of Hugh Arderm, in 1415. (12) John | is no cause for adjournment; if it is, I choose to

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' "dark day " of May 17, 1780, when in his place (8) i in the Senate chamber, he declined to exhibit any fear or join in the general excitement which prevaled among his terror-stricken co-legislators. | To a proposition to adjourn he replied: "I am i against adjournment. The Day of Judgment is

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be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought." When the story of Sir Philip Sidney is told as an illustration of sub- lime self-abnegation, and his generosity to a poor suffering soldier as stronger than the pangs of a mortal wound, this story of Abraham Davenport may well be told as a companion piece, illustrat- ing for all time the simple but lofty principle that the post of duty is the best place to live and the best place to die at. As Whittier's fine poem expresses it, in the concluding lines:

And there he stands in memory to this day, Erect, self-poised, a rugged face half-seen Against the background of unnatural dark, A witness to the ages as they pass That simple duty has no place for fear.

(21) Hon. John Davenport (Major Daven- port), was born in 1752, and married Mary, daughter of Rev. George N. Wells, who was born in 1780, and died in 1847. He died in 1830. They had six children, viz .: Elizabeth, John Alfred, Mary Wells, Theodosia, Deacon Theodore and Rebecca. Major Davenport was a member of Congress from 1799 to 1817, and was a prominent man in his day in Connecticut. In 1824 he received as his guest at the Daven- port homestead, in Main street, Stamford, that distinguished Frenchman and friend of Washing- ton, General La Fayette, who was on his way to Boston. The patriotic people of Stamford gave him a hearty ovation, and hundreds of them called at the Davenport " mansion " to pay their respects to the honored visitor.

(22) Deacon Theodore Davenport, born January 26, 1792, married Harriet Grant Cheese- brough in 1833. They became the parents of eight children: Deacon Theodore, Jr .; Mary C. {who was the wife of G. A. Carter, Sr.); Robert C .; John; James B .; Richard; Helen M. (who married Hon. Samuel Fessenden), and Sophia. The father passed away September 9, 1884. (23) John Davenport was married in 1872 to Miss Helen D. Gautier, and they have one child, Harriet Cheesebrough, born August 14, 1883.

N ATHANIEL BETTS FERRIS is one of the most highly respected residents of the city of Stamford, Fairfield Co., Conn., and be- longs to a family which has long been one of the best and most favorably known in Greenwich township, this county. Is a direct descendant of Jeffrey Ferris, and, on his mother's side, of John Betts, an early settler of Norwalk, Connect- icut.

Samuel Ferris, great-grandfather of our sub- ject, was born in the year 1706. His family

consisted of eight children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Japhat, May 2, 1731; Samuel, February 18, 1733; Joseph, March 29, 1735; Geduthan, February 22, 1737; Ann, January, 1739; Stephen, December 27, 1740; Mary, February 28, 1743; and Nathaniel, March 27, 1746. The youngest of this family, who was the grandfather of Nathaniel B. Ferris, was a native of Greenwich township. He was the father of six children, born as follows: Ann, July 7, 1785; John, March 27, 1787; Elizabeth, March 24, 1789; George, March 4, 1791; Esther, October 12, 1792; Gideon, January 13, 1795.

Gideon Ferris was born and reared in the town of Greenwich, and received his education there. He married Caroline Betts, daughter of Frederick Betts and Hannah (Sackett), sister of Joseph Sackett, and their union was blessed with four children: Frederick Alonzo, who lived in Dewitt, N. Y., near Syracuse; Caroline Eliza- beth, the wife of Charles Hendrie; Gideon Clin- ton, of Dewitt, N. Y .; and Nathaniel Betts. The father was a lifelong agriculturist, cultivat- ing his large farm in Greenwich, which was situ- ated between the Mianus river and Greenwich cove. He was a public-spirited citizen, and served his township faithfully as selectman and assessor. From 1857 he gave his political sup- port to the Republican party, and he was an Episcopalian in religious faith. His death oc- curred October 15, 1875, in Stamford.

Nathaniel Betts Ferris, youngest in the fam- ily of Gideon and Caroline (Betts) Ferris, was born October 31, 1839, in Greenwich, on the paternal farm, where he passed all his early life. His education was acquired in the local public schools and Greenwich Academy, and he lived at home until 1870, when he located on a place in Prospect street, just north of Enos. B. Lock- wood's, whereon he made his home for about seven years, during which time he gave his at- tention to private affairs, and acted as adminis- trator of various estates. Meanwhile the home farm had been sold to a New York man, and re- turned to the possession of the Ferris family through foreclosures of mortgage, and in 1878 our subject returned to it, and resided there un- til his removal, in 1890, to Stamford, where he has since lived. Mr. Ferris has an enviable standing among his fellowmen of that city, and is regarded as one of the substantial, progressive men of the community where he has his home.

Mr. Ferris was married October 12, 1864, in Greenwich, to Miss Louisa Keeler, daughter of William and Mary Keeler, of that town, and they have reared a family of eight children, namely: Louis F., William I., Harry

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T., Alonzo K., Theodore E., Elmer C., Laura C., and Ralph B. Of these, Louis F. is with the Broadway National Bank, New York City. William is with the L. E. Waterman Pen Com- pany, in New York. H. T. is in a law office at No. 30 Williams street, New York City. Alonzo K. is connected with brokerage on the New York Stock Exchange. Theodore E. is now manager marine department of Joseph Thomas & Sons, Baltimore, Md. Mr. Ferris has been prominent in religious circles as an earnest member of the Congregational Church, in which society, during his residence in Greenwich, he was a zealous worker. For twenty years he was clerk of the First Congregational Church at South Beach, and of the Church society. For twenty-one years he was superintendent of the Sunday- school.

ERRIS FAMILY. (I) Jeffrey Ferris is by record first located in Boston, Mass., was made freeman there in 1635. He came with the first settlers, and is on the list of those who paid for the survey and received ten acres at the first assignment of land. He moved to Weth- ersfield; sold his lot in Wethersfield of forty-five acres to John Deming. He came with the first colony from Wethersfield, and in 1656 is one of the eleven Greenwich men who petitioned to be accepted under the New Haven jurisdiction.

The first purchase of land made by Robert Feaks and Daniel Patricke from four Indian chiefs included what is now the town of Greenwich. At the bottom of the deed making this conveyance is written: "Keofferam hath sould all his right in the above lot to Jeffere Ferris." This deed is dated 18th July, 1640, and is with the town records at Greenwich. It proves conclusively that Jeffrey Ferris was one of the original pur- chasers and owners of land which now forms the town of Greenwich. The old homestead is still in the family, and now occupied by one of the seventh generation. He was married three times. His first wife died May 31, 1658. He then married Susannah Lockwood, widow of Robert Lockwood. She died December 23, 1660. His third wife was Juda Bowers, who

survived him. His children were: James, Peter, | Ferris, married Mary Johnson; their children Joseph, John and Mary.

(II) James married Mary -; Peter m. Elizabeth Reynolds, July 5, 1664; Joseph m. Ruth Knapp, Oct. 20, 1657; John m. (first) Mary -, (second) Grace His only daugh- ter, Mary (or Marah), married her step-brother, Johnathan Lockwood. The death of Jeffrey Ferris occurred in the year 1666. His will and

inventory of his estate are found on probate ... ords at Fairfield, Conn. The will is dated je 6. 1664. The inventory was made on the 2. 25-26-27 days Nov., 1666, showing him to x the owner of a large land interest, and persona property of a very miscellaneous character. Es son James, born about the year 1636, seems :. have inherited the greater portion of his father : estate. It is said that he was not married quite late in life, probably at about the age c sixty. His will and the inventory of his esta: are also on the probate records at Fairfel Conn., and show that his ownership of land ex- tended on both sides of the Myannos river to the Byram river on the west, and from the L! Sound on the south to Pound Ridge on the north, or the present N. Y. State line. The it- ventory describes twenty-one separate parcels of land. (II) James, son of Jeffrey, died Novem- ber 6, 1726. His children were: James, b. Dec. 12, 1699, m. Mary ; Nathaniel, b. Mch. 31, 1702, m. Keziah ; (III) Samuel, b. Sep. 2, 1706, m. Ann Lockwood; Mary, b. Oct 28, 1708, m. Gershom Lockwood; Hannah, b. Aug. 17, 1710, m. John Mead.

(III) Samuel, third son of James, married Ann, daughter of Ann Millington, of England. and Gershom Lockwood (2). His sister Mary mar- ried Gershom, a son of Gershom and Ann Mil- ington Lockwood. In the family there is a romantic tradition that Ann Millington, who was the daughter of Lord Millington, escaped to this country in search of her lover. That at various times she received goods and treasures from her father. An old oak chest of quaint design and carving, in which some of the goods were sent to her, is still preserved in the family-a much- prized relic. The children of (III) Samuel and Ann Ferris were Japhat, b. May 9, 1731; Sam- uel, b. Feb. 18, 1733, Joseph, b. Mch. 9, 1735: Jeduthan, b. Feb. 22, 1737, m. Phebe Peck: Ann Millington. b. Jan. - , 1739, m. Daniel Whelply; Stephen, b. Dec. 27, 1740, m. Sarah Lockwood; Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1743, m. George Peck; (IV) Nathaniel, b. Mch. 27, 1746, m. Mary Johnson; Hannah, b. ~ , 1751, m. Henry Warring.

(IV) Nathaniel Ferris, sixth son of Samue!

were: Ann, b. July 7, 1785, m. Andrew Ferris. d. Aug. 31, 1848; John, b. Mch. 27, 1787, m. Ruth Knapp, d. Aug. 17, 1857; Elizabeth, b. Mch. 24, 1789, m. David Kimberly, d. Oct. -. 1877; George, b. Mch. 4, 1791, m. Sally Peck, d. Nov. 18, 1874; Esther, b. Oct. 12, 1792, m. Samuel Ferris, d. Mch. 11, 1881; (V) Gideon, b. Jan. 13, 1795, m. Caroline Betts, d. Oct. 15.

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75. Of these. Ann and John moved to the inity of Cincinnati, Ohio, about the year 1820, .ere the family have become numerous; a por- n subsequently moved to Illinois. Elizabeth oved to the city of Brooklyn, and resided there e most of her married life. She had seven · ildren-two daughters still survive and reside . the old home in Brooklyn. George. Esther . od Gideon spent their lives in their native place, je town of Greenwich, George living on the riginal homestead of Jeffrey Ferris. He had .ight children, five of whom-David, Charles, „Andrew, William and Catharine-have made .heir homes in Port Chester, N. Y. Esther had .. welve children, who in their residences became much scattered.

(V) Gideon Ferris, sixth child of Nathaniel Ferris, married, February 14, 1825, Caroline Betts, daughter of Frederick Betts and Hannah (Sackett), a sister of Joseph Sackett. Caroline Betts was born September 4, 1797, and died March 2, 1843. Their children are: Frederick Alonzo, b. Feb. 2, 1826: Caroline Elizabeth, b. Nov. 14. 1827; Gideon Clinton. b. Sept. 9, 1829; (VI) Nathaniel Betts, b. Oct. 31, 1839. Of these, Frederick Alonzo married for his first wife, Mary Jane Lockwood, Dec. 6, 1847. She died May 3, 1858. He married for his second wife, Laura Worster Lockwood, Dec. 25. 1858. They were daughters of Charles Lockwood. Frederick A. had five children: Emma Jane, Gideon Clinton, Laura Lockwood, Mary Cor- delia and Grace Lockwood, of whom, Laura Lockwood is deceased. Caroline Elizabeth married Charles Hendrie, and has resided in Stamford since about the year 1871; they had seven children, of whom, three are now living. Gideon Clinton married, April 19, 1852, Phebe Clock Selleck, daughter of Joseph Selleck; they had seven children: Joseph Selleck, Emily Frances, William Henry, Caroline Elizabeth, Frederick Alonzo, Charles Clinton and Phebe Annie, of whom, William Henry and Caroline Elizabeth are deceased. Frederick Alonzo moved to the town of DeWitt, near the city of Syracuse, N. Y., about the year 1846; he was followed by his brother Gideon Clinton about the year 1853. They owned and occupied farms adjoining each other of about 100 acres each. Phebe, wife of Gideon Clinton, died June 28, 1896. Gideon Clinton Ferris died Oct. 1, 1898. (VI) Nathaniel Betts Ferris, youngest in the family of Gideon and Caroline (Betts) Ferris, was born in the town of Greenwich, Conn., October 31, 1839. He was married October 12, 1864. to Louisa Keeler, daughter of William H. and Mary Keeler, of the town of Greenwich. They

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 105

Author: H. H. Beers & Co. Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1795

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1795