Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 115

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

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W TILLIAM EZRA MALLORY, of Danbury, is a member of the well-known firm of E. A. Mallory & Sons, hat manufacturers. An extensive business experience in various lines and | three papers, the Arlington Journal, the Bloom-

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field Now's and the Montclair Herald. The plant being destroyed by fire about six months after locating in New Jersey, caused him to turn to another line of business in the manufacture of wire cloth, and later he built and organized the present telephone system in Danbury, there be- ing at the time only one other in the State, that at Bridgeport, but later he sold the business to a stock company, of which Mr. Mallory became a director and secretary. In March, 1880, he went west and bought a cattle ranch at Loup City, Neb .. which he conducted until the fall of 1882, when he sold out and went to Council Bluffs, lowa, to take a place as bookkeeper for the Shug- art Implement Company, one of the largest con- cerns of the kind in the country, remaining there nine months, when he returned to Danbury, and in 1883 entered the firm with which his father had been so long identified, the name being changed to E. A. Mallory & Sons.

In 1878 Mr. Mallory married Miss Fannie C. Raymond, daughter of George and Frederica (White) Raymond, and three children brighten their home, viz .: Belle, Florence R. and Maude Christine. The family occupy an elegant resi- dence at No. 28 New street, opposite that of Mr. Mallory's father. In politics our subject is a steadfast Republican, but he is not an office- seeker.

E ADWARD J. TUPPER, superintendent of the Lincrusta Walton Manufacturing Company, at Stamford, Fairfield Co .. Conn., is a native of Nova Scotia, born September 19, 1853, in Mil- ton, Queens county.

Nathan Tupper, father of Edward J., was also born in Queens county, Nova Scotia, and there spent the principal part of his lite. In 1858 he located in the state of Wisconsin, but after eight years of residence there returned to his native place, and passed away at Milton in 1877. He was a carpenter by trade. His wife, Mary (Freeman), was also born in Queens coun- ty. and died there in 1881. This worthy couple ! both of whom reside in Milton. Nova Scotia; and The father was a member of the Congregational Church.

which work he was engaged for eighteen months. He now went back to Nova Scotia, and for two years clerked in the general store of his brother- in-law at Bridgewater, thence returning to Nor- wich, Conn .. was with Hamlin Bros., from that place going to Easthampton, Conn., where he learned the business of burnishing silver-plated ware. During the next eight years he clerked in a grocery store in Hartford, Conn., finally, in 1882, settling in Stamford, which has since been his home. Here he became connected with the Lincrusta Walton Manufacturing Company, of whose factory he has been superintendent since 1885. Mr. Tupper has taken an active interest in local affairs, and has served the town in sev- eral public offices of trust. He was a member of the last borough board of Stamford, and in 1893-94, after the city was incorporated, served as member of the city council. On July 15, 1897. he was honored by Governor Cooke with appointment to the position of harbor master, the duties of which incumbency he is discharging with his customary ability and fidelity. Politic- ally, he is a firm believer in the principles of the Republican party, and is one of its strongest supporters in Stamford. On April 3, 1899, he was elected mayor of the city of Stamford. He is also prominent in fraternal circles, being an active member of Puritan Lodge No. 43, I. O. O. F .; Union Lodge (of which he has been mas- ter three years), Rittenhouse Chapter, and Wash- ington Council, F. & A. M .; and of the New England Order of Protection.

Mr. Tupper was united in marriage June 30. 1881, in Windham, Conn., to Miss Elizabeth El- liott, daughter of Warren Elliott, of Windham. They have no children.

G EORGE J. HURLBUTT, member of the firm of Hurlbutt Bros., clothiers, of Stam- | ford. is well known throughout this section. He | is a son of Warren P. Hurlbutt, who was born | in the town of Darien, Fairfield Co., Conn., at No. 3 Hoyt street. The grandfather, Joel Hurl- were the parents of ten children, only three of | butt, was a native of Wilton, Conn., and passed whom survive, namely: Prentice and Thomas, | the greater part of his life in Darien.

Edward J .. who was the youngest in the family. | town of Whitewater, Dubuque Co., lowa. The

Our subject was born April 17, 1857, in the | family came east when he was very young, set- I tling in Connecticut, and George passed his early years in Stamford and Winsted, this State, at-

Up to the age of fifteen years Edward J. Tupper lived at the place of his birth, and re- I tending school at both places. The father was ceived his education at the common schools of engaged in the clothing business, with which the the home neighborhood. On leaving school he | family has been connected since 1859, and at the went to Boston, Mass., where he found employ- | age of seventeen years our subject commenced ment carrying bundles for a dry-goods store, at | clerking for him, in Winsted, where he spent four

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years learning his trade. In 1878 he located in Stamford and entered the employ of J. W. & W. P. Hurlbutt, remaining with them five years. For the following five years the firm was Hurl- butt & Weed, and Mr. Hurlbutt was with them during that period. They were succeeded by W. P. Hurlbutt & Son, who carried on the busi- ness another five years, and were succeeded in their turn by Hurlbutt & Rockwell, who also conducted the business about five years. The establishment has since been owned and managed by Hurlbutt Bros. - George J. and H. W. Hurl- butt.

George J. Hurlbutt was married April 9, 1884. in Nyack, N. Y., to Miss Emma DeClark, by whom he has had two children: Carrie G. and Ralph B. They attend the Stamford Pres- byterian Church, of which he is a member; so- cially, he is connected with Union Lodge, F. & A. M., Puritan Lodge, I. O. O. F., the Royal Arcanum, and the New England Order of Pro- tection.

F REDERICK H. QUINTARD. It was most fortunate for our country that there came to our shores during the formative period, when the forces were being shaped which made us a nation, so large a proportionate number of men and women of high purpose and character. who were actuated by an unquenchable love of liber- ty. We can scarcely overestimate the influence upon our national life of the early emigration of the Huguenots from France, who, when perse- cuted for their religious principles in their own land, made no compromise with conscience, but sought in the wilds of the New World the free- dom denied them at home. With moral stam- ina equal to that of the sternest Puritan, they gave powerful re-enforcement to the best ele- ment among the colonists, and their descendants have been at all times leaders in the various lines of effort that mark a growing civilization.

The Quintard family, which has so long been prominent in this section, traces its descent from Isaac Quintard, a native of Lusignan, France, who, during the religious troubles of the latter part of the seventeenth century, escaped to Eng- land. He spent some time in the city of Bris- tol, and was married there. November 26, 1693, to Jeanne Fumé, a lady of French descent. In 1697 or 1698 he came to America, locating first in New York City and later in Stamford, this county, where he engaged in business as a mer- chant, and for many years owned and ran a line of boats. He died at Stamford in 1714, leaving an estate valued at some 2,000 pounds. Among

his other bequests was one of 10 pounds for the use of the poor in the French Church of New York. He had four children: Isaac, who settled in Stamford; Abram, who died young; Peter, who is mentioned below; and Marie, who became the wife of Capt. Samuel Morin, of Stamford. On October 1, 1708, Robert Embee, of Stam- ford, sold a tract of land to Isaac Quintard, who at that time was a merchant of New York City.

Isaac Quintard, the eldest son, was born in Bristol, England, in 1696, and died at Stamford in 1738, aged forty-two years. In 1716 the mar- riage of Isaac Quintard to Hannah Knapp was recorded at Stamford.

2. Peter Quintard was born in New York City in 1699, and was married there, in 1723, to Jeanne Ballereau, daughter of Jacques and Jeanne (Odart) Ballereau. He carried on the business of gold and silver smith, removing to Norwalk in 1733 or 1734, where he continued the business for some years. His wife, Jeanne, died September 2, 1752, and is buried in St. Paul's churchyard. He died at Norwalk in the fall of 1762, leaving one son and two daughters: Peter; Marie, who married Evert Everson, of New York; and Jane, who married Henry Van Wagner, of New York.

3. Peter Quintard was a native of New York City, but removed with his father to South Nor- walk about 1733, keeping a hotel there, and for a time he held the office of postmaster. During the Revolutionary war he served as a soldier in the cause of freedom. He was married twice, but the name of his first wife, the mother of our subject's great-grandfather, is not known. She had four children: James, Peter, Evert and Isaac. He married (second), May 23, 1774, Ruth Stevens, of Stamford, and had Lewis Y .; Rebecca, who married a Raymond; and Clarissa, who married Stephen Mott, of Norwalk.

4. Isaac Quintard was born in Norwalk in 1767, and made his home in that locality. He married, November 13, 1794, Elizabeth Pickett, daughter of Ezra Pickett, and had six children: Ann, who married Lewis Hendrick, of New York City; Evert, our subject's grandfather; Charles, who was a shoemaker and farmer by occupation; George, a shoemaker, who lived and died in Nor- walk; Henry, a cabinetmaker, who never mar- ried; and Eliza, who also remained single.

5. Evert Quintard was born January 24, 1798, in South Norwalk. When a young man he moved to Norwalk and spent his life there, being engaged for about sixty years in the furniture business. He married Elizabeth Whitney. daughter of Timothy Whitney, of Norwalk, and had three children: William L., who followed

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the furniture business in Norwalk for many years; Francis E., our subject's father; and Mary E. (deceased), who married Bennett Lum, of Stamford.

Timothy Whitney was a Revolutionary sol- dier and a great-great-grandson of Henry Whit- ney, of Berkhampstead, England, who emigrated to this country as early as 1649, and settled in Norwalk about 1665. Henry Whitney's ances- try is authentically traced back to the time of the Norman conquest in the person of Sir Baldwin, of Whitney, in Herefordshire. He was also of direct descent from Edward I, King of England.

6. Francis E. Quintard was born in Norwalk at the old family homestead. on Main street. During his youth he learned the cabinet maker's trade with his father, and carried on the manu- facture and sale of furniture throughout his act- ive life. He married (first) Miss Harriet M. Allen, who was born in Southport, this county. daughter of Increase and Sally Patchen Allen. Her father was a native of Westport, Fairfield county, and was of English descent, being of the sixth generation of the family in this country. The line of descent is traced through Gideon Allen, a native of Fairfield, Ebenezer (1), Eben- ezer (2) and Joseph, to Increase Allen, father of Mrs. Quintard. She died February 25, 1853, and on November 24, 1853, Mr. Quintard mar- ried Miss Matilda Lounsbury, whose family his- tory is' given below. By the first union there were four children: Harriet F., Charles A., Ho- mer A. and Henry F., all of whom died in infancy except Charles A., a well-known resident of Norwalk, prominently identified with various business interests. He was born in Norwalk November 7, 1848, and in 1864 became a clerk in the post office there. After a year or two in that position he spent some time with different firms in Bridgeport and Danbury, and then he took the position of confidential clerk or mana- ger for the Simons Manufacturing Company, of Norwalk, with which he remained six years. The next six years he spent with the Union Manufacturing Company of the same place, and beginning as a bookkeeper, he later became the secretary and treasurer of the company. Since severing his connection with that corporation he has not been actively engaged in any business. He is a Republican in politics, and is a leading member of the Congregational Church at Nor- walk, being especially interested in Sabbath school work. He belongs to the New York Min- eralogical Club, and the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; socially, he and his family are prominent in the best circles. On June 18, 1873, he married Miss Emma Beers,

daughter of Leander and Huldah Platt Beers, of Danbury, and a descendant of James Beers, who came from England at an early date, the line being traced through James (2) (also a native of England), Joseph, Joseph (2), Ephraim, David, Elijah, and Leander, the father of Mrs. C. A. Quintard. Four children were born of this union: Helen, Percy C., Fannie A. (who died November 7, 1891) and Emma T. Francis E. Quintard had two children by his second mar- riage, our subject being the younger. Harriet F., the elder, is now the wife of Eugene L. Boyer, of Norwalk.

Frederick Homer Quintard, the subject proper of this sketch, was born in Norwalk, January 24, 1857, and was educated in the schools of that city. On completing his course of study he spent one year with his father in the furniture business, and then became associated with his uncles, George E. and Phineas C. Lounsbury, and Joel L. Rockwell, in the manufacture of shoes; but after spending a number of years in that busi- ness he went west for his health, and on his re- turn connected himself with the Wisner Shoe Company, of Bridgeport, Conn., as secretary and treasurer; he sold out his interest in 1893, and has since remained free from active business cares. He is a man of much intelligence, and is popular socially. being identified with various organiza- tions, including the Sons of the American Revolu- tion, Norwalk Historical Association, the Nor- walk Club, the South Norwalk Club, the Knob Outing Club, holding the position of secretary and treasurer in both the South Norwalk Club and Knob Outing Club. Politically, he is a Repub- lican, but he is not especially active as a partisan, and like most of the members of his family he is a Congregationalist in religion.

On November 2, 1881, Mr. Quintard married Miss Mary E. Benedict, a native of Norwalk and a lineal descendant of Thomas Benedict, who was born in 1617 in Nottinghamshire, England, and died in Norwalk in 1699. The family has been prominent in this county from the first, and many of its members have held influential posi- tions in public life and in Church circles, as is shown by the frequency with which they were chosen to the office of deacon. The line of de- scent proceeds through Deacon Thomas Bere- dict, Deacon John (1), Deacon John (2), Deacon Nathaniel (1) (who held a commission in the Co- lonial army), Nathaniel (2) (who served forty- seven months during the Revolutionary war. taking part in numerous battles, including those of Danbury, Fairfield and Norwalk), Raymond, Mrs. Quintard's grandfather; and Goold Benedict, the father of Mrs. Quintard. Her mother, whose

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maiden name was Arminda Horton, was a daugh- ter of David and Sarah Mead Horton, of West- chester county, N. Y. Mrs. Quintard is one of Norwalk's most prominent society leaders.

Our subject's mother was born April 16, 1829, at Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., N. Y., and her family was one of the oldest in that locality. Tradition says that her ancestors came originally from Scotland, the first of whom we have rec- ord being Richard Lounsbury, or Lounsberry. Henry Lounsbury, a son of Richard, was born August 15, 1684, at Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y., but removed to Stamford, this county, where he spent his last years. At Stamford he mar- ried Mercy Scofield, who was born October 30, 1690, and they had nine children: Henry, Mercy, Hannah, Nathaniel, Epenetus, Rachel, Gideon, Nathan and Mary. Nathan Lounsbury, our subject's great-great-grandfather, was born at Stamford about 1723, and became a farmer and cooper by occupation. He married Elizabeth Seeley Talmadge, widow of Jonathan Talmadge, the ceremony being performed March 27, 1759. They had five children: Nathan, Enos, Phineas, Sylvanus and Elizabeth. Enos Lounsbury, the

Stamford, May 31, 1763, and like his father was a farmer and cooper. On April 10, 1781, he en- listed in the Revolutionary army, from Stam- ford, in Captain Scofield's company, and served until the following January. He was married April 3, 1796, to Katy Waterbury, who was born in Stamford March 12, 1766, the daughter of Isaac and Thankful Scofield Waterbury. Eleven children were born of this union: Elihu, Eliza- beth, Katie, Minor, Isaac, Nancy, Sally, Nathan, Elisha and Patty (twins), and Joseph. Our sub- ject's grandfather, Nathan Lounsbury, was born in Stamford April 13, 1807, and he and his wife, Delia (Scofield), who was also a native of Stam- ford, reared a family of six children, our sub- ject's mother being the eldest. (2) William, the second in order of birth, was a shoe manu- facturer at Bridgeport, and his death occurred in

thewson & Co. (6) Phineas Chapman Louns- bury, the honored ex-governor, was a shoe man- ufacturer at Norwalk until 1880, when he en- tered political life. He has held various public offices, including that of representative in the State Legislature, and in 1887 and 1888 he was governor of the State. Since retiring from that position he has devoted his time to banking and other business enterprises, and for a number of vears he has been president of the Merchants Exchange National Bank of New York City. During the Civil war he served as a soldier in the Union army. His winter residence is in New York City, but his summers are spent in Ridge- field, this county. In religious faith he is a Methodist, and as a private citizen his influence is given to furthering the best interests of the people.

RANK G. BOUTON, one of Danbury's most popular residents, has had tangible proof of the esteem of his fellow citizens in his election, in March, 1895, to the office of city clerk, for the term of two years, his ability and high char-

great-grandfather of our subject, was born in i acter making him an admirable official.

Mr. Bouton's ancestors were early settlers in Putnam county, N. Y., his grandfather, Egbert Bouton, having been a miller in the town of Southeast. Marvin J. Bouton, our subject's fa- ther, was born in that town in 1825, a son of Egbert and Polly Bouton, and on reaching man- hood engaged in the miller's trade, which he fol- lowed until his death, June 22, 1878. He was a most excellent man, a life member of the Amer- ican Bible Association, and for many years a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal .Church. Our subject's mother, whose maiden name was Sarah M. Barnum, was born in the town of Dan- bury in 1829, and is now living in Brooklyn, N. Y. This worthy couple had five children: Ed- gar H., Eliza E., Augustus M., Frank G. and Henry L.

Mr. Bouton, our subject, was born June 6, Ridgefield, this county. (3) Sarah E. married | 1857, in Georgetown, Conn., but his boyhood Nelson B. Sherwood, and both are now de- was mainly spent at Danbury where he attended ceased. (4) Ann Eliza is the wife of Joel L. | the public schools for some years. At the age Rockwell, a retired resident of Ridgefield. (5) i of thirteen he was employed in the meat market George E., the present governor of Connecticut, | of Adams Bros., at Norwalk, Conn., where he is one of the leading Republicans of the State. remained about three years, and he then went to Jamaica, L. I., to assist his brother Edgar in an insurance business. After two years there he became connected with B. F. Irish, of New Bed- ford, Mass., a photograph painter, for whom he traveled through the eastern States for several years. On leaving this employment he returned to Norwalk, where his parents then resided, and He graduated from Yale College when a young man, and studied for the ministry, preaching but a short time, as his voice failed him. Changing his plans, he entered business as a shoe manu- facturer. He has been in business in Norwalk for about twenty-five years, and is senior mem- ber of the well-known firm of Lounsbury, Mat-

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entered the employ of the Beatty Straw Hat Manufacturing Co., remaining one year. The business of making fur hats seeming more desir- able, he engaged in that and continued about fifteen years, spending nine years with T. C. Millard & Co., of Danbury. For some time he was employed by T. Brothwell & Co., and while there was elected city clerk. At present he is

Frederick Hollister Stevens, the subject of the auditor for the Comes Automatic Lighter | this sketch, is a lineal descendant of Rev. Timo- Company, of Danbury.

In 1880 Mr. Bouton married Miss Julia A. Raymond, daughter of Roswell and Harriet (Craft) Raymond, leading residents of Norwalk. | Mr. Stevens was Lieut. John Hollister, who was her father being a prosperous agriculturist. Six | born in England in 1612, and came to this coun- children were born of this union: Ira Garfield, I try in 1642. He settled finally in Glastonbury, who died in infancy; Clarence M., Miron R., Ira , and lived in the old Hollister homestead, which R., Shirland R. and Julia E. The beloved wife! is still standing, and is the oldest frame house in and mother passed to the unseen life on March | Connecticut. It was occupied, until recently, by 17. 1893. the day of the birth of the youngest : members of the Hollister family. Mr. Frederick child. In 1898 Mr. Bouton married Mrs. Anna | Hollister Stevens, though born in Meriden, is thus H. Higby. daughter of the late Dr. A. C. and | of Glastonbury stock. Candace V. B. Booraem, of New York City.

Mr. Stevens was educated in the public Mr. Bouton attends the Methodist Church, | schools of Meriden, and moved with his family to and is identified with various fraternal societies, | Hartford in 1873. At the age of seventeen he including the Imperial Order of Red Men; the I entered the large wholesale and retail dry-goods Kohanza Social Club, of which he is financial | house of Brown, Thompson & Co., of Hartford, secretary; and the I. O. O. F., Progressive Lodge · as assistant cashier, and in five years worked his No. 18, at Danbury. He also belongs to the local i way to the highest position in the financial de- | partment of the business. He remained twelve ! years with this firm, and then entered the First Hat Finishers Association, and has been actively interested in the work of the fire departments in various places, having been a member of the | National Bank of Hartford, intending to make Pioneer Hook & Ladder Co., at Norwalk, the ! banking his business; but in 1893 he was in- Putnam Hose Co., at South Norwalk, the De | duced to leave Hartford and take charge of the Graw Hose Co., at Jamaica L. I., and the Dan- | business department of the Standard Association, bury Co., which he joined in 1890. He resigned | becoming secretary, treasurer and manager of that corporation at that time, which position he

from the last named on June 19, 1894. after | nearly four years of service under both the vol- I now holds. unteer and pay systems. In politics Mr. Bouton is a stanch Republican.

On October 4. 1892, Mr. Stevens married Almira Louise, eldest daughter of the late Hon. John D. Candee, of Bridgeport, and granddaugh- ter of the Rev. Dr. S. F. Smith, author of "America."

Mr. Stevens is a veteran of Company K. First Regiment. C. N. G., of Hartford; a mem- ber of the Connecticut branch, Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution; a member of the Sea Side Club. of Bridgeport; and also a number of other social and fraternal organizations.

G EORGE B. FAIRCHILD. In tracing the ancestry of this well-known citizen of Bethel we are carried back to the days of armored knights, as the family coat of arms indicates that from 1096 to 1400 A. D.

The family originated in Scotland, where the

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FREDERICK HOLLISTER STEVENS. The Stevens family is an old one and of English origin. Seven brothers of that name are said to have left England about the year 1638 for reasons that were disapproved by the Crown. and their property was confiscated. The amount lost was large, and several unsuccessful attempts to recover all or a portion of it have since been made. A place in London is still known as "Stevens Square."

John Stevens, of Newbury, Mass., was one of the seven brothers, and he was the grand- father of Rev. Timothy Stevens, of Glastonbury. 1 first minister of the Church of Christ in that i some of its members took part in the Crusades, town. Timothy Stevens was born in Roxbury, | Mass., January 28, 1666. He graduated at

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 115

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