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Mr. Whitlock is a Republican in politics, but has taken no very active part in matters of this kind. He was assessor in the town of Derby one year; on the board of burgesses in the borough of Birmingham one term; in the fall of 1896 was elected representative of the township of Hunt- ington in the Legislature of the State, and in 1898 was elected to the State Senate from the Fifteenth district. He is a member of King Hiram Lodge No. 12, F. & A. M., and of King Solomon Chapter No. 3, of Derby. He has taken an active interest in all public matters designed to benefit his town, is a director in the Derby and Shelton Board of Trade, and a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mr. Whitlock was married to Mary Olive Singer, daughter of Isaac M. Singer, of New York City, and has two daughters; Olive Voulette, who married Walter Randall, of Shelton; and Mary Lillian, who married Alton P. Terrill, of An- sonia.
John Whitlock, father of the subject of this sketch, was born May 14, 1821, in what is called the Bennetts Farms District in Ridgefield, Conn. He was a son of Thaddeus Whitlock, who was born about the year 1796, and was a grandson of Thaddeus Whitlock, and a great-grandson of Jonathan Whitlock, a native of Ridgefield, Con- necticut.
Thaddeus Whitlock owned a large farm which his wife inherited from her father, who was ac- counted a wealthy man. Thaddeus Whitlock was a man of influence as well as means, and highly esteemed. There is a tradition that there were three brothers that came from England in the early days, one of whom settled in Connect- icut, one in New York and one in New Jersey. and from them have descended all the different families of Whitlocks in the United States. Thaddeus Whitlock, the grandfather, was in the war of the Revolution, and Thaddeus, the father. was in the war of 1812. The former was a sailor twelve years, and followed farming the re- mainder of his life, in what was known as the Bennetts Farms, dying when fifty-two years of age. He married Polly Smith, daughter of Aza- riah Smith, of Limestone, and later of Farming- ville. Thaddeus Whitlock (2) had two children:
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John and Ruth Ann, the latter of whom, born
running between Boston, Mass., and Bangor, in 1823, married Morris Stevenson, of Norwalk, , Maine. On leaving the ship he returned to Conn. She now lives in Danbury.
Bridgeport. and after eight years passed as a John Whitlock was educated in the schools i porter in the " Atlantic Hotel" he formed a at bennetts Farms, enjoying no such advantages as now exist; but by observation and experience he added to the knowledge be acquired at school, and became a well-informed man. He served an partnership with his brother. J. B. Sullivan, and engaged in the grocery and liquor trade under the hrm name of Sullivan Bros. This partnership ' lasted hve years, and at its dissolution our sub- apprenticeship as a millwright with George Cro- i ject removed to his present store, which he fut. of Danbury, and located in Birmingham in i opened on December 31, 1894.
1846. to work in the lion and Steel Works, put- In 1884 Mr. Sullivan married Miss Anna ung in the machmery there. He followed his . Cunningham, daughter of Edward and Mary trade as millwright until 1857, having started a | (Moran Cunningham, and granddaughter of Jo- seph Cunningham, of Woodbridge, N. J. Five children brighten their home: Mary, Agnes. is identified with the Catholic Church, and Mr. : Sullivan is also a member of various fraternal
small machine shop in Birmingham, where the Shelton factory is now located. In 1856 he be- pan business alone, and built his present shop in i Robert, Eugene, Jr., and Archibald. The family 1803. This business he followed until his death in October. 1898.
During his whole life. until recently, he had . bodies including the Brotherhood of the Union been a Democrat, but had never taken any act- ; and the Foresters of America. Politically. he is we part in politics. He was married in 1842 to | a Democrat.
Mary Ann Selleck, daughter of Sturges Selleck. of Danbury, and to this marriage there were born two sons: Sturges. the subject proper of this H UGH LAVERY, a well-known wholesale and retail dealer in liquors at Bridgeport, is sketch, and Charles, who died in 1800. Mr. Whitlock was successful in business, and was in . a self-made man in the strictest sense, and owes every way a self-made man, highly respected by . his prosperity to his own strict attention to busi- all that knew him. ness.
EUGENE L. SULLIVAN, of Bridgeport, is : family of seven children born to Thomas Lavery an enterprising and successful business man, , and his wife, Alice. lifelong residents of Ireland. and conducts an extensive trade in groceries, meats, wines and liquors at the corner of East Main and Jane streets. By his unvarying court- , name, died when his children were all young.
esy he wins and has won the good will of all, and 1 his pleasing presence and one mental qualities I native place, and at the age of seventeen he came make him a general favorite in social life.
Mr. Sullivan's family is of Irish origin, and | years in Watertown, N. Y .. where he learned his grandfather, Eugene Sullivan, was a farmer at Carey, Ireland. Michael Sullivan, our subject's ; father. was born and reared at Carey, and was married in Ireland to Mary Sullivan. Soon aft- erward he came to America with his bride, and | 380 E. Main street, corner of Maple, forming a after residing for a time in different places set- , partnership with Thomas F. Murray. On the tled at Colchester, Middlesex Co., Conn., where , dissolution of the partnership three years later, he followed farming for some years, and was then he removed to No. 374 E. Main street, where he continued in business alone until 1897. During employed in a rubber factory. At present he
resides in Willimantic. Conn., but our subject's . this time he established a grocery and feed store mother died about the year 1865. Eugene L. | at No. 438 Stratford avenue, where he also car-
Sullivan was born September 1. 1862, at Col- chester. where he spent the first sixteen years of his life. his education being obtained in the local schools. In 1878 he came to Bridgeport, and was employed for six months in the Union Me- tallic Companys shops. He then spent four years as a sailor on the steamer .. Katahdin,"
Mr. Lavery was born October 28, 1862, in ' County Armagh, Ireland, and was the third in a His father, who was a descendant of the great | Hugh O'Neil, from whom our Hugh received his Our subject was educated in the schools of his
to America to seek his fortune. He spent some 1 the molder's trade, and in 1885 he removed to Bridgeport, where he was employed in that line of business until 1889. He then established himself in the grocery and liquor business at No.
ried on a retail liquor business. About the same time he opened his present store at No. 521 Water street, engaging in a retail liquor trade. After about ten years in the retail line he went into the wholesale business in January, 1898, and now supplies a large and flourishing trade in Bridgeport and for about forty miles in that vi-
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cinity. He has sold his other stores to his | brothers, who conduct them under the firm names of the Lavery Grocery Company and Lavery Bros.
ters beyond voting. He is regarded as an exem- | plary citizen in every way, and he is highly re- spected by all who know him as a hard-working, reliable man.
On September 4, 1895, Mr. Lavery married ! Miss Mary E. Kelly, principal of School No. 13, Bridgeport, and daughter of Thomas Kelly. They have two children, Alice M. and Thomas Church at Bridgeport, of which Mr. Lavery is an | meats and vegetables, and his sound judgment active member. Politically. he is a Democrat. Mr. Lavery is one of the leading merchants of
G EORGE T. JEWELL, one of Stratford's successful business men, is the junior mem- H. The family is identified with the Catholic | ber of the firm of Bristol & Jewell, dealers in I and business acumen are important factors in I the steady growth of their trade. As a citizen Bridgeport, is held in high esteem, and is prom- I he is held in high esteem, and he is one of the inently identified with the progress of the city, | leading workers in the Republican organization being a heavy taxpayer. He is a popular mem- I of his locality, being at present the treasurer of ber of the Foresters, Court Pembroke, and of | his town. several other local organizations.
Mr. Jewell comes of grand old Colonial stock, and his great-grandfather, John Jewell, and grand- I father, also named John Jewell, both served as
G EORGE F. BENNETT is one of the thrifty, I soldiers during the Revolutionary war. The lat- progressive young farmers of Fairfield town- I ter was probably a farmer by occupation.
ship, Fairfield Co., Conn., and has resided on
George Jewell, the father of our subject, was his present place since April, 1876, coming there | born in Westchester county, N. Y., whence he as a boy to work for its former owner, Summers I came to this county in early manhood, and Morehouse.
Mr. Bennett was born in July, 1862, in Eas- ! Stratford, where he died in 1866. He was a ton, Fairfield county, the younger of the two | Democrat in politics, and he and his wife were sons of Jerome and Annie (Turrell) Bennett. | leading members of the M. E. Church at Strat-
I engaged in the grocery and meat business in
ford. He married Miss Mary Elizabeth Lewis.
The elder son died in childhood. George re- ceived the advantages afforded by the public i of that town, a daughter of Sidney Lewis; she schools of the home neighborhood during his | died in 1866. Our subject is the youngest of vouth, and when fifteen years of age came to the I three children, the others being: Minnie, who town of Fairfield and entered the employ of Mr. I married E. R. Cary, of Des Moines, lowa (now Morehouse, with whom he remained during the | deceased), and Warren L., a farmer of near that latter's lifetime. That he proved an efficient | city. and competent assistant may be judged from the
George T. Jewell was born in Stratford April fact that Mr. Morehouse made him his heir to | 4, 1864, and the greater portion of his life has the property, which is a valuable place. well im- been spent there. After attending the public proved, and kept in first-class condition by its | schools of the town until he reached the age of | fifteen years, he took a course in Yale Business
energetic owner. Mr. Bennett is up-to-date in all his methods, and as the result of thrift and | College at New Haven, and on graduating he tireless labor he has succeeded in making his i farm one of the most productive and desirable of its size in the neighborhood. One of the best springs to be found in the county is located on this land, and supplies his house by means of a hydraulic ram.
entered the employ of W. M. Terry & Co., of Bridgeport, as bookkeeper, which position he held some fifteen years. On April 27, 1896, he I formed a partnership with William B. Bristol, and | engaged in his present business. He was con- I nected with the 4th Regiment, C. N. G., enlist- I was appointed second lieutenant April 26, 1887; first lieutenant February 10, 1890, and captain March 19, 1891, which rank he held until the removal of the company to Bridgeport.
In 1886 Mr. Bennett was united in marriage | ing in Company K, of Stratford, May 19, 1885; with Miss Hattie S. Brothwell, daughter of John M. Brothwell, a well-known citizen of Fairfield, and the young couple commenced housekeeping in their present home, where two children, Frank Summers and Rubie A., have been born to them. Socially, Mr. Jewell is identified with St. John's Lodge No. 8, F. & A. M., in which he is / a past master; Jerusalem Chapter No. 13, R. A. M., at Bridgeport, in which he now holds the Mr. and Mrs. Bennett attend the Baptist Church. Politically, he is a Republican except in local affairs, where he selects the best man regardless of party, but he takes no interest in public mat- i rank of high priest; Jerusalem Council No. 16,
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R. and S. M., at Bridgeport, and Hamilton Com- , child, Celestine, born May 3. 1891. brightens mandery No. 5. H. T., of the same city. On , their home. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. November 2. 1887. he married Miss Mary E. ; Waldron are members of the Episcopal Church; Lillingston, daughter of David W. Lillingston. : socially, he is affiliated with the American Society of Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell are active , of Mechanical Engineers, and the Yale & Towne members of Christ Episcopal Church at Strat- ford
Mutual Benefit Association. He is popular, and ยท the center of a large circle of friends and acquaint- ances, by whom both he and his amiable wife are honored and esteemed.
F REDERICK A. WALDRON, mechanical engineer, superintendent of the power and plant of Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company, of Stamford, comes of an old Vermont family. his father, grandfather and great-grandfather Waldron having all been born there
S AMUEL B. WAKEMAN ranks foremost among the intelligent and progressive young farmers of Fairfield township. Fairfield Co .. Conn., and he is descended on both the paternal
Our subject was born in Windsor. Windsor . and maternal sides from families old and promi- Co .. .. December 14. 1504. but spent his i ment in this part of the State.
early lite and received his education at Hyde the Brainard Milling Machine Co., at Hyde Park,
Mr. Wakeman was born October 26, 1863. I trict. Fairfield township, son of Andrew P. and
Park. Mass. When fourteen years old he entered | on the old Wakeman homestead in Middle Dis-
Mass .. as an apprentice, remaining with that firm / Cornelia (Burr) Wakeman, and received his four years. after which he had charge of the designing and constructing of special machinery ! for John T. Robinson & Co., of Hyde Park. Mass. In 1885 he went to Providence. R. I .. | where for two years he was employed by the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company. makers of machine tools. early education in the local schools, later attend- ing Fairfield Academy. His father was a thor- : oughly systematic and progressive farmer, and Samuel was early inducted into the mysteries of agriculture. for which he displayed unusual apti- tode, remaining at home until he went west, in 1885. During 1885 and 1886 he was engaged in mining in Colorado, the greater part of the time in Gunnison county, after which, returning to Connecticut, he resumed farming, for a time purchased what was then known as the Deacon John Banks farm, in Hulls Farms District, Fair- field township, and he has since given his entire time to its cultivation and improvement, the place being now one of the best kept and most productive in this vicinity.
In 188; Mr. Waldron came to Stamford. ( onn .. to fill the position of draughtsman and designer for the crane and pulley block works of the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company, I taking charge of his father's farm. In 1892 he and remained in that incumbency some four years. In the spring of 1891 be accepted a position with E. D. Leavitt, consulting engineer for the Calu- met & Hecla Mining Company, of ( ambridgeport, Mass .. and in that connection did two years' serv- Ist. He executed most of the detail work on the large hydraulic pumping engine at the Bethlehem Mr. Wakeman has made a practical study of agriculture, and wherever practicable has adopted the most modern scientific methods in his work, the result being that by the application of ad- vanced ideas he has wrought a wonderful trans- formation in the appearance and value of his farm even during the comparatively short time he has lived there. Though still a young man he is as thoroughly familiar with the details of his business as many an old experienced farmer, and he is regarded as one of the most substan- tial, thrifty citizens of the town. He was one of the charter members of Greenfield Grange No. 133. His political sympathies are with the Democratic party. Iron Works, said to be the largest stationary en- pine in the world, being rated as a 15.000-horse power, and is used in connection with the forg- ing of armor plates for U. S. cruisers. In 1893 Mr. Waldron entered the employ of the George F. Blake Manufacturing Company. at East Cam- bridge, where he had charge of the design and construction of heavy water-works pumps, in- cluding large engines for the Toronto water works, and of the Mystic Pumping Engine No. 4. boston water works. At the end of two years with this fim he, on January 1. 1895. once more came to Stamford, Conn., and has since been ably and efficiently filling his present position with the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company.
On January 17. 1890, Mr. Waldron was mar- ried at Windsor, Vt., to Miss Heien G. Horton, daughter of Marcus L. and Gratia Horton. One
In 1896 Mr. Wakeman was united in mar- riage with Miss Margaret Kealie, of Mill Plain, daughter of Denis Kealie. Mrs. Wakeman, who is a highly-accomplished and well-educated lady,
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and prior to her marriage was a successful school teacher, was born in Fairfield in 1873. and was a graduate of Bridgeport High School, class of '91.
E ADWARD OSBORN, the only male repre- sentative left of a once very numerous fam- ily in the town of Fairfield, and one of the sub- stantial well-to-do citizens of that locality, was born in the village of Fairfield, February 2, 1847, in the house wherein he now lives and which he owns.
The Osborn family is of English ancestry, the first of whom in this country, Richard by name, in 1634 set sail from London, England, in the good ship " Hopewell," and after his ar- rival in the New World first located, in 1635, at Hingham, Mass., removing thence to New Haven, Conn., in 1639. For service and bravery in the Pequot war he received a "land warrant " from the Government, said land being near the center of the present village of Fairfield, between that owned by John Cable and Thomas Stonington, and he finally bought that of Cornelius Hull, ad- joining. In July, 1644. he took the oath of fidelity. He came to Fairfield between 1650 and 1653, became one of the dividend landhold- ers of the town, and lived there until November, 1682, when he removed to Westchester. There he died, deeding his real estate to his son John and his heirs forever. He became a freeman in 1692. Richard Osborn was a prominent man in Colonial days, and a leading spirit in all public matters. He was the father of seven children: John, Hannah, Priscilla, Sarah, Mary, Eliza- beth and David.
John Osborn, son of Richard, was in his day one of the influential citizens of Fairfield. He married Sarah Bennet, daughter of James Ben- net. in July, 1677, and their children were Han- nah, Samuel, John, David, Joseph and Elizabeth. The father died July 15, 1709. David Osborn, son of John, married, and his children were as follows: David, born February, 1707; William, May, 1709; Sarah Jane, June, 1711; John, No- vember, 1713; Eleazer, January, 1715; Doro- thy, November, 1717; Hannah, February, 1720; Grace, January, 1724; and David, August, 1726. Sergeant David Osborn, the father, died in 1732.
Eleazer Osborn, son of David, was married June 29, 1738, to Hannah Bulkley, and their | of this honored couple were Elizabeth, born June children were Eleanor, born April 11, 1739; Sarah, May 27, 1741 : David, September 3, 1743; Gershom, April 23, 1746: Hannah, November 21, 1748; Grissel, March 14, 1751 : Ellen, December 18. 1754; and Ebenezer (no date given). The father of this family died May 20, 1788. He |
served as a lieutenant in the French and Indian war. Gershom Osborn married a Miss Wilson, and had three children, viz .: Seth, who for years resided on Osborn Hill, and at his death left three sons and two daughters, ali now de- ceased; Gershom (2); and Grissel, who married a Mr. Bradley, of South Carolina, and died in ! Fairfield, leaving one daughter, who died at the age of sixteen years.
Gershom Osborn (2), grandfather of Edward, was born August 14, 1777. in Fairfield, and was yet a boy when his father moved to what has for years been known as "Osborn Hill." Here the lad was reared, and here in after life he followed agricultural pursuits. On December 13, 1808. he married Miss Anna Burr, who was born De- cember 28, 1776, at Westport, Conn., daughter of Ephraim Burr, a Revolutionary soldier. The children by this union were: Albert; Gould, born March 3. 1813, who went to California in 1849, and died there in 1872; Eliza, born January 20, 1815, died at the age of twelve years; Jane, born May 14, 1816, now living in the town of Fair- field, the widow of Henry Sturgis: Edward, born June 6, 1818, deceased when young; and Cather- ine, born March 28, 1820, living in Fairfield, the widow of John Nichols. The father of this fam- ily passed from earth February 22, 1827, the mother on July 9, 1831, and they were buried in the old cemetery at Fairfield. They were mem- bers of the Congregational Church. In 1816 he purchased the land whereon our subject now makes his home.
Albert Osborn, father of Edward, was born February 12, 1811, on the home farm, but when he was ready for school his father removed the family into the village of Fairfield in order that the children might have better educational priv- ileges. Like his forefathers, Albert was a life- long farmer, and he was a widely-known and high- ly respected citizen. On December 24, 1835, he married Maria Staples, who was born July 22, 1817. at Newtown, Conn., daughter of Samuel Staples. She was left an orphan in her girlhood, and then went to live in the fam- ily of her cousin, George Peck, at one time keep- er of the jail at Fairfield. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn made their home throughout married life at the old homestead of the family in the village of | Fairfield, and followed farming. The children
18, 1839. died unmarried February 22, 1863; Harriet, born September 3, 1842, died unmar- ried in June, 1868; and Edward, our subject, be- ing the youngest. The father died June 23, 1865, the mother on January 27. 1861, and their re- mains rest in Fairfield East cemetery. They at-
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tend the Congregational Church; in politics he . er, he devotes much attention to promoting the was a Republican.
Edward Osborn, whose name introduces this review, received a liberal education in part at the public school of Fairfield, and in part at the Academy. He was eighteen years old at the time of his father's death, and being the only son had to succeed him at once in the work on the farm. On November 6. 1872. he was married to Miss Mary Helen Nicholson, daughter of Charies and Anna (Head, Nicholson, who now live in Bridgeport, Conn. Mrs. Osborn is a na- tive of England, born March 18. 1847, in Hol- beach, Lincolnshire. Mr. and Mrs. Osborn have two daughters, Harriet Stapies and Henrietta. They are active members of the Congregational Church, in which Mr. Osborn is a deacon. Socially, he affiliates with the Greenfield Hill Grange; politically, he has always been a stalwart Republican, and he has served his borough as selectman one term, is filling his fourth term as assessor, and for several years has been one of the school committee. Mr. Osborn is one of the leading and popular citizens of the community. and those who have known him from boyhood are numbered among his stanchest friends, while the entire family stand high socially. The his- tonic old structure, known as the " Powder House." is situated on his farm, and at this writ- ing is being repaired and restored by the D. A. R., who desire to preserve it.
G EORGE BURNS, a well-known contractor of Bridgeport, is one of the enterprising and successful young business men of that city, and is also prominent in local politics, being a valued worker in the Democratic party
Mr. Burns was born in Bridgeport October 20. 1864, and is of Irish ancestry in both pater- nal and maternal lines. His grandfather, George burns, was a farmer in Ireland. Patrick Burns, our subject's father, was born in County Mayo, Ireland, and came to America in early manhood, locating in Bridgeport where he was engaged in the teaming business for many years, his death occurring March 9, 1878. He married Miss Mary Stapleton, a native of Ireland, who sur- vives him and resides in Bridgeport. They had four children: Our subject and three daughters.
interests of his party, being an active member of the Democratic association of Bridgeport, and in the fall of 1898 he was a delegate to the Demo- cratic county convention.
In 1887 Mr. Burns married Miss Josephine Baltes, of New York, daughter of William Bal- tes, a native of New York City, and two children brighten their home: George P. and Loretta. Mr. Burns and his wife are Catholics in religion, and are leading members of St. Patrick's Church at Bridgeport.
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