Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 189

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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III. John Nash, Jr., was born December 25, 1688, and his family consisted of seven sons: Edward, John, Nathan, Abraham, Micajah, Sam- uel and Ebenezer.

IV. Micajah Nash, our subject's great-grand- father, married and settled in Norwalk. He had three sons: Jesse, Samuel and Daniel.

V. Daniel Nash, the grandfather of our sub- ject, married Freelove Wright, a native of the county, settled finally in the part of Norwalk which became a portion of Westport in 1835, and had six children: Daniel, our subject's fa- ther; Micajah and Dennis, who were bound out in boyhood to a hat manufacturer in Newtown, where they married and settled permanently, both leaving descendants: George, who became a farmer by occupation; Freelove, who married Isaac Hurlbutt, of Westport; and Sarah, who married a Mr. Hanford, of Norwalk.

VI. Daniel Nash, the father of our subject, | being mute witnesses to that fact, and no ex- was born May 12, 1770, and died August 2, 1865. | pense has been spared to bring about the desired I results in the various improvements. The saw- mill, cider warehouse, gristmill and large barn are furnished with electricity, and all the build- I ings. are models of convenience and taste, Mr. Nash having designed and constructed them. Before building the cider warehouse, which will | hold 1,000 casks, the solid rock was blasted to a depth of seven and one-half feet over the He was a Whig in politics. His wife, Rebecca (Camp), was a native of Norwalk and a daughter of Jonathan Camp, a well-known citizen. Our subject was the eldest in a family of four chil- dren, the others being: Andrew C., born in 1811, who lived in Westport near his brother, and died July 11, 1898; Julia A., born in 1813, who married Joseph Wood, of Westport, and died some years ago; and Hannah, born in 1816, | entire surface of the foundation, making a

I spirited citizen, contributing freely to all pro- gressive movements, and is especially interested in religious work, having given $10,000 at one I has never been a politician, he has kept i well-informed upon the issues of his time, I and in politics he is a stanch Republican. In 1836 he married Miss Abigail Gorham, who died after twenty-three years of wedded life, leaving no children, and he afterward married Miss Mar- garet Williams, daughter of Judge Austin R. Williams, of Norwalk. He has had four chil- dren: Adelaide, Lloyd, Louise and Fannie. Some time after the death of his second wife in 1871, he married Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Partrick) Tuttle, who died in 1897 without issue.

VIII. LLOYD NASH, the son of our subject, was born February 18, 1865, at the old home- I stead in Westport, where he has always resided. His education was obtained in the district schools near his home, and at the age of fourteen he be- gan to take an active share in his father's busi- ness, being placed in charge of the gristmill and cidermill on the estate. Soon afterward he un- I dertook the management of the farm. Since 1883 he has had full control of all the work on the i estate, including the management of the grist and saw mills, the cider-mill, and, since 1886, of a large wholesale and retail ice business. Much of the product of the last named enterprise is shipped to North and South Norwalk, and the fine quality has created a large demand. The ice is known as Island Rock ice, a large rock, fifty feet in diameter, standing in the center of a beautiful lake fed by natural springs, from which sheet of water Mr. Nash secures immense quan- tities of pure ice, 240 tons having been taken | from it in one hour; it also furnishes water power for his mills to supplement the steam engines in USE. Mr. Nash possesses unusual mechanical ability, the buildings and appliances on the place

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cool vault, thirteen feet deep, which Mr. Nash | liquors and meats; William, an oyster dealer in can keep at a temperature of 48 degrees in mid- , Bridgeport; and Elizabeth, wife of John Cunmon, summer. Mr. Nash, like his father, is a Repub. | of the same city. lican, but the management of his business inter-

Our subject's early life was spent in Bridge- ests occupies his time too fully to permit him to , port, and for sixteen years he was employed in take part in political affairs. Socially, be and i the oyster business there. On May 2, 1892, he his family are prominent, being identified with opened a liquor store at Nos. 174-176 Newfield the best circles of that locality. On April 6. I avenue, corner of Orange street, and the enter- , prise was so successful that he felt justified, four

1885. he married Miss Charlotte H. Colt, a native of Otsego county, N. Y., and they have two years later, in erecting his present building, attractive children: Edward C. and Louise H. in 1896, which is allowed to be one of the finest { of the kind in Bridgeport.

On November 18, 1891, Mr. Brophy married

F RANK W. BOGARDUS is one of the : Miss Bertha Smith, a native of Germany, and younger citizens of Stamford who, by the . three children, Martha Ann, Nellie Louisa and spirit of enterprise and progress they have al- ; James Henry, have blessed the union. Politic- ready shown, promise to be factors in her ad- ally, Mr. Brophy is a Democrat, and he and his vancement in the near future. He is the son i wife are leading members of the Catholic Church of John S. Bogardus, a well-known architect in t of Bridgeport. Stamford. The family traces its ancestry back to early settiers of Dutchess county, New York,

E PHRAIM N. WAKELEY. JR., for some years a master and pilot for coasting vessels in the Sound, but of later years a prosperous farmer in the town of Stratford, is a native of the

Frank W. bogardus was born September 23. 1867, at Matteawan, Dutchess Co., N. Y., where his early years were spent and he received his primary education. At the age of twelve years be removed with his parents to Yonkers, N. Y., I borough of Stratford, Conn., born July 20, 1867. from the high school of which place he was Samuel Wakeley, grandfather of our subject. was a native of this county, born probably in Laston, where he followed the trade of shoe- graduated in 1881, and on March 1. 1882, he commenced as clerk in the office of St. John. to the position of bookkeeper, subsequently be- came cashier, and in April, 1897, he became a member of the firm of Getman, Judd & Co ..

Hoyt & Co. Some time later he was promoted , maker, dying there. By his wife, Bessie (Booth). a member of one of the old families of Fairfield county, he had ten children-seven sons and three daughters-most of whom passed their en- lumber merchants. Mr. Bogardus certainly has | tire lives in this county. Of these,

a good start on the way to prosperity, and he

Ephraim N. Wakeley, Sr., was born in the has the hearty pood will of all who come in con- i town of Monroe, Fairfield Co., Conn., but was tact with him in his business life. He is a , reared and educated in the borough of Newtown, member of the Suburban Club, of Stamford, of which he is at present serving as secretary.

where he learned the trade of hatter, which he : followed for some time, but is now pursuing the

On January 5. 1893. Mr. Bogardus was mar- . vocation of an agriculturist in the town of Strat- ried, in Stamford. to Miss Eloise A. Waterbury, ! ford. He is a professional .. Nimrod," having at daughter of Samuel C. Waterbury. They wor- ' one time made hunting and fishing a business, ship at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, in which . and for some forty years he furnished one of the Mr. Bogardus is a vestryman.

leading New York markets with game and fish. ! He married Miss Mary J. Farnum, born in Tioga county, N. Y., a daughter of Gilead Farnum, who was of English descent, and came from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Fairfield, where he married Rebecca Lattin, of this county, a lady of En- glish lineage. Ten children were born to this ' union, named respectively: Nelson, Charles, learned the miller's trade in Ireland, and in 1847 | Levi, Bessie, Samuel, Ellen, Homer, Nellie, Ephraim N., jr., and Alfred. all yet living except he and his wife still reside. They have had | Levi, Bessie and Ellen. The father is yet living, eight children: John. Mary Ann, Henry (1) and J AMES BROPHY, a well-known citizen of Bridgeport. was born in Bridgeport October 22, 1858, a son of Michael Brophy, a native of Dublin, Ireland, and his wife, Ann (McElroy), of County Cavan, Ireland. Michael Brophy came to America, locating in Bridgeport, where

in politics a Democrat; the mother died Febru- Henry (2), all deceased; James, our subject; | ary 22, 1899, aged seventy-two years and ten Thomas, a resident of Bridgeport and a dealer in i months.

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Ephraim N. Wakeley, Jr., received a liberal education at the public schools of Stratford, after which until he was twenty-two years old he fol- lowed the water in the capacity of master and pilot of steam vessels coasting in the Sound, but has since been practically identified with the farming interests of the town of Stratford. He has always been a Democrat, and has taken an active part in politics; in 1897 he was elected selectman of the town, and is at present serving in that incumbency. Socially, he is a member of the F. & A. M., St. John Lodge No 8; also of Pequonnock Lodge No. 67, O. U. A. M., both of Stratford; and he belongs to Mutual Hook and Ladder Hose Company, of the borough. Mr. Wakeley has not yet enlisted in the noble army of Benedicts.

ATRICK J. GARVIN, proprietor of Garvin's Drug Store, is one of the leading business men of the pleasant little city in which his store is located, and his history is appropriately in- serted in this volume.

Mr. Garvin was born November 29, 1868, at Mitchellstown, County Cork, Ireland, a son of John and Mary (Condon) Garvin. His father, who is an expert carpenter and makes a specialty of indoor work, is now a resident of Stamford, this county, where he settled in 1883. There were thirteen children: Catherine, wife of Mau- rice Griffin, of Stamford; Mary, who died at the age of twenty-four years and seven months; Margaret, wife of William F. Coghlan, of Stam- ford; John M .. who also resides in Stamford; Joseph, deceased; Patrick J., our subject; Honora and Thomas, deceased; Helen, a resident of Stamford; Julia E., wife of Hugh F. Roper, of Springfield, Mass. ; Bridget, eleventh in the order of birth; Annie, deceased; and one that died in infancy. Both parents are members of St. John's Church (Roman Catholic) at Stamford, and the children have been reared in the same faith.

Our subiect's youth was spent in his native land, and he was educated in the Christian Brothers School at Mitchellstown, where he was graduated in 1883. On May 3 of that year he left Queenstown for America, and after his arrival he located first at Stamford, finding employment as a clerk in the drug store of Parker & Ward, with whom he remained until 1892. On Sep- tember 6. 1892, he appeared before the State Pharmacy commissioners at Hartford, passed the required examinations as a pharmacist, and on the 12th of December following he went to Bethel to open the Bethel Pharmacy for Charles J. En-

glish. Under his able management the business succeeded, and on July 9, 1894, he purchased it from Mr. English, in order to continue it alone.

On April 23, 1894, Mr. Garvin was married at St. John's Church, Stamford, to Miss Alice E. Foley, daughter of John Foley, of Springdale, this county. One child has blessed this union, A. Esther, born July 25, 1895. Mr. Garvin takes deep interest in all that concerns the wel- fare of his adopted country, and in politics is a stanch Republican. In 1890 he was naturalized at Bridgeport as an American citizen. Like all of his family, he is a devout Catholic, and he is a leading member of St. Mary's Church, Bethel.

J* TACOB SCHIETINGER, whose business estab- lishment is located at No. 826 Main street, Bridgeport, is a native of Connecticut, har- ing been born June 9, 1858, in Norwich.

Jacob Schietinger, Sr., father of our subject, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, coming to this country when a young man, and locating in Norwich, Conn. In his native land he was a nail maker by trade, but in Bridgeport (whither he had removed from Norwich) he was a spring maker, having been in the employ of the Bridge- port Spring Company some twenty years. He then kept saloon for a time, until taking up farm- ing in the town of Fairfield, his present occupa- tion. By his wife Regina (Kleim), a native of Frankfort, Germany, he had a family of ten chil- dren, five of whom are yet living: Jacob, Jr.(our subject); Laura, living; Joseph, a bridge-tender and cigar dealer in Bridgeport; Fred, a spring maker; and Carrie, single.

Our subject was seven years of age when the family came to Bridgeport, in which city he re- ceived his schooling. His first occupation was with the Howe Sewing Machine Company, with whom he remained about six years, during that time learning the silver-plating business. He was then employed by the Frary Cutlery Com- pany some six months, at the end of that time becoming foreman of the concern, with which he was connected altogether about eight years. Relinquishing this line of trade, Mr. Schietinger. in 1886, entered into partnership with R. W. Irving, under the firm name of Irving & Schiet- inger, in the liquor business at Bridgeport, which copartnership was dissolved at the end of seven years, our subject becoming driver of No. 4 Hose Company hose cart. After two years' experience at that he embarked, in 1892, in his present liquor business, his first location being at the corner of Commercial and Main streets. He does an extensive bottling business for both domestic

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and export trade, and enjoys a well-merited pat- ronage.

On May 25, 1886, Mr. Schietinger married Margaret Malota, and seven children were born to them, only two of whom are now living: Jo- 1 seph and Loretta. In his political preferences I and egg business in Eighth avenue, New York, our subject is a Democrat. Socially, he is a | and for the following five years worked with member of the Firemen's Benevolent Associa- tion: of the Foresters of America; the Arion Singing Society; the Bridgeport Gun Club; the Bridgeport Turnverein, as well as of other local societies. His duties of citizenship ate ever faithfully performed, and he is accounted one of the valued residents of Bridgeport.

E DWARD B. LAWRENCE is one of the ris- ing young business men of New Canaan, Conn., where he has carried on his present furni- ture, carpet and undertaking establishment for five years.

Mr. Lawrence was born January 21, 1870, at South Salem, N. Y., where his father, Edward Lawrence, was born in 1846. The grandfather, Squire Cyrus Lawrence, was a typical country "squire". well known as a lawyer at South Salem. where he passed all his life, dying at the advanced age of eighty-two years He first married a Miss Weed, by whom he had five chil- dren, namely: De Witt C., who died in April, 1898. was a retired banker and broker; Cyrus J. is a banker and broker in New York City, doing business at No. 31 Broad street: Mary C. (Mrs. Thomas Gilbert) lives in South Salem: Edward; and Darius W. is deceased. By his second wife Squire Lawrence had one child, James F., a resident of South Salem.

Edward Lawrence spent his boyhood in the town of his birth, and received a good education. He farmed at South Salem the greater part of his life. but he was also engaged in school teach- ing at Ridgefield and New Canaan, Conn., and taught music as well for many years; he was him- self a fine tenor singer. In 1876 he removed to New York City, where he carried on a milk business for some years, and during the Garfield-Arthur administration was a custom house inspector at that city. Edward Lawrence married Jenny A. Brady. who was also born in South Salem, daughter of Joseph O. Brady, and they reared a family of four children, viz .: Bertha, wife of Edgar Hoyt, proprietor of a restaurant at Katonah, N. Y .; Mattie, wife of Dr. K. C. Smith, of New York City; Edward Brady; and Norman W .. of New York City. The father was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church. He died March 21, 1889.

Edward B. Lawrence attended the public schools of South Salem until he was thirteen years old, ween he entered the public school in New York City, from which he graduated. For three years he was employed in a butter, milk

Brady & Chardeayne in their furniture and under- taking store at Stamford, Conn. On February 4, 1893, he opened his store in New Canaan, where he has a complete stock of furniture, car- pets and undertaker's goods. He is a practical embalmer, having taken a thorough course in the College of Embalming, New York City, and he conducts all the branches of his business in a systematic manner, profiting by the experience acquired while working for others. He has a prosperous trade. which has been growing steadily from the start, and his business, judging from present indications, promises to become one of the most flourishing of its kind in the town. The store in which he is located was originally the M. E. church at New Canaan, and later the town hall.

Mr. Lawrence was married, at Stamford. Conn .. to Miss Fannie M. Davenport, daughter of William 1. Davenport, and three children have come to them, namely-Jennie, Ethel and Edward. They attend the Congregational Church, of which Mr. Lawrence is a member. Fraternally. he is connected with Harmony Lodge No. 67, F. & A. M., in which he is worshipful master; with Wooster Lodge No. 37, I. O. O. F .. of which he past grand; the Heptasophs No. 449; the Knights of the Maccabees, Tent No. 8; the order of United American Mechanics; the Royal Arcanum at Stamford, Conn. ; the Fire Company of New Canaan, and the New Canaan Club.

W ILLIAM A. REID, late station agent at New Canaan, Fairfield Co., Conn., for the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. rose to that responsible position from the humble one of baggage master for the same road by which he had been employed since he was a lad of seventeen.

Mr. Reid was born June 7, 1869, in the vil- lage of New Canaan, son of William A. Reid. Sr., who was a native of Scotland, born in the year 1824, near the city of Aberdeen. The grandfather was a captain in the English army, stationed at Drogheda, Ireland, where the son William passed his early life, and there in his youth served an apprenticeship at the shoemak- er's trade. In 1847 he set sail from Ireland for the United States, and on his arrival here located

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in New York, during his residence in that city working in a shoe factory. In 1859 he removed to Norwalk, Conn., where he continued to work at his trade until his enlistment, in the fall of 1861, in Company F. 17th Conn. V. I., with which company and regiment he served through- out the Civil war. He was once wounded, in a battle on an island off the coast of South Caro- lina. In 1865, upon his return to the pursuits of peace, he settled in New Canaan, and enter- ing the employ of Benedict & Co., shoe manu- facturers, worked for them until 1880. From that time until his death, which occurred April 15, 1890, he was an invalid. He was a member of S. P. Ferris Post, G. A. R., and of Harmony Lodge No. 67, F. & A. M. Mr. Reid was mar- ried, at New Canaan, to Mary A. Slauson, widow of Daniel L. Slauson. Her maiden name was Mary A. Gasteen, and she was a native of Ireland. They had two children: Jessie A. and William A. The daughter became the wife of Harry S. Pope, who is an iron and steel broker, doing business in Beekman street, New York: they reside in Jer- sey City, and have two children-Charles and Francis.

William A. Reid passed his boyhood in the usual manner, attending the public schools, where he made good use of all the opportunities for education. At the age of seventeen he com- menced work with the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad as baggage master. continuing as such for two years, when he became brake- man, holding that position for five years. In April, 1894, he was promoted to the responsible position of station agent at New Canaan. All the business of the New Canaan branch is man- aged from that station, from which it will be seen that Mr. Reid, though still a young man, was and is considered a trustworthy and reliable one. His successive promotions have been the sure re- ward of steadiness, fidelity and strict attention to duty, and he carries with him the good wishes of all who know him. On March 1, 1899, he resigned his position as station agent, and entered the coal and lumber business with Irving Lock- wood, the firm name being Irving Lockwood & Co., with a yard at New Canaan, Conn., which Mr. Lockwood manages, and a yard at Nos. 122- 124-126 Water street, South Norwalk, Conn., under the management of Mr. Reid.

In November, 1892, Mr. Reid was joined in wedlock in Stamford, Conn., to Miss Mary E. Lawrence, daughter of Israel C. Lawrence, and three children brighten the home: William Al- lan, Jr., Marion A. and Harold L. The mother died February 4, 1899, and is buried in Lake- view cemetery, at New Canaan, Conn. Mr.

Reid, like his father, is a member of Harmony Lodge No. 57, F. & A. M., with which he united in 1890, and he is at the present writing serving as worthy master of the same. On May 1, 1898, he was elected warden of the borough of New Canaan, the highest local office within the gift of the people.

EDWARD A. MORSE. This young and en- terprising business man is now conducting a prosperous wood-working establishment in the City of Derby, and has an extensive trade in build- ing materials, his success reflecting especial credit upon him from the fact that it has been won en- tirely through his own efforts.

The Morse family is of good New England stock, and our subject's grandfather, Roswell Morse, was a farmer and wheelwright at New Marlboro. Mass., where his death occurred in 1887. V. E. Morse, the father of our subject, was born at Otis, Mass., and in early life learned the carpenter's trade there, and at Bridgeport, Conn. In 1882 he removed to this county. locating in Huntington township, and he has since carried on his trade successfully at Shelton and Derby. About two years after his removal he began to make a specialty of stair building. which he has followed in connection with his other work. He is a Republican in politics, and he and his estimable wife attend the Methodist Episcopal Church. On December 20, 1869, he married Miss Malina Hodkins, a native of North Adams, Mass., and a daughter of Elbridge Hod- kins, a well-known citizen of that town. Our subject is the eldest in a family of five children. the others being Albert, a plumber in Ansonia, Conn .; and Ernest, Sadie and Pansy J., who are still at home.

Our subject, Edward A. Morse, was born January 26, 1871, at the old home in North Adams, and the first nine years of his life were spent in that town and in New Marlboro, where he attended school for several years. After the removal of the family to this county he continued his studies in a school near Shelton, later enter- ing a school in the village. On leaving there he began an apprenticeship in the office of the Shel- ton Advertiser, where he remained about three years, and afterward he was employed for a year in a printing office in Derby. The next six years he spent with the Derby Lumber Company, and while there he learned the stair builder's trade. In July, 1894, he engaged in business on his own account as a stair builder and retail dealer in woods of various sorts for building purposes. He has a factory at No. 131 Main street, Derby,

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and at present he does an extensive jobbing busi- . of four months. At the expiration of that time ness in veranda posts. balusters, rails, casings, | he returned home, but in 1862, as the "dark jambs, stops, brackets. moldings, and all inside ; days" of the Rebellion drew on, he re-enlisted, finishings, doors excepted. He also does band , this time in the 17th Connecticut regiment, and scroll sawing, planing and wagon repairing, ' which was organized in this county. Entering his factory being well equipped with all modern ; the service as sergeant. he was promoted appliances. through the successive grades until he reached

On August 27. 1891, Mr. Morse married Miss ' the rank of first lieutenant, which he held when Abbie Shelton, daughter of Charles F. Shelton. i discharged, August 28, 1865. Since the close of a former resident of Shelton village but now of | the war he has been engaged in his present busi- Jacksonville, Fla. No children have blessed , ness at Darien, meeting with well-deserved suc- this union. Mr. Morse and his wife are popular , cess from the first.

socially, and they attend the Episcopal Church, On January 1, 1855. Mr. Cave married Miss taking an active part in the work of that Society. ; Mary Henrietta Raymond. of New Jersey, by

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 189

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