Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 192

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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Samuel P. Kandle was born in Fishkill. Dutchess Co .. N. Y .. August 23. 1792. In his early manhood he learned the hatter's trade, and was an extensive manufacturer in his day in the town of Wilton, Fairfield county. He finally retired from business, and moving on a farm spent the remainder of his life in its manage- ment. On December 13. 1812. he married Sally Hyatt, who was born in Wilton, Septem- | borders of Wilton; he is director in the National bet 4. 1795. a daughter of Alvin Hyatt, a farmer children, namely : (1) George H., born July ! 25. 1814. a hatter by trade, though later engaged ; in the Lounsbury & Bissell Company, of Wini- in the grocery business in Winnipauk; during | pauk.

the Civil war he served in the 5th Conn. V. I. ; On December 27, 1855, Joseph C. Randle he died in 1854. (2) Lewis H., born February : was united in marriage with Miss Fannie H. 7. 1819. a tailor by trade and later a farmer in : Pinkney, who was born in New York City, a Redding town, this county, where he died in I daughter of James W. Pinkney, of the prominent 1892. (3) Henry C., born March 31, 1827. is New York family of that name. Two children in the store at Wimmpauk with our subject ; he , came to bless this union: William P., born July was a hatter by trade, but went into the army, | 9. 1859. now residing in New York, where he is enlisting in the 5th Conn., where he remained four and one-half years. (4) Joseph C. is our subject. (5) Mania. born October 6, 1816. married William Opden, of New York ; she died I to mourn the loss of his faithful helpmeet, whose connected with the Redding Hardware Company; and Frank C., born February 23, 1872, at home. On January 25, 1890, Mr. Randle was called on 1 charming womanhood had for so many years graced his home, and lent its cheerfulness to brighten the hours that were darkest. A noble wife, a tender mother, she by her life fulfilled the high and holy mission of woman on earth. Mr. Randle's gentlemanly and kind-hearted man- i ner wins friends wherever he goes, and his integ- i rity and natural nobility of character claim the honest respect and esteem of the friends his gen- iality attracts.

in Philadelphia in 1878. (6) Mary, born June 8. 1821 ; and (;) Sarah E., born February 15. 1829, married Stephen A. Smith, formerly of Norwalk, now deceased ; he at one time was a merchant in New York. Samuel P. Randle died ! in 1854 ; his wife, on March 2, 1881. He was a stanch Whig in politics, and for two years rep- resented his town in the State Legislature ; for twenty years he was selectman of the town. The entire family were strict followers of the | tenets of the Congregational Church.

Joseph C. Kandie passed the years of his boy- hood on the farm in Wilton town in an unevent- ful manner. He attended the public schools, J 'ARED W. WATERBURY has been a resi- dent of Fairfield county, Conn., for over thir- ty years, and has owned and lived on his rank of the happy, care-free school boys, and ' farm in Greenwich township since 1874. He is took up the burdens that are borne by the teach- 1 a native of Westchester county, N. Y., born August 20, 1841, in Long Ridge, a son of Eben- ezer Waterbury, a grandson of Jared Waterbury. and completed his education at Wilton Academy. When seventeen years of age he passed from the er. For two years he taught in the district schools, then for the same length of time engaged in civil engineering-later spending one year on , and a great-grandson of Josiah Waterbury. the old home farm. where his father died. In The grandfather, Jared Waterbury, died of winter fever before the war of 1812. He left a widow and children, four of whom grew to adult 1855 he came to Winnepauk and entered the grocery store of his brother George, later becom- ing a partner under the firm name of G. H. Ran- , age, namely: Samuel, a shoemaker, who died

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in Pound Ridge; Phineas, a shoemaker, who died in New Canaan, Conn .; Elmira (Mrs. William Haight), who died in Pound Ridge; and Eben- ezer, the father of our subject. The mother, for her second husband, married Thomas Potts. She lived to the advanced age of ninety years, dying at Pound Ridge.

Ebenezer Waterbury was born April 17, 1805, in Pound Ridge, and there he was reared. dur- ing his boyhood receiving such advantages for an education as the primitive schools of that day afforded. His brothers learned trades, but he began to assist his stepfather on the farm as soon as he was able to be of any use, and he contin- ued to follow agricultural pursuits all his life. When a young man he married Caroline Smith, who was born in New York City, a daughter of Aaron and Betsy Smith, and they commenced housekeeping in Pound Ridge, Mr. Waterbury buying the farm on which they made their home. Later he removed his family to Long Ridge, and there passed the remainder of his days, dying at the good old age of seventy-nine. He was a small man physically, but he was an energetic, determined worker, and by his own exertions became the own- er of a comfortable property, thereby acquiring a competence for his declining years. Mrs. Water- bury passed away at the age of eighty-two years. They were the parents of children, viz .: Aaron .T .. deceased: George P. and E. B., farmers of Greenwich: Sarah E., widow of Isaac Williams, of Bedford, N. Y .; William S., of Stamford, Conn .; Jared W., of this sketch; John O., of Pound Ridge; and Charles P., who makes his home in Stamford township. Mr. and Mrs. Waterbury's religious connections were with the Congregational Church, and they were highly esteemed by all their neighbors and friends, who were numerous in Greenwich and vicinity. He was originally a Whig in political sentiment, in time becoming a member of the Republican party, but although he took a patriotic interest in the public welfare he consented to hold office but once, in his later years steadfastly refusing to take any active part in political matters.

Our subject attended the Great Hill school house in the home neighborhood, and received his early instruction under Miss Sarah Hoyt, Hezekiah Robison and others of that day. Brawn as well as brain was required in the teachers in those times, for stern discipline was considered most important in conducting a school, and the literary training was vastly in- ferior to that of the present day. Farm work on the home place occupied Mr. Waterbury until he was twenty years of age, and for the next four years he worked at times for himself, and then

again for his father even after his marriage. After he commenced to work for himself he engaged in the butcher business, and in a short time, in part- nership with Wilbur Ayres, bought out Clark & Kellogg, whose business they successfully con- tinued. Even as a boy Mr. Waterbury had a propensity for " dickering," managing in this way to save some money of his own, which enabled him to embark in this enterprise on his own ac- count. For some time after his marriage he rented a farm in Greenwich township in partner- ship with his brother, George P., after which he lived at home for a while, working at different places. He next moved to Pound Ridge, from there to a rented farm in North Cos Cob, and thence to Greenwich township, to the farm of W. J. Mead. In 1874 he purchased seventy-four acres of his present farm from B. F. Husted, and now owns nearly twice that amount of land, har- ing added to the place by five subsequent pur- chases until it comprises 130 acres, all under cul- tivation. Mr. Waterbury has always been a hard worker, and has kept up to the times in conduct- ing his agricultural affairs, which have prospered in a most satisfactory way. But he was not con- tent to devote his natural business ability to the management of his farm alone, for in addition he has established a trade as a dealer in agricultural I. implements and charcoal, which has added ma- I terially to his income; he has been agent for W'. A. Wood for twenty years. selling mowing and threshing machines, cultivators and horse rakes.

Mr. Waterbury's first wife was Miss Emma Palmer, who was born in Pound Ridge, N. Y., daughter of George Palmer. She died leaving one child, Charles E., who now resides in River Bank, Stamford township, this county. His present wife was Miss Louisa M. Haight, of Pound Ridge, daughter of William Haight, and two children have blessed this union: Ella C., who .is the wife of Fred Zahner, of Stanwich, this county; and Walter H., living at home. MI. and Mrs. Waterbury are prominent members of the Congregational Church at Stanwich, in which he has served as deacon. Politically, he is a Re- publican.

TOHN ALEXANDER WADE, M. D., No. 270 Main street, Danbury, has won a place among the leading physicians and surgeons of that city, and as the members of the medical profes- sion in this section are noted for ability and skill. his success is a satisfactory test of worth.

The Doctor is a native of the Empire State. His grandfather, Calvin C. Wade, married Mary C. Brown, a descendant of the royal family of

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England, and for many years made his home in New York City. The late Stephen N. Wade, 1 the Doctor's father, was born in the Metropolis June 15, 1825, but the greater portion of his life was spent in l'Ister county, where he was a lead- ing citizen. For a quarter of a century he was a justice of the peace of the town of Oliver, and then he refused to hold the office longer. He was prominent also in religious affairs as a mem- ber of the M. E. Church at Oine Branch, and when the church edince was built there, about twenty years ago, he solicited most of the funds and supervised the work of construction. For many years he conducted a large general store at Olive Branch, and his death occurred there May 29, 1879. His wife, Mary Jane 'Sea- man), who died April 15. 1876, in Ulster county, was a daughter of John A. and Elizabeth Sca- man. Our subject was one of four children, two of whom died in infancy. His surviving sister. Ceha, is now the wife of Cornelius Terwilliger, of Olive Branch, New York.

The Doctor's education was obtained in King- ston. N. Y., his native place, a course in the academy supplementing his public school studies. ; or until ISso, when he took a farm on shares, His first practical business experience was secured ! after which (having in the meantime married' he in his father's store at Olive Branch, where he

remained several years, and in 18So he returned ! Conn .. April, 1883. for one year. This line. how-

to Kingston to engage in the dry-goods business.

rented a farm from Horace Staples, in Westport, , ever. not being to his liking, he concluded to em-

This be continued for eight years, but having in I bark in the butchering business in Southport, the meantime gained a clearer knowledge of his abilities and inclinations, he decided upon the

which he did against considerable odds, for he was an entire stranger to the business, had strong study of medicine. In the fall of isss. after two | competition, and started where others had failed years of preliminary reading with his preceptor. Dr. E. H. Loughran, he entered Bellevue Med- ical College in New York City, and took a com- piete course, graduating March 27. 1893. 'On May 12. of the same year. he opened an office in Danbury, where he found speedy recognition. and has established an extensive practice.

' to secure a successful trade; moreover, his means were not larve However, having been steady, and his credit good. he had little difficulty in get- . ting stock. After several months of profitless - business, fighting against heavy competition, he tenaciously held on, and lived through a fight such as none of his predecessors had survived. Close attention to business, and honest and fair dealing, soon brought him a liberal patronage. which he has retained. His present shop, which is the third one he has occupied in Southport, was erected by him for his own use, and adjoins an- other business room which he also owns. Few cities furnish any better kept or neater and clean- er places of business in Mr. Disbrow's line. In addition to his meat market in Southport. he has conducted produce stores in other places, such as New Haven and Bridgeport.

In 1883 Dr. Wade married Miss Euphemia A. Town-end, of Hartsdale. N. Y., a daughter of Rev. Samuel B. Townsend and his wife. Ann (brundage . Dr. and Mrs. Wade are members of the M. E. Church at Danbury, and are prom- inent in its work. The Doctor is also a member of several fraternal orders. to wit the Knights of the Golden Eagle: the J. O. O. F .. Samaritan Lodge No. ;: the F. & A. M .. Bine Lodge No. 40: Eureka Chapter. R. A. M. No. 23: Wooster Council No. 28, R. & S. M .. and ( mucader Com- : mandery No. 10. K. T .; is also a member of the Mr. Disbrow married Miss Hattie Meeker. of Southport. a daughter of Aaron Burr Meeker. and four children have graced their union: Ed- ward P .. Willis Frederick, Emeline Meeker and | Harry Burr. all living. In religious faith Mr. Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order. in which he belongs to the Grand Senate: of Wooster Lodge No. 30. K. of P. : and Sons of St. George. Nelson Lodge No. 36 ;. His professional work leaves him little time for participation in the po- . and Mrs. Disbrow are members of the Congrega-

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litical movements of the day, but he is a stead- fast believes in the doctrines of the Republican party.

F REDERICK A. DISBROW, one of the wide- awake and energetic business men of South- port, may truly be called a .representative self- made man, his success being purely the result of his own unaided efforts.

Abraham Disbrow, his father, married Miss Charity Hurlburt, and four children were born to them, two of whom are deceased, Frederick A. and Frank (twins) surviving. the latter of whom is now residing at Chestnut Hill, Conn. Both parents died when our subject was a child, and I he has no recollection of them. The father was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and died shortly after the breaking out of that struggle.

F. A. Disbrow was born May 12. 1859, in Bridgeport. Conn., and was reared in the family of Horace Ogden, a farmer of Greenfield Hill. He attended the common schools, and assisted ! his foster-father on the farm some twenty years.

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tional Church. Politically, he is a stanch Repub- lican, and although he is no office-seeker he has served as constable one year. He is a straight- forward business man and a valued citizen, one who worthily enjoys the public confidence.

W ILLIAM F. NORTHROP, senior member of the firm of Northrop & Son, of South- port, Fairfield Co., Conn., is one of the leading citizens of that thriving town, with whose busi- ness interests he has been prominently identi- fied for many years. He is a native of the " Nutmeg State," born November 6, 1836, in Kent. Litchfield county, son of Alvin Northrop, who was one of the two sons of Amos Northrop, the other being named Garry. Both became shoemakers.

Alvin Northrop was born in Chatham, New York State. He learned the trade of shoemaker, and followed it during his earlier manhood, in about 1846 removing to Greens Farms, Fair- field Co., Conn., where he spent the remainder of his life. He worked at his trade during the winter, and at farming in the summer, becoming one of the substantial, respected farmers of this locality. When a young man he married Miss Sarah Wakeman Alvord, and they became the parents of the following named children: Julia B. (Mrs. Charles Bulkeley), who died at Greens Farms; Francis N., deceased in childhood; Will- iam F .; Frances Josephine (Mrs. Charles A. Meeker), who died at Greens Farms; George E., of Southport; and Louisa A. (Mrs. George B. Mills). who died at Greens Farms. The father and mother both passed away at Greens Farms, aged seventy-three and seventy-seven years, re- spectively, and their remains rest in the East cemetery at Fairfield. They were Methodists in religious connection.

Up to the age of ten years William F. North- rop lived in his native county. attending the pub- lic schools there when possible, though he com- menced work when only eight years old, being obliged to help at home on account of his father's ill health. He came with the family to Greens Farms, and up to the age of seventeen worked for different farmers, as he had been reared to agricultural pursuits from his earliest boyhood. He then commenced to learn the carpenter's trade under John Kerley. of Waterbury, Conn., receiving $60 and board for his first year's serv- ices. After completing his apprenticeship he im- mediately started out on his own account in Greens Farms, although at the time he was but a lad. For about two years he was employed in a carriage shop at Wolcottville (now Torring-

ton), Conn., but he returned to Greens Farms and resumed contracting, finally, in February, 1858, locating in Southport, where he has ever since remained. In the meantime, after his mar- riage, he had farmed on a small scale, raising onions and garden truck about one year. On coming to Southport Mr. Northrop entered the employ of Sherman & Jelliff, builders and con- tractors, and remained with them as employe un- til 1865, when the firm dissolved and he contin- ued with Mr. Jelliff, who succeeded to the busi- ness, after about one year becoming a partner to the latter gentleman, in connection with the lum- ber business, with whom he was in all for seven- teen years. After Mr. Jelliff's retirement Mr. Northrop and his brother, George E., carried on the business under the firm name of Northrop Bros., this partnership lasting until January 1, 1897, when the present firm of Northrop & Son was established. During the preceding years, in addition to their extensive building and contract- ing business, the Northrop Bros. had engaged in other lines, and when the present partnership was formed the original branch was dropped. the firm now dealing in coal, lumber and builders' supplies, in which they are the leaders in this section. Mr. Northrop is a self-made man in the best sense of the term, and he has in all his deal- ings gained and retained an enviable reputation for integrity and sterling honesty, commanding the respect of his business associates wherever he goes.

At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Northrop was united in marriage with Miss Abby ]. Baker. of Greens Farms, daughter of Ebenezer Baker. and two children blessed this union, viz .: Fred E., a graduate of Yale University, who is now his father's partner in business; and Ella A .. who died when five years old. Mr. and Mrs. North- rop are devout and active members of the Method- ist Church, in which he has been one of the foremost workers for years, holding all the offices. and he is at present serving as trustee. He is also an ardent advocate of the temperance cause, and sympathizes strongly with the Prohibition movement. In political sentiment he is a Re- publican. Fraternally, he affiliates with Pequon- nock Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Bridgeport, Con- necticut.

TON. WILLIAM BURR HILL, one of the most prosperous and well-to-do agricult- urists of Fairfield county, is a native of Con- necticut, . born January 5, 1826, at Redding. where in the district schools he received a liberal education.

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From some of the old documents of the Co. one years, and their children were: William, grandfather of our subject; Abigail, born Octo- ber 14, 1776; and Esther, born June 17, 1777. onial History of Hartford. Conn., it is learned hat the ancestors of the Hill family, of which our subject is a member, were English, the first William Hill was born April 30, 1774, in o come to this country being William Hill. the | Greenfield, Conn .. and was a lifelong farmer. late of whose advent on these shores was 1632. He married Betsey Barlow, who was born August 3. 1778, daughter of Nathaniel Barlow, and died September 9, 1864. Children: Bradley, father of our subject; Abigail, born November 12, 1800; Horace, born December 15, 1802; Burr, born December 23, 1804; Betsey (1), born August 2, 18 -; Betsey (2); Ebbie, born August 23, 18 -; and William, born October 6, 1807. welve years after the " Mayflower's " first arrival. For a time he located at Dorchester. Mass., hence removing to Windsor, on the Connectiont iver, having bought land there. Later he came o Fairfield county, Conn., where he passed the est of his days. In 1636 he was elected select- nan of his town; was auditor of public accounts n 1639; in 1639 was appointed to view arms

Bradley Hill was born September 9, 1798, in ind ammunition in the town; was elected deputy i the town of Greenfield, Fairfield Co., Conn .. and " representative, in which incumbency he served I was a lifelong farmer. In the old-time training rom 1639 to 1041, also in 1044 : after his service o the House of Representatives was elected assistant senator, and collector of customs at Fairfield, and in 1652-53 he again served in the House of Representatives. By his wife Sarah he tad children: Sarah, William, Joseph, Ignatius, james and Elizabeth, of whom, I days he was a member of a troop of calvary, and shouldered his flint-lock musket with all the ardor of a true patriot. In religious faith he was a member of the Congregational Church. By his wife, Betsey (Banks), daughter of Zelmon B. Banks, he had children as follows: Abbie M .. born September 27, 1823, married Lemuel San- ford; William B. is our subject; Sarah E., born January 31, 1836, is unmarried; and Arthur B. and Albert (twins), born May 28, 1847. the for- mer of whom married Alice St. John, the latter being unmarried.

William Hill died December 19, 1684. By his wife Elizabeth had children: Sarah was the wife of Richard Widow; William died in 1728; Joseph, in 1090; John, in 1727; Eliphalet, in 1695; Ignatius and James (no record ).

Deacon William Hill, great-great-great-great- grandfather of our subject, died in 1737; by his wife Sarah he had children: Joseph, Wilham and David. Of these, Joseph, great-great-great-grand- father of our subject, was born April 1, 1699. and married Miss Abigail Dunon, who was born March 30, 1701, and died April 25. 1774. He died March 6, 1797. Children: Abigail. born March 21, 1732, married David Gould; Sarah, born August 21, 1733, married William Wake- man; David, born April 22. 1737, never married; Ebenezer, born February 26, 1742; Jabez, great- great-grandfather of our subject; and Moses, born June 11, 1748. Of these.

Jabez, born June 17, 1744, was a man of con- siderable ability, and served as a major in the | Revolutionary army. He settled in the town of Weston, Fairfield county, and married Miss Sarah Read. daughter of Colonel Read. after whom the town of Redding was named, and

On April 26, 1854, Mr. Hill married Miss Katie A. Selleck, a daughter of Nathaniel and Eunice (Hull) Selleck, of Danbury. A brief rec- ord of the children born to this union is as follows: | (1) Helen S., born May 10, 1856, in Redding, Conn., married C. W. Merchant, a prosperous three children were born to them: Sarah, wife | farmer of Redding, and they have one child. of Timothy Blatt; John R., who married Betsey | (2) Nathaniel B., born July 30, 1859, in Red- Sanford; and Moses, great-grandfather of our subject. Jabez Hill died of consumption Octo- ber 9, 1779. Of his family.

Moses was born January 11, 17-, and died October 13, -- - . He was married June 17. 1773, to Miss Esther Burr, who was born May 29, 1755, and died October 6, 1836, aged eighty-

William B. Hill, the subject proper of these lines, on leaving school engaged in farming, and has ever since devoted his undivided time to that occupation, giving special attention to the buy- ing, rearing and selling of cattle and horses, his business operations in this line extending to the West and various points. He has been quite prominent in politics, as a Whig (which party he joined in 1826) and a Republican, and has filled all the town offices; has served as selectman, as constable frequently, and for many years as a jus- tice of the peace. In 1865-67 be represented bis town in the State Legislature with characteristic ability and patriotism.

ding, is a farmer and dairyman; he married Mary E. Morehouse, and has one child-Helena L. (3) Celia F., born August 21, 1863, married Walter P. Rowland, a farmer of Weston, and : they have one child- Charles B. (4) Sarah M., born September 26. 1865, married Prof. Louis B. Treadwell, professor of biology in Miami

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(Ohio) College, and they have two children- Lois, born July 13, 1893, and Alvin H., born July 15, 1896. (5) Eunice P., born January 19, 1867, married F. B. Wickes, a foreman hat- ter of Bethel, Conn., and they have one child- David M. (6) Mary E., born February 22, 1Szo, married William G. Fish, a farmer of Redding. (7) William B., Jr., born May 27, 1871, is a farmer in the town of Redding; he married Eva L. Ferris, daughter of John Ferris, of Greenfield. Conn., and they have one child -Kate F., born September 23, 1894.

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 192

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