Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 206

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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S IMEON B. DECK, who died in Newtown. June 7. 1885. aged seventy-four years. Was of the sixth generation in direct ime from Joseph Peck. of Milford, through Joseph asecond gener- ation). Heth. Samuel and David C. See "Con- necticut Perks. "i

David Camp Peck, who was a farmer residing in Newtown, was born in 1783, and died in April. IMG. He was twice married, chisti to Rebecca Beers, daughter of Simeon beets, and second to Barnet booth His only child (by his first wife) was Simeon beers

Simeon B. Peck. born November 14. 1811. resided in Newtown, and was a farmer. He was married thirst) to Caroline Curtis, daughter of Maj. Abijah B. ( ortis, and ~~ cond) to Elizabeth. widow of Robert S. Fech. and a daughter of Gould Curtis. By his trest wife, who died May 27. 1858, he had children as follows: Abner [ .. Joseph Henry, David ( .. and David C. (21. all now deceased except the latter, who resides on Mt. Pleasant, Newtown, near the homestead. By his second wife, who died November 20, 1875. Mr. Peck had one son. Charies G., unmarried. residing on the homestead. Of the above. Abner B., born in 1832, and died in 1879, moved to Montgomery, Ala .. in boyhood. He was twice married, thirst) to Rebecca Smith, and second to Sarah Dingies. lue by first wife. Caroline Rebecca; by second wife, Clara Curtis, William Dingley and Charlotte Joseph H .. second son of Simeon B .. died in early manhood; David ( .. the third son. im intanes. David C. (2), the fourth son, is a resident of Newtown Be mar- ried Helen booth, daughter of Ezra Booth, of ,

Vergennes, Vi .. and their children were Ada B. and Cora L .. who died m October, 1891, and December, 1897. respectively.

Simeon B. Feck was a man of means, and one of the prominent and highly-respected cit- tens of Newtown In 1875 be represented the town in the Legislature He was president of the Newtown Savings bank for some years, until the inhtmities of age compelled him to relinquish the trust.

Z ALMON S. PECK. who is now residing in South Centre District, of the town of New- town, was in his active years one of the promi- nent public men of the town.

Pecks "]. the line of descent being through Joseph, of the second generation, Ephraim, Henry, Capt. Zalmon and Ezekiel.

Ephraun Peck moved from Milford to New- town, where he died in 1700. In 1716 he mar- nied Sarah Ford. His son, Henry, born in 1719. mained first ) Ann Smith in 1755. and (second) Hannah Leavenworth in 1705. Henry's son, ( apt. Zalmon, born in 1,58, died in Newtown. In 1812. He was twice married. (first) to Zil- pha Hard, and (second) to Mrs. Sarah Booth. His son, Ezekiel, born in 1768, was twice mar- red. (first) to Sarah Ann Johnson in 1802, and Ferond) to Mrs. Betsey Briscoe in 1818. Capt. Zaimon Peck served in the war of the Revolu- tion, and Ezekiel Peck in the war of 1812.

Zalmon S. Peck. during the Civil war. served as the enrolling and drafting officer of Newtown. He was made postmaster of the town under President Lincoln's first term, and held the po- sition for twenty-six years, being out for two years (from 1867 to 18691 under the Johnson ad- ministration. In 1833 he married Polly J. Lum. and his children were: Sarah Ann (deceased). born in 1834: Henry S., born in 1838; Austin L. born in 1844; and Mary Frances, born in 1850. Mr. Peck is a very kind and obliging gentleman, well preserved, and an interesting conversation- alist . Time seems to have dealt kindly with him.

HENRY S. PECK was reared and schooled in Newtown. He served in the Civil war, and soon thereafter entered the employ of the Waterbury Clock Company, at Waterbury, Conn. He was with them some twenty or more years, much of which time he spent in Chicago looking after their Western trade. He is now located in Waterbury. Conn .. as the secretary and treasurer of The Brass City Lumber Company. He is vice-president of the Equitable Finance Com- pany of Baltimore, Md. Mr. Peck married Isa- bell Boughton, of Waterbury, and has two chil- dren: Burton and Florence.

AUSTIN L. PECK'S boyhood was passed in Newtown. On the breaking out of the Civil war he entered the United States service as a member of Company C. Conn. V. I., but was made a prisoner of war at Brashear City, La. Returning home after an honorable war record. he soon became active in the business world. He is now located at Hartford. Conn., as one of the hrm of Andrews & Peck. wholesale dealers in doors, windows, etc. Mr. Peck is president of The Brass City Lumber Company of Water- bury. and also treasurer of The Big Rapids Door

Born May 22. 1812, he is descended from , and Blind Manufacturing Company of Big Rapids,

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Mich. He married Susan Root, of Hartford, Conn., and has children: Edward A., Harry H. and Theodore.

ALVA B. BEECHER, whose death occurred in Sandy Hook, Fairfield county. March 16, 1872, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. was for vears one of that village's active business men. Mr. Beecher came to Newtown from Southville, Conn., then a part of New Milford and later of New Bridgewater. He learned the trade of satinet making with Dick & Sanford, and then went into business with Elijah Sanford, on the present site of the Niantic Mills. Later. Henry W. Tucker went into business with him. and they bought out Mr. Sanford; for a number of years they continued making satinets. Subse- quently. Mr. Brecher carried on the business alone, but finally became involved and the busi- ness ceased Mr. Beecher was one of the trust- ees of the Newtown Savings Bank at the time of its organization in 1855. In 1840 he was one of the representatives from Newtown in the State Legislature. Mr. Beecher married Zilpha A , daughter of Ezekiel Peck. of Newtown, where she was born November 10. 1809. Her death occurred November 3, 1880. Their children were: Sarah E. and Henry A., both now deceased.

G EORGE CLARK PECK. who died at his home in Newtown, July 8. 1897. aged eighty- seven years, was, for the long period of eighty-two years. a resident of the town, one of its upright men and good citizens. He was born. in 1810. in the State of New York, and was of the sixth generation from Joseph Peck, of Milford [see "Connecticut Pecks"]. his line of descent being through Joseph (of the second generation), Eph- raim, Gideon and Abner.

Ephraim Peck moved from Milford to New- town, where he died in 1760. In 1716 he mar- ried Sarah Ford; and Gideon, their son. born in 1725, married Abiah Smith, in 1752; their son, Abner. married Jane Botsford. and died in New- town in 1844.

In his early life our subject learned the shoe- maker's trade, which he followed for years, carry- ing on the business in Newtown. He was a kind man, of somewhat retiring nature, even-tempered and indulgent in the home. He was a Christian man, holding membership with Trinity Episcopal Church. In his political views he was a Repub- lican. On March 4. 1838, Mr. Peck was mar- ried to Ann Rebecca Tomlinson. and to the union were born: John F .. Gideon. Homer A .. Cor- nelius B., Abbie L. and Hattie M.

John F. Peck was born January 30, 1839. in

Newtown, and there attended school. Later he clerked for seven years in the store of David Johnson. On the breaking out of the Civil war he left the counter and organized a company, of which he became first lieutenant, and which company was mustered into the United States service as Company C. 23d Conn. V. I. He served faithfully throughout the war, was for a period a prisoner of war, and returned to civil life with an honorable record. After the war he made his home in Chicago, where he was a salesman in a business house until a couple of years before his death. which occurred at New- town, September 8. 1894. On December 29 1869. he was married to Nellie S. Ackley, and two children were born to them: Ira J. and Mvra.

Of the other sons of George C. Peck, Homer A., born in 1842, is a practical woodworker. He has been a resident of Ansonia since 1868, and for twenty odd years has been in the employ of the Ansonia Brass & Copper Company. He or- cupies the position of superintendent of outside work. He has been secretary of the board of education since its organization. Socially, he is a Free Mason and an Odd Fellow, and in poli- tics he is a Republican. He married Mary A. Tuthill, and they have two children: Georgiana E. and Nettie L.

Gideon Peck, born in 1841, learned the trade of a carpenter and joiner at Waterbury, and for vears has followed it in various places, being now located in St. Louis, Missouri.

Cornelius B. Peck, born in 1846, has since boyhood resided in New Haven. Since the estab- lishment of the weather bureau at the Yale Ob- servatory, in about 1884. he has been engaged in testing thermometers.

C AMP FAMILY. Lemuel Camp, the pro- genitor of the numerous family of the name that have lived in Newtown, came from Milford. Conn .. it is supposed, about the time of the first settlement in 1707. His nine children were: Joel, John, Samuel (died in the French war,. Silas, Julius, Phebe (Mrs. Cyrenius Hard), Hop- pie (Mrs. Amiel Peck). Alice (Mrs. Sims), and Clarissa (Mrs. Josiah Blackman).

Joel Camp, of the second generation, was born October 20. 1734. and died in October. 1779. He married Ellen Jackson, by whom he had eight children, namely: Deborah (Mrs. Mat- thew Sherman). Lemuel, John, Susan (Mrs. Joseph Wheeler). Jacob, Phebe. Silas, and Samuel (who was drafted in the war of 1812).

Lemuel Camp, born February 16, 1762, and

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died February 9. 1837, whose chief occupation was farming, was also a school teacher and sur- veyor. He was a man of probity and intelligence. He married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Dibble; she died November 9, 1857, aged 85 years. Their children: Joel Trowbridge, born March 1. 1794: Cyrus, born March 5, 1796. died April 20, 1841; Polly (Mrs. Samuel Fairchild), born Jan- uary 26, 1800, died June 3, 1873: Dibble, born February 6, 1798, died February 23, 1847; Adah (second wife of Beers Fairchild). born March 28. 1802. died October 24. 1879: Maria (Mrs. John Smith), born June 6, 1804. died July 24. 1867; Beach, born July 27. 1806, died July 8, 1885; Hiram, born September 13. 1808, died August 15. 1868; Sarah Ann (Mrs. Zechariah Clark,. born February 14. 1811. died June 23. 1854; and Mary Ann, born September 21. 1813. died July 24. 1882.

Joel Trowbridge Camp was born March 1. 1794, and died December 19, 1884. On April 15. 1819, he married Polly. daughter of Zadoc Fairchild; she died November 23. 1867. He was fond of the retirement of his own home and neighborhood. and seldom journeyed far from either. After the death of his wife he resided with his children-the greater part of the time with Lemuel F., at whose home he died. Their children were: Lemuel F., Lucia (married to John R. Smith), Edwin, and Samuel B. Joel Trowbridge Gamp was in his earlier life a farmer and a man of great industry, making upon his own farm the implements required in agriculture. He was a prosperous and successful farmer, and in a large measure self- made. He was a mem- ber of Trinity Episcopal Church, and a useful man in the town. He lived about one mile out of Hawleyville.

Beach Camp was born July 27, 1806, and died July 8, 1885, the last surviver of the ten children. On October 20. 1830, he married Catherine, daughter of Rhesa and Polly Foote, and soon after he bought land within sight of his birthplace, which was always their home thereafter. The selection of this spot, though humble as the home was, showed that he had a keen appreciation of the beautiful, and there for nearly fifty-five years they shared the joys and sorrows which fall to the lot of mortals. Their children were: Dr. William Camp, who died March 23. 1864. aged thirty-two years, married Ophelia Randall; Julia Ann, wife of O. T. Tuttle, of Minneapolis, Minn .. who died June 12. 1880, aged forty-five; Jane Eliza, wife of E. L. John- son; and Catherine Frances. In infancy Mr. Camp was baptized by Rev. Daniel Burhans. was confirmed when sixteen, and was chosen

warden of the Church at thirty-seven, which office he held, with the exception of two years, from 1843 to 1883. Neither summer's heat nor winter's cold hindered his attendance upon pub- lic worship, and until within three or four years his health had been so uniformly good that his seat was so seldom vacant whenever the Church was open for a divine service that his absence was always noticed and remarked upon.

Hiram Camp was born September 13. 1818, and was occupied through life as a farmer, in Taunton District, town of Newtown. He was an active, energetic man, full of business, and a most excellent citizen, a man of good judgment and business ability, and became well-to-do. He was an Episcopalian in his religious views; in politics, first a Whig, later a Republicin. He represented the town in the State Legislature in 1857. Mr. Camp married Eliza Barnum, and his children were: Lydia Jane (deceased). Sarah Esther. George Beach and Henry B. (both de- ceased).

Cyrus Camp married Polly Ann Botsford. and they had six children: Gideon B .. Harriet and Edgar died in early childhood; Marcus, Sarah Maria, and Gideon B. (2), are still living. The widow died March 6. 1885, aged ninety years and eight months.

Dibble Camp was born in Taunton District, town of Newtown. February 6. 1798, and died February 23, 1847. He followed in the foot- steps of his ancestors and engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he continued throughout his lifetime. He was of a quiet disposition and had no taste for public life. He lived a good life, and was held in esteem by his neighbors. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, and politically affiliated with the Whig party. He married Esther Blackman, and their children were: Emily. Hobart B., and Daniel B. Of these, Emily married Henry Dikeman; Hobart B. married Juliette Hawley, and lives on the old homestead; and Daniel B. is a tinner by trade in Newtown. (He did good service in the Civil war and belongs to the G. A. K.)

Hobart B. Camp, born January 10, 1832. occupies the homestead where he was born, reared and has ever since resided, engaged in farming. He is one of the substantial men of Newtown. In his religious views he is an Episcopalian; politically. he is a Republican. On February 11. 1863. he was married to Juliette, daughter of Benjamin Hawley. and their children were: Anna L. (deceased). Susan A. and Robert M. Of these. Susan A. is a school teacher, and Robert M. resides at home; neither is married.

Emily Camp. born August 18. 1833, became

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the wife of Henry B. Dikeman (now deceased), a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere. She and her two daughters reside on Mount Pleasant, Newtown.

Daniel B. Camp was born on his father's farm February 21, 1836. At the age of seventeen he went to Danbury and served four years at the tinner's trade with Charles Hull. Later he worked for a short time in New Haven, then at Naugatuck, in which place, on August 9. 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 15th Conn. V. I. His command was in the 9th Corps under General Burnside. He made a good soldier, and returned to Naugatuck after two years and eleven months' faithful service, receiving an honorable discharge June 27. 1865. He resumed his former occupa- tion at Naugatuck, engaging in the tinning busi- ness there until 1872, when he came to New- town village, where he has ever since carried on that business. Mr. Camp is now a Democrat, although he was a Republican until the Greeley campaign of 1872. In 1885 he was a represent- ative from Newtown in the State Legislature, and he has also held other positions of honor and trust. On November 23. 1859, he was married to Augusta, daughter of Isaac and Louisa (Bart- lett) Nichols. She was born February 22, 1839. Their children are: Esther L., born January 27, 1862; Grace, born October 3, 1872, married De- cember 29, 1897. to Dr. Clyde O. Anderson, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Lemuel F. Camp (son of Joel Trowbridge Camp) was born December 8, 1820, in Taunton District, town of Newtown, and died in April, 1894. In 1855 he was married to Sarah Jane, daughter of Amos and Mary Ann Lake, and about this time he erected the house occupied at the time of his death by Hobart Hawley, and re- sided there until some years ago. In 1893 he moved with his family to the Booth Hawley place, at Hawleyville, where he died. His chil- dren were: Carrie A. (deceased), Alma M. (Mrs. Charles B. Johnson), Mary A. (Mrs. Edward C. Platt), Amos Trowbridge, and Sara A. (Mrs. Asa Hawley). Lemuel F. Camp was possessed of a taste for live-stock. of which he was a fine judge. and he gave considerable attention to buying and grazing cattle for the markets. He was a mem- ber of Trinity Episcopal Church, and in politics was a Republican.

Samuel B. Camp, of Taunton District, New- town, the youngest son of Joel Trowbridge, a farmer and respected citizen, was born in 1828. He has followed farming with the exception of two or three years, during which he was engaged in comb-making. He came to his present farm in 1839. In later years he has engaged in stock

raising, has since been in the milk business, and he has a farm of one hundred and forty-five acres. On National issues he is a Republican, and he is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. In 1867 he was married to Caroline C., daughter of Amos and Mary (Bennett) Lake, of Bethle- hem, and had children: Edwin Beers, born in 1868; and Frank Bennett, born in 1870, died in 1875.

- Luther Camp, whose death occurred Novem- ber 11, 1884, was in his eighty-seventh year.

John Camp, his father, was a brother to Lemuel and Silas Camp, and the old home was the old red house that formerly stood opposite where Lemuel F. Camp lived. John Camp. at his marriage, moved to Brookfield, Obtuse District, and built the house occupied by the late Amos Camp. ter: Wheeler, who died unmarried at his home He had three sons and one daugh- in Brookfield in 1868, aged seventy-two years; Lucy Ann (also unmarried), who died there in 1870, aged sixty-nine years; Amos, who died in 1877, aged seventy-six (he had two children- Beers, who died in 1855, aged twenty-five years and eleven months, about four months after his marriage to Miss Jane Wood, of Southville: and Mary, who still occupies the old home near Horace Beers).

Luther Camp, soon after his marriage to Miss Lucy Foote, removed to the place in Hawley- ville which he afterward made his home. His second wife was Miss Olive Barnum, of Bethel. They had no children, but adopted, when only two years old, and loved as their own, Mrs. Camp's motherless niece, Abigail Hoyt, after- ward Mrs. Abigail Wood. Mrs. Wood tenderly cared for her foster-parents some years before Mrs. Camp's death, which occurred in 1878, and remained with Mr. Camp until less than three years ago, when she felt that duty called her to live with her only child, Mrs. McArthur. Mr. Camp died at the latter's home.

N ATHANIEL SELLECK, M. D., is one of the most successful medical practitioners of Danbury. Born and reared in that city, he has found his best field for work in the place where he is best known, a fact which speaks volumes for his worth and ability.

The Selleck family is of English origin. the first to cross the ocean being Nathaniel Selleck. our subject's great-grandfather. The grandfa- ther was also named Nathaniel. Nathaniel B. Sel- leck, our subject's father, was born in Maryland. and was for many years a citizen of Danbury. although he had extensive business interests

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elsewhere. He was a hatter by trade, but also ' July 24. 1830. aged seventy-eight), and were engaged in merchandising and carried on a large logging business in Minnesota. In connection with these wanted hines of work be made several voyages to South America. He died in Decem- ber. ESO1 He married Della M. Sherwood, who was born in Redding. Conn .. and they had two children. Nathaniel, our subject; and another son. who died in childhood.

Doctor Selleck was born November 22. 1808. and received his htetary education in the public schools of Danbury, graduating from the high school in 18SS. After a preliminary course of reading with Doctor benedict. of Danbury, he entered the Medical Department of the Univer- sity of the City of New York. where he received his degree in iNet After spending two years in practice with his former preceptor he opened an office on his own account, and in the six years that have intervened he has built up a large and lucrative practice: his office is at No. 23. Main street Our subject belongs to the Dan- bury Medical Society, and to the County and State Societies, and is highly esteemed in pro- fessional circie:

Doctor Scheck married Miss Mary A. bente . dict, daughter of Daniel M. and Mary Bene - dict, and they have a pleasant home on Foster street, Danbury They are prominent in social life. and the Doctor is a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters. the Ancient Essere Order; Umon Lodge No. 40. F. &. A. M. : and Crusader Commandery. K. ] In his political affiliations. he has always been a Democrat

F OOTI .. Daniel Foote, born in Stratford. Conn., Joiy 25. 1717. son of Jehiel and Susanna Foote, grandson of Daniel Foote, great- grandson of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Smith) Foote, and great-great - grandson of Nathaniel and Elizabeth : Denang) Foote, and of Lieut. Samuel and Elizabeth Smith pare Goodwins Foote Genealogy and Savage's Genealogical Diction- ary]. married. November 6, 1746, at Stratford. Sarah Whitney. born in Stratford, Conn., Sep- tember 1. 172:

They lived in Stratford until after they had three children born, then moved to Newtown. Conn .. where they spent the rest of their lives. He died June 28. 1:00. in his seventy-second year; she on November 2. 1795. in the seventy- third year of her art. Their children were: (1, Abigail. (2) Anna married Stephen Shepard, a cooper of Newtown. son of John Shepard. They resided in Newtown and there died (she Novem- ber 17, 1827, in her seventy-eighth year; and he , prominent in the various walk of life: (1)

buried in Newtown cemetery. They were Sandemanians in religion. (3) Charity Foote. born in Stratford, June 21, 1752. married Elias Bristol, of Newtown, who was a soldier in the war of Revolution, and fell probably in the early part of that struggle She married (second) Samuel Sanford. of Newtown. They settled and lived at Newtown. (4) Susanna Foote married Amos Griffin, of Newtown, a son of Lieut. John and Beulah ( Hubbell) Griffin, of Newtown. They settled and lived at Newtown. (5) Peter Foote, born in Newtown. August 10. 1759, a weaver. married Naomi Gillett, daughter of Samuel, of Newtown, where she was born about 1764. (6) Daniel Foote, born at Newtown in 1762, a farmer. married Betty Northrop in Newtown, where she was born in 1704. a daughter of John and- (Baldwin) Northrop. (7) Jemima Foote, born at Newtown, married David Curtis Wainwright. (8) Lemuel Foote. born at Newtown, a farmer, married Charity Beers.

J AMES FOOTE, DESCENDANTS OF. James Foote and Adah Stilson were married April 25. 1774. and their children with dates of birth are as follows. Hannah H .. October 31, 1774. Khesa. April 4. 1776; Ruth. December 4. 1781 ; David S .. March 20, 1783: Vine, October 10, 1785: Heber. December 5. 178 ;: Milton, Sep- tember 15. 1789: Ann. August 31, 1791; Aure- la. July 7. 1793; Arisnoe, January 7. 1796; Abba, March 7. 1798: and James, June 29, 1801. Of these, Hannah died in infancy; Rhesa is referred to farther on: Ruth married a Mr. Phelps, and went to New York State; Heber married, and went to New York State; Ann mar- ned, and died in young womanhood; Amelia married, and went to the State of New York; Ansnoe died unmarried; Abba married Lyman Lake, and is buried in the cemetery at Hawley- ville: James married, and moved to Groton, N. ). The mother died August 9. 1834, in her eightieth year, the father on February 25. 18 -. and the remains of both rest in Newtown ceme- terv

Rhesa Foote was a shoemaker by trade and occupation through life; also worked at book- binding. He was a Christian man, being a mem- ber of Trinity Episcopal Church, and a respected . citizen of the town. He built the house, at the foot of Newtown Street, now occupied by John Nach. He married Polly Hawley, of Monroe. Conn., and they had the following children, some of whom became especially useful and

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Julia M., born November 8, 1809, married Charles Stillson and moved to New York State. (2) Catherine H., born July 31, 1811, married Beach Camp. (3) George L. Foote was born March 3, 1812. He learned the shoemaker's trade partially with his father (who died when the son was fifteen years of age) and partially in Bridgeport, but he concluded to study for the ministry. He prosecuted his studies at Eliza- beth, N. J., in connection with teaching there as the assistant of B. G. Noble, and was gradu- ated from Washington (now Trinity) College in 1837. He was largely instrumental in the found- ing of the Newtown Academy, and while its prin- cipal there was married, April 28, 1839. 10 Minerva Tuttle. On June 9, 1840. he was or- dained as deacon in Trinity Church. New Haven. and priest in St. John's Church, Bridgeport, No- vember 9, 1841. For ten years he was rector of Christ Church, Roxbury, Conn. During the next six years he was rector of Zion Church, Mc- Lean. N. Y .; founded St. Mary's Church, Trux- ton, Conn .; for two years was rector of Christ Church, Shelbourne, N. Y. From that field he went to New Berlin, as associate rector and prin- cipal of St. Andrews School, remaining three vears. In March, 1860, he was settled rector of i cember 21, 1752: Huldah, born August 26, 1755: Zion Church, at Morris, N. Y., where he died J OHNSON. There are now residing in New- town descendants of the seventh generation from Ichabod Johnson, who was the earliest I ancestor of whom we have any knowledge of the Johnsons of Newtown, referred to in what follows:

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 206

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