Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 217

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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John Read Hill, born April 20. 1775. died July 26. 1851. He married March 23. 1799. betsey Sanford, daughter of Auton Sanford. She Nathaniel Barlow Hill, eldest son of the fam- ils. massed Sarah Read Platt. daughter of Timo- thy Piatt. March 15, 1817. She was born No- vember 27. 1793. and died June 2, 1856. Their children were Eliza, born June 11. 1818; George, June 10. 1820; Sarah, November 19, 1822; Nathanial B., October 11, 1824, died May 6, was born October 5. 1781. and diet July 29. ISIS. The children of John and Betsey (Hill) head were as follows: Aaron Sanford, born March 23. 1800: Moses, February 5. 1802; William ; Hawies. March 29. 150g. Betsey. March 1. Not: John Lee. Jane 15. 1810; Morris. October 6. 1812; Lydia. March 26. 1815: and . 1801: Harriet. September 15. 1829; Mary J., Joseph, August 21. 151; John head Hill for . April 17. 1832; and Ebenezer. April 13. 1840. his second wife married Deborah head, in Sep- tember. 1819.

Gershom Hill, second son of the family, mar- ried ( emantha Gregory, and by her had the fol -. lowing children: Abby Jane. Moses and Mabel.

Moses Hill, sixth child of Deacon Joseph Hill, married Esther Burr, daughter of Ebenezer Burr. . Ebenezer Hill, third son of the family, mar- December 28, 1817. daughter of Eliphalet Lyon. Their children were: Sarah Eleanor. born June 17, 1773. She was born May 29. 1755. . fied. May 8, 1839, Hannah Lyon, who was born and died October 6. 18 21 The children born to this marriage were as follows: William, born April 30, 1774; Abigail, October 14. 1775; and | March 27. 1840; Mary E., born ---; Frances Esther. June 17. 1777. William Hill, eldest of A., January 15. 1845; Anna Maria, February 6, these three children, married Betsey Barlow, , 1847: Ebenezer, October 5. 1849; David. De- daughter of Nathaniel Bariow. She was born , cember 4. 1851; and Charles J., February 21,

August 3. 1778. and died September 9. 1864. , 1800 To this marriage there were born the following Meses Hill, fourth son of Ebenezer and Sarah ( Barlow Hill, married May 21. 1831, Phebe Minerva Rockwell, daughter of Thomas Rainwell, of Ridgefield. She born was children: Bradley. September 9, 1798; Abigail, November 23, 1800, and died September 16, 1815: Horace. December 15. 1:02. died in March, ' 1877: Burr. December 25. 1804. died January , January 15. 1804. and died in York, Maine, 29. 1810: and William. October 6, 1807, died in 1815.

March 30. 1832. The only child of this mar- : nage was Richard Watson, born March 25, 1832,

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in York, Maine. and died March 30, same year. Mr. Hill for hissecond wife married October 5, 1836, Charlotte Ilsley Mclellan, daughter of Stephen Mclellan, of Portland, Maine. She was born October 28, 1810, and died in Norwalk, Conn., December 26, 1854. The children of this second marriage were as follows: Mary Augusta, born May 20, 1838, in Redding, Conn., died Septem- ber 6, 1852, in Hartford, Conn .; Sarah Jane, born July 2, 1840, in Gardiner, Maine, died May 30, 1860, in Norwalk, Conn .; Charlotte Ilsley, born January 22, 1842, in Bucksport, Maine; Moses Asbury, born October 9, 1843, in Sac- carappa, Maine, died July 11, 1867, in Norwalk, Conn .; Ebenezer, born August 4, 1845, in Red- ding, Conn .; Minerva R., born August 3, 1847, in Gardiner, Maine, died September 29, 1848, in Saco, Maine; and Harriet Benson, born Decem- ber 20, 1849, in Winthrop, Maine, died August 22, 1852, in Hartford, Conn. For his third wife Moses Hill married March 31, 1856, Mrs. Mi- nerva S. Purinton, who was born January 14, 1816, a daughter of James Seymour, of Ridge- field, Connecticut.

December 26, 1782; Aaron, born February :: 1750, died August 12, 1800; Samuel, Apri. : 1752, died January 26, 1776; Joel, March 2% 1754, died December 22, 1812; and Holdab.

Nathaniel Barlow, eldest son of Samuel Ba :- | low by his second wife, married Jane Bradie: I who was born in May, 1744, and died Februar 12, 1829. The children by this marriage wert: Gershom, born October 21, 1765, died of ccz- sumption September 24, 1794; Esther, bert September 30, 1767, died May 10, 1783; Sarat. born January 16, 1770, died April 11, 184: Jonathan, born April 14, 1772, died August :!. 1775; Betsey, born August 2, 1778, died Ser- ember 9, 1864; and Huldah, born April 3, 1;&c. died August 29, 1787.

A RTHUR A. SCOFIELD, contractor and builder, of Stamford, Fairfield county, £ one of the well-to-do citizens of that place, and I is a native of the town of Stamford, born Jome 3, 1858, on Newfield avenue. His grandfather. Peter Scofield, was a farmer in Newfield, Stan- I ford township, where he was born, and married I whom he had five children, viz. : Joseph, Nelson, Appolos, Sarah and Alonzo. All are now de- ceased.

Sarah Barlow, wife of Ebenezer Hill, was a daughter of Nathaniel Barlow, of Redding, who | Miss Martha Hoyt, of the same township. br

died December 26. 1782. He was a son of Samuel Barlow, of Redding, who died December 20, 1773, who was a son of Samuel Barlow, of Fairfield, who died May 20, 1745, he. being the

son of John Barlow, who died in 1690, and he | also a native of Newfield, and passed his entire was the John Barlow who died in 1.674.

John Barlow, who died in 1674, by his wife Ann had the following children: John; Deborah, who married John Sturges; Ruth, who married Francis Bradley: and Martha, who married James Beers.

John Barlow, who died in 1690, by his wife Abigail (Lockwood) had the following children: i John, Joseph, Samuel, Abigail (who married i and Elmer Ellsworth and Oliver Hoyt, of New-

Jonathan Rowland), Deborah, Elizabeth, and | field. Ruth. Abigail Barlow, the mother of these chil- dren, was a daughter of Robert Lockwood.

Lieut. Samuel Barlow, of Fairfield, who died | At the age of eighteen years he commenced to in 1745, by his wife had several children, one of | learn his trade under Frank Veit, of Stamford. whom was named Samuel. This Samuel Bar- | later working for George Lowndes, of that place. low married, August 2. 1731, Eunice Bradley, : and after completing his apprenticeship be was daughter of Daniel Bradley, and by her had the | employed as journeyman for about ten years, following children: Daniel, born November 24, I during which time he gained a thorough knowl. 1734; Ruhamah, January 22, 1737; James, Jan- , edge of the details of the business. Since 188; uary 29, 1739; and Jabez, March 21, 1742. | he has done contracting on his own account, and After the death of the mother of these children ! has put up many houses in Stamford and several Samuel Barlow married. August 7, 1744, Esther | in New Canaan, this county, notably the rest- Hull, daughter of Nathaniel Hull, of Redding. i dence of T. W. Hall. He has a thriving bus- She died August 28, 1775, aged fifty-four years. , ness, which has increased steadily year by year. By this marriage Mr. Barlow had the following . and brings him in a comfortable income. M. children: Nathaniel, born May 13, 1745, died | Scofield is respected by his neighbors and friends

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Alonzo Scofield, the father of our subject, was | life on the farm of his birth, engaging for the most part in agricultural pursuits. although dur- ing his earlier manhood he to some extent made shoes. He received his education in the publi | schools of Newfield. He was nearly fifty years of age at the time of his marriage to Miss Mary Ann Jerman, of Stamford, and they reared three children-Artbur Alonzo, who lives in Stamford.

Mr. Scofield was a lifelong Democrat.

Arthur A. Scofield passed his boybood on the | home farm, and attended school at Springdale.

Cuthur Q. Scofiel

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aroughout Stamford as an industrious and thor- ; Patience B. Roberts, who was born in Marble- ughly reliable man, and he has always main- I town township. Ulster county, N. Y., a daughter ained the best of reputations in his dealings with , of William B. Roberts, one of the early residents sis fellowmen.

I of that community. who by occupation was a

Socially, our subiect is a well-known member I farmer and merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Dingee be- of Puritan Lodge. 1. O. O. F .; of Stamford , gan their domestic life in Westchester county. Council No. 999. Royal Arcanum, and of the New England Order of Protection. Hegives his polit- ical support to the Republican party, and, in re- licious connection, is identified with the M. L. Church. Mr. Scofield was married in Clinton-

dale, Ulster Co .. N. Y .. to Miss Luzie G. Dingee & been his place of abode, and now owns fifty-five (daughter of Oscar Tvier and Patience B. (Rob- erts) Dingee . and they reside in their comfort- able dwelling at No. 60 Summer street, Stam- ford. They have no children

Mrs. Scofield is of Irish ane age on the paternal side . Her great-grandfather. Feter Dingee, was a native of Westchester county, and married a Miss Tyler, by whom he had two sons: Eli T. (grandfather of Mrs. Scofield, and Jesse. Through- out his life he followed agricultural pursuits as a means of livelihood. During the Revolutionary war the English soldiers attempted to steal his cattle, but were driven away. Both he and his wife were consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and their entire Inves were spent in Westchester county.

Eli T. Dingee grandfather of Mrs. Scofield) was born January 15. 1795. in Westchester county. N. Y. He married Phobe Barrett. daughter of Abram barrett (who was one of the , port to all worthy enterprises calculated to prove sons of the Empire State), and nine children were i of public benefit. born to them. asfollows: Hannah T .. August 14. 1816, became the wife of Sylvester McNeal, of Sing Sing. N. Y .: Mary T .. September 30, 1818. H TARRY R. BENNETT, M. D. The Ben- nett family comes of good old Colonial stock, being descended from three brothers of the name who came from England at an early date. One located in Rhode Island and one in western New York, while the direct ancestor of the sub- ject of this sketch, a prominent physician of . Bridgeport, settled in Connecticut. Until recent years the members of the family have been en- gaged chiefly in agricultural pursuits, but when- ever they have chosen other paths they have dis- played exceptional ability and enterprise. married a Mr. Reynolds, and lives in Westchester county, N. Y .: Sophia A .. April 9. 1819. is the wife of Zeno Hoyt. of Westchester county; John, July 17. 1822. is deceased; Sarah, his twin sister, died April 20, 1847; Margaret, July 12. 1824. died April 27. 1846: Eli T .. April 4. 1827, died July 20. 1830: Oscar T. is the next in order of birth; and Phobe J., July 24. 1830, is now the wife of John Aston. of Williamsburg, N. Y. The father of this family pave his political support to the Republican party. He died in Westchester county. September 23. 1848. and his wife died December 19. 1866

Oscar Tvier Dingee (Mrs. Scofield's father) was born at Bedford. Westchester county, N. Y., June 22, 1828 He spent his boyhood on the old home farm, and attended the district schools until eighteen years of age. He always carried on farming and fruit growing, and the business has proved a profitable one for him. On March 27, 1847. he was united in marriage with Miss

where he followed carpentering for about five years. In 1858 they removed to New York City, and in 1861 came to Ulster county, where for several years he operated his father-in-law's farm. In 1867 he purchased the farm which has since

acres of good land, the greater part of which is planted to fruit, he raising excellent varieties of grapes, currants, pears and berries. They have a very time residence. The farm is located in Clintondale, and the home, standing on a hill just cast of the town, commands an excellent view of the beautiful surrounding scenery, includ- ing the Catskill Mountains, Lake Mohonk and Lake Minnewaska.

To Mr. and Mrs. Dingee have been born five children: Josephine, now the wife of William H. Bernard, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; Alida F., at home; Lizzie G. (Mrs. Scofield); Sylvia, wife of Frank H. Terhune, a fruit grower of Clintondale; and Abraham L., a carpenter of Stamford, Conn. The parents are members of the Friends Church. and Mr. Dingee is a Republican in his political affiliations. Deeply interested in the best de- velopment of the community, he gives his sup-

Joshua Bennett, the Doctor's great-grand- father, was a farmer by occupation, but leaving his peaceful fireside to fight for the cause of free- dom he enlisted for service in the Revolutionary war and was killed in that struggle. His son, Hon. Joshua Bennett, was born at Plainfield, Conn .. where he followed farming for many years, and also carried on a wholesale butchering business. He was a man of much influence in the community, being active in political affairs,

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first as a Whig and later as a Republican, and in 1866 he represented his town in the State Legis- Jature.

Caleb H. Bennett. the father of our subject, was born in Plainfield, and has for many years been engaged in the shoe business in Bridgeport, at present in connection with the C. H. Bennett Shoe Company, of which he is president. He married Miss Mary E. Hoxie, a native of Charles- town, R. I., and they have had three children: Addie, wife of William H. Pike, of Southport, Conn .; Harry R., our subject, and George, who is now secretary and treasurer of the C. H. Ben- nett Shoe Company.

Harry R. Bennett was born at Bridgeport April 5, 1874, and his education was begun in the schools of that city. In 1891 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, connected with Columbia College, receiv- ing the degree of M. D. from that institution in 1895, after which he took a post-graduate course in the medical department of Dartmouth College, graduating in 1896, and he spent the following years as one of the house physicians in St. John's Riverside Hospital at Yonkers, N. Y. In Jan- uary, 1898, he engaged in practice in Bridge- port, where his talent and skill have already won recognition. He is a member of the State, County and City Medical Association, is also identified with the Order of Red Men and with various col- lege fraternities, and is popular socially. his family being prominent in the best circles of Bridgeport. Politically the Doctor is a stanch Republican, but does not take active part in the work of the organization, preferring to devote his attention to his practice. He is not married.

Distell, a ship carpenter, of German extraction Six children gladdened their home: (1) Luci. who married Philo E. Beers, of Fairfield count! Conn .; he was a tinsmith in Ellenville, and bo :: are now deceased. (2) Mary, who died in In- fancy. (3) William, who died at the age ci eighteen. (4) Otto, an iron molder in Merice. Conn .; he was a soldier in the war of the Rexx .: lion. (5) Alvan A., our subject; and (6) Mar D., who married Frank Chamberlin, a shoemake: and engineer of Bridgewater, Mass., and both att now deceased. Mr. Hauschildt was a firm &t. liever in the principles of the Republican part ;. but cared nothing for the responsibility or emcit- ments of public office. He was a devout member of the Reformed Church, and in that faith t .: died in 1865; his wife passed away in Merides Conn., in 1884.

Alvan A. Hauschildt passed the first sever- teen years of his life in Ulster county, N. Y., a :- tending the schools of the neighborhood in the winter and indulging in the usual boyish sports One day he asked to be excused from school, and at once enlisted in the Union army. He became a member of Company E. 80th N. Y. V. I .- the". known as the 20th N. Y. Militia-and on Sep- tember 25, 1861. he went to the front. During this enlistment he was twice wounded. first a: Groveton, Penn., and (second) at the battle c: Bull Run, August 30. 1862, the wounds being !!. the thigh and left ankle, respectively, and the balls have never been extracted. On Janca !! 24. 1863, he was discharged, but on March 24. 1865, he re-enlisted. this time becoming a me.z. ber of Company E. 4th New Jersey Veteran Vo. unteers. This company became a part of it- First Brigade, First Division, 6th Corps, Armre the Potomac. until June, 1865, and participatec

A LVAN A. HAUSCHILDT, who by his in- | in the following campaign: Siege of Pete .-. dustry and integrity has made himself wor- thy of a place among the honored and respected citizens of Norwalk, was born in Ellenville. Ulster Co., N. Y., November 15, 1843, a son of Henry and Mary (Distell) Hauschildt. burg, April 2; pursuit of the enemy, April :- (battle of Sailors Creek, April 6, action at Fara - ville, April 7); Appomattox Court House, Apr 9, surrender of Lee's army: march to Danvil.t Aprill 23-27: march to Washington. May 16 i June 2; and mustered out July 9, 1865. Of hr- war record he is justly proud, and the Nation. debt of gratitude to that noble army of men ant boys, who, like our subject, gave so much, bc: offered more, and asked for reward naught b:" the Union preserved, is one that can never ix over-estimated.

Henry Hauschildt was born in Aetna, near Hamburg, Germany, and in the excellent schools of the Fatherland acquired a good practical edu- cation that enabled him to intelligently surmount the difficulties met on his life's journey. At the age of twelve he went to sea, and for years made his home on the deep. He came to America, and, after sailing from the Western ports for some After being mustered out Mr. Hauschi came to Norwalk and learned his trade of IN' : time, located in New York, where in 1833 he found employment in a perfumery factory. He ; and brass moulder, and, with the exception c. then went to Ellenville, N. Y., where he worked | three years spent in Meriden, Gonn., he !? in a glass factory. He married Miss Mary Dis- ! followed this occupation here, and is now in !. tell, who was born in Boston, a daughter of John | employ of the Norwalk Lock Company.

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Mr. Hauschilt married Miss Fanme Martin. , age of fifteen years, with her sister Mary (now daughter of William and Elizabeth Martin, of . Mrs. John Carroll). landing in New York after a Norwalk, and their union was brightened for a voyage of four weeks; she supported herself until short time by the presence of one child, but ' her marriage. Six children have been born to the death angel early called the little one home. I Mr. and Mrs. Maher. namely: John, an extensive On September 23. 1895. Mr Hauschildt was . ice dealer and prosperous young business man of called upon to mourn the death of his wife, a Greenwich; James, a prosperous coal and lumber noble woman, whose circle of friends was him- . merchant of the same place; Thomas, who is ited only by the number of her acquaintances. , engaged in business with his father; and Mary ] .. Politically our subject is a Republican, and in

Daniel, Jr., and Joseph, all at home. The chil- his religious faith a Baptist He is a member , dren have been given all the advantages which of the Mystic Chain. 1. O. O. F .. and of buck- . the parents could afford, and they have been

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taught habits of honesty and industry, which have made them useful and valued members of society.

D ANIEL MAHER is one of the progressive and substantial forein-born citizens of Greenwich township. Fairfield county, who have, by their own unaided exertions, fared themselves to a condition of prosperity. After his marriage Mr. Maher located in Brooklyn, and for a time was employed as a Jaborer in the Gfrenwood cemetery. On July 1. 1804. be accepted the position of general laborer with Samuel Adams, at Sound Beach, Fairfield Mr Maher was born in County Tipperary. Ireland. in 1840, son of James and Dora then- nedy) Maher, farming people, who spent their entire lives in that country They reared a family of eight children, namely. James, who came to the United States several years before our subject, and died in Ohio; John, who also came to the New World prior to our subject and when last heard from was living in Ohio; Thomas, still a resident of Ireland; Patrick, who , Co., Conn .. and so satisfactory did his services prove that he was retained by that gentleman for sixteen years. In 1880 he removed to his pres- ent home. which he rented for one year and then purchased. He has since erected new buildings upon the place, cleared away the woods near his house, and made many other improvements which add greatly to the value and attractive appearance of the place. He engaged in farmi- mg exclusively until 1887. when he embarked in died in that country; Michael, a resident of , the ice business, and now his trade extends Stamford, Conn. : Daniel, subject of this review; throughout Cos Cob, Riverside, Sound Beach and Stamford. He and his sons are by far the most extensive ice dealers in either Stamford , or Greenwich townships, and are business men Mary, who came to the United States but whose whereabouts are now unknown, and Bridget. who mained in Ireland and still lives there

Reared to farm life, Daniel Maher obtained . of known reliability. Mr. Maher is now the a rather meagre education in the public schools owner of seventy acres of valuable land in those of his native land, and he remained at home . townships, and his property has all been acquired until twenty years of age. when his father through his individual efforts, guided by sound assisted him in paying his passage to the United judgment and good executive ability. In relig- States. It was in 1861 that he boarded the i sous connection he and his family are communi- sailing vessel "Cultivator" at Liverpool, and , cants of St. John's Catholic Church in Stamford. twenty-eight days later landed safely in New , Politically he is not bound by party ties, but en-

deavors to support the man best qualified for the

York City. with tive pounds in his pocket, with which to begin life in the New World. His first i office. employment was as a laborer on the streets of that city, and later he worked at loading and unloading vessels. He then came to Connecti- cut, and was employed as a farm hand by a Mr. Dayton at $10 per month. a few months later

H EZEKIAH WEED. the efficient manager of the Burlington Safe Deposit Company. Stamford, Fairfield Co .. Conn., has been a life- . accepting a similar position with Titus Mead, . long resident of that town, having been born and he continued to follow farming until his marriage

there May 15, 18:6. He is a grandson of Heze- , kiah Weed, a native of Darien, Fairfield county. who, during his younger days, followed the pro-

At Brooklyn N. Y., Mr. Maher was married. in 150g. to Miss Ellen Ivery, who was born in . fession of school teacher at his old home. finally County Kildare. Ireland, daughter of John and : removing to Stamford, where he passed the clos- Mary ( Kelly) Ivery, and came to America, at the i ing years of his life, dying there in 1869. He

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married Mary Tallmadge, who was born on Tall- madge Hill, and they had two children: Francis B. and James, both of whom are deceased. The mother of these died in 1866.

Francis B. Weed, father of Hezekiah Weed, our subject, was born in Darien, Fairfield Co., Conn., and there he attended school and passed his early life. When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for some years, and subsequently engaged in the butcher business, which he continued up to his death, in 1861. He lived in Stamford a number of years. At Darien he married Emeline Weed, and three children blessed their union: Emma L., James A. and Hezekiah, all of whom make their home in Stamford.

Hezekiah Weed, our subject. received a good education at the public schools of Stamford. For a number of years he and his brother were kept busy looking after their real-estate interests, which, being extensive, left them little time for any other business. After Stamford's incorpora- tion as a city, in 1893. our subject became the first tax collector under the new order of things, and he was retained in that office until April, 1897, when he resigned in order to take up the duties of manager of the Burlington Safe Deposit Company. Mr. Weed's special qualifications for this position were fully taken into account, and the prompt and capable manner with which he assumed his new responsibilities has already marked his service in that institution. He is an active member of the Business Men's Club of Stamford, and, fraternally, of the F. & A. M., belonging to Union Lodge, Rittenhouse Chapter and Washington Council.

Mr. Weed was united in marriage, in Stam- ford. with Miss Ella B. Craige. daughter of Hugh H. Craige, who was born in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. They have one son and one daughter: Hugh H. C. and Margaret. The family attend the services of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Weed is a member.

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 217

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