Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 251

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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Number of Pages: 1795

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T URNEY HALL, one of the venerable resi- dents of Bridgeport, was born July 14, 1815, at Greenfield, Conn., a son of George Washington and Lois (Buckley) Hall.

William Hall, grandfather of our subject, was of Scottish ancestry, and was a Methodist min- ister in Greenfield. He served in the Continen- tal army as a trooper during the war of the Revo- lution, being an expert rider. He married a Miss Williams, and they were the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters: Charity, Annie, Lyman, Legrande, Willis and George W.

George W. Hall removed, in 1819, to Kent. Litchfield Co .. Conn., and there was connected with the iron furnace until his death, which oc- curred about 1827. He married Lois Buckley, a daughter of Turney Buckley, of Greenfield, and she died about 1855. Six children were born to this union: Emeline, George B., Jona- than W. and Catharine, all now deceased: Tur- ney, our subject; and Derenzil, of Long Hill.

Turney Hall attended school in Kent, and after his father's death he went to live with a friend of the family. He learned the tailor's trade with his brother in Kent, with whom he worked for two years, then going to Poughkeep- sie, N. Y., where he bound himself out to Mrs. Ackert, a tailoress, for one year, at $8.00 per month and board. By working overtime he had saved, by the end of the year, $138.00, and re.

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turning to Kent he became a member of the firm of G. B. & T. Hall, where he remained for many years. Too close application to business brought the usual result-ill health-and he was compelled to retire for a time, residing in the interim in Bridgeport. On regaining his health he clerked for a year in a dry-goods store at Litchfield, and then opened a grocery and cloth- ing store at Washington, Litchfield county, which he conducted for two years. His next venture was in Stratford, Conn., where he was in partnership with his brother-in-law in the milk business, and later with his brother in the milk and vegetable business, and after two years at this he accepted a position with Dunham, Oviatt & Skidmore, in their dry-poods store. Here he remained four years, after which for one year he clerked for Henry Shelton, in Bridge- port. For twenty years he was the successful proprietor of a fancy and variety store on Main street, in Bridgeport, in all his enterprises meet- ing with uniform success. Now in his declining years he is a well-preserved man, and aside from poor eyesight is in the full possession of all his faculties.

Mr. Hall was married, at Kent. Conn., to Miss Sarah Eliza Gibbs, and they became the parents of three children: Kate F., who married F. Victor Cole and has three children-Kittie, Lois Minerva and Sherman Turney H .: Grace, who married . Jesse B. Cornwell. a well-known manufacturer in Bridgeport, by whom she has three children-Natalie, Maude and Lawrence W .; and Bertha, who married Frank Hopson, of Lordship Park. Stratford, and has two children- Grace and William. The father finds a pleasant home with his daughter, Mrs. Cornwell. He is an earnest member of the First Congregational Church.

TORACE HORTON JACKSON is one of the young and enterprising business men of Bridgeport, and his success in mercantile life demonstrates his sound judgment and thorough command of business methods.

The Jackson family is of English origin, and our subject's ancestors crossed the ocean in the same ship that carried the ancestors of Gen. U. S. Grant. Our subject's great-grandfather Jack- son was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and made his home in Vermont, where our subject's grandfather and father, Edward Pierus Jackson, were also born. Edward P. Jackson married Miss Sarah F. Blake, a native of New Hamp- shire.

Horace H. Jackson was born November 16,

1863, in Yonkers, N. Y., but his boyhood was spent in different places, his parents removing from Yonkers to Norfolk, Conn., where they spent one year, and later they resided two years in Binghamton, N. Y., one year in Bridgeport, this county, and in Middleport, Ohio. In Oc- tober, 1875, they returned to Bridgeport, where our subject attended the Barnum school for a time, and in 1879 he entered upon his business career there as clerk in a drug store. In Au- gust, 1880, he was employed by the Howe Sew- ing Machine Company, with which he remained until September. 1882, when he became a clerk in James Young's book and stationery store, hold- ing this position for about six years, and on No- vember 10, 1888, he was taken into the firm, succeeding E. W. Fairchild. On June 10, 1894, the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Jackson has since conducted the business alone. He is also con- nected with the Board of Trade.

Politically Mr. Jackson is a Republican, but he has never taken an active share in party work. although he is a member of the local Republican club. In religious faith he is a Methodist, and he is a leading member of the Washington Park Church at Bridgeport, having served about ten years as secretary of the Sunday-school. He is prominent in social life and is connected with numerous organizations, including the Sea Side Club, of Brooklawn; the Bridgeport Yacht Club; the Contemporary Club; the Masonic Fraternity; the I. O. O. F .; the Improved Order of Red Men, Quenibog Tribe No. 27, in which he holds the rank of past sachem; and the X. A. E. O., Nebo Senate. He is especially active in the I. O. O. F., and has passed all the chairs in Pequonnock Lodge No. 4 (one of the oldest lodges in the State and now the second in mem- bership), ranking as past grand and past chief patriarch in that body. He belongs to the Grand Lodge of the State, is a member of Stratfield Encampment No. 23, and a charter member of Charity Lodge No. 4, Rebekah degree.

G JEORGE BRADLEY TREADWELL, a J prominent resident of the town of Redding, is related to several of the leading families of his section and represents a worthy type of citizen- ship.

On the paternal side Mr. Treadwell is a great- grandson of Joseph Treadwell, who was born May 28, 1761, and died April 20, 1819. He married Eunice Nichols, who was born March 3, 1763, and died September 4, 1825. and their union was blessed with eight children, whose names with dates of birth are as follows: Olive,

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November 18, 1782; Hannah, March 24, 1785; Amelia, May 12, 1787; Thomas, July 11, 1789; Sarah, May 17, 1791; Ebenezer, June 21, 1793; Walter, October 14, 1797; and Sybil. September 9, 1804.

Ebenezer Treadwell, our subject's grandfa- ther, married, for his first wife, Selina Bradley. His second wife, Bethiah Osborne, was born April 24, -, and died July 7, 1874. There were two children by the first union and four by the second, and we have the following record of this family: (1) Bradley, the father of our sub- ject, is mentioned more fully below. (2) Selina T. married Daniel A. Nichols and had two chil- dren-Daniel A., Jr., and Elsie Beardsley. (3) Aaron, born March 7, 1828, died July 8, 1896. He married Lois Rebecca Mead, who was born September 16, 1830, and died October 16, 1888, and their children were-(a) Selina Elida, (b) Alvin Mead, (c) Aaron Louis. and (d) Frank Beach. (a) Selina Elida, born November 14, 1852, married George Henry Gould, born Sep- tember 4, 1849, and had seven children, whose names with dates of birth are here given: Nellie Julia, July 11, 1874; Elsie, March 17, 1877; George Henry, June 18. 1880: Amen Treadwell, July 17, 1883; John Howard, March 15, 1886; Russell Lowell, November 8, 1890: and Mar- jorie. September 30, 1893. (b) Alvin Mead, born August 6, 1854, married Sarah Elizabeth McMillan, and they had five children, born as follows: Nellie, April 20, 1881 : a daughter, De- cember 31, 1882 (died January 5, 1883); Mary Lois, January 16, 1884; Marguerite, February 25, 1888 (died February 27, 1889); and Alvin Mead, Jr., June 21, 189c. (C) Aaron Louis, born December 23, 1866, married Sarah Maria Still, who was born September 26, 1865, and they have had two children: Lois, born July 13, 1893; and Merlin Mead, born July 30, 1895, who died October 7. 1895. (d) Frank Beach, born July 8, 1872, died January 3. 1874. (4) Joseph, the third son and fourth child of Eben- ezer Treadwell, was born in October, 1832. (5)

Edmund was born May 3, 183 ;. (6) Isaac Knapp, born March 8, 1842, married Annabel Beers, who was born December 1, 1862, and they have had two children -- Alfred Sprague, born March 8, 1892, and Fanny Amelia, born September 24, 1893.

The late Bradley Treadwell, father of our subject, was born September 10, 1817. in the town of Weston, this county. and was educated in the common schools of that locality. For some years he made a specialty of carriage trimining, but later he engaged in farming, in which he continued until his death, on December

24, 1888. He was held in high esteem among his associates, and was actively interested in re- ligious work as a member of the Methodist Church at Redding, holding different official po- sitions therein, including that of steward. In politics he was a strong Republican, but he never aspired to party honors. On October 14, 1844, he married Miss Fannie Meeker, by whom he had four children: George Bradley, born Octo- ber 13, 1845 ; Alfred Meeker, born June 21, 1849, died November 24, 1891; Carrie Jackson, born July 16, 1854; and Isaac Nichols, born December 1, 1860. The mother is deceased.

Mrs. Fannie (Meeker) Treadwell was born in November, 1819, the only child of Alfred Meeker and his first wife, Clarissa (Jackson). She was a granddaughter of Azariah and Eunice Meeker, the former of whom was a native of the town of Redding; after receiving a common-school edu- cation there he engaged extensively in farming, in addition carrying on a blacksmith shop and running a sawmill and cider mill. He and his wife reared a family of four children: Alfred; Burr; Daniel, who married Eunice Merwin; and Harry, who married Ellen Goodier. Alfred Meeker was born in the town of Redding and obtained a district-school education. He al- wavs followed farming as an occupation and was considered an excellent citizen. His first wife, Clarissa (Jackson), was a daughter of Ezekiel and Hannah (Gray) Jackson. of Red- ding, her father being a well-known farmer. After her death he married Roxey Bennett, by whom he had one son, Ezra, now a farmer in the town of Monroe, Fairfield county, who is married and has several children.

George B. Treadwell has passed all his life in the town of his birth, and he has taken up farming as his life work. During his early manhood he clerked in a store for three years. In 1895 he was honored with election to the po- sition of selectman, in which he served faithfully for one term. His political preferences are for the Republican party. In religious connection he is a member of the M. E. Church.

W I. SOULE, a resident of the town of Sherman, is prominently identified with educational work in this section, and is also known as a successful agriculturist. He was born December 29, 1851, in the town of New Milford. Litchfield county, this State, but his youth was spent mainly in Fairfield county, his education being acquired in the common schools of the town of Sherman, the city of Danbury, and the town of New Fairfield. His attention has

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for some years been devoted to teaching, in which calling he has won an excellent reputation, and his spare time has been given to agriculture. For six years he served as a member of the school board of the town of Sherman. Mr. Soule is not married.

Ebenezer Soule, our subject's father, was born July 26, 1810, in Dover Plains, N. Y., where he received a good common-school educa- tion. Graduating later from Columbia College, he entered upon a successful career as a teacher, many young men having been prepared for their collegiate course by him. At the opening of the Civil war he enlisted in the 28th Conn. V. I., but owing to exposure and hardships he contracted consumption, and his death occurred from that disease on July 20, 1862. His first wife, Caro- line A. Hoag, of Dover. N. Y., died October 8, 1848, at the age of thirty-nine years. On May 3, 1849, he married Miss Phoebe A. Curtis, who was born December 5, 1809, in Bridgewater, Conn. Two children were born of this union. Cornelia J., born December 29, 1851, married Edward Quien, of Danbury, and has had four children-Edward W. (deceased), Ernest L., Clifford J. and Fannie C.

The ramifications of our subject's genealog- ical record lead to a number of our well-known families, including the Spencer, Curtis, Crane, Paddock, Baxter, and other lines.

Nathan Spencer, a native of New Fairfield, purchased a large farm in that township and fol- lowed agricultural pursuits until his death. At the time of the war of 1812 he served as a mu- sician throughout the struggle. He married Polly White, by whom he had five children: Nathan, Ferdinand, Betsey, Esther (Mrs. Tripp), and Sarah (Mrs. Cleaver). Ferdinand Spencer was born in the town of Sherman, which was at that time a part of New Fairfield. After re- ceiving a common-school education he learned the mason's trade, which he followed during his active life. He took much interest in politics, and in his later years was a strong Repub- lican, but he never aspired to office. His death occurred July 26, 1876. In 1834 he married Miss Hannah Curtis, who survives him, and is still hale and hearty, although in her eighty-sixth year. She was born February 28, 1811, the daughter of Stiles B. and Fannie (Paddock) Curtis. Ferdinand and Hannah Spen- cer had two children: Jane, born April 3, 1836, who married (first) Abel Stuart, and (second) George Barnum; and Charles F., born April 8, 1839, who was first married to Susan Knapp, and afterward to Maggie

The Curtis family is identified with Newtown,

Reuben Curtis, Mrs. Phœbe Soule's great-grand- father, having been born and reared there. He married a Miss Bishop, and of their children Hannah married William Monroe; Abner died at the age of twelve years, and Stiles B. was Mrs. Soule's father. Stiles B. Curtis was born in Newtown and became a successful farmer there. He married Miss Fannie Paddock, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Crane) Paddock, and they had seven children: Abner, who married a Miss Hawley; Stiles, who married Amelia Monroe; Phoebe, wife of Ebenezer Soule: Hannah, Mrs. Spencer; David, who married Charry Monroe; Ross, who married Esther Curtis; and Mary, wife of Amariah Mallett.

TORACE R. NASH, a prominent business man of South Norwalk. Fairfield county, is a member of the well-known firm of Nash & Van- Scoy, successors to F. H. Nash & Brother.

The Nash family has for several generations been regarded as thoroughly representative, and of a high type of citizenship. Jacob Nash, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a sailor by occupation. as was also Hon. Daniel K. Nash, the grandfather, who was born and reared in Ridgefield, Fairfield county, but made his home during the greater portion of his life in Norwalk. He was a man of much influence in the com- munity, taking an active part in politics as a member of the Whig organization, and at one time he served as a representative in the State Legislature. His wife was a Miss Raymond, and six children were born to their union, as follows: Sarah, widow of William C. Sammis, of Norwalk; Minerva E., who married William E. Raymond, of Detroit; Francis H., our subject's father; Theodorus B., a retired resident of Norwalk; Clarence W'., a resident of Daytona, Fla., where he is a dealer in stoves, crockery and similar commodities; and Mary H. (deceased), who was the wife of the late Dr. Samuel H. Orton, for- merly connected with the United States army.

Francis H. Nash was born in South Norwalk in 1825, and during his youth spent a short time in Troy, N. Y., learning the art of making mathe- matical instruments. In 1848 he established the business now conducted by Nash & Van Scoy, continuing same successfully until his death, which occurred February 12, 1887. As a citizen he was held in high esteem, and for many years he was a leading member of the Congregational Church. In politics he was a Republican, and he always took a great interest in local affairs, serving in various offices, including that of water commissioner. He married Miss Sarah Hallock,

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a native of New York City, where her father, Dr. Lewis H. Hallock, was a well-known physi- cian. The Hallock family is of English origin, but the ancestors of Mrs. Nash settled at an early date on Long Island. Of the seven chil- dren born to this marriage. the eldest, Lewis H., is a mechanical engineer in New York City; Emma and Fannie died in infancy; Frank is a | hatter in South Norwalk; Horace R. is the sub- ject proper of this sketch: Clarence C. is in busi- ness in New York City; and Miss Willimetta O. is a successful teacher.

Our subject was born March 24, 1860, in South Norwalk, and his education was obtained in the schools of that city. At an early age he entered the office of the Norwalk Lock Company, where he spent two years as a clerk, and he then | her seventeenth year.

took a similar position in the office of a firm of machinists in Brooklyn, N. Y. After two years there he went to Florida, and for seven years was engaged in growing oranges. Since the death of his father he has been in business in South Norwalk, and the firm has a large patronage in the plumbing, steam and gas fitting line. Their store, at the corner of West and North Main streets, contains an extensive and well-selected stock of crockery, china, glassware, heaters, stoves, and tin, sheet iron and copper goods.

T UDOR HAVILAND, a well-known agri- culturist and miller of the town of Sher- man, has been successfully engaged in those lines of business for more than twenty-eight years, and is regarded as one of the substantial men of the locality.

Our subject's ancestors settled in the town many years ago, and his father, Israel Haviland, was born there, April 26, 1820, and after receiv- ing a common-school education became a lead- ing farmer, continuing in that occupation until his death, which occurred October 10, 1854. He was always fond of hunting and fishing, and was quite an expert as a marksman. In religious faith he was a Quaker. His wife, Abbie J. (Ferris). was born in 1819. the daughter of Zachariah Ferris, and they had two children: Eunice S. i clerk of the city; Lizzie is now the wife of and our subject. After the death of the father, | Charles M. Horch, a hat manufacturer in Dan- bury. The father of our subject died Septem- ber 17, 1877. the mother married Richard P. Brady, a farmer of Dover Plains. N. Y., by whom she had one son, John C. She died in 1870. Eunice S. Mr. Beckerle has always made his home in Haviland was born September 29, 1848, and | Danbury, and his education was obtained in the of Sherman. She married George A. Barnes, a prosperous farmer of the same town, and they ! to learn the details of hat manufacturing. he was educated in the public schools of the town | public schools, which he attended until he i reached the age of fifteen years. Having decided have one daughter - Edna. worked in various shops until he became pro-

Tudor Haviland was born April 26, 1850, | ficient, and in 1881 he formed a partnership with

at the old homestead, in the town of Sherman. His education was begun in the district schools of the neighborhood, and he afterward attended school in Oswego, where he was graduated at the age of eighteen years. He then purchased a farm and mill in his native town which he has ever since conducted with marked success. Mr. Haviland married Miss Florence Briggs, daughter of Henry and Almira (Hawes) Briggs, the former a prominent farmer of the same town. Mrs. Haviland died January 10, 1895, deeply mourned by a large circle of friends. Of the two children born to this union, the eldest, Nettie, born Au- gust 31, 1873, was married, May 10, 1893, to Charles C. Akin, of Patterson, N. Y. Carrie, | born May 9, 1878, died December 3, 1894, in

DETER BECKERLE. Danbury's leading in- dustry has attracted a number of shrewd and energetic young business men, among whom the subject of this biography holds a prominent place. His hat factory, located in Stevens' Lane, Danbury, though not one of the largest estab- lishments, has a promising custom, which its able and active owner is steadily developing. His family has been identified with this industry for many years, and our subject is a cousin of William Beckerle, a leading hatter.

Mr. Beckerle was born in Danbury, January 31, 1860, and is of German ancestry. Lewis Beckerle, his father, was born in the Father- land, in the region of the Rhine, and in about 1848 came to America, being then a young man. For a time he was employed in farm work in the vicinity of Danbury, and he then engaged in the hatter's trade, which he followed until his death. | He was a Democrat in politics, and in religious | faith was a devout Catholic. His wife, Margaret (Frickle), was born in Germany, and her father, who was a carpenter, died in that country. Our subject was the youngest in a family of four chil- dren, of whom the first died in infancy; Anna, who died October 2, 1892, married Eugene Per- | rett, a well-known resident of Danbury, formerly

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C. M. Horch in that business, under the firm i our subject, was born in the town of New Ca- name of C. M. Horch & Co. Mr. Horch with- . naan, Conn., and was educated there in the drawing, Mr. Beckerle has for some time past , common schools. In politics he was a strong ·conducted the business in his own name.

Democrat. Having learned shoemaking he fol- In 1881 our subject married Miss Carrie E. Schleyer, of Danbury, a native of New York 1 City, who is of German descent, and her father, Charles H. Schleyer, was a resident of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Beckerle have had four Julia, who are all at home; and Louis, who died July 4, 1893. Mr. Beckerle is an excellent citi- zen, and follows in his father's footsteps both in religion and politics. He takes keen interest in all practical measures for local improvement, and at present is serving as assistant chief of the Danbury fire department. | Jowed that trade the earlier part of his life, but afterward engaged in farming. He married Miss Juliett Lockwood, daughter of Nehemiah and Polly (Warring) Lockwood, farming people of the town of New Canaan, and children were .children: Clara M. and Clarence M., twins, and | born to this union as follows: Mary E., who married John E. Selleck; Joseph, who married Hattie Wakeman; John L., who did not marry; Juliana, wife of Samuel G. Lockwood; and Henry, who died young. Juliana Crawford, mother of our subject, was born August 24, 1844, in New Canaan, Conn., and was educated there in the common schools.

Alfred Olmstead, grandfather of Mrs. Charles S. Lockwood, was born in the town of Wilton, i Conn., and was educated there in the common schools. From his early life he engaged in farm- ing. He (first) married a Miss Whitlock, and (second) Matilda Richards, and by his first mar- riage had the following children: Sylvester, father of Mrs. Lockwood; Aaron, who married Caroline Sherwood; William, who married Sa- lina Sturgess; Hawley, who married Mary Stur- gess; Minerva, who married William Sturgess; and Mary, who married James Davenport.

C HARLES S. LOCKWOOD, a prominent farmer of the town of Wilton, was born in the town of Lewisboro, N. Y., September 4, 1867, and received his early education in the common schools of the town of Wilton, Conn. From the time he left school to his twenty-fifth year he engaged in farming, and at this time he became a grocer, carrying on that business for three years. Then, desiring to return to farm 'life, he purchased his present place, upon which he has lived and labored ever since. He has 'been very successful in his calling, and is a highly- respected citizen. He is a member and a trus- tee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Wil- ton, and in politics is a Democrat, but cares nothing for public office. He married Miss Car- rie B. Olmstead, who was born October 3, 1868, daughter of Sylvester and Sarah M. Olmstead, ·of Wilton. They have no children.

Sylvester Olmstead was born in the town of Wilton, Conn., July 28, 1825, received his early education in the common schools of the town, and later engaged in farming, as had his ances- tors. Politically he was a strong Republican, but he never took an active part in public affairs. He was a member of the Methodist Church. For his first wife he married Miss Caroline Gil- bert, by whom he had the following named chil- Rufus Lockwood, grandfather of our subject, was born in the town of Lewisboro, N. Y., was there educated in the common schools, and ever afterward engaged in farming. Samuel G. Lock- wood, father of our subject, was born in the town of Lewisboro, N. Y., in 1845, was educa- dren: Theodore, who married Mary Hoyt, and Wilbur, who married Hattie Roscoe. The mother of these dying, he married Miss Sarah M. Olmstead, who was born December 2, 1849, in | the town of Redding, daughter of Aaron and I Eurama (Williams) Olmstead, of Wilton, Conn., ted in the common schools of his native place, I and by her marriage to Mr. Olmstead had the and following the example of his ancestors de- | following children: Eva M., born April 3, 1873, voted his life to farming. Politically he has i now deceased, and Carrie B., born October 3,

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 251

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