Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 258

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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Philo S. Beers (nurseryman, son of Nathan- iel S. and Marcia S. Beers), b. Jan., 1823, m. Jan. 10, 1844. Susan M .. dau. of William and Amy Tomlinson, of Newtown; lived in Bridgewater un- til 1864, when he moved to Cheshire, and died Feb., 1875. Children: (1) Estella J., b. Oct. 8, 1848, m. Oct. 8, 1868, Norman Platt, of Mil- ford, Conn., and had one dau., Edith, who d. at ae. 10 yrs. : and (2) Carrie A., b. July 24, 1853, m. Dec. 1, 1875, Dr. M. N. Chamberlin, of Cheshire, Conn .; no children.

Lewis G. Sherman (son of Sylvester and Mercy (Peck) Sherman), b. Apl. 14, 1813, in Bridgewater, m. Oct. 6, 1835, Jeanette E., dau. of Lauren Judson, of Woodbury: settled in Bethlehem, Conn .; died Oct. 27, 1890. Chil- dren: (1) Margaret A., b. Apl. 4, 1837, m. Oct. 3. 1866, George Wooten, of Woodbury; d. Jan. 17, 1892; he d. Jan. 18, 1892, ae. 60. (2) Sylvester J., b. Oct. 30, 1839, m. Annie Rob- erts, and settled in Norwalk. Conn., where he d. Nov. 15, 1886; one child. Frank F. (3) Emily Cornelia, b. 1847. d. Aug. 5, 1851. (4) George Lewis, b. July 26, 1850. d. July 26, 1851. (5) Julia. b. Jan. 18, 1853, m. Oct. 14, 1874. Arthur D. Warner. a lawyer of Woodbury.

The line of Ornan Sherman, youngest child of Lewis and Sarah (Glover) Sherman, is con- tinued below. Ornan Sherman (Dec. 15. 1792- Dec. 5. 1864) was married in 1813 to Clara Lake (Mch. 22, 1796-Feb. 28. 1861). dau. of John Lake, of Newtown. They had ten children.

Charles Lake Sherman, deceased. b. Mch. 20, 1814, married Eliza Blackman. [A sketch ap- pears elsewhere.]

State; live in Waterbury, Conn. (2) Nettie, m. James Patten, of Hamilton, New Jersey.

Sarah A. Sherman (dau. of Ornan and Clara (Lake) Sherman), born Feb. 10, 1827. m. Alfred Platt, of Waterbury, Conn., who d. Aug. 10, 1896. Children: (1) Sarah Jane, b. 1848. m. Jared P. King, of Waterbury; and (2) Alfred S., b. -. m. Eugenia Nettleton, of Naugatuck.

Phebe Sherman (dau. of Ornan and Clara (Lake) Sherman). b. Dec. 21, 1829, m. Oct. 14, 1849, Winters Day Somers, of Newtown; went to Leominster, Mass., where he was killed June 30, 1883; had two daughters.

Clara Sherman, b. Nov. 4, 1834, m. Will- iam Hoy.

The Twins, b .. Nov. 16, 1836, d. Nov. 18, 1836.

Samuel J. Sherman (son of Ornan and Clara (Lake) Sherman). b. April 22, 1838. m. (first) Nov .. 1861. Caroline (dau. of James Benedict, of Bethel), who d. Sept. 5, 1873, ae. 31 yrs., 2 mos., 10 ds .; m. (second) Sarah E. Wildman, of Brookfield, who d. Feb. 7, 1877, ae. 34 yrs. 3 ds. : m. Jane Lockwood, of Stony Hill. Chil- dren by first wife: (1) Philo B., b. Jan. 29, 1864, m. --- - Jennings, res. (Great Plain) Danbury; and (2) Arthur, m. Nov. 13. 1889, Belle, dau. of George McArthur, of Danbury; d. Aug. 5. 1896. 1

Edward T. Clark (son of Burton E. and Ab- bie T. (Sherman) Clark), b. Oct. 20, 1827, m. Nov. 5. 1848, Sylvia M., dau. of Hermon and Maria Peck, of Newtown; she d. May 4. 1889, ae. OC. They had Francis Herbert, b. Mch. 3, 1855. d. Mch. 9, 1859.

Juliette Clark (dau. of Burton E. and Abbie | T. (Sherman) Clark), b. Apl. 13, 1834. m. Oct. 12. 1858. George A. Northrop. of Roxbury, Conn .; res. Bridgeport, Conn. Children: (1)

Fanny Sherman (dau. of Ornan and Clara (Lake) Sherman). b. Aug. 21, 1817, m. William Platt. of (Stony Hill) Bethel, Conn .; settled in | Newtown, Conn .: he d. Apl. 27. 1894, at Mid- | Mary Estelle, b. Dec. 26, 1859, m. Nov. 14. 1 dletown. Children: (1) Frances W., b. April 1882, Frank C. Allen, of Bridgeport, and had ! George Robert. b. Nov. 25, 1883. d. Dec. 28, 188 ;: and (2) Grace Clark, b. Apl. 8, 1874, d. Mch. 25, 1882. 18. 1840, m. Oct. 18. 1861. Annie E., dau. of Heman and Fanny Northrop. of Newtown, d. Nov. 11, 1877, ae. 37. (2) Emily J., b. 1842. m. William Blackman, d. June 22, 1876. (3) Elmore S. Tyrrell (son of Isaac H. and Har- Charles S., b.

, m. Ella Ingraham, of : riet S. (Blake) Tyrrell), born Mch. 17, 1835. m. Adams. Mass .; their children-Leroy, Arthur | April 15. 1855. Letitia Clingham, b. Mch. 4. 1836, dau. of Thos. Clingham. Children: (1) 1880, John B. Post; (2) Francis Hubbell, b.

and Agnes. (4) Fanny E., b. Sept., 1850. d. June 11, 1853. (5) Roger S., b. 1854, d. Dec. i Arsina Augusta, b. Feb. 8, 1856. m. April 15, 21, 1872.

Jane Sherman (dau. of Ornan and Clara | Aug. 13. 1859. d. Aug. 27, 1864: and (3) Jennie, (Lake) Sherman), b. May 31. 1824, m. Lorin | b. May 14. 1864. m. Oct. 7, 1885. Richard E. Platt, of Bethel. Conn. : came first to Newtown; Nichols: one child, Hazel Irma, b. Sept. 6, 1887. then moved to New Brunswick, N. J., where he lived several years; then to Hamilton; afterward To return now to Benjamin Sherman (b. to Springfield, Mass., where he d. in 1873; she | March 29, 1662), son of Samuel (b. July, 1618), d. April 8, 1885, in Waterbury, Conn. Chil- ' we trace vet another line of Newtown Sher- dren: (1) Joseph, m. Belle Reade, of New York | mans, to wit:

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Job Sherman (sixth generation, son of Benja- min), born April 7, 1690, married May 28, 1713, Sarah Seeley, and had Ann, born in 1814, John, Joel, Nathan, and Ephraim. John Sherman (seventh generation, son of Job), married and had sons: Daniel, John. Elijah, Ezra and Jabez. Daniel Sherman (eighth generation, son of John). married and had sons: Daniel and Linus. Of these, Daniel married and had a son, Roswell, whose children were: Fanny, who married a Dewey; and Nellie, who married Austin Moody.

Linus Sherman (ninth generation, son of Daniel) married Artemisia, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Devine) Curtis, and had children: Flora died in young girlhood; Daniel, married and settled in the West; Hannah married Nath- an Prince; Sarah and Mary both died in young childhood; Aurelia married William S. Whiting, of Redding; Phebe, born in 1815, married Hermon Beers.

Nathan Sherman (seventh generation, son of Job) married and had children: Truman, Philo, Lyman and Joseph, all of Newtown. Joel Sher- man (seventh generation, son of Job) married and had Abel, George, Job and Timothy. Ephraim Sherman (seventh generation, son of Job) married and had Amos and Peter. Amos was the father .of Homer B. Sherman, of Roxbury. Elijah Sherman (eighth generation.son of John) married and had John and Ira. Ezra Sherman (eighth generation, son of John) married and had John, Elijah and Eli.

Enos Sherman (sixth generation, son of Benjamin) married and had Josiah and Samuel. Benjamin Sherman (sixth generation, son of Benjamin) married and had Timothy and James. Samuel Sherman (sixth generation, son of Ben- jamin) married and had Lemuel, Elijah and Isaac. James Sherman (sixth generation, son of Benjamin) married and had Adonijah, William and Edmund. Nathaniel Sherman (sixth gener- ation, son of Benjamin) married and had Nath- an, Phineas and Nathaniel. Nathan Sherman (seventh generation, son of Nathaniel) married and had Nathan and Wheeler. Nathaniel Sher- man (seventh generation, son of Nathaniel) mar- ried and had David and Nathaniel. Phineas Sherman (seventh generation, son of Nathaniel) married and had Philo.

Philo Sherman (fifth generation, son of Phin- eas) married and had Anna. Fanny, Clark, Polly, Lue L., Carlos, Warren, Hannah. Truman, Es- ther, Hittie M., and Hiram. Clark Sherman {ninth generation, son of Philo) married and had Lewis and Ira. Lue L. Sherman (sixth genera- tion, son of Philo) married and had Philo and Bennett. Carlos Sherman (sixth generation,

son of Philo) married a nd had Minerva, Susan, Mary, Harriet, Eliza an d Burton. Burton Sher- man (seventh generation, son of Carlos) married and had Sophronia ( Mrs. Eli B. Beers, of Newtown). Eliza Sherman (tenth gereration, daughter of Carlos) ma rried Samuel Curtis War- ner, and had children: Carlos S. and Lucius C.

ROGER SHERMAN L'INE .- Johr. Sherman, of Dedham, clothier, son cof Edmond Sherman and Anne Cleave, is supposed to Jave married a Sparhawk. . He was the father of Captain John Sherman or Shearman ('as he spelt his name), who was born in 1613, and came to New Eng- land about 1634, settling in Watertown, Mass. He was captain, surveyor, representative in the General Court, and town clerk. He was stew- ard of Harvard College, in 1660, and probably for years after. He was with Governor Win- throp when the northern boundary of Massa- chusetts was surveyed, and when the corner was established at Wier's Landing, Lake Winnepe- saukee. He died January 25, 1690. His wife, Martha (Palmer), daughter of Roger and Grace Palmer, of Long Sutton, South Hampton, died February 7, 1701.

Joseph Sherman, son of Captain John, was born in Watertown, May 14, 1650, and was a blacksmith by trade. He married Elizabeth Winship. daughter of Lieut. Edward Winship, of Cambridge. He was a representative in the General Court in 1702-3-4-5, and often served as selectman and assessor. He had eleven child- ren, of whom, the ninth child and seventh son, William, born June 23, 1692, was the father of Roger Sherman. This William was a cordwainer, and appears to have been a farmer as well as a shoemaker. His first wife was Rebecca Cutler, of Watertown, by whom he had one son, Will- iam, who died in infancy. For his second wife he married, September 3, 1715, Mehetabel Wellington, of Watertown, daughter of Benja- min, son of Roger Wellington, who came from England, and his children by this marriage were: William, Mehetabel, Roger, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Josiah and Rebecca. Of this family, Roger Sherman was born in Newtown, Mass., April 19, 1721.

From Hon. John Sherman's " Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet," we glean that the family name of Sherman is, no doubt, of Saxon origin, is very common along the Rhine, and in different parts of the German Empire, where it is written Shearmann or Schurmann. The English Shermans lived chiefly in Essex and Suffolk counties, near the east coast, and in Lon-

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don, and the name appe ars frequently in local records. Nearly every fa mily of the name fur- nished a preacher, while at few members of it at- tained the dignity of kinighthood. A greater number became landed property holders, and more wert engaged in tranie in London.

to the present generation. Of Samuel Sherman Mr. Cothren says: 'He was from Dedham, Essex County, England, came to this country in 1634, and previous to the date of the new plantation, at Woodbury, had been a leading man in the colony of Connecticut. He had assisted in the The principal family of the name in the 16th century were the Shermans of Yaxley, in the County of Sufolk. Edmond Sherman, ancestor of John Sherman, was a .member of this family. He was born in 1585, andi was married to Judith 1 Angier. May 26, '611. He resided in Dedham, Essex County, England,, was a manufacturer of I settlement of several other towns in the colony, and now undertook the same for Woodbury. He I had been a member of the Court of Assistants, or Upper House of the General Court, and Supreme Judicial Tribunal, for five or six years, I from 1663. and held various offices and appoint- ! ments of honor and trust. He is referred to in cloth, and a man of me ans and high standing. I ancient deeds and documents as the " Worshipful Accompanied by his nephew. "Captain John." 1 timated in this record.

Mr. Sherman." In 1676 he was one of the com-

he left England for Boston, Mass., as already in- I mission for Stratford and Woodbury.'

"The order of succession of the descendants of

" Capt. John Sherman," continues Mr. Sher- : Samuel Sherman, the ancestor of the family to man in his narrative. "soon after his arrival in i which I belong. is as follows: I. John Sherman, Boston settled in Watertown, Mass., where he | the fifth child of Samuel Sherman, was born at married and had a large family of children. . Stratford, Conn., February 8. 1650. He early Among his descendants was Roger Sherman, of . moved to Woodbury. He died December 13, the Revolution, by far the most distinguished man of the name. He had the good fortune to contribute to and sign the three most important papers of American History. the .Address to the King,' the . Declaration of Independence,' and the . Constitution of the United States.' Among

1 173C. ]]. John Sherman (2). the fifth child of John. was baptized June, 1687. He married Hachaliah Preston, July 22, 1714. He . died ]]]. Daniel Sherman, the third child of John (2). was born August 14, 1721, and died July 2. 1799. IV. Taylor Sherman, the sixth other descendants of Capt. John Sherman were child of Daniel, was born in 1758. He married Hon. Roger Minot Sherman, of New Haven, a : Elizabeth Stoddard in 1787, and died in Con- nephew of Roger Sherman, a distinguished law- . necticut. May 15, 1815. His widow died at ver and a leading participant in the Hartford ! Mansfield, Ohio, August 1. 1848. V. Charles Convention. William M. Evarts, George F. ' Robert Sherman, eldest child of Tavlor, was Hoar and Chauncey M. Depew are descendants ! born September 26, 1788, married Mary Hoyt, of Roger Sherman or his brother.

"Rev. John Sherman, the eldest son of Ed- mond Sherman, was born on the 26th of Decem- ber, 1613, at Dedham, England. He graduated . at Immanuel College, Cambridge, left college a | of whom lived to maturity. ] am the eighth Puritan, and came over to America in 1634. as , child of this family. The names and dates of already stated. He had a large family of chil- dren, and his numerous descendants are well dis- tributed throughout the United States, but most of them in the State of New York.

of Norwalk. Conn., May 8, 1810. He died on 1 the 24th of June, 1829. His widow died at Mans- field. Ohio. September 23, 1852. They had · eleven children, six sons and five daughters, all | the birth of the children of my parents are as fol- lows: Charles Taylor Sherman, February 3, 1811; Mary Elizabeth Sherman, April 21, 1812; James Sherman, December 10, 1814; Amelia Sherman, February 11, 1816; Julia Ann Sherman, July 24, 1818: William Tecumseh Sherman, February 8,

" Samuel Sherman, the youngest son of Ed- mond Sherman, is the ancestor of the family to which I belong. At the age of sixteen years he | 1820: Lampson Parker Sherman, October 31, came with his brother, Rev. John, and his cousin, | 1821: John Sherman, May 10. 1823; Susan Den- · Captain John.' in April. 1634. in the ship

man Sherman, October 10, 1825; Hoyt Sherman, ' Elizabeth,' from Ipswich, and arrived in Bos- | November 1, 1827; and Fanny Beecher Sherman, ton in June, and for a time settled in Watertown, ! May 3, 1829."

Mass. He afterward moved to Wethersfield, Conn., thence to Stamford and thence to Strat- ford.

T HE TOUCEY FAMILY, which has held a prominent place in this section from early

"In Cothren's 'History of Ancient Wood- bury' there are found full details of the life of | Colonial times, traces descent from Richard Tou- Samuel Sherman and his numerous descendants , cev. a pioneer settler of Wethersfield, Conn.,

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who came from an English town called Tows- land, Towsley, or Towsey, these varied methods of spelling appearing in different records. Rich- ard Toucey had a son, Thomas, from whom the Fairfield county branch of the family is descended.

Thomas Toucey died at Wethersfield in 1712. leaving at least two children-Thomas, Jr., and Elizabeth, who married Josiah Churchill.

Thomas Toucey, Jr., who was born at Weth- ersfield in 1688, was graduated at Yale College in 1707, and in 1709 joined the little company of settlers at Newtown. His name appears among the residents of the town in 1712, and he seems to have been active and influential in local poli-

1720; Elizabeth, born November 27, 1723; Oliver, who is mentioned more fully below; Me- hitabel, born March 17, 1727, who became the second wife of Agur Judson, of Huntington; Ann, born in 1728, who was married May 2, 1752, to Daniel Baldwin; John, who is mentioned below; | Thomas, who settled in Woodbury. Conn .; and Zalmon, of whom a fuller account is given below. Ann and Daniel Baldwin had two sons: Clark, i who married Phedima Prindle; and Daniel, who died in 1819.

Oliver Toucey, the eldest son of Rev. Thomas Toucey, was born in 1726 and died in 1799. He and his wife, Deborah, had a large family of tics and in religious matters. According to the i children: (1) Philo, born September 1, 1750, town records, the organization of a Church was | was married, January 18, 1781, to Esther Shel- first formally attempted at a meeting of the pro- I ton, and died June 21, 1824. He had three prietors held September 24, 1711, and as their . daughters-Lucretia, born December 11, 1783, offer to Phineas Fisk to preach for them a year . and died May 13, 1841, married May 18, 1803, on trial was declined, a call was extended on or | David Platt, grandfather of Prof. Johnson. T. about May 21, 1713. to " Rev. Thomas Tousey, | Platt, of New Haven, and Theron E. Platt, of of Wethersfield." to preach for one year at a sal-

Hopewell: Esther, born May 16, 1785, married

ary of thirty pounds, and the proceeds of some i Israel A. Beardsley, had a daughter, Flora Jane, land which the Society agreed to break up, sow, I now Mrs. Aaron Sanford; and Flora, born Janu-

and harvest. Mr. Toucey began his ministry ; ary 7, 1802, married Asa B. Beardsley, and had soon afterward, and in October, 1715, when the i a family of several children, one son, J. M. Church was formally organized, he was ordained as pastor. At that time there were thirty fam- ilies included in the membership, and although for a while harmony seemed to prevail, some signs of dissatisfaction became apparent about 1723, certain members declaring, as stated in the town records, that they could not "sit easy " under

: ¡ Beardsley, being a well-known resident of New- town. (2) Isaac, born January 22, 1755. died ! December 6, 1794. (3) Zalmon, born March 7, 1759. (4) Oliver, Jr., born April 8, 1770, died November 23, 1837. His children were Philo, I born December 3, 1798, died December 24, 1837; ! Nabby, born December 12, 1800, died January his preaching, while others averred that they ; 5. 1804; Harriet, born May 20, 1803, died Sep- "were of a different persuasion, " meaning, doubt- | tember 26, 1833; Emily, who married a Mr. less, that they inclined to the Church of England. Naturally Mr. Toucey was disturbed by this un- 1 Chittenden, of Kent and Bridgeport; Isaac, of ! whom special mention is made farther on; fortunate state of affairs, and the result was that | Maria, wife of Amos Parks, of Buffalo, N. Y .; he resigned his pastorate and went to England, and Polly Ann, who married Preston Perry, of where he received a commission as captain from | Kent. (5) Hannah, born April 19, 1775, mar- the British Government. After his return to : ried Zachariah Clarke, father of the late Philo Newtown he began the practice of medicine, and | Clarke.

John Toucey, the second son of Rev. Thomas Toucey, was born in 1730 and settled in Hunt- 1 ingtown. He married Rebecca Booth, who died September 19, 1803, and his own death occurred July 7, 1776, three days after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. They had a I numerous family of children: (1) John, Jr., was i born in 1751. (2) Abel, born in 1756, died June 7. 1825. He was twice married, and had the I following children-John Glover, father of W. | P. Toucey, of Long Hill; Sarah Ann, mother of

throughout his life he continued to take a leading part in the affairs of that locality. In 1743 he ! was appointed to oppose the formation of a new ecclesiastical society in Newbury (now Brook- field), and he was selected to fix the boundaries between New Milford and Newtown. He died March 14, 1761, and among the heirlooms treas- ured by his descendants is an account book whose items, dating back as far as 1715, throw much light on the early history of Newtown. Rev. Thomas Toucev was married, November 12, 1717, to Hannah Clark, of Milford, by whom he had : J. B. Peck, Esq .; Grandison Curtis; Marcia, mother of Lewis Hubbell, of Stepney; Zerah;

the following children: Hannah (Mrs. Josiah Hooker, of Norwalk). born September 25, 1718; . Philo; Minerva; Esther Ann: and (by his second Arminel (Mrs. Donald Grant), born April 14, . marriage) Abel, Jr. (3) Ann, born in 1761, died

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in infancy. (4) David, born in 1764, died May which, however, seldom disturbed his composure. In one instance only did he reply to a political accusation, and that was the charge of "dispers- ing the navy to foreign parts at the breaking out | of the rebellion in 1861," and although he was fully exonerated by a committee of Congress, ap- pointed at his own request, the accusation con- tinued to annoy him when repeated. He had | many friends who placed the most complete con- 5, 1841, and his wife, Clarinda, died March 10, 1842, at the age of seventy-six. (5) Donald, born in 1766, died May 20. 1829, and his wife, Betty, died July 2, 1854, aged eighty-six. One of their sons, Samuel, was the father of John M. Toucey, superintendent of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad, and another, Sinclair, was formerly a member of the firm of St. John & Toucey, merchant tailors, at the corner of | fidence in his integrity and uprightness, and his Broadway and Wall street, New York City. (6) Ann (2) was born in 1768. (7) Hannah was memory will ever be closely linked with the im- portant events of his time. He married Cath- erine Burrill. born in 1770, and (8) Rebecca in 1771.

Zalmon Toucey, the youngest son of Rev. Thomas Toucey, was born in 1738, and died June 23, 1816. He, also, had a large family of J MURRAY . JOHNSON, M. D., physician and surgeon, Bridgeport, Fairfield county, Connecticut. children: (1) Thomas, born May 7, 1765. (2) Lazarus, born July 2, 1767. (3) Donald Grant, born November 12, 1768. (4) Azariah. born December 4. 1770. (5) Zalmon, Jr .. born March 6, 1772. (6) Phoebe, born June 6, 1773, was married October 29, 1796, to Ebenezer Turner, D ICK FAMILY. Joseph Dick & Sons were closely identified with the manufacturing interests of Newtown three-quarters of a cen- tury ago. and died in 1841. Her children were Emma, William, Mary, David, Ebenezer and Jane. (7) Jerusha, born February 23, 1774. (8) Sarah, Joseph Dick was born in 1787. in Monroe, born June 28, 1777, married Judge Samuel Black- | but was bound to John Sanford, after the manner man, who lived at the site of the " Grand Cen- I of those days, when but four years old. He tral Hotel" at Newtown, and she died December i worked on the farm as soon as he was old enough, 6, 1835. (9) Joseph, born March 5, 1780. (10) Polly, born January 18, 1784.

during the summers, and in the fall helped to full and dress the woolen cloth made by the I neighboring farmers. The fulling and dressing I of cloth was then quite a business, and those en- | gaged in the work were called clothiers.

One of the most distinguished members of this family was HON. ISAAC TOUCEY, an able lawyer, who held many important offices, both State and National. He was born in Newtown Later, Mr. Dick went into partnership with John Sanford in the cloth-dressing business, and finally put in two or three looms and began weaving broadcloth. But the young man was full of ambition, and was soon in business for himself, building a shop in what is now the upper rubber pond. Here he took Josiah Sanford into partnership, Mr. Sanford's knowledge of ma- chinery asa wheelwright offsetting in some meas- ure Mr. Dick's acquaintance with the knowledge November 5. 1796, son of Oliver Toucey, Jr. (above). He studied law with Asa Chapman, of Newtown, and in 1818 began his professional practice in Hartford. where he soon rose to prominence. From 1822 to 1835 he was State's attorney for Hartford county, and in the latter year he was elected to Congress, where he served four years. In 1846 he was elected governor of Connecticut, and during the last year of Presi- dent Polk's administration he held the office of i of cassimeres. into the manufacture of which Attorney General. In 1850 he was chosen to the | the firm embarked. They took up the mak- United States Senate, but after serving five years | ing of satinet as soon as that cloth came in he resigned to take a place in President Buchan- | fashion, and thrived so that the buildings had an's cabinet as Secretary of the Navy. At one ' to be enlarged twice, two sets of woolen machin- time he was offered a place on the Bench of the United States Supreme Court, but declined the honor. His last years were spent in retirement ery and from fifty to seventy-five hands being em- | ploved. The firm owned much land, and were i in partnership with Samuel B. Peck in the store at his pleasant home in Hartford, where he died , still standing in Sandy Hook. Through some July 30, 1869. at the advanced age of seventy- : disagreement this partnership was dissolved, and two. He was always a firm supporter of the | the business finally closed. Mr. Dick died in principles of the Democratic party, and, as he | 1846, aged fifty-nine years.

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 258

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