Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 63

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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Politically, Mr. Sherwood was first a Whig, later a Republican. At one time he was active in party work, attending conventions, and for a number of years he held the office of justice of the peace. He always associated with men who were older than himself, as he enjoyed their instructive conversation, and he was thus brought into prominence in various movements while quite young. When but twenty-one years old he was elected secretary of the Fairfield County Agricultural Society, of which P. T. Barnum was president, and during the forty-nine years in which the society held fairs he attended


forty-seven. The only time their fair was held in Fairfield township was through his individual efforts, and he was ever ready to devote his time and influence toward strengthening the associa- tion and increasing its usefulness to the people. He was one of the organizers of the "Greens Farms Farmers Club," presiding at its first meet- ing, and as this is one of the most efficient clubs in the State, as well as one of the oldest, he can look upon it with justifiable pride. He has made more than a local reputation by his able work in these lines, and at one time he was chosen on the executive committee of the State Agricultural Society. For many years he has been active also in religious work as a member of Trinity Episcopal Church at Southport, in which he has held office for forty-five years, and is now serving as vestryman. For some time he was a teacher in the Sunday-school, and for ten years was a member of the Church choir. Notwithstanding his advanced age, Mr. Sherwood is vigorous in mind and body, and his kindly, generous and upright nature makes him a favorite among all classes in the community.


D AVID ELLIOTT PLUMB, a well-to-do resi- dent of Nichols, has been identified for many years with the agricultural interests of that locality. He was formerly engaged extensively in lumbering, owning and operating a sawmill, but of late years he has relinquished that busi- ness in order to enjoy in well-earned leisure the fruits of his past efforts.


Mr. Plumb resides at the old family home- stead in the same house in which he first saw the light on November 28, 1835, and among the at- tractions of his home is a large and well-selected library. While his educational opportunities were limited to the local schools of his day, he has been a constant reader of the best literature, and his information covers a wide range of topics. On April 26, 1893, he married Ermina Nichols, daughter of Elbert Nichols, of Nichols, Trum- bull.


Our subject's ancestors were early settlers in the town of Trumbull, and his grandfather, David Plumb, who was born June 25, 1751, in Milford. Conn., and died May 31, 1813, was a prominent agriculturist at Nichols. He was married De- cember 19, 1776, to Mary Beach, who was born March 11, 1758, and died August 10, 1833. They had five children, whose names with dates of birth are as follows: Hannah, October 9, 1777; Noah, May 3, 1782; Mary, September 8, 1787; David B., our subject's father; and Camilla, August 13, 1801.


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David B. Plumb was born March 31. 1796, 'Getman & Judd. In April, 1897. Mr. Frank and became a farmer at the old homestead, | W. Bogardus, who had been connected with the where his death occurred November 26. 1878. , business for fifteen years, was taken into the firm He was married December 26, 1821. to Miss as junior partner, the name being again changed, to Getman, Judd & Co. Esther Wheeler, who was born February 3. 1796, and died January 2. 1893. This worthy couple had seven children: Abbie M .. born December 7, 1822, died November 26. 1894: Ezra W.,


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Becoming conscious of the insidious inroads of a heart affection, and weary from application to business. Mr. Getman left home on the 28th born February 25. 1825. died November 10, . of September, 1897, for a few weeks of recrea- 1897; Orange B., born October 11, 1827: Mary . tion among his old friends in Oswego, N. Y. E. (Mrs. Lockwood), born March 2, 1830, died January 17, 1899; Catherine E., born February 4. 1833, died August 29, 1879; David E., our subject: and Francis A., born September IS, 1841, died November 16, 1894. 1 On the morning of October 12, Stamford was stunned with the message that he had been called to the rest that is unbroken, to the sleep that knows no waking. His many virtues at once became the theme of those who called him friend, and the commercial world awoke to a keen sense of its loss. From his ancestors, HARLES H. GETMAN was born June 1, : : both paternal and maternal, Mr. Getman had 1840, in Troy. N. Y., the son of Charles and Chloe (Hutton) Getman, and the grandson of George Getman. of Fulton county. N. Y. i humble station in life, with but limited advant- He was the eldest of five children-Charles H .; Timothy W., deceased: Edward M., of Water- , all that constituted his splendid after life. Al- vliet. N. Y .: Webster H., of Chicago; and Julia E., deceased. inherited those sterling characteristics which , unite in true manhood, and though born to an i ages for education, he wrought out for himself . ways loyal to friend, colleague and country, he was prompt to respond to each by sympathy or service. He was a director in the Stamford Sav- lings Bank, and in both the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insur- ance Companies.


Mr. Getman received his education in the public schools of Troy and the academies of Lenox, Mass., and Warrenville. N. Y., and as a 1 student he manifested the same persistent appli- cation which characterized his business life. Leaving school at an early age he was clerk for three years in the lumber office of Platt, Get- man & Harris, of which firm his father was a member, and this proved to be his introduction into the line of business which occupied his attention for the remainder of his life. In 1859 Mr. Getman entered the office of J. W. Free- man & Co .. of West Troy, N. Y. It was here that his sound business judgment was de- veloped. and under Mr. Freeman he received the practical training which in after years proved so valuable. during his employment with this firm rising from the position of clerk to that of junior partner. In 1874 he acquired an interest in the wholesale lumber business of Boyd & Co., of Oswego, N. Y., and the business was carried on for three years under the firm name of Getman. Boyd & Co., after which Mr. Getman assumed entire control. In 1888 he purchased the interest of Mr. St. John in the firm of St. John, Hoyt & Co, of Stamford, Conn., and also became connected with the St. John Wood Working Company, at Stam- ford, holding the office of vice-president. Under the firm name of Hoyt. Getman & Judd the ! business continued until 1893, when upon the death of Mr. Hoyt the style was changed to | had long been the aspiration of his pure heart,


At the time of his death Mr. Getman was a member of the Stamford Suburban Club, the Republican Club of New York City, the Con- necticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. the Stamford Board of Trade (of I which he was president for several years), and a Sir Knight Templar of Apollo Commandery, of Troy, N. Y. Always a stanch Republican, he honorably represented the town of Stamford in the State Legislature of 1892 and 1893, serving on the committee of Cities and Boroughs. As president of the Connecticut Lumber Dealers As- sociation he gave his earnest thought and judg- ment to its advancement, and was always keenly alive to any movement or suggestion favoring its future development. He was not unfamiliar with our Civil war, having been sent as an agent of the War Department in charge of ordnance stores- from the Watervliet Arsenal to General Grant at Chattanooga, Tenn., soon after the battle of Lookout Mountain.


While honored by his business associates for his unswerving integrity and uniform suavity of manner, yet it was in his home that the real lus- tre of his worth was seen. In 1871 he married Miss Alice Peake, a resident of Broadalbin, N. Y., the union forming the nucleus of a home that


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and which in its mutual enjoyment became the gem before which all others grew dim. Mr. Getman is survived by his wife and only son, Frederick Hutton Getman.


H ON. SMITH P. GLOVER, of Sandy Hook, is one of the most highly respected citizens of the county, and worthily represents a family which has long been prominent in this section.


Mr. Glover is a descendant of Henry Glover, of England, who came to America in 1636, and located in the New Haven colony. John Glover, the grandfather of our subject, was born Novem- ber 1, 1787, and made his home in Zoar Dis- trict, of the town of Newtown, where he died May 10, 1828. His first wife was Miss Esther Beers, his second being a Miss Curtis, and three children survived him as follows: Maryette, who : married Ira Curtis; Juliette, wife of Harrison Hawley; and William Beach, our subject's Smith P. Glover, whose name introduces these lines, was born August 16, 1837, and was educated in Sandy Hook and at the academy in Newtown. At the age of fifteen he began his business career as clerk in his father's store, and after becoming fully acquainted with all the de- tails of the management he was admitted in 1861, as noted above, to membership in the firm. After the death of his father he continued as senior partner of the firm of Glover & Warner until Mr. Clarke entered the firm, when the title father, all born to the marriage with Esther : was changed to Glover, Warner & Clarke. This arrangement lasted until 1889, when Mr. Glover retired from the firm. He has been connected more or less closely with various business enter- prises at different times, and his ventures have been uniformly successful, as he is one of the keen, far-sighted men whose judgment can be re- lied on. This fact, in connection with his wide- spread knowledge of affairs, has brought him a large amount of business for others, in the settle- ment of estates. For many years he has been prominent in the political work in his locality as a member of the Republican party. In 1872 he was a member of the State Senate from the old Eleventh Senatorial District, and in 1884 and 1885 he represented the Fifteenth District in the same body. During his first term he was chairman of the committee on Sale of Lands, and during the last two years of his service he was chairman


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William Beach Glover was born February 4. IS11. in Zoar District, town of Newtown, and about 1835 went into mercantile business at Sandy Hook in partnership with Samuel B. Peck. After four years in his first location he removed to the store which has since been known as " Glover's Store." It was conducted under the name of William B. Glover until 1861, when his son (our subject) and J. Hobart Warner joined him under the title of William B. Glover & Co. After the death of the senior partner in 1864, the two younger members of the firm con- tinued the business under the firm name of Glover & Warner. The present building was erected by William Beach Glover in 1857, and is one of the largest in the locality, the business being still carried on successfully by others on the lines laid down by the founder, who was i of the committee on Finance.


noted for his sound judgment and foresight. Mr. Glover devoted his attention quite strictly to his business, and while he was a stanch Whig in early years, later becoming an equally firm sup- porter of the Republican party, he never took an active share in partisan work. For many years he was a leading member of the Episcopal . Church, belonging to Trinity parish in Newtown, and at his death he left a bequest in his will for the purpose of building a church at Sandy Hook, now known as St. John's Church. He died March 16, 1864, sincerely mourned by all classes in the community. His first wife, Harriet A. {Peck), to whom he was married November 7, 1832, was born September 1, 1810, a daughter of Zera S. A. Peck, of Brookfield, this county,


and died September 30, 1843. On September | 25, 1848, for his second wife he married Susan Nichols, who was born December 25, 1817, and died May 18, 1899. He had four children, all by the first marriage: Esther S., born Septem- ber 23. 1833, died January 4. 1860; John E., born December 10, 1835. died February 5, 1872; Smith P., our subject, is mentioned more fully below; and Beach Booth, born June 9, 1838, died April 5. 1841.


On September 30, 1861, Mr. Glover married Miss Maria A. Tomlinson, a daughter of George A. Tomlinson, of Oxford. Conn., and the follow- I ing children have blessed the union: William T., | born October 13, 1862, died September 5, 1863; Lorena T., born May 8, 1865, was married De- cember 11, 1895, to George F. Taylor; and Har- riet P., born May 30, 1870, was married January 12, 1898, to Charles Lawrence Warner, a son of Austin and Belle (Lawrence) Warner, of Vicks- burg. Miss. They have one child, Lawrence Glover Warner, born October 29. 1898. The family is prominent socially, and Mr. Glover is an active member of Hiram Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M., at Newtown, in which he is a Master Mason. He was formerly a member of Trinity Episcopal


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Church at Newtown, but is now identified with St. John's Church of Sandy Hook.


THE GLOVER FAMILY has been identified with Connecticut from early Colonial times, its various branches tracing their descent from Henry Glover, a native of England, who crossed the Atlantic in 1636, landing at Boston. He is supposed to have been about twenty-four years old at the time, and the remainder of his life was spent chiefly at New Haven, where he died September 2, 1689. According to the old rec- ords, he "became reconciled to the Church" in New Haven June 11, 1644, and took the oath of allegiance to the Colony July 1, 1644. His wife, Helena, died at New Haven March 1. 1697. They had a family of seven children, as follows: Mary was baptized June 12. 1641; Mercy, bap- tized August 16, 1643, was married May 5, 1664, to Moses Mansfield; Hannah, baptized May 26, 1646, was married November 24, 1663, to David Ashley; John (1). the next in the line of descent which we are now tracing. is mentioned more fully below; Abigail (1) died in infancy; Abigail (2), baptized July 31, 1652, was married Decem- ber 11, 1678, to Daniel Burr; and Sarah, born December 3, 1655. was married December 11, 1678, to John Baller.


John Glover (1) was born October 8. 164S. and died January 29, 1679. On December 7. 1671, he married Joanna Daniel, by whom he had the following named children: Hannah, born October 10, 1672; John, who is mentioned below; Elizabeth, born February 23. 1676, who married Abram Dickenson, January 6. 1697-98; and Mehitabel, born May 1, 1679, who was mar- ried December 18, 1705, to Benjamin Coney, of Stratford. Joanna (Daniel) Glover, widow of John, was married December 28, 1682, to Will- jam Thompson.


John Glover (2). son of John and Joanna. was born in New Haven, November 20, 1674, and for about sixteen years of his manhood re- sided at Stratford. He died June 30, 1752, and was buried at Newtown. On November 27, 1700, he married, for his first wife, Margaret or Marjory Hubbard, who died at Stratford, March 14, 1704, leaving two sons, John and Henry, who are both mentioned farther on. On July 14. 1707, he married, for a second wife, Mrs. Bathiah Beach Bickley, by whom he had one son, Ben- jamin, who is mentioned more fully below.


John Glover (3), eldest son of John of Strat- ford, was born in New Haven, December 30. 1701, and, although an old man at the time of the Revolutionary war, served from 1777 to 1783 in the Dragoon Artillery. Third Troop, Connecticut Militia, under Col. Elisha Sheldon.


On July 12, 1724, he was married at Norwalk, this county, by Stephen Buckingham, to Eliza- beth Bennett, of Stratford, by whom he had the following children: Marjory, born May 22, 1725, married David Blackman, of Newtown; Sarah, born January 3, 1726; Elizabeth, born January 1, 1728, married October 7, 1751, to Joseph Blackman, of Newtown; Bathiah, born February 20, 1730, married October 7. 1757, to John Camp, of Newtown; John and James, of whom mention is made farther on; Isaac; Arnold; and Susannah, who died December 6, 1822, in New- town.


Henry Glover, son of John, of Stratford, was born at that place, October 8, 1703, and died February 12, 1784. He was married February 12, 1735, to Prudence Stoddard, by whom he had the following children: Henry, an account of whom is given in the paragraph devoted to the fifth generation; Simeon, born July 2, 1738. died in December, 1755, leaving no heirs; Es- ther, born May 23, 1740, died April 8, 1759; Pru- dence, born June 5, 1742; Silas, born April 8, 1744, died December 18, 1758; Anadine, born May 29, 1746, died in 1753, aged seven years; Elias, born August 9, 1748, died in June, 1832, married | (first) Nancy Beers, and (second) Joanna North- I rop; Solomon, born December 1, 1750, is men- : tioned more fully below; Anadine (2), born No- vember 7, 1754, married a Mr. Bradfield and set- tled in Danbury.


Benjamin Glover, the third son of John of Stratford, was born at that place September 7. 1708, and was married on October 10, 1732, by Rev. John Beach, of Newtown, to Mollie Bun- nell, from near New Haven. The children of this union were: Glorianna, born August 22. 1734. did not marry; Huldah, born February 6, 1737, married Joseph Prindle; Mary, born April 6, 1739, married William Hawley; Mabel. born January 22, 1741; Bathia, born March 4, 1743, married Joseph Tomlinson, of Brookfield. this county; Rebecca, born May 7, 1745, mar- ried November 17, 1767, Ichabod Fairman; Ala- i thea, born October 5, 1747; Christopher, born December 9, 1750; Amelia, born August 28. 1753, married a Mr. Jarvis, and moved to To- ronto; and Benjamin, born May 5, 1756, mar- ried Phoebe Sanford. The lines of descent from 1 this branch of the family are not traced farther in this sketch, and in the following paragraph we will mention only descendants of John and Henry. 1 the sons of John of Stratford, by his first wife.


John (4), eldest son of John (3), was born February 11, 1732, and died July 2, 1802. He 1 married Elizabeth Curtis, and they had the fol- i lowing children: John, who never married;


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Birdsey. Salmon, Josiah, Benjamin Curtis, and Betsey or Elizabeth, who are all mentioned in the next paragraph, devoted to the sixth genera- tion; and Phoebe, who married Samuel Wheeler, of Oxford, Conn., and died in 1848. James, sec- ond son of John (3), was born August 3, 1735, and married (first) Eunice Booth, (second) Mabel, widow of Dr. Washlow, and (third) Sarah, widow of Amos Peck. He had no issue by his second marriage, but six children survived him, as follows: Naomi, who married Daniel Beers, son of Daniel and Naomi Booth Beers; Bathia, wife of Abel Skidmore; Anna, wife of Abijah Curtis; James, who died in September, 1832; Ezra and Bennett, who are mentioned in the next paragraph. Of the sons of Henry (2) and his wife, Prudence (Stoddard), the eldest, Henry, was born February 29, 1736, and was married May 24, 1759, to Julia Bassett, who died March 20, 1762. On November 14, 1762. he married (second) Anna Sanford. By the first marriage he had one daughter, Esther, born August 18, 1760, who married Abel Toucey, of Newtown. By his second marriage he had seven children: Sarah; Anna, born October 27, 1765; Rhoda, born February 25, 1769; Simeon, born May 14. 1772; Prudence, born November 3, 1774; Henry, born April 7, 1779, and Lucy, born July 11, 1782. The youngest son of Henry (2) and Prudence (Stoddard), Rev. Solomon Glover, was born December 1, 1750, and died July 26, 1842, at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He was married February 2, 1773, to Mary Northrop, by whom he had the following chil- dren: Joanna, born October 28, 1774, was married March 18, 1794, to Henry Botsford, and died December 26, 1832; Mary Ann, born November 19, 1776, was married August 3, 1794, to James Glover; Annadine, born April 8, 1779, married Josiah Beardsley, of Watertown, Conn .; Huldah, born July 24, 1781, married Russell Canfield; Silas Norman, born September 30, 1783, married Nancy Morris (aunt of Luzon Morris, governor of Connecticut) : Volusia, born July 9, 1785, died February 19, 1788; Isaac, born 1787, died in infancy; Isaac (2), born December 10, 1788: Ziba, born June 17, 1791, married Mar- inda Griswold; Maria, born May 2, 1794, mar- ried Ambrose Beach, of Monroe. this county; and Heman, born June 26, 1796, died in 1816.


VI. Of the children of John (4), Birdsey, Sal- mon, Josiah, Benjamin Curtis and Betsey or Eliza- beth left descendants who are here mentioned. Birdsey, who was born in 1757 and died Sep- tember 8, 1825, married (first) Anna Baldwin, who died August 26, 1811, and (second) Esther Gregory; he had two children, both by his first


wife, their names being Andrew B. and Polly, of whom the latter, born in 1786, married Stephen Merwin, and died September 23, 1824. Salmon, son of John (4), was born May 3, 1760, and died October 21, 1827; his wife, Phœbe (Beach), a granddaughter of Rev. John Beach, was born in 1760, and died in 1835. They had the follow- ing children: Lucy Ann, born June 22, 1783; John, born November 1, 1787, married Esther Beers, and died May 10, 1828; Sarah (1), born April 15, 1790, died April 25, 1790; Villeroy, born June 17, 1794. married Susan Hard, and died October 2, 1841; Sarah (2), born May 1, 1799, died June 3, 1823. Josiah, son of John (4), was born November 27, 1762, and died No- vember 1, 1840; he was married September 4, 1792, to Rebecca, daughter of Abel Booth, and the following children were born to their union: Betsey, born October 22, 1794, married Henry Beers on January 2, 1817, and died November 4, 1835; Abiel Booth, born January 16, 1797, is mentioned in the next paragraph, his descend- ants being traced through the seventh and eighth generations; Wheeler, born April 6, 1799, died September 2, 1821. Benjamin Curtis Glover, son of John (4), died June 27, 1841, aged seventy years, and his wife, Clara Peck, died October 2, 1832, aged sixty years. They had five children, viz .: Samuel, born in 1796, died December 7, 1824; Marcia, who married Hezekiah Curtis, is mentioned in the next paragraph; John Birdsey, born September 11, 1803, is deceased; Walter and Benjamin N. are mentioned in the following paragraph. Betsey or Elizabeth Glover, daugh- ter of John (4), was born February 28, 1767, and died January 27, 1825; she was married, July 11, 1790, to Sylvanus Noble, who was born July 11, 1756, and died March 26, 1837; they had three children, viz .: Birdsey G., born April 26, 1791, was married January 17, 1813, to Char- lotte Sanford; John G., born January 14, 1793, was married, February 4, 1821, to Abigail S. Mygatt, and died November 16, 1848; Phebe Marietta, born November 1, 1795. was married December 24. 1820, to D. A. Foster. Of the sons of James (4), the second son of John (3), Ezra was born October 18, 1772, and died September 4, 1826. He was married September 28, 1794, to Anna Bennett, who died February 3, 1812, and on De- cember 1, 1814, Ezra married (second) Charlotte Beers, the widow of Thomas Beers. He had three children, all by the first union: Ira, born October 4. 1796, died in 1811; Bennett, born December 20, 1798; and James Edson, born October 4, 1801, who married Minerva Prindle, and died in December, 1850, leaving one daugh- ter, Susan, who died about December, 1854. Rev.


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Bennett Glover, son of James (4), became a min- ister in the Episcopal Church. His death oc- curred at Erie, Penn., March 25, 182S. He had two sons, who died in childhood, and two daugh- ters, one of whom married a Mr. Call, of Chicago, Illinois.


VII. Of the descendants of John (4) in this generation we will mention, first, James Glover, who was born November 19, 1776, and died September 19, 1836. He was married August 3, 1794, to Anna Glover, by whom he had the fol- lowing children: Flora, born October 18, 1795, was married March 31, 1813, to Alonzo Beers; Granville Stoddard, born April 17, 1797, was married January 16, 1821, to Mary Hawley; Charlotte, born February 6, 1799, was married May 17, 1817, to Squire Van Smith; Sophia, born November 16, 1800, was married December 1, 1820, to Botsford Terrill; Roswell, born De- cember 28, 1802, married (first) Polly Ann Fer- ris, and (second), on March 18, 1836, Esther Bradley; Julia, born October 16, 1804, was married September 24, 1832, to Botsford Terrill; Norman Booth, born January 22, 1807, was married March 20, 1833, to Esther Hawley, and on May 10, 1843, to Amelia Gilbert; Volusia, born January 26, 1809, was married Feb- ruary 28, 1827, to Austin N. Botsford, and died in December. 1893: Mary Ann, born October 20, 1810, died May 18, 1833; Em- ma, born February 1, 1813, was married June 28, 1836, to George Foote, of Hobart, N. Y .; James Nelson, born August 15, 1817, was married December 24, 1840, to Sally D. Wet- more; and George Heman, born July 4, 1820, was married December 30, 1841, to Elmira Page. Of the children of Josiah, son of John (4), Abiel Booth Glover was born January 16, 1797, and died October 13, 1825; he was married May 2, 1822, to Maria Nichols, daughter of David Nichols, and had two children: Mary Eliza, born May 5, 1823, died September 5. 1825; and Henry Beers, who is mentioned more fully in the next paragraph. Of the children of Benjamin Curtis Glover, son of John (4), Marcia, who married Hezekiah Curtis, had three children: Betsey, who married (first) Daniel Hin- man and (second) Samuel Curtis; Benjamin, who married Laura Lewis, and Mary, who married (first) a Mr. Wheeler and (second, Samuel Curtis. Walter, son of Benjamin Curtis Glover, was born in 1800, and died September 3, 1847: he was married January 13, 1829, to Marcia Botsford, by whom he had five children: Samuel Curtis, born December 29, 1831; John Birdsey, born September 18, 1833, is unmarried, and resides in Dubuque, lowa; Henry Botsford, born July




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