Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Pt 1, Part 120

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1336

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Mr. Mitchelson's home life was ideally happy, the influence of the home was always pure and in- spiring, and the social position of the family always the highest. On June 5, 1848, he was married, at East Lymc, Conn., to Miss Elizabeth H. Chappel, a native of that town, who was born Nov. 29, 1824, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Loomis) Chappel. Hannah Loomis was a cousin of Prof. Elias Loomis, of Yale, and sister of Francis. B. Loomis, ex-lieu- tenant governor of Connecticut, and a descendant of the old Loomis family that settled in Windsor in 1639, and of whom Joseph Loomis was the progeni- tor. The family of Daniel and Hannah (Loomis) Chappel consisted of the following children: Mary, who married Sydney Staples, and is now deceased ; Abbie, who married Samuel Douglass, of Water- ford, Conn .; James, who married olaria Jennings, of Easton, Conn .; Nancy, who married Amasa Loomis; Elizabeth, who marricd our subject; and Miss Fanny, who resides at Tariffville.

The death of Ariel Mitchelson occurred Feb. 8, 1894. His remains were laid away in Scotland Church cemetery. His estimable widow, now at an advanced age, is an exceptionally well preserved lady, in the full possession of her every faculty. Mrs. Mitchelson, in her younger years, was a mem- ber of the Baptist Church, and later united with the Episcopal Church, with which she has ever since been connected. She still resides in the home about which cluster the memories of more than half a century, the happiness of which was broken only by the loss of her husband. Here she has given her family that loyal devotion which has contributed to their success in life.

Children were born to Ariel and Elizabeth (Chappel) Mitchelson as follows :

(1) Ariel, born Aug. 2, 1850, died at the age of six years. (2) Elizabeth C., born Feb. 7, 1852, died at the age of four years.

(3) George, born June 30, 1854, completed a business course at the Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and also attended Dr. Sear's Military School in New Haven, and is now a whole- sale tobacco dealer in St. Paul, Minn. He married Mary Dyer, of Hudson, Wis., June 12, 1899.

(4) Joseph C., born May 22, 1856, attended the Eastman Business College after completing a course of study at Amherst, Mass., in Dr. Nash's Institute for Boys, and is now one of the most ex- tensive leaf tobacco dealers in the West, having stores in Kansas City and San Francisco. He pos- sesses the energetic spirit and business tact for which his father was noted. He married Miss Emma Wil- son, of Geneseo, Ill., daughter of George and Jane (Prouty) Wilson. Mr. Mitchelson is an extensive collector of coins, curios and antiques, his collec- tions along those lines embracing some exceedingly rare specimens, assembled at no little expense and

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trouble. He has one of the most complete collec- tions of American coins in the United States, con- sisting of Colonial coins and private issues in gold, with the regular issues from the first pieces coined to the present date, as well as a complete collection of the fractional currency.

(5) Elizabeth, born Nov. 3, 1859, married Will- lam F. Groton, of Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 1888, and has three children: Elizabeth Mitchelson, born Sept. 23, 1889; William Ariel, Jan. 24, 1892; and Joseph Mitchelson, Aug. 9, 1894. Mrs. Groton grad- uated from St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, N. J., in the class of '79.

(6) Charles, born Nov. 19, 1861, died Sept. 25, 1862.

(7) Ariel (2), born March 20, 1864, is one of the most extensive resident buyers of tobacco in the Connecticut Valley. Like his brothers he received a business education at the Eastman Business College, after attending the Hartford Public High School. He married Miss Mary Violet Ely, of Windsor, a daughter of Seth and Adelaide ( Hurlburt) Ely, and to them have been born four children : Ariel, who died in infancy; Ariel (2), who died aged nearly three years ; Joseph, born Nov. 13, 1897, and a daughter, born Sept. 26, 1900. Mr. Mitchelson has been a member of Putnam Phalanx, Hartford, since the age of twenty years. He is a stanch Re- publican, but not a politician, save in taking an in- terest in his party's success. In religious con- nection he is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church at Tariffville.

ALONZO GROVE CASE. A veteran of the Civil war, wounded in battle, with health shattered by confinement and privation in Rebel prisons, a descendant of one of the earliest and best known families of Connecticut, a successful agriculturist, the recipient of many public offices or responsi- bility and trust, a man held in high esteem for his many admirable traits-the subject of this sketch ranks among the foremost citizens of the town of Simsbury.

Mr. Case is a lineal descendant, in the seventh generation, of John Case, who first settled in Wind- sor, Conn., and in 1669 sold his house, shop and lot to Nathaniel Cook, and removed to Simsbury, settling at Weatogue, where he engaged in farm- ing and stock raising. He was the first constable of Simsbury, and represented the town in the Gen- eral Court. He married Sarah Spencer, daughter of William Spencer, of Hartford, and to them were born children as follows : Elizabeth, born in 1658, married John Tuller ; Mary, born June 22, 1660, married James Hillyer : John, born Nov. 5, 1662; William, born June 5, 1665; Samuel, born June I, 1667: Richard, born April 27, 1669; Bartholomew, born October, 1670: Joseph, born April 6, 1672, mar- ried Anna Eno, daughter of James Eno, Jr. (he was the father of Rev. Benajah Case) ; Sarah, born Aug. 14, 1676, married Joseph Phelps; Abigail,

born May 14, 1682, married Jonathan Westover. The mother was born in 1636, and died Nov. 3, 1691. For his second wife John Case married Elizabeth, daughter of John Moore, of Windsor, and widow of Nathaniel Loomis, of that town. He died on his farm Feb. 21, 1703, and was buried in Simsbury cemetery. His widow survived until July 23, 1728, dying at the age of ninety years.

John Case, born Nov. 5, 1662, was seven years old when his father moved from Windsor to Wea- togue, Simsbury. He was a lifelong farmer in Simsbury, where he died in 1733, and was buried in the old cemetery. He was twice married, first in 1684 to Mary Olcott, daughter of Thomas Ol- cott, of Hartford. By this marriage he had one child, John B., who died in infancy in 1685, the wife dying the same year. For his second wife, John Case, in 1693, married Sarah Holcomb, daughter of Joshua Holcomb, and to them were born six children : John B., born Aug. 22, 1694; Daniel, born March 7, 1697, married Penelope Buttolph; Mary, born in 1698, married Jonathan Alford, who died in 1732; Jonathan, born in 1701, married Mary Beeman ; Sarah, born in 1703, married John Alder- man; Hannah, born in 1709, married Capt. Noah Humphrey, and died in 1799.

John B. Case, born Aug. 22, 1694, like his fa- ther and grandfather, engaged in farming in Sims- bury through life, dying in 1752. In 1716 he mar- ried Abigail Humphrey, daughter of Samuel Hum- phrey, and granddaughter of Michael Humphrey, the first. The nine children of John B. and Abigail Case were as follows: John, born Feb. 19, 1718, died in 1776; Noah, born Oct. 4, 1720, died in 1797 ; Capt. Charles, born Feb. 19, 1723, died in 1808; Abigail, born Sept. 10, 1725, married Jonathan Case, died in 1779; Mary, born Dec. 29, 1727; Lucy, born Oct. 17, 1732, married Lieut. William Wilcox, died in 1807; Martha, born July 31, 1735, married Thomas Barber : Capt. Job, born June 3, 1737, married Jo- anna Wilcox; Lydia, born in 1741, married Jona- than Pinney.

Capt. Job Case, born in Simsbury June 3, 1737, was a man of prominence, in both public and church affairs. He was a farmer through life, and served as an officer in the Revolutionary war; was a mem- ber of the State Legislature, in politics was a Fed- eralist and later a Whig, and was a member of the Congregational Church. Widely known and highly respected, he lived on his farm in Simsbury until his death in 1798. The ten children of Capt. Job and Joanna ( Wilcox) Case were as follows : Job, born July 21, 1758; Joanna, Aug. 9, 1760; Violet, Oct. 19, 1762; Ariel, Jan. 23, 1765; Lucy, Feb. 14, 1767; Asenath, June 12, 1770; Betsey, Dec. 23, 1775; Frederick, May 5, 1777: Grove, June 29, 1779; and Friend, Nov. 10, 1781.

Ariel Case, the grandfather of our subject, was born Jan. 23, 1765, on a farm in Terry's Plain, Simsbury, and became an extensive land owner. He was engaged largely in stock raising, and spent

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his entire life on the farm. He was a member of the Congregational Church, and in politics was a Whig. He was a man, who by his force of char- acter and upright living commanded high respect. He married (first) Rachel, daughter of Jonathan Latimer, and of this union came two children: Rachel Lura, born Dec. 30, 1796, had seven children, and died Oct. 26, 1870; and Job, the father of our subject. Ariel Case married (second) Mrs. Celia Weston, mother of Lorin Weston.

Job Case was born on the home farm in Sims- bury, July 29, 1805, and died Dec. 17, 1899, at the ripe old age of ninety-four years. His early edu- cation was only that afforded by the district schools, and the practical and valuable mental training of his subsequent years was gained by his own efforts. He made farming his life vocation. For many years he was a successful stock raiser, and he en- gaged largely in tobacco growing and in dairy and general farming. He grew and sold the first to- bacco in the town of Simsbury. Occasionally other enterprises besides farming received his attention. He helped to construct several of the bridges across Farmington river, and was always known as an energetic and industrious man. He has always taken a deep interest in politics, not in the sense of seeking office, though frequently called to positions of re- sponsibility and trust, but for the benefit of his town, State and country, and he almost always had the honor and privilege of casting the first ballot in all elections in Simsbury. He cast his first vote for John Q. Adams, the Whig candidate for Presi- dent, in 1828, and his last Presidential vote for Will- iam Mckinley in 1896, always voting the Whig and Republican tickets. In 1844 he represented the town of Simsbury in the State Legislature at New Haven, served on the board of selectman, filled various local offices, and was captain of cavalry in the State Militia. He was the oldest male member of the Congregational Church, and was one of the first to contribute to the fund to erect the present church edifice. A man of marked intelligence, temperate in all his habits, he was highly respected, and though at his death the oldest male resident of the town of Simsbury, he possessed all his faculties except hearing, which was slightly impaired.

On April 17, 1828, Mr. Case married Abigail G. Phelps, who was born June 16, 1805, daughter of Oliver C. and Lurannah (Ensign) Phelps. They had a family of five children: (I) Rachel Lur- annah, born Jan. 28, 1829, died July 5, 1830. (2) Ariel Job, born June 2, 1831, enlisted during the Civil war in Company E, 16th Conn. V. I., and was promoted to second lieutenant of Company H, same regiment. He died Sept. 18, 1875. On Aug. 29, 1854, he married Mary E. Thompson, and their chil- dren were: Lizzie Thompson, born May 26, 1855, died Dec. 14, 1887; Minnie Abigail, born Jan. 6, 1857, died Jan. 16, 1859; Charles Farnham, born May 22, 1858; Julia Amanda, born April 28, 1860; and Oliver Cromwell, born Sept. 1I, 1862. Lizzie

Thompson married Ludlow Osmond Barker, Sept. 23, 1878, and had one child, Ludlow Osmond, born April 20, 1882. Charles Farnham married Jennie Estelle Atkins, Oct. 1, 1883, and has had three chil- dren, Ralph A., born Aug. 15, 1886, died Feb. 22, 1899; Marjorie, born June 8, 1888; and Marion Atkins, born Aug. 11, 1896. Julia Amanda mar- ried Fred H. Carpenter, Oct. 6, 1886, and has had one child, Fred Donald, born Dec. 10, 1889. Oliver Cromwell married Mary Elizabeth Owen March 31, 1886, and they have had six children, Mabel Gove, born Jan. 20, 1887 (died July 17, 1887) ; Frank Thompson, Jan. 1, 1888; Florence Minnie, June 29, 1889; Charles Ariel, Aug. 5, 1894; Marguerite Esther, Nov. 25, 1895; and Ruth Elizabeth, June 9, 1898. (3) Alonzo Grove is mentioned below. (4) Oliver Cromwell, born Dec. 22, 1839, enlisted in Company A, 8th Conn. V. I., and was killed Sept. 17, 1862, at the battle of Antietam. (5) Abbie Jane, born Aug. 1I, 1846, was married Feb. 16, 1870, to George M. Phelps, who was born March 22, 1846. They had one child, Pauline Isabelle, born Nov. 13, 1870, who is a playwright in New York. Mr. Phelps is a deputy revenue collector of Hartford county, and a resident of Bloomfield. Mrs. Job Case died July 13, 1877, aged seventy-two years. She was a member of the Congregational Church, a good Christian woman, wife and mother, and gave to her country, to help preserve the Union, her three sons, one of whom was sacrificed on the field of battle.

Alonzo Grove Case, our subject, was born on the old homestead at Terry's Plains, in the town of Simsbury, June 7, 1834. His early education was not neglected, for besides attending the public schools of Terry's Plains-one of his first teachers being Miss Mahala Terry, who is still living, and is the oldest woman in Simsbury-he was a student at the Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, and Wilbraham ( Mass) Academy. He remained at home with his parents and engaged in farming until the breaking out of the Civil war, enlisting in July, 1862, in Company E, Capt. Charles Bab- cock, 16th Conn. V. I., Col. Frank Beach. He was mustered in as a private, was promoted to the rank of first sergeant Aug. 29, 1862, second lieutenant Jan. 12, 1863, and first lieutenant May 22, 1863. At the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, he was wounded in the side by a bullet. He participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 12-14, 1862; Edenton Road, April 24, 1863; Providence Church, Va., May 3, 1863; Plymouth, Va., April 20, 1864. At the latter engagement he was shot in the foot and was taken prisoner, being confined in Andersonville prison, Macon, Ga., until July, 1864; then at Savannah, in August and September, and later at Charleston and at. Columbia, S. C. He was paroled Feb. 28, 1865, and discharged May 15, 1865. During his prison life Mr. Case suffered ex- treme privation. He was reduced to the necessiry of clothing himself in a suit of clothes made from

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flour sacks, and he wore upon his feet in place of shoes pieces of cloth taken from an old overcoat. He lost over forty-five pounds in weight, and suf- fered greatly from hunger, and in consequence of the ill treatment he there received he is to-day a physical wreck, suffering severely during the past six years from asthma contracted in prison.

After his return from the war Mr. Case resumed farming, and for the past thirty-four years he has engaged in tobacco growing and dairy and general farming, also to some extent in stock dealing. He operates a tract of fifty acres, and gives chief at- tention to the dairy, keeping good Jersey stock.

Mr. Case was married Oct. 19, 1859, to Julia Salome Chaffee, of Simsbury, daughter of Alpheus and Julia (Alderman) Chaffee, representatives of old Connecticut families. Thomas Chaffee, the founder of the American family, settled in Hing- ham, Plymouth Co., Mass., in 1637. One of his descendants, Jonathan Chaffee, was the grandfather of Mrs. Case. He was born Feb. II, 1765, and married Sally Farnum, who was born Feb. II, 1771. Their family of eleven children were as follows: Joseph, born May 30, 1791 ; Billings, April 13. 1793 ; Alpheus, Dec. 31, 1795; Philo, June 4, 1800 ; Henry Farnum, June 1I, 1802; Truman Bibbins, June 19, 1804 (among whose children was Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, who commanded a division in the Santiago (Cuba) campaign of 1898, and is now Maj .- Gen- eral commanding forces in China) ; Eunice A., Nov. 6, 1806 (married Daniel Gates) ; Anna Tryphena, Sept. 22, 1808 (married Hiram King) ; Elbridge Garry, March 13, 18II ; Catharine T., July 27, 1814; Sally Maria, June 21, 1816, married Josiah Whiting.

Alpheus Chaffee, the father of Mrs. Case, born Dec. 31, 1795, married Salome Case, born March II, 1797. In the fall of 1836 he drove with his wife by horse and carriage to Bristolville, Trumbull Co., Ohio, a long and tedious trip which when a young man he once made afoot. His wife died in Bristolville, March 11, 1837, leaving no children, and Mr. Chaffee returned to his native State. He purchased the farm in Terry's Plains now owned by our subject, and there he spent the remainder of his life, devoting his attention to farming. For his second wife he married Julia Alderman, born Feb. 21, 1810, daughter of Chester and Dorcas (Hoskins) Alderman, and granddaughter of John Hoskins, a Revolutionary soldier. To Alpheus and Julia Chaffee, were born four children: Julia Salome, born July 1, 1839 (wife of our subject) ; Alfred, Sept. 12, 1841 ; Alpheus Eugene, June 10, 1843 : and Dorcas Irene, Sept. 23, 1845, all except Mrs. Case now deceased. Alpheus Chaffee died Aug. 2, 1878, aged eighty-three years, and was buried at Simsbury. He was liberal in church views, and was an attendant at the Methodist Epis- copal Church, where he sang in the choir for many years. In politics he was a Democrat. He was a good citizen and a kind husband and father. His widow died March 10, 1893, aged eighty-three

years, a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a consistent Christian through life. Mrs. Case cared well for her parents in their old age. She is a woman of keen intelligence and of re- fined and genial disposition, is well-informed in current literature, but is also domestic in taste, be- ing devoted to her invalid husband and to her children.

To cur subject and wife have been born nine children as follows: (1) Lillia Irene, born Aug. 10, 1860, was educated in the district schools and at the Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, and taught school in the Terry's Plains District prior to her marriage to Benjamin H. Shelby on April 30, 1879. He was born Feb. 8, 1857, and died May 17, 1891. Their children were, Julia Edith, born Dec. 4, 1879, who on March 8, 1899, mar- ried Arthur J. Lowrie, born May 9. 1876; Josie Irene, Oct. 5, 1881 ; Lillian Estella, Nov. 3, 1882; Maud Elizabeth, Nov. 11, 1884; Minnie Ethel, March 13, 1886; and Alonzo Benjamin, Nov. 16, 1889. (2) Alonzo Chaffee born April 1, 1862, died Aug. 1, 1864. (3) Alfred Terry. born Jan. 19, 1866, was married Nov. 25, 1891, to Elnora J. Hun- ter, who was born Oct. 13, 1871. They lived at the old home. They have had four children, Ber- nice Florence, born Sept. 29, 1892; Orene Inez, May 4, 1895 ; Alfred Job, April 13. 1898 (died Dec. 14, 1899) ; and Lester Shipley, Aug. 20, 1899 ( died Dec. 12, 1899). (4) Oliver Phelps, born Jan. 6, 1868, was married March 14, 1894, to Hattie Amanda Simons, who was born Sept. 19, 1872, and they have had one child, Hazel Marguerite, born March 26, 1896. They reside at Simsbury. (5) Charles Pitman, born June 19, 1870, graduated from the Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. On Feb. 9, 1899, he married Sarah Goodwin Eno, who was born Jan. 25, 1877, and they have one child, Charles Pitman, Jr., born Oct. 3. 1899. (6) Burton Grove, born Aug. 19, 1872, is a car- penter. On May 24, 1899, he married Bertha Lati- mer, born Aug. 21, 1876. (7) Julia Abigail, born Oct. 29, 1874, was educated in the district schools and McLean's Seminary, and is also a graduate of Drew's Seminary, Carmel, N. Y. She has been a teacher for five years. (8) Jennie Isabell, born June 24, 1876, died Dec. 10, 1876. (9) Ida May, born Feb. 21, 1880, died Sept. 8, 1880.

Our subject has always been a Republican in politics. He was elected to represent Simsbury in the State Legislature in 1867, and served on the com- mittee to engross bills; was selectman of Sims- bury for two years; tax collector two years; and has been a member of the board of relief. For over thirty years he has been justice of the peace for Simsbury, and in that judicial capacity he has been eminently fair, a statement which his long and uninterrupted career as justice sufficiently at- tests. In 1880 and again in 1890 Mr. Case took the United States census for the town of Simsbury. Socially, he is a member of St. Mark's Lodge, No.

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34, F. & A. M., and of Joseph R. Toy Post, No. 33, G. A. R., both of Simsbury. Of the latter or- ganization he was two years commander. He is also a member of the Prisoners of War Association of Connecticut, and was president of same two years. Mr. Case is a member of the Congregational Church, and for several years has been deacon. He s a man of genial disposition, though a constant sufferer from asthma. He keeps well-posted on all he leading events of the day, and the intellectual und social life of his home is further stimulated by he bright character of his wife. The children tre well-educated, and the daughters are members of the Daughters of the Revolution. It is a typical American family in the best phases of life, and the ufluences which radiate from its genial fireside are ennobling and true.

WALTER EDWIN PENFIELD, one of the nost highly-esteemed citizens of East Berlin, is a grandson of Ansel and Sarah T. ( Flagg, Penfield, of Penfield Hill, in Portland, Conn. Ansel Penfield vas born in 1782, and his wife in 1784. His death occurred Feb. 24, 1809, his widow surviving for nearly half a century, and dying Jan. 3, 1859.

Titus Penfield, son of Ansel and father of Walter E., was born in the same locality Sept. 2, 1807. ' He vas a maker of spinning-wheels, which were then in constant use, and had a shop in the basement of his lwelling, where he operated a foot-power lathe. During the latter years of his life he was a wood- urner for the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co. He was i man of deep-seated convictions, both political and eligious. He was a prominent and influential member of the Sccond Congregatonal Church of Berlin, although he persistently refused to accept ffice in the society. He was no "fair weather Chris- ian," but was always present in his pew, rain or hine. In questions of public policy his principles vere equally sincere and well defined. In early life te was a Whig ; his intense hatred of slavery led him nto the camp of the Abolitionists ; he afterward af- iliated with the Republican party ; and in later life te was an ardent Prohibitionist. He was the victim of two severe physical afflictions. In early life he njured his right arm so that he never after enjoyed ts free and full use, and in addition to this misfor- une he was very deaf. It was this latter incapacity hat caused his death, Oct. 6, 1892. While driving cross the tracks of the Middletown branch of the V. Y. & N. H. railroad at East Berlin, and failing to lear the approach of an oncoming train, his vehicle vas struck, and he was instantly killed. He was narried, Nov. 24, 1830, to Julia North, of East Berlin, who was born March 5, 1804. She died uly 7, 1886, and rests with her husband, in Wilcox emetery, at East Berlin. She was beloved by all who knew her.

Titus Penfield and his wife were the parents of even children, Walter E. being the youngest. The thers, in order of birth, are mentioned below :

Henry North was born Sept. 1, 1832, in East Ber- lin; graduated from Oberlin (Ohio) College in 1863; married Miss Catherine Beecher, of Ober- lin, and resides at Springfield, Mass. He entered in the 125th O. V. 1. during the Civil war, was chosen first lieutenant and followed Sherman to Atlanta, where he resigned. Sarah E., born Feb. 10, 1834, in East Berlin, married Nelson Willard, of Madi- son, Conn., an employe of the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co., and died at East Berlin. Susan A., now Mrs. Henry M. Dowd, of East Berlin, was born Sept. 5, 1835. Emily M., born Jan. 28, 1838, died Oct. II, following. Emma Ann, the wife of Isaac P. Bots- ford, was born Feb. 23, 1840; her home is in Crom- well, just across the boundary line between that town and East Berlin. Charles North was born June 6, 1842; enlisted in Company G, 16th Conn. V. I., was mortally wounded at Antietam, and died three months later. He was subsequently interred in the Wilcox cemetery, at East Berlin.

Walter E. Penfield was born in East Berlin July 18, 1844. His school days ended when he reached the age of sixteen years, and the battle of life began for him when he entered the factory of the Roys & Wilcox Co. There he learned the trade of machin- ist, under the instruction of Rufus W. Morse, ulti- mately becoming a contractor in the machinist de- partment. After thirty years (in 1892) he left the firm to enter the service of the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., as a machinist, and has remained in the latter company's employ ever since. During the war of the Rebellion' he was a private in Company 1, 22nd Conn. V. I., which regiment was first assigned to duty around the defenses of Washington, and later ordered to Suffolk, Virginia.

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Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Pt 1, Part 120

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1901 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1336

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1336