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 148

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


USA > Connecticut > Hartford County > 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 148


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178


JOHN H. GARVAN, who is also a native of Wind- sor, born Jan. 24, 1865, was educated in the public schools and the old academy. As a boy he worked for some time in a screw factory in Hartford, but he had a strong inclination for commercial pursuits, and at an early age became a clerk for M. D. Murphy, of Windsor, with whom he remained three years. He then entered the employ of John Gilli- gan, and after seven years as a clerk he and his brother became the proprietors of the store. In politics he is a Democrat, and he is active in relig- ious work as a member of the Catholic Church, in which he holds office. He married Miss Celia Gil- ligan, daughter of Patrick Gilligan, of Windsor, and they have two sons, Edward F. and Arthur L.


HARLAN PAGE PARSONS, a leading citizen of Enfield, was born in that town Sept. 11, 1841, son of Jabez and Harriet ( Allen) Parsons. His paternal grandparents, Asahel and Christian (Terry) Parsons, were both natives of Enfield, where he engaged in farming. They reared a fam- ily of four children: Jabez, Aurelia (Mrs. Loren Buckland), Lucinda ( Mrs. Sylvester Viets), and Winthrop. Asahel Parsons was a son of Asahel and Abigail (Kingsbury) Parsons; grandson of Christopher and Mary ( Pease) Parsons ; and great- grandson of Benjamin Parsons, a descendant of Benjamin Parsons, who was supposed to be the first ancestor of the family in America, emigrating from England.


The maternal grandparents of our subject were Chester and Polly (Buckland) Allen, the former a descendant of Samuel Allen, who came from Braintree, in the county of Essex, England, in 1636, settling in Meriden, Conn., where he died in 1648. He was a farmer. The paternal grandmother of our subject, Christian Terry, was a daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah ( Hurlburt) Terry.


Harlan Page Parsons was reared to manhood in Enfield, and educated in the public schools. He began life as a teacher, teaching school in his native county for several terms, and also worked at the carpenter's trade, but he has principally followed farming as an occupation. Mr. Parsons has been


648


COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.


married twice. His first wife, Celia I., daughter of Stephen and Irene (Munsell) Farnham, of Elling- ton, Tolland Co., Conn., bore him two sons : Arthur C. and Rollin F., the elder a chemist and the younger still a student. For his second wife Mr. Parsons married Sarah A., daughter of Daniel H. and Lucinda ( Phelps) Abbe, of Enfield. Mrs. Parsons died Feb. 25, 1899. Mr. Parsons is a member and deacon of the First Congregational Church of Enfield. He is a charter member of Enfield Grange. In politics he is a supporter of the Republican party. He is a progressive and suc- cessful farmer, and is held in high esteem by all who know him.


NORMAN W. STRICKLAND, a prosperous agriculturist of Glastonbury town, is noted for his ability as a manager, and his fine farm of 240 acres gives evidence of his skill.


Mr. Strickland is a member of a family which has long been identified with that locality. His great-grandfather, Myer Strickland, was born prob- ably in Connecticut, and his grandfather, Elisha Strickland, followed farming in Glastonbury for many years; the latter built the old house nearly opposite our subject's present residence. In later years he went to Stafford, Conn., to reside with his youngest living son, Lysander, and his death oc- curred there about 1845. He married Polly Root, a native of Marlboro, and they had five children : (1) Austin married Hester Spencer, and settled on a farm in Glastonbury; (2) Vinson R., our sub- ject's father, is mentioned more fully below; (3) Lysander, a wheelwright by trade, married Maria Holmes, and resided in Stafford and Middletown, but his death occurred in Hartford; (4) Minerva married Eli Warner, a farmer of Ellington, and had a son, Eli, who became a physician in Hartford ; and (5) Eliza died in childhood. Elisha Strick- land was a Whig in political sentiment. He never sought office, and was a plain, unassuming man in every way.


Vinson R. Strickland was born June 16, 1805, at the old homestead in Glastonbury, received a common-school education, and for many years was engaged in farming. He was known as "Major" Strickland, being drum-major in the local militia, and was remarkably expert as a drummer on the snare-drum, a valued accomplishment in those days, when fife and drum music was much used at public gatherings. So favorably were his talents in this line regarded that he was frequently called upon to play in other towns. Ile died March 15, 1866, his remains being interred at Buckingham. In 1830 he married Miss Sarah M. Skinner, who was born May 18, 1813, in Bolton, daughter of Sylvester and Sallie (Keeney) Skinner. Norman W., our sub- ject, was the eldest of a family of seven children, of whom four are living. Gilbert M. married Sarah Jewett, of Hampton, and died in Glastonbury ; they had three sons-Charles G. (a farmer) and


Wells A. (who owns a sawmill), both unmarried and residing with their mother in Glastonbury ; and Wilfred E. Jewett, deceased. Francis J. died in Kansas, unmarried. John B. married Susan Hatha- way, and settled in South Hadley, Mass., where he died ; he left one daughter, Mary. Sarah married Alex. Ingels, of Middletown, and had two children -Arthur and Grace. Adella married Ferdinand Davis, of Hartford, and has one child, Cliffe. Ed- win V. married Margaret Marting, and resides in Burnside, Conn. ; they have one son, Harold.


Norman W. Strickland was born Dec. 29, 1832, on the farm where he now resides. As a boy he attended the district school, and for two years he studied at a select school held in the basement of the Methodist church at East Glastonbury, conducted by a Mr. Rush and later by a Mr. Nickerson. On leaving school he began to work out by the month, for $18, large wages for those times, and later re- ceived $20 per month. He was employed in Vernon for a time, and then rented a farm for two years, and also spent three years at South Windsor as superintendent of the town farm. He and his wife then lived with Henry King for a year, and in 1865 removed to their present farm, having pur- chased a portion of the tract. Mr. Strickland has made very extensive improvements, his attractive dwelling having been built in 1896, and he has added more land from time to time until his farm is now one of the largest in the section. In politics he is a Republican, but he has never cared for office, though often urged to run. Quiet and unassuming in disposition, he is, nevertheless, highly respected, and his advice is often sought on business matters. He has served as administrator of an estate at the request of the heirs. Mr. Strickland and his family are members of the Buckingham Congregational Church, and he has been chairman of the society for nine years.


On May 18, 1858, Mr. Strickland married Miss Sarah M. Taft, of New York, who was born there April 25, 1833, daughter of Fred G. and Eresby (Driggs) Taft. The only child of this union, Julia G., born March 28, 1866, attended the com- mon schools until fourteen years of age, and after- ward the Glastonbury Academy, from which she graduated. She married George Kenyon, who was born in Andover, Conn., but lives in Glastonbury, where he owns a fine farm and runs a large dairy. In politics he is a Democrat. They have one child, Grace G., born June 16, 1887.


Fred G. Taft, father of Mrs. Strickland, was born in New York City, son of Joel Taft, a joiner, who at one time worked on Trinity church. He learned his father's trade, and engaged in the manu- facture of sash and blinds. In 1847 he brought luis family to Connecticut, settling in Glastonbury, where he died in 1863. His political sympathies were with the Democratic party, and in religion he was a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Taft was twice married, his first wife being Eresby Driggs,


-


Norman N. Strickland


649


COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.


a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., who died in New York in May, 1833, leaving two children, Harriet A. and Sarah M. ( Mrs. Strickland). By his second mar- riage, to Caroline Curtis, Mr. Taft had seven chil- dren : Frederick J., Philura E., Caroline A., Joel C., George W., Lyman and Henry. Mrs. Strick- land's maternal grandfather, Elijah Driggs, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and received a pension. He was a shipbuilder by occupation, and was en- gaged at his trade in the navy yards at New York City when killed at the launching of a ship.


EDWARD FRANCIS ST. JOHN. Among the leading residents of Hoskins Station, in the town of Simsbury, the genial and accommodating repre- sentative of the Philadelphia, Reading & New Eng- land Railway Co. is numbered. For a score of years he has represented that road near the scenes of his childhood. He is also a business man and a farmer, and one of the thriftiest and most substantial men of the community.


Mr. St. John was born on the old homestead at Hoskins Station May 23, 1839, son of Zopher and Eunice (Harmon) St. John. The father was born Oct. 17, 1799, near Hoskins Station, on a farm which his father, Elijah St. John, a native of Nor- walk, Fairfield Co., Conn., purchased and occupied. Zopher and Eunice St. John were the parents of nine children, namely : Martha L .; Mary, who mar- ried George W. Harmon; Hilpah, who married Marvin D. Hoskins; Eunice; Edward F., our sub- ject; Louise, who married Prof. Rufus C. Hitch- cock; Chloe; Sanford Z .; and Newell.


Our subject attended the home district schools, and also the select schools of Simsbury and of Tariffville. From early boyhood he had charge of his father's farm, and upon the death of his father, in 1872, he and his brother Newell partitioned the home place, Edward F. retaining the homestead and fifty acres of land. He has ever since been en- gaged in tobacco culture and in dairying and gen- eral farming, also dealing in tobacco. He has made extensive improvements on the farm, remodeling the homestead, and fitting it with modern appli- ances. On Nov. 19, 1864, in East Granby, he mar- ried Charlotte E. Cushman, a native of East Granby, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Per- kins) Cushman, and sister of Mrs. Newell St. John. To our subject and wife three children have been born : Harmon E., Nellie L. and George C. (I) Harmon E. was educated in the district schools and at Simsbury Academy, and is engaged in farming at home. (2) Nellie L. in her girlhood attended the district schools, also Simsbury Academy and the Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, and taught school in Simsbury. She married Lucius H. Sey- mour, a native of East Granby, and a prominent farmer, son of Chester Seymour and grandson of Chester Seymour, and brother of Mrs. Toy, of Simsbury. (3) George C. attended the district schools, McLean's Seminary at Simsbury, and the


high school of Hartford. He is now a junior at Harvard College, Cambridge.


Our subject was tax collector for nine years in Simsbury. He represented the town in the State Legislature in 1883, having been elected on the Re- publican ticket, and served on the committee on Canvass of Votes; he has been assessor, member of the board of relief, and also a member of the school board. For the past twenty years he has been the representative of the Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railway Co. at Hoskins Station. He is a consistent member of the Congregational Church and is highly respected. Mrs. St. John was edu- cated in the district schools of East Granby, and also a select school of Tariffville, and taught school in East Granby, Simsbury (two terms) and North Bloomfield. She is a student of history, and is especially interested in English literature.


MIX. The family of this name is one of the oldest and most highly respected of Connecticut. The first of the name to come to this State was Thomas Mix, who made his home in New Haven as early as 1643, married Rebecca Turner, and there died in 1691.


(II) John Mix, a son of these hardy pioneers, was born in 1649, and died Jan. 21, 1712. He mar- ried Elizabeth Heaton, who was born in 1650, and . died in August, 17II.


(III) John Mix, born Aug. 25, 1676, was mar- ried Nov. 25, 1702, to Sarah Thompson, who was born Jan. 16, 1671, and died Nov. 21, 17II. He was again married Nov. 12, 1712, his second union being with Mrs. Elizabeth Booth, who died in May, 1716. On Feb. 14, 1717, he married Esther Peck.


(IV) Ebenezer Mix, born in 1715-16, died in West Hartford Aug. 4, 1766. He was a large land owner, and an active member of the Congregational Church. For his second wife he wedded Mrs. Mary (Sedgwick) Merrill (widow of Caleb Merrill), who was born in 1715, and for his second wife he mar- ried Anna Goodwin, of West Hartford, who was born in 1725, and died in 1817.


(V) Elisha Mix, one of the Revolutionary heroes, was born July 1, 1761, and died June 12, 1818. He married Anna Webster, who was born in 1759, and died Jan. 27, 1842. They had thirteen children, four of whom died in infancy, the others being: Elisha; Lucy; Polly; Fanny; Samuel; James, who was born July 10, 1793, and was the father of Major F. W. Mix, of Stamford, Conn .; Henry, who is mentioned below; Anna; and Mahala, mother of George T. Goodwin.


(VI) Henry Mix was born March 18, 1795, and was reared and educated in West Hartford. There he was married, May 24, 1821, to Miss Ange- line Beardsley, a daughter of Jeremiah William and Mary (Pete) Beardsley, of Stratford, Fairfield Co., Conn., and they spent their entire married life in West Hartford, in the house now occupied by their daughter, Miss Frances H. Mix. Mr. Mix was a


650


COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.


farmer by occupation, and though for several years an invalid met with a fair degree of success in his undertakings. He took an active interest in the Ecclesiastical Society, though not a member of any church, and his honorable, upright life gained for him the confidence and high regard of all with whom he came in contact. He died Sept. 25, 1866, and his wife passed away May 1, 1872. Of the five children born to this worthy couple, (1) Frances H., is the eldest. (2) Catherine Elizabeth is now the widow of Thomas Sumner, and resides in New Haven with her stepson, Prof. W. G. Sumner, of Yale University, New Haven. She has two chil- dren, Henry M., who married Grace Wheeler ; and Alice, wife of Walter Camp. (3) Harriet married Richard Graham, who died in Cuba. (4) George Henry, a resident of Danville, Iowa, married Sabeth Huntington, and they have eight children, Bell, Hart Henry, Lee Wallace, Ida B. ( wife of Warren Matthews), Port Lundy (who married Clarabel Moore), Bert Bradbury, Edward Livingston, and Ray Webster. (5) Edward Livingston, youngest son of Henry Mix, became very prominent in church and public affairs, and at one time faithfully repre- sented his town in the State Legislature. He mar- ried Lora Dewey, and died Jan. 1, 1892.


GEORGE SIMPSON, JR., a well-known citi- zen of Hazardville, was born in the town of Enfield Oct. 9, 1867, a son of George and Margaret Ham- ilton Simpson. His paternal grandparents were John and Jeanette (Stevenson) Simpson, who came from Kilmarnock, Scotland, to America in 1830, and settled in Greensboro, Orleans Co., Vt., where they engaged in farming, and resided through life.


George Simpson, Sr., the father of our subject, was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, Oct. 19, 1826, and was four years old when brought to America by his parents. He was reared in Greensboro, Vt. In 1847 he came to Tompsonville, Hartford Co., Conn., and for two years peddled tin for David Woodruff, and for one year worked on a farm. In 1850 he returned to Greensboro, Vt., where he was occupied in farming and merchandising until 1863, when he settled in Enfield and engaged in the meat business at Scitico, which he continued there for four years. Then removing to Hazardville, he was engaged in the same business until 1883, when he retired, although he has since been a dealer in horses and cattle to some extent.


On May 24, 1858, Mr. Simpson was married to Margaret, daughter of John and Agnes (Roland) Hamilton, of Lowell, Mass., and has five children : John H., Ellsworth L., Ella A. (Mrs. George D. Howard). George, Jr. (our subject), and William R. Mr. Simpson and wife are members of the M. E. Church, and Mr. Simpson is a Republican in politics. He represented Enfield in the Legislature in 1873.


George Simpson, Jr., our subject, was reared to manhood in his native town, and was educated in the public schools and at the Hartford College.


He began his business career as a clerk in a grocery in Longmeadow, Mass., and has since followed that vocation, having been in the employ of E. C. Allen, of Hazardville, since 1887. On Nov. 24, 1897, he was married to Nellie A., daughter of Lavantine and Maranda (Spencer) King, of Somers, Conn. Fraternally he is a member of the O. U. A. M., and politically affiliates with the Republican party.


WILLIAM HENRY MANSFIELD, a popular and influential citizen of West Hartford, traces his ancestry back to (I) Richard Mansfield, a native of Exeter, England, who emigrated to the New World and located in Quinnipiac in 1639, and died Jan. 10, 1655. His wife Gillina died in 1669. They had two children, the elder of whom. Joseph, is mentioned more fully below : Moses, born in Jan- uary, 1639, was married, May 5, 1664, to Mercy Glover, and died Oct. 3, 1703.


(II) Joseph Mansfield, born in 1636, in England, died in New Haven, Conn., Nov. 15, 1692. In 1657 he married Mary -- , and to them were born ten children, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Mary, April 6, 1658; Martha, April 18, 1660 (she was married, Dec. 16, 1680, to Rich- ard Sperry) ; Mercy, July 26, 1662; Silence, Oct. 24. 1664; Elizabeth, Sept. 20, 1666; Comfort, Dec. 6. 1668 (she was married, in 1691, to John Ben- ham) ; John, April 8, 1671; Joseph, Dec. 27, 1673 (mentioned below) ; Ebenezer, Feb. 6, 1677 (he was married, April 20, 1710, to Hannah Bassett, who died Jan. 22, 1766, while his death occurred Aug. 3, 1745) ; and Japhet, July 8, 1681 (he was married, Jan. 16, 1703, to Hannah Bradley, and died in 1745).


(III) Joseplı Mansfield, born Dec. 27. 1673, married Elizabeth Cooper, and died Oct. 8, 1739. In his family were ten children: Mary, born in April, 1701, was married April 25, 1726, to Daniel Tuttle : Lydia was born Dec. 25, 1702: John, born Jan. 21, 1704, married Lydia Tuttle, and died in June, 1751; Elizabeth was born Oct. 23, 1706; Joseph is mentioned below; Amos (birth not re- corded) ; Josiah (birth not recorded) died in 1757; Abigail (birth not recorded) was married, Jan. 20, 1724, to Jacob Turner, and died in September. 1740; Thomas, born in 1713, was married, in December. 1738, to Hannah Goodyear, and died Nov. 4. 1798; and Ebenezer died in 1745.


(IV) Joseph Mansfield, born Aug. 17, 1708, was married, Oct. 10, 1732, to Phobe Bassett, and died about 1762. They had four children : Daniel, born Jan. 29, 1733, married (probably) Sarah Cooper ; Titus, born Nov. 5. 1734. married Mabel Todd. and died about 1808: Capt. Joseph is mentioned below ; and Phœbe married Leman Potter.


(V) Capt. Joseph Mansfield, born April 16, 1737, died at South Farms, town of Litchfield ( now town of Morris) , Litchfield Co., Conn., June 6, 1821. He served in the Revolutionary war with the rank of captain. On May 27, 1761, he married Hannah


1 1


MY Mansfield


651


COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.


Punderson, who was born Oct. 21, 1740, and died Aug. 26, 1826. By that union nine children were born: Charles, born in Hampden, Conn., Dec. 14, 1762, was married, in 1792-93, to Molly Howard, and died in Winchester, N. H., Jan. 12, 1830; Elisha is mentioned below ; Joseph, born June 17, 1767, died Oct. 22, 1837 ; Sally, born Dec. 27, 1769, died May 8, 1773; David, born Feb. 11, 1772, married Louisa Harmon, and died in Westmoreland, N. Y., May 5, 1867; William Punderson, born Sept. 6, 1774, was married, in 1807, to Sally Mills, daugh- ter of Bradley and Hannah (St. John) Mills (she was born in 1790, and died in February, 1842, while his death occurred in Waterford, N. Y., March 16, 1855) ; John Todd, born Dec. 31, 1776, was married, in 1798, to Dolly Steele, and died Oct. 25, 1860; Sally, born June 13, 1779, married Lewis Spooner, and died in Cohoes, N. Y., May 18, 1857; and Timothy, born May 1, 1782, was married March 1I, 1809, to Annie Carter, and died in Castleton, N. Y., April 2, 1845.


(VI) Elisha Mansfield, the grandfather of our subject, was born in New Haven, Conn., Dec. 12, 1764, and died in Canaan, Conn., April 27, 1840. By occupation he was a farmer. He married Re- becca Camp, of Litchfield South Farms, who was born March 24, 1769, daughter of Abel Camp, and died in Falls Village, town of Canaan, Aug. 22, 1851. They had six children, one of whom, Elisha D., was the father of our subject; the others were Phineas, who died Feb. 27, 1867; William, who died at Charleston, S. C., June 27, 1826; Rebecca, wife of LeGrand Leavenworth; Hannah; and Sylvia.


(VII) Elisha Dutton Mansfield was born in Canaan, Conn., Dec. 13, 1806, and throughout life was variously employed, being interested in farm- ing, lumbering, and the coal and milling business for some time. About 1837 he was superintendent of the cement quarries at Kingston, N. Y., which were then owned by the Hon. Hugh White, filling the position one or two years. In 1845 he formed a partnership with Samuel C. Scoville, of Salisbury, and built a blast furnace for the manufacture of pig iron, near Huntsville, Litchfield Co., Conn., which they operated two or three years, when the partner- ship ceased. About 1848 Mr. Mansfield leased the furnace at East Canaan, Conn., and operated the same about two years; was also manager of the blast furnace at North Adams, Mass., for one year, in 1851-52. On June 25, 1834, Elisha D. Mans- field married Miss Fanny Monson, who was born in Canaan Aug. 5, 1802, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Booth) Monson. To this marriage were born three children, of whom ( 1) William Henry, the subject proper of this sketch, is the eldest. (2) Sarah Booth, born May 15, 1837, married, Oct. 6, 1863, Julius Morgan Page, a farmer, and they have always resided in the town of Canaan. Mr. Page was born Aug. 12, 1829. To them were born three children : Fanny Monson, born Dec. 11, 1865, and


died July 16, 1890; Mabel Morgan, born Aug. 23, 1869, died April 9, 1898; William Mansfield, born June 25, 1873, resides with his parents and con- ducts their farming operations. (3) Peter, born July 27, 1840, was educated at Goshen Academy. He followed farming for a time in Virginia, and was for a time superintendent of the Bostwick Re- frigerator Co. at Mishawaka, Ind., until ill health caused his retirement. He is now engaged in farm- ing with his brother in West Hartford. He was married, at Canton, Conn., Nov. 1, 1870, to Jane I. Page, and they have one daughter, Mary Page, who was graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in the class of 1896, was for two years a teacher in the West Hartford high school, and at this writing (1900) is a teacher in the American School for the Deaf, Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Fanny (Monson) Mansfield died Nov. 17, 1849. Subsequently, Nov. 28, 1850, at Waterbury, Conn., Mr. Mansfield mar- ried Caroline B. Yale, by whom he had one son, Hugh White, who was born Sept. II, 1851, and was married, in August, 1880, to Mrs. Jennie Palmer. He resides in Winsted, Conn. Mr. Mansfield died March 21, 1869, in Huntsville, town of Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn., where the last years of his life were spent, and his remains were interred at South Canaan.


Joshua Monson was twice married. By his first wife, Sarah Booth, who died Dec. 14, 1806, he had the following children: Chester, born June 5, 1793, was married, Aug. 20, 1817, to Julia M., daughter of William and Dorcas Holabird; Fanny was the mother of our subject ; Rebecca married Au- gustus Swift; Luther married Caroline Beckley ; Lavinus married Mary Parrish; and Eunice be- came the wife of Seth Stevens. After the death of the mother of this family Mr. Monson married Eunice Alling, by whom he had five children : Kneeland J., born Dec. 1, 1809, was married, Feb. 14, 1844, to Angeline A. Compton, and died Aug. 10, 1898; Myron Elias, born Jan. 16, 1812, died Oct. 1. 1835 ; Henry L. married Harriet Clark, and died April 24, 1856; Sally married John A. Beck- ley ; and Cornelia married IIenry L. Belden. The father of these, Joshua Monson, died Aug. 12, 1844.


Daniel Humphrey Page, father of Mrs. Peter Mansfield, was born in Canaan, Conn., June 1, 1822, and died in Canton Aug. 10, 1880. On Oct. 25, 1846, he married Mary Julia Jaqua, daughter of Jabez Jaqua. She was born Oct. 31, 1826, and died in Hartford July 7, 1893. They had six chil- dren : Jane Irene, born Dec. 2. 1847, is now the wife of Peter Mansfield : Frank Daniel, born March 2, 1850, was married, in July, 1875, to Lillian Cor- rell : Carrie Eliza, born Nov. 10, 1853, was mar- ried Nov. 3, 1875, to Willis M. Flagg: Daniel E., born Feb. 12, 1859, was married Nov. 3, 1880, to Jeannette A. Pinney ; M. Josephine, born Dec. 18, 1861, died Jan. 16, 1882; and Sarah Mills, born April 28, 1864. died March 23, 1867. Mrs. Mans- field's grandfather, Lyman Page, was born March




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.