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 30

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

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On April 28, 1841, Dr. Brandegee was united in marriage with Miss Florence Stith, of Peters- burg, Va., who was born in Florence, Italy, Nov. 8, 1822, a daughter of Maj. Townshend and Cath- erine ( Potter) Stith. Her father was a soldier of the Mexican war, and was minister to Tunis under President Monroe. To the Doctor and his wife were born the following children: Townshend Stith, who was a member of the Ist Conn. V. I. during the Civil war, married Katharine Layne, and is now living in San Diego, Cal. ; he is a civil ·engineer by profession, but is devoting his time to botany. Charles. a member of the 5th New York Zouaves during the Civil war, married Mabel Dag- gett, and formerly lived in the West, but now makes his home in Farmington, Conn., where he is serving as town clerk; he has one child, Hilda. Florence Stith resides with her mother in Berlin. Robert Bolling married Susan Lord, and has one child, Robert Lord : he is an artist, having studied in Paris, and now has a studio in Farmington. Emily Stocking and Katharine live at home with their mother. Henry Melville died in Helena, Mont., at the age of thirty-seven years, and his re- mains were interred in the South burying-ground, Berlin. Edith Victorina died at the age of six years. Horace Stocking died at the age of four and a half years. Arthur Latimer is a florist of Berlin. Edward Newton is in the real-estate busi- ness in Helena, Montana.

In 1850 Dr. Brandegee took up his residence in the house where his death occurred. This place was built by his father for the teachers of the Worthington Academy, which at that time was quite a flourishing educational institution ; later the house was sold, and the Doctor purchased it from Joseph Booth. He remodeled the same, and it is to-day one of the most pleasant homes on Berlin street. He always took an active interest in edu- cational matters, was a friend to the public schools, and was very instrumental in establishing the Ber- lin Library. He was a great student, and devoted ·considerable time to the study of nature, making a specialty of botany and the analyzation of trees, flowers, etc. Politically he was a stanchi Repub- lican, and filled the offices of assessor and treas- urer of the schools of Berlin. Although of a modest

and retiring disposition, he made many warm friends, and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was a consistent and faithful member of the Congregational Church of Berlin, of which his estimable wife is also a member.

GEORGE TERWILLIGER FINCH, M. D., is one of the leading physicians and prominent resi- dents of Thompsonville. He has much natural abil- ity, but is withal a close student, and believes thor- oughly in the maxim "there is no excellence with- cut labor." llis devotion to the duties of his pro- fession, therefore, combined with a comprehensive understanding of the principles of the science of medicine, has made him a most successful and able practitioner, one whose prominence is well de- served.

Dr. Finch was born in Penn Yan, N. Y., June 28, 1854, a son of Martin J. and Mary E. (Craven ) Finch, who were natives of Ohio and New York, respectively, and of English ancestry. The paternal grandfather, Martin Finch, was a pioneer farmer of Muskingum county, Ohio, and the maternal grandfather, James Craven, was an early settler of Yates county, N. Y. The father, Martin J. Finch, was a resident of Elmira, N. Y., from 1858. For twenty-eight years he was a traveling salesman for the Downer Oil Company of New York City, and was engaged in the oil business on his own account in Elmira for several years. He died in August, 1899, at the age of eighty-two.

Dr. Finch accompanied his parents on their re- moval to Elmira, and in the public schools of that city he began his education. Subsequently he at- tended the Elmira Free Academy and Hobart Col- lege, Geneva, N. Y., graduating from the latter in 1875. The same year he commenced the study of medicine in the office of Dr. J. K. Stanchfield, of Elmira, and was graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City. in 1878. Im- mediately afterward he was appointed house sur- geon of Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Conn., and later house physician, remaining there until June, 1879, when he located in Thompsonville. He has since been in the active and successful practice of his profession at that place.

Dr. Finch has been twice married, his first wife having been Fannie R. Allen, a daughter of Horace B. and Mary A. ( Bancroft) Allen, of Enfield. Hartford county. Two sons were born of that union : Martin A. and George C. The Doctor's present wife was, in her maidenhood, Miss Ida M. Young, a daughter of Winfield E. and Mary ( Welsh) Young, of Middletown, Conn. Dr. and Mrs. Finch are members of the Episcopal Church. and fraternally he belongs to the F. & A. M., the Ancient Order of Foresters, the Connecticut State Medical Society, and the Hartford Medical Society. fle casts his ballot with the Republican party, and in 1895 he represented the town of Enfield in the State Legislature. For sixteen years he has been

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a member of the Thompsonville district committee, acting visitor for fifteen years, and is the present health officer of the town.

ALBERT D. GRISWOLD (deceased) was a native of the town of Wethersfield, as was his fa- ther, Capt. Francis, and his grandfather, Caleb. Francis Griswold, who was a sailor, married Sarah Pierce Deming, of the same place. He was the father of ten children, of whom Albert D. was third in the order of birth, the names of the other nine being Francis, Sarah, Robert B., Louise C., Teresa C., Robert P .. Ella, Martha and Florine.

Albert D. Griswold lived in the town of Weth- ersfield until he attained his majority, when he went to Ashland, Minn., where he carried on business as a lumber dealer and proprietor of a sawmill. In 1859, becoming dissatisfied with the business outlook, he returned to his native, place, and ac- cepted a position as overseer on the farm of the Robbins Seed Co. In their employ he remained for two years, then in 1869 went to Rocky Hill, where he bought a farm, upon which one of his sons, W. F., now lives, and where he made his home until his death. in 1889.

On April 26, 1856, Mr. Griswold married Miss Mary A. Wells, of Wethersfield, who bore him nine children. Some brief mention of this numerous family cannot fail to be of interest. ( 1) The eldest, Mary E., was educated in the public and high schools of Hartford, and for twenty-two years has been a school teacher. During most of this time she has been employed in the schools of Hartford county, and for six years past has taught at Man- chester. Her devotion to her profession has led her to keep fully abreast with every onward and upward movement inaugurated by the leading ed- ticators of the country, and she has attained an en- viable reputation in the profession which she has chosen for her life work. (2) W. F. Griswold, whose biographical sketch appears elsewhere, was the second child and eldest son. (3) Emma L. is deceased. (4) Florine is the wife of Henry L. Vibberts. of Manchester. (5) Hattie is now the wife of James W. Williams, ticket agent for the New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. at New Britain : they are the parents of three children. James G., Harold A. and Horace. (6) Sarah L. married George W. Best, of Wethersfield, a night watchman in the State penitentiary at that place : they have one child. Donald D. (7) Albert A. (lied in 1876. and (8) Jesse D. is a teacher in the public schools of Hartford. having graduated from the State Normal institution at New Britain. (9) Everett C. is an insurance man, and makes his home with his mother at Rocky Hill.

Mr. Griswold, while never seeking office, was the recipient of many proffered honors from his fellow townsmen in the way of election to posi- tions of responsibility and trust. Besides having been selectman of Rocky Hill. he represented his

town in the Legislature during the session of 1883. For twenty-two years he served as school visitor, and for many terms filled the office of justice of the peace, in which position his unswerving integrity and keen common sense rendered him particularly acceptable to honest litigants and a terror to evil- doers. In politics he was a Democrat, and in his general convictions liberal and broad-minded. He. was public-spirited, and always ready to aid in the promotion of any enterprise looking toward the benefit of the town of his residence. It was from an impulse of this sort that he became one of the founders of the Rocky Hill Library Association.

LESTER GOODENOUGH (deceased), who. for over sixty years was an honored resident of Bristol, was well known and highly esteemed, not only as a successful business man, but as a good, useful, loyal citizen.

Levi Goodenough, his grandfather, was born in Malden, Mass., Jan. 30, 1772, and died Jan. 31, 1858. in Peacham, Vt. He was thrice married,. first time, April 2, 1793, to Betsey Walker, who was born April 16, 1776, and died April 30, 1816, the mother of children as follows: (1) Ephraim was the father of cur subject. (2) Ashbel, born Jan. 11, 1795, died Dec. 3, 1874 ; he married Nancy Carter. (3) Levi. Jr., born March 31, 1798, died Nov. 3, 1878. (4) Betsey, born Feb. 3. 1800, died Aug. 29. 1844. (5) Phebe was born April 23, 1802. (6) Sally, born July 22, 1804, died May 30, 1870: she married John Harvey, of Barnet. Vt. (7) Hiram, born July 8. 1807. died Jan. 15, 1811. (8) Almira, born March 29. 1809, married a Mr. Maine, of Ohio. (9) Walker, born Feb. 15. 1812, died Jan. 15, 1814. (10) Warner W., born Nov. 12, 1814, married Sarah J. Davis, of Plainfield, Vt. For his second wife Levi Goodenough mar- ried, Dec. 19, 1816, Clarissa Way, who was born Nov. 25, 1783, and died Sept. 23. 1830, leaving three children: Harriet, born March 28, 1818; Daniel, Nov. 11, 1820; and Alma. Oct. 6. 1822. For his third wife Levi Goodenough wedded, Jan. 29. 1835, Ruth Walker, who died March 8, 1844, without issue.

Ephraim Goodenough, son of the above. and fa- ther of the late Lester Goodenough, was born Nov. 19. 1793. in Peacham, Vt., and died April 6. 1873, in Bristol, Conn. In early life he was a carpenter, and also followed the trade of wheelwright. He was a consistent member of the M. E. Church, and in politics was a Republican. On Dec. 17. 1818. Ephraim Goodenough married Martha E. Ladd, who was born Sept. 13. 1794. in Peacham, \'t., a daughter of Thing and Elizabeth ( Jimson) Ladd. She died Jan. 26. 1838, at Burlington, Conn .. the mother of children as follows: (1) Lester. the subject proper of this sketch. (2) Viola Eliza, born Dec. 19, 1821, married Ranslaer Raynesford, of Alford, Mass .. and died June 22. 1876, at West Hartford, Conn. (3) Orlando,

Bester Goodenough

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born Feb. 17, 1824, died in Burlington, Dec. 4, 1844. unmarried. (4) Rodney, born May 13, 1827, died Jan. 27, 1880, in Dallas, Oregon ; he was a sea captain, and went to California in 1849. (5) Waldo, born Feb. 28, 1832, in Bristol, is a printer in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Lester Goodenough, whose name opens this memoir, was born Sept. 18, 1820, in Burlington, Conn., and died Dec. 26, 1898, in Bristol. He re- ceived his education in the common schools of Bur- lington and the Bristol Academy. Mr. Good- enough served an apprenticeship of three years, in Whigville, with E. K. Jones at wood clock- turning, and in 1837, at the age of seventeen years, he came to Bristol, where he was employed for six years by Chauncey Boardman in finishing clocks, and then went into business for himself, making clock trimmings. In this he continued some three or four years, at the end of which time he formed a partnership with Asahel Hooker, in the brass foundry business, the co-partnership existing until Mr. Hooker's death, in 1865. Mr. Goodenough continued the business alone until 1897, in which vear he took his son Charles R. into partnership, under the firm name of Lester Goodenough & Son, which so continued until the death of the senior partner, since which time Charles R. has conducted the business alone.

Mr. Goodenough was elected president of the Coddling Mfg. Co. when it was reorganized in 1895, and was holding that position at the time of hisdeath ; andwas one of the original incorporators of the Bris- tol Savings Bank, being a director and one of the loaning committee. In politics he was a lifelong Re- publican, and for twenty-five years his name was on the town ticket of his party for one or more offices. He served as assessor and manager of the town deposit fund, was also auditor of the town, and for twenty-five years was treasurer of the Sec- ond school district of Bristol. While not a mem- ber of the Congregational Church, he was a mem- ber of the Ecclesiastical Society until the church became incorporated, and he always regularly at- tended the Church services. Socially Mr. Good- enough was a Freemason of many years' standing, having united with Franklin Lodge, No. 56, F. & A. M., Oct. 23, 1854. He served the lodge faith- fully in various capacities, including that of grand master, and was also past high priest of Pequa- buck Chapter, No. 32, R. A. M. In all the rela- tions of life no one in Bristol enjoyed a larger measure of confidence and respect than did Lester Goodenough.

Mr. Goodenough was twice married. (first) June 7. 1848, to Harriet Maria Champion, who was born Feb. 18, 1820, in Winsted, Conn., a daughter of Nathan and Mercy ( Bevin) Cham- pion. She died in Bristol Sept. 21, 1870, the mother of five children: ( 1) Henry Bird, born Aug. 14, 1851, in Bristol, Conn., is in the insurance busi- ness in New Britain. He married Nov. 16, 1881. Mattie (Cowles) Pratt, daughter of Loren and

Martha ( Smith) Cowles, of Hartford; no issue. (2) Ellen Hooker, born Aug. 7, 1853, died Oct. 5, 1855. (3) Sarah Champion was born March 21, 1857. (4) CHARLES RODNEY GOODENOUGH, born Jan. 4, 1860, was educated in the common schools of Bristol and in New Britain Seminary. When twenty years of age he entered his father's shop and learned the trade, later becoming a partner, and since his father's death he has conducted the business under the same name, although he is sole proprietor. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and in politics is a Republican. He was married July 26, 1896, to Hattie B. Shubert, who was born Sept. 9, 1873, a daughter of Theodore and Mary Shubert, of Bristol. They have one child, Olive Pearl, born July 24, 1897. (5) Har- riet Maria, born June 19, 1862, was married June 25, 1891, to Charles W. Edgerton, traveling sales- man for the Penfield Saw Works, of Bristol; they have one child, Lester Goodenough, born April 17, 1899. For his second wife our subject wedded, on June 26, 1872, Lucinda Norton Champion ( sis- ter to his first wife), who was born March 23, 1822, and died March 31, 1894.

CADWELL. The Cadwells were of Scotch descent. They were manufacturers in the north of Scotland. Thomas Cadwell came to this coun- try previous to 1630, and was first heard of at Dor- chester, Mass. In 1652 he lived on the corner of Front and Grove streets, Hartford. He was a respectable farmer and constable of the town. Mar- ried, 1658, Widow Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Edward Stebbins. He came to Hartford with Rev. Thomas Hooker. His name among others is seen upon the shaft in the old Center Church burying- ground erected to commemorate the first male men- bers of Hooker's first church, established in Hartford, Conn., year 1635. The children were ten in number: Edward, Thomas, Samuel, Eliza- beth, Mary, Matthew (born Oct. 5, 1668), Hannah, Abigal, Mehitable, William. His will, probated in Hartford Feb. 4, 1694, found in Vol. IX, Probate Records.

Matthew Cadwell married Abigal Beckly, daugh- ter of John Beckly, New Haven, Conn., 1695. He was buried in the Center burying-ground, and the following is upon his stone: "Here lieth ye body of Mr. Matthew Cadwell, Sen. who died April ye 22, 1719 in ye 51 year of his age." The children were: Matthew (born 1696), John, Abel, Daniel and Abigal.

Matthew ( II) married Esther Burnham, 1720. The children were : Amelia, born 17-, and Matthew, born 1724. He moved to West Hartford, and is buried there. In Hinman's "Early Puritans, Conn. Settlers," in speaking of the Cadwells, it says: "They were good men and prominent in church and town and men of means."

Matthew ( III) married Elizabeth Hubbard, 1747. The children were: Matthew, born 1748;

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Elizabeth, born 1750: Anna, born 1752; Pelatiah, born 1754; Huldah, born 1756: Theodore, born Dec. 24, 1759; and John, born 1760. He moved to Bloomfield, and with his wife is buried in the old Center burying-ground.

Theodore Cadwell was in the army of the Revo- lution, enlisted at Simsbury in Capt. Prior's com- pany, Erastus Wolcott's regiment. He married Huldah Case, and removed to Johnstown, N. Y. The children were : Theodore (born in 1782), Allyn and Orin.

Theodore Cadwell, Jr., married Roxy Parsons Oct. 25, 1804. He resided in Bloomfield and was a prominent business man, and one of the largest builders and contractors in those days, building the First Congregational church in Manchester, the Congregational church in North Preston, and the First Congregational church that was built in Can- ada : also public buildings in Hartford, and most of the best houses in the town of Bloomfield, and was still a young man when called away from this earth. Children of Theodore (II) : Roxy, born 1805; Lavina, born 1808; Huldah, born 1810: Esther, born 1812: Theodore Case, born Dec. 2, 1813; Mary, born 1815: Jeanette, born 1824; and Ed- ward. born 1825.

Theodore C. Cadwell was born in the town of Bloomfield Dec. 2, 1813. Was reared a farmer, and on Sept. 2. 1835, was united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Cornish, who was a daughter of Harry Cornish, and was born May 18, 1813. Theo- dore C. passed the major part of his life on a farm, was an active and progressive man, held a commis- sion as first lieutenant in the Horse Guards, and in politics was first a Whig and later a Republican, holding many of the offices in the gift of the town. He passed away, a highly respected citizen and a member of the Congregational Church, May 28, 1860, having lost his wife Sept. 29, 1851. To this marriage were born : Henry C. and George. The latter was born Jan. 7. 1840, and Oct. 24, 1860, mar- ried Miss Maria Hubbard, who bore him two chil- dren. viz .: George T., born Jan. 17, 1862, now a resident of Hartford : and Elith M., now the wife of a Mr. Goddard. George Cadwell passed away July 6, 1878.

HENRY CORNISH CADWELL, a most highly re- spected farmer of Bloomfield, was born on his pres- ent homestead June 29, 1836, was educated in the Bloomfield schools and in the Williston Seminary, at East Hampton, Mass., and was engaged with his father in farming until the latter's death.

Henry C. Cadwell married in East Granby, Conn., June 22, 1857, Miss Harriet L. Pinney, daughter of Luther Pinney, and to this marriage have been born three children, viz. : Julia Emma, born March 28, 1858, is married to Wilbur H. Gaines, and is the mother of four children, born as follows- LeRov Cadwell, Aug. 17, 1880; Lena May, June 26. 1882: Harry W., Aug. 25, 1884; and Charles W .. Dec. 28. 1888. The second child of Henry

C. and Harriet L. Cadwell is Hattie Cornish, borm Dec. 6, 1862, and now resides in Hartford, Conn. The third is Katherine Henri, of Bloomfield, born June 24, 1871.

In their religious faith the Cadwell family are- Congregationalists. They enjoy to the full the esteem of their neighbors, wherever located. Henry C. Cadwell is a member of and a deacon in the- Congregational Church, a Republican in politics, has served as town assessor, member of the Board of Relief, member of the School Board, and the. superintendent of the schools, and is classed among- the most skillful and progressive agriculturists of the town of Bloomfield.

FRANKLIN HOLDEN MAYBERRY, M. D., of Burnside, is ranked among the most successful medical practitioners in the State. especially in the treatment of typhoid fever, in which, it is probable. he is excelled by few in New England. He was born in the town of Casco. Cumberland Co., Maine. April 8, 1862. a son of Edward and Clara ( Hol- den) Mayberry, and descends from good old Co- lonial stock, both paternally and maternally, the Holden family being of Massachusetts nativity, and his grandfather, Edward Holden, married a Miss. Bolton, of the same State.

Capt. Richard Mayberry, great-grandfather of the Doctor, was a first lieutenant in Capt. Samuel Knight's company during the Revolutionary war, and later was captain of the Fifth Company, Eleventh Regiment. Massachusetts troops, and par- ticipated in the battles of Fort Ticonderoga. Hub- bardtown, Stillwater and Saratoga ; was present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, shared in the hardships of the inclement winter at Valley Forge, and also took part in the battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. the last battle of note at the North dur- ing the Revolution. William Mayberry, father of Capt. Richard, was a pioneer of Maine, and one- of the sixty Colonists to whom grants of land were made Jan. 17, 1735, at Windham, being one of the first to settle in the State.

Edward Mayberry. the Doctor's grandfather, was the first of the family to locate at Casco, where he became prominent as a lumberman. Our su'- ject's parents passed all their days in the village. and were classed among its most substantial citi- zens. Edward Mayberry, his father, was a cousin of M. E. Ingalls, the well-known president of the "Big Four" railroad system, and of the Norfolk & Western Railroad Co., two Holden sisters being their mothers. Of the three children born to Ed- ward and Clara Mayberry. Franklin H. is the only son ; his elder sister. Harriet, is now the wife of George W. Mills, of Weeping Water, Cass Co .. Neb., and his younger sister. Abby, is the widow of Franklin Edwards, and a resident of the same village.

Dr. F. H. Mayberry received his elementary education in the public schools of his native te .vn,

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next attended the Bridgton Academy, in the same county, four years, and then entered Bowdoin Col- lege in the class of 1880. He then entered upon the study of medicine under Dr. Cobb, of Casco, and later under Prof. Tinkham, of Burlington, \'t. ; then entered the University of Vermont, from the Medical Department of which he graduated in 1885, and at once located in Hartford, Conn., where, for three years, he served as second assistant physi- cian at the Retreat, and for the three years follow- ing was assistant superintendent of the same in- stitution.

In 1891 Dr. Mayberry settled in Burnside, where his success has been so flattering and so lucrative that he has become a "fixture." His village, as well as his country practice, is constantly on the increase, and this phenomenal success is due en- tirely to his professional skill and merits, as he located here unheralded, and his extraordinary man- agement of cases of typhoid fever, one of the most virulent disorders that "flesh is heir to," as well as one of the most difficult to control, and one of the most prevalent, has made his name famous in much more than a local sense.

In politics the Doctor is a sound Republican. and as an evidence of his popularity and value as a citizen, as measured by the residents of the town of East Hartford, it may be mentioned that he was elected, the first year of his residence here, a mem- ber of the school board. of which office he is still a valuable and active incumbent : in 1895 he was elected to the State Legislature, after the shortest residence in the district of any of his predecessors, and his voice is still potent in the councils of his party. Fraternally he is a member of Orient Lodge, No. 62, F. & A. M., of Hartford: of Lafayette Council, O. U. A. M., of East Hartford: of the Foresters, of the same town; was a charter mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, also at East Hartford, and is still an active member of the latter.

The Doctor was most happily married, May 19. 1890, to Miss Elizabeth Maher, daughter of Alex- ander Maher, of Hartford, and this union has been crowned by the birth of one child, Dorothy H. The Doctor and wife are socially among the most respected residents of the town, and their financial standing is all that could be desired.

JARED FREDERICK BRAINARD ( cle- ceased ), for many years a prominent farmer of Enfield, was born in that town March 9, 1818. a son of Jared and Mary ( Pierce ) Brainard, and a lineal descendant in the seventh generation from Daniel Brainard, a native of England. who at the age of eight years was brought to Hartford. Conn., where he was reared to manhood, and who about 1662 settled in Haddam, Conn. The paternal grand- parents of our subject were Frederick and Anna ( Brainard ) Brainard : Frederick was a son of Ezra and Jerusha (Snow) Brainard; Ezra, a son of

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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 30

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