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Among the fraternities the Doctor is a member and examining physician of Nutmeg Lodge, A. O. U. W .: surgeon and examining physician for the First Division, Ancient Order of Hibernians : ex- amining physician for Semaphore Lodge, No. 551. of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen ; and ex- amining physician for the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen. He is a regular attendant at St. Mary's Church.
In politics the Doctor is attached to straight Jeffersonian principles. In 1893 he was chosen, on the Democratic town ticket, a member of the board of school visitors, a position which he has held ever since. For a number of years he has been a mem- ber of the High School committee of East Hart- ford.
In October, 1896, the Doctor was married, at East Ilartford, to Miss Nellie M. Flynn, a native of East Hartford, and a daughter of Dominick Flynn, which union has been blessed with two chil- dren : Thomas Ward, born May 5, 1898 ; and Mary Elizabeth, born March 14, 1900.
As a citizen Dr. O'Connell stands among the foremost in the community, his deep and abiding in- terest in all worthy public causes making lam one
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of those natural leaders to which the community in which he lives turns almost instinctively for counsel and advice. He is popular among all classes of men, and his few years of active life have in them much promise for the future.
JOSEPH EDWARD ROOT, B. S., M. D., of Hartford, where his standing in the profession and in citizenship is high, has descended in several lines from not only some of the earliest families to come to New England, but some of the most con- spicuous in its history-from families that have given to this section men eminent and illustrious.
Dr. Root was born March 4. 1854. in Green- wich, Mass., a' son of Hon. Thomas Pitkin and Seraph Marsh ( Haynes) Root, and is a lineal de- scendant on his mother's side from John Haynes, a man of education and letters from Hertfordshire, England, who came to New England with Rev. Thomas Hooker and company in the ship "Griffin" in 1633, and in 1637 settled in Hartford, of which he was one of the original proprietors, and was chosen the first Governor of Connecticut in 1639. Also in that line Dr. Root, through his grandmo- ther, Betsey ( Marsh) Haynes, wife of Reuben (she being a daughter of Lucy (Putnam) and Ty- ler Marsh ), is a lineal descendant of John Marsh, an English emigrant who settled at Salem, Mass., as early as 1637, and of John Putnam, who was the ancestor of Gen. Israel Putnam, of Revoli- tionary fame, John, the emigrant, coming from Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire. England, in 1634, settling in Salem. From these two ancestors Dr. Root's line is, respectively, through Zachariah, Ebenezer, Ebenezer (2), Lieut. Caleb (a patriot of the Revolution ), Tyler and Betsey Marsh; and through John (2), Eleazer, Jeptha, Fuller and Lucy Putnam.
On his father's side Dr. Root is descended from John Root, the son of John of Badby. Nottingham- shire, England, where the son was born in 1608. He came early to New England, and was one of the first settlers of Farmington in 1640, which point was settled by persons mainly from Boston, Newtown and Roxbury. Soon after his location John Root married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Frances Kilbourne ; she was born in 1619 at Wood Ditton. England, and came to New England in the ship "Increase" in 1635.
From this emigrant ancestor Dr. Root is a de- scendant in the eighth generation, his line bei.1g through Thomas, Timothy, Timothy (2), Joseph, Capt. John and Thomas Pitkin Root.
(II) Thomas Root, son of John the emigrant, born about 1648, in Farmington, married (second) in 1675 Mary Spencer, and moved to Westfield, Mass. He died in 1709.
(III) Timothy Root, son of Thomas, born in 1685. married, in 1710, Sarah Pease, daughter of John, of Enfield, Conn., and went from Westfield to Enfield, and thence, in about 1713, to Somers, Conn., as one of the first settlers of the town.
(IV) Timothy Root (2), son of Timothy, born in 1719, in Somers, married Jemima, daugh- ter of Josiah Wood, of Somers, and they were most excellent citizens and Christian people of that community.
(\') Joseph Root, son of Timothy (2), born in 1753. in Somers, married Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Joshua Pomeroy. Mr. Root served for a period of four years in the war of the Revolution. was at the battle of Bunker Hill, at the siege of Charlestown, and at the scene of Gen. Burgoyne's surrender.
(VI) Capt. John Root, son of Joseph, born in 1789. in Somers, Conn., married, in 1816, Lucy, daughter of Deacon Samuel Reynolds, of Somers, Conn., and settled in Greenwich, Mass. He died in 1855.
Hon. Thomas Pitkin Root, son of Capt. John, and the father of Dr. Root, of Hartford, was born July 8, 1824, in Greenwich, Mass. He was mar- ried, in 1851, to Seraph ( Marsh) Haynes, daugh- ter of Reuben and Betsey ( Marsh) Haynes. of Greenwich, Mass., and to the union were born children as follows: Francis Pitkin Root, born Feb. 13. 1852: Joseph Edward Root, born March 4, 1854: William, who died when young; and Charles Samuel Root, born March 18, 1860. Thomas Pitkin Root has been for many years a prominent citizen of Barre, Mass. He has served two terms in each branch of the Massachusetts Legislature-the House of Representatives and the Senate : for many years he has been a deacon in the Congregational Church.
Dr. Root, of Hartford, is descended from Rev. Dr. Peter Reynolds and Rev. Dr. Stephen Will- iams, through his grandmother, Lucy ( Reynolds ) Root, born 1789, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Mary ( Pitkin) Reynolds, and the granddaughter of Samuel Reynolds, M. D., and Martha ( Will- iams) Reynolds, the latter couple being a son and daughter, respectively, of Rev. Dr. Peter Rey- nolds and Rev. Dr. Stephen Williams, who were contemporaries in the ministry. Rev. Dr. Peter Reynolds was the second minister in Enfield, Conn., and a descendant from Capt. Nathaniel, who came from England in about 1644: while Rev. Dr. Stephen Williams, born in 1693, was a son of Rev. John Williams, of Deerfield, a de- scendant in the third generation from Robert, of Roxbury, who came probably from Norwich, England, about 1638. This Williams family was one of historic note in New England annals. Rev. John and family were of the number taken pris- oner in February, 1704, at Deerfield, Mass., dur- ing the French and Indian war, several of the chil- dren being killed and the father and son taken to Canada and kept captives-the father until 1706, and the son until 1705. Rev. Dr. Stephen Will- iams at the time of his captivity was but a lad. After his release he was a graduate from Harvard, and served in several campaigns as chaplain in the army; was at the capture of Louisburg, and was
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with Col. Ephraim Williams at the battle of Lake George in September, 1755, when Col. Williams was killed. The Pitkins, too, of this line of Dr. Root's ancestors, were a historic and illustrious family. Mary Pitkin, above, descended from Hon. William Pitkin, the progenitor of the American family, who came from England in 1659, and from 1675 to 1690 was a member of the Colonial As- sembly from Hartford, and who, earlier, was prosecutor for the Colony, attorney general and treasurer successively. Mary Pitkin's line was through William (2) (who for twenty-six years was in the General Assembly, and also chief jus- tice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut), Col. Thomas and Thomas Pitkin.
Dr. Joseph Edward Root, the subject proper of this sketch, received his primary and early school training in the public schools of Barre, Mass., attending from 1860 to 1868 District School No. 8, and the four succeeding years the Barre High School. In 1876 he received the degree of B. S. from the Massachusetts College at Amherst, and in the same year a like degree from Boston University. He studied medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, grad- uating therefrom in 1883. ' While at Amherst he was one of the Farnsworth Prize speakers in his Freshman and Sophomore years, and a commence- ment speaker at graduation. His boyhood was passed on the Hillside farm at Barre, Mass. Dur- ing his college course he taught school for two winters at Barre Plains, and after his graduation he entered Dr. Brown's Institute at Barre, remain- ing until the spring of 1879, when he was engaged at the Walnut Hill Asymum in Hartford, Conn. On receiving his medical diploma from the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, in 1883, he was made assistant physician at the Re- treat for the Insane in Hartford, and there re- mained until Aug. 20, 1884, at which time he be- gan the general practice of medicine in that city, which has continued to the present with deserved success. During these years Dr. Root has been a very busy man, and figured conspicuously in many societies and organizations pertaining to his field of labor. In 1884 he assisted in reorganizing the Hartford Dispensary, of which since its reorgani- zation he has been secretary and treasurer ; has also been chief of the department of general medi- cine and nervous diseases at the dispensary. He was appointed on many commissions of import- ance by Govs. Harrison and Morris during their administrations. From 1889 to 1894 he was a delegate for the Connecticut Medical Society to the meetings of the American Medical Associa- tion, and as such attended the meetings held re- spectively at Newport. R. I., Washington, D. C., Milwaukee, Wis., and San Francisco, Cal. In April, 1891, he was elected secretary of the Hart- ford County Medical Association, which office he held until April, 1894. During his term of office much of the responsibility pertaining to the Cen-
tennial Celebration of the Association devolved upon him, and he also delivered the historical ad- dress. In 1896 he was appointed surgeon on Maj. Warren's staff of the First Company, Governor's Horse Guard, and now holds that rank. In 1895 he was elected a member of the board of physi- cians and surgeons to the Masonic Home at Wal- lingford, Conn .; in 1896 was made its president, which office he has since held, and in 1897 was chosen chairman of the Building committee for the new Masonic Hospital. Dr. Root was appointed medical examiner for the Mutual Reserve Life In- surance Co., of New York, in 1890; of the Massa- chusetts Mutual Life, in 1894; of the "Home Cir- cle," in 1895; and of the Fidelity Insurance Co. in 1898, and still retains these relations. Dr. Root is a member of the Hartford (City) County and State Medical Societies, and of the American Med- ical Association. He was chosen secretary of the Hartford (City) Medical Society in January, 1900, and is still serving in that position. Dr. Root was chosen, in 1900, a delegate from the Connecticut Medical Society to the thirteenth International Med- ical Congress held in Paris, France, which he at- tended, as also to the sixty-eighth Annual meeting of the British Medical Association at Ipswich, England. In 1898 he was elected surgeon to the Putnam Pha- lanx of Hartford. Dr. Root is one of the surgical staff of St. Francis Hospital as Orthopedic Sur- geon, and Orthopedic Surgeon to the Home for In- curables at Newington, Conn. ; he is also on the ad- visory board of the Connecticut Institute for the Blind. He is a member of the Hartford Scien- tific Society. In April, 1900, under Mayor Har- bison's administration, he was made one of the health commissioners of Hartford.
Socially Dr. Root is prominent in various clubs and organizations. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Masonic Club. He is both a York and Scottish Rite Mason, and is a member of the following bodies: St. John's Lodge, No. 4, Washington Commandery No. I, Charter Oak Lodge of Perfection, Princes of Jeru- salem, Rose Croix, and Connecticut Consistory, Thirty-second Degree, and of Sphinx Temple of the Mystic Shrine. His religious connections are with the Farmington Avenue Congregational Church.
Dr. Root has found time, outside of his extended professional duties and busy life, to devote his at- tention to literature, and his works have given him a wide and well-deserved prominence. Among his works are: "Early Discovery of America by the Norseman," "Hunting Trips in the Rocky Moun- tains" [lecture], and the following treatises : "Epil- epsy," "Essay on Electricity in Nervous Diseases." "Arteritis of the Brain," "Hygiene of School Life," "Electricity in Diseases of Women." "Hip Joint Disease," and "Centennial History of the Hartford County Medical Association."
Dr. Root's political affiliations are with the Re- publican party, and though greatly interested in
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public questions and the success of his party he has declined to be a candidate for any political office.
On March 4. 1885, Dr. Root was married to Ella Goodman Moseley, of Hartford. Their daugh- ter, Seraph Dorothy Rowell Root, was born Nov. 10, 1897. -
A. W. HOWARD, M. D., a prominent and suc- cessful physician and surgeon of Wethersfield, was born in Providence, R. 1., Nov. 25, 1867, and is a son of Amasa and Annie ( Simmons) Howard, the former a native of Woodstock, Conn., the latter of Worcester, Massachusetts.
The paternal grandfather of our subject also bore the name of Amasa Howard. The father was an ordained minister of the Baptist Church, and at different times was pastor of churches in Worces- ter ( Mass. ). Providence (R. I.), and Hartford ( Conn.). He was also chaplain of the State prison at Wethersfield for ten years, and at that place he died in 1887, his remains being interred in Cedar Hill cemetery. His wife, a lady of culture and re- finement, is still living, and continues to make her home in Wethersfield. To them were born four children : John C., now a resident of Omaha, Neb. ; Mary, at home with her mother ; A. W., our subject ; and Fanny, at home.
Dr. Howard was educated at the South school of Hartford and at the Hartford Public High School, graduating from the latter in 1887. He then entered the Medical University of New York, where he pursued a three-years' course, and was graduated in 1890. He then spent some time in the Chambers Street Hospital, New York City, where he gained a good practical knowledge of the profession which he had chosen as a life work, and in the fall of 1890 opened an office in Wethersfield. His skill and ability soon won recognition, and he has suc- ceeded in building up an excellent practice in Weth- ersfield, Newington and Rocky Hill. In connection with his private practice he also acts as examiner for the Hartford Life, the Phoenix, Mutual, Metro- politan and Waterbury Industrial Insurance Com- panies. He is a progressive physician, and an hon- ored member of the Hartford County Medical So- ciety, and the Connecticut State Medical Society ; also belongs to Hartford Lodge, F. & A. M., and to the Wethersfield Grange. Although not a member of any religious denomination he attends the Bap- tist Church : politically he affiliates with the Republi- can party. The Doctor not only stands high in pro- fessional circles, but is also quite popular socially. In 1894 Dr. Howard was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Standish, a daughter of James Standish, and to them has been born one child, Mildred Standish.
HON. RANDOLPH W. COWLES (deceased) was a well-known contractor and builder of South- ington, of whose skill many notable examples are to be seen in that section of the county. Thoroughly
reliable in all things, the quality of his work was a convincing test of his own personal worth, and the same admirable trait was shown in his conscientious discharge of the duties of different positions of trust and responsibility to which he was chosen.
Mr. Cowles was born in Southington March I, 1838, a son of Henry and Lydia ( Thorp) Cowles. His maternal grandfather was Elisha Thorp. The father was born in Southington Jan. 1, 1805, and was married Aug. 29, 1827. He made his home in the southwest part of the town, and there his death oc- curred. His children were: George; William; Laura A. ; Lucretia, wife of Lewis L. Avery ; Emma A., wife of George F. Lewis; Randolph W .; Vic- toria C .; Emily L .; Elinora; and Charlotte, wife of Squire Robinson.
The paternal grandparents of our subject were George Washington and Amy (Adkins) Cowles. The former, born in Southington in December, 1775, became a resident of the Marion District of that town, where he died May 6, 1828. His father, Jo- siah Cowles, was born in Farmington Nov. 20, 1716, and was married Nov. II, 1739, to Jemima Dickin- son. Soon afterward he located in what is now Southington. His first wife died Oct. 19, 174-, and Nov. 22, 1748, he wedded Mary Scott, daughter of Samuel and Mary ( Pynchon) Scott, of Southing- ton, and the great-grandmother of our subject. Josiah Cowles was the father of eighteen children. He was a leading man in church and society, held several important town offices, and the military rank of captain. He died June 6, 1793. His father, Thomas Cowles, was born in Farmington Feb. 4, 1685, and was married Jan. 6, 1714, to Martha, eldest daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Greeman) Judd, of Farmington. He resided in Farmington, on the place given him by his father, later known as the Dr. Carrington place, and there he died March II. 1756. Ile was a son of Samuel and Rachel ( Porter) Cowles, and a grandson of Samuel and Abigail (Stanley) Cowles. The father of Samuel Cowles, Sr., was John Cole (or Cowles), one of the first settlers of Hartford, who about 1640 re- moved to Farmington, where he engaged in farm- ing : he served as deputy from Farmington to the General Court in 1653 and 1654. In 1662 he re- moved to Hadley, Mass., where he died in Septem- ber. 1675.
Randolph W. Cowles, subject of this review, was reared in Southington, and in early manhood learned the carpenter's trade, but prior to the Civil war worked as a pattern-maker in the old Plant shop at Plantsville. On Aug. 8, 1862, he enlisted, be- coming a private in Company E, 20th Conn. V. I., participated in all of the engagements of his regi -- ment, was with Sherman on his celebrated march to the sea, and was honorably discharged from the service June 13, 1865. On his return home he em- barked in business for himself as a contractor and builder, which vocation he continued to successfully follow until his death, March 28, 1899.
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On Feb. 1, 1870, Mr. Cowles was united in marriage with Miss Elvira Wheeler, daughter of Obadiah and Lucy Ann (Guernsey ) Wheeler, of Middlebury, Conn., and by that union five children were born, all of whom are still living : Edith, wife of Merton Holcomb; Eleanor; Irving W .; Annie E: : and Harriet L. Mr. Cowles was an active and prominent member of the Second Baptist Church of Plantsville, of which he was a deacon for many years, and fraternally was a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 33, F. & A. M., of Southington; and Trumbull Post, No. 16, G. A. R. His political support was always given to the men and measures of the Republican party, and he most acceptably served as burgess several terms, as assessor sixteen years, and represented Southington in the Legisla- ture two terms.
ELI WELLS STODDARD (deceased) was a highly esteemed citizen of Wethersfield, and a worthy representative of one of its honored pio- neer families.
John Stoddard, the progenitor of the family in America, was one of the first settlers of Wethers- field, where he owned and operated a tract of land, and served as sergeant in a military company. He died in Westfield, in December, 1664. In 1642 he wedded Mary Foote, who was born in England in 1623, a daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth ( Deming) Foote. After his death the widow mar- ried John Goodrich, of Wethersfield, who died in 1680, and for her third husband she married Lieut. Thomas Tracey, of Norwich, Conn., who died Nov. 7. 1685. By the first marriage there were six chil- dren : Mary, born March 12, 1643, was married, Dec. 10, 1663, to Joseph Wright, son of Thomas Wright, of Wethersfield; John, born April 12, 1646, was married May 26, 1674, to Elizabeth Curtis. daughter of Thomas Curtis; Caleb and Joshua ( twins ) were born Sept. 12, 1648, and the former died when a young man, while the latter was married, Aug. 15, 1680, to Bethia Smith, daughter of Rich- ard Smith; Mercy, born in November, 1652, was married March 10, 1685, to Joseph Wright, whose first wife was her sister ; and Nathaniel, the young- est of the family, is mentioned below.
(II) Nathaniel Stoddard, born in March, 1660, was twice married, and by his first wife had one son. Nathaniel, born Jan. 17, 1692, who was mar- ried. Sept. 26, 1728, to Sarah Buck, born March 25, 1701, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Butler) Buck. They lived in Newington, Hartford county, where he died Aug. 15, 1756, his wife Nov. 4, 1757. For his second wife, Nathaniel Stoddard, Sr., mar- ried Eunice Standish, daughter of Thomas Standish. He died Feb. 9, 1714, and she departed this life Aug. 5. 1716. They had three children: Abigail, born Nov. 11, 1697, was married, Feb. 12, 1719, to John Francis, who was born in Wethersfield, Oct. 12, 1684, a son of John and Mercy Francis ; Thomas is mentioned below ; and Joshua, born March 4, 1703,
was married, March 13. 1757, to Martha Deming, and died in Wethersfield, May 7. 1770.
(III) Thomas Stoddard, born July 29, 1699, was united in marriage, Dec. 18, 1735, with Mary Camp, who was born Oct. 25, 1713, and died Aug. 26, 1775 : he passed away Aug. 26, 1772. In their fam- ily were eight children: ( 1) Elisha, born Aug. 20, 1736, was married June 6, 1776, to Dorothy Will- ard, who was born Sept. 27, 1741, a daughter of Daniel Willard. He died July 2, 1790, and she on April 11, 1826. He was a deacon of the church. (2) Eli, born Feb. 24, 1739, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. On Feb. 8, 1770, he married Abigail Atwood, who was born Aug. 28, 1747, a daughter of Oliver and Dorothy ( Curtis) Atwood. (3) Rebecca, born Sept. 8, 1740, was married, Nov. 25, 1762, to William Wells, Jr., and lived in New- ington. (4) Benjamin, born Feb. 2, 1743, died May 18, 1808. (5) Eunice, born Aug. 22, 1745, was mar- ried, Dec. 2, 1764, to Abel Andrus, a Revolutionary soldier, who was born May 6, 1735, and she died Jan. 23, 1785. (6) Epaphras, the next in order of birth, is mentioned below. (7) Lydia, born Aug. 8, 1750, was married Nov. 14, 1771, to Aaron Deming. (8) Rhoda, born Oct. 30, 1754. was married. Jan. 4, 1779. to Levi Curtis, and lived in Lenox, Massa- chusetts.
(IV) Epaphras Stoddard, born Jan. 22, 1748, spent his life as a farmer in Wethersfield, where he clied May 18, 1792, his remains being interred there. On Nov. 25, 1773, he was united in marriage with Mary Wells, a daughter of Ichabod and Abigail (Bigelow) Wells. She was born March 24, 1753, and died Sept. 10, 1825. By this union the follow- ing children were born: Mary, born March 1, 1776, died Sept. 26, 1776; Mary, born Nov. II, 1778, was married, Dec. 9, 1803, to William Goodrich, of Wethersfield, who died July 14, 1830, while she died Aug. 16, 1858; Eli, the father of our subject, is mentioned below ; Mella, born June 15, 1783, died April 29, 1787; Huldah, born May 26, 1785, was married, Jan. 22, 1809, to Sylvester Butler : Mella, born Aug. 1, 1787, died unmarried, May 6, 1858, and Harriet, born Oct. 1, 1790, died unmarried, Oct. 25, 1863.
(V) Eli Stoddard, born Aug. II, 1781, spent his entire life on the old homestead in Wethersfield, where he died Sept. 1. 1822. On Nov. 13, 1820, he wedded Mary Ferre, of Agawam, Mass., who was born in Hartford, Conn .. Aug. 30, 1787, a daughter of Moses and Jerusha ( Easton ) Ferre. She was again married, May 3, 1835, her second husband be- ing George Francis, who was born Sept. 14, 1775, and died Nov. 21, 1858. She died Feb. 4, 1866. Our subject was the only child by the first marriage.
(VI) Eli Wells Stoddard was born in Wethers- field, Jan. 2, 1822. Throughout his active business life he followed the occupation of farming, and in his labors met with well-merited success. On March 15, 1843, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha Francis, who was born June 18, 1819, a
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daughter of George and Sally (Butler) Francis, and to them was born, Oct. 25, 1845, one daughter, Mary Francis. The mother and daughter still live on the old homestead in Wethersfield. Mr. Stod- dard died in 1884, and was laid to rest in Wethers- field cemetery. In religious views he was liberal, and in political sentiment he was a Democrat. He was temperate in his habits, always lived up to the golden rule, and merited and received the confidence and respect of all who knew him.
WILLARD IRA ALLING possesses a well- rounded character which has enabled him to fill with credit to himself and with satisfaction to the community in which he lives any position to which he has been appointed or elected. He has demon- strated a high degree of business ability, and pos- sesses that industry and integrity which command universal respect and insure success.
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