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 64

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

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Mr. Montgomery was joined in marriage Jan. 27, 1875, with Miss Mary E. Allyn, daughter of Charles N. and Hulda ( Baldwin) Allyn, of Water- town, but no children have been born to this union. He and his wife are members of the Congregational Church, of which he was for a time the treasurer and collector. They now reside in their new home

on High street, to which they removed in 1898. Besides this place Mr. Montgomery owns a cot- tage at Sachem's Head; he passes huis winters in Florida.

Mr. Montgomery traces his lineage direct to Roger, Count de Montgomerie, of Normandy, France, prior to the year 900, and of the thirty- second generation back in the dim vista of the past. Beginning with our subject (1), an effort will be made to follow the line in retrogressive order to its initial number (XXXII).

(11) Philip Montgomery, born June 1, 1797, in Warren, Maine, married Olive Faulkner, who bore him ten children : Capt. John E. ; William H .; Jabez K. ; James S .; Olive Jane; Eliza Ann; Nancy M ; Lewis O .; Benjamin F .; and Silas K. (the subject of this sketch). Philip Montgomery was a ship- builder, following that business from 1825, and retiring in 1858; he spent the remainder of his life on his farm. Ile was a very conscientious Bap- tist, in which faith he died in 1890, his wife having gone before, in 1887.

(III) John Montgomery, born in Warren, Maine, Oct. 4, 1763, married in 1796 Julia Ann Howard, of Waldoboro, Maine, and died June 16, 1854, the father of ten children: Philip; Cather- ine: Hugh; Caleb : Abbie; George; Lewis: Eliza- beth; Rebecca ; and Percy.

(IV) Robert Montgomery was born in Middle- boro. Mass., and was baptized July 13. 1738, by Rev. John Morehead, of the Scotch Presbyterian Church of Boston. He was in the service at the taking of Quebec (Canada), in 1759. He mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Boice and Katherine ( Kellyhoen) Cooper, who was born at Pemaquid, Lincoln Co., Maine, March 15, 1740, and died at Warren, Maine, March 13, 1834. Robert Mont-

gomery died Dec. 26, 1822, To them were also born ten children: John, Lydia, Mary, Eliza- beth, William, Hugh, Margaret, Catherine, Sarah, and Robert.

(V) John Montgomery, it is said, was born in Scotland, and there lived until taken to the North of Ireland by his parents, at the age of seven years. When about twelve or fourteen years old he was brought to America by William Strobridge, his guardian. The inscription on John Montgomery's tomb stone shows that he was born in 1708. He married Mary Strobridge, daughter of William Strobridge, Jan. 30, 1735, in Middleboro, Mass. John Montgomery was a blacksmith. He was a strictly upright man, one of the twelve elders of Rev. John Morehead's Church, which was organ- ized in 1729, cach elder having a special supervision over a portion of the members, who were scattered about in various parts of New England. Elder Montgomery went once a year to Boston, to rep- resent his own charge or report upon it. His grave- stone, in Thompson Hill cemetery, at Lakeville, formerly the West parish of Middleboro, Mass., bears the following inscription : "Elder John Mont-

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gomery. Died October 19, 1787, in his eightieth year." By it is another stone, on which is in- scribed: "Mary Strobridge, wife of Elder John Montgomery. Died May 16, 1790." The children born to John and Mary ( Strobridge ) Montgomery, twelve in number, were named as follows: Mary, Robert, Margaret, Isabel, John, Willia, Thomas, Hugh, Samuel, Hugh, Jean, and Rebecca.

(VI) William Montgomery, son of Hugh of Brigend, settled in New Jersey in 1701 or 1702.

(VII) Hugh Montgomery, of Brigend, son of John, died in 1710.

(VIII) John Montgomery, of Brigend, was a son of William.

(IX) William Montgomery, of Brigend, was a son of Sir Niel, of Lainshaw, and died in 1652.

(X) Sir Niel Montgomery, of Lainshaw (3), son of Sir Niel, died prior to 1621.

(XI) Sir Niel Montgomery, of Lainshaw (2), married the heiress of Lord Lyle.

(XII) Sir Niel Montgomery, of Lainshaw (I), son of Hugh, first Earl of Eglinton, was killed at Irvine in 1547.

(XIII) Hugh Montgomery, first Earl of Eglin- ton, so created by James IV in 1507-08, was a son of Alexander, second Lord of Montgomerie, and died in 1545.

(XIV) Alexander, second Lord of Montgom- erie, son of Alexander, Master of Montgomerie, died ante 1434.

(XV) Alexander, Master of Montgomerie, died before his father, the first Lord of Montgomerie, in 1452.

(XVI) Alexander, first Lord of Montgomerie, so created by James II in 1448-49, was a son of Sir John, of Ardrossan, and died between 1461 and 1465.

(XVII) Sir John, of Ardrossan, Knight, was a son of Sir John, of Eaglesham, and died ante 1429, Dominus ejusdem.

(XVIII) Sir John, of Eaglesham and East- wood (3), Knight, son of Sir Alexander, and afterward Sir John of Eglinton and Ardrossan, on his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir Hugh of Eglinton, died in 1398.

(XIX) Sir Alexander, of Eaglesham, son of Sir John, was Knighted by Robert Bruce, and died in 1388.

(XX) Sir John, of Eaglesham and Eastwood

(2). Knight, son of Sir John, died in 1316.

(XXI) Sir John, of Eaglesham and Eastwood (1), Knight, son of Sir Alan, of Eaglesham, died about 1285.

(XXII) Sir Alan, of Eaglesham, Knight, was a son of Sir John, of Eaglesham and Thornton, Knight.

(XXIII) Sir John, of Eaglesham and Thorn- ton. Knight, was a son of Robert.

(XXIV) Robert, of Eaglesham and Thornton, called Mac Cymbric, or "Son of the Welshman," Philip, died in 1180.

(XXT) Philip, born at Pembroke Castle about IIOI, son of Arnulph, and known as the "Welsh- man," came from Normandy to Scotland about 1113 with David I, and inherited a fair estate in Renfrewshire. He married Margaret, daughter of Cospatrick, second Earl of Dunbar and March.

(XXVI) Arnulph, son of Roger, and Earl of Pembroke, was attainted and banished from the Kingdom in 1102. He married Lafracoth, daugh- ter of the King of Munster, and died in III9.

(XXIII) Roger, Count of Montgomerie and Count of Exmes, son of Hugh, came to England with William the Conquerer in 1066, and com- manded the vanguard at the battle of Hastings. He was created Earl of Shrewsbury, Arundel and Chichester ; died and was buried at Shrewsbury in 1094.

(XXVIII) Hugh, Count de Montgomerie, son of William, married Josephine, daughter of Tou- rode, Dire de Pont Andemer, by his first wife, Weva, sister of Gunnor, wife of Richard II, Duke of Nor- mandv.

(XXIX) William, Count de Montgomerie, was a son of Roger.

(XXX) Roger, Count de Montgomerie, was also a son of Roger.

(XXXI) Roger, Count de Montgomerie, was the son of Roger, the progenitor of the family as for as can be traced, and

(XXXII) Roger, Count de Montgomerie, held sway in Normandy prior to 900.

HENRY WARD, who in his lifetime was a prominent business man of Bristol, was a native of England, born April 29, 1834. in Cornwall. Thomas Ward, his father, a carpenter by trade, came to the United States from Cornwall with his family, and made his permanent New World home in Bristol, Conn., where he worked in the copper mines. In England he married Anna Rodda, by whom he had five children-three sons and two daughters. The parents both died in Bristol.

Henry Ward was a young lad when the family emigrated to America. He received his education in the common schools of Pennsylvania, where the family first settled, and thence in early manhood went to California to "seek his fortune," but owing to the sickness of his parents he soon returned East, going to Bristol, whither the family had meantime returned. Later he again set out for the "New Eldorado," this time remaining several years, at the end of which time we once more find him in Bristol, whither he returned in order to be with his parents during their declining days. He com- menced the grocery business in Bristol with Titus E. Merriman, the style of the firm being Ward & Merriman, which partnership after some years was dissolved. Removing to the South Side, Bristol, Mr. Ward embarked in a similar line of business, associating with him Thomas Barnes, and so con- tinued some few years, the copartnership being then

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dissolved. Our subject's next venture was in the art, piano and organ line, as a member of the firm of Penfield & West; but in course of time selling out to them he again entered the grocery trade, this time without any partner, his store being on Main street. In this he continued until his health failed, and he was obliged to sell out and retire from active work. This was in 1880, and two years afterward, 01 Nov. 16, 1882, he passed from earth.

On Oct. 28. 1869, Ilenry Ward was united in marriage with Estelle Wooding, daughter of Alvia and Sophronia ( Gaylord) Wooding, and the chil- dren of this union are as follows: (1) Cherrie A., born Dec. 8, 1871, is cashier in A. J. Muzzy's store in Bristol. (2) Mabelle I., born April 2, 1876, was married Aug. 4, 1896, to Richard H. Beamish, bookkeeper in the Bristol National Bank, and has had two children, Priscilla, born March 11, 1897; and Richard Ward, born April 17, 1899 (died Feb. 20, 1900). (3) Thomas H., born Aug. 13, 1877, is still at home with his widowed mother.

Mr. Ward in religious faith was a member of the Congregational Church, as is also his widow. Socially he was affiliated with Pequabuck Chapter, R. A. M., and he and his wife were both members of the Eastern Star. While in California he was identified with the I. O. O. F. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and for some years he served as sealer of weights and measures. His death was deeply and sincerely mourned, for all who knew him had for him the highest regard. His widow con- tinues to live in Bristol, where she has numerous friends, and is highly respected for her many vir- tues.

Alvia Wooding was born March 18, 1808, in Hamden, Conn., son of Javin Wooding, and was a blacksmith by trade, in later life a farmer. He died June 16, 1896. In politics he was a Republi- can. He was a captain in the State militia, and was always called captain. His religious connection was with the Congregational Church. Mr. Wood- ing married Sophronia Gaylord, who was born at Bristol Aug. 23, 1810, and died Aug. 26, 1874. Her father, Seth Gaylord, was born July 30, 1785, at Bristol, and died July 17, 1829; her mother, Clarissa Truesdell Gaylord, was born in Bristol Oct. 6, 1787, and died Aug. 11, 1882.

THE E. INGRAHAM COMPANY. No work of this character would be complete without at least an extended allusion to, if not description of, the time honored establishment conducted by this en- terprising firm, but the limited scope of this volume precludes more than a brief history of the industry, and further on a biographical record of its found- ers and 'present proprietors.

The E. Ingraham Company was founded by Flias Ingraham, who was born in Marlborough. Conn .. Nov. 1. 1805. From 1827 to 1835 he made clock cases under contract for various parties, and in the latter year bought a shop with water priv-

ilege, where one of the present factories now stands, and commenced making cases on his own account. This he continued alone until 1843, in which year he formed a partnership with Elisha C. Brewster under the firm name of Brewster & Ingraham. This firm was succeeded in 1848 by E. A. Inga- ham, who continued the business until 1855, in which year the plant was entirely distroved by fire.

Two years later Elias Ingraham rented the shop now occupied by the Turner Heater Co., and in 1859 formed a co-partnership with Edward In- graham, his son, which was continued until 1881. In that year a joint-stock company was formed, comprising Elias Ingraham, Edward Ingraham, and the three sons of Edward Ingraham-Walter A., William S., and Irving E. Since the re-organ- ization of the concern in 1881, the growth of the company and its business has been phenomenal. Practically a new plant, with many times the facil- ities of the old plant, has been created ; a large brick factory, 400 feet long and four stories high, has been erected while a number of subordinate build- ings still in use have been doubled in capacity.

Elias Ingraham died in August, 1885, and Ed- ward Ingraham in August, 1892. The officers of the company and its managers at the present are Walter A. Ingraham, president ; Irving E. Ingra- ham, vice-president, and William S. Ingraham, sec- retary and treasurer. From the beginning, the product of this company has won a distinct rep- utation which has always been maintained.

The entire plant is equipped with the most modern improved machinery obtainable, and the company is enabled thereby, with the assistance of a large corps of skilled workmen, to manufacture goods so economically, that it can and does most successfully compete with the manufacturers of the world, and Ingraham clocks are to be found in every quarter of the globe. It has always been said that no jobber in clocks, whether an agent of a particular manufactory, or otherwise, could afford to be without the E. Ingraham goods. This reputation has ben secured by careful and exact workmanship and honorable dealings. It has been largely possible to maintain this reputation by reason of the policy adopted from the first by this company.

The operatives very generally own their own homes, and are men of substance respected in the community. Many of them occupy, and have always occupied, positions of trust and honor in the church, society and borough. The company and its members have always been counted on as in favor of every enterprise for the upbuilding of the welfare of the town and its people, and the same disposition seems naturally to emanate to a great degree from the employes.

Biographically speaking, a succinct account of the birth and early business career of the founder of the company under consideration, Elias Ingra-

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ham, has been given at the opening of this article, and of his deceased son, Edward Ingraham, a former partner, it may suffice to say that he was born April 30, 1830.

WALTER ANDREW INGRAHAM, now president of this company, and son of Edward ( deceased), was born in Bristol March 23, 1855, and was married July 24, 1878, to Miss Amelia Fenn, daughter of Mrs. Ann Fenn, of Plymouth, Conn. To this mar- riage were born Morton Elias, Feb. 5. 1880; Ches- ter Euclid, Aug. 27, 1881; Irving, Jan. 20, 1888, and Harold, Nov. 21, 1894.

WILLIAM SHURTLEFF INGRAHAM, the present secretary and treasurer of the company, was born April 25, 1857, and on Oct. 11, 1881, married Miss Grace E. Seymour, daughter of Henry A. Sey- mour, of Bristol. Three children have been born to this union : Faith Allen, April 30, 1886; Edward, Dec. 20, 1888, and Dudley Seymour, Aug. 13, 1890.

HENRY ERASMUS PATTEN (deceased ). For many years Mr. Patten was one of Hartford's leading and influential. citizens, and one of the prominent manufacturers and business men of the county. His death caused a violent shock to the community, and was deeply mourned. His father was Noah Patton, and his mother, before marriage, was Mary Ann Case.

Mr. Patten was born in West Stafford, Conn., May 4, 1835, and completed his early education at the Wilbraham and Westfield Academies. In 1862 he came to Hartford, where he began his commercial career as a bookkeeper in George Smith's dye works. In this position he developed such technical skill and such innate ability for grasping financial prob- lems that he was soon tendered, and accepted, the post of manager. In 1873 he found himself in a position where he could buy the plant, then a rather small affair, employing only twelve men. To the management of the business thus inaugurated he brought native intelligence, hard common sense, and a limited experience. Under his wise guidance and fostering care the dye works grew until they employed forty men, and ranked second among the New England plants of the same sort. Perhaps the most substantial evidence of his good business judgment is to be found in the fact that the concern has patrons throughout all the eastern States, the center of the country's textile manufactures, where value ranks before volume.

Mr. Patten was a man of fine literary taste, and a voracious, though discriminating, reader. He was an earnest student of history, yet never bigoted in his conclusions. Regarding his success it may be said to have been achieved wholly by himself, since he came to Hartford empty-handed. But un- derlying his seeming poverty he possessed resolu- tion, industry and integrity. His attention to busi- ness was assiduous until failing health forced him to spend his winters in the South. Death came to him suddenly and peacefully. On Aug. 11, 1899,

he was stricken with apoplexy, and for two weeks steadily sank, being conscious only at intervals. He passed away on the 29th of that month. It seemed not inapproprite that a death apparently so painless should succeed a life so well spent. Hle was buried at the home of his childhood. West Stafford, Rev. Magee Pratt officiating, and the pall- bearers being from the several Masonic bodies with which Mr. Patten had been associated. While not a professed member of any church, he attended the services of the Pearl Street Congregational Church, and contributed liberally to its support and the ad- vancement of its work. His charity was broad, comprehensive and unostentatious; and his deal- ing wih his fellow men as well as his daily life were governed by his unalterable devotion to the prin- ciples of the Golden Rule.

In politics Mr. Patten was a Republican, and represented what was originally known as the Third ward in the lower branch of the city council through several terms. He was genial and social by both instinct and habit, easily making friends, and rarely losing one. His tastes were domestic, however, and the hours which he was able to redeem from the exacting cares of a constantly growing business were mainly spent by his own fireside, surrounded by the members of his family, whom he loved so well.

Mr. Patten attained the thirty-second degree in Masonry. He was a member of St. John's Lodge, which he joined Sept. 18, 1858; was made a Knight Templar in Washington Commandery, Feb. 15, 1859; and five years later became a member of Charter Oak Lodge, of Perfection. He was at one time tyler of the grand lodge, Masons of Connecticut, and was a charter member of Sphinx Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belonged to Hartford Lodge, B. P. O. E.

Mr. Patten was married, June 30, 1892, to Mrs. Hannah (Quintard) Crowe. She is a granddaugh- ter of James Quintard, a soldier in the war for in- dependence, and a daughter of Henry H. Quintard, formerly of South Norwalk, but later of Hartford, who was one of the first members of the Sons of the Revolution in the last named city. Her mother, Clarissa Grant, was a daughter of Hamilton Grant, also a Revolutionary soldier, whose autograph may be seen in the Anthenæum. Mrs. Patten survives her husband, as do also his sister, Miss M. Celinda Patten, of Hartford, and two brothers, Francis and Calvin, of Stafford.

JAMES LOCKWOOD, whose death occurred in his home at Hartford on Jan. 16, 1888, filled a large place in the business life of the city for a great number of years, and won the warm friendship and hearty esteem of all of the many who had business relations with him. His family is of pio- neer stock, and he was of the seventh generation in descent from Robert Lockwood, who came from England about 1630, and settled in Watertown,

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Mass. About 1646 he removed to Fairfield, Conn., where he died in 1658.

Ephraim Lockwood, born Dec. 1, 1641. in Water- town, accompanied his father to Connecticut, and later made his permanent home in Norwalk. On June 8, 1665, he married Mercy Sention, and they had ten children, of whom James, known as Lieut. James, was the seventh.

Lieut. James Lockwood was born April 21, 1683, in Norwalk, Conn., and became prominent in public affairs, serving as a representative in the General Assembly from 1721 to 1751, inclusive. On Oct. 23. 1707, he married Lydia Smith, daugh- ter of Samuel and Rachel ( Marvin) Smith, of Nor- walk, and granddaughter of Matthew and Eliza- beth Marvin, of Hartford. They had seven chil- dren.

Rev. James Lockwood, the next in the line of descent, was born at Norwalk Dec. 20, 1714, and died at Wethersfield, Conn., July 20, 1772, in the fifty-eiglith year of his age, and the thirty-fourth of his ministry. He graduated from Yale College in 1735, and was chosen to a position in the same institution two years afterward, serving one year. He accepted the call to Wethersfield, and was or- dained minister of the First Church in February, 1739. Later he was offered the presidency of the College of New Jersey, made vacant by the death of Jonathan Edwards, but he declined. In 1760 he was chosen a fellow of Yale College, and remained such until his death. In 1766 the presidency of Yale College was offered to him, but he declined this also, the reason being the strong attachment of the people of his charge and his unwillingness to separate from them. On Nov. 4, 1742, he married Mrs. Mary Dickinson, and they had twelve children, of whom Moses was fifth.

Moses Lockwood was born Sept. 26, 1749, at Wethersfield, Conn., and served in the Revolution- ary war as sergeant in Col. John Durkee's regi- ment. On Sept. 9, 1773. he was married to Sarah Bunce, and they had three children: Sarah, Sam- uel and William Bunce.

Capt. Samuel Lockwood, the next in the line of descent, was born Jan. 31, 1781, in Wethersfield, Conn. He was a sca captain, and died of yellow fever in the West Indies. On Sept. 12, 1810, he married Eunice Crane, daughter of Abraham and Mary Robbins Crane, and they had the following children : James, born Oct. 25, 1813; Nancy L., born March 13. 1815, who married Arnold Bailey ; and Henry L., born June 1, 1818, who married Re- becca E. Griswold.

James Lockwood was born in Wethersfield, and when only eleven years old demonstrated his busi- ness capacity by taking charge of the farm there. He used to knit his own socks. The executive ability and independent spirit displayed by him in early life were potent factors in his later success, making him a natural leader. He was still a mere boy when he went to Hartford, to learn the printer's

trade in the office of the printing house of J. Hub- bard Wells, then the leading printer of the State. Young Lockwood was for some time a carrier for the "New England Weekly Review," and a copy of the carrier's address, written by John G. Whit- tier, and distributed by "James Lockwood, car- rier," on Jan. 1, 1831, was a birthday present to Mr. Lockwood from Marcus A. Casey some ten years before Mr. Lockwood's death. In those days it was the custom for subscribers to give the car- rier a present for his faithful service in delivering the paper every Saturday morning. The "New England Weekly Review" was started on March 17, 1828, by Lord & Hammer, and was continued till 1844. George D. Prentice was its first editor, and John G. Whittier its second, he holding the position two years. On Dec. 29, 1876, Mr. Whit- tier wrote the following letter to Mr. Lockwood :

"Dear Friend: 1 have received from the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, per Mr. A. M. Casey, the beautifully illustrated sketch of that com- pany's office and bindery, with a letter referring to my residence in Hartford, and my own reminis- cences of the 'Hammer & Phelps' printing office, and the 'N. E. Review.' I remember writing the 'Address' for thee, and regret that I have not a copy of it though I have an incomplete file of the Re- view at Ambury.

"I am very glad to hear of the prosperity of the 'Carrier' and with all good wishes of the season, I am very truly thy old friend of the ' N. E. Review.'"

Becoming a journeyman Mr. Lockwood worked at his trade a short time before 1836, when the firm of Case, Tiffany & Co. was formed, and bought out J. Hubbard Wells, and he soon had quite a responsible place with Case, Tiffany & Co. Soon the firm grew from a book office to a combined book and job office. At that time Mr. Lockwood was foreman of the press room, gave out the work, estimated on jobs, and covered the work now separ- ated and in the hand of half a dozen foremen. In 1853 he became a member of the firm, and upon the formation of the corporation known as the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., was elected vice-presi- dent, and held that office till his death. He was a most indefatigable worker, the executive head of the plant. All through his long business life he was at work from seven o'clock in the morning until the noon hour, and stayed at his office till closing time. Ile worked thus up to the Saturday evening before the Sunday upon which he was afflicted by a para- lytic stroke that terminated in his death the fol- lowing Wednesday. He was a man of sterling integrity and unblemished reputation, and was strictly temperate in his habits. For a number of years before his death he had been a member of the Asylum Avenue Baptist Church, to which he gave liberally, and at the time of his death he was a deacon. In early life he was an Odd Fellow. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Repub- lican, and during the war he was a stanch supporter

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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 64

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