Commemorative biographical record of Middlesex County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Part 15

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : Beers
Number of Pages: 1502

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HORATIO HAMILTON ABBE (de- ceased) was born. September II, 1828, in En- field, Hartford Co., Conn., the youngest son of Timothy and Rhoda (Clark) Abbe, both of whom are deceased.

Mr. Abbe's genealogical record, which is an interesting one, on both the paternal and maternal sides, is given in succeeding para- graphs. As a boy he assisted his father on the farm, and attended the district schools. He en- tered the shop of a joiner, and later a machine shop, with a view to selecting a trade. Having a natural aptitude for mechanical work, he de- cided upon becoming a machinist. In 1860 he came to East Hampton, where he entered the employ of Markham & Strong, manufacturers of coffin trimmings. In 1865 he patented the Abbe gong-door-bell, and in April of the fol- lowing year the Gong Bell Manufacturing Company, of East Hampton, was formed, the stockholders being Ezra G. Cone, Elijah C. Barton, A. H. Conklin and H. H. Abbe. In 1898 Mr. Cone died, and N. N. Hill has since purchased his interest. This company was the pioneer in the manufacture of bell toys. Besides the invention covered by his first patent Mr. Abbe perfected several other devices in bells, one of which, known as the Abbe table-call-bell, he sold to Lyman Skinner. Up to the time of his death he devoted his en-

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tire time to the superintendence of the plant in which he was interested, not only overseeing the packing and shipping of toys but also de- voting especial attention to the mechanical fea- tures of the work-a task for which he was especially well qualified by both nature and training. His political creed was that of the Republican party, and he was socially popular. He was a member of Anchor Lodge, No. 112, A. F. & A. M., of East Hampton, of which he was the first master, filling the position four and one-half years successively ; and of Cyrene Commandery, No. 8, K. T., of Middletown, of which he was past eminent commander. He was held in high esteem by his fellow citizens, not only for his personal worth but also for his broad and enlightened public spirit. Mr. Abbe passed away August 29, 1902, sincerely mourned by a wide circle of friends and ac- quaintances.

On January 26, 1853, Mr. Abbe was united in marriage with Laura Ann Hayes, who was born in Windsorville, Conn., a daughter of Levi and Abigail ( Hamilton) Hayes.

The Abbe (or Abbee or Abby) family was founded in America by John Abbe, who at the age of twenty-two came to America, in 1635, in the good ship "Bonaventura," and was re- ceived as an inhabitant of Salem, Mass., No- vember 2, 1636, and was given grants of land, most of which lay in what was afterward the town of Wenham, where he lived. He mar- ried (first) Mary, who died September 9, 1672, and (second) November 25, 1674, Mary, widow of Richard Goldsmith, and died 111 Windham in 1690. John Abbe did not join the church until shortly before his death, and his power to make a will was not granted previous o that connection. By a document made in 683, he made his eldest son, John, "ffeiofe in rust" of his estate for the benefit of his chil- Iren. They were: John, Samuel, Sarah, Marah, Rebeckah, Obadiah and Thomas. John ettled in Windham, and was the progenitor of numerous posterity ; Samuel also settled in hat town; Obadiah and Thomas settled in Enfield, where the descendants of the latter are low numerous ; and Obadiah died childless. The records of Essex county, Mass., show that etters of administration upon the estate of ohn Abbe, Sr., were granted December 12, 702, to Thomas Abbe, of Enfield.

(II) Thomas Abbe removed to Enfield bout 1682. His wife's name was Sarah. 'Ac-

cording to the Enfield records, their children were: Sarah, born March 31, 1684; Thomas, October 30, 1686; Mary, February 3, 1688; John, September 27, 1692 ; and Tabitha, March 27, 1695. Thomas Abbe died May 17, 1728, and his will showed that he then had, besides the sons, two daughters, Sarah Geer and Abi- gail Warner.

(III) John Abbe, son of Thomas, was one of the first settlers in Upper King street. His wife's name was Hannah. The first of their children was baptized in Wethersfield in 1715, with the name of John, and died soon after. The births of the others, as far as known, were as follows : John, April 18, 1717; Hannah, April 19, 1719; Thomas, December 18, 1721 ; Sarah, January 23, 1723 ; Daniel, May 8, 1726; Martha, March 1, 1728; Richard, 1735. Thomas and Daniel were soldiers, and died at Cape Breton in 1745. Richard married his cousin, Mary, daughter of Capt. Dennis Be- ment.

(IV) John Abbe, son of John and Hannah, died in 1794. He served as a private in Capt. John Simons' company, of Enfield, called out by the Lexington alarm, 1775. On February II, 1739, he married Sarah, daughter of Capt. Timothy Root, of Somers, and settled in East Enfield, where his descendants still live. It is probable that he had other children, besides the two sons of whom record appears, namely : John, born November 27, 1739: and Timothy, December 6, 1747.

(V) John Abbe, son of John and Sarah, was many years a farmer in Enfield, where he died at the age of sixty-five years. On No- vember 19, 1761, he married Charity Simons, and their children were: Charity, born No- vember 20, 1762, married John McKnight : John died December 27, 1764; John Simons. who died at Warehouse Point in 1847, aged eighty-two years; and Timothy, born January 6, 1779.

(VI) Capt. Timothy Abbe, son of John and Charity, died July 2, 1871, aged ninety- two years and six months. He was extensively and successfully engaged in farming and con- tinued to do a full day's work until eighty years old, when he commenced to enjoy a richly earned rest. With his wife he was received into the Enfield Church August 26, 1821, and until his demise he was a consistent and active member. In early life he was a Whig, and later gave his earnest support to the policy and

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candidates of the Republican party. On De- cember II, 1805, he married Rhoda Prudence Clark, of East Hampton, the ceremony being solemnized by the Rev. Joel West, of whose life and work an interesting account may be found elsewhere. Mrs. Rhoda (Clark) Abbe was a daughter of Stephen Clark, a Revolu- tionary soldier and pensioner. To Mr. and Mrs. Abbe were born children as follows : Harvey C., who died at Broadbrook, Conn., at the age of thirty-five; Charity, who died at the age of eighty-four years, was twice married (first) to Willis Allen and (second) to Levi Hayes; David Loveland, who died at the age of ninety years; Horace died at the age of fifty years, at Thompsonville, Conn .; Timothy H., who lives in retirement at Enfield; Rhoda, the wife of Arnold Hamilton, of Broadbrook, Conn., who lived to celebrate her sixty-third birthday; Francis Le Baron, who died at the age of twenty-five years ; John, who died at the age of over fifty years, in Enfield; and Ho- ratio H. The mother died April 15, 1872, aged eighty-seven years, one month and five days.

Rhoda (Clark) Abbe traced. her lineage back to William Clark, one of five brothers -- William, Aaron, Moses, Ebenezer and John- who were born in the town of Middletown, and were given a grant of land in the northern part of Chatham town, in consideration of their building the first bridge across Little River. Of Ebenezer and John little is known, apart from the fact that the first-named removed from Connecticut to New York, in which State he died. Moses was born in 1718 and died October 13, 1801; and Aaron, who was born in 1721, died in 1800.

William Clark, the eldest of the brothers, was born in 1713, and died September 26, 1812. By trade he was a shoemaker. After the grant of land above mentioned was made to himself and brothers, he settled in Chatham, near Clark's Hill, where he chiefly supported his family by hunting and fishing. His wife, Mary, was born in 1721 and died February 18, 1797. He had two sons,-Stephen and Samuel.

Stephen. Clark was born June 25, 1754, and served with distinction in the struggle of the Colonies for independence. He always lived on Clark's Hill, and died there October 3. 1852, at the age of ninety-eight years. His children

were: William, born July 3, 1783, married May 8, 1809, Sophronia Post; Rhoda, born March 10, 1785, became the wife of Timothy Abbe; Amy (I), born July 10, 1787, died young ; Amy (2), born April 9, 1792, died un- married ; and Horace, born September 21, 1793. Horace Clark youngest son of Stephen, was twice married, (first) to Lydia Potter, of Port- land, who was born June II, 1795, and who died at the age of thirty-six years. The chil- dren born of this marriage were: Lyman H., born August 26, 1821; Julia, July 2, 1823; William F., July 29, 1826, died August 26, 1898; and Jane E., December 25, 1829. For his second wife Horace Clark wedded Phoebe Bonfoy, but no children were born of this union. He died November 13, 1879.

Lyman H. Clark, the eldest child of Horace Clark, was married, on November 26, 1846, to Julia Elizabeth Allen, daughter of Willis and Charity (Abbe) Allen. Willis Allen was born January 26, 1800, and died September 22, 1837. Charity Abbe, his wife, is a daugh- ter of Timothy and Rhoda ( Clark) Abbe, and was a sister of our subject. She was born May 6, 1808, and after Mr. Allen's death married (in 1842) Levi Hayes, who by a previous mar- riage was the father of Laura Ann (Hayes) Abbe, widow of Horatio Hamilton Abbe.

HON. ELLSWORTH BURR, M. D. . (de- ceased), for many years one of the leading phy- sicians of Middletown, Middlesex county, and prominent in public affairs, was a native of Connecticut, born December 1, 1813.

The Doctor descended from one of the early Colonial families of New England, hav- ing been of the seventh generation from Ben- jamin' Burr, one of the original proprietors of Hartford, his line being through Samuel, Jona- than, Nathaniel, Capt. Jonathan and Stephen.

(I) Benjamin Burr first appears as one of the original settlers of Hartford, Conn., in 1635. His name in the land division of Hart- ford, in 1639, as an original proprietor and set- tler, is the first evidence we have of his presence in America. He died in Hartford in 1681, and his name is recorded on the monument erected in the old burying-ground about First Church, in memory of the original settlers of the place; there was also a street in that city, probably where Asylum street now is, named in his honor. His wife's Christian name was Annie.

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(II) Samuel Burr, son of Benjamin, born in England, was made a freeman in Hartford in 1658.

(III) Jonathan Burr, son of Samuel, born in 1679, married Abigail, daughter of Nathan Hubbard, and granddaughter of George Hub- bard, of Middletown. Jonathan settled early at Middletown.

(IV) Nathaniel Burr, son of Jonathan, born in 1717, married (second) in 1743 Sarah Porter. He settled early in Haddam, Conn., was a farmer, and died in 1802, his wife pass- ing away in 1799. He was a man of athletic frame and capable of enduring great hard- ship.

(V) Capt. Jonathan Burr, son of Nathan- iel, born in 1752, married Lydia Bailey, of Haddam. He was a captain in the Continental army, and after the war became a farmer in Haddam, where he died in 1804.

(VI) Stephen Burr, son of Capt. Jonathan, born in 1786, married Cynthia Hubbard, who was born in 1789. He lived at Haddam, and died in 1837; his widow died in 1854.

(VII) Dr. Ellsworth Burr, son of Stephen, is the subject proper of this memoir. He stud- ied medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Sperry, of Hartford, Conn., and in 1838 be- gan the practice of his profession in Middle- town. residing there until his death. He was one of the earliest of the eclectic physicians, and enjoyed an extensive practice. His first diploma was given him May 10, 1838, by the Thomsonian Society of Connecticut, and on December 1, 1849, he received his second di- ploma from Worcester ( Mass.) Medical Col- lege, in which for a term of years he was pro- fessor. At several sessions of the Legislature he represented Middletown, discharging the duties of that trust very acceptably to the people and with credit to himself, and he held other important offices in the town. In fraternal re- lationship he was a member of the I. O. O. F. He died July 25, 1867, and was buried in In- dian Hill cemetery, of which association he was one of the incorporators.

Dr. Burr married Maria T. Haling, of Chatham, Conn., who was born November 27, 1818, and died February 1, 1900. She was a daughter of William E. and Abigail ( Hall) Haling, of that locality, the latter a daughter of Abner and Anna ( Chapman) Hall. Mr. Haling was born in the town of Chatham, near Great Hill, and was of Dutch descent, his fa-

ther having come from Holland. He was a natural genins, and worked at ship carpentry in Middle Haddam, Gildersleeve and Cobalt, as well as at other points on the Connecticut river, later engaging in cart and sled repairing, etc. He died, in 1871, at the place of his birth, and his wife passed away at the patriarchal age of ninety-one years, a consistent member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Haling was a lifelong Democrat. A brief record of their children is as follows : Maria T. was the wife of Dr. Ells- worth Burr. Adeline A. married Stephen Hall, and died at Staddle Hill, Middlesex county. Sarah Ann married Thomas Lucas, and died in Middletown. Elizabeth married Joseph Arthur, and died at Youngs Street, in the town of Chatham, Middlesex county. Mary Jane, the widow of Capt. James Stewart, Belinda N., widow of John Parker, and Miss Emma J., all live in Cobalt, Middlesex county.

Ten children were born to Ellsworth and Maria T. (Haling) Burr, as follows: ( I) William E., who was steward of a vessel ply- ing between New York and the West Indies, died at Havana, August 10, 1876. (2) Jean- nette M. married W. F. Whitcher, and died at Malden, Mass., in 1897, leaving one son, Burr Royce. (3) Ella J. is the wife of George T. Meech, of Middletown. (4) Lozene died young, May 20, 1860. (5) James C. is a mem- ber of the firm of Wilson & Burr, hardware merchants, Middletown. (6) Nora E. is prin- cipal of the Central school, Middletown. (7) Gertrude E. is the wife of C. P. Bonfœy, of Middletown. (8) Lillie H. is the wife of W. C. Lane, of Middletown. (9) Frederick P. is more fully spoken of further on. (10) Annie E. is a teacher in the Central school, Middle- town.

FREDERICK P. BURR, member of the grain and seed firm of Fred P. Burr & Co., of Mid- dletown. was born in that city, at the old home- stead on Main street, November 2, 1858, and was there reared and educated, first attending the William street school, and later going to a private school. In the spring of 1876 he grad- uated from the Middletown high school, and then attended Wesleyan College two terms. In 1870 the present business of the firm was es- tablished, and for seventeen years conducted at the original location, corner of Main and Union streets : it was moved thence to the pres- ent site. No. HLA Main street. Mr. Burr in- vented and patented the Autospin Ice Cream

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Freezer, the manufacture of which he began in 1902.

On December 24, 1882, Mr. Burr married Miss Lucy Mckibbin Clark, of Waterford, Conn., daughter of Capt. Lyman and Lucy ( Gardner ) Clark, and they have three children : Ellsworth, Hazel Sands and Jennette Mckib- bin. Mrs. Burr is a member of the South Con- gregational Church.

In politics Mr. Burr is a stanch Democrat, and in 1900 was a delegate to the convention that met in Kansas City. As Presidential elec- tor, the same year, he received the largest num- ber of votes of any Democratic elector on the State ticket. He was also elected mayor of Middletown, 1900-1901, by the largest major- ity given to any mayor since the city was in- corporated, in 1784, and previously served his city two years in the common council, on the Street and Finance committees. Fraternally he is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 2, A. F. & A. M., the Royal Arcanum, the A. O. U. WV., and other societies.

JOHN L. SMITH, deceased. Few men, indeed, there are who live to be ninety-two years of age and are active merchants at eigh- ty-five, but such distinction is recorded of him whose name opens this sketch. Mr. Smith was born in 1797, in Avr, Scotland, which was also the birthplace of the poet, Robert Burns, of whom the mother of our subject had a lively recollection. When four years old the lad was brought to America by his parents, who stopped for a season in New York, and later lived in Middletown, Conn. When John was eight years old he was sent back to Scotland to live with an uncle who was located twelve miles from the city of Edinburgh, and was there sent to school. In ISIo he was apprenticed to a jeweler, and served an apprenticeship of seven years, after which he went to London.

In 1820 Mr. Smith returned to the United States, coming to his parents in Middletown. Time had wrought so many changes in the lad's appearance that even his own mother did not recognize him, but she finally became con- vinced of his identity, because of a scar. In 1822 he entered the jewelry business, carrying it on at a stand where the business was subse- quently conducted by Ryan & Barrows, and re- maining there for a period of sixty years. Sometimes Mr. Smith would remark that he thought he would have to die in the harness,

but when he had reached his eighty-fifth year he retired, the business being passed on to a suc- cessor.

John Lyon Smith was a member of the first board of trustees of Wesleyan University, and continued as such until his death, a period of nearly sixty years. He was the first treas- urer of that institution. He also served as a director of the Middlesex County National Bank; was the first secretary of the Middlesex Mutual Assurance Company (the first meet- ing, when that company was formed, was held in his store) ; and was one of the incorporators of the Middletown Savings Bank. For many years he acted as town treasurer, and he served both town and county in many important posi- tions.

The death of this venerable man occurred at his home on Broad street October 4, 1889. He had been in remarkably good health for one of his years, but a severe fall soon proved fatal. As a man and a citizen Mr. Smith was much respected and greatly esteemed.

In 1823 Mr. Smith was married to Susan Ward, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Treadway) Ward, of Newfield, and to this union were born: Carolin E., married Dan- iel H. Chase, and died in Middletown ; Eleanor married Rev. C. A. G. Brigham, formerly a Congregational minister, but who later became a minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church (she died in Enfield) ; Susan E. married Mr. Brigham after the death of her sister, and resides in Enfield; Mary Jeannette married William Fanton, of New York, where she died. The survivors of the family are the two sons of Eleanor-Charles, who is a con- ductor on the Highland Division of the Consol- idated Railroad, and William M., a manufac- turer of Winsted, Connecticut.

J. E. NORTHROP (deceased) was born February 1, 1837, in Sherman, Conn., son of John O. Northrop, of that place. For twen- ty-five years Mr. Northrop was closely asso- ciated with the Comstock, Cheney & Co.'s business, much of the time in confidential po- sitions, acting as treasurer of the great com- pany. His death, on February 9, 1897, left a vacancy in the business world hard to fill. By his first marriage Mr. Northrop had one. daughter, Isabel, born July 19, 1864, who mar- ried Edward Chapman, of Saybrook, Conn.,. and has two children-Edward Northrop,.

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born April 4, 1895; and Lucia Tully, born February 14, 1898. On January 24, 1872, Mr. Northrop was united in marriage with Elizabeth Comstock, who was born in Essex, and is the only surviving daughter of the late Samuel Merritt and Harriet (Hovey) Com- stock, and a sister of Robert Comstock, the efficient president, and Archibald W. Com- stock, the treasurer, of the great factory of the Comstock, Cheney & Co., of Ivoryton, in which Mrs. Northrop is a large financial factor. No stranger in the town of Essex, Middlesex county, could long remain unacquainted with the old and honorable name of Comstock, iden- tified as it is with almost all of the industrial enterprises which have made prosperous that part of the county.

Mrs. Northrop is a lady of intelligence, and is interested in all projects intended to ad- vance the town of her birth, a patron of every educational enterprise, and president of the Ivoryton Library Association. The new school lately completed in Ivoryton is much indebted to her, and she is interested in many of the benevolent societies. For many years she has been a consistent member of the Con- gregational Church, and she is a most worthy representative of the honorable name of Com- stock.

CURTISS BACON. In the death of this gentleman, July 7, 1883, at his home in Middle- town, there passed away one of the old repre- sentative men of the city, and one of the fore- most and most successful Democratic politi- cians of his day in Middlesex county.

Curtiss Bacon was of the seventh genera- tion from Nathaniel Bacon, the ancestor of the family in Connecticut, and one of the first pro- prietors of Middletown. His line of descent is as follows: Nathaniel, "Elder" John (1), Lieut. John (2), John (3), John (4), John (5), Curtiss (our subject ). Of these,

(I) Nathaniel Bacon, born in 1630 in the Parish of Stratton, Rutlandshire, England, came to New England about 1649, and in the fall of 1650 settled in Middletown, Conn. He was twice married, first to Ann Miller, who be- came the mother of all his children. Nathaniel Bacon died January 27, 1705.

(II) John Bacon (known as "Elder" John), son of the above, born March 14, 1662. in Middletown, married Sarah Whetmore, and for his second wife wedded Mary, widow of 6

Jacob Cornwall, and daughter of Ensign Na- thaniel White. "Elder" John died November 4, 1732.

(III) Lieut. John Bacon (son of "Elder" John), born January 30, 1695, in Middletown, Conn., married Sarah White, of Upper Houses. He died August 8, 1781.

(IV) John Bacon (son of Lieut. John, and the great-grandfather of Curtiss Bacon), born April 21, 1723, in Middletown, settled in West- field, Conn. On March 1, 1748, he married Rhoda Gould, a daughter of John and Mabel Gould, of Cromwell, and children as follows came to them : ( I) Thomas Gould, born May 9, 1749, removed to Susquehanna, Pa., and died there leaving a large estate. (2) John (grandfather of Curtiss Bacon), born January 22, 1751, is fully mentioned farther on. (3) Ebenezer, born August 4, 1755, removed to Cohoes, N. Y., married there when well ad- vanced in life, and had a family. (4) Rhoda, born July 12, 1757, married Josiah Churchill. (5) Sarah, born in 1760, died in infancy. (6) Sarah (2), born January 29, 1765, also died in infancy. John Bacon's second wife was Molly Ely, of Lyme, Conn., who bore him one child, Mollie, born in 1768; she married Seth Wilcox, and had four children.

(V) John Bacon (grandfather of Curtiss Bacon), born January 22, 1751, in what is now Middlefield, Conn., settled on the home- stead as a farmer. He was twice married, first, on December 28, 1774, to Grace Griswold, of Wallingford, and to this union came children as follows: (I) Rhoda, born November 5, 1775, married Joel Miller February 11, 1796; (2) Sarah, born November 19, 1777, married Joseph Clark January 30, 1800; (3) Jolin ( fa- ther of Curtiss Bacon), born December 15, 1779, is fully spoken of farther on; (4) Anne was born March 11, 1781 ; (5) Daniel was born July 28, 1783; (6) Matthew, born September 9, 1785, located in Middletown, later settling in Lyme, Conn .; (7) Joseph, born June 28, 1787, removed to South Carolina; (8) Jona- than, born May 10, 1789, removed to the Black river country, New York State. The mother of these died September 30, 1797, and on Jan- uary 4. 1798, John Bacon married Olive At- kins, daughter of Joel and Mary Atkins. By this marriage there were no children. John Bacon died September 17, 1804.

(VI) John Bacon, born December 15, 1779. in Westfield, was married January 27, 1803. to

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Amy Coe, who bore him five children, viz. : (I) Curtiss (our subject), sketch of whom follows; (2) William, who was a hotel keeper at New London, Conn .; (3) John L., who for a time was in the hotel business with his broth- er William, but removed to Middletown, and died there: (4) Lucy, who married Oliver Foster, and resided in Westfield (their daugh- ter is the widow of Joel H. Guy, and lives in Middlefield) ; and (5) George W., who mar- ried Phoebe Birdsey, and lived in Middle -. field.

(VII) Curtiss Bacon was born April 17, 1804, at what was then Middletown (now Middlefield),, Conn., and after reaching his majority commenced active life as a teacher in the district schools of the locality. Shortly af- terward he was elected town constable, at that time an important office, and he then removed into the city limits. Later he was appointed deputy sheriff of Middlesex county by the sher- iff, Linus Coe, and held that office for several years. In 1851 he was nominated by the Dem- ocrats for sheriff of the county, his opponent being Charles Hubbard, then a Whig, and one of the most popular men at that time in his party. There was a severe contest at the elec- tion, but Mr. Bacon was triumphant. He held the office for two years and was then ( 1853) appointed United States marshal by President Pierce; he was reappointed by President Bu- chanan. After that he held the offices of dep- uty sheriff, county commissioner and consta- ble, also serving in other positions, his last pub- lic appearance in political life being as a dele- gate from the State to the last Democratic Na- tional Convention held before his death, at Cin- cinnati, Ohio. "Not to have know Curtiss Bacon in politics was to be almost unknown. In politics he lived, moved and had his being, and few politicians passed through life with fewer personal enemies. For years he was the life and soul of the Democratic politics in Middletown, for he had the time to spare and the means to devote to that which gave him pleasure. He met with opposition, but it did not alter his genial smile and pleasant manners. That he was successful is all that could be asked, for men are measured by that ; and there must have been something in the man who, for a long course of years, could make politics a trade, and manage to come out ahead. It is not our custom to cover over the living or dead with fulsome praise. The political enemies of

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Commemorative biographical record of Middlesex County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Part 15

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Chicago : Beers Number of Pages: 1502

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Chicago : Beers
Number of Pages: 1502