Commemorative biographical record of Middlesex County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families, Part 23

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

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Wallace K. is elsewhere mentioned. (10) Albert, born in 1804, died in 1823, at that time being a successful teacher and young man of promise. ( II) George, born December 25, 1806, died June 9, 1898, in New Jersey. For years he carried on a tannery in Middletown. His family consisted of three daughters and two sons, one of the latter dying in infancy. (12) Samuel and ( 13) Elizabeth, twins, born in 1809, of whom the former died in Middle- town, May 22, 1871, leaving children as fol- lows : Benare, a conductor on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railway, resides in New Haven ; Thomas resides in New Britain ; Jane, married George N. Moses, and is now deceased ; and Julia is Mrs. Gen. Charles Gra- ham, of Middletown. The latter, Elizabeth, died July 10, 1860, unmarried.

John Bacon, the fifth son of Joseph and

Rhoda Bacon, was born at Middletown, i 1776, and, inheriting a portion of the home stead, he settled there, although for a number of years he followed the sea in the coastin trade. His death occurred in Middletow1 March 8, 1837, and he was buried in Mo1 timer cemetery. He first married Olive Ward by whom he had six children, three of whor died in childhood, those reaching adult ag being: Horace, Leverett and Olive. (Itt Horace, born about 1794, lived in Middle town, became a sea faring man, and died No vember 10, 1840; he married Delia Johnsor and was paternal grandfather of Clarence E Bacon, an attorney of Middletown, whos sketch is found elsewhere. (2) Leverett wa father of Hon. John W. Bacon, of Danbury Conn., and he died in Hartford. (3) Oliv married Seth Turner and removed to A'shta bula, Ohio, where she died. Olive (Ward) Bacon died June 19, 1805, aged thirty-tw( years. On November 22, 1811, John Bacon! married (second) Martha Bates, of Darien Conn., who died January 5, 1854, aged sixty four years. Their children, seven in number were: (I) Emily, born February 14, 1813 died in her house on the northeast corner o: Grand and High Streets, in Middletown, July 3, 1890. She married ( first) James Jackson and had one son. Andrew ( 1836-1858)., and (second) Oliver Ambler of Danbury, Conn .. and (third) Frank P. Ambler, of Trumbull Conn. (2) John Plumb, born June 1I, 1814 married May 14, 1838, Sarah E. Southmayd

born March 4, 1819, by whom he had five sons. John Buckley, Conrad G., Ernest, Sherman M. and Augustus S. He died in Middletown. November 26, 1898, a prominent and esteemed citizen ; for years he was selectman in the city and was vice-president of the Middletown Savings Bank. His widow lives in Middle- town. (3) Lewis S. B., born January 4, 1816, died December 15, 1863. On November 20, 1843, he married Harriet M. Arnold, by whom he had three children: Miss Wilhelmina lives at Lockport, N. Y .; Ella married Edwin Carey and removed to Lockport; and Lewis, B. married Elizabeth Parson Canfield and lives at South Farms. (4) Joseph, born October 22, 1817, died September 14, 1859. He was twice married, (first) on July 9, 1837, to Maria Babcock, born in 1820, died November

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20, 1842, daughter of Samuel Babcock, and (second) to Esther M. Treat, born January 22, 1822, and died February 1I, 1897. The children of the first marriage were: Adelaide, Sarah E. and Joseph Edgar, and of the sec- ond marriage : Damon P., Esther M., James B. and Maria. (5) William, born May 25. 1819, inherited part of his father's homestead, and for thirty-seven years engaged in the mar- ket business, in Middletown, a part of the time in partnership with his brother John P., and being succeeded by his son-in-law William Jamieson. He was married February 6, 1844, to Elizabeth M. Stow, born June 10, 1821, in Southington, Conn., daughter of John and Harriet M. (Clark) Stow, who bore him four daughters : Emma E., born May 28, 1846, resides in Middletown; Elizabeth M., born October 19, 1847, married William Jamieson and resides in Middletown; Martha A., born September 10, 1853, died December, 1854: Martha Bates, born May 15, 1857, married October 23, 1877, Evelyn B. Strong, and they reside in Middletown also. William Bacon died September 18, 1894, and his wife died March 29, 1895, they having been permitted to celebrate their Golden Wedding. (6) Rich- ard, born November 14, 1820, died November 22, 1822. (7) Martha, born June 7, 1822, died in 1897, in Danbury, Conn. She first married William H. Pryor, by whom she had two children, Hattie, who died young; and E. Selena, who married Joseph Young, of Danbury, Conn., and had two children, Martha and Frank. Martha married, second, Dr. Sam- uel Richardson, by whom she had no children. After the death of Dr. Richardson, Mrs. Rich- ardson married Granville Ambler, and be- came the mother of twin daughters.

HON. JULIUS HOTCHKISS (de- ceased ) was a conspicuous and prominent citi- en of Middlesex county, Conn., who began public life with no other capital than a robust constitution, an honest heart and an indomit- ible will. Coming from an honorable line of incestors, Julius Hotchkiss did them credit.

The early records of the American branch of the Hotchkiss family tell of Samuel, who anie from Essex, England, and located at New laven as early as 1641, a year later marrying Elizabeth Cleverly. He died in 1663. His son oshua, born in 1651, married Mary Hotch-

kiss, and at his death left a son Stephen, who married Elizabeth Sperry in 1704 and two years later settled in the parish of Cheshire, Wallingford, where he died in 1755. Capt. Gideon Hotchkiss, his son, was born in 1716, and in 1737 married Anna Brockett. After her death he married Mabel Stiles, of South- bury. In 1736 he located on a farm in Water- bury. Capt. Gideon was one of those who es- tablished the Congregational Church at Pros- pect, then Columbia, and was a leading citizen of his day, serving in the French and Revolu- tionary wars. He died in 1807.

Amos Hotchkiss, son of Capt. Gideon, was born in 1751. In 1772 he married Abigail, daughter of Ephraim Scott, and his son Wood- ward became the father of Hon. Julius Hotch- kiss. Woodward Hotchkiss was born Octo- ber 19, 1773, and on April 2, 1797, married Polly. daughter of Capt. Phineas Castle. They resided in Prospect. The children of this union were: Castle, born in 1798, went to Califor- nia, but returned to Connecticut and spent his last days in Prospect; Rhoda, born in 1803. married a Mr. Benham; Polly, born in 1805, married Jolin Norton ; William was born in 1800: Julius, our subject, was born July 11, 1810; Albert : Sarah was born in 1818.

Julius Hotchkiss, the immediate subject of these lines, received his primary education in the district schools and later enjoyed a short term at the academy. easily outstripping youths of his own age in his classes, but early leaving school and passing into active business life, earning his start in life from his savings ac- cumulated when he was a traveling salesman.

The marriage of our subject took place on April 29. 1832, at Oxford, Conn., Miss Melissa Perkins, of Oxford, becoming his wife. Mrs. Hotchkiss was born April 21, 1810, a daughter of Enoch and Annie ( Riggs) Perkins, farming people, and was a woman of rare judgment. whose advice was frequently asked by her hus- band. While Mr. Hotchkiss was extensively engaged in business enterprises his wife was one of his best friends and advisers, upon whom he relied in all his complicated operations, her quick mind seeing a way to the accomplishment of ends. The children of this union were: Cornelia Augusta, born July 6, 1835. a resi- dent of Middletown: Minnie Amelia, born March 1, 1842, who was married October 19. 1865. to Ilon. C. G. R. Vinal, a resident of

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Middletown ; Marian, born December 14, 1843, who married Martin A. Knapp (Judge Knapp is chairman of the Inter-State Commerce Com- mission, and they reside either in Washington, D. C., or at Syracuse, N. Y.) ; Julia Frances, born February 7, 1848, who resides on the old homestead, in Middletown; and Frederick Charles, born March 24, 1857. Mr. Hotch- kiss died December 23, 1879, his widow sur- viving until June 25, 1892, both are buried in Pine Grove cemetery in Middletown.

At the age of seventeen Mr. Hotchkiss be- gan the life of a teacher in his native village, soon afterward finding an opportunity to rep- resent a business house upon the road. He con- tinued that occupation for several years, later opening up a store in Birmingham, where he developed a successful business, but five years later he returned to Waterbury. From 1846 to 1856 he was a member of the firm of Hotch- kiss & Merriman, which firm was incorporated in 1843 as the Hotchkiss & Merriman Com- pany, afterward the Suspender Company, en- gaged in the manufacture of cotton webbing and suspenders. In 1853, when Waterbury had become a city, Mr. Hotchkiss was nomi- nated by both parties for mayor, receiving the unanimous vote, and was the first mayor of that city.

In 1854 Mr. Hotchkiss bought the William B. Scovill homestead, and on the adjoining lot erected a large three-story brick building which was long known as the Hotchkiss block, and is now called the Irving block. Among the pub- lic enterprises in which he was interested while he lived in Waterbury was the establishment of Riverside cemetery. In 1857, having disposed of his interest in the Suspender Company, Mr. Hotchkiss removed to Middletown, and ac- quired a large interest in the Russell Manu- facturing Company, of which he was for some years the efficient manager. In politics he was an Old-line Whig, but on the dissolution of that party he joined the Democratic ranks and became an active partisan. In 1867, during President Johnson's administration, he was elected as representative of the Second Con- gressional District of Connecticut, and filled a seat in the XLth Congress. In 1870 he was chosen lieutenant governor, this last honor closing his public career. Thenceforth he de- voted his time to reading and study, his large and comprehensive library affording him ample opportunity for such enjoyment.

During a large part of his life Mr. Hotch- kiss was a member of the New or Swedenbor- gian Church. His mother was a devout mem- ber of the Methodist Church, and the home life was conducted with the strict religious customs and practices of that denomination. Mr. Hotchkiss was a man of wide charities, never boastful, ever ready to assist those in need. One of the prime movers in locating the hos- pital at Middletown, he was deeply interested in it and worked hard for its success, serving as trustee for years and was a member of its first board.

The home at Middletown now occupied by Mr. Hotchkiss' daughter was built in 1864, and although highly regarded at that time was re- modeled and modernized in 1896 by the present occupant, who is a cultured and talented lady, socially prominent in Middletown, and a mem- ber of the D. A. R.

CAPT. EZRA STANNARD, an old resi- dent, and one of the most respected of the town of Westbrook, was born March 20, 1802, and died November 27, 1888. -

The Captain's line of descent is from Jo- seph Stannard, who was an early settler in Haddam, Conn., where he was proposed for a freeman in 1669. His children were: Joseph, Samuel, William and John.

(II) John Stannard, son of Joseph, was twice married. He had several children by his first wife, one of whom was his son John. He married, second, in 1717, Hannah Jordan, widow of Samuel Bates, and to this marriage four children were born: Elizabeth, Lydia, Sarah and Mary.

(III) John Stannard (2) (son of John) and his wife had children : Peter, Mary, John and Rachel.

(IV) John Stannard (3), son of John (2), and the grandfather of Capt. Ezra, lived in Westbrook. He and his wife Lydia had chil- dren : Phœbe, John, Job K., Lydia, Hannah, Phœbe (2), Jacob, Rachel and Abel.

(V) Job K. Stannard, the father of our subject, was born October 20, 1761, and died May 16, 1842. He was married May 3, 1790, to Sybil Kelsey, who was born August 21, 1766, daughter of Russell Kelsey. She died February 14, 1840. To Mr. and Mrs. Job K. Stannard came the following children : Job, born February 25, 1791, died February 5, 1792. Sybil, born August 15, 1793, died Feb-

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ruary 17, 1859; she married William Lay, of Westbrook. Lydia, born December 6, 1795, died March 17, 1796. Job K., born January 24, 1797, died September 17, 1827. Edward, born February 6, 1800, died May 21, 1854. Ezra, born March 20, 1802, died November 27, 1888. Abel, born July 8, 1804, died Au- gust 21, 1829. Charles, born October 3, 1806, lied September 24, 1826. Lydia, born Octo- per 8, 1808, died January 26, 1887; she mar- ried E. C. Scranton, of New Haven. Benja- nin, born August 5, 1811, died May 21, 1873.

Capt. Ezra Stannard enjoyed the advan- ages of only a common school education. He vas a natural mechanic, displaying aptitude in hat line from early youth. His choice of bursuits was the construction of vessels, which Falling he followed assiduously at his native place, Westbrook. One of the finest of his construction was the "Juliette," named after his wife. He was a man of superior judg- rent in matters pertaining to mechanics, and vas often a criterion among others for deter- nining the character and quality of things. Capt. Stannard was not only a good ship- uilder, but also a master seaman, and he was the merchant service for many years. He vas a good financier, and although of a re- "ring disposition, held many town offices, erving most acceptably as selectman, assessor nd member of the board of relief. His in- rest in his town and its affairs, and the wel- tre of the people, was very marked, and con- nued almost to the time of his lamented death. le represented the town of Westbrook in the eneral Assembly two or three terms, and was 1 industrious and faithful member. He was ardent Republican, and was greatly interest- 1 in the news and work of his party. During le great Civil war he was a stanch patriot, orking for the cause of his country and the triotic soldiers who were fighting for that untry's very existence.

Capt. Stannard was married January 24, $30, to Juliette Doane, who was born June ), 1809, daughter of Edmund Doane, of Deep iver, Conn. Mrs. Stannard was a member the Baptist Church at Deep River, but al- ough she retained her membership in that urch during her lifetime, she attended the mgregational Church at Westbrook with her isband, who himself was not a member, ough both were closely associated with that urch, contributing as they could toward the

promotion of its prosperity and usefulness. Mrs. Stannard for many years made it a duty, as it was a pleasure, to read the Bible through at least once each year, and she could readily quote the leading texts of the Sacred Word. Hers was a beautiful Christian character, and she passed from earth to Heaven September 18, 1900, dying at the home of her son-in-law, George D. E. Post, with whom she had made her home after the death of her husband.

GEORGE D. E. POST was born July II, 1844, son of Merritt Post, of Westbrook. He followed the water for years, running between New York and New Orleans as mate on various vessels, and made two voyages to Liverpool. He finally retired from active sery- ice. Mr. Post served on the "George Crom- well," the "Huntsville" and other vessels. He died July 16, 1901, at the age of fifty-seven years. He was an attendant of the Congrega- tional Church, and was one of the choir before and after his marriage, although not a mem- ber of same. He was elected to the Legisla- ture, and, as an earnest Republican, fulfilled the duties of representative in 1893. Mr. Post was a man of superior judgment, and could readily estimate the import and value of life's surroundings. He was cheerful in nature, and always had ready plenty of interesting stories, concerning the sea and his life there- on; a sailor's life seemed to be his ideal; he loved the sea. Wherever he was called he made hosts of friends as the result of his genial nature.

Mr. Post was married. April 11, 1870. to Ida A. Stannard, daughter of Ansel B. and Maria B. (Comstock) Doane, of Twinsburg. Ohio. Mr. Doane was a brother of Mrs. Ju- liette Stannard, wife of Capt. Ezra. Mrs. Post was adopted by Capt. and Mrs. Stannard at the age of nine months, and was the af- fectionate and faithful daughter of her foster- parents until the time of their death. After the death of Capt. Stannard Mrs. Stannard spent the last twelve years with Mrs. Post. dying September 18, 1900.

To Mr. and Mrs. George D. E. Post came the following named children : Cornelia S., born February 3, 1871. was educated at the Morgan school, at Clinton, Conn., and in Brooklyn, N. Y. Franklin Ezra, born March 4. 1873. died April 3. 1880. Harold Ernest, born August 18, 1881, attended the Morgan

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school, which he left at the age of sixteen, and later attended the Dr. Holbrook Military School, at Ossinning, N. Y., graduating with the class of 1900; he then attended Hamilton College, at Clinton, N. Y. Mrs. Post is a valued member of the Westbrook Congrega- tional Church, being active in church work, and is a lady of much culture and refine- ment. She has a wide circle of friends ..

THOMAS JEFFERSON ATKINS, a prosperous and well-known farmer of West Long Hill District, Middletown, Middlesex Co., Conn., is of English descent, and he re- sides on a homestead which has been' in the possession of the Atkins family for genera- tions.

In England the patronymic was Atkyns, and it seems to have been changed about the time when the Colonial immigrants of the fami- ly arrived in America, for, although the indi- vidual who founded the branch here from which Thomas J. springs, cannot now be iden- tified, it is known he comes from the early im- migrants of 1630. The Boston ( Mass.) rec- ords have this much to say concerning the Atkins colonists: Joseph Atkins, of Roxbury, married a Dudley in 1630; Abraham was a resident of Boston in 1642; Matthew was a Boston freeman in 1673; Thomas, of Hart- ford East River, married in 1688, and Thomas, of Boston, was a freeman in 1690.

Josiah Atkins, to whom Thomas J. can trace his lineage, is supposed by some persons to have been one of the immigrants: others claim that he was not. He located in Middle- town, however, and was presented with four acres, probably in the South Staddle Hill dis- trict. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wetmore, Sr., of Middletown, Octo- ber 8, 1673, seven children resulting from the union, viz .: Sarah born July 16, 1674; Abi- gail, born September 11, 1676, was married to Robert Hubbard ; Solomon and Josiah ( twins). July 25, 1678; Benjamin, November 19, 1682; Ephraim, March 9, 1685: Elizabeth, August II, 1687. Josiah, father of this family, died September 12, 1690, leaving an estate valued at £67 Ios. His wife died about 1700.

Ephraim Atkins, the sixth born of the above named children, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wetmore, Jr., of Middle- town, on June 16, 1709, and, and became the father of eight children, as follows: Thomas,

born April 5, 1710; Ephraim, born July 18, 1712, died young; Elizabeth, born December 6, 1714, died May 30, 1750; Ephraim (2), born March 22, 1717; Naomi, June 6, 1719; Ebenezer, October, 1721; James, April 9, 1724; and George, December 26, 1726. Ephraim, the father, bought land of John Brown near Wesleyan College, in Middle- town, in 1708, died December 26, 1760, but had lost his wife May 20, 1752.

Thomas Atkins, the eldest son of Ephraim, built a house at Middletown in 1734, on the old Durham road, a few rods northwest of the present residence of T. Jefferson Atkins. He married Martha, a daughter of Gov. Benjamin Miller, in June, 1735, and while Thomas At- kins was a quiet, good-natured man, his wife, Martha, was a stout, courageous woman and a true representative of her father, the Govern- or. She despised the word "Tory," and when she was in her ninety-third year a gentleman called at her house to ascertain through curios- ity if she still bore, at this advanced age, the same animosity to the Tory party that she had borne in the days of the Revolutionary war. No sooner was she informed that a person was in the house who was suspected of being a Tory (but who, of course, was merely play- ing a part), than she armed herself with a broom-stick, entered the room where . the stranger was at that moment, and exclaiming "I will not have a Tory in my house!" at- tempted to expedite his departure by striking at him. He defended himself as best he could, and at once made a hasty retreat.

'Twas good to learn of her what freedom cost,

What trials all passed through, what bitter tears were shed

For those who fought at Lexington, and those who lost Their lives on Bunker Hill, where youthful Warren bled.

When more than ninety years had thinned her snowy hair

And time had worn its furrows on her brow,

She could not then the sight or name of "Tory" bear, For "liberty or death" was still her solemn vow.

The children of Thomas and Martha At- kins numbered eight, and were named as fol- lows: Mary, who was born December 20, 1736, and was married to Joshua Miller ; Mar- tha, born July 17, 1739, was married to Jabez Barnes ; Jemima, born October 13, 1741, mar- ried Giles Barnes; Sarah, born October 27, 1745, married Phineas Bacon ; Lydia, born No- vember 23, 1747, married Edward Ward;

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Rihoda, born January 15, 1749, married J. Ward; Lucy, born April 28, 1752, was first married to a Mr. Johnson and later to a Mr. Coe; and Ithamar, born November 16, 1757, became the grandfather of the gentleman whose name opens this sketch.

Ithamar Atkins was a farmer by vocation und erected the dwelling now occupied by Thomas J., in West Long Hill, in 1807. He vas a man of sound judgment, owned over 800 acres of land, and was greatly respected in is neighborhood. He married, November 27. 1783, Anna Hubbard, the twelfth child of Nehemiah Hubbard, and a granddaughter of Nehemiah ( I), who had six sons in the Revo- utionary army. Nehemiah, father of Mrs. At- ins, was appointed Deputy . Quartermaster General of Connecticut in May, 1777, by Maj. Gen. Greene, and later became a merchant in Middletown, and also the first President of he Middletown Bank, as well as the first Presi- lent of the Middletown Savings Bank, which position he held at the time of his death. Nine hildren were born of the marriage of Ithamar nd Anna (Hubbard) Atkins, as follows: (I) acob, who was born December 26, 1786, mar- ied Mary Miller, of Middlefield, and died No- endber 10, 1857. He was a very able and itellectual man, and was a farmer in Middle- own, and lived in the oldest house in West Long Hill district. (2) Rhoda, born June II, 790, died unmarried July 7, 1849. (3) Rich- rd, born August 29, 1792, married Malinda Edwards, and is spoken of more fully on an- ther page. (4) Maria, born March 23, 1795, las married to Augustus Phillips, a gunsmith, ho removed to Ithaca, N. Y., where he be- une a farmer, and where she died July 28, 850. (5) Thomas, born March 4, 1797, mar- ed Lucy Miller, was a farmer, wrote a his- ry of Long Hill and Middlefield and died inuary 13, 1882. (6) Sarah, born April 19, 799, died unmarried January 30, 1871. (7) [enry, born January 11, 1801, was a painter, aried Sarah B. Crowell, and died in Middle- wn March 31, 1883. (8) William H., twin Henry, was a hardware merchant in Middle- wn, and died January 1, 1865. (9) Albert. orn September 14, 1804, was the father of homas J. Atkins, and will be further spoken in the paragraph which follows. The death Ithamar Atkins took place January 27, 1829. id that of his wife followed in 1838.

ABERT ATKINS was born in a house

close by that now occupied by his son, Thomas Jefferson, and was but three years old when his parents came to reside in the latter. Here he was reared as farmers' lads usually were in those days, and was educated in the district schools and at a select school kept by a MIr. Garfield in Middletown. He taught school in his younger days, and was a very successful teacher. Among his pupils was his first wife, who was the mother of his children. His early ambition was to prepare himself for a military career, but he was not robust in health and abandoned the idea of following a soldier's life. With his brother Henry he for some time operated the home farm, and after his father's death purchased the interest of the other heirs in the place. He was a hard-working and skillful farmer, was stockily built, and of me- dium height, and many a time, after a hard day's farm work, would return to his home and make shoes for his family.

Albert Atkins was twice married. His first wife, Susan E. Hale, was born in Middle- field March 5, 1814, a daughter of Joseph and Julia ( Stowe) Hale. Mrs. Julia Hale was the eldest child of Joshua Stowe, who was a very prominent man in his day. Mrs. Susan E. (Hale) Atkins passed away October 20, 186.4, the mother of four children, viz. : Frances, born July 16, 1837, died unmarried January 30. 1862. Marion, born September 7, 1841, was married April 25, 1866, to Leonidas C. Vinal, a druggist of Middletown, and died February 13, 1869. Osmin, born January 6, 1844. graduated from the Wesleyan University at Middletown in 1866, and from Columbia Uni- versity in 1868: on July 13 of the latter year he married Cordelia Knowlton, of Maine, and engaged in the practice of law in New York City, but his health soon broke down. and after endeavoring to recuperate by visiting Florida, Minnesota and other parts, he died at Middletown Springs, Vt., September 17, 1871. his remains being interred in Pine Grove Ceme- tery in Middletown. The fourth of the family was Thomas Jefferson Atkins. Albert Atkins married, for his second wife, Mrs. Miranda O. (Phillips) Hawley, widow of Dr. Joel Hawley; no children were born to this union. Mr. Atkins died January 30, 1881, and Mrs. Miranda O. Atkins is now a resident of Red- wing, Minn. The primary cause of the death of Mr. Atkins was a strain sustained while building a stone wall, which brought on pleu-

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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 23

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