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Mr. Lounsbury was twice married. His first wife, whom he married in 1856, was Cornelia Doo- little. of Wallingford. She died in May. 1864, and for his second wife he married, April 4. 1866. Mary F. Dickerman, a native of Cheshire. and a daughter of William B. and Louisa ( Bradley) Dickerman, the former a lumber merchant who re- moved to Winsted when Mrs. Lounsbury was a girl of twelve years. There she received her edu-
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cation in the select shools, and for two years prior to lier marriage she had engaged in teaching school. Mrs. Lounsbury survives her husband, and since his decease she has most sucessfully carried on the work of the farm. She is a lady of culture and refinement, and most highly esteemed by all her many friends and acquaintances. In her religious belief she is an Episcopalian.
JULIUS HALL, whose death, on Oct. 4, 1898, removed from Meriden one of her most successful agriculturists and most estimable citizens, was born on the old Hall homestead, June 7, 1813, and traced his descent to carly families of New Haven county.
John Hall, the founder of the family in Con- necticut, was born in England in 1605. and upon coming to America, about 1625. located in Boston, Mass., but later removed to New Haven. After the settlement of Wallingford he removed to that town, in 1672, and was chosen a selectman there in 1675. He died in that place ten years later, a large land owner and prominent citizen. To his mar- riage with Jane Woolen came eight children. John, Sarah, Richard, Samuel, Daniel, Thomas, Jonathan and David, and few families have been more re- spected than their descendants. The Hall family and Jane ( Woolen) Hall's connections in England each had a coat of arms.
Thomas Hall, son of John, was born March 25, 1649, and when twenty-one years of age removed to Wallingford in 1670. He was one of the orig- inal settlers of the town, a signer of the Plantation Covenant, and became a farmer and land owner. He died Sept. 17, 1731. He was town clerk four- teen years, from Dec. 28, 1697, to 1711. On June II, 1673, he was married to Grace Watson, who died May I, 1731. This union was blessed with eleven children.
Daniel Hall, son of Thomas, born Jan. 27, 1689, engaged in farming in East Meriden (then a part of Wallingford), where he built the first house, and where his life ended. On April 20, 1721, he married Martha Doolittle, and the fol- lowing children came to them: Abraham, born Jan. 27, 1722, married Mary Prindle; John, born Jan. 29, 1724, died in steriden May 13. 1795; Hannah. born Sept. II. 1725, married Benajah Tyler, of Branford; Daniel was born June 1, 1727; Martha, June 14, 1729; Samuel, May 5. 1731 : Mary, Sept. 7, 1733; and Abigail, April 27, 1739.
beth, April 20, 1757 (died March 30, 1847) ; David, Sept. 16, 1761; Sarah, Feb. 13, 1764 (died in 1777) ; Abigail, Feb. 24, 1766 (died on Oct. 28, 1828) ; John, Jan. 9, 1768 (married Ruth Hall, and died April 21, 1851) ; Joseph, Oct. 28, 1770; Jedu- than, April 25, 1773 (died July 9, 1851) ; and Isaac, May 28, 1776 (died Jan. 1, 1838).
Joseph Hall, son of John, was born on the old homestead in East Meriden Oct. 28. 1770, and lived a quiet, busy life, engaged in farming, and making improvements on the old place, until his death, March 13, 1831. His remains rest in the Meriden cemetery. He married Hannah Francis, of Wal- lingford, and children as follows were born to them : Sherman, born April 26, 1806, died Dec. 6, 1869; John, born Jan. 5, 1808, died July 9. 1836: Emery, born Sept. 29, 1809, died Jan. 1. 1892; Lucy, born May 27, 1811, died Feb. 18, 1818: Julius was born June 7, 1813: Maria, born Aug. 30, 1815, died May 5, 1846.
· Julius Hall, the subject proper of this biography, grew up on the old homestead, and received such educational advantages as the times afforded. Ag- ricultural pursuits offered the most natural em- ployment for the young men of that period. and, as the estates were large and much of the labor-say- ing machinery still unthought of. there was never a dearth of work for willing hands on the farms of the wealthy old families. Julius Hall erected a fine dwelling and made many other improvements on his place, operating 130 acres of the old home- stead, besides other tracts in Middlesex county. His death occurred there, and his remains were reverently laid in the East cemetery. On May I, 1852, Julius Hall married Laura L. Parker, who was born in Berlin, Conn., a daughter of James and Maria (Ives) Parker, the latter of whom was a daughter of Ichabod Ives, a soldier of the Rev- olutionary war. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hall: Grace Maria, born Nov. 26, 1854, resides on the homestead. Ida Jane, born April 4, 1856, died March 9. 1895 : she was one of Meriden's most successful teachers, having been engaged in the public schools twelve years: was a member of the Meriden Scientific Association, and a director of one of its departments : belonged to Ruth Hart Chapter, D. A. R. ; was a member of the First Bap- tist Church; and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. John Parker, born Ang. 31, 1857. re- sides on the old homestead, where he carries on fruit growing and dairying in connection with gen- cral farming. Mary Francis, born Aug. 17, 1861, resides at home. Ermina Cedelia, born Jan. 29, 1864, an artist of much talent, resides at home. Dexter Emery, born Jan. 20, 1870. is extensively en- gaged in the furniture and house furnishing busi- ness in Meriden and Wallingford. and in this con- nection also conducts a livery and undertaking business at Meriden. The death of the mother of this family took place May 28. 1893. when she
John Hall, son of Daniel, was born Jan. 29, 1724, and was engaged in farming in what is now known as East Meriden, where he became a large land owner, living on and succeeding to the home- stead of his father, where he died May 13. 1795. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. On May 4, 1749, John Hall married Elizabeth Prindle, who died Oct. 21, 1802, and their children were: Prindle, born June 30, 1750: John. May 8, 1752; Mary, Sept. 10, 1754 ( died on March 31, 1825) ; Sarah, May 11, 1756 (died in 1760) ; Eliza- ; was aged sixty-eight years. She had endeared her-
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self to all with whom she had come in contact, and was sincerely mourned by the community; she is greatly missed by the members of the Baptist Church, with which she had long been connected.
Julius Hall was a man well known and most highly esteemed, beloved and respected by his im- mediate family, and regarded by the public as a type of the best citizen. His life bridged a vast gulf of history; and he viewed with intelligent in- terest the great strides made in every department of the world's work, assisting, with influence and means, the progress of his native town. He aided several who were afterward most successful busi- ness men, and although some of his ventures did not prove remunerative he was rewarded for his enterprise and public spirit, and at the same time enjoyed the consciousness of assisting worthy young men in building up home institutions. His private charities, while unknown and unheralded by the general public, were many and wisely be- stowed.
Mr. Hall's family now reside on the old Hall homestead, part of which was owned by Thomas Hall (1) in 1679. They have had old deeds, rec- ords, etc., and they now have the large. old-fash- ioned trunk which John Hall brought with him when he came to America about 1625, as well as other articles of furniture he must have had soon after coming here.
THE BALDWIN FAMILY. There are yet re- siding in New Haven several of the sons of the late Darius and Thirza (Dorman) Baldwin, born in the town of Orange and in New Haven, respectively. Among them are Charles A. and Allen D. Baldwin, both veterans of the Civil war, and long substantial citizens of New Haven.
These brothers, both natives of Orange, Conn .. are descended from one of the old and prominent families of New England. Richard Baldwin, the emigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, was born in Buckinghamshire. England, and was the son of Sylvester and Mary ( Bryan ) Baldwin, the form- er of whom died on the ship "Martin," on the pas- sage to New England. The son, Richard Baldwin, is on record in Milford, Conn., as early as 1639, the year after the death of his father. His marriage oc- curred in 1643, when he became the husband of Elizabeth Alsop, of New Haven. Mr. Baldwin was a man of character and ability, and served in the General Court several terms as deputy from his town. He died in 1665. From him Charles A. and Allen D. Baldwin, of New Haven, are descendants in the seventh generation, their line being through Barnabas, Timothy, Enoch, Alexis and Darius Bald- win.
Barnabas Baldwin, son of Richard the Emigrant, was born in 1665, in Milford, and married for his first wife, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Bucking- ham, of Milford, who died while still young. After her death he was married again, to Abigail -.
Mr. Baldwin was one of the grantees to the charter of Derby, and in 1738, was one of the fifteen inhab- itants of Derby, who with others from New Haven, were incorporated into the parish ot Amity. He served as selectman of Milford, and died in 1741.
Timothy Baldwin, son of the foregoing, was born in Milford in 1695, where he was married in 1719, to Zurinah Johnson, of Derby, for his first wife, and later to Mabel (surname not given). Mr. Baldwin occupied lands lying in both Woodbridge and Derby, probably having his home in the latter town. He joined in the formation of the church at Amity in the town of Woodbridge, and died in 1766.
Enoch Baldwin, son of Timothy, was born in 1736, in the town of Derby, and was probably a child of the second marriage of his father. His life was spent in Derby, where he died in 1815.
Alexis Baldwin, born in 1778, in the town of Derby, married Comfort Baldwin, daughter of Hen- ry Baldwin, and lived in Woodbridge. His death occurred in 1821, and his widow passed away in 1857.
Darius Baldwin, son of Alexis, was born May 6, 1804, in Woodbridge. He married Thirza, daugh- ter of Amos Dorman, of Oxford, Conn., and to this union were born : (1) George A., born Jan. 28, 1830, in Oxford; (2) Charles A., born Jan. 28, 1832; (3) Mary A., born Jan. 12, 1834, became the wife of George M. Harmon, a sketch of whom appears on another page: (4) Allen D., born Aug. 20, 1836; and (5) William H., born Nov. 4, 1841, now de- ceased. The family home was first in Orange. and later in New Haven. Darins Baldwin was occupied in the former place as blacksmith, and he died in New Haven, at the age of seventy-six years, and his widow passed away aged eighty-four.
CHARLES A. BALDWIN, whose birth is noted above, received his literary education in the common . schools of his native town, and at the age of seven- teen went to New Haven, where he learned the trade of carriage-body making with Edwin Lee. During the panic of 1857, for about nine months, he was in Urbana, Ohio, where he worked at his trade, which he resumed on his return to New Hav- en. For a little more than a year previous to the outbreak of the Civil war he was associated with the late James P. Barker. About this time they be- gan business on their own account, establishing a factory for carriage-body making, but this enter- prise was in existence only about two years, owing to the outbreak of the Civil war.
Fired by the stirring events of those momentous times, Mr. Baldwin enlisted in the service of his country, Aug. 25, 1862, and was made quartermaster sergeant of the 27tl Conn. Vol. Infantry, bearing an honorable part in the fortunes of that organization. He was mustered out July 27, 1863, serving there- after until the closing of the war in the office of the provost marshal at New Haven. The term of service of the 27th. though not extended, was active and thrilling. For a short period it was in the di-
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vision of Gen. Abercrombie, and was stationed at Washington, but later it became a part of the Third Brigade, First Division, Second Army Corps, un- der Gen. Hancock, and formed a part of the right grand division of the Army of the Potomac, under General Sumner. At the battle of Fredericksburg in 1862 that portion of the regiment not employed on picket duty along the Rappahannock, was in the line of battle on the open plain between the city and Mary's Heights, where they were exposed to a ter- rible fire from the enemy's batteries. When night fell one-third of the regiment was dead or wounded on the field or in the hospital. In the change that followed the advent of Hooker to the command, the 27th became a part of the Fourth Brigade, under the command of Col. John K. Brook, now one of the oldest officers in the regular service. After coming out of winter quarters in April, 1863, they were ac- tive in the preliminaries that brought in the battle of Chancellorsville, where they were engaged for · several days with little chance for eating or sleeping. The regiment, which occupied on Sunday morning the intrenchments it had thrown up the previous Friday evening when it formed a part of the picket line, held an important position, and were exposed to a terrible fire. It was soon surrounded and cap- tured. Companies D and F of the regiment es- caped the fate of the balance of the command, hav- ing been previously detailed for other duties. The 27th continued to form a part of the Army of the Potomac until the battle of Gettysburg. It reached that bloody field July 2, moved forward to take the line of battle, and was stationed a mile and a half south of Cemetery Hill. in the line occupied by the Second Corps. It was hurried forward to the sup- port of the Third Corps, which in the afternoon was heavily engaged on the Emmitsburg road. The 27th · with others of the Fourth Brigade entered the wheat field as the disordered and broken columns of the Third Corps were slowly retiring. closely followed by the exultant enemy, and moved towards the ad- vancing foe, which was now in close range, meeting a sweeping fire. under which Lieut. Col. Merwin fell mortally wounded while leading his men with his accustomed bravery. Here Capt. Jedediah Chap- man was also killed. The Union line drove the en- emy out of the wheat fields into the woods beyond. In this battle the 27th went into action with seventy- five men, all it could muster at the time after an active service of not quite nine months, eight com- panies having been taken prisoners at the battle of Chancellorsville. At dark eleven had been killed, and twenty-seven wounded. The position of the 27th on July 3d was in the main line a few yards to the left of the point attacked by the rebels in the last charge made by them in that great battle. From Gettysburg the 27th moved to Falling Waters, a short distance from Williamsport, arriving there in time to participate in the closing scenes of that en- gagement. Then it was ordered to Harper's Ferry,
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and enroute from home, being mustered out July 27, 1863.
After the close of the war Charles A. Baldwin was in the employ of the firm of Osborn & Ad- riance, of New Haven, for a time, and then became engaged in the manufacture of corsets, successively belonging to the firms of Harmon & Baldwin, Foy, Harmon & Baldwin, and the Baldwin Corset Com- pany. At a later period he traveled in the interest of Foy, Harmon & Chadwick, which firm succeeded to the business he himself helped to establish. Along in the middle eighties, having been elected to the board of Assessors, he severed his connections with Foy, Harmon & Chadwick, to assume the duties of his office, which occupied his time for a little over fifteen years. For two. years he was a member of the city council from the First ward, and for two and a half years he was alderman from the Tenth ward. As fire commissioner he completed two terms. In these various positions he has shown sig- nal ability and integrity of a marked degree.
Socially Mr. Baldwin has taken a prominent place in the city. He is a member of the Wooster Lodge, of the Masonic fraternity, at New Haven, and for nearly fifty years he has been identified with the Sons of Temperance, in which order he was twice elected Grand Worthy Patriarch of Connecticut. His religious connections are with the First Meth- odist Church at New Haven, where he has held membership for quite half a century, having been steward, trustee and class leader.
In the Sunday-school he has also taken an act- ive part, and was superintendent for six years.
On Dec. 3, 1863, Mr. Baldwin was married to Miss Hannah Pitt Smith of Lima, Delaware county, Penn. To this union were born: ( 1) Charlena H .: (2) William P., now a prominent physician in New Haven, who was graduated with high honors, hay- ing studied and made thorough preparations for his profession : (3) Mary E., who died in 1870; (4) Sherman H., who died Feb. 15, 1877; (5) Alfred Wesley, who died aged three months.
Upon the seventieth anniversary of his birth, Jan. 28, 1902, Mr. Baldwin received three hun- dred and seventy letters of congratulation from loving friends, and
If the letters that were sent him were out in print it would make a book of 250 pages, and we must conelude by saying that there were letters from Maine to California and from Michigan to Texas and Florida. Mr. Baldwin has friends in every State over which the American eagle spreads his wings. Among the many letters of congratu- lation were those from Bishop D. A. Goodsell. formerly a pastor of the First M. E. Church of Chattanooga. Tenn .; Major Frank D. Sloat. of Washington. D. C .; W. A. R. Hawley. G. W. Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of Connecticut, who resides in New Canaan ; resolutions from Living Spring Division, No. 22. Sons of Temperance. of Bridgeport. Conn .: and from four Chinamen who are members of his class in the First M. E. Church. Choung Foo of No. 101 Crown streets says: "Dear Mr. Baldwin. I wish you many happy birthdays and prosperity through the years to come. 'He loseth nothing that keeps God.'
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Your friend, Choung Foo." There was a beautiful plate sent by Lee Soon, Choung Foo, Luke B. Ton, Chin Lan.
. The following characteristic letter was written to Mr. Baldwin by Judge of Probate Livingston W. Cleaveland, of this city, accompanying the gift of the volumes of the National Encyclopedia :
NEW HAVEN, CONN., Jan. 28, 1902.
Chas. A. Baldwin, Esq. : Dear Brother-You have my best wishes. If I shall live to three score and ten and can be half as vigorous as you are to-day, with as clear a conscience, I shall have good reasons to be congratulated.
Faithfully yours, LIVINGSTON W. CLEAVELAND.
P. S .- Although you are yourself a walking encyclo- pedia, I trust that the new National Encyclopedia - which I send with this may prove of service to you, especially when you dedicate churches in the wilds of Florida.
The following lines were sent to him by Mrs. E. S. Northrop, of Bloomfield, N. J., and it was read at the sur- prise party last evening. They were loudly and earnestly applauded. Here they are:
So Charley is going to be seventy on Wednesday next-you say ;
'Twas a happy thought to make him a grand surprise that day, And so we've been asked to load him with love letters plain and clear
Congratulating him warmly on reaching his seventieth year.
So bring out the largest bread-tray, and basket or two besides.
And smile while the postman fills them as he empties his bag outside.
For his friends are all over New Eng- land, clear down to the Florida coast, And mighty few are the men who claim the number Charley can boast. There's the Keystone state, and New Jersey, which stands for itself you know,
Why, half the people are friends of his, the sequel will surely show : Then look right here in New Haven his life-long home and abode, And the dear old church, where many a time his songs and tears have flowed. He has marked the steps of the infant, from childhood to manhood grow ; Has helped them into the kingdom and into the church below ; Of his class work, 'twere wise to be silent, they are present to speak each for self, But feel free to make the assertion. they would not change their leader for wealth.
He has stood for the right when 'twas questioned
Against wrong, 'mongst the poor and oppressed,
The Celestials can tell their story. A rehearsal of which might be blest. When the tocsin of war was sounded. He quailed not to beckon the foe, Which makes him a double veteran. With his seventy years, you know. We've not exhausted his virtues. but friends are here to be heard.
But we know when he reaches Heaven (which we hope may long be deferred) There will shine bright stars in his crown above.
And songs of rejoicing be heard.
ALLEN D. BALDWIN, son of Darius, and brother of Charles A., spent his carlier years in the fan- ily home in Orange, where he remained until his sixteenth year, and he was an associate in the schools with Congressman Sperry, of whom a sketch appears on another page. When he was older he learned the builder's trade, which he fol- lowed for four years in company with L. V. Treat, after having been engaged on his own account for two years.
Mr. Baldwin enlisted in the Union service Sept. 9, 1862, and was mustered in Oct. 22, of the same year, as a sergeant of Company G, 27th Conn. V. I., it being the same command in which his brother had joined, and whose history appears above. In the fortunes of the regiment Allen D. Baldwin bore an honorable part, and was mustered out of service with the organization July 27, 1863. After the close of the war Mr. Baldwin settled at New Haven, where he followed the building and contracting business until 1890, having a large patronage, and making a great success. Since that year he has been exten- sively interested in the orange industry, at Indian River, Fla., where he spends the winter months, re- turning to New Haven for the heated term.
Allen D. Baldwin was married Oct. 7, 1862, to Miss Juliette Treat, of Orange, Conn., a daughter of William Treat. She was born Aug. 5, -1841, and to their union were born: (1) Frank W., born April 17, 1864, died in December, 1897; (2) Elbert H., born Aug. 3, 1867; and (3) Fred D., born Feb. 7, 1870. Mr. Baldwin is a Republican in his politics, and a member of high standing in the Masonic fra- ternity, where he has risen to the thirty-second de- gree. For two years he held chairs in the New Hav- en Commandery, and was Commander one term. He also belongs to the Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R. At one time he was a member of the Mercantile Club. In religion he is a member of the Dwight Place Church.
Elbert Baldwin, the son of Allen D., who is en- gaged in the mason's trade, married Annie M. Mal- lory, and is the father of four children, Sophia, Har- old, Allen E. and Robert Treat. Fred D. Baldwin is a resident of New Britain, where he is working as foreman in mason and other building work.
ELI IVES (deceased). In the death of Eli Ives on May 13, 1886, the city of Meriden lost one of its sterling citizens and active business men, ever deeply interested in whatever seemed for the good of Meriden and its people.
Mr. Ives was born in Meriden Jan. 7. 1809, of an old New England family. The first of the name in this vicinity was John Ives, who was at Walling- ford, Conn., early in its settlement, and who was the ancestor of our subject. the latter being in the sixth generation from him. The line of descent of Eli Ives was through John Ives ( 2), John Ives (3), John Ives (4) and Othiniel Ives.
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(II) John Ives (2), son of John Ives, born in 1669, married in 1693, in Meriden, Mary Gillette, and died in 1738.
(III) John Ives (3), son of John Ives (2), born in 1694, married in 1719, Hannah Royce, and died in 1795. She died in 1770, in Meriden.
(IV) John Ives (4), son of John Ives ( 3), born in 1729, married (first), Mary Hall, who died in 1788. His second wife, Sarah, died in 1804. He died in 1816.
(V) Othniel Ives, son of John and Hannah (Royce) Ives, born Aug. 17, 1779, married ( first) Oct. 28, 1800, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Yale, and (second) Oct. 26, 1815, Rosetta Yale. Othniel Ives residcd in the eastern part of Meriden. His children were Eliza, who married Edwin R. Yale; Elias, who married Cornelius Pomeroy; Eli, who married Gelina Ann Pomeroy; Othniel, who mar- ried (first ) Julia Cook, and (second), Mary How- ard; Isaac I., who married Eloise White; Juliette, who married Eli Butler ; John, who married (first) Alina Birdsey, and (second ) Wealthy Merwin ; Frederick, who married Frances Jones ; Russell J., who married (first) Flora Ann White, and ( second) Eliza Yale.
The late Eli Ives, son of Othniel and Sarah (Yale) Ives, and the subject proper of this review, was reared on the farm and left home when in his twenty-second year, and, with the late Noah Pom- eroy, began the manufacture of tin ware. In 1837 young Ives went to Wetumpka, Ala., and began busi- ness in which he retained an interest, although living most of the time in Meriden. In 1843 he bought the Tyler Mills in Yalesville, and carried on the milling business and the manufacture of britannia spoons. In 1849, in company with Bennett Jeralds, he com- menced manufacturing britannia spoons and other articles in Prospect, Conn., which business was car- ried on until 1854. In 1852 Mr. Ives was admitted as a partner in the firm of Goodrich & Rutty, and the firm was changed to Goodrich, Ives & Rutty. Mr. Goodrich retired in 1864, and Edwin R. Crocker and Nelson Payne were admitted, making the firm Ives, Rutty & Company.
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