Commemorative biographical record of New Haven county, Connecticut, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, V. I, Pt 1, Part 38

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago, J.H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1040


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William B. Comstock was only five years old when his father died, and he was early obliged to earn his livelihood. He remained on a farm in Belchertown until fifteen years of age, receiving his clothing and board as compensation for such labors as he was able to perform. He then began to learn the trade of painter, but after a year of effort in that line he entered the novelty factory of William Bailey, in which Mr. Charles Parker had an inter- est, and remained until 1854. After one year in the Curtis-Morgan Lock shop at Meriden and one year . in Springfield, he returned to Meriden in 1856, and spent one year in the Frary-Benham Company's shop, after which he passed one year in Waterbury, and subsequently was in Meriden and New York. He became a permanent resident of Meriden in 1860, and spent the five years succeeding this date in the hardware factory of Wood & Breckenridge. He then secured a position with the Bradley & Hub- bard Manufacturing Co., and through the faithful performance of his duties, won his way to the po- sition of superintendent of machinery, which he has filled several years. He has witnessed the growth of this institution from comparatively small begin- nings to a mammoth establishment, and has borne his share in developing its possibilities.


Mr. Comstock is a member of Meridian Lodge, No. 77, A. F. & A. M., of Meriden ; Keystone Chap- ter, No. 27, R. A. M .; and Hamilton Council, No. 22, R. & S. M. He is also identified with Meriden Center Lodge, No. 68, I. O. O. F., and Columbia Council, No. 5, O. U. A. M. In politics he is a stanch defender of the principles of the Republican party. He represented the Fourth ward in the city council during the incumbency of Mayors H. C. Wilcox, Benjamin Page, Amos Ives and E. E. West. He acted on Police, Water, Sewer and Printing committees, and acquitted himself with credit to his ward and constituency. Of broad mind, he takes a liberal view of men and things, and is active in promoting all- measures calculated to benefit the community. He sees in the general welfare the hope of prosperity for himself and family, to which he is warmly devoted.


On Nov. 27, 1860, in New York, Mr. Comstock was married to Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Whittaker, who was born in New York City, daughter of Charles Stewart and widow of James Edward Whit- taker. To Mr. and Mrs. Comstock were born five children, namely: Caroline Matilda, Henry Ed- ward, William Cromwell, Cornelia Augusta and Mary Alice, of whom Caroline Matilda, Henry Ed- ward and Mary Alice died in infancy. William Cromwell is a foreman in the same shops where his father is employed ; he married Mary Card, and has two children, Robert Card and William Stewart. Cornelia Augusta was educated in the Meriden schools, graduating from the high school in 1888, and attended the Normal School at New Britain, and she has spent several years in teaching ; she was employed at Lyme, New London county, and is now principal of the Lewis Avenue School, in this city.


Her long service shows her to be a practical teacher, and she is valued as a useful member of society. Dora Whittaker, the first child of Mrs. Comstock, resides with her mother.


Charles Stewart, father of Mrs. Comstock, was a native of London, England, and was a soldier un- der Wellington at the battle of Waterloo, being then only eighteen years old. After attaining his ma- jority he followed the sea and was a captain in the merchant marine. Coming to America, he located in New York. While on a voyage in the West Indies he contracted yellow fever, which caused his death, and he was buried from quarantine on Staten Island. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. His wife, Catherine Williams, was a daugh- ter of Robert and Elizabeth ( Hughes) Williams, of Welsh descent. Mrs. Comstock is a lady of many domestic virtues, devoted to her home and family. Mr. Comstock attends the Universalist Church, and is a highly respected citizen, esteemed for his manly worth.


John S. Edwards, father of Mrs. Cromwell B. Comstock, was a native of Dedham, Mass., born July II, 1764. He settled at Norwich, Mass., in 1775, and in that town, in April, 1781, was drafted for six months' service in the War of the Revolu- tion, and was in Capt. William Forbes' company, Col. Tupper's regiment. During the times when hostile Indians were harassing the settlers, Mr. Ed- wards, with his command, marched into the interior of New York, and for three months was stationed at Fort Schuyler ; then was ordered to Fort Stan- wyx (now Rome, N. Y.), and was there stationed for another three months, and from this place was discharged from the service. After the close of the war he returned to Norwich and continued to re- side there, and at Russell's, Mass., until about 1798, when he removed to Springfield, where he died April 5, 1857, in the ninety-third year of his age. He married Phoebe Williams and had ten children who reached maturity, namely: John S., Lucinda, Henry, Daniel, Gideon, William, Clara, Mary, Phoebe and Leonard.


HENRY BALDWIN FIELD was born in Waterbury Jan. 1I, 1811, son of Dr. Edward Field, who was born in Enfield, Conn. When sixteen years of age he entered a dry-goods store in New Haven, as clerk, and three years later he went to New York City, where he was engaged in the whole- sale dry-goods business for a number of years. In middle life he spent a few years in the mercantile business at Baltimore, Md. Going to California in 1849, he returned to Waterbury and in 1854 took the position of secretary and treasurer of the Water- bury Gas Light Co., a position which he held for over twenty-eight years.


On Jan. 14, 1836, Mr. Field married Miss Sarah A. Bulkley, who was born in New Haven, daughter of Francis and Content (Mix) Bulkley, who lived and died in New Haven. Capt. Bulkley was born in Wethersfield, and was a son of Francis Bulkley,


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also a sea captain, and a native of Wethersfield. Elisha Mix, the father of Content Mix, was born in New Haven, Conn. Both families were of English extraction. To Mr. and Mrs. Field was born a family of two children: Francis B .; and Charles 11., United States stamped envelope agent at Hart- ford. Mr. Field was a Republican. While his an- cestors were all Congregationalists, he and his wife united with the Episcopal Church many years ago. A good man and a public-spirited citizen, he was highly respected in the community. His death oc- curred in Waterbury, Jan. 1, 1892.


MERRIAM. For upward of two hundred and twenty-five years members of the Merriam family have lived in Wallingford and Meriden, and throughout the past century a number of the name have been prominently identified with the manu- facturing interests of Meriden, notably the posterity of Lauren Merriam, whose grandson, George C. Merriam, is secretary and treasurer of the large corporation of Foster, Merriam & Co., of that city.


The family was located in Lynn, Mass., whence William Merriam came to Meriden, Conn. He died in 1689. His wife's name was Sarah. Among his children is a son John, who, by his wife Mary. be- came the father of William (2). William Merriam ( 2) was married March 24, 1726, to Ruth Hart, and their son William (3) was married Sept. 24, 1755, to Mary Austin.


Asaph Merriam, son of William (3) and Mary Austin, was one of the patriots of the Revolution, serving three years in the Continental army. In 1782 he married Damaris Todd.


Lauren Merriam, whose death occurred in April, 1867, was the son of Asaph and Damaris Merriam. and was born in 1787. He was one of the first to engage in the manufacturing business in Meriden. He began making block tin buttons in his own house, and later in a small shop near what in after years was the factory of Foster, Merriam & Co. Still later he was engaged in comb making in Crow Hollow, and continued in that line until 1830, when he sold out to Julius Pratt & Co. He was very active and enterprising, devoted entirely to business, and ac- cumulated a large property. On Oct. 25, 1810. Mr. Merriam married Temperance Todd, of Bristol, Conn., and his three sons-Asaph. Nelson and Lauren T .- became active and prominent business men of Meriden.


Nelson Merriam .. son of Lauren, was born in Meriden, in which place he resided throughout life, dying Feb. 11, 1880. About 1835, associated with Albert and Hiram Foster, Mr. Merriam began the business of manufacturing furniture castings. Some 31 years later the firm was changed to a joint stock company with a capital of $80,000. By de- grces the business was developed, by the tact, abil- ity and good management of these men, into the grat establishment of to-day which bears the name of Foster, Merriam & Co., and which gives em- ployment to hundreds of operatives; the goods go


all over the world. The product of the factory is in the line of casters, drop handles, furniture trim- mings and cabinet hardware. Mr. Merriam for years did much of the outside business of the con- cern, which took him often to New York and Bos- ton. At the time of his death he was president of the company.


Nelson Merriam was one of the strong and forcible characters of Meriden, toward the develop- ment of which city he did much, and in which he lived a useful life. As a citizen he was universally esteemed and respected. He was a prominent mem- ber of the M. E. Church. In early life a Whig, he was an uncompromising foe of slavery. When a young man he espoused the cause of tem- perance, and advocated and strongly favored a prohibitory law, which he thought would do away with the evils of the liquor traffic. He was several time nominated by the Prohibition party for import- ant offices, and served in the common council of Meriden. He was a man of sterling character and fixed opinions, always immovable after they were formed, regardless of the effects upon himself. Wrong and wrong-doing of every kind found in him an aggressive foe. He was an unswerving de- votee of the cause of temperance, and religion and morality in his death lost one of their best and most uncompromising supporters. He had the courage to live up to his convictions, at times amounting al- most to heroism, and yet he never gave himself un- due prominence, while he evaded no duty which he ought to perform, or failed to identify himself openly or otherwise (according to the requirements of the case) with any cause which benefited his fel- low men. That the cause was not popular had no place in his mind. A rigid standard of right was the level that guided his every act In his dispensation of private charities, in giving liberally to worthy enterprises that were calculated to help religion, morality and the elevation of the people of Meri- den, Mr. Merriam was generous-often more than generous. He was always ready to back up his views with his means, but he was averse to having any public mention made of his liberality. One of the oldest business men in his town, and one of the oldest natives. he lived to see his native place grow from a mere hamlet to a busy, well-peopled city. and it can be truly said that he did his share toward making Meriden what it is. "May we all be as well prepared to 'go when called' as Mr. Merriam's life has indicated that he was, for he lived the life that marks the true Christian and good citizen."


On March 27. 1833, Mr. Merriam was married to Rosetta Couch, who died Dec. 18. 1890. aged seventy-three years. The children who survived him were: George C., Nelson C. and Eva R .. Mrs. A. J. Converse. The second is now deceased, and the others reside in Meriden.


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treasurer of Foster, Merriam & Co. Born Sept. 17, 1834, in Meriden, Mr. Merriam passed his boyhood in the town of his nativity, and there in its public schools received a common-school education. In 1851 he went to New York City, and from that year until 1859 he received a thorough business training in the employ of Hopkins, Allen & Co., wholesale dry-goods dealers. In 1859 he went to Wilming- ton, N. C., where he became a member of the busi- ness firm of J. M. McCarter & Co. On April 12, 1861, when Fort Sumter was fired upon,. young


. Merriam, filled with patriotism and zeal, at once re- turned to his Connecticut home. He there bided his time until the following year, when, on July 10, 1862, he enlisted, becoming a private soldier in Company A, 15th Conn. V. I., and serving through- out the war with both credit and honor to himself and country. He was appointed second lieutenant of the company mentioned, and was mustered into the United States service with the command Aug. 25 of that year. The 15th Regindent went out un- der command of Col. Dexter R. Wright, of Meri- den, was attached to the Eastern army, and nun- bered among its principal engagements Fredericks- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862; Edenton Road. Va., April 24, 1863; Providence Church Road, Va., May 3, 1863 ; the siege of Suffolk, Va., April 12 to May 4, 1863. Lieut. Merriam shared the fortunes of his command in its movements and actions during his stay with the regiment. On May 1, 1863, he was promoted to first lieutenant of Company E, 15th Conn. V. I., and on Nov. 4, 1864. became captain of Company K, 8th Conn. V. I., with which com- mand he served until he was mustered out of the service, Dec. 12, 1865. The engagements of the Eighth from May, 1864, were: Walthall Junction, Va., May 7, 1864; Petersburg, Va., Aug. 25, 1864; and Fort Harrison, Va., Sept. 29, 1864.


On the close of the war and at the expiration of his term of service Capt. Merriam returned to Con- necticut, and in about a year went into the State of Vermont, where for two years he was engaged in the lumber business. Then returning to Meriden, he spent a year in the office of Foster, Merriam & Co. Following this experience he passed two years in Nevada. He then again returned to Meriden. and for eight years was identified with the Charles Parker Co., of that city. On the death of Albert Foster, Capt. Merriam became secretary and treas- urer of Foster. Merriam & Co., a position he filled with ability and efficiency until his election as presi- dent and treasurer to succeed the late James Sutliff.


Capt. Merriam for some years filled important and responsible trusts in the municipality of Mer- iden, and has won the confidence and esteem of his fellow men. He was a member of the common council for six or more years, and for two years a member of the board of aldermen. Politically he has always been a Republican, and in religious con- nection is a member of the First M. E. Church of Meriden.


On May 29, 1867, Capt. Merriam was married


to Helen R., daughter of Charles and Sarah ( Par- ker ) Bradley, of Meriden. From the Bradley fan- ily have come many noted physicians, and the name has been prominent in the history of Lowell, Mass. Mrs. Charles Bradley was a sister of Charles Parker, mention of whom appears elsewhere in this work.


JAMES TIBBALS POMEROY (deceased), for many years a prominent stock raiser and dairy farmer of East Meriden, was well and widely known throughout that locality. He was born July 19, 1827, and descended from one of the oldest families in the State of Connecticut.


Eltwood Pomeroy was the first of that name in Connecticut, and the Pomeroy family of New England are his worthy descendants. Noah Pom- eroy, a native of Colchester, married Lurana Northam, April 24, 1748, and had four children. Among them was Charles Pomeroy, father of Noah Pomeroy, of Meriden. . Charles Pomeroy married, March 17, 1774, Temperance Waterhouse; and be- came the father of five children, the fifth, Noah, being a posthumous child. The mother married for her second husband a Mr. Hall, of Colchester.


NOAH POMEROY, in his day one of the best known men in Meriden, was born March 1, 1786, in the town of Saybrook. He lived at home with his mother and stepfather until he was ten years of age, and then started out in life for himself. He found work on the neighboring farms which he was able to do during the summers, and he had the opportunity of going to school in the winters until he was fifteen years old, when he started out to peddle tinware. Three years later he essayed to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner, but re- mained in this line only a short time, and then re- sumed the life of a peddler, which he continued to follow for several years. The tin business of- fered many opportunities, and Mr. Pomeroy saw that it would benefit him to learn the trade of tinsmith, which he mastered in six months, and he then entered into the manufacture of tinware, which he carried on in several sections of the State for a number of years. In 1807 he removed to Plymouth, Conn., where he continued in business eight years, also spending six months in Baltimore. Mr. Pom- eroy was tendered a lieutenant's commission in the regular army during the war of 1812, but did not accept, although he materially assisted the Govern- ment. In 1815 he removed to Wallingford, where he spent three years, and then came to Meriden and established his business, there passing the re- mainder of his days. He also bought a farm in East Meriden, where he made his home. and con- tinued in the manufacture of tin and other ware, being the first in this country to engage very ex- tensively in the manufacture of japanned and or- namental tinware. In 1835 Mr. Pomeroy retired from business, and spent his declining years on his fine farm, on which he had made extensive improve- ments. There he died Nov. 23, 1868, aged eighty-


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two years, leaving warm friends and many acquaint- ances all over Connecticut. In public life, as well as in business, he was quite active, and held all of the offices in the gift of the people of Meriden ; was selectman and justice of the peace, being ap- pointed to the latter office by the Legislature, and was an ardent advocate of progressive reforms and of religious as well as political liberty. Mr. Pom- eroy carnestly urged the necessity of calling the convention which framed the Constitution of the State in 1818 and expunged many of those statutes which have been known as Blue Laws. In 1832 he was elected a member of the House of Repre- sentatives, and in 1837 was chosen senator from the Sixth District, during which he strongly sup- ported the bill for the abolition of the law which imprisoned for debts. The Meriden Universalist Church was organized in Mr. Pomeroy's house, and he was among its most active supporters.


In 1833. when the Meriden Bank was estab- lished, Mr. Pomeroy was appointed one of the di- rectors, and in 1849 was chosen its president, which position he filled with efficiency for some time. His judgment was good, his foresight was un- usual, and his integrity unimpeachable, while his business sense was highly developed, making of him one of the popular and successful men of his day.


Mr. Pomeroy was married (first) in Walling- ford to Miss Nancy Merriman. and their children, all of whom are now deceased, were: Cornelia. who died unmarried ; Eliphalet T., who left home at the age of twenty years and was never after- ward heard of: Angelina, who married Eli Ives; Eliza, who married John S. Blake: Harriet, who wedded Isaac C. Lewis: Norman W .: Eugenia, Mrs. James P. Stowe: Nancy, who died unmar- ried ; Charles, and James Tibbals. For his second wife Noah Pomeroy took Miss Hattie Hasen, who died in 1880, leaving a daughter. now the wife of George B. Foote. Another daughter, Cornelia, died when one year old.


James Tibbals Pomeroy was born in Meriden and followed an agricultural lite. owning and op- erating the large estate of his father in East Meri- den, raising much stock, and farming extensively. His death took place on the farm Dec. 21. 1891, and he was buried in the East cemetery. He was one of the best of citizens, and his interest in the prog- ress of his section led him to be one of the or- ganizers of Meriden Grange, to which he gave much attention : he was also connected with Meri- den Center Lodge. No. 69. I. O. O. F., of Meri- den. In religion he was a devout believer in the principles of the Universalist Church.


On Sept. 17, 1849, James Tibhals Pomeroy was united in marriage with Delila F. Guild, a daugh- ter of William H. Guild, of Middletown, Conn., and five children were born to this tinion : Leonora E., who married Joseph Beckett, of Meriden ; Nellie J., wife of Richard J. Molloy, of Meriden; Carrie


F., deceased wife of David Flansberg; Charles L .; and William Harrison, who married Lura Booth. The beloved mother of these is one of the honored and esteemed residents of Meriden, a devout mem- ber of the Universalist Church, and a member of Meriden Grange.


CHARLES LEWIS POMEROY attended the district schools of Meriden and later the Connecticut Ag- ricultural College, and then settled down to farm- ing on the home farm, remaining with his parents until he was nineteen years old. He then entered the Meriden Britannia Co.'s shops, where he spent three years learning the machinist's trade. The next six years he spent at the butcher business, but on the death of his father he took charge of the farm, and for the past six years has been en- gaged in general farming and stock raising, in con- nection conducting a dairy. His cows for the dairy number twenty-five and are of the best breed, and his dairy products rank high on the market. His business ability is excellent. and hie conducts all ·his enterprises with success.


Mr. Pomeroy was married, in 1892, to Lena Olive Beardsley, of Meriden, and three children have been born to this union: Erwin James (who died in infancy), Hazel Olive and Doris Irene. Mr. Pomeroy is a member of the Universalist Church, and both he and wife are consistent mem- bers of Meriden Grange and among the most es- teemed residents of this community. Mr. Pom- eroy is a member of Meriden Center Lodge. No. 69, I. O. O. F., and both he and Mrs. Pomeroy are identified with Rachel Lodge, No. 2, Daughters of Rebekah.


Erwin Beardsley, father of Mrs. Charles L. Pomeroy, was born on Broad street, Meriden, son of John Beardsley, who was a native of Hunting- ton, Conn., came to Meriden when a young man, and died in Wallingford. John Beardsley was a soldier in the war of 1812. For many years he followed the trade of shoemaker, butt later became a farmer. He married Olive Anthony, a native of Meriden, and their children were: Samantha. who married Levi Allen ; Melinda, who married John- son Royce: Harriet, who married Albert Ward. of Durham; Hiram and Julius, deceased ; Maria, who married Maurice Hitchcock : and Erwin.


Erwin Beardsley received his education in the public schools, and engaged at farm work both in Meriden and Wallingford. and after his marriage settled down to farming in East Meriden, where lie bought a tract of land. He is now. after a busy and tiseful life, spending his advancing years in retirement. He married Mary Potter, who died in Wallingford without issue. In 1864. in Killing- worth, he married Jane Ornelia Burr. a daughter of Joseph and Irene ( Hubbard ) Burr, of Killing- worth, and the following named children were born to them: Eckford Leroy; Eldon Burr, deccased; Annie Irene: Lillian Augusta, deceased: Lena Olive; and Ervie, who died when three months


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old, Mr. Beardsley has always been an independ- ent thinker and voter on political questions, and has always possessed the esteem of his fellow citizens.


THE BEACH FAMILY has been conspicu- ous in the annals of Connecticut for many gen- erations. It is the purpose of this article to treat briefly of the fortunes of several of the descendants of Rev. John Beach, formerly of Newtown, Conn., among the more distinguished of whom were the late Hon. John Beach, of Newtown; the late Judge John Beach, of New Haven : John Sheldon Beach, the eminent lawyer of New Haven ; and his sons, Jolin Kimberly and Capt. Francis Gibbons Beach, both eminent members of the New Haven Bar, and the late Adjt. Rodmond Vernon Beach, whose life was given to his country in the Spanish-American war. The sons of the late Jolin Sheldon Beach are . in the eighth generation from John Beach, whose name first appears in the records of the New Haven Colony in 1643. This pioneer was married in 1650, and his wife, Mary, bore him ten children. In 1660 he purchased land in Stratford, and his name ap- pears as an inhabitant there in the list of 1668. The line of descent of these sons of John Sheldon Beach is through Isaac, Rev. John, John (3), John (4), John (5).


(II) Isaac Beach, son of John, of New Haven and Stratford, was born in 1669, and in 1693 mar- ried Hannah Birdsey, who was born in 1671.


(III) Rev. John Beach, son of Isaac, noted above, was born in 1700, and was married ( the first time) in Stratford, when he was twenty-six years old, to Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Porter ) Beach. She was his cousin, and was born in 1699 in Stratford. She died in 1756, and Rev. Mr. Beach was married to Abigail (Gunn) Hol- brook, widow of John Holbrook, and daughter of Sergeant Abel Gunn, of Derby, where she was born in 1707, and died in 1783. John Beach was grad- uated from Yale in 1721, and three years later was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church . in Newtown. In 1732 he declared for Episcopacy, and crossed the ocean to be invested with sacred or- ders. Returning from England, he labored as an Episcopal missionary in and about Newtown dur- ing the years of his active life. In Trinity Church, at Newtown, are four tablets, elaborate in design and detail, more so perhaps than any others in the country, and exceedingly rich in their ornamenta- tion, which commemorate the virtues of some of the earlier pastors of this church. On one of them, in curious Colonial letters, is engraved this inscription : "To the blessed memory of Rev. John Beach, A. M., Founder of this Parish. Born at Stratford, Conn., A. D. MDCC, Graduated at Yale College, MDCCXX. At great sacrifice, upon thorough in- vestigation and deep conviction, conforming to the Church of England, he was admitted to Holy Or- ders in England, A. D., MDCCXXXII : he was ap- pointed Missionary at Newtown and Reading, of




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