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C. FREDERICK TROTT, son of John T. Trott, was born in Waterbury July 19, 1859, and passed his boyhood days in his native town. He attended the public schools until he was sixteen, and then went to work in his father's bakery, learning the trade from the beginning to the end, and continuing this up to the present time. When his father died in 1897 he assumed control of the business, which he has greatly enlarged. He built a large brick building and is doing a mammoth business. They ship their goods near Waterbury for a radius of twelve miles. Mr. Trott is president of the Trott Baking Co .. which is located on East Main street. and where he runs seven teams, employing twenty- four men. He is also resident manager of the Na- tional Biscuit Co., to whom on April 6, 1899, the Trott Baking Co. sold their cracker business.
On March 6, 1881, Mr. Trott married Hattie M. Barton, of Waterbury, who died July 14, 1886. On March 7, 1888, Mr. Trott was married to Anna M. Parker, who was born in High Gate Springs, Vermont, of English descent. Mr. Trott is a Re- publican in politics, and socially is a member of Nosahogan Lodge, I. O. O. F .: Continental Lodge, F. & A. M .; Sphinx Temple, Order of the Mystic Shrine; and Tunxis Tribe of Red Men. In re- ligious connection both he and his wife are attend- ants at the First Baptist Church. Public spirited and enterprising, Mr. Trott is highly respected by all.
ELISHA C. BISHOP. This prominent citizen of Guilford is the representative of one of the old- est New England families. He is the descendant of the eighth generation from John Bishop, who founded the family in America, becoming one of the earliest settlers of Guilford, Connecticut.
(I) John Bishop was born in England, and after his emigration to America became a lifelong resi- dent of Guilford, where he died in February, 1661, and where he was buried. . His wife Ann died in Guilford in 1676. To John and Ann Bishop were born three children : John, who died in Oc-
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tober, 1683; Stephen, who died in June, 1690; and Betsey, who married James Steel, Esq.
(II) John Bishop, son of John (I), married Dec. 13, 1650, Susanna Goldham, who died Nov. I, 1703. Their children were as follows: Mary, born Sept. 28, 1652, married Jolin Hodgkin ; John, born in 1655, died Nov. 25, 1731; Susanna, born in 1657, married, and died October, 1729; Eliza- beth, born in 1660, married John Scranton, and died in August, 1727; Daniel, born in 1665, mar- ried Hannah Bradley, and died April 17, 1751; Nathaniel, born in 1666, married Mary Hughes, and died May 1, 1714; Samuel, born Oct. 28, 1670, mar- ried, and died Feb. 17, 1753; Sarah, born Jan. 22, 1674, died May 12, 1712; Abigail, born Jan. 26, 1681, married Samuel Lee, and died June 5, 1751.
(III) John Bishop, born in 1655, died Nov. 25, 1731. He married July 3, 1689, Elizabeth Hitch- cock, who died March 14, 1712, and for his sec- ond wife married May Johnson March 8, 1713. His children were as follows: Elizabeth, born Oct. 14, 1690, married Samuel Scranton ; John, born Aug. 12, 1692, married Abigail Spinning, and died Jan. 28, 1752; Ann, born Feb. 15, 1695, married David Field, and died in 1731 ; David, born Jan. 6, 1697, died Aug. 20, 1773; Jonathan, born Nov. 8, 1699, married Harriet Chittenden; May, born in Decem- ber, 1700, married Caleb Jones, and died June 23, 1724; Deborah, born Feb. 19, 1702; Nathaniel, born May 6, 1704, married Margaret Blinn, and died April 11, 1778; Timothy, born 1708, married Han- nah Bliss, and died in 1794; William, born Oct. 18, 1714; Enos, born May 27, 1717, married Abigail Burgis, and died April, 1802; Esther, born Feb. 24, 1719; Mercy, born May 7, 1722, married Abra- ham Donald, and died Dec. 3, 1793.
(IV) David Bishop, born Jan. 6, 1697, died Aug. 20, 1773. On May 17, 1724, he married Deborah Stanley. Their children were: Deborah, born Jan. 17, 1725; Hulda, born Aug. 5, 1726; David, born Sept. 20, 1728, married Andrea Fowler, and died Jan. 25, 1792; Chloe, born July 15, 1733, married Handy Bushnell; Sarah, born Aug. 18, 1736, mar- ried Miles Hall, and died April 8, 1792.
(V) David Bishop, born Sept. 20, 1728, died Jan. 25, 1792. He married April 17, 1755, Andrea Fowler, who was born Sept. 12, 1724, and who died Jan. 24, 1815. Their children were: Andrea, born Feb. 28, 1756, died March 28. 1757; David, born July 29, 1757, married Deborah Fowler, and died April 19, 1833; Huldah, born March 4, 1759, died Oct. 19, 1838; Margaret, born Nov. 10, 1760, died Sept. 21, 1764; Jonathan, born Oct. 19, 1762, mar- ried Huldah Chapman, and died Sept. 23, 1826; Jared, born Oct. 22, 1764, married Mary Mason, and died Nov. 26, 1839.
(VI) Jonathan Bishop, born Oct. 19, 1762, died Sept. 23, 1826. He married Feb. 21. 1787, Huldah Chapman, who was born Dec. 1, 1762, and who died Sept. 17, 1828. Their two children were: Jonathan; born Dec. 19, 1787, died Dec. 22, 1787;
Jonathan (2), born March 30, 1797, died March 16, 1887.
(V11) Jonathan Bishop married June 18, 1821, Polly Bishop, who was born Jan. 30, 1796, and who died in July, 1839. For his second wife he married March 16, 1840, Fanny Maria Dennison, who was born March 1, 1803, and died March 15, 1865. For his third wife he married March 15, 1866, Electa M. Stone, who was born Oct. 30, 1810. The chil- dren of Jonathan Bishop were: Ann Maria, born Jan. 22, 1822, died May 27, 1841 ; Elisha Chapman, born April 10, 1824; Richard S., born Dec. 29, 1825, married Mary G. Hand, and died Sept. 7, 1889; Hulda J., born April 7, 1828, married George Hull, and died April 29, 1889; Sophia Fowler, born May 13, 1835, married Thomas Griswold; Allen died Jan. 13, 1861 ; an infant, born in July, 1839, died July 26, 1839; Alfred Griswold, born Oct. 19, 1842 ; William Edward, born Nov. 3, 1855, married Ellen A. Stone.
(VIII) Elisha C. Bishop, our subject, was born April 10, 1824. On July 5, 1846, he married Char- lotte G. Fowler, who was born Dec. 15, 1820, and who died Oct. 6, 1885. Their children were as fol- lows: Frederick Chapman, born May 15, 1847, died July 27, 1847 ; Frederick C. (2), born Dec. 23, 1848 ; Rachel D., born June 14, 1850, died Aug. 15, 1850; Robert Allen, born March 16, 1851 ; Edward Fow- ler, born March II, 1852, married Anna G. Spen- cer ; Mary Cornelia, born Aug. 27, 1853, married Miles G. White; Frank H., born March 22, 1851, married Sophia C. Spencer ; Ida and Eva S. (twins), born April 19. 1859, of whom Ida married N. G. Canfield, and Eva, Edward M. Sute; Richard Mathew, born May 5, 1861, died Sept. 22, 1861 ; Maretto Canfield, born Jan. 28, 1864, married Fred- erick Spencer; and Ernest Shutt, born Oct. 28, 1866, married in 1889 Maggie Herlen.
ANDREW H. EMBLER, than whom, it is safe to say, no man can show a more honorable record of service in the army of his country, is a native of Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., born June 29, 1834, a son of Adam Embler and his wife Hannah Weller.
Mr. Embler passed his boyhood days in his na- tive town, and received his education in the schools there, and in New York City. He had ever a keen interest in military affairs, and in 1855 became a member of Co. H, 7Ist Regiment, New York State Militia. Already the country was preparing for the coming struggle, and when the flag was lowered at Fort Sumter the fury of both sides broke forth. Co. H, of the 71st N. Y., of which Mr. Embler was then sergeant, was enlisted into the United States Army on April 19, 1861. At the navy yard in Washington the young sergeant was elected first lieutenant, and as such was mustered in for three months' service. On July 21, 1861. he commanded his company at the first battle of Bull Run, and was there wounded. This occurred the day after
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his term of enlistment had expired. He was mus- tered out, and was elected captain of Co. H, upon the resignation of its former captain. In the fall of 1861 he joined the 2d N. Y. State Militia, later known as the 82d Vol. Inf., at Poolesville, Md., as first lieutenant of Co. K, participating in the Penin- sular campaign. At Harrison's Landing, after the Seven Days Retreat, in 1862, he was made cap- tain of Co. E, same regiment. His company, un- der his command, participated in the battle of An- tietam, where the Captain was wounded. In the spring of 1863 Capt. Embler was detailed by order of the War Department as mustering officer of the Second Division, Second Army Corps, and was act- ing assistant adjutant of the Second Division, Sec- ond Corps, for many months. He received his third wound in the battle of the Wilderness, at which time he was on the Division staff. After the sec- ond assault on Cold Harbor he received his mail, and there sitting around a pine tree with other of- ficers read the news of his appointment as senior aide to Gen. John Gibbon on the field of battle. This appointment took him out of the Commissary Muster Department. During the year 1864 he was aide on Gen. Gibbon's staff, as per that appoint- ment, but as the 82d was to be mustered out of service he was made captain of a company in the 59th N. Y. V. I., to hold him in service. In Oc- tober, 1864, he was brevetted, at Boydton Plank Road, major of volunteers, and received the Wash- ington Medal of Honor. When General Gibbon was assigned to the 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, Brevet Major Embler became at once Major and A. D. C. of United States Volunteers, and was recommended by Gen. Gibbon as Inspector of the Corps, which office he held for a time. When Gen. Grant made his final move Major Embler was sent with the Second Division to the Army of the Potomac at Petersburg, and from there followed Gen. Lee to Appomattox. The Army of the James made a forced march and placed themselves in front of Lee's army. When the surrender was consum- mated Gen. Grant left Generals Gibbon, Merritt and Griffin to settie the terms of surrender. Major Embler went to Richmond with Gen. Gibbon, and he was one of those detailed to take the captured battle flags to the War Department, and Major Embler was brevetted lieutenant colonel of United States Volunteers by Secretary Stanton. On Dec. 5, 1865, he was honorably discharged from service at Petersburg, Virginia.
When the war was over and the change from army life to pursuits of peace became a pleasing necessity, Col. Embler returned to New York and was there for a time engaged in business. In 1870 he located in Hartford, Conn., and while there un- der the firm names of H. P. Blair & Embler, and later Embler & Bosworth, carried on the business of steam heating, plumbing. gasfitting, etc. His in- terest in things military did not abate, and there was ever the secret longing to be again connected
with a military organization. In 1877 he joined the First Company, Governor's Foot Guards, and in 1879 was elected first lieutenant and captain, and in 1880 became major commanding. In 1882 he lo- cated in New Haven as secretary and treasurer of the Southern New England Telephone Co., and that same year he was made captain of Co. D, 2d Conn. N. G., and in 1890 was appointed by Gov- ernor Bulkeley adjutant general of the State. In 1893 he joined as private the Second Company of the Governor's Foot Guards, and was made cor- poral, sergeant and ensign, but resigned, and in 1894 was commissioned captain of Co. D, 2d Conn. N. G. That was his last official position in an active military company. Since 1894 he has de- voted his time exclusively to his business affairs.
In 1865, while still in the army. Col. Embler was united in marriage, at Windsor, Conn., to Miss Elnora Dickerson, of Orange county, N. Y. Chil- dren to the number of ten, four sons and six daugh- ters, blessed their union: Simms, of Hartford, Conn., is connected with the Southern New Eng- land Telephone Co. ; Howard, of the Warner Miller Co .; Ralph H., connected with Upson & Grannis, coal dealers ; Marshall, employed in the First Na- tional Bank, New Haven; Mildred A., wife of William Loomis ; Harriet, wife of Horace Sanford, of Ottawa, Canada : Alice V .; Grace, wife of Ernest Thompson, of the Yale National Bank; Esther and Tennie. Col. Embler has been an active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and during the time he resided in Hartford, served a term as commander of Tyler Post, and when he located in New Haven he was transferred to Ad- miral Foote Post, of this city.
AMON BROWN. In studying the lives and characters of prominent and prosperous men we are naturally led to inquire into the secret of their success, and the motives that have prompted their actions. Success is not a question of genius or of luck, as held by many, but rather a matter of ex- perience and sound judgment, properly applied. When we trace the careers of those who stand high- est in public esteem we find in nearly every case that they are those who have risen gradually, fight- ing their own way in the face of all opposition. Self-reliance, conscientiousness, energy, honesty- these are the traits of character that insure the highest emoluments and greatest success, and to such characteristics may be attributed the success that has crowned the efforts of Amon Brown, a well-known business man of West Haven.
Mr. Brown was born March 18, 1841, in the historic old town of Simsbury, Hartford Co., Conn .. son of Asaph and Sarah ( Bacon) Brown, the for- mer a lifelong resident and farmer of that place. Amon Brown passed his boyhood days upon the home farm. attending the schools of Simsbury and Granby, most of the time walking to a school three miles from his home. At the age of seventeen
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years, having been given his time by his father, he left the old homestead, and the next five years en- gaged in farming at Southwick, Mass. At the age of twenty-two years we find him conducting a wholesale fish market on Ferry street, in Hartford, Conn. Subsequently he removed to New Haven, and for three years engaged in the yeast business ; that commodity was then sold in liquid form, being a by-product of the distilleries. Following this venture Mr. Brown engaged in the grocery and meat business in New Haven, being located, re- spectively, on the corner of York and George streets, on George street between York and Park streets, and on the corner of Park and South streets.
Mr. Brown began the baking business in a store at the corner of Easton street and Dixwell avenue, New Haven, later removing his establishment to West Haven, where he continued the business until Jan. 1, 1898, on that date selling the horses, wagons, etc., and leasing the plant and business for five years. He was untiring in his energy and devotion to the building up of his business, and fully merited his hard-earned success, no employe of his ever giv- ing more time and attention to its details than did Mr. Brown. The value of West Haven real estate appealing to him as the best in which to invest his capital, Mr. Brown has become known as one of the leading dealers in realty in that section. He has led a busy life, and though many times offered nomination to town and borough offices has in- variably declined, never feeling that he would be justified in sacrificing his business interests as he would have to do to accept the honors.
Mr. Brown was married. Dec. 3, 1861, in Suf- field, Conn., to Miss Mary C. Stevens, a descend- ant of an old settled Massachusetts family, and to them have been born four children: (1) Willie A. died Aug. 14, 1864. (2) Burt D. married Net- tie M. Baldwin, and both are now deceased; they had one child, Elwood D. (3) Ollie J. is the wife of William H. Brown, of New York City, and has two children, Willie A. and Charlotte. (4) Mary E. is now residing with her parents.
MAIER KAISER, prominent in insurance and in the steamship ticket business in Waterbury, and one of the most popular residents of that city, is a native of Germany, born Dec. 25, 1835, in Ba- varia.
Bernard Kaiser, his father, was of the same na- tivity. He was a dealer in real estate, merchandise, etc., in Bavaria, as was his father before him. He passed all his life in his native land, dying there at the age of eighty-seven years. He married Hannah Neuman, also a Bavarian by birth, and four chil- dren were born to them: Clara died in Germany ; Caroline was married to Jacob Johnson, and they make their home in New Haven : Maier is the sub- ject of this sketch ; Solomon is a speculator in Ger- many. The mother died a year later than her hus- band at the age of seventy-six years. 18
Maicr Kaiser received a liberal education in Bavaria, and for three years clerked in a bank there. In 1853 he canic to America, and shortly after land- ing went to California, where he was engaged in the clothing business for twelve years; he also visited various other places. In December, 1865, he came to Waterbury, and from 1866 to 1871 conducted a men's furnishing goods store, in 1871 forming a partnership with J. Johnson, under the firm name of Johnson & Kaiser, the well-known pioneer clothiers of the city. In 1896, he took up his present in- surance and steamship ticket business, in which he is meeting with excellent success.
In 1868 Mr. Kaiser married Babetta Silverman, who was born in Bavaria, and four children have come to bless this union: Carrie married Henry Gottgetreu, a prominent lawyer of New York city ; Jacob is manager of the well-known firm of Driggs & Smith, dealers in pianos, etc .; Selma and Helen are single. In politics our subject is a Democrat, and he has served the city in the common council, was fire commissioner twelve years, town treasurer ten years, and at the present time is a member of the bureau of assessments. Socially he is affiliated with the F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., I. O. B. B. and Order of Red Men, the Concordia Singing Society and the Turnverein.
HENRY A. RIDER was for many years one of the oldest residents, as well as one of the most suc- cessful business men and influential citizens of the. town of Seymour, in New Haven county. He was born Feb. 28, 1832, in Danbury, Conn., son of Ralph Rider, a native of the same town, who was by trade a carpenter, and followed that calling throughout life. He did considerable business as. a contractor. Ralph Rider died in 1842, esteemed and mourned by the community at large. He mar- ried Harriet Chapman, the only child of Daniel and! . Priscilla Chapman, of Redding, Fairfield county .. where her father owned a farm, and where he died at the age of seventy-nine. Mrs. Ralph Rider died at the age of forty-five. Henry A. was one of a family of nine children, four of whom are yet liv- ing. Mary, the eldest, is the widow of Joseph Sher- wood. Sheperd R. is a retired farmer of Seymour. Cornelius resides at Quaker Farms, Oxford.
Henry A. Rider was but nine years old when he was left an orphan, and his steadfastness of purpose and indomitable pluck have won the pro- nounced success which has been his portion. At the age of eleven he went from Danbury to Red- ding, where he remained until he was eighteen, at- tending the common schools and Watertown Acad- emy. When nineteen years old he started out in life for himself. his first employment being as a clerk and bookkeeper for a real-estate dealer and livery proprietor at Seymour, which town was his home until recently. He was industrious, tem- perate and thrifty, and within four years he found himself able to become proprietor where he had
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commenced as an employe. In 1855 he bought out his employer, and continued the business alone; under his skillful management it grew steadily. Mr. Rider removed to Ansonia, where he is now stic- cessfully carrying on a real-estate business.
On July 29, 1855, Mr. Rider married Miss Ina J. Carter, who was born at Watertown, N. Y. Three children have been born to this marriage: Annie, deceased ; George A .; and Mattie. George A. married Lottie Meader, of Hartford, and has two sons, Arthur F. and Perley B .; he is engaged in the insurance business in New York City. Mat- tie was married July 2, 1896, to Carlos H. Storrs, a member of the Ansonia Bar.
Mr. Rider has greatly prospered in business, and has amassed a handsome fortune through the exercise of sound judgment, correct methods and upright dealing. He is both respected for his abil- ity and beloved for his many admirable qualities of heart. He is a Congregationalist in faith, as were his ancestors, and for ten years has been a mem- ber of the society's committee. He is a Repub- lican in politics, and has held many local offices through the suffrages of his fellow citizens of all parties. For several years he was constable, and for one year collector of taxes. He served two years on the board of relief, and from 1889 until his removal to Ansonia held the office of town treasurer, being annually re-elected to fill this re- sponsible position. For nine years he was chair- man of the town committee of his party, and has been sent as a delegate to many conventions. He has done much toward the improvement of Sey- mour, dealing extensively in real estate, and hav- ing built and sold many houses. He was a mem- ber of the town Board of Trade, and a potent fac- tor in every public undertaking, being regarded as a safe counsellor. at once conservative and public spirited. Mr. Rider is a Mason of high degree, be- ing a member of Morning Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Mt. Vernon Chapter, R. A. M .; and having held all the offices in the Blue Lodge, of which he is now past master. He is also, by initiation, a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F., but takes no active part in the order, and also belongs to the I. O. R. M., being a charter member of the local lodge.
HART FAMILY. Stephen Hart, born about 1605, in Braintree, County of Essex. England, came to Massachusetts Bay about 1632, locating in Farm- ington among the first settlers.
Thomas Hart, son of Deacon Stephen, was born in April, 1644, and married Ruth Hawkins, daugh- ter of Anthony Hawkins, of Farmington.
Hawkins Hart, son of Thomas, born at Farm- ington, in 1677, married (first) Sept. 7, 1701, Sarah Royce, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Lathrop) Royce), of Wallingford. She died Jan. 31, 1733, aged forty-nine years. He married (second) Jan. 30, 1734, Mary Street. For nine sessions between 1714 and 1732 Mr. Hart represented Wallingford
in the General Court. His death occurred at Wall- ingford May 24, 1735, when he was aged fifty-eight years.
The children of Hawkins and Sarah ( Royce) Hart were as follows: Nathaniel Hart. born June 13, 1702, married Martha Lee ; Ruth, born Aug. 13, 1704, married William Merriam; one, born Sept. 16, 1706, died unnamed Sept. 22, 1706; Hawkins, born March 1, 1708, married Susanna Merriam ; Sarah, born May 21, 1710, married Stephen Ives; Esther, born Ang. 12. 1712, married John Webb; Thomas, born Sept. 29, 1714. married Hannah Coe; Elizabeth, born 1716, married William Jeroms ; Mary, born June 21, 1719, married Ebenezer Haw- ley; and Benjamin, born Tan. 28, 1722, married Phebe Rich. By his second marriage Hawkins Hart became the father of one child, Samuel, born July 18, 1735, who married Abridge Fowler.
Hawkins Hart, born March 1, 1708, son of Hawkins and Sarah ( Royce) Hart, married Nov. 30, 1730, Susanna Merriam. Soon after their mar- riage they removed to Southington, and located on East Street, at what has been known as Ezekiel Sloper place, on the west side of the highway. His wife died Feb. 23, 1736-37. He married ( second) Esther Gridley, born March 17, 1706. He died at Southington, April 17. 1756, in his forty-ninth year. The children of Hawkins and Susanna ( Merriam) Hart were: Hawkins Hart, born March 8, 1732, died April 4, 1732; Sarah, born May 1, 1733, died Dec. 1, 1742, aged nine years; Susanna, born Dec. 31, 1734, died Dec. 3, 1742, aged eight years; and Hawkins, born Jan. 3, 1736-7, married Huldah Woodruff. By the second marriage were born: Luke, born Jan. 8, 1738, married Deborah Barnes; Josiah, born June 30, 1740, married Elizabeth Moss ; Sarah, born Nov. 27, 1742, died Oct. 26. 1757, aged fifteen ; David, born July 22, 1745, married Lucy Codner : Susanna, born Jan. 12, 1747, died Oct. 26, 1757, in her tenth year ; and Benjamin, born Jan. 4, 1750-51, married Jerusha Rich.
Benjamin Hart, born Jan. 4, 1750-51. at South- ington, son of Hawkins and Esther (Gridley) Hart, married Feb. 25, 1776, Jerusha Rich, at Walling- ford (now called Meriden, near the junction of Broad and Curtiss Streets), where he located. and died, Oct. 7, 1836, aged eighty-five years ; she died Aug. 26, 1832. During the Revolution he served, in 1776, in Captain John Couch's Company. The children of Benjamin and Jerusha (Rich) Hart were: Esther Hart, born Nov. 8, 1776, married (first) Israel Hall, (second) Marvel Andrews ; Lucy, born Dec. 20, 1779, married Joel Ives : Susan- nah. born Jan. 15, 1782, married ( first) Cornelius Hull, (second) John Butler ; Webb, born Feb. 21, 1786, married Clarissa Peck ; Jerusha, born Sept. 11, 1788, married Abel Clark; and Samuel Ives, born Nov. 22, 1792.
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