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Socially Mr. Andrew is a member of Hiram Lodge, F. & A. M .; Franklin Chapter; Harmony Council ; New Haven Commandery : and has reached the thirty-second degree, and holds membership in Pyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Royal Arcanum, the Knights of Honor, the Royal Society of Good Fellows, and the Chamber of Commerce of New Haven. Mr. Andrew is one
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of the prominent members of Dwight Place Church, and for over fifteen years served as a member of the society committee, being excused from further service as such at his own request. While a mem- ber of that committee, he acted on two occasions as chairman of the building committees that caused to be built the Sabbath-school room, made other im- provements that greatly enlarged the auditorium, saw to the putting in of new seats, the lowering of the main floor of the edifice and other improve- ments.
Mr. Andrew has been successful, and has risen to his position among the substantial residents of the city entirely through his own efforts. His life, while successful, has had its ups and downs, its re- verses as well as its successes. He has gone stead- ily forward, and his standing in his city today has come after years of straightforward business deal- ing. As a business man he is considered one of the safe, shrewd and careful kind, being able to see readily the value of an enterprise.
. The first marriage of Mr. Andrew, which was celebrated May 17, 1866, was to Miss Julia Cutler, a daughter of Joseph Cutler. Her death occurred Feb. 11, 1888. The following children were born to this marriage: Clarence C .; Harry L. and Louis (twins), the latter deceased; Alfred, deceased ; and Frank I. The second marriage of Mr. Andrew, in 1891, was to Miss Clara Lamson, of Beverly, Mass., and the children of this union are: Ruth, Esther and Helen. Mr. Andrew is a genial, companion- able man, the soul of generosity and hospitality, and consequently is popular with all classes, and has been deservedly successful. He ranks very high in the esteem of both his business and social associates.
VALENTINE BOHL, one of the most sub- stantial and respected business men of Waterbury, whose methods in trade are characterized by hon- esty and integrity, and whose personal reputation is of the best, was born in the town of Roschbach, Rhenish-Bavaria, Germany, Feb. 28, 1847.
Valentine Bohl, his father, was born Jan. 22, 1820, at Burrweiler, in the same province, son of Jacob Bohl, a shoemaker, and grandson of Simon Bohl. Valentine Bohl was a clerk of the town, a teacher and a musician, with about one hundred pupils under his charge. He never came to Amer- ica, dying in Bavaria in 1893. He married Anna Maria Seiter, who was born in 1819, in the town of Ramberg, same province, daughter of Phillip Seiter, who was a butcher and an innkeeper. Mrs. Bohl died in 1892. The parents were Catholics in religious faith. They had a family of six children : Valentine, Edward, John, Simon, Anna and Cath- erine. Edward died in the old country about 1897; as principal of a large normal school he had at- tained eminence. John is a teacher in the high school at Ludwigshafen, Bavaria. Simon is a butcher in Waterbury, Conn. Anna married a Mr.
Hall, who is a teacher at Ludwigshafen. Catherine married John Bruch, a teacher, who succeeded to the place left vacant by the retirement of Valentine Bohl, Sr.
Valentine Bohl spent the first fourteen years of his life in Germany, and came to this country in 1861, in company with an uncle who was engaged in the butcher business in the city of New York. With him young Valentine spent seven years, and learned the business thoroughly. In 1869 Mr. Bohl came to Waterbury, where he opened a shop to engage in his trade. From December, 1869, to Feb. I, 1888, he carried on a retail meat business, and had a patronage that steadily increased under his management. In February, 1888, he disposed of his retail meat interests and opened a wholesale market for all kinds of fresh and prepared meats- his business at the present time. Success has at- tended his efforts to a remarkable degree. In 1893 he put up a very valuable block, one of the best in the city, which he sold in 1898. Mr. Bohl is doing well, and all who appreciate thrift and honest industry will be interested in the story of his suc- cessful career.
In 1873 Valentine Bohl married Emma Draher, who was born in Waterbury, daughter of John Drahier, a native of Germany. She died in 1882, the mother of five children, of whom the only one now living is Amelia. Mr. Bohl has not remar- ried. Politically he is a Democrat, and socially he is a member of Townsend Lodge, I. O. O. F., the Concordia Singing Society and other German as- sociations and takes much pride and satisfaction in preserving the old German songs and social pleasures. He attends the Episcopal Church.
PATRICK JOHN QUIGLEY, superintendent of the Hubbard, Brookside, and City Parks, is one of the Silver City's well-known Irish-Americans. He was born in the town of Orange, New Haven Co., Conn., March 27, 1842.
His father, Patrick Quigley, was a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, where, at one time, well-to-do farmers and land owners made up the family, the patrimony being later reduced by investments in fast horses and kindred unprofitable speculations. Patrick Quigley could not find prospects of suf- ficient brightness at home, so left for the new world, and after a long passage in a sailing vessel landed in New York. Coming to Derby, Conn., he found employment with "Uncle" John B. Davis, at eight dollars a month, and remained at it for a year and a half. He was the first Irishman in Derby, and as there was then no Catholic Church there, he had to go to New Haven to attend mass. This he did regularly every Sunday for the first ten months of his residence in Derby, having been brought up strictly in the tenets and faith of the Church of his fathers. After saving $150, he went to the town of Orange, Conn., where he invested in a small tract of land, and engaged in farming and
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timbering. He contracted for ship timber, which was shipped to New York on scows from Derby, and he also engaged in furnishing telegraph poles. He thus furnished the poles for the first telegraph line between New Haven and Derby, as well as the tall poles used to string the wires over the elm trees at the New Haven Green. While unloading poles he met with an injury to his back which laid him up for a considerable time, and his troubles were further increased by a cold, caught while engaged in cleaning out a well. These combined disasters resulted in his death in 1855, and he found a last resting place in Birmingham. He was a Whig, an anti-slavery man, and a devoted member of the Catholic Church. Through the agency of Francis Donnelly he furnished for Fair Haven 300 inaple trees which still stand to shade and beautify the streets of the town. His wife, who was formerly Catharine Deleaney, a native of County Queens, Ireland, died in Ansonia in 1870, and is buried be- side her husband, whom she resembled as a con- sistent Catholic, and to whom she bore ten children : (1) James, a bugler and later lieutenant in the Civil war, now dead; (2) Patrick J., subject of this sketch ; (3) William, a well-known citizen of Water- bury; (4) Catharine, deceased, wife of Eugene Flannigan; (5) Alice; (6) Edward, both dead; and four others, all of whom died young.
Patrick J. Quigley was still very young when he lost his father, and he is a self-educated man, owing to the fact that when nine years of age he was ob- liged to face the problem of self support. Later, when he grew to know the value of education, he spent his leisure in well directed study and has thus become a well informed man. His first work, in the cotton mill of Mr. Perkins in the town of Orange, and which netted him fifty cents a week, was so well performed that he was soon able to earn fifty cents a day. After a service of two years in the mill he went to work for A. H. & C. B. Alling, manufacturers of woolen goods in Orange, and later, in Birmingham, Conn., held the position of assistant foreman until the breaking out of the Civil war. Thereupon he enlisted in Orange as a member of Company E, 15th Conn. V. I., under Col. Dexter R. Wright and Captain George M. White, with whom he served for three years, participating in the battles of Fredericksburg, Kinston, Suffolk and others. He was the first citizen of Orange to enlist, and he not only faithfully performed the regular service of his regiment, but frequently vol- unteered for reconnoissance and other hazardous responsibility. At the battle of Kinston, he re- ceived a bullet wound, but was fortunate in being one out of a hundred to escape capture by the en- emy. At the time he was a corporal, and after the parole of the regiment, he was placed in the color guard, and there remained for the rest of the service. He attended the Grand Review at Wash- ington under Gen. Casey, and was mustered out at New Haven. Returning home, he spent a year
with his mother on the farm, and then went to An- sonia, where he continued as clerk in a store until after his mother's death.
In 1870 Mr. Quigley came to Meriden and ob- tained a position with the Wilcox Silver Plate Co., and for nine years was employed as contractor on special work. Resigning this position, he went west and located in Kansas, where he remained some months, but, preferring the East, returned, and again entered the Wilcox Silver Plate factory, re- maining for two years. During this period he be- came interested in a new system of disinfecting cesspools, etc., and after resigning his position with the silver plate company, introduced this system in Meriden. He was engaged also in paving and other contract work on the highways, and in 1896 sold out his business to Mr. Edward H. Higgin- son, since which time he has been engaged in park work.
When Mr. Hubbard wished to lay out the park which bears his name, Mr. Quigley was appointed to superintend the work, and so faithfully and well was his task performed, that in the estimation of the people of Meriden, he shares with Mr. Hubbard the credit of having produced one of the city's finest and most beneficent pleasure grounds. The pretty artificial lakes and beautiful driveways, the tower, 36 feet high, and the rustic seats, were all created under Mr. Quigley's supervision. In addition to Hubbard park, he superintended the laying out of Brookside park, and he is (at present) superintend- ent of the City park. As indicated in his work, Mr. Quigley is a man of artistic tastes, and his con- scientious devotion to the best interests of those who rely upon him insures a continuation of the suc- cess so richly deserved.
Mr. Quigley was married by Father Russell, in Meriden, Aug. 31, 1874, to Elizabeth Greer, born in Meriden, a daughter of George and Margaret (Moran) Greer, natives of Ireland. The former, of Scotch descent, died in Meriden. The latter, who is living here with her daughter, is a wo- man of fine character, and a member of the Cath- olic Church. Mrs. Quigley, who is a cultured wo- man of pleasing manners, is a devoted wife and mother, and presides over the finest home on Ken- sington avenue with well-known hospitality. Of enviable ancestry, she is a direct descendant of King Gregory, of Scotland. Her paternal grand- father, Abraham, was a well-to-do farmer of Sligo, Ireland, whither he removed from Scotland about 1815, and where he spent the remainder of his life. His wife, Margaret (Strudgeon) Greer, belonged to a wealthy mercantile family of the vicinity of Sligo, and she became the mother of two daughters and one son, the latter of whom was born in 1817, and died in Meriden. in 1884. This son, who mar- lied against parental wishes, was disinherited in consequence, and thereafter went to England. In 1849 he came to America, and after spending a year in Massachusetts, located in West Meriden,
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where for several years he was employed as steward on the Alvah Merriam estate. While holding this position, he bought a farm of nine acres on North Broad street, and in 1869 increased his possessions by the purchase of 250 acres on the Westfield road, East Meriden. Here he spent the remainder of his life. Although opposed to slavery, and an ardent Republican, he never took an active interest in politics, preferring in later life to devote his energies entirely to agriculture. The wife for whom he had sacrificed his heritage died in 1839, and in Liverpool, England, he married Margaret Moran, about 1846. The second Mrs. Greer is a daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Austin) Moran, natives of County Queens, Ireland. Abraham, a son of the first marriage, died in Meriden at the age of nine- teen. Of the second marriage there are seven chil- dren, viz: Elizabeth, wife of Patrick J. Quigley ; Thomas; Margaret, wife of William Burton; Jane, the wife of Patrick Swain; George and Mary, twins ; and Sarah, wife of Henry Monahan. All live in Meriden except the third, who resides in Bridge- port. The father was an Episcopalian.
Mr. and Mrs. Quigley and their three children are members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Of the children, (1) Mary Elizabeth was born in Meriden, . educated at St. Rose's Convent, afterward taught music, and is now the wife of Harry S. Bradford, ยท of Meriden ; (2) Josephine, educated at St. Rose's school and graduated from Meriden High school, is a young lady of musical and general talent; (3) and Kittie A., also educated at St. Rose's school and graduated in 1900 from Meriden High school, is equally versatile.
Mr. Quigley is a member of Merriam Post No. 8, G. A. R., of Silver City Lodge, No. 3, A. O. U. W., and a charter member of the Amaranth Club. In politics he is a Republican, and during the war was a strong anti-slavery man. He was twice elected to the council from the Fifth ward, and served on the Street, Health, and Water com- mittees.
CHARLES JOHN HEINEMAN (deceased), for many years one of the leading German-Amer- ican citizens of Meriden, was born Dec. 12, 1842, at Wolfhagen, in Hessen-Cassel, Germany. His fa- ther, John Heineman, was born in the same place, and acquired the art of making fine shoes. There he married Amelia Ritter, who bore him three chil- dren, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eldest. Henrietta, the second, died when young. The youngest, John Conrad, makes his home in Brooklyn, N. Y. He married ( first ) Sarah Holmes, and (second) Jane, widow of William Wheeler, and sister of his first wife. John Heineman, Sr., brought his wife and young children to America, arriving in New York Jan. 22, 1845, and worked at his trade in New York until obliged by ill health to give it up. After spending a short time at Sa- vannah, Ga., in the hope of restoring his strength,
he returned to New York, where he died and was buried. He was a member of the Moravian Church. His widow married Moritz Kramer, a native of Germany, with whom she came to Meriden. She died Aug. 2, 1877, while on a visit to her son in Brooklyn, and was buried in Greenwood cemetery, in that city. Mr. Kramer died April 14, 1901, and was buried in Walnut Grove cemetery. The first two of his seven children-Minnie and Augusta- died in childhood. Herman, who married Louise Martin, resides in Meriden. Pauline is the widow of William Brownlee, who died in New Bedford, Mass. Edward, who married Mary Wickham, re- sides in Meriden. Emily and Minnie, both of whom are unmarried, reside in Meriden.
Charles J. Heineman came to America with his parents, and remained in New York until fifteen years of age, attending the schools of that city. He then went to Wallingford, Conn., where he learned the art of chasing and engraving with August Gang- loff, who was engaged in Britannia manufacturing. When that business was moved to Meriden, and conducted by I. C. Lewis and others, Mr. Heineman came to Meriden and worked in the Britannia fac- tory, at his trade, several years. After spending two years in the same line in Brooklyn, N. Y., he returned to Meriden and entered the factory of the Wilcox Silver Plate Co., as engraver, continuing with them until 1900, when ill health compelled him to abandon active labor. On the retirement of Mr. Fasy, as foreman of the engraving depart- ment, Mr. Heineman took his place, which he con- tinued to fill with conspicuous ability and success as long as he was able to work. After years of battling with disease he passed away, at his home . on Hobart street, Oct. 12, 1901, and was buried in the East cemetery. The following notice of his funeral is copied from the Meriden Journal of Oct. 15, 1901 :
The most largely attended funeral that Meriden has had in several years was that of Charles J. Heineman, which took place this afternoon from the house, 156 Hobart street. By I o'clock the friends of the deceased began to assemble at the house, and at 1:30 o'clock. half an hour before the time set for the funeral, the house was filled with sympathizing friends and a large number who could not find room in the house were on the lawn in front.
About 1:45 the members of the Meriden fire depart- ment. who had met at the Pratt street headquarters, and the Turners, who had met at their hall across the street, marched in a body to the house, increasing the number by about 150. Chief F. L. Cowing and Assistant Chief W. H. Seery were at the head of the firemen and President Fred Weber led the Turners.
During the noon hour the employes of Factory N, I. S. Co .. visited the house in a body to view the remains of their fellow workman.
The remains reposed in a handsome black broad- cloth covered casket in the front parlor, and one by one friends passed by to take a last look at the departed. who had ever been well liked and respected by all who knew him.
The Episcopal funeral service was read by Rev. A. T. Randall shortly after 2 o'clock. and as he finished the impressive ceremony the Turner Liedertafel sang in Ger- man "Ruhig Schlaeft der Saenger" (Sweetly Sleeps the
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Singer). The singing was followed by prayer by Rev. Mr. Randall, and then Charles Meyer. representing the Turner Society, delivered a touching eulogy upon the life of the dead member. He spoke in highest praise of the many good qualities of Mr. Heineman.
At the conclusion of Mr. Meyer's remarks Joseph Geld- macher, of Brooklyn, a nephew of the deceased, sang in a deep baritone voice "That Beautiful Land on High."
The fire department headed the procession, which included every public hack in town, as well as a large number of private carriages. The Turners followed the hearse, the bearers walking on either side. The bearers were: L. H. Sutterlin and D. T. Lyon, from the Volun- teer Hose Company ; Joseph Heck, from Montowese Tribe. I. O. R. M .: Herman Weber. from the Turner Society : William Diekinson, from Court Meriden. F. of A., and Matthew Beatty, from Factory N, Shop Aid Society.
The flower bearers were: Alhert Patzke. from Silver City Lodge, A. O. U. W., and Wilton A. Taylor, from Electric Lodge, N. E. O. P.
At the grave in the family lot in the East cemetery the committal service was read by Rev. Mr. Randall and the Liedertafel sang "Rest in Peace."
As the funeral procession started. shortly after 3 o'clock, the fire alarm bells began to toll, Superintendent Buckley sending in fifty-nine strokes, one for each year of life of the deceased.
The room in which the body reposed at the house was hardly large enough to hold all the floral tributes sent to the funeral and the easket was covered with a rare assortment of beautiful flowers.
Mr. Heineman was active in public affairs, and was a stanch Republican in political principle. He was elected a member of the city council, repre- senting the Fifth ward, in 1896, and was later elected and served as alderman of the same ward, being chairman of several important committees. On account of his keen and intelligent interest in city matters he was appointed by Mayors Ives and West (Democrats) on the Board of Apportionment. and held that position up to his death. He felt a warm interest in the fire department, having been one of the charter members of Volunteer Hose Company No. 5, and in January, 1901, the com- pany unanimously elected him captain, out of re- gard for his long and faithful service, an honor which he fully appreciated. Mr. Heineman was baptized in youth in the Moravian Church, in Brooklyn, and always endeavored to live up to the highest moral standards. He was a true husband and father, and won the respectful regard of all classes of the community. He was at one time identified with Meridian Lodge, No. 77, A. F. & A. M .; was past sachem of Montowese Tribe. I. O. R. M., of which he was a charter member : and was also affiliated with Electric Lodge, N. E. O. P., and Court Meriden, F. O. A. He was a charter member of the Cosmopolitan Club and a member of the Eaton Guards and Meriden Turnverein. Cherishing a warm interest in the German Amer- ican School, of which he was one of the organizers, he served on its official board several years.
Mr. Heineman was married in Meriden. Jan. 15, 1868, to Miss Ida Louise Hammarth, daughter of James and Janet (Delvie) Hammarth, both na- tives of Hessen-Cassel, Germany, of French de-
scent. They brought their family to Wallingford, Conn., where the father was employed as engraver and diesinker, and where he died. His widow still resides there, aged eighty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Heineman were blessed with four children, namely: Charles J., Fannie A .. Amy L. and Cen- tennial Robert. The second died in childhood. The third married Charles Berry, of Meriden. C. Rob- ert is employed in the music department of the Aeolian Co .. of Meriden. Mrs. Heineman is an at- tendant of the Center Congregational Church, and for over thirty years has been a member of Meri- dian Chapter, No. 8. O. E. S. ; she is also identified with the N. E. O. P., the Ladies' Turnverein, of Meriden, and is shepherdess of Star of Welcome Lodge, Sons of Bethlehem.
CHARLES J. HEINEMAN, JR., was born Aug. 24, 1868, in Meriden, and was educated in the dis- trict and German-American schools. He learned the art of engraving under his father's instruction, and now holds the latter's position of foreman with the Wilcox Silver Plate Co. He was for some time connected with the sewer department of the city of Meriden, in the capacity of timekeeper. He attends the Congregational Church, and politically is a supporter of Republican principles. Socially he is a member of the Meriden Cycle Club, the For- esters of America, Silver City Lodge, No. 3, A. O. U. W., and the Meriden Turnverein, of which lat- ter he is financial secretary. For twelve years he has been a member of the city fire department.
SAGE. The Sage family, of which Mrs. Adele De Ette (Sage) Booth, one of Meriden's well- known educators, is a descendant, is one of the old- est families of Middlesex county, Conn. The name is first found in English history upon the Roll of Battle Abbey (1066) made by William the Con- queror after the battle of Hastings, when he divided the English lands among his principal followers. All of the Sages in England, Scotland and Wales belong to the line founded at that time, as do also a few found in Ireland, where the name was intro- duced by the English conquerors. There are three coats of arms belonging to the Sage family. The one granted by William the Conqueror would seem, by the wreath of grain, fruit and flowers which sur- rounds it, to indicate a people devoted to agricul- tural pursuits. The motto, Von Sibi ( not for our- selves) is deserved by most members of the num- erous Sage family, especially Elisha L. Sage, of Cromwell, Conn., compiler of the Sage Record, 1878.
David Sage, the first of the name in America, was a native of Wales, born in 1639, and came to this country about 1652, being one of the first settlers in Middletown, Conn. There he spent the remainder of his days, died in March. 1703. and was buried in the Riverside cemetery, Middletown. The stone marking his grave is still standing. He took a deep interest in the settlement and develop-
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ment of Middletown, and his descendants have held positions of prominence in their different callings, as educators, financiers, philanthropists and profes- sional men. Among them we may mention Hon. Russell Sage, of New York, and Henry W. Sage, 1 of Brooklyn, famous financiers and philanthropists.
David Sage married, in February, 1664, Eliza- beth Kirby, born Sept. 18, 1645, daughter of John Kirby. After her death Mr. Sage married ( sec- ond) Mary Wilcox. The children of his first mar- riage were: David, born in 1665; John, 1668; Elizabeth, 1670; Mary, 1672. The children of his second marriage were: Jonathan, born in 1674; Timothy, 1678; and Nathaniel and March ( twins ), 1680.
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