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been, identified with many other enterprises of im- portance in the commercial world.
In his political views Mr. Farrel is a Republican, and he and his family are connected with the Epis- copal Church, of Ansonia, to which he has been most liberal. In 1850 Mr. Farrel was married to Miss Julia L. Smith, of Derby, Conn., who died in September, 1874. On Dec. 12, 1876, Mr. Far- rel married Miss Lillian Clarke, a native of New Haven. By his first marriage he had five children, of whom one is living: May Wells, who married Rutherford Trowbridge, of New Haven, and has two children-Rutherford, Jr., and Rachel. By his second marriage our subject had four children : Florence A., who married George Clarke Bryant ; Elise Marion ; Franklin F., Jr. ; Lillian Estelle.
STEPHEN WHITNEY, formerly of the United States army, now living retired in a pa- latial home at New Haven, has long been one of the familiar figures and well and favorably known men of the "City of Elms."
Born Oct. 20, 1841, in New Haven, Mr. Whit- ney is the son of Henry and . Hannah Eugenia (Lawrence) Whitney, and is a representative of a sturdy and prominent New England and New York ancestry, and on his father's side is of the seventh generation from Henry Whitney, who was born in England about 1620, and appears first of record in this country at Hashammock in Southold, L. I., in 1649. Later he was at Huntington, L. I., and is of record at Norwalk, Conn., as one of the early pi- oneers of the place in 1665.
From this emigrant settler, the lineage of Stephen Whitney, of New Haven, is through John, Josiah, Henry, Stephen and Henry (2) Whitney.
(II) John Whitney, son of Henry, the settler, born probably before his parents went to Southold. L. I., settled with his father in Norwalk, Conn., and succeeded him as a miller and millwright, and to the mill and homestead property. On March 17, 1674-5, he married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Richard Smith. In Norwalk, Conn., John built a fulling mill, was prominent as a citizen, and died about 1720, and his widow passed away some time after, about 174I.
(III) Josiah Whitney, son of John, married Oct. 30, 1729, at Norwalk, Conn., Eunice Hanford. daughter of Eleazer and Hannah Hanford. Josiah settled at Norwalk, where he died as early as 1750.
(IV) Henry Whitney, son of Josiah, born Feb. 19, 1735-6, in Norwalk, married about 1761. in Derby, Conn., Eunice Clark, born April 15, 1745, in Derby, and settled in that town. Eunice Clark was the daughter of William Clark, who descended from Thomas Clark, who, it is thought, was mate of the "Mayflower." A sister of Eunice Clark, Eliza, of Lyme, Conn., married Joseph Hull, of Derby, in 1749, and became the mother of Gen. William Hull, and grandmother of Commander Isaac Hull
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of historic note. Henry Whitney was for many years an active and useful citizen of Derby. Both he and his wife died in the town, her death occur- ring Aug. 21, 1794, and his May 1, 1811. He was the founder of King Hiram Masonic Lodge in Derby.
(V) Stephen Whitney, son of Henry, born Sept. 14, 1776, in Derby, married Aug. 4, 1803, at Newtown, L. I., Harriet, born Sept. 1, 1782, daugh- ter of Hendrick and Phoebe ( Skidmore) Suydam, of Hallets Cove, L. I. After their marriage, they settled in the city of New York, where Mr. Whit- ney became one of the most wealthy and influential merchants of his time. Both he and his wife died in that town in 1860, his death occurring Feb. 16, and hers May 12. Mr. Whitney, when he first went to New York City, at eighteen or twenty years of age, and began his career as a clerk in the business house of Lawrence & Whitney, early showed good intelli- gence and remarkable energy, and was shortly sent to the West Indies as a super-cargo. Saving his earnings, he soon went into business for himself, forming a partnership in 1800 with one John Currie, a Scotchman by birth. The new firm engaged in the wholesale grocery business, but in 1809 the partnership dissolved. During the war of 1812, Mr. Whitney dealt largely in cotton and accumulated money rapidly. In about 1818, he abandoned the grocery business, and engaged extensively in ship- ping interests, building many vessels and sending them to various parts of the world, especially trad- ing largely with China and the East Indies. Among other interests, he held large shares in the Kermet line of packets plying between New York and Liv- erpool. Mr. Whitney was among the early projec- tors and founders of the great systems of railways and canals, which did so much to increase the pros- perity of New York, and held interests in the New Jersey Railroad Co., the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., and others, as well as im- mense financial institutions. His personal interests became so large that for some thirty years before his death, he gave up active business and occupied his time in' caring for his private business. His estate at his death was worth something like $5.000,000. Mr. Whitney was a man of strictest integrity and honor, and won and held the esteem and admiration of all.
(VI) Henry Whitney, son of Stephen and the father of Stephen (2), was born in New York City, Aug. 23, 1812, and was graduated from Yale col- lege in 1830. On Jan. 27. 1835, he married Hannah Eugenia Lawrence, born Jan. 27, 1815, in New York, a daughter of Isaac and Cornelia ( Beach) Lawrence, the latter the daughter of Rev. Abraham Beach, D. D., rector of Trinity Church. New York City. Mrs. Whitney died March 10, 1844, in New Haven, Conn., and Mr. Whitney married July 25, 1850, at Norwich, Conn., Maria Lucy Fitch.
In 1837, Mr. Whitney located in New Haven, and began the erection of the Whitney home, which
when completed was the finest mansion and grounds in New Haven. Until its completion, the family re- sided in "Maple Cottage" on Trumbull street. Mr. Whitney being a man of ample means, had time for gratifying a taste he possessed in agricultural lines, and was greatly interested in that pursuit both lo- cally and in the country in general, giving consider- able time to the breeding of cattle. He was secre- tary of the New Haven Agricultural Society, and was well known in agricultural circles. His death occurred in New Haven March 21, 1856, and his wife, Maria L., passed away in New York City about 1886.
The children born to the first marriage were: Isaac Lawrence, born in New York, Nov. 15, 1835, died Dec. 7, 1835; Harriet, born in New Haven, Conn., March 2, 1838, married June 5, 1860, Charles H. Berryman, of New York, and they now reside in that city; Cornelia Lawrence, born Nov. 27, 1839, in New Haven, Conn., married March 4, 1862, John Girard Heckscher, who served as first lieutenant in the 12th Reg. U. S. I. for two years during the Civil war, and she died March 30, 1891 ; Stephen, born Oct. 20, 1841 ; Hannah Eugene, born March 10, 1844, in New Haven, died there Sept. 15. 1845. The children born of the second marriage of Henry Whitney were: Maria, born May 26, 1851, mar- ried April 28, 1870, Robert C. Livingston, and re- sides at Islip, L. I .; Caroline Suydam, born Nov. 17, 1852, married Oct. 18, 1871, John N. A. Gris- wold, who died Dec. 8, 1871, in Germany, and she married, in Milford, Conn., June 21, 1874, Cornelius Fellows, and resides in New York.
Stephen Whitney (2), son of Henry (2), and the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch, was in the pursuit of a liberal education when the Civil war burst upon the country, and Aug. 5, 1861, he entered the army as first lieutenant in the 4th United States Artillery, and from that time until Nov. 12, 1863, shared the fortunes of the command, retiring with an honorable record.
On April 27, 1864, Mr. Whitney married, in New York City, Margaret Lawrence Johnson, born in New York City June 1, 1841, daughter of Bradish and Louisa Anna (Lawrence) Johnson, the latter ; then a resident of New York. She died in Novem- ber, 1884, and April 29, 1886, Mr. Whitney married Louisa Johnson, a sister to his first wife. . Mr. Whit- ney's children by his first marriage were: (1) Louisa Lawrence, born June 16, 1867, married (first ) Hugh Dickey and had one child, Frances De Koven: (second) Charles D. Dickey, and has two children, Charles D. and Stephen W. Mr. Dickey is in the banking house of Brown Bros., in New York. (2) Hannah Eugene Lawrence, born April 29, 1871. (3) Henry, born Dec. 1, 1872. (4) Lawrence, born Oct. 21, 1874, died in 1896. By his second marriage, Mr. Whitney has one child, Stephen, born April 13, 1887.
Mr. Whitney and family have been prominent in social life, and from their elegant home on Whit-
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ney avenue a generous hospitality has ever been dispensed. Mr. Whitney is a gentleman of cul- ture and extended travel, and is an interesting con- versationalist. For years he was interested in sugar planting in Louisiana, and himself and family passed the winter months on Woodland Plantation. Mr. Whitney is a member of the Quinnipiac Club of New Haven, of the Union Club of New York, a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, Order of Runnymedes (or descendants of the Barons who obtained a charter from King John), and also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, New York State Commandery.
ELI C. BARNUM, the efficient secretary, treas- urer and general manager of the Naugatuck Water Co., was born in the town of Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn., Dec. 14, 1844. He is a grandson of Rich- ard and Anna ( Blakeman) Barnum, farming peo- ple of that town, who were the parents of six chil- dren. Beecher, the oldest, was the father of the gen- tleman whose name appears at the beginning of this sketch. Mills was a farmer in Litchfield, and died in East Hartland, whither he had retired to pass the rest of his life. Calvin, also a farmer, passed his life in Litchfield, dying unmarried. Emeline be- came the wife of Daniel Chamberlain, a farmer of Kent. Curtis was a wheelwright in that town. Ade- .line married a Mr. Hurd, of the same place.
Beecher Barnum was born in 1800, and grew to manhood on his father's farm, and died in Cornwall Bridge, Conn., in 1858. By trade he was a mill- wright. He married Sophia, daughter of Eliud Combs, of Danbury, and of the five children born to them, Eli C. was the youngest, the others being Lafayette, Lewis, Marcus and Mary. The three elder sons were engineers ; all are deceased. Mary, the only daughter, married Levi Barnum, of Bridge- port, where she still resides.
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Eli C. Barnum was educated in the schools of Kent and Danbury, the parents moving to the latter place for a time when he was a lad of ten years. The family soon returned to Kent, however, re- maining there until the death of the father, which occurred when our subject was scarcely fourteen years old. Mrs. Barnum and the children then removed to Bridgeport. Thence Eli C. went to Botsford Station, Conn., where for three years hc worked as clerk in the general store of Oliver Bots- ford. In 1864 he went to Naugatuck, which town has since been his home. For some years after his arrival he filled the post of clerk in the dry goods store owned by Frank S., and later George, An- drews. In 1869, through patient industry, joined to regularity of habits and economy in expenditure, he found himself able to engage in business on his own account, in co-partnership with Calvin Hotch- kiss, the style of the firm being Hotchkiss & Bar- num. They conducted a general store. Four years later Mr. Barnum purchased Mr. Hotchkiss' inter- est, and for twenty years managed the business
alone. Meanwhile, in 1890, he was made secretary and treasurer of the Naugatuck Water Co., then an infant and comparatively unimportant concern. Mr. Barnum, however, was quick to perceive the possible future of the corporation, and in 1893 he disposed of his store, and has since devoted his whole time and energy to the upbuilding and de- velopment of the company, in which he has been re- markably successful. He is a citizen of public spirit, and the people of Naugatuck have shown their con- fidence in his capability and probity, by repeatedly electing him to local offices, the duties attaching to which he has always discharged with fidelity and ability. He is a member of Shepherd's Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of the I. O. R. M. ; is a Republican in political creed; and a Congregationalist by re- ligious profession. For about twenty-five years he has been treasurer of the Ecclesiastical Society.
In 1868 Mr. Barnum was married to Miss Eliza Ward, a daughter of Lauren Ward, and a niece of William Ward, a biographical sketch of whom mav be found elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Barnum have had two children, Frederick W. and Earl M. The first named is an employe of the Water Company.
CHARLES HENRY REDFIELD. The Red- field family, of which Charles Henry Redfield, one of Madison's well-known farmers, is a member, has long been prominent in New England, where it has been noted for its integrity and uprightness of life.
William Redfield, the progenitor of the family in America, emigrated from England with the early settlers of Massachusetts, and before 1639 he owned a home on the south side of the Charles River, near Boston. He later joined others in re- moval to Connecticut, the Colony settling at what is now New London, where he built a house and spent the remainder of his life, dying in May, 1662. His wife, Rebecca, bore him the following children : Lydia, born in 1636, married Thomas Bayley, of New London, Conn; Rebecca, born in 1641, mar- ried Thomas Roach, of New London : James, born in 1646; Judith, born in 1649, married Alexander Pygan, of Norwich, England, June 17, 1667.
James Redfield, son of William, born in 1646, came to New London with his parents, and bound himself to Hugh Roberts, to learn the tanning trade. He later followed the sea and also engaged in farming. For a short time he lived in Saybrook, but his death occurred in Fairfield, Conn., about 1723. In May, 1669, he married Elizabeth How, who was born in 1645, a daughter of Jeremy How, of New Haven, and upon her death married Delilah Sturgis, daughter of John Sturgis, of Fairfield. James Redfield was the father of the following chil- dren: Elizabeth, born in New Haven, May 31. 1670; Sarah, born about 1673: Theophilus, born 1682: Margaret, baptized Oct. 7, 1694; and James, baptized Oct. 25, 1696.
Theophilus Redfield, son of James, born in 1682, learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, and set-
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tled in Killingworth, where, in 1717, he bought a tract of land in what is now North Killingworth, and there spent the remainder of his life, and died Feb. 14, 1759, highly respected for his genuine worth. On Dec. 24, 1706, he married Priscilla Grin- nell, daughter of Daniel and Lydia Grinnell, of Saybrook, and she died Jan. 12, 1770, at the age of eighty-one years. The following children blessed their union: Daniel, born Sept. 22, 1707, served in the French and Indian war, and died Jan. II, 1758; Elizabeth, born May 8, 1709; Richard, born June II, 17II ; Ebenezer, born Dec. 3, 1713; Lydia, born Feb. 9, 1715; Theophilus, born June 20, 1720 ; Peleg, born April 2, 1723; George, born Nov. 7, 1725; William, born Dec. 5, 1727; Josialı, born Sept. 6, 1730; Jane, born June 24, 1733; and James, born March 29, 1735.
Theophilus Redfield (2), son of Theophilus, lived in Killingworth, where he was engaged in farming. He was a sergeant in the French and Indian war. His death occurred in Killingworth Jan. 30, 1770. He first married Mary Buell, daugh- ter of Benjamin and Hannah Buell, and she died Aug. 22, 1749. For his second wife he married Martha Gray, daughter of Philip Gray, of Killing- worth. By his first marriage his children were as follows: Eliakim, born May 26, 1741 ; Nathan, born July 31, 1743; Levi, born Aug. 17, 1745; and Isaac, born July 29, 1749, died Nov. 23, 1749. By the second marriage were born Philip, born Nov. 25, 1751, died 1780; Constant, born July 30, 1753; Mary, born Jan. 24, 1755 ; Elias, born Jan. 31, 1757 ; Martha, born Feb. 18, 1758; and Nathan (2), born Aug. 17, 1763.
Constant Redfield, son of Theophilus (2), was born in Killingworth July 30, 1753, and was a cooper by trade, and took an active part in the Rev- olutionary war. On April 9, 1778, he married Amanda Buell, who was a daughter of Daniel Buell, and who died in October, 1837. He died in Guil- ford at the home of his son Ebenezer, Jan. 15, 1839. The children born of this union were: Pardon, born Feb. 20, 1779; Martha, Feb. 3, 1781 ; Theodore, Oct. 1, 1782, died 1847; Mary, born Nov. 14, 1784 : Siba, Dec. 18, 1786; Lydia. June 29, 1789 : Lyman : Ebenezer, 1794; Ruth, July 11, 1796; James; Amanda ; and one that died unnamed.
Lyman Redfield was born in Killingworth in 1791, and became one of the prosperous farmers of Killingworth, where his life was spent, and where he died July 19, 1848. He first married Clarissa Par- melee, daughter of Henry Parmelee, of Killing- worth: for his second wife, he wedded Sophronia Kelsey, of Clinton. His children were: Mari- etta Elizabeth, born March, 1818: Henry Lyman, 1820; Gustavus Kimberly, Nov. 14, 1822: Charles Parmelee, March 8. 1825; and Francis Sherman. April, 1828. All are now deceased except Charles Parmelee, who resides in Clinton, Connecticut.
Henry L. Redfield was born in 1820, and engaged in the coasting trade. He married Elizabeth Coe,
daughter of Darius and Thankful Coe, of Madison, where Mr. Coe owned a large tract of land. The children born of this marriage were as follows: Charles Henry ; John Darius, born May 31, 1842, died in the army ; Wellington Monroe, born Feb. 18, 1845, died March 9, 1845; George, born March 25, 1847 ; Clarissa Elizabeth, who married Edgar Spen- cer, of Madison. Mr. Redfield died March 19, 1851, aged thirty-one years, and was buried in West cemetery, where a monument marks his last resting place. His life was one of duty well per- formed, and he died esteemed by the whole com- munity. His widow resides with her son Charles Henry, and has attained the advanced age of eighty- three years.
Charles H. Redfield was born June 10, 1840, in Madison, where he attended the district schools. The farm of 100 acres, formerly known as the Coe farm, is now ocupied and managed by him, and he has been engaged since his youth in making im- provements, and in bringing his land to a high state of cultivation. He has also successfully engaged in stock raising, at the same time carrying on a thriv- ing dairy business.
On Feb. 20, 1862, Mr. Redfield was married to Emeline Smith Bolles, who was born in Niantic. Conn., a daughter of Francis and Nancy ( Morgan) Bolles, of that town, the former of whom was a son of Calvin Bolles, and the latter a daughter of George Morgan, who was a native of England. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Redfield are as follows : (1) Jennie Thankful was educated in the district school. Hand Academy in Madison, Wil- limantic Normal and Gaffney Business College, of New Haven. She is an expert typewriter and sten- ographer, and has taught school for four years. (2) Frank Henry, a carpenter and joiner, married Net- tie Griswold, and has three children, Marguerite, Leslie Bolles and Charles Kenyon. (3) Willard. a machinist in New York, married Josephine Con- way, of Holyoke, Mass., and has one child, C. Mor- gan.
(4) Charles Gustavus, a farmer, married Susan Trainer, of New Haven, and has one child, Earl Trainer. (5) Burdette Bolles is a machinist in New Haven. (6) Emeline Coe is a graduate of Hand Academy. Mr. Redfield has always taken an active part in the improvements in his town and district. and for a long time has served on the board of relief. where his judgment is much valued. In politics he is a Republican, and socially is connected with the A. O. U. W. The family are members of the Congregational Church, to which Mr. Red- field cheerfully contributes, and where they are most highly esteemed. A man of quiet and unostentations manner, he is one of the substantial citizens who well represent the town of Madison.
ALMON JESSE IVES. The Ives family is one of the oldest in the town of Wallingford. John Ives, the first settler of that name in the town, was a farm- Her and land owner, and died in Meriden. He was
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father to the following children: John, born in 1669, died in 1738; Hannah married Joseph Ben- ham Aug. 17, 1682; Joseph, born in 1674, married Esther Benedict May 11, 1697; Gideon married Mary Royce Feb. 20, 1706; Nathaniel, born in 1677, married Mary Cook in 1699; Ebenezer; Samuel was born June 15, 1696; Benjamin was born Nov. 22, 1699.
Gideon Ives, noted above, was a farmer and land owner. He and his wife, Mary (Royce), had the following children: Sarah, born Sept. 8, 1708; Jonathan, born Sept. 20, 1710 (died Sept. 2, 1753) ; Amasa, born Aug. 24, 1712; Rhoda, born Dec. 12, 1714; Martha, born Aug. 10, 1716; Amasa, born Nov. 15, 1718; Gideon, born Sept. 24, 1720; Joel, born Jan. 13, 1723; Mary, born Dec. 16, 1724; Susannah, born May 26, 1727; Esther, born Oct. 14, 1729. The mother died Oct. 15, 1742.
Jonathan Ives, son of Gideon, was engaged with his father in farming. He died Sept. 2, 1753, at the age of forty-three years. He married Abigail Burroughs, Feb. 28, 1736.
Zachariah Ives, son of Jonathan, was born Jan. 31, 1737, and was a farmer all his life. He located in the town of Cheshire, where he died March 9, 1815. His wife, Lois, also died in Cheshire. Their children were: (1) Rev. Reuben, born in 1761, graduated from Yale College in 1785, and was or- dained by Bishop Seabury in 1786. He was rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church at Cheshire for thirty years, and died Oct. 14, 1836, at the age of seventy-five years. (2) Chauncey, born in 1762, died Nov. 17, 1778. (3) Lowly married Seth De Wolf. (4) Jared was a farmer of Cheshire. (5) Jesse.
Jesse Ives was born and reared in Cheshire, and upon reaching man's estate removed to the town of Meriden, where he lived and died. He married Marilla Johnson, and became the father of four children : Jotham; Almon, who died in 1896; Rosetta, who married John Bardon; and Lyman, who married Betsy Sanderson, and is deceased.
Jotham Ives was born on the home farm in Meriden, where he was a farmer and stock raiser all his life. He died there May 18. 1864, at the age of fifty-six years, and was buried in the Meri- den cemetery. A man of strong domestic habits, he was honorable and upright in all his ways, and held in the highest esteen by those who knew him best. He was a Democrat in politics, but had no taste for party machinery, and never sought office. He mar- ried Mary R. Way, who was born in Meriden, a daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Preston) Way. They had children as follows: Edward ( who died in Cheshire) ; Amos; Betsey (wife of Robert W. Hallam) ; Julius I .; and Almon J. The family are members of the Congregational Church.
Amos Ives is engaged in business in Meriden, as a coal dealer ; has been very successful and is quite well-to-do. He has twice served as mayor of
that city, to which office he was elected on the Dem- ocratic ticket, and proved very capable, his services giving general satisfaction. He has two sons, Wil- bur B. and Cleveland A. The elder, after an at- tendance of a year or two at the high school, stud- ied at a school in Canada, and has since been in business with his father. Cleveland A. graduated from the Meriden high school in 1897, and from the Wesleyan College in 1901.
Julius I. Ives still resides on the old homestead, and is a very successful farmer and stock raiser. He is a member of Hancock Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F., and is past grand of the local lodge. He has two children, Minor and Lucretia. The son has finished his school work, and is now helping his father on the farm.
Almon J. Ives attended the district school of Meriden, and remained on the farm until nineteen years of age, when he went to Plymouth, Conn., and there he spent a year clerking in a store. At the expiration of that time he returned to the home farm and engaged in its cultivation in company with his brother Julius I. Their father was dead, and the brothers continued together in farming for fifteen years, when Almon J. retired and settled on the Allen farm, in the town of Meriden. In 1880 he came to Wallingford, and located in the village of Tracy, where he set up in business, buying out the grocery and good will of his father-in-law. Here for over fifteen years he has carried on a very successful and popular establishment, dealing in groceries and feed. In 1885 he was appointed postmaster under President Cleveland and has held that position to the present time. He is a good busi- ness man, and noted for fair dealing, courteous demeanor and unswerving honesty.
In 1879 Mr. Ives was married to Miss Ellen A. Parker, who was born in Meriden, a daughter of Edward and Harriet A. (Blake) Parker. To this union have come two children: Mary, a graduate of the Meriden High School, class of 1901; and Edward Jotham. Mr. Ives is a member of Hancock Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F., and is now past grand of the local lodge.
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