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 2, Part 4

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago, J.H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1010

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The Bradley Library Association (of which our

subject is a charter member and ex-president), the Veteran Soldiers' Association, the Pierpont Park commission, and other public projects, have always received from him warm support. Through his great-grandfather, Sergt. Jacob Thorpe, killed at East Haven, Conn., in 1779, in the war of the Revo- lution, he became a charter member of the Con- necticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and was a member of its first board of managers; he also belongs to Trumbull Lodge, No. 22, F. & A. M., and to Admiral Foote Post, No. 17, G. A. R.

Perhaps Mr. Thorpe will best be remembered in his native State by his History of North Haven, issued in 1892, and his History of the 15th Conn. Vols., issued in 1893, both of these valuable works displaying a wonderful amount of research and making a complete and reliable history of the sub- jects named. In 1901 he was the compiler of the memorial volume issued by the "20th Century Com- mittee." Mr. Thorpe has in his possession the early genealogies of the early settlers of the town, and has made extended studies in large manuscript vol- umes of the Thorpe, Bassett and Barnes families ; his collection of old documents, autographs, photo- graphs, cemetery inscriptions, church history papers, and the thousand and one things picked up, proba- bly constitute him the best authority on local his- tory in the town. This laborious and painstaking work is done in his leisure time, its accuracy mak- ing it very valuable to others in substantiating old claims, and in sometimes proving that some families are not like those of whom De Foe speaks, when he says they are like unto potatoes, the best being un- derground.

HARMON HUMISTON, one of the venerable citizens of Hamden, New Haven county, was born in that town Jan. 15, 1818, on the old homestead which adjoins his farm on the south. The Humis- ton family is one of the old ones of that town, and one that is soon to become extinct, as our subject, his brother Elihu and his maiden sister, Maria S., are its last surviving representatives. Harmon Humiston is a son of Justus and Elizabeth ( Har- mon) Humiston, who are mentioned elsewhere under the sketch of Elihu Humiston, of Hamden. He was reared a farmer's boy, and attended the country schools, among his teachers being Joel Cooper and Allen Tuttle. He also attended a private school that was conducted in the basement of the Whitneyville Congregational Church. His home was made with his parents practically un- til he was married, which event occurred in Ham- den on Jan. 1, 1844, when Miss Maria L. Dick- erman became his bride. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Yale College. Mrs. Humiston came from one of the old and numerous families of Hamden. She was born Nov. 8. 1819, at Hamden, the daughter of Eli and Sophia (Bassett) Dickerman, the former | originally from Westville, and employed for many years in the gun factory at Whitneyville, while .the

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latter, Sophia ( Bassett) Dickerman, was a native of Hamden. Mrs. Humiston taught school, begin- ning at the early age of sixteen years, teaching first a private school in the basement of Whitneyville Congregational Church: she later taught district schools in North Haven and Hamden, being so em- ployed in all about twelve years.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Humiston went to housekeeping on their present farm, where he built the house in which they have since lived. Farming has been his lifelong business, except that when a young man he at one time worked in an auger shop in Hamden. He has amassed a com- fortable competence. In church matters he and his wife have taken an active part, and he served as deacon for years in Whitneyville Congregational Church, and for almost sixty-four years taught a class in Sabbath school, only giving up that work when his hearing became defective. In 1867 he was made a life member of the American Board of Foreign Missions. Mrs. Humiston began teach- ing a class in Sabbath-school when she was little more than sixteen years old, and continued until about 1900 (about sixty-five years). Mr. and Mrs. Humiston have always been great workers in the church, and they took active part in the choir, the former singing bass and the latter alto for many years. Their example has ever been a worthy one, and their influence ever the best. While they have no children of their own, their home has sheltered several young people, Col. H. A. Tyler, of Hart- ford, Conn., lived for several years with them, until his enlistment as a young man in the Civil war. Mr. Humiston and his wife have lived together over fifty-eight years, and in their quiet lives, full of happiness and good works, have shown a per- fect picture of caim content. In politics Mr. Humis- ton is a Republican, but has never aspired for honors in politics. No more highly respected old people reside in the town.

REV. CHARLES PAGE. To the early Colon- ial families are due the credit and praise for the evi- dences of thrift and prosperity to be seen on every hand. Their industry, frugality and undaunted zeal changed this once wooded and desolate coast to a land of abundance, dotted with prosperous homes, public schools and churches. The wonderful trans- formation was accomplished by the class of our early settlers brought up to the idea that labor and re- ligion should go hand in hand. Our Colonial fam- ilies instilled these views into the minds of their children, and to-day the good results of their efforts are most apparent. To no family in New Haven county can we point as better examples of this desirable colonizing class than the Pages, com- bining as they do willingness to carve out success for themselves with true religious principles.

From the Probate Records (Vol. II) we learn that George Page, a Christian gentleman, emigrated from England and came to America, soon taking up his permanent location at Branford, Conn. In 1667

he, with a number of others, signed an agreement to build a Congregational church, and two years later the building was completed. His marriage to Sarah Linsley, daughter of John Linsley, took place soon after they crossed the ocean, and the many good qualities of heart and mind that she possessed, coupled with those of her husband, have been handed down through generations, making their descendants desirable citizens, good neighbors and true friends. Mrs. Page died in 1695, when still in the prime of life. In another of the records we find that George Page made his will in 1689, and that it was probated the same year, thus giving posi- tive assurance that his death occurred in that year. His children were Sarah, born in 1666; Samuel, 1670 ; George, 1672; Jonathan, 1675 ; Hannah, 1677; Nathaniel, 1679; Daniel, 1683 ; and John, 1684. .

Daniel Page, son of George, was but six years old when his father died, and like many was thrown upon his own resources at an early age. When a young man he located in North Branford, where he purchased land and engaged in farming. He be- came one of the representative citizens of the town, was a deacon of the Congregational Church, served as selectman about 1727, and also as one of the grand jurors. He was married Feb. 3, 1710, to Hannah Johnson, and died April 17, 1766. Their children were Prudence, born in 1711; Hannah, 1713; Daniel, 1715 (died in 1716) ; Abraham, 1717; Mary, 1719; Daniel (2), 1724; Martha, 1727; Eph- raim, 1730; and Sarah, 1732.

Daniel Page, Jr., son of Daniel, was born in North Branford, and remained there until 1776, when he moved to Bare Plain, in the southwestern part of the town. There he died July 4, 1779, just three years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and while the war for freedom was still raging. He served as constable from 1755 to 1759 ; selectman from 1763 to 1777 ; and represented his town in the Legislature for eight terms. On Feb. 13, 1749, he married Dinah Baldwin, daugh- ter of Israel Baldwin, and to them came the follow- ing named children: Esther, born in 1749 (died in 1751) ; Dinah, 1752; Esther, 1754; Daniel, 1757; Mary, 1759; Lois, 1763; Tryphena, 1766; and Ben- jamin, 1769.

Benjamin Page, son of Daniel, Jr., was born Oct. 18, 1769, and died Nov. 29, 1851. He was twice married. On May 16, 1798, he wedded Lois Ford, who died June 25, 1810, and for his second wife he married Mary Hurd, who died Aug. 15, 1852. By the first union there were six children, whose names and dates of birth were as follows: Esther, July 1, 1799; Daniel, Feb. 24, 1801 ; Lois, Nov. 24, 1802; Phoebe A., Nov. 25, 1804 ; Benjamin, Aug. 11, 1806; and Selina, July 30, 1808. The children by the sec- ond marriage were Mary, born in 1815; Judson, born in 1816; Daniel and others who died in in- fancy; and Darwin, born in 1822. The father of this numerous family was a man of considerable prominence in his day and neighborhood. He had received some advantages in the way of education,

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and by reading and observation he added greatly to his fund of useful information. His merits were evidently appreciated by his neighbors and friends, as he was called upon to serve as justice of the peace for forty years, as a member of the Legislature two terms; and as town clerk one year. He was an ac- tive worker as well as member of the Congregational Church, and like his ancestors was a Democrat in political views.

Benjamin Page, Jr., son of Benjamin, and father of our subject, was married in Meriden, Conn., Oct. 20, 1836, to Sarah E. Merriam, who was born Feb. 8, 1816, and died May 12, 1887; he died July 16, 1876. He was an earnest and consistent member of the Congregational Church. and Mrs. Page united with the Episcopal Church. Mr. Page was a strong Democrat in politics. He was prominently identified with public affairs, filled various local offices, and served as town clerk and justice of the peace for twenty-three years each. In his family were five children : John M., born Feb. 14, 1838, is engaged in the hardware business in Naugatuck, and has served as a member of the General Assem- bly ; Charles, our subject, is next in order of birth ; Benjamin, born Sept. 4, 1840, is in the insurance and real estate business in Meriden, and has served two terms as mayor of the city; Martha E., born Feb. 25, 1845, is the wife of T. A. Smith, of North- ford; and Robert, born July 5, 1846, is a farmer of North Branford.

Charles Page was born May 21, 1839, in North Branford, where he grew to manhood, and his pri- mary education was obtained in the district school of the neighborhood. Later he attended the Meri- den high school and the Guilford Institute; spent one winter at the State Normal School; and for three years was a student at Yale Divinity School, New Haven. Previous to entering the Divinity School he engaged in school teaching five years in his native town, one each in Branford and Walling- ford, and two in New Haven. He has always owned farm property in North Branford, but has devoted his time to other pursuits, and has only superin- tended the operation of his land.

In Guilford, April 22, 1863, Mr. Page married Miss Elbertine A. Dudley, a daughter of Luther F. and Eliza ( Buck) Dudley. The father was a tanner by trade, but followed farming in later life. He was born in North Guilford March 7, 1814, and died May 22, 1876, while his wife, born Feb. 22, 1816, died May 24, 1897. Mrs. Page was born June 11, 1841, and is the second in order of birth in a family of four children: Lois R., born Oct. 27, 1839, is the wife of George Ford, of North Branford ; Mary A., born May 17, 1843, is the wife of W. P. Niles, of New Haven ; and Fannie E., born April 9, 1855, married A. L. Rice, of New Haven, and died Aug. 12, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Page have three children: Charles A., born Feb. 12, 1865, be- gan railroad work in 1884, and since 1890 has been a conductor on the New York, New Haven & Hart-

ford Railroad ; Edson C., born May 21, 1868, mar- ried Sylvia L. Gates, and now superintends the operation of his father's grist and saw mill in North Branford (they have one child, Genevieve Ge- nevra, born March 3, 1900) ; and May C., born Aug. 1, 1870, is the wife of Jolin R. Merrick, post- master of Totoket, North Branford, and has four children-Elbertine A., born Dec. 12, 1893; Velma A., Jan. 12, 1896; Jonathan Lucius, March 11, 1899; and a daughter, Jan. 1, 1902.

The Republican party finds in Mr. Page a stanch supporter of its principles, and his fellow citizens recognizing his worth and ability have often called him to public office. He has served as town clerk for the past thirty years; town treasurer for the same time; justice of the peace for a number of years; and representative in 1874 and 1901. On Sept. 30, 1885 he was licensed to preach as a minis- ter of the Congregational Church, was ordained Feb. 13, 1894, and is now pastor of the church at Foxon. His life has been manly, his actions sincere, his manners unaffected, and his example is well worthy of emulation.

HENRY WARREN, president of the Butler & Lyman Land Co., and a director of the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co., is one of the most respected citizens of Meriden.

Mr. Warren was born Sept. 17, 1837, in Water- town, Litchfield Co., Conn., a son of Alanson and Sarah M. ( Hickox) Warren, and is a descendant of one of the oldest families in England, as well as America. We give the complete genealogy from the Earl of Normandy and the daughter of William the Conqueror: (1) William de Warenne, Earl of Normandy, who died in 1088, married Gundred, youngest daughter of William the Conqueror. (2) William de Warren, second Earl of Warren and Surry-Isabel. (3) Reginal Warren-Adelia de Mowbray. (4) William Warren-Isabel de Hay- den. (5) Sir John Warren-Alice de Townsend. (6) John Warren-Joan de Post. (7) Sir Ed- ward Warren-Maude de Skeyton, 1327. (8) Sir Edward Warren-Cicely de Eaton. (9) Sir John Warren-Agnes de Wynnington. (10) Sir Law- rence Warren (born 1394)-Margery Bulkley. (II) John Warren (born 1414)-Isabel Stanley. ( 12) Sir Lawrence Warren-Isabel Leigh. (13) William Warren-Anne (14) John War-

ren (died 1523)-Elizabethi. (16) Christopher Warren (17) (15) John Warren William Warren-Anne Marble. (18) Christo- pher Warren-Alice Webb.

(19) Richard Warren-Elizabeth Janette Marslı, came from Greenwich. England, on the "May- flower," to Plymouth, Mass .. in 1620. Richard died at Plymouth in 1628. and his widow died in 1673. Children : Nathaniel, Mary, Joseph, Anne, Sarah, Elizabeth and Abigail. (20) Nathaniel Warren- Sarah Walker, married November, 1645; Nathaniel died in 1667, his widow in 1700. Children: Rich-

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ard, Jabez, Sarah, Hope, Jane, Elizabeth, Alice, Mercy, Mary, Nathaniel, John and James. (21 ) Richard Warren - -; Richard died in Middle- boro, Mass., 1697. Children: John, Samuel and James. (22) Jolin Warren-(1) Naomi Read, (2) Anne Read; John died in Middleboro, Mass .. 1768. Children : James, Nathaniel, Nehemiah, John, Na- omi and Anne. (23) James Warren and Abigail Thomas, of Woodbridge, Conn., were married in July, 1744. They lived in New Haven and Wood- bridge, Conn. Abigail died in Watertown, Conn., Sept. 13, 1800. Children : Jason, born Feb. 20, 1745 ; Sarah, born Feb. 1, 1746, married a Mr. Tuttle, Catskill, N. Y .; Rachel, born July 4, 1749, married John Russell; Abigail, born June 3, 1752, married James Pritchard; Nathaniel. born Jan. 15, 1755, married Susannah Johnson and Mary Wedge ; Je- mima, born Oct. 15, 1758, married a Mr. Hosford, Putney, Vt. : Edward, born Sept. 18, 1761, married Mary Steele; Richardson. (24) Edward Warren- Mary Steele. Edward Warren, born Sept. 18, 1761, served in the Revolutionary war, was drowned in Naugatuck river Dec. 10. 1814. Mary Steele died in Watertown, Feb. 26, 1849, aged eighty-five years. Children : Isaac ; Mary, who died March 20, 1863, aged seventy-eight, married Parmelee Richards, who died Dec. 6, 1860, aged eighty years .; Lewis married Susan Judd ; Lyman, who died March 4, 1860, aged seventy, married Abigail J. Allen, who died Sept. 17, 1885, aged eighty-six years, nine months; Sheldon, who died Nov. 21, 1825, aged thirty-two, married Clarenda Welton, who died Oct. 17, 1821, aged twenty-four, and (second) Ann Mead, who died Nov. 13, 1883, aged eighty-eight years ; Alanson, born May 10, 1796, died Oct. 20, 1858, aged sixty-two years; Truman, who never married, died Jan. 10, 1822, aged twenty-two, and was buried in Darien. Georgia.

Alanson Warren, father of Henry, was reared to manhood in his native town, where he became en- gaged in the manufacturing business. He was a man of progress and enterprise, and was foremost in everything for the benefit of his town and its people. He was one of the first members of what is now the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co., in 1848 becoming a partner of Nathaniel Wheeler and George P. Woodruff, under the firm name of Warren, Wheeler & Woodruff. They engaged in the manufacture of metallic articles, and Mr. Wheeler was the manager of the business. Early in the year 1850 Mr. Warren formed a partnership with Messrs. Wheeler, Wilson & Woodruff, under the style of the Wheeler & Wilson Co., as mant- facturers of sewing machines. He died Oct. 20, 1858, and was buried in Watertown. He was a Whig and Republican in political faith. Mr. War- ren married Sarah M. Hickox, who died April 20, 1866, aged sixty-seven years. They had eight chil- dren, viz .: Belinda, who married George P. Wood- ruff, and, for her second husband. Owen B. King; Truman A. ; David Hard, who married Louisa Bron-

son ; Sarah, who married Tracy J. Bronson ; Charles A .; Henry; Mary, who died unmarried; and Alan- son.

Henry Warren grew to manhood in Watertown. and like his father became interested in manufac- turing and similar enterprises. He is president of the Butler & Lyman Land Co., of Meriden, and a director of the Bridgeport Wood Finishing Co., and is also interested in other concerns in New Haven and Meriden. Personally Mr. Warren is a man of domestic tastes and genial disposition, well-read, and endowed with more than ordinary intelligence. Politically he is a Republican. He worships at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, of which his wife and daughter are members. On May 5, 1868, in Meri- den, Mr. Warren married Josephine Griswold Ly- man, daughter of Hon. William Worcester Lyman, and one child, Etta Lyman, blessed this happy union. She began her education in Meriden and graduated at Mrs. Sylvanus Reed's school, New York. Like her mother, she has artistic tastes, and is a quite skillful performer on the violin, mandolin and piano. She is also a vocalist. Miss Warren re- ceived instruction on the violin under Michael Banner, of New York, and Prof. Milche, of Wall- ingford. She is a young lady of refinement and cul- ture, much devoted to her parents and they to her, and their home is one of the happiest in Meriden. Mrs. Warren attended school in Meriden, also at Mrs. Edwards' school in New Haven, and received thorough instruction in both vocal and instrumental music under the following masters: Prof. Rivarde. Tamaro, Ritzo, Bristol, and Madame Torry, of New York. She possesses a beautiful voice, and has been a member of St. Andrews choir. She is a lady of character and culture, and presides over her beautiful home with ease and grace, dispensing a charming hospitality to the many who enjoy the friendship of the family.

Ashbel Griswold, the foster father and uncle by marriage of the late Mrs. Lyman, mother of Mrs. Henry Warren, was one of Meriden's grand old men. He was born April 4, 1784, at Rocky Hill. Hartford Co., Conn., where he grew to manhood. He learned the blacksmith's trade there with Capt. Danforth, and at the age of twenty-four came to Meriden, and soon after started in business at Tracy, engaging in the manufacture of tea pots and similar articles, from block tin. He contin- ued this until 1842, when he retired. He built a home on what is now Britannia street, near the home of Mrs. William Lyman, about 1810. He was a member and warden of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Griswold represented his town in the State Leg- islature in 1831 and 1847, and was justice of the peace for several years. For a number of years he was president of the Meriden Bank, and he was known universally as an honest, upright man in all dealings. He died May 30, 1853, and is buried in Meriden. Mr. Griswold married Lucy Frary, daughter of James Frary, and after her death

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wedded Ann ( Hall), widow of Andrew Lyman and mother of William Worcester Lyman, father of Mrs. Warren.

PAUL CHEESEBOROUGH SKIFF, M. D .. a leading physician of New Haven, for forty years has been actively engaged in the practice of his pro- fession in that city, and has risen to eminence in his chosen work. The good opinion of his fellow citizens is his to a marked degree, and he is a typi- cal representative of one of the sturdy families of old New England, whose coming to this continent was but a little after the landing of the Pilgrim fathers.

Dr. Skiff was born Oct. 4, 1828, at the old fami- ily homestead in the town of Kent, Litchfield county. now his own property. This home antedates by at least a decade the breaking out of the war of the Revolution, and it has sheltered several generations of this name through a period of 134 years. Dr. Skiff is a son of Luther and Hannah ( Comstock ) Skiff, a descendant in the seventh generation from James Skiff ( who is the ancestor of all the Skiffs in America), of Plymouth, Mass., where he is on record as early as 1636, and later at Lynn, and then at Sandwich, which was founded by settlers from Lynn in 1637, including himself. For thirteen years, counting from 1645, James Skiff represented this town in the Colonial Legislature; and his son Stephen, beginning with 1676, also performed the same function for many years. The Doctor's line of descent is through Nathan. Stephen, Nathan (2), Nathan (3), and Luther Skiff.

Nathan Skiff, the son of James, was born in 1645, was married to two wives, Mary Chipman. daughter of John Chipman, of Barnstable, and Ruth (surname not known).

Stephen Skiff, son of Nathan, married Elizabeth Hatch, and in 1720 settled in what is now Tolland, Connecticut.

Nathan Skiff (2), son of Stephen, born in 1718, was married in 1741 to Thankful Eaton. They set- tled in the town of Kent. Litchfield county, where they occupied for a time the log cabin, which gave way in 1766 to the frame house noted above.

Nathan Skiff (3), son of Nathan (2), was born in 1751, and was married to Abigail Fuller, and nine children were born of this union. Nathan Skiff (3) served in the Revolutionary army under Capt. Abraham Fuller. He responded to the call for the defense of New York in 1776, and helped defend Danbury, which was raided by Gen. Tryon in 1777. His wife, Abigail Fuller, was a daughter of Zechariah and Abigail ( Hubbell) Fuller, the former a son of Joseph and Lydia ( Day) Fuller. Joseph Fuller was one of the original grantees and incorporators of the township of Kent, to which he came from East Haddam in 1738: he was a son of John and Mehitable ( Rowley ) Fuller, and a grandson of Samuel Fuller and Jane, a daughter of the Rev. John Lathrop, of Scituate. The last

named couple were married, by Capt. Miles Stand- ish. Samuel Fuller, with his father, Edward, and his uncle, Dr. Samuel Fuller, were among the Pil- grim fathers, who crossed in the "Mayflower."

Luther Skiff, son of Nathan (3), and the father of Dr. Skiff, was born Oct. 4, 1793, and he died Feb. II, 1856. On April 8, 1818, he was married to Hannah Comstock, and they had eleven chil- dren : Elijah, Mary Ann, Edward, Peter, Paul C., Helen, Hannah J., Giles, Samuel A., Margaret and Mira.

Mrs. Hannah (Comstock) Skiff was the daugh- ter of Peter and Hannah ( Platt) Comstock, and a granddaughter of Eliphalet and Sarah ( Pratt) Comstock. Eliphalet Comstock was a son of Daniel, Jr., and grandson of Daniel Comstock, Sr., who were both among the incorporators of Kent. Dan- iel Comstock, Sr., was the son of Christopher Com- stock, who came to Fairfield from England in 1661.

Mrs. Hannah ( Platt ) Comstock was a daughter of Judge Zephaniah Platt and Hannah Davis, of Plattsborough, N. Y. Judge Zephaniah Platt was the son of Captain Zephaniah Platt. who was a son of Jonas and Hannah (Saxton ) Platt, of Hunting- ton, L. I., the former a son of Capt. Ephenetus Platt and his wife, Phoebe Wood. Capt. Ephenetus Platt was a son of Richard Platt, the emigrant, who came to New Haven in 1638, and settled in Milford. Thus it will be seen that of the early settlers and old families in Kent, Dr. Skiff's ancestors include branches of the Comstock and Fuller line, also the Hubbell, Platt and Pratt families.

Dr. Skiff was reared on the old homestead in Kent after the usual manner of the times. He at- tended the neighboring schools and the Kent Acad- emy until fifteen years of age, when an opportunity for better educational privileges was presented by an aunt (Mrs. Roderick Bissell), who lived on the Western Reserve in Ohio. For four and a half years Dr. Skiff lived with her at Austinburg, Ohio, and attended the Grand River Institute. For two years of that time he had as a roommate John Brown, Jr., of Harper's Ferry fame. Dr. Skiff had intended to enter Hudson College on the Western Reserve, but owing to the illness of an older brother, he was needed at home to take charge of the farm. For a time he worked there and was able to teach school during the winter season. Deciding upon the study of medicine he, in 1850, entered Yale Medical School, from which he was gradu- ated in 1853. Subsequently he passed two years in the Jefferson Medical College in Phila- delphia, and following this. the young doctor located in New Haven, which has continued to be the scene of his professional labors to the present time. The year he settled here it was his privilege to meet and renew his acquaintance with young Brown, who was temporarily a resi- dent of the city, in company with his father ; they were then planning that enterprise which resulted so disastrously at Harper's Ferry.

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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 2, Part 4

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1902 Publisher: Chicago, J.H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1010

Author: Beers (J.H.) & Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: Chicago, J.H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1010