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After his return home Mr. Rogers worked at his trade with the Charles Parker Co. until the form- ing of the firm of Rogers & Bros., of which he be- caine a member. The first plating room established was superintended by him for fifteen years. A full account of this interesting and historic company is found elsewhere. Mr. Rogers began life as a poor boy, worked hard from early youth, and acquired his education as best he could. His manly character,
While in New York Wilbur F. Rogers was fired with patriotic fever of the hour, and joined the mob in its attack on the New York Daybook, a paper then supposed to be in sympathy with the South. At that time all the newspaper offices were compelled to make a display of the American flag. On the day following President Lincoln's first call for troops Mr. Rogers put down his name and was mustered | honor, integrity and genial disposition have secured
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for him the confidence of his employers and the respect of the public.
In 1895 Mr. Rogers was elected alderman on the Republican ticket from the Fourth ward and served four years, druing which time he was ap- pointed chairman of several important committees. While a Republican, he is not a politician, and only consented to serve the city because it seemed to him a duty he owed his neighbors. A public-spirited man, he takes pride in the service he has been able to render his friends and neighbors. Mr. Rogers and his family belong to the First Methodist Church, in which he is a member of the official board, a steward and teacher in the Sunday-school. He be- longs to the Army and Navy Club, of Connecticut, the Sons of the American Revolution and is a char- ter member of the Pacific Lodge, No. 87. I. O. O. F., at Meriden, in which he has passed all the chairs. As might be expected, judging from his fine militarv record, Mr. Rogers takes much interest in the for- tunes of the G. A. R., holding membership in Mer- riam Post, No. 8, at Meriden, and has filled all the offices up to and including State commander. In 1880 he was appointed aide-de-camp on the staff of National Commander-in-Chief Wagner. In 1886 he filled the office of inspector of the Department of Connecticut, and was a delegate to the National En- campment held at St. Louis. In 1891 he was hon- ored by election to the office of junior vice comman- der and was promoted to senior vice commander of the Department at the Encampment held at Dan- bury in 1892. In 1893 he was elected department commander at Willimantic. During his army days Mr. Rogers was never off duty, wounded or sick in the hospital through his entire term. and these quali- ties of rugged health and hardihood have made his assistance in the G. A. R. very valuable. He agrees never to ask the government for a pension or any other favor for his services in the war.
Mr. Rogers is domestic in his tastes and has a fine home, beautifully located on Akron street, where he displays alike the qualities of a devoted husband. thoughtful and kind father, a good citizen and an abstemious and upright man. Mr. Rogers and Miss Mary J. Corbin were married Jan. 1. 1867. She is a daughter of the late Hezekiah H. Corbin, and be- longs to one of the oldest families in New England. whose ancestral history runs far back into the annals of old England.
The name of Corbin appears on the rolls of the armor-bearers of Suffolk and other English coun- ties as early as 1272. They came from Normandy, where the family is mentioned in 1180. The first of the family to come to this country was Robert Corbin, who came from England, settling in the Casco Bay territory, near Portland, Maine, and "Corbyn Sound" perpetuates his name. James Cor- bin, born at Roxbury, Mass., in 1667, is supposed to be a remote ancestor of Mrs. Rogers. He married Hannah Eastman in 1687, and among their children
was one Philip, who married Dorothy Barstow, in 1731. Among their children was Lemuel, who married a lady from Dudley. Their son, Philip, who married Rody Healey, was the father of Philip Corbin, Jr. He married Lois Chaffee, and became the father of Hezekiah H. Corbin and the grand- father of Mrs. Rogers.
Hezekiah H. Corbin was born Nov. 29, 1821, and by his industrial activity, commercial genius and high manliness made his name an important element in the history of New Britain, to which point he came in the early forties. In 1866 he en- tered into partnership with T. W. Loomis and en- gaged in the manufacture of paper boxes. This partnership came to an end at the expiration of about a year, and Mr. Corbin and his son, Frank E., joined their energies and built up a large box manu- facturing business under the name of H. H. Cor- bin & Son. In 1890 Frank E. Corbin retired from the business and was succeeded by his brother, Wil- lis P. Hezekiah H. Corbin died Nov. 6, 1897, and left the memory of a good man. a straightforward and reliable person in the business world and a genial companion and obliging neighbor. He was married Feb. 16. 1844. in the town of Willington, to Maria B. Ryder, a daughter of Byers and Abi- gail (Eldridge) Ryder, and born in Westford, Jan. 6, 1825. To this union were born four children : Mary Jane, born at Willington, June 13, 1845, is the wife of Wilbur F. Rogers, of Meriden. Frank Eugene was born at Hartford, Dec. 13, 1849. Homer Montrose, born Hampden, Ohio, died Oct. 13, 1853. Willis P., born in New Britain, Feb. 20, 1856, since the death of H. H. Corbin has been in entire charge of the immense box manufacturing business already mentioned. Hezekiah H. Corbin was a man of much intelligence and wide reading. As a leader in the Advent Church he was known throughout the State, and was one of the principal organizers of the church of that faith in New Britain.
Mrs. Wilbur F. Rogers is a lady of refinement, of wide information and is a very enthusiastic ad- vocate of the cause of woman suffrage. Though domestic in her tastes, she takes a deep interest in matters of local interest, and for several years has been president of the Meriden Political Equality Club, which she helped to organize. She was elected a member of the high school committee of Meriden, and was chairman of the board several years, en- joying the distinction of being the first woman elected to such a position in the State. Mrs. Rogers was a graduate of the high school and the State Normal School at New Britain, and for several years was a teacher in the schools of Meriden. As a wife and mother she is all that could be desired, and in her home the utmost happiness and content- ment prevail. In the First Methodist Church she is, and has been for several years, the efficient presi- cent of the Ladies Aid Society. She is a prominent member of Susan Carrington Clark Chapter, D. A.
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R., of Meriden. A great reader and well posted on all the issues of the day, her words command atten- tion, and her conversational powers are marked.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers has been brightened by three children: (1) Zuła Elizabeth, born Sept. 21, 1874, graduated from the · Meriden high school and from the Wesleyan University, in Middletown, with the degree of B. S., in 1898; then becoming a teacher, she taught at Bordentown a year, and is now one of the force of instructors con- nected with the high school at Meriden, though at the present time abroad on a trip through Europe. She pursued post-graduate courses at Harvard and Yale, is a student of microscopy and a linguist of no mean ability, reading and speaking readily the French, German, Italian and other foreign tongues. She is a young woman of exceedingly modest char- acter. (2) Burton Cephas is a graduate of the Mer- iden high school, and for two years was a student at the Wesleyan University. but met with a foot- ball accident which prevented him from completing the course. For a time he was shipping clerk for C. Rogers & Bro., and is now at Danbury as director and secretary of the Russell-Tomlinson Electric Co. A young man of ability and promise, he is popular in the circles in which he moves, where his worth and modest character are known and approved. (3) Howard Wilson, born Dec. 27, 1870, died May 30, 1883.
The Rogers family, to which Wilbur F. Rogers belongs, is traced back to John Rogers, the mar- tyr, who was born in 1505. James Rogers, the first of the family in America claiming to be a de- scendant of John Rogers, the martyr, brought over the latter's Bible, which is now in Alfred University, in New York. James Rogers was born in 1615 in England, and came to America in 1635, making the voyage in the ship "Increase" from London. He made his home in Stratford, Conn., and there mar- ried Elizabeth Rowland. a daughter of Samuel Row- land. They afterward removed to New London, where he died in 1688. Their family consisted of the following children : Samuel. who married Mary Stendon : Joseph, who married Sarah Will- iams; John, who married Elizabeth Griswold, a daughter of Mathew Griswold; Bethsheba, who married Richard Smith and Samuel Fox. respect- ively ; James, who married Mary Jordan. a daughter of Jefferson Jordan : Jonathan, who married Naomi Benedict ; and Elizabeth, the wife of Samuel Bebee.
James Rogers, son of James, was born in Mil- ford, Feb. 15, 1652, married Mary Jordan in 1673, and died in 1713. To him and his wife were born : James, who married Elizabeth Harris: Mary, who married Thomas Prentiss; Elizabeth, who married Samuel Rogers, son of Joseph Rogers; Sarah, who married Jonathan Haynes, and on his death became the wife of Stephen Gorton; Samuel. who died young ; Jonathan, who died in 1714; Richard, who . married Mary Raymond, a daughter of Joshua and
Mercy Raymond; William, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Harris.
James Rogers, eldest son of James, was born Feb. 2, 1674, and married Elizabeth Harris. He made his home on Town Hill, near New London, where he owned a windmill. Mrs. Rogers died in 1713, when he removed to Norwalk, Conn., and there died in 1733. Freelove, daughter of Stephen Hurl- butrt, who became his second wife, died in 1739, at the age of forty-six years. James Rogers was the father of the following children: Edward; James; Jedediah; Uriah; Mary, who married Jonathan Chester ; Nehemiah; Stephen; Moses; and Aaron.
James Rogers, second son of James, was born Aug. 20, 1704, and married Mary, daughter of Peter Harris. They had the following family: Samuel married Love Richards; Peter married Grace Rog- ers ; Ichabod married Ruth Shapley; Mary married John Griffin ; Edward ; Uriah married Mary Howell (their son, Dr. Howell Rogers, settled in Colches- ter, Conn.) ; Jeremiah married Mary James ; James ; Elizabeth married Robert Manwarring, the grand- father of Miss Calkins, the historian of New Lon- don.
Ichabod Rogers was born in February, 1728, and in 1751 married Ruth Shapley, daughter of Adam Shapley. Mr. Rogers was a seafaring man, and was widely known throughout the colonies. To him and his wife were born: Benjamin ; Rebecca, who married D. Lathrop; Ichabod ; and Ruth.
Ichabod Rogers (2), born in 1754, in 1778 mar- ried Mary Hall, daughter of John and Susan (Hobbs) Hall, and they had the following family: Nancy, Mrs. Silsby; Ichabod (3) ; Mary, who mar- ried Nathaniel Middleton ; Sarah, who married John Kibbe; Seabury, who married Betsey Daniels ; Eliz- abeth, who married John Hanley; and Esther, wife of Thomas Riley. Ichabod Rogers (2) served as a soldier in the Continental forces during the Revolu- tionary war, and in his time was a prominent citizen.
Ichabod Rogers (3), son of Ichabod and Mary Rogers, was born Sept. 2. 1781, in New London, in that quarter of the town that was locally known as Hog Neck, and is now Winthrop Neck. In 1801 he married . Rhoda Blakeslee Southworth, born March 18. 1785, in Deep River, daughter of William and Rhoda ( Blakeslee) Southworth. Mr. Rogers served in the war of 1812 at Fort Saybrook. Most of his life was spent at Deep River, where he died in 1843. His children were: President Merritt, born April 29, 1802, married Harriet M. Tryon ; Ruel Chaun- cey, born Nov. 25, 1803, married Susannah Bailey ; Elam Hervey, born Jan. 19. 1805 : Asher, born Sept. 29, 1807, died June 11, 1808: Artemas, born Jan. I, 1809, died young : Achsah, born July 27, 1810, died April 28. 1842: Rhoda Blakeslee, born March 1I, 1811, married Jeremiah Jones Tryon, and died Nov. 23, 1828; Julius Chapman, born July 28, 1813, died June 25, 1818: Betsey, born Dec. 15, 1815, died April 20, 1841 ; Lucinda, born Oct. 23, 1817, died
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Feb. 18, 1876; Julia Augusta, born Jan. 2, 1819, mar- ried Frank N. D. Rogers : Julius W., born Nov. I, 1822, married Esther Culver Meigs, and on her death wedded Maria Howe; Mary Sophia, born April 13, 1827.
Elam Hervey Rogers, the third child of the above marriage, and the father of the Rogers brothers, was born in Middletown, married Elizabeth Ann Tryon, daughter of Jedediah and Belinda ( Jones) Tryon, of Old Saybrock, Conn., Nov. 16, 1826, and died March 13, 1881. Mrs. Rogers was born June II, 1807, and died Feb. 27, 1886. Their children were as follows: George Washington, born Ang. II, 1827; Hervey. Jan. 18, 1829: Watson Brewer, June 23, 1831 (lost at sea in 1856) : Cephas Brainard. Dec. 30, 1836; Gilbert. July 4. 1838; Wilbur Fisk, July 18, 1841 ( the subject of this article) ; Isabella Virginia (1), May 14, 1844 ( died March 21, 1846) ; Isabella Virginia (2), June 21. 1846 (married Eg- bert J. Young) ; Nathaniel Burton, July 6, 1848. The last named, who resides in Danbury, is the larg- est stockholder of the Russell-Tomlinson Electric Co. of that city.
NORRIS B. MIX, a prominent agriculturist and former ice dealer of Hamden, New Haven county, has all his life been one of the most public- spirited residents of his locality. He has taken an active and effective part in the public affairs of the community, its religious and political interests, and by a life of integrity has won the high esteem of all he has met, in whatever capacity.
Mr. Mix was born in Hamden Feb. 3, 1826, a son of Benjamin and Betsey ( Potter) Mix, the former of whom was born on the same farm. In their family were ten children, namely: Ethil P., who is now deceased; Grace, who married Alfred Haworth, and is now in her ninetieth year: Eliza. wife of George W. Bradley, of Hamden, aged eighty-five years ; Benjamin, who died in California ; Henry, who died in Hamden ; Dwight W., who re- sides on the old homestead; Frances B., widow of William Potter; Norris B .: James P., deceased ; and Rebecca, Mrs. Walter Nichols, deceased.
Norris B. Mix attended the common schools of his native town, and later the Lancasterian School in New Haven, and upon the home farm early be- came familiar with all the duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist. At the age of ten years he went to New Haven to live with Judge Dyer White, with whom he remained two years, and the following two years he clerked in the store of George Abbott, in Chapel street. New Haven. He next went to Westport to learn the tailor's trade, at which he worked for six months and then spent about five years at the cabinetmaker's trade. in the same place. Returning to New Haven at the end of that period, he worked in Chancy Jerom's clock fac- tory for two years, and was engaged in the shops of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad at that place for eleven years as a mechanic on wood
work. During the succeeding five years he was em- ployed as a carpenter in New Haven, and at the end of that time, November, 1863, came to Ham- den and purchased the farm on which he now lives at Shepherds Brook. In 1866 he embarked in the ice business, which he successfully carried on in connection with farming until March, 1900. He erected the ice house upon. his farm which he filled cach winter with ice from Shepherds Brook, which is fed by mountain springs. The ice being of a su- perior quality; found a ready sale in the market. For some years before our subject's retirement, the business was carried on under the firm name of N. Mix & Son.
On Sept. 13, 1849, Mr. Mix was united in mar- riage with Miss Maria N. Hendrick, who was born May 23, 1826, in New Haven, the daughter of Joel D. and Maria (McDuel) Hendrick, and sis- ter of ex-mayor A. C. Hendrick, of New Haven, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere. Mrs. Mix was one of nine children, and is the only daughter sur- viving. Mr. and Mrs. Mix have had six children, of whom three died in infancy. Those living are: (1) Arthur H., who was engaged in business with his father, resides in New Haven : he married Miss Minnie Rawling, of New Haven, and they have two children, Marion Rawling and Emelia Jepson. (2) Cora M. first married William Terrell. who died Nov. 16, 1896; she afterward married, Dec. 9. 1900, Lewis E. Wilcox, of New Haven; she had two children by her first union, Warren H. and Irene M. (3) Anna M. is the wife of Clarence Englehart, of Philadelphia, Pa. For over fifty-two years Mr. and Mrs. Mix have traveled life's jour- ney together, sharing its joys and sorrows, its ad- versity and prosperity, and on Sept. 13, 1899, they celebrated their golden wedding. The affair was one of the largest of the kind ever held in Hamden. and evidences of the esteem in which they are held were numerous. There are no more highly re- spected residents of the town than this venerable old couple, and now. in their declining years, they are surrounded by a large circle of friends and ac- quaintances who esteem them highly for their sterl- ing worth and many excellencies of character. Both are remarkably well preserved. Norris B. Mix is one of the best known citizens in his town. As a citizen and as a public official his record is clear, for he has been conscientious in all the relations of life. and his career has been a long, busy and helpful one. In his active period he was a most useful citi- zen. Mr. Mix affiliates with the Democratic party. but he has enjoyed the friendship and support of many not of his political faith. He was a member of the school board several years, first selectman of Hamden six years, and a member of the State Leg- islature in 1878, and again in 1879. For over half a century he has been a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of Day Spring Lodge, F. & A. M., of Hamden, hav- ing first joined Wooster Lodge, No. 79, of New Ha-
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TAKEN SOON AFTER THE CELEBRATION OF THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING.
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ven, in 1853: Franklin Chapter, No. 2; Harmony Council, No. 8; and New Haven Commandery, No. 2. On July 5, 1848, he joined City Lodge, No. 36, 1. C. O. F., of New Haven.
JAMES MINOTT AUGUR (deceased) be- longed to the old New Haven family of that name, which is of Huguenot descent. The earliest rep- resentatives of the family in the colony were Dr. Nicholas Augur, who appeared in 1640, his sister. Hester Coster, and brother, Robert. From the last named: the Augur family in this vicinity is de- scended.
(I) Robert Augur married Mary Gilbert Nov. 20, 1673. She was the daughter of Deputy Gov. Matthew Gilbert, who, from the settlement of the colony until his death, held a high position in the settlement. "From an early period. and for a long term of years, he was in civil affairs second only to Gov. Eaton. No name except that of Gov. Eaton appears more frequently in the records in connec- tion with important public business and high and difficult trusts than that of Matthew Gilbert." Of Robert Augur we know but little. In 1689 he was allotted lands on the east side of the town ( East Ha- ven). The tradition is that he moved to his lands in East Haven, and the destruction of the early rec- ords of that town accounts for the lack of informa- tion concerning him and his son, John.
( 11) John Augur, son of Robert, married Eliza- beth Bradley July 1, 1710. She was the daughter of Isaac Bradley, of East Haven, whose house is still standing and has lately been remodeled. "It was built of material obtained on the spot. viz .: Bould- ers of granite and trap rock, with mortar com- pounded of sand, clay and lime from shells burned and taken from the river and meadows close by. The interior is constructed from the neighboring forests, and to-day this colonial house stands forthi a remarkable example of the skill of the owner, who was a carpenter, a good architect and a most valu- able acquisition to the town."
(III) Abraham Augur, son of John, married May 21, 1746. Elizabeth Bradley, of Amity Parish ( Woodbridge). It seems a matter worthy of note that this man married a woman whose maiden name was the same as that of his mother. For a time he made his home in Amity with his father-in- law, Mr. Bradley; the cellar of the house in whicht they lived is still to be seen at the Old Oaks Cor- ner. About 1760 Abraham Augur moved to New Haven. He took an active part in the affairs of the town and was elected to many positions of honor and trust, serving on the committee of inspection in 1775, and in 1784. when the town became the city of New Haven, he was chosen one of the coun- cilmen. "Though many honorable and talented in- dividuals have been connected with the city govern- ment since then, there has probably never been a time when so many remarkable men were united in its various offices and boards, as was the case in
the first year of its operation. They will be rec- ognized as the principal men of New Haven at that period." Mr. Augur was one of the selectmen of the town for seven years. For twenty-five years he was deacon of what is now called the United Church. His family Bible, printed in 1752, is still in existence and cherished by some of his descend- ants. He was married twice, and raised a large family of children, most of whom were daughters. His daughter Lydia married Dr. Levi Ives in 1771 ; another daughter married Timothy Atwater ; and yet another married James Howell. Abraham Augur died May 31, 1798, and was laid to rest in the old burying ground upon the Green ; his tomb- stone was removed to the Augur lot in the Grove Street Cemetery.
(IV) Hezekiah Augur, son of Abraham, was born in 1750, and was a Revolutionary patriot. His trade, which he learned in the city of Boston, was that of joiner and carpenter. As a mechanic of ac- knowledged skill and talents he was often employed in forming the models and machinery of inventors. "Hezekiah Augur was a sensible and thoroughly practical man, respected for his virtues and excel- lence of character, as well as for his mechanical gen- ius and skill." His first wife, who was Susan Minot, of the famous Minot family, of Boston, died leav- ing no children. He then married Lydia Atwater, youngest child of James and Elizabeth ( Alling) At- water. Of their eight children one daughter mar- ried Eli Osborn, another Benjamin Thompson, and a third Joseph Barber, who was the first editor of the New Haven Register. Hezekiah Augur, Jr., the noted sculptor and inventor, was one of the sons of Hezekiah and Lydia Atwater. He devoted the leisure hours of his boyhood to the device of ma- chinery of various kinds : several articles constructed by him before he attained the age of twelve years. were procured by the proprietors of museums as curiosities. His father wished him to be a merchant, but he was not successful in trying to be what he could not be. His sole amusement was in carving. Prof. Morse urged him to change his wood for mar- bie carving, and he made a marble head of Washi- ington, a figure of Sappho, and a bust of Chief Jus- tice Ellsworth, which latter is now in the room of the Supreme Court at Washington. But his most elaborate work was the statuette group of Jephthan and his daughter, which is now in the Yale Art School. These are not copies of other statues. but wrought from an original conception, and are re- markable considering that their author had received no artistic education and practiced only wood carv- ing. In 1833 he was made an honorary member of the Alumni of Yale College. In point of time he may be called the first Connecticut sculptor. He was an inventor as well. and one of his most import- ant inventions was a machine for carving. He was the designer of the massive gateway at the entrance to the Grove Street Cemetery. The bronze medals of 1838, for the commemoration of the two hun-
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dredth anniversary of the settlement of New Haven, were his work. "He was a man of rare genius, peculiar temperament, and was religiously honest." The home of Hezekiah and Lydia Augur was at the junction of Whalley avenue and Goffe street, facing the Green on Broadway ; his shop was at the rear of the dwelling and faced on Whalley avenue. Some years ago the house was moved to Elm street, where it now stands next to Christ Church, and it is now ( 1901) owned and occupied by the church as a parish house. It bears the marks of British bullets, for Broadway was the battle ground at the time of the British invasion in 1779. Hezekiah Augur was one of the original members of the Sec- cnd Company, Governor's Foot Guards, and marched with that company under Capt. Benedict Arnold to. Boston in response to the Lexington Alarm. He also participated in the then famous and approved march of seventy-five young men from New Haven to New York city, under the leadership of "King Sears," to destroy the printing office of the Tory Worthington, whose pamphlets of seditious ut- terances were causing patriots much annoyance and alarm. The type was molded into bullets and re- turned to the British with interest. Mr. Augur died Nov. 7, 1818, after a long and painful illness. A copy of the Religious Intelligencer, under date of Jan. 2, 1819, preserved by the family, contains his obituary, which speaks of him as an exemplary Christian. He is buried in the Grove Street Ceme- tery.
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