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HENRY WHITNEY MUNSON, who is now living practically retired in Hamden, was for many years prominently identified with the business inter- ests of New Haven. He was born in Hamden, Feb. 4, 1835, and was given the name of Whitney in honor of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin.
Henry Munson, his father, was also a native of Hamden, born Jan. 29. 1807. He was a gun-smith by trade, employed in the gun factory of Mr. Whit- ney for some time. He made the first rolled solid steel gun-barrel, and invented a machine for keep- ing the barrels in proper position while drilling or boring out the same, which is now used by the gov- ernment and all gun makers. He never applied for a patent on this machine. Previous to its invention the successful drilling of gun-barrels was a long, tedious, and not infrequently unsuccessful process. The drill often, after entering the steel bar and following the mechanical center as was necessary, would swerve from the proper course and come out the side, or would follow a line on one side or other of the center, in each instance ruining the bar and wasting the operator's work. The value of this in-
vention is thus evidenced when it is considered that the machine which he devised not only made ac- curate drilling possible, but also gave the operator a positive knowledge of the location of the drill in the center of the long piece of steel. The fact that the machine is universally used to-day, and has been ever since its invention, about 1845, without prac- tically an improvement, goes to show that it origin- ated in the brain of a thorough mechanic. In those days patents were not so largely sought after, and Mr. Munson probably felt that he was sufficiently rewarded for his ingenuity, as his business of con- tractor in the gun shop was made much more profit- able by the efficiency of his invention. A patent on this device would have yielded him a fortune. In 1857 he embarked in the manufacture of coach and saddlery hardware in Temple street, New Haven, under the name of Munson, Morse & Co., also man- ufacturing wrenches, hammers, pistols, lathe clamps and other tools. In 1862 he returned to Hamden, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying March 21, 1893. Mr. Munson was one of the best known men of Hamden, and no man en- joyed the general respect of the people to any great- er extent than he did. He resided in Hamden for the quietude of country life, but though he owned farm land and had a good knowledge of agriculture, he was never a farmer. He built the house where he lived and died, and which our subject vet occu- pies. In the construction of this house he made thorcughness a special feature. as in everything else he undertook, and as a result it is still one of the most substantial houses in the town. Mr. Mun- son took great interest in the affairs of the town, and was ever ready to aid with his purse or in- fluence any movement of benefit ; he was equally ready to oppose any project that in his judgment had other motives. and he-was in every way a most valuable citizen. In politics he was a Democrat un- til the Civil war, when he claimed "the party left him" and he united with the Republicans to become one of their staunchest members and most efficient servants. He held almost every office in the gift of his townspeople, not from any desire for political preferment, but from his sense of duty as a citizen. He twice represented the town in the Legislature. During the war he was active in filling the town's quota of soldiers. Wherever the efforts of a good citizen were needed he could be found. He was one of the substantial members of Whitneyville Congre- gational Church, and an active member of the So- ciety, taking a foremost part in religious affairs. His good wife preceded him to the grave some years, and both are buried in Whitneyville cemetery. A self-made man in the fullest sense of that term. Mr. Munson left a grand name to posterity, and passed away at a ripe old age, after a well-spent and useful life. He lived to see his great-grandson, Lester Munson Shares. Henry Munson married Miss Jane Ford, a daughter of Squire Joel and Eunice Ford, of Hamden, and to them were born
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six children, namely: Henry Whitney, the eldest, is the only survivor. Gustavus B. died young from whooping cough. Robert P., who never married, was drowned in Guilford, Conn., when about forty- nine years old. Eunice L. married George H. Gor- ham, of Hamden, where she died leaving one son, Henry J. Catherine T. was twice married, her sec- ond husband being Cornelius. Warner; she died in Hamden leaving two children, Warren C., and Catherine T. Warner, twins. Mary T. married John H. Platt, of New Haven, and died at Sara- toga, N. Y., leaving no children.
Henry W. Munson spent his early life in the manner of most boys of his time. He attended pri- vate schools and completed his education in the old Temple, corner of Orange and Court streets, in New Haven, under the instruction of Prof. Mills. From boyhood he was handy with tools, seeming to inherit the mechanical skill of his father, and his practical training was almost entirely along me- chanical lines. At the age of twenty-one he became a stockholder in the concern of Munson, Morse & Co., New Haven. Four years later he removed to Bridgeport and entered the employ of the Win- chester Repeating Arms Co., remaining at that place until 1871. While there he did considerable con- tract work as a gun maker. He then returned to New Haven, and in 1871 was made superintendent of the gun department of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.'s plant at that place, which responsible position he most capably and acceptably filled until 1885. Since then he has done considerable contract work in New Haven, sprinkling the streets of the city for twelve years, but is now living retired, hav- ing by years of activity acquired sufficient capital to enable him to lay aside all business cares, and to spend his remaining days in ease and quiet. He was always a wide-awake, energetic business man, gen- erally carrying forward to successful completion whatever he undertook. His success in life has not consisted merely in amassing worldly possessions, but in doing at all times and doing well the duties, as he sees them, of a good citizen. Whatever trust he has held, has served only to bring forth the noble qualities of the man. Plain and approachable, suc- cess has not changed him personally. His capital in life when he began the struggle consisted only of his mechanical skill and energy, with which equip- ment he has won a position of affluence and respect- ability, and although his business affairs have de- manded much of his time, he has never shirked the duty of a generous citizen. Mr. Munson is a well preserved man, in mind and body. He has retired at an age when he is able to enjoy the fruits of a busy and much more than ordinarily successful life. He has a pleasant home in Hamden.
Mr. Munson was married, May 16, 1860, to Miss Lottie A. Thomas, a native of New Haven, born Sept. 3, 1838, daughter of Gen. Amos Thomas, a prominent officer in the Connecticut State militia. To this union two children have been born: Jennie
A. died at the age of six and a half years. Codie May, born Feb. 21, 1870, was married May 2, 1889, to John Orrin Shares, and they have one son, Lester Munson, born Jan. 16, 1892. They reside in Ham- den with our subject. Mr. Shares is a son of Horace P. and Charlotte (Ives) Shares, and is a prominent young manufacturer of Cheshire ; in 1897 he represented Hamden in the Connecticut Legis- lature, serving as clerk of the committee on roads, rivers and bridges.
In political sentiment Mr. Munson is a staunch Republican, and has served his town as selectman, and in 1885 was a member of the Legislature. Fra- ternally he is a member of Day Spring Lodge, No. 30, F. & A. M., of Hamden, and of the Knights of Honor, and religiously he has been an active mem- ber of Whitneyville Congregational Church for over twenty years, and a deacon of the same since about 1882. He is a man of exemplary habits, commend- able purpose and unbending integrity, and in all life's relations merits the confidence which is so freely accorded him.
WILLIAM G. GALLAGER, Messenger of the United States Senate, and one of Meriden's most respected citizens, was born in Newark, N. J., Aug. 9, 1846, of ancestors who were among the earliest settlers of New Jersey.
Jacob Gallager, the great-grandfather of Will- iam G., was a brave soldier in the war of the Revo- lution and lost his life at the battle of Germantown. His son, Jacob Gallager, made his home in Philadel- phia, where he married a daughter of Dr. J. Durang, a native of France, who had come to the United States in 1767 and later joined Gen. LaFayette; during the Revolutionary war he accompanied the army as surgeon. The Doctor's two sons, Ferdi- nand and Francis, participated in the war of 1812, and it was the former of these, Ferdinand Durang, who put the citizens of the United States under last- ing obligation to him, for he was the talented musi- cian who set to music the "Star Spangled Banner."
James Gallager, the father of William G., son of Jacob, and grandson of Jacob Gallager and Dr. Durang, was born in Philadelphia, where he grew to manhood and learned the trade of cooper. For the most part he was self-educated, but during his attendance at school he was a schoolmate of Ed- win Forrest, the actor. Later Mr. Gallager became a minister in the Universalist Church, and preached through Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut, while in Meriden holding his services in Odd Fel- lows Hall. From Meriden he removed to Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, and preached there a short time, but his useful career was ended at the early age of forty-six years; his remains were taken back to Newark and laid beside those of his wife in Fair- mont cemetery. His death deprived the world of a good man and an excellent citizen, who fulfilled every duty of life in a most exemplary manner.
Rev. James Gallager married for his first wife
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Frances Oliver, a daughter of Rev. D. Oliver. She died in 1847. To this union four children were born: Charles is a member of the firm of Tower & Lyon, Chamber street, N. Y .; Leona married B. S. Pelton, of Meriden, and is now deceased; Marie Louise died in 1896; and William G. is our subject. For his second wife James Gallager married Jane Brown, who resided with our subject, and died at his home; she is buried in West cemetery.
William G. Gallager removed to Ohio with his father, and after the latter's death returned to Meri- den, where he attended the common schools, much of his education being acquired in later life. At the age of fourteen years, he entered the Britannia shop of I. C. Lewis, and worked there for four years. During the Civil war, although still a youth, he responded to the call for defenders of the flag, in March, 1864, enlisting in Company F, 15th Conn. V. I., under Col. Upham and Capt. R. Waterman. He was transferred with other recruits to the 7th Regiment, and his discharge bears date August, 1865. Previous to his enlistment Mr. Gallager had attempted to join the army several times, but was rejected on account of his youth. Returning to work in the shop, for eleven years Mr. Gallager continued in the metal business, and then opened up a business of his own in partnership with George Pelton. The firm conducted same successfully for twenty years, dealing in meats in Meriden and vicin- ity, both partners gaining the high regard of the community on account of honest dealing. In 1896 Mr. Gallager retired from activity in the business.
Throughout his life Mr. Gallager has been an active Republican, and for many years has been a hard worker for the Republican party, both in local and national affairs, enjoying the full confidence of its best elements. In 1896 he was elected to the State Legislature, which body he served faithfully, being chairman of the committee on the Putnam Memorial, and also had the honor of presenting the name of Senator Platt for his fourth term in the U. S. Senate, to which he was unanimously elected. In 1900 he was appointed a Messenger of the United States Senate, which position he fills with ability.
In 1870 William G. Gallager was married in Meriden, to Clara E. Savage, a daughter of Elliott Savage, and to this union six children have been born : James P., a civil engineer, resides in Okla- homa; he married Effa Wickerson, of Meriden. Charles Durang is engaged in the meat and poultry business ; he married Lydia McCormick, of Meriden, and has one child, William Charles. Elliott Savage is in the United States navy. William died in in- fancy. Leona and Horace are at home. Mrs. Gallager possesses both domestic and social graces ; she is prominently identified with the Woman's Re- lief Corps. Mr. Gallager is a member and past commander of Meriden Post, G. A. R., and is also a member of the Royal Arcanum and the A. O. U. W. The religious connection of the family is with the Universalist Church. Mr. Gallager's standing
in this locality, whether in social or business cir- cles, is high, and he is justly regarded as a truly representative citizen.
GEORGE T. BRADLEY needs no introduction in the business world of New Haven. As a mem- ber for over twenty years of the firm of Benedict & Co., coal merchants, and in other important com- mercial relations, he has commanded a wide ac- quaintanceship in the city, and his reputation is without a blemish. Mr. Bradley has sustained the good name of his ancestors, who have been identi- fied with New Haven for many generations. We extract the following from a paper now in the pos- session of the subject proper of these lincs :
"William Bradley, who took the oath of fidelity in New Haven, Conn., in 1644, was the ancestor of this branch of the Bradley family. Tradition, con- firmed by research, according to the Hon. Charles WV. Bradley, who was at one time secretary of the State of Connecticut, and a resident of New Haven, states that William Bradley came from the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
"(I) William Bradley married Alice Prichard, daughter of Roger Prichard of Springfield, Mass., and Milford, Conn., Feb. 18, 1645. His will was recorded in the New Haven Records, Vol. II, page IIO. He died probably in 1690. She died, as it is thought, in 1692. They had issue: Joseph, bap- tized Jan. 4. 1646, died Jan., 1705; Martha, Oct., 1648, died Jan. 9, 1707; Abraham, born Oct. 24, 1650, died Oct. 19, 1718; Mary, born April 30, 1653, died Oct., 1724; (II) Benjamin, born April 8, 1657, died 1728; Esther, born Sept. 29. 1659, died Nathaniel, born Feb. 26, 1661, died Aug. 17, 1743; Sarah, born June 21, 1665.
"(II) Benjamin Bradley, called sergeant, mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of John Thompson, of New Haven, Oct. 29, 1677. She died Nov. 3, 1718. His will was recorded in the New Haven Probate Records in Vol. V, page 446. Their issue: Eliza- beth, born Sept. 1I, 1678; Sarah, born June 7, 1680; Hannah, born April 18, 1682; Susanna, born July IO, 1684; Mary, born April 15, 1687; Benjamin, born Oct. 1, 1692; Desire, born 'April 29, 1690; Abner, born March 6, 1695; (III) Caleb, born 1700.
"(III) Caleb Bradley married Dec. 30, 1731, Thankful Gilbert, of New Haven. He died prob- ably in 1783. Their issue: (IV) Jonah, born Oct. 26, 1732, died March 6, 1814; Elizabeth, born May 3, 1737, died Feb. 8, 1815; James, born Nov. 9, I739.
"(IV) Jonah Bradley married Aug. 12, 1759, Rachel, daughter of James Atwater, born April 26, 1737, died Oct. 2, 1809. Their issue: Caleb, born July 20, 1760; Lydia, born Dec. 29, 1761, died Oct. 12, 1847; Phebe, born Jan. 9, 1764; Esther ; Huldah; Betsey ; (V) Justus, born Jan. 20, 1772, died Dec. 28, 1857; Sarah.
"(V) Justus Bradley married April 12, 1797,
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Sarah, daughter of Ezekiel Hayes, born Dec. 28, 1777, died March 5, 1837. Their issue: Russell, born April 30, 1798; Justus, born April 21, 1800; Maria, born May 5, 1802; (VI) George Hayes, born ( 1. 31, 1804, died Oct. 4, 1880; Charles, born Nov. 4. 1806; Elizabeth R., born Nov. 14, 1808; Willian, born July 20, 1811 ; Sarah A., born Feb. 26, 1814; Jane C., born Sept. 28, 1816.
"(VI) George Hayes Bradley married, Oct. 7, 1840, Theodosia F., daughter of Samuel Daskam. Their issue: Charles Lewis, Helen Sophia, (VII) George Thomas, Henry Kelly, Samuel Justus, William Francis."
Of these, we know further that Justus Bradley, grandfather of George T., was a shoemaker by trade. George Hayes Bradley, the father of our subject, lived and died in New Haven. He was engaged in the boot and shoe business there and in Wilmington, N. C., in partnership with his brother Charles, the firm name being G. & C. Bradley, and they were manufacturers as well as retailers. They commanded a large trade in the South. Mr. Bradley was an Episcopalian in religious connection, and a Democrat in politics. His wife, who survived him a number of years, dying March 4, 1899, was a sis- ter of Col. Samuel Daskam, of Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn., and a daughter of Capt. Samuel Dask- am, who commanded a packet plying between Nor- walk and New York. Her mother, whose maiden name was Lucretia Fitch, was a great-grandniece of Thomas Fitch, who was governor of Connecticut from 1754 to 1766. Her grandfather Daskanı fought in the Revolution.
George T. Bradley was born Oct. 15, 1845, in New Haven, and grew to manhood in his native city, receiving his education in the Washington school, the Webster School and Dr. Thomas' Acad- emy, in St. John street. During the first three years of his business life he was in the employ of Daniel Trowbridge, in a general store, and continued thus with other firms for seven years longer, entering the coal business in 1870. in the office of H. W. Benedict & Co. On March 22, 1878, he became a member of what is now the firm of Benedict & Co. This house was first established in 1833, and has been in active business ever since, though the name has changed several times. Mr. Bradley has given his attention principally to the interests of this concern, but he has been prominently connected with numer- ous important business enterprises in the city of his residence, and, as a coal merchant. with firms in New York and Philadelphia, being a director in the Tradesman's National Bank : the Sterling Coal Co., of Philadelphia ; and the Powelton Barge Co .; of New York.
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On June 3, 1868. Mr. Bradley married Miss Emma Minor. Their children are Milton Hobart. Walter Minor and Mabel Daskanı. The family are Congregationalists in religious connection. In poli- tics lie is a Republican. Fraternally he unites with
Wooster Lodge, No. 79, F. & A. M .; Quinnipiac Lodge. I. O. O. F .; the Knights of Honor; the Union League ; and the Sons of the American Revo - lution.
The MINOR Family, of which Mrs. George T. Bradley is a member, was founded in America by Thomas Minor, who was born April 23, 1608, in England, and came to New England in 1630, with John Winthrop's company, settling at Pequot. He married Grace Palmer, and died in Stonington, Conn., Oct. 23, 1690.
. (II) Capt. John Minor, son of Thomas, moved to Stratford, Conn., and married Elizabeth Booth, of that place. He was born in 1634, and died in 1719.
(III) Ephraim Minor, born Oct. 24, 1675, died Sept. 16, 1762. He married Rebecca Curtiss.
(IV) Timothy Minor, son of Ephraim, born Dec. 10, 1702, died Nov., 1760. He married Elizabeth Judson.
(V) Seth Minor, son of Timothy, born Nov. 23, 1733, died Nov. 4. 1820. He married Eunice Root. (VI) Adoniram Minor, son of Seth, was born in Woodbury, Conn .. Dec. 3, 1763, and died April 21, 1847. He married Patience Mitchell.
(VII) Judson Minor, son of Adoniram, was born in Woodbury March 20, 1787, and died Jan. 19, 1876. He married Electa Way.
(VIII) Henry Minor, son of Judson, was born March 28, 1814, in Woodbury, and died Oct. 12, 1854. in Plymouth, this State. He married Nancy Mather, and their daughter Emma, who was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., is the wife of George T. Brad- ley, of New Haven.
The MATHER Family, from which Mrs. George T. Bradley is descended on the maternal side, was first represented in New England by Rev. Richard Mather, who was born in Lowton. Winwick Parish, of Toxteth Park, in 1596, and married Catherine, daughter of Edmund Holt.
(II) Timothy Mather, born in 1628 in Liver- pool, England, died Jan. 14. 1684. in Dorchester, Mass. He married Catherine, daughter of Major Gen. Humphrey, Atherton.
(III) Atherton Mather, born Oct. 4. 1663, died Nov. 9. 1734. He married Mary Lamb.
(IV) Richard Mather, born April 2, 1708, in Suffield, Conn., died at Windsor. He married Louise Burbank.
(V) Elihu Mather, born in Torrington in 1741, died there Dec. 17, 1778. The name of his wife is not given.
(VI) Richard Mather, born in 1767, died Oct. 14, 1835. He married Olive Soper.
(VII) Horace Mather, born in Torrington, Dec. 12. 1789, died in New Haven March II. 1867. He married Martha Bishop. Their daughter Nancy, born Jan. 8, 1816, in Torrington. Conn., married Henry Minor, and died Aug. 23, 1889, in New Haven.
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PLATT. The family of this name at Water- bury is one of the oldest in Connecticut and among the prominent ones. The late Alfred Platt was its head, and with several of his sons-the late William S., and Clark M., and Alfred L., of Platt's Mills-and grandsons in turn, figured eminently in the industrial life of the city for a hundred years, and through the inventive genius of these worthy citizens great profit and advantages have been given to Waterbury.
Richard Platt, the progenitor of many of the New England Platts, came to this country in 1638, and landed at New Haven. He owned land in and around New Haven. He was enrolled among the first settlers of Milford, Nov. 20, 1639, having four in family. "He had probably brought with him from England his children, Mary, John. Isaac and Sarah, for his first child baptized in Milford, by the record, was Epenetus, July 12, 1640. Subsequently were baptized Hannah, Oct. 1, 1643; Josiah, 1645, and Joseph in 1649." Richard and his sons, John and Josiah, are recorded among the original pur- chasers and proprietors of Newtown, Conn. But John finally went to Norwalk, Isaac and Epenetus to Huntington, L. I., only Josiah and Joseph remain- ing in Milford, the first home of the family.
The late Alfred Platt, of Waterbury, was a descendant of Richard Platt, of Milford, through one of the sons named. The Newtown records show that Josiah Platt, of the town and county of New Haven, in consideration of love and affection to his son Josiah, of Newtown, willed him half his land on Gelding Hill in Newtown, Oct. 18, 1758. And they further show that Josiah Platt of Milford, Conn., "in consideration of love and good will which I have and do bear unto my grandson, Josiah Platt, of Newtown, Oct. 18, 1788" willed him land in Newtown. John Platt, of Newtown, conveyed land in that town to his sons Ebenezer and Moses, in 1741. In Newtown Records (Vol. VIII) the fol- lowing is found: "Josiah Platt and Sarah Sanford were joined in marriage covenant Nov. 13, 1758. Children : Hannah, born Oct. 3, 1759: Nathan, born March 3, 1761; Isaac, born Dec. 24, 1762; Louisa, born May 28, 1765; and Jonas, born Jan. II, 1770."
Of the children of this Josiah and Sarah (San- ford) Platt, Nathan Platt, born March 3. 1761, was the father of the late Alfred Platt, of Waterbury. Nathan Platt and his brother Isaac, as shown by their father's will, probated in New Haven county, and bearing date of 1785, were given lands in Water- bury. Nathan was twice married, marrying ( first) Ruby Smith, of Newtown, who died in 1829, and (second) in 1829, Charlotte Dickerman. Nathan Platt was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He resided in Waterbury many years, but he died in Wallingford in 1845, aged eighty-four years. His children by his first marriage were: Levi S., Al- fred, Ely, Almon, Anna, Leonard, Sarah and Martha.
The late Alfred Platt, of Waterbury, son of Na- than and Ruby (Smith ) Platt, was born April 2, 1789, in Newtown, Conn., and at the age of ten years came to Waterbury with his father, who set- tled on the river at a point afterwards known as Platt's Mills ( and Plattsville). He studied at the school in Litchfield of which James Morris was the master and he began business for himself at the age of nineteen. He was employed for a time in a saw- mill which he himself built near his father's flour mill. Later he was engaged in traveling through the South selling the old Waterbury wooden clocks. He became an early member of the firm of "A. Benedict," which was formed in 1823, the outgrowth of a business begun in 1812 by Mr. Benedict. who then began the manufacture of bone and ivory but- tons, and which business finally resulted in the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co. Mr. Platt was the first man in Waterbury who manufactured brass and copper wire. For several years he made all the wire used by the Scovill and the Benedict & Burnham manufacturing companies in making but- ton eyes. Subsequently he disposed of his interests in the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co., and purchased of his father and Gideon Platt, the mill and the water power of Platt's Mills. He operated for a time the old mill, then he replaced it by a new one which he operated as long as he lived. Soon after he purchased the mill he devised an improved method of making buckwheat flour, and built ma- chinery for this purpose, obtaining a patent on the machinery and on the process of manufacture.
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