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 83

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

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On Oct. 19, 1887, Mr. Coe married Miss Mary Frederika Ward, and six children have been born to them, as follows: Frederick Julius. Marie Eliza- beth, Katherine, Albert Douglas, Esther Louise and Charles Anson. Mrs. Coe's family is one of the oldest and most esteemed in West Haven. She is the granddaughter of Jacob Ward, and the daughter of Capt. Frederick S. Ward, a sea captain sailing to the .West Indies, who died in New Haven, at the age of fifty years, and was buried in West Haven, the town of his birth. Mrs. Coe's mother was Mary E. Stevens, whose family settled in West Haven about 1700. Mrs. Coe is one of a family of seven children, five of whom are yet living, viz .: Fred- erick S., Jr., of New Haven; Elliott, of Chicago; Harry K., of West Haven ; Josephine, the widow of Charles P. Whitney, of that town: and Mrs. Coe.

In private life Albert C. Coe is a genial and com- panionable man, fond of company, and faithful to every obligation. He built his present residence- one of the finest in the village-in 1893, and there he and his wife dispense a generous and refined hospitality. Both are communicants in Christ Epis- copal Church, and Mr. Coe is senior warden in the same, to which office he was elected in 1897. Fra- ternally he is a high Mason, and Past Master of Annawon Lodge, No. 115, West Haven, Conn., be- sides being a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Union League Club, of New Haven, and of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution.

The Coe family is descended from Robert Coe, a native of Suffolkshire. England, born there in 1596, married Anna (or Hannah) -- , born in 1591, and with his family-wife and three sons,

John, Robert and Benjamin, born about 1626, 1627 and 1629-came in the ship "Frances," in 1634. Mr. Coe was of Boston and Watertown, Mass., and of Wethersfield and Stamford, Conn., and of Hemp- stead, L. I., removing with his family to the latter place in 1644. He died in 1659.

(II) Robert Coe (2), son of Robert, born in England about 1627, married Susanna -, and! settled in Stratford, Conn., in 1654, where he died in 1659.

(III) John Coe, only son of Robert (2), born May 10, 1658, in Stratford, married Dec. 20, 1682, Mary, daughter of Joseph Hawley, of Stratford. Mr. Coe died April 19, 1741.

(IV) Ebenezer Coe, son of John, born Aug. 18: 1704, married June 1, 1727, Mary Blackman, and- died in Stratford in 1766.

(V) John Coe (2), son of Ebenezer, born Sept. 18, 1729, located when a young man in Derby, Conn. He married, Sept. 8. 1755, Hannah, daugh- ter of John Chatfield. Mr. Coe resided in the old village of Derby, and died in 1783.

(VI) John Coe (3), son of John (2), born March 27, 1764, married Aug. 17, 1785, Ruth, borni March 31, 1765, daughter of Isaac Jolinson.

(VII) John Allen Coe, son of John (3), born Sept. 8, 1792, married, May 10, 1812, Grace, daugh- ter of Joseph and Esther Smith. Mr. Coe died Sept. 23, 1849, and his wife passed away Jan. 21, 1869.

(VIII) John Coe (4), son of John Allen, born in Bethany Ang. 18, 1815, and spent his early school days there, later running the. tannery. He sold the tannery and removed to Derby. and after a time returned to Bethany (now Beacon Falls), where he built a new tannery. About ten years prior to his death he came to New Haven and engaged in the leather business under the firm name of Ensign & Coe. He sold out to Mr. Ensign, and then removed to Derby, and was appointed treasurer of the Housa- tonic Water Company. At the time of his death he was overseeing the building of a reservoir. On Sept. 3, 1837, he married Mary Hoadley, of Nauga- tuck, Conn., and their children were: (I) Julius Curtis, born Aug. 6, 1838. (2) Frances Augusta, born July 28, 1840, married, Sept. 26, 1860, Rev. Bennett Tyler Abbott. (3) John Allen, born Nov. 18, 1844. (4) Charles Hoadley, born Nov. 19. 1849, died in June, 1900. (5) George Albert, born Aug. 5, 1854, died Oct. 13, 1855. (6) Benjamin Lee, born Jan. 27, 1860. Mr. John Coe was a good representative of the Coe family. In his later years he made Birmingham his residence, and was es- teemed among the useful and most exemplary citi- zens. He was a consistent Methodist. walking after the example of his first ancestor and namesake in Derby ; one of his peculiar traits being to watch and care for, in a quiet way, the poor of the community. He died greatly respected, Dec. 15, 1876.

(IX) Julius Curtis Coe, son of John (4), born in Bethany Aug. 6, 1838, married, Oct. 8, 1860,

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Elizabeth Dougal Wakelee, and their children are: Albert Chandler, born June 21, 1864; and Rollin Wakelee, born Jan. 19, 1867, connected with Coe & Brown, of New Haven. Julius Curtis Coe was educated in Birminghanı and Bethany. Six genera- tions of the family have engaged in the leather busi- ness, and he was no exception. He learned the business with his father in Bethany, and later he and his brother, John Allen Coe, carried on the business. Julius C. Coe became the first town clerk, and treas- urer of Beacon Falls, July, 1871, and so continued until his removal to West Haven in 1878; he repre- sented the town in the Legislature in 1877. In 1878 he engaged in business with Harris Eames, and later the style became H. Eames & Co .; in 1884 the firm name became Coe & Brown. Mr. Coe's church con- nections, since his removal to West Haven, have been with the M. E. Church of that place. Socially he is a member of Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Savin Rock Lodge, Royal Arcanum. He has been a Republican all his life.

FRANK F. CHANDLER, who is to be men- tioned in any summary of the successful and pro- gressive citizens of New Haven, was born in that city, Nov. 2, 1858, a son of Frank Chandler, who was born in Germany.

Frank F. Chandler attended the New Haven public schools, and for about a year was employed as a clerk in the store of Lum & Rodick. This was followed by about a year in a tailoring store, and then he learned the tool making trade under the in- struction of his uncle, Frank P. Pfleghar, with whom he remained eight years. At the expiration of that time he went to Cleveland, Ohio, with Henry C. Hartz, builder of machinery and light tools. For one year he continued in the employ of that gentle- man, when he entered the employ of the White Sewing Machine Co., remaining a year. In 1883 he returned to New Haven, and took a position in the model room of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Here he remained until 1890, when he became contractor with the company, a position he has held to the present time. On Oct. 3, 1883, Mr. Chandler was married to Lena M. Arnold, who was born in New Haven, a daughter of Joseph Arnold, a na- tive of Germany. A family of five children was born of this union: Alma, Ferdinand, Arthur and Edward, who are now living. One son, Frank, the first born, died at the age of four and a half years. Mr. Chandler is independent in politics, in religion belongs to St. Boniface Church, where his family also attend service.

Frank Chandler, the father, as noted above, was born at Landstal, Bavaria, Nov. 25, 1828, a son of Michael Chandler, who was in the German Postal service, and never came to this country. Frank Chandler grew up in the Old Country, where he learned the shoemaker's trade. In March, 1854, he came to this country, and making his appearance in New Haven the following July, this has been his

home to the present time. Here he has followed the trade of shoemaker all his life, and when he was fifty years of age gave up active business. Mr. Chandler was married Ang. 6, 1854, to Elizabeth Clemens, a German compatriot, who died Oct. 14, 1859. To this union were born three children : Elisa, who died in 1859; Mary, who married Chris- tian Richard, of New Haven; and Frank F. For his second wife Mr. Chandler married Mary E. Rutz, who was born in the same place in Germany, and they have had five children: Theckla, wife of R. L. Kraus, of Marshfield, Wis .; Jolin J., who is married and lives in New Haven ; George W., who is deceased; Catherine, deceased ; Louise L., wife of Paul L. Baer, of New Haven.

Mr. Chandler is a Democrat, and has served on the board of relief fourteen years. He is a member of the St. Boniface Church. -

FREDERICK DOUGLAS SLOANE, a well- known citizen of Meriden, where he is engaged in business as a cigar and tobacco dealer, was born in Rahway, N. J., August 18, 1851, son of the late Andrew Sloane, and a brother of James R. Sloane, of Meriden.

Frederick D. Sloane was educated in the city schools of Thompsonville, Conn., to which point he was taken by his parents when an infant, and at the age of eleven years worked on a farm of Eli Pease, of Enfield, Conn., receiving for his labor his board, clothes and the privilege of attending school during the winter months. After four years with Mr. Pease he removed to Broad Brook, where he worked as a farm hand for one year, and was then associated as a weaver with the Hartford Carpet Co., at Thompsonville, in the ingrain department. He was with this company for about a year, and then went to Springfield, to learn the tinner's trade with Simpson Clark, but on account of illness he soon had to give up and return home. Later he secured a position as a clerk with S. Parsons, of Thompsonville, and spent a short time with him, after which he became clerk in the general house- furnishing store of Niles Pease, of Thompsonville, where he was head clerk for ten years. This posi- tion he resigned to become a partner with his broth- ers in the grocery business, continuing with them until the business was suspended. in June, 1882. After this experience Mr. Sloane came to Meriden, to take a position as clerk with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway Co., which he filled for two years, and was then appointed cashier of the freight department. For fifteen years he held that position, resigning in 1900 to accept a position with the freight department of the H. Wales Lines Co., which he very creditably filled two years. In Janu- ary, 1902, he purchased his present business, on West Main street, and resigned his position to give personal attention to the new venture. His . wide acquaintance and well-known business ability prom- ise to secure and hold a remunerative trade.

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Mr. Sloane was married in December, 1871, to Abbie M. Lacey, a daughter of Henry J. and Cath- erine (Johnson) Lacey, both of whom were natives of Leicestershire, England. Mrs. Sloane's father, who was a stockinet weaver, died in Thompsonville ; he was a member of the Episcopal Church, and in politics was a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Sloane have had one child, Lena, who married Richard Heckel, a conductor on the Electric Railway, and had one child, Mildred Abbie, now an exceedingly bright and winsome girl; Mr. Heckel died in July, 1900, and his remains rest in Walnut Grove ceme- terv. -

Mr. Sloane is a member of the Knights of Honor, of Meriden, and in politics is a Republican, but no office seeker. In his daily walk and conversa- tion he lives close to the Golden Rule, and is a good man, well liked and very popular in the community.

MRS. ARTHUR M. BROOKS, a pleasing con- tralto vocalist of Meriden, whose maiden name was Jennie Emma Hill, is a member of a family whose ancestral history extends back to 1674, the first of the name in this country having come to the Colonies about that date.

This founder of the Hill family was named John, and was born in North Hampshire, England, and npon his arrival in the New World took up his residence in Guilford, Conn. Here he spent a long and useful life, engaged in agricultural pursuits, dying in 1689. His second wife was Catherine Chalker, a daughter of Alexander Chalker, born Sept. 8, 1652, and married Sept. 23, 1673. Four children were born to this union: John, James, Sarah and Elizabeth, the last named marrying James Tipping.

(II) John Hill (2). the son of John ( I), mar- ried Thankful Stowe, who was born in May, 1648, and died Nov. 18, 1711. He died May 8, 1690, and both are interred at Guilford. They left seven chil- dren.

(III) John Hill (3), son of John (2), was born July 12, 1672, and, like his father, spent his days in Guilford, where he died Feb. 10, 1740, having married Hannah Highland, who was born Jan. 29, 1670, and died May 19, 1752. Eight children were born of this marriage.

(IV) Thomas Hill, the second son of John (3), was born Sept. 27, 1708, and was engaged in farm- ing and fishing in Guilford, where he was a well- known and prominent citizen. His death occurred Feb. 23, 1792, and his remains were interred in the old cemetery in Guilford. He married, May 23. 1734, Hannah Brinsen, of Bridgehampton, who died May 6, 1791. To this union four children were born.

(V) Thomas Hill, the only son and the youngest of the family, was born March 20, 1743, and fol- lowed the same occupations as his father, becoming a soldier in the Continental army, and faithfully performing his duties as a citizen until his death,

April 4. 1820. On Oct. 13, 1767, he married Eliza- beth Fairchild, who died Feb. 20, 1812, and was buried in Guilford. The children of this marriage were: Thomas, born Nov. 16, 1770, died Dec. 10, 1827; William, born April 29, 1773, died Sept. 13, 1832: Anson, born April 13, 1775, married Polly Arnold; Mary, born Feb. 4, 1781, married Alexan- der McQuilla.

(VI) Thomas Hill, son of Thomas (2), was born in Guilford Nov. 16, 1770, and was a farmer and fisherman, spending his life in his native town. He died Dec. 10, 1827. On Nov. 10, 1794, he mar- ried Roxanna Benton, who was born Sept. 10, 1776, and the children born to this marriage were: Will- iam, born in April, 1796, married Laura Blakeslee, and died in January, 1878; George, born in May, 1798, married Rebecca Norton, and died in Novem- ber, 1877; Thomas, born Nov. 16, 1800; Clarinda, born May 1, 1803, married William Drugin ; Ralph, born Aug. 25. 1805, died Aug. 6, 1881, married Deney Ives; Reuben, born Feb. 23, 1808, died in April, 1887; Almira, born in October, 1810, mar- ried Alfred Allen; and Edward, born in August, 1813, married Laura Ann Hull.

(VII) Thomas, son of Thomas (3), was the great-grandfather of Mrs. Brooks, and was born in Guilford Nov. 16, 1800. He spent his life there, and died in 1879, his remains resting in the old Guilford cemetery. He married Mary Morse, who died in Guilford, leaving a son, William.

(VIII) William, son of Thomas (4), in his boyhood attended school in his native place, but at the age of fifteen went to Wallingford, where he learned the carpenter's and joiner's trade with Capt. Butler Ives, and followed that calling several years. He engaged in the manufacture of wood combs, brushes, spools and tooth-brushes, in the North Farms district, for a considerable period. Mr. Hill bought a farm of sixty acres, which he operated, with his sons, and they also carried on a business of wood-turning. under the firm name of William Hill & Sons, remaining in North Farms until the grandfather's death, Jan. 26, 1878. Tak- ing a more prominent part in the affairs of his town than did the others of his family, Mr. Hill repre- sented Wallingford in the Legislature. and filled the office of Major on the General Training days. A lifelong Democrat and a leading member of the Baptist Church, he was widely known and much respected. William Hill was married to Susan Hull. of Wallingford, and four children were born to them: Byron, who is engaged in farming in Wall- ingford; William, deceased : Franklin, who is con- ducting a sawmill and manufacturing vinegar in Wallingford ( he married Hannah A. Fenn. a native of North Farms) ; and Oliver, an ice-dealer in Wallingford. who married Sarah A. Wheeler. a daughter of Joel Wheeler. and to this marriage one child was born, Carrie D. Mrs. Hill died June 1, 1876, and was buried in Walling- ford.

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(IX) Franklin Hill, the son of William, is a prominent business man of Wallingford, and his estimable wife was a daughter of Abner and Mary E. (Tuttle) Fenn. (See Fenn history in another portion of this volume. )

Jennie E. ( Hill) Brooks is the only living child of her parents, and is a lady of culture and high at- tainments, who has devoted herself to the perfection of her magnificent vocal powers. During her child- hood Mrs. Brooks attended school in Wallingford, and at an early age began the training of her voice, studying under Mr. Charles Bonney, of New Haven, and later with Mrs. Hattie Clapper Morris, of New York. After having sung for some time, Mrs. Brooks was, at the early age of sixteen years, en- gaged by the First Congregational Church of Meri- den, and after a few years by the New Britain South Congregational Church, but is now a member of the First Congregational Church Quartet of Meriden. Mrs. Brooks is a vocalist of note, and one of the leading musical artists of Meriden and the surround- ing district. On May 7, 1889, she was married to Mr. Arthur M. Brooks, of Meriden, a well-known and popular gentleman, who is one of the trusted salesmen of the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co. To this marriage four children have been born : Agnes Louise, Arthur Hill, Marsden Todd and Howard Thomas. Socially she is a member of the Susan Carrington Clark Chapter, D. A. R., and though engaged as she is in her professional duties, she is a most devoted mother and wife, and her charming family bears testimony to her faithfulness in caring for the little ones entrusted to her guid- ance, and in making for them and her husband an ideal home.

WILLIAM D. BENNETT. There are few citi- zens of Meriden occupying positions of more respon- sibility than that filled by William D. Bennett, the efficient engineer for the Connecticut School for Boys, and who is also the overseer of the water, gas and steam apparatus in that great institution.

Mr. Bennett was born at Feltham, Suffolk, Eng- land, Aug. 9, 1848, son of George Bennett. The death of his mother, when he was but an infant, left him without her fostering care, but the father did his best for him. He went to school and re- mained on the farm with his father until he was thirteen years old, at which time he secured a posi- tion on a threshing engine, as water boy. This suited the lad very well, as he had a natural inclina- tion toward mechanics, and by 1867 there was little knowledge about the running of an engine that he had not acquired. He had a half-brother located at Sherbrooke, Quebec, and as soon as he could ac- complish it our subject sailed for Canada, with the intention of making his way in the line of engineer- ing. At Sherbrooke he secured a position on the Grand Trunk Railroad as a switchman, and later was promoted to the position of fireman, spending five years in that work, continually learning more

and more about engines. Then he came to Appo- naug, R. I., where he worked as helper in an engine repair shop, operated by Jordan, Marsh & Co., of Boston. He was subsequently appointed to take charge of the engine in their printing department, remaining with that responsible firm for a period of nine years. The two succeeding years he spent as night engineer in the Rhode Island Reform School. It was in 1884 that Mr. Bennett was ten- dered his present position and urged to accept it, and here he has continued for the past eighteen years, devoted to the faithful performance of his duty, trusted by his employers, and fully compre- hending the great responsibility resting upon him. The equipment of the establishment is large, and has been much improved under Mr. Bennett's adminis- tration. As a careful and accurate engineer, he can- not be surpassed, and he has many friends in the in- stitution and also in the city.

Mr. Bennett was married, in Meriden, Conn., in 1891, to Margaret A. Canole, who was born in Ire- land. She passed away June 18, 1901, and was buried in the Sacred Heart cemetery, in Meriden, she having been a consistent member of St. Rose's Roman Catholic Church. In political sentiment Mr. Bennett is independent. His religious connection is with the Episcopal Church.

JOHN ELAM WARNER, one of the leading farmers and dairymen of Highwood, New Haven county, comes from one of the oldest and most numerously represented families in Hamden. The Warners have for generations borne an honored name, and our subject has shown himself to be the type of citizen capable of worthily sustaining it on the same lofty plane.

Mr. Warner was born in Hamden July 16, 1842, on the farm where John Keepe now lives. His father, Horace Warner, and his grandfather. Elam Warner, were both natives of Hamden. Horace Warner was a prosperous farmer, a high- ly respected citizen, and well known in his town. About 1845 he removed to the farm at the corner of Dixwell avenue and Warner street, where he met with success in his chosen calling. He was a systematic agriculturist, and his management in- variably secured the best results. Mr. Warner married Elizabeth Keepe, and to them were born four children : John E., our subject ; Webster, de- ceased ; Alice, Mrs. Elihu Davis, of Hamden : and Lizzie, who died young. The father died Aug. 6. 1870, and the mother passed away Aug. 27, 1870, aged fifty-four and forty-eight years, re- spectively. They are buried in Hamden.

John E. Warner was but a child when his par- ents removed to the farm where he has ever since lived. During his nearly fifty years of residence there he has seen many changes in the property and locality. He has seen Highwood transferred from a farming community to one of the most pleasant residence sections around New Haven, and distinctly

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remembers when there were fewer houses betwen Hamden M. E. church and Broadway than may now be found in two blocks in Highwood. He was reared a farmer boy at a period when work was plenty and came first, regular attendance at school being a secondary consideration. His advantages were greatly inferior to those enjoyed by the pres- ent generation. He attended Alonzo P. Shear's private school, in Dixwell avenue, which with short periods of study at district schools comprised all his educational privileges. Reared under a father who was a successful farmer and opposed to hav- ing ideal boys around, he was thus "put into the hiar- ness" when quite young, and early acquired those habits of industry which have been important fac- tors in his success. In 1870 Mr. Warner took charge of the farm, and has conducted it profitably ever since. His home tract contained about thirty- five acres, and he owns twenty-five acres else- where. In connection with general farming he is engaged extensively in the dairy business, selling his milk wholesale. In all of his labors he has prospered steadily, until now he is one of the well- to-do citizens of his town and one of its most sub- stantial agriculturists. Our subject is of the pro- gressive type, and his management of the farm and other interests is characterized by the modern methods which he has come to consider most ef- fective, either by observation or experiment. Mr. Warner's home, on the corner of Dixwell avenue and Warner street, is very pleasant, and hospi- tality reigns supreme. The family are prominent in the social circles of the neighborhood, and the children are among the best known young people in the town.

In his political views Mr. Warner is a stanch Republican, but not a politician, preferring to at- tend strictly to his business cares, and whatever connection he has had with politics has been from purely unselfish motives, from his sense of duty as a citizen. He never withholds his support front any measure which he believes will be beneficial to the public. Mr. Warner is unassuming, a man of strict integrity, domestic in his disposition, and takes great interest in his home and family. He was fortunate in his selection of a wife, as Mrs. Warner has done well her part in the conduct of their home and the rearing of their family, who would reflect credit on any parentage.

On November 4. 1868, Mr. Warner married Miss Isabella Pardee. a native of Orange, born Feb. 18, 1844, daughter of Silas and Catherine (Merwin) Pardee. Mrs. Warner comes of excel- lent stock. Through the Merwins she is a descend- ant of one of the very oldest families of Milford, Conn., prominent in that town since its earliest history. Mrs. Warner has taken active interest in church affairs, being a member of the M. E. Church. Our subject and his wife have had chil- dren as follows: Arthur G., born Feb. 15, 1870, died when three years old; Gertrude K., born Jan. 48

3, 1874, died in childhood : Grace D., born Aug. 20, 1875. is living at home; Ella P., born Nov. 8, 1877, graduated from the New Haven Normal School, took a course at Wesley Academy, and is now engaged at teaching in New Haven; Ida MI., born July 7, 1879, was valedictorian of the class of 1901 at the Boardman Training School, New Haven.

ARTHUR W. MARSH, M. D., is well and fa- vorably known in the medical circles of Westville and New Haven, where he has been engaged in practice for the past ten years.

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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 83

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