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At the age of twenty Mr. Anger was married to Miss Lucy Eliza, daughter of the late Jonathan Parmelee, of Guilford. To them came children as follows: ( 1) Edwin Prosper. born Jan. 31. 1847, surveyor and civil engineer of the town of Middle- town, Conn., was for twenty-nine years. from 1872 to 1901, city surveyor of Middletown. On May 20. 1869, he married Susan Buell Case, who was born April 16, 1848. (2) Luey Elizabeth, born May 26, 1849, married April 10, 1872. Charles Abraham Dudley, born Ang. 14. 1849, of Guilford Conn. (3) Mary Eliza, born April 27. 1852, married Oct. 13. 1874. Horace Francis Dudley, born March 9. 1846, of Guilford, Conn. (4) Alfred Henry, born Feb. 5, 1855, married May 25, 1880, Anna Elizabeth Camp, born Oct. 18. 1855, daughter of Charles E. and Elizabeth (Hart ) Camp, of Durham. Conn. He has been for several years town clerk of Middlefield. (5) Charles Parmelee, born Feb. 17. 1857, resides in Middlefield and is a florist. in business with his brother Alfred. He married Nov. 18. 1880. Ida Eulalie Bradley, who was born March 29. 1857, and died April 4. 1901. She was a daughter of Edward J. and Harriet ( Wilcox) Bradley, of Westfield So- ciety, Middletown.
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LEWELLYN BEAUMONT. a prosperous farmer and stockman of the town of Wallingford, where his industrious habits and upright character have made him many friends, was born in that town Nov. 12, 1839; a son of John and Ann ( Tyler)
Beaumont, well and favorably known in the carly part of the last century in that locality. Mr. Beau- mont received his education in the district school, and remained at home helping with the farm work until the outbreak of the Civil war. The appeal of his country for help in her hour of need found in him a ready response, and lie enlisted in Company K. 15th Conn. V. I., serving throughout the war, and participating in numerous battles and engage- ments. He passed through all the scenes and exper- iences of that great struggle safely, and returned home to resume the occupations of peaceful life, thankful that the war had not been in vain, and that the Republic still lived. He settled down to farm- ing on the place where he now lives, and has sev- enty acres of good land under cultivation. the inter- vening years having brought him the prosperity that is the reward of honest effort.
Mr. Beaumont has never married, and is a happy and contented gentleman, with a genial spirit. Well read on all questions of the day, he is a Republican with independent habits of thought. A hard-work- ing man, he practices the strictest economy, and has a horror of debt. A good all-around man, with in- dustrious habits and an honest spirit, is the judg- ment of all who know him.
ELIZUR EDWIN PRICHARD (deceased) was born in Waterbury. New Haven county, Sept. 19. 1804. of English descent, and was a member of one of the oldest families in New England. the genealogy of which may be traced to the Old World, as follows :
David Prichard. father of Elizur, was born in Waterbury. Oct. 24. 1775. and died Dec. 22, 1838. David Prichard, father of David, was born here also, April 7. 1737, and died Dec. 22. 1838. James Prichard, father of David (1), was born in Mil- ford, Conn., was there baptized in 1698, and died Sept. 3. 1749. Benjamin Prichard, father of James, was born in Milford Jan. 31, 1657, and died April 9, 1743. Roger Prichard, father of Benjamin, was born in England (perhaps Wales), and lived in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1640. in Springfield in 1643. and in Milford in 1653. At the latter place he mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of James Prudden, one of the original settlers of Guilford. He died in New Haven Jan. 26. 1670. All the family were agricul- turists, but many of the members also followed some trade in connection with farming, and all were con- spienous as members of the Church of New Eng- land.
James Prichard, great-grandfather of the sub- ject of this sketch. came to Waterbury in 1733, and settled where the old rink now stands, at the cor- ner of Bank and Grand streets. He married. Dec. 25, 1721, Elizabeth Johnson, who was born in Strat- ford, Conn., Aug. 28, 1701, and died Dec. 10. 1797, the mother of seven children: James, George, Elizabeth. Isaac. Jolin. David and Hannah. The family lived in the village of Waterbury, but the
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father conducted a farm on the opposite side of the river. He was a man of wealth for his time and acquired much land. He died in the "great sick- ness" of 1749.
David Prichard, youngest son of James, was a farmer, cabinet-maker, carpenter and joiner. On Dec. 20, 1757, he married Ruth Smith, to which . marriage were born ten children, viz .: Archibald. Ruth, Mariana, Philo, Sylvia, Mollie, Mollie (2), David, Damon and Sally. The father of this fam- .ily lived to be over 101 years of age. When he heard that his favorite son, David, had died, he never spoke again. The remains of both were in- terred at one time.
David Prichard, Jr., son of David, married Nov. 9. 1797, Anna Hitchcock, a daughter of Benjamin Hitchcock. She died Feb. 17, 1860. David Prich- ard, Jr., was a cabinet-maker, which business he followed some forty years. He was also largely en- gaged in the manufacture of clocks, in which he did an extensive trade in the Southern States and Can- ada. He reared a family of nine children, born in the following order : Minerva, William, Julius S., Elizur E., Anna, Sally H., David, Samuel H. and Charlotte L. Of these, William and Julius S. went to Ohio. David graduated from Yale Medical School in 1832, practiced medicine in Madison, Conn., also in Ohio and New Jersey, and was in practice in Norwalk, Conn., at the time of his death, Oet. 30, 1868; he was a manufacturer of German silver spoons in Waterbury, Conn .. and the first to make them in Waterbury: was also asso- ciated with Julius Hotchkiss, under the firm name of Hotchkiss & Prichard. in the manufacture of webbing, cotton, etc., and held other interests. ----
Elizur E. Prichard, the subject of this biography, grew to manhood in Waterbury. He married Bet- sey Cooper, who was born in Derby, this county, Oct. 25, 1805, a daughter of Asa and Hannah ( Botsford) Cooper. The Botsfords trace their descent from Henry Botsford, one of the original settlers of Milford. The Coopers were also among the original settlers of New Haven, Mrs. Prichard tracing her line through John, John, John, Caleb, Caleb and Asa. To Elizur E. Prichard and his wife were born five children, as follows: Elizabeth Ann, Sarah J., one that died in infancy unnamed, Kath- erine A., and Florence C. Of these, Elizabeth Ann died in 1854. The surviving daughters remain at the old home unmarried.
Elizur E. Prichard was about twenty-four years of age when he began to take part in manufacturing in Waterbury by making iron and brass castings. In 1829 he engaged in making gilt buttons, and in 1833 in the manufacture of umbrella, parasol and cane trimmings of fine quality, occasionally of gold. He enjoyed the confidence of the solid men of Wa- terbury, by whom he was implicitly trusted, and on one occasion, when making a trip to Boston, he carried with him to the bank in that city $30.000. to accommodate a New Haven Bank. In 1840 he
erected a residence on the corner of Bank and Grand streets, in the center of Waterbury. In 1843 he was engaged in the manufacture of cloth buttons. as in that year there was a diploma granted to him by the American Institute (of New York) for "su- perior specimens of silk buttons." For a number of years he was also engaged in Norwalk. Conn., in making door knobs, etc. In Waterbury and in New Haven, in partnership with his brother, Dr. David Prichard, he was engaged in the manufacture of elastic webbing ; from this partnership sprang the American Suspender Co.
In 1852 Mr. Prichard retired from active busi- ness, but in 1855 his interests in the Wolcottville Knitting Co. obliged him to assume the manage- ment of that business, which he controlled until the time of his death, Nov. 29, 1860. He was possessed of a spirit of tireless activity, was progressive, pub- lie-spirited and benevolent. It is believed that no suppliant for aid ever appealed to him without re- ceiving instant and substantial relief. Much he lost by lending-in his kindness of heart-the use of his name to his friends in their business difficul- ties, and, in fact, his kindness was his overpowering weakness. He never filled a public office, but de- voted his energies and time to the industrial and social elevation of his fellow men. He died a mem- ber of the First Church, in which faith his widow also passed away, May 29, 1887.
HON. CHARLES STODDARD SPAULD- ING, prominent farmer and ex-member of the State Legislature from Cheshire, New Haven county, is a native of this State, born in Norfolk, Litchfield county, May 9, 1837, son of Frederick A. and Mary (Goodwin) Spaulding. The father was born in New Marlboro, Mass., June 13. 1810, a son of Ans- tin and Betsey (Clark) Spaulding, the former also a native of that. State, the latter of Connecticut. Austin Spaulding lived and died in Massachusetts, but at an early age Frederick, his son, removed to Litchfield county, Conn., where he made his home with an uncle, and where he followed farming throughout his active business life. He died there Aug. 30, 1892, and his wife, whom he had married in Litchfield county, died in Norfolk Dec. 8. 1881. In their family were eight children of whom Charles Stoddard is the eldest : Jane P., Mrs. Booth, died in New Marlboro, Mass., in 1876: Mary A. is the wife of John A. Stevens, of Atlantic. Jowa : Ellen K., widow of Byron J. Perkins. lives in Winsted. Conn. : Almira, wife of Erastus Burr, lives in Norfolk ; Alice. Mrs. Johnson, is a resident of Goshen, Liteh- field county; Abbie K., Mrs. Norton, died in Bris- tol. Conn., in 1890: and John lives on the old home- stead in Norfolk.
Charles S. Spaulding was reared in Litchfield county. and was educated in the schools of Norfolk. In early life he engaged in business as a contractor and builder throughout his native county. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted there, in 1861,
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in Company E, 11th Conn. V. I., which was assigned to the 9th Army Corps, and later to Gen. Burnside's command. He participated in the battles of New- bern, N. C., Roanoke, Fredericksburg, Antietam, South Mountain, the siege of Suffolk, Va. (which lasted twenty-three days), and in various skirmish- es. At Drury's Bluff Mr. Spaulding received a gun shot wound, which confined him to the hospital at Richmond, Va., for six months. He was honorably discharged at Annapolis. Md., in June, 1865, and returned to his home in Litchfield county, where he continued to reside until coming to Cheshire, in 1886. Here he purchased one of the old and valu- able farms, and has since devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits, with good results.
In Litchfield county, in 1875. Mr. Spaulding was united in marriage with Miss Grace Merrill, a daughter of Augustus and Adaline (Wooding) Merrill, all natives of that county, as were the grandparents, Norman and Annie (Marsh) Merrill. Her maternal grandparents. Edmund Anson and Lu Anna (Pond) Wooding, were born in New Haven and Hartford counties, respectively. Mr. Spaulding and his wife have three children: Jessie G., who has successfully engaged in teaching school in Falls Village, and is now attending College in Holyoke. Mass .; Annie M .. also a teacher of New Haven county : and Ethel, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Spauld- ing are both members of the Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is an honored member of E. A. Doo- little Post. No. 5, G. A. R. : Temple Lodge, No. 16. A. F. & A. M .: and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. As a Republican he takes an active and prominent part in political affairs, and his fellow citizens. recognizing his ability and worth. have called him to publie office. He has been a member of the board of selectmen of Cheshire, and in Novem- ber. 1808. was elected to the State Legislature, in which body he served in a most ereditable and ac- ceptable manner.
THOMAS FRENCH. an honored veteran of the Civil war, and a worthy citizen of Town Plot, Wa- ; terbury, was born in Nealsworth, Gloucestershire. England, Sept. 11, 1826, a son of Thomas and Anna French, also natives of that shire, where the former worked as a millwright until his emigration to the United States in 1846, making the voyage on a sail- ing vessel. In 1851 he located in Naugatuck, Conn .. where he was first employed as a carder in the mills, and later as a machinist. He was a member of the Church of England, and died in that faith in 1861. In his family were nine children.
Thomas French was educated in. the schools of his native land, and was eighteen years of age when he took passage on a sailing vessel at Liverpool bound for the New World. After two months spent upon the water hie landed in New York, in June, 1844, and proceeded at once to South Hadley, Mass., where he was employed in a woolen mill at $15 per month for one year. He then went to Rockville,
Tolland Co., Conn., where he worked as a carder and spinner in the woolen mills until 1850, and later was employed in the latter capacity in the woolen mills at Naugatuck, New Haven county, until 1854. During the following two years he worked as a farın hand at one dollar per day, and then engaged in the butcher business with J. E. Gunn and Samuel Osborne, buying cattle in Canada. In 1861 Mr. French enlisted in Company E, 8th Conn. V. I., at Naugatuck, under Capt. Martin B. Smith, and was in several engagements, including the battles of Roanoke and Newbern, N. C. He was discharged May 12, 1862, on account of disability, and returned to Naugatuck, where he was employed in the rubber works until 1872. He then came to Town Plot, Wa- terbury, and took up his residence on the Chatfield farm, where for the past twenty-eight years he has carried on general farming with fair success.
In 1849. in New York State, Mr. French was united in marriage with Miss Martha, daughter of William Culverhouse, and to them was born one son, Aaron W., now a resident of Naugatuck, who married Nellie Primrose, and has two children, Harry and William. Mrs. French died in Nanga- tuck, in 1863, and for his second wife our subject married Miss Polly Ann Chatfield, a native of Southington. Conn., and a daughter of David and Polly ( Hitchcock) Chatfield. By this union were born four children, but all died in infancy. Mr. French is a member of Wadhams Post, No. 49. G. A. R., of Waterbury. In religious connection Mr. French holds membership with the Episcopal Church. while his wife belonged to the Congrega- tional Church, and in that faith died June 13, 1901. Mr. French is widely and favorably known, and his circle of friends in Waterbury is extensive.
The Chatfield family, to which Mrs French be- longed. is one of the oldest of New Haven county. Three brothers, Francis. Thomas and George Chat- field, came to this country from England in 1639. and located in Guilford. Conn .. where they engaged in farming. Francis died unmarried in 1647. Thomas moved to New Haven, where he married Ann Higginson, a daughter of Rev. Naness Hig- ginson, and later went to Long Island, where he be- came a magistrate. George, the third brother. lo- cated in Killingworth, Conn., where he died Jan. 9, 1671. On Sept. 30, 1651, he married Sarah Bish- op, and for his second wife married Isabelle Nettle- ton, daughter of Samuel Nettleton. He had three children : John, born April 8, 1661 ; George, born Aug. 18, 1668; and Mary, horn April 20, 1671.
Lieut. Daniel Chatfield, the great-grandfather of Mrs. French, was a native of Oxford. He spent the greater part of his life in Waterbury, where he owned property. He was a member of the early militia, being commissioned second lieutenant of the 3d Company in March, 1761, and later first lieuten- ant. In 1771 he removed to Derby. He joined the Continental Army in May. 1778, and on Jan. 10. 1781, was commissioned captain of the 13th Com-
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pany, and Regiment, serving with distinction throughout the Revolutionary war. He married Prudence Baldwin, who died in March, 1828, aged ninety-two years, and he died July 11, 1818, aged eighty-three. They had four children: Esther, who was born in 1770, and died October 21, 1776; Dan- iel ; Reuben ; and James.
Daniel Chatfield, son of Lieut. Daniel, was a farmer and land owner of Waterbury, where his death occurred. He married Esther Lonsbury, who died May 6, 1848, at the age of seventy-six years. Their children were: David, father of Mrs. French ; Leonard ; Enos : Esther : Polly, wife of J. N. Mor- ris; and Anna Maria, wife of Zenas Bronson.
David Chatfield, Mrs. French's father, was born Sept. 9. 1794, and was married, June 5. 1820, to Polly Hitchcock who was born June 17, 1705, a daughter of Caleb Hitchcock. of Southington. Thev had five children : Jane. born Aug. 22, 1822, mar- ried M. E. Judd : Polly Ann, born Sept. 5. 1824. be- came Mrs. French : Cyrus, born May 16, 1826, was married in April. 1848, to Philena Martin, of Pros- pect, Conn. : Fidelia, born Feb. 16, 1828; and Ema- line, born March 3, 1833.
On the maternal side Mrs. French is descended from Matthias Hitchcock, who came from London, England, to Boston on the bark "Susan and Ellen," in the spring of 1635. His third son, Jolin Hitch- cock, was born in New Haven, where he grew to manhood, but later became one of the first settlers of Wallingford. He was quite an extensive land owner and farmer, and a prominent citizen of that town, where he died July 6, 1716. On Jan. 18, 1670, he married Abigail Merriman, who was born April 18, 1654. a daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Merriman, one of the first settlers of Wallingford. After his death, his second wife, Mary Hitchcock. married Samuel Clark. John Hitchcock had twelve children. The oldest, a daughter, born in New Haven, Oct. I, 1671, died in infancy: Samuel, born in 1672, died young ; Abigail, born April 10, 1674, married Jacob Johnson ; Mary, born Dec. 10, 1676, married Ben- jamin Beach : Nathaniel. born April 10, 1679, mar- ried Sarah Jennings : Margery, born Sept. 6, 1681, married Joseph Munson : Elizabeth, born April 8, 1684, married Daniel Lines : John, born Oct. 18, 1685, married Marlow Munson : Matthias, born May 26, 1688, married Thankful Andrews : Hannah, born Jan. 9, 1690. married John Lines: Damaris, born July II. 1693. married Sylvanus Clark ; and Ben- jamin, born March 24, 1696, married Elizabeth Ives.
Capt. Benjamin Hitchcock, just mentioned, was born and reared in Wallingford, and from there re- moved to Cheshire, Conn., where he spent the re- mainder of his life, dying there Feb. 12, 1767. He owned land in that town and also in Southington, Hartford county. On Oct. 1. 1718, he married Eliza- beth Ives, a daughter of Joseph and Esthier Ives. She was born Sept. 6, 1700. and died Aug. 8, 1762. They had twelve children : Bela, born Oct. 27, 1719,
married Sarah Atwater; Hannah, born Sept. 12, 1721, was married, May 26, 1740, to Elnathan An- drews: Benjamin, born Feb. 23, 1724, married Rhoda Cook ; Elizabeth, born Feb. 23, 1726 ; Abigail, born May 10, 1728, was married, Dec. 9, 1747, to Daniel Bradley ; Samuel, born April 1, 1730, is men- tioned below; Nathaniel, born June 30, 1732, died March 12, 1734; Enos was born in 1734: Joseph, born July 12, 1737, died Nov. 1, 1760; Nathaniel. born in Sept., 1739, was married, May 4, 1763, to Lydia Dutton, and died May 30, 1770; David, born June 29, 1742, married Hannah Doolittle; and Da- maris, born Sept. 3, 1745, died Nov. 25, 1756.
Samuel Hitchcock, son of Capt. Benjamin, was born in Cheshire, New Haven county, and became a resident of the town of Southington, where he owned and operated a farm. He died May 8, 1798, and his wife, Tamar, died Dec. 7, 1816, at the age of eighty years. They had five children: Samuel, born Feb. 27, 1757, married Mary Munson : Caleb, born May 17, 1760, married Ada Malory: Eliza- beth, born Dec. 29, 1763, married Lewis Thorp; Tamar, baptized in August, 1765, married Thomas Cowles ; and Esther was married Nov. 1I, 1798, to Barnabus Powers, and died Sept. 20, 1802.
Caleb Hitchcock, a son of Samuel, and the grand- father of Mrs. French, was born in Southington, and was a sea captain throughout life. He died March 17, 1826. On Dec. 28, 1784, he married Ada Malory, who died Aug. 22, 1808, and on April 10. 1809, he married Julia Thorpe, daughter of John Thorpe, of Southington. She died May 2, 1851. The following children were born to Caleb Hitch-1 cock. (I) Harmon, born Oct. 15. 1785, was a sailor in the war of 1812, during which conflict he had an ear cut off and was sent as a captive to Eng- land. He died Sept. 24, 1817. (2) Solomon was born Nov. 24. 1786. (3) Ada, born May 6, 1788, was married, Nov. 7, 1811, to Benjamin Rich, and died Oct. 25, 1862. (4) Esther, born Sept. 4, 1789, married A. Rupert, and died May 21, 1860. (5) Phila, born April 17, 1791, was married, Aug. 22, 1815, to Sidney Brockett, of East Haven, and did Oct. 26, 1869. (6) Caleb, born Sept. 21, 1793, went to New Orleans as a soldier of the war of 1812, and is supposed to have died of yellow fever at that place. (7) Polly, born June 17. 1795. married Da- vid Chatfield, the father of Mrs. French. (8) Cy- rus, born July 25, 1798, was married, Aug. 10, 1820. to Elizabeth Howe, and died March 4, 1826. (9) Huldah, born March 26, 1800, married Jesse Mat- thews, and died Feb. 2, 1875. ( 10) Leusania, born Feb. 19, 1802, married a Mr. Seeley. (11 ) Alvah, born Feb. 15, 1807, was married, March 30, 1828, to Emily Neal. (12) John, born Feb. 18, 1810, died Dec. 22, 181I. (13) Albert, born Sept. 24, 1812, completes the family.
JOHN R. TYLER, whose name is familiar to all who are acquainted with the region known as Stony Hill, at Indian Neck, where he has long been
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a fisherman, was born in Branford Oct. 27, 1835, and is a son of John and Eunice ( Averill ) Tyler. John Tyler, his paternal grandfather, was a Revo- lutionary soldier, and one of the participants in the "tea party" in Boston Harbor, which may be said to have ushered in the Revolution. Daniel Averill, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Tyler, was a sailor, and had his home in Branford. John Tyler was a joiner by trade, and lived and died in Branford. To him and his wife Eunice were born the follow- ing named children: Betsy, Mary, John R., Sam- nel and William A.
John R. Tyler passed his boyhood and youth in Branford, where he attended the public school, and at the age of seventeen years began life for himself, becoming a sailor. and following that vocation fif- teen years. Leaving the ocean at the expiration of that time, he put in twelve years at the joiner's trade, and has since followed the calling of a fisher- man.
Mr. Tyler has been twice married, the first time to Mary, daughter of Thomas C. Mather, a descend- ant of Cotton Mather. Elmer S. Tyler is the only living child of this marriage. The second wife of John R. Tyler was Emma, daughter of Capt. John and Desire F. (Thompson) Faren, of East Haven. There were three children born to this union : Leonard F., Eugene and Lillian M. Mr. Tyler in politics is a Republican. He and his family are members of the Congregational Church, and they are all highly respected members of the community. Our subject is regarded as one of the most upright and trustworthy citizens of the town.
MONSON. That branch of the family of this name at New Haven, several members of which are yet actively engaged in business, among them Capt. David C. and Charles Monson, sons of the late ven- erable William Monson, of Litchfield and Morris, Conn., and men of prominence in business circles and social life, is one of the oldest of Conneceicut's families, its history reaching back to the Colonial period, covering a time of 260 or more years.
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The late William Monson, of Litchfield and Morris, was descended in the seventh generation from Thomas Monson, who was first known in this country as a resident of Hartford, Conn., in 1637, performing military service in the Pequot war. Soon thereafter he became a resident of New Haven, where he continued to live until his death. His birth occurred about 1612, and his death in 1685. He was a carpenter by trade, was of the faith of the Congregational Church. and made a good citizen. His wife's Christian name was Jo- anna, and she died in 1678. From this Thomas Monson, the settler, the late William Monson's line of descent was through Samuel, Samuel (2). William, William (2) and William (3).
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Samuel Monson, son of Thomas. the settler, was baptized in 1643. and in 1665 married Martha, a daughter of William and Alice ( Pritchard)
Bradley. Mr. Monson was a tanner and also made shoes, and resided first in New Haven, then in Wal- lingford, and again New Haven. His death oc- curred in 1693.
Samuel Monson (2), son of Samuel, born in 1669, married first, in 1707, Martha, and second. in 1708, Mary, born in 1674, the widow of Caleb Merriman, and a daughter of Deacon Eliasaph Preston, and resided in Wallingford, where he had served as town clerk. His death occurred in 1741 and that of his widow in 1755.
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