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where he spent a year as general manager of the mattress and spring bed departments for the Hall & Stevens Co. Following this he was proprietor and manager of a spring bed factory, in which he employed some twenty men. After three quite suc- cessful years of this work he sold out to the Brook- lyn Spring Bed Co. For seven months Mr. Badger was with the R. Hoe Printing Press Co., and then he engaged with H. L. Judd & Co. as a contractor in their brass bed department, and when the plant was removed to Wallingford Mr. Badger came with it, April 30, 1891. He still holds his contract with the company, and is employing about fifteen hands.
Mr. Badger is a Mason, and is connected with Keystone Chapter at Meriden. He is a Republican in politics, but he has always been too busy to give much attention to political affairs. With his family he attends the First Congregational Church, where they are members.
In 1872 Mfr. Badger was married to Miss Emma A. Bailey, of Hartford, a daughter of Solomon Bailey. To Mr. and Mrs. Badger were born the following children: Ella May, born May 8, 1873, married Walter Hill, superintendent of the New York Insulated Wire Co .. of Wallingford, and has two children, May Elizabeth and Esther B. ; Robert E., born June 27, 1874. married Miss Maude Miller, of Mount Carmel, and is engaged in the stationery and laundry business in Wallingford ; Emma. Eliza- beth is at home; Grace Alma is at home ; and Frank died when seven years old.
ALBERT BEAUMONT was born in the Beau- mont homestead June 19, 1844, a son of the late John and Ann ( Tyler) Beaumont. His education was obtained in the district schools. and growing up on the homestead, he was thoroughly trained in the best agricultural methods of the time. When his father died. young Albert and his brother George operated the home farm until 1898. in which vear he sold out his interest in the home place, and bought the Wooding Farm on East Main Street. Here he made his home for about two years. but he lately sold it, buying instead the Threadway Farm, a place of thirty acres, but large enough for market gardening. which he intends making his business. Mr. Beaumont is a hard worker, and as . he carefully plans his labor, and seeks to accom- plish something practical and timely. he is bound to succeed. An honest and straightforward man. his word is held good to any amount, and what he says is accepted as the statement of a man of truth.
On Oct. 6, 1892, Mr. Beaumont was married. in Wallingford. by the Rev. C. H. Dickerson. to Miss Emily Scard. who was born in Newport, South Wales, England, a daughter of George Scard, one of the leading dairymen of Wallingford. To this marriage has come one child. Albert Jolin, born May 31. 1898. Mr. Beaumont belongs to the Wallingford Grange: and politically is a Republi- can, but not an office seeker. In his church con-
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nection he is a Congregationalist, and both he and his wife are highly esteemed in the community, as most excellent people, kind neighbors, and honest and industrious in their daily lives.
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GEORGE E. TERRY. a well-known citizen of Prospect, New Haven Co., Conn., was born in Sag Harbor, Long Island, Nov. 1. 1856. a son of Emanuel and Emma Terry, both of whom died on Long Island. During his boyhood our subject at- tended the schools of New York City, and began life for himself as a clerk in a dry goods store there. After following that occupation for two years, he became a sailor in the coasting trade and spent the following three years in that manner. after which he learned the cigar-maker's trade in Brook- lyn, N. Y., and clerked in a cigar store for some time. He was next employed as clerk in a hotel at New London. Conn., and from there removed to New Haven, where he was employed in dye works for two years. In 188i he went to Water- bury, where he worked in the watch factory until coming to Prospect in 1892, when he took up his residence on the John Swartz farm. which is the . property of his wife. He is engaged through the winter months at his trade in Waterbury.
In 1880, in Philadelphia, Penn., Mr. Terry mar- ried Miss Emelie Adaline Kyser. a native of St. Louis, Mo., and a daughter of the late Charles F. Kyser, who was born in Germany and was a well- known translator of the German. French and Latin languages. To Mr. and Mrs. Terry were born five children, namely: Lotta, Vera, Emily and Harold, all living : and Robert, who died in infancy. Mr. Terry is a member of the K. of L., and is identified with the Democratic party.
PERRY CHAUNCEY MORRIS, ex-first se- lectman and ex-town treasurer of Waterbury, was born Aug. 12, 1847, in that part of the town now known as Waterville, a son of Miles Morris, who was born in the town of Canaan. Litchfield Co., Conn., and is now living in Waterbury.
Russell Morris, father of Miles, was of English extraction, and was born in Danbury. Conn. By occupation he was a farmer. He married Harriet Holcomb. and settled on his farm in Canaan, where he reared a family of twelve children, named, in the order of their birth. Miles. Theodore, Samuel, Edmund. Sidney, Chauncey, David, Amanda, Julia, JAMES W. CONE. one of the leading druggists of Waterbury, has a fine establishment and caters to the best people of the city. Susan, Elizabeth and Mary. Of this family. Miles, the eldest, is the father of our subject : Theodore was an employe of the Housatonic Railway Co. at Mr. Cone was born May 30. 1848, in Winsted, Conn .. son of Jolin Cone, who was born in Norfolk, . this State, in 1817. Deacon Samuel Cone, the grandfather of James W., was born in Winchester, Conn., a son of Daniel H. Cone, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Samuel was a scythe maker, who followed that business in Norfolk; there he married Clarissa Munger, of Norfolk, Falls Village, and there met his death by accident : Samuel, who was also a railroad man. died in Chi -. cago; Edmund lives in the town of South Lee, Mass., where he is employed on a railroad : Sidney is a farmer in Falls Village : Chauncey lives in re- tirement in Bridgeport: David died at the age of eighteen years: Amanda is deceased: Julia, de- · ceased, was the wife of Robert Ross; Susan, who ! Conn., and they reared a family of thirteen children,
was a school teacher, has also entered into rest; Elizabeth has been twice married, first to a Mr. Reed, and later to Charles Phillips, a railroad con- ductor ; Mary is the wife of John Sturges, of Bridge- port.
Miles Morris came to Waterbury in 1840, and has since been in the employ of the Wateryille Knife Co., and Brown & Bros. He married Jane M. For- rest, who was born in Waterbury, a daughter of Samuel Forrest, who came from Birmingham, Eng- land. To this union were born two children: Perry Chauncey and Frederick MI., the latter born in Bridgeport, and now a machinist in Waterbury. The wife and mother passed away July 25, 1887, and was buried in Waterville.
Perry Chauncey Morris was educated in the lo- cal schools of Waterbury and Waterville, after leav- ing which he entered the brass works of Brown & Bros., with whom he remained about twenty-five years. He then engaged in the grocery business on the Watertown road, which he continued with much success until his removal to Waterbury. Always taking a keen interest in public affairs, he has been active in the work of his chosen political party-the Democratic-and was honored by election to the office of town treasurer for the term of two years. So satisfactorily did he fill the duties of the office of treasurer that immediately after the expiration of his term he was. in 1894. elected first selectman, which office occupied all his attention up to 1900. . Since that time he has been obliged to devote his time to his personal affairs, his property interests demanding considerable attention. He is popular with all parties, and as People's candidate received the support of both Democrats and Republicans, the entire population having the most implicit confi- dence in his unflinching honesty.
On Aug. 4. 1870. Mr. Morris married Miss Ma- tilda E. Slade, of Waterbury, daughter of George and Matilda ( Stevens) Slade, natives of England. To this marriage has been born one child, Frances E. Fraternally Mr. Morris is a member of Har- mony Lodge, No. 42. F. & A. M., at Waterbury, of the Knights Templars, and is also a Mystic Shrin- er. In religious connection he belongs to Trinity | Episcopal Church. He is one of the most progres- sive men of Waterbury, and is identified with every project designed to promote the public interest.
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all of whom are deceased but John, the father of James W.
John Cone grew to manhood in Norfolk, where he married Harriet A. Watson, a daughter of Abijah and Margaret Watson, farming people of Norfolk. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Cone settled in the village of Winsted, Conn., where he carried on his business, and where he is now living retired. Mrs. Cone died May 20, 1880. Three children were born to them: James, who died at the age of five years; James W .; and Maria E., who died April 13, 1901.
James W. Cone grew up in Winsted, where he attended the public school, and later was a student in the Eastman. Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. As an apprentice to the druggist's business, he spent four years with David Fuller, at Water- bury, and for six years after leaving Mr. Fuller was engaged in various places. During four years of this time he was in business for himself at Winsted. In 1884 he came back to Waterbury, and purchased the drug store of Dr. J. J. Jacques, at No. 11 West Main street, and continued for ten years at the old location, moving in 1896 to his pres- ent quarters, corner of. West Main and Bank Streets. Here he carries a fine stock, and appeals to the most fastidious as well as to the great public, offer- ing the best of goods at a modest price, and treating all who come with equal courtesy and fairness.
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Mr. Cone and Miss Caroline Woodward were married Nov. 24, 1873. Mrs. Cone was a daughter of Andrew Woodward, and a native of Thomaston, Conn., where her father has been engaged in the tannery business many years. She died Dec. 17, 1888, leaving tliree children : Emma L., who is the wife of Dr. C. H. Rust, of Cleveland, Ohio; Jolin S., who died July 26, 1899, at the age of twenty years ; and Harriet A., a student in the Waterbury schools. On Sept. 24, 1890, Mr. Cone married Miss Minnie Manwaring, who was born in Water- ford, Conn., daughter of Ansel Manwaring, for many years town treasurer. She is a capable and well educated lady, and was a school teacher be- fore her marriage. Mr. Cone is a Republican and a prominent Mason, having reached the Shrine. The family attend the Second Congregational Church, of which they are all members.
RICHARD CHRISTOPHER WILCOX, se- nior member of the widely known firm of R. C. Wilcox & Sons, dairy farmers and stock raisers, Guilford, is a native of Connecticut, born June 22, 1846, in the town of Guilford, New Haven county.
The Wilcox family are old settlers of the New England States ,and the name has been spelled in various ways-Wilcox, Wilcocks, Wilcoxson and Willcox. (1) William Wilcox ( or Wilcoxson ), the first of the name in Connecticut, was born in 1601 at St. Albans, Hertfordshire. England. whence in 1635 he came to America in the ship "Planter," having a certificate from the minister of his native i
city. Landing at Boston, he there became a freeman in 1636; three years later ( 1639) he came to Con- necticut, locating at Stratford, Fairfield county, where he passed the rest of his days, dying in 1652. In 1647 he was a representative at Hartford. He and his wife, Margaret, had six children, as fol- lows: (I) John, born in 1633; (2) Joseph, who died in 1703; (3) Samuel, deceased March 12, 1713; (4) Sarah, Mrs. John Meigs, who died Nov. 24, 1691; (5) Obadiah, sketch of whom follows; and (6) Timothy, deceased June 13, 1713.
(II) Obadiah Wilcox, son of (I) William, was born in 1641 in the town of Stratford, Conn., whence in early manhood he came to Guilford, set- tling in the eastern part of the town, now known as Madison, and following farming. In 1672 he was made a freeman. He died in 1713, and was buried in Madison. Mr. Wilcox was twice mar- ried, and by his first wife, Mary, had thirteen chil- dren, as follows: . (1) Mary, born Dec. 11, 1676, married Thomas Munson, of New Haven; (2) Lydia, born Oct. 14, 1678, died Nov. 4, 1698; (3) Obadiah was born Dec. 14, 1679; (4) Ebenezer was. born Sept. 20, 1682; (5) Ephraim; (6) Mindwell was married April 20, 1714, to Daniel Hill, and died Feb. 3, 1770; (7) Timothy was born Nov. 15, 1690; (8) Silence; (9) Jolin, sketch of whon fo !- lows: (10) Joseph, born in 1694, married Hannah Goodale, and died July 15, 1770; (II) Isaac settled in Middletown; (12) Jemima was born Oct. 30, 1699; (13) Experience. By his second wife, Silence, Mr. Wilcox had one child, ( 14) Thankful, born April 4, 1702, who was married Sept. 6, 1722, to Samuel Norton.
(III). John Wilcox, son of (II) Obadiah, was born Nov. 9, 1692, in East Guilford, where he passed all his days in agricultural pursuits, dying May 1, 1753. On Jan. 11, 1719, he married De- borah Parmelee, born in 1699, who died in 1792. Their children : (1) Obadiah, born April 15, 1720, married Lydia Wilcox, and died in 1771: (2) Sarah was born Nov. 10, 1723 ; (3) John, born Aug. 17. 1726, married Martha Coe; (4) Ezra, sketch of whom follows; (5) Mary, born Dec. 1, 1731, mar- ried in November, 1753, Enos French, and 'died Sept. 28, 1777; (6) Asabel was born Dec. 9, 1735. (IV) Ezra Wilcox, son of (III) John. born Oct. 20, 1728, passed all his days in East Guilford, dying there March 14, 1805 .. He married. Nov. 9, 1757, Esthier Meigs, who was born March 19. 1734, a daughter of Janna and Elizabeth ( Dudley) Meigs. and died Sept. 8, 1809. Children as follows were born to them: (I) Lavinia, born July 17, 1758. married Bela Dudley; (2) Ezra, born in 1762, mar- ried Rebecca Brown, and died May 1. 1836; (3) Esther, married John Williams; (4) Elzah, born March 8, 1765, married Lois Field, and died Feb. 24, 1828; (5) Julius; (6) Elizabeth, married John Spencer : (7) Return, sketch of whom follows.
(V) Return Wilcox, son of ( IV) Ezra, and the grandfather of Richard C. Wilcox, was born in
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1771, in what is now the town of Madison. New Haven county, and died there Nov. 28, 1846. He was a lifelong farmer. By his wife, Abigail. born May 23, 1780, died May 31, 1845, he had seven children, as follows: ( 1) Alva Orrin, born Aug. 22, 1799, died July 10, 1887 ; (2) Polly Maria, born Aug. 2, 1801, married Ebenezer Merrill. of Clinton, Conn .; (3) Elizabeth, born Scpt. 8, 1803, married Sept. 4, 1828, Edward F. Kelsey, of Madison, and died Marchi 15. 1888; (4) Jerusha. born in July, 1806, married in August, 1824, Samuel K. Dowd, and died June 3, 1841 ; (5) Almon Orrill, sketch of whom follows; (6) Susan Abigail, born in 1815, married Sept. 19, 1838, Achilles Dowd, of Madi- son ; (7) Samuel Augustus, born July 19, 1819, died Dec. 13, 1876.
(VI) Almon Orrill Wilcox, son of (V) Return, and the father of Richard. C., was born April 24, 1808, in the town of Madison, New Haven county, there attended the district school, and worked on a farm until he was twenty-five years old, when he came to Guilford. Here his first employment was as a farm laborer at $5 per month. Later he pur- chased a small farm, where he continued agricul- tural pursuits the rest of his life, dying Sept. 16, 1874; his remains were interred in Nut Plains cemetery. Noted for his industry and honesty, he was highly respected in the community in which he lived. In politics he was first a Whig, later a Republican, and in religious faith he was a con- sistent member of the Congregational Church.
In Guilford, Oct. 6, 1830, Almon O. Wilcox was married to Ruth D. Kennedy, who was born May 3, 1812, and died Jan. 28, 1875. She was a daugh- ter of Anson Kennedy, of Guilford. Their chil- dren : (1) Sarah Dorcas, born Nov. 2, 1833, mar- ried Jan. 13, 1855, Charles M. Wilcox. and died March 26, 1857: (2) Charlotte Abigail, born Nov. 25, 1836, is the widow of Andrew Ward Foote, late of Guilford (he was born April 27, 1833, and died Dec. 16, 1880) : (3) Helen Sophia, born July 21, 1844, died March 14, 1865; (4) Richard Chris- topher, a sketch of whom follows: (5) George Howard, born March 21, 1849, married Mary E. Bishop, and died Nov. 14, 1888; (6) Walter Wes- ley, born Dec. 14, 1851, married Lucy M. Evarts.
(VII) Richard C. Wilcox, whose name opens this memoir, received his education in part at the district schools of Nut Plains, in part at Guilford Academy, where he attended four terms. He worked at home until of age, when with aid from his father, he bought the farm on which he now lives, known. as "Cloverdale Dairy Farm," a tract of fifty-six acres formerly owned by Juston Dudley, and which was then a wilderness. Here he built a home in 1870, and since then has erected barns, outhouses and a dairy ice house, etc., costing in all over $12,000. His home and surroundings are among the finest in Guilford. Until 1804 he carried on general farming. and then embarked in dairying .. butter-making a specialty, and from time to time
has increased the capacity of his business until he now owns the largest dairy farm on the shore line. He manufactures and sells over $1,700 worth of butter per annum, and sells $1,600 worth of milk and cream in the same period. Since his first pur- chase of land he has bought another farm of 100 acres near the homestead, and has leased several other farms. He has now ( 1901) a herd of thirty- six Jerseys and grade Jersey cows, and a fine Jersey bull of his own raising. The following sketch of "Cloverdale Dairy Farm" appeared in the report of the Dairy Commissioner for 1898:
"The Cloverdale Dairy Farm originated about six years ago with four cows. The cream from the milk of those cows was sold to the Guilford Cream- ery for about five months, when it was decided to make butter in a small way. The butter for the first year was sold for two cents below the whole- sale creamery price, because the grocers could not pay the creamery prices. The last year nearly the entire make has been sold to families at thirty cents per pound the year around, and in fact, it has been so the last four years. Mr. Wilcox is now selling cream, new milk, skim milk and buttermilk, one of his sons running a wagon daily in the town. He uses a DeLaval cream separator, which enables him to have sweet skim milk every day. His herd consists of twenty-eight Jerseys and grade Jerseys, feeding hay and dry food, not having a silo. Mr. Wilcox manufactured over three tons of butter in 1897, which was nearly all disposed of at prices above mentioned."
Mr. Wilcox is a man of enterprise and progress. . and takes a leading part all things pertaining to farming and dairying, and to the town in general. He is one of the most active members of the State Creamery Association and of the State Dairy Asso- ciation. Being a well-read man, he is well posted on all the leading events of the day, and has made a success of life entirely by his own efforts, persever- ance and good management. Though a stanch Republican in politics, he is no party man ; in re- ligious faith he is a member of the First Congrega- tional Church. Socially he is affiliated with the Royal Arcanum and New England Order of Pro- tection.
In Branford, Conn., Oct. 5, 1870, Richard C. Wilcox was married to Lucy Caroline Page, a native of that town, and a daughter of Edgar and Jane G. (Robinson) Page. Four children, all sons, have blessed this union, their names and dates of birth being as follows: Lewis Cornelius, Feb. 6, 1872: Elmer Ellsworth, Sept. 8, 1874 ; Edgar Almon, Aug. 18, 1877; and Richard Lester, April 28, 1879, All are well educated, and all excepting Richard L. are engaged in their father's dairying and stock- raising business, proving themselves to be worthy sons of worthy parents, as well as progressive and advanced farmers. Mrs. Wilcox is a lady of re- finement, a devoted helpmeet to her husband, a loving motlier, and kind, hospitable neighbor.
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JOSEPH P. COLWELL. one of the leading business men of Derby, was born in Hartford, April 26, 1845, and grew to manhood there. Ilis early educational advantages were of a very limited sort, necessity compelling him to begin work at an early age. While yet a young boy he found employment in the carpet factory, and the outbreak of the Civil War found him a servant in the household of Dr. M. T. Newton. Being too young to enlist, yet de- sirous of going to the front, he accompanied the Doctor in the same capacity, and was thus able to serve three years. On his return from the army he went to work for the Colt Arms Co., with whom he remained for about two years. In 1866 he removed to Derby, which city, as has been said, is still his home. Here, too, his life for many years was one of hard and constant toil. In 1887 he entered the employ of Mr. Thomas Finn, an undertaker, and in 1891 embarked in the same line of business for him- self, having as a partner Peter Reilly, and the firm name being Colwell & Reilly. The partnership was dissolved after three years, and since 1894 Mr. Colwell has carried on the business alone. Under his judicious management it has prospered greatly, and he is now reaping the well earned reward of a life of patient industry and unfailing integrity.
In 1873 Mr. Colwell was married to Miss Mary Ann Kelledy, of Derby, whose father, Matthew Kelledy, was born in Ireland. His married life lasted but twelve years, Mrs. Colwell dying in 1885. Of their union there are three children liv- ing. Henry, Joseph and Mary. Mr. Colwell is a Democrat in politics, and in religious faith a Cath- olic, being a communicant at St. Mary's Church. For thirty years he has been a member of the Storm Hose Company, of Derby, and has risen from the ranks to hold the position of chief engin- eer. He is of a genial, generous nature, and social in his proclivities and mode of life, and is an influential and honored member of various societies. Among these organizations are the Knights of Col- umbus (of which order he is a past master), the Foresters of America, the Knights of Maccabees, and the Catholic Benevolent Legion of America.
MRS. CLARA A. BOND, of Woodbridge, be- longs to an old and honored New Haven county family, which was founded here by one Richard Sperry, who came from England about 1660. Her paternal great-grandfather, Ebenezer Sperry, was a native of Woodbridge, born July 27, 1773, on what is known as the Sperry farm and is still owned by the Sperry family. The house standing thereon was built when he was a child of five years. He wedded Mary Newton Booth, also a native of Woodbridge and a daughter of Walter and Mary ( Newton ) Booth. He died Oct. 26, 1855, and she departed this life Feb. 2, 1865, at the age of eighty- two years. They had two children, of whom Cal- vin, the grandfather of our subject, was the young- est. Eunice married Edward Hine, of Woodbridge,
and to them were born three children: Catherine Mary, who wedded the late Riley Peck, of New Haven, and died Nov. 5, 1901, aged seventy-four years ; Sarah Antoinette, widow of Birdsey Brad- ley, of Handen ; and Velina, wife of Lewis Hitch- cock, of Woodbridge.
Calvin Sperry was born on the old homestead, in December, 1807, and there spent his entire life engaged in agricultural pursuits. In addition to general farming he was also engaged in the milk business for a time, and in his undertakings met with fair success. He was a stanch supporter of the Republican party and its principles, and was a con- sistent member of the Congregational Church of Woodbridge. After an honorable and useful career, he died May 28, 1871, in his sixty-fourth year. He was three times married, his first wife being Sarah A. Carrington, daughter of Liverus and Lowly Car- rington. She died Jan. 23. 1853, at the age of forty- four years, and he next married Cynthia Riggs, by whom he had one daughter, Eleanor, now deceased. The third wife was Parentha Baldwin. There were three children by the first marriage, namely: Elizur L., father of our subject; Almira E., now Mrs. George Turner, of Woodbridge; and Sarah An- geline, who died April 19, 1849, at the age of ten years.
Elizur L. Sperry was born Feb. 5, 1831, on the old homestead in the town of Woodbridge, where Mrs. Bond now lives, and he was given the best edu- cational advantages, being a graduate of Yale. On Jan. 16, 1856, he was married in Dudley, Mass., to Miss Sarah Loretta Williams, who was born April 10, 1831, and soon after his marriage he moved to Vandalia, Ill., where he was engaged in farming for several years-an occupation he thor- oughly understood. having been trained to it on the home farm. From Illinois, he returned to Woodbridge, and here engaged in general farming. In 1890 he visited a son in Florida, and being pleased with the climate and State, he decided to make it his winter home. Accordingly. the follow- ing year he bought an orange grove of twenty-five acres, and spent the great part of the time in Florida until his death Aug. 16, 1901, at the age of seventy years. Politically he was a stanch Republican, and as one of the prominent and influential men of his community, he was called upon to fill many of the town offices, such as selectman, member of the school board, and for many years justice of the peace. In his family were four children: (1) William I., born June 16, 1857, died June 22. 1857. (2) Clara A., our subject, is mentioned below. (3) Calvin Waldo, born Oet. 20. 1863, married H. Louie Keys, and they have three children: Sarah L., born April 10. 1890; Marion K., born Aug. 28, 1892; and Carlton, born. April 22, 1895. (4) Sarah Adeline, born May 6, 1867, died Dec. 26, 1884.
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