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Mrs. Bond was born Feb. 4, 1861, and was mar- ried Aug. 15, 1883, to Charles Bond, a native of
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Oxford, Mass., by whom she has two children : Herbert L., born Sept. 28, 1884; and Mabel Sperry, born July 31, 1890. Mr. Bond is an extensive and successful farmer of Woodbridge, cultivating the flats long known as the Sperry farm, and also operates a cider and sawmill. He is a wide-awake. energetic business man, of progressive ideas, and is quite prominent in the community where he resides. In politics he is a Republican.
Dr. EMELINE ROBERTS JONES, of New Haven, has the distinction of being the pioneer woman dentist-the first woman to open independ- ently an office and offer her services to the public as a competent dentist.
Dr. Jones was born July 26, 1836, in Winches- ter, Conn., daughter of John Eno and Deborah Hungerford (Blakeslee) Roberts, and is descended in both paternal and maternal lines from honorable New England ancestry. Samuel Roberts, her ear- liest ancestor of that name on American soil, came from England about 1636 and settled in New Haven. His son, (II) Samuel Roberts, married Catherine His son, (III) Samnel Roberts, mar- ried Sept. 22, 1691, Mary Blake. His son, (IV) Samuel Roberts, married March 22, 1716-17, Ra- chel Webb. His son, (V) Joel Roberts. married Esther Loomis. His son, (VI) Judah Roberts, married Mercy Eno. His son, (VII) John Eno Roberts, married Deborah Hungerford Blakeslee. and they were the parents of Dr. Emeline R. Jones.
(I) Samuel Blakeslee, Dr. Jones' first American ancestor in the maternal line, came from England in 1636. His son, (II) Samuel Blakeslee married. Sarah Kimberly. His son. (III) Samuel Blakeslee, married Eleanor Lane. His son, (IV) Deacon Sam- uel Blakeslee, married Ruth His son, (V) Deacon Samuel Blakeslee, married Lydia Woodford. His son, (VI) Deacon Samuel Blakes- lee, married Silence Church. His daughter. (VII) Deborah Hungerford, married John Eno Roberts, and they became the parents of Dr. Emeline R. Jones. The Doctor is descended from William the Conqueror through the Plantagenets, in the Drake line. Five of her ancestors fought on the American side in the Revolution, and a number were promi- nent in the trying times dating from the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers through the Colonial period, loyal and patriotic to the core.
an important man throughout the remainder of his lite. He was magistrate of New Haven Colony from 1662 to 1664, and was re-elected annually until 1692, when he was elected deputy governor, in which incumbency he was retained until his death, in 1706. His son. (II) Nathaniel Jones, born in England, died in New Haven Aug. 21, 1601. On Oct. 7. 1684. he married Abigail Atwater. His son, (III) Theophilus Jones, born March 18, 1690, mar- ried Dec. 26, 1711, Hannah Mix. His son, (IV ) Nathaniel Jones, born March 3. 1717, married June 8, 1743. Sarah Merriam. His son, (V) Benjamin Jones, born Feb. 5. 1757, at Wallingford, married Esther Woodruff. His son, (VI) Orville Jones, married Rhoda Woodruff, and they were the par- ents of (VII) Daniel Albion Jones, who married Emeline Roberts. Dr. Daniel A. Jones was also descended from William the Conqueror through the Plantagenets, twice in the Drake line and once in the Alsop line.
Dr. Daniel Albion Jones was a dentist of excep- tional skill, and a man of ability in various lines. He was. widely known and beloved outside his pro- fession, especially as a philanthropist, and his un- timely death, in 1864, deprived the profession of a worthy member, the community of a citizen who from early manhood had, in his large-hearted be- nevolence, the good of his fellow men at heart, and his family of a kind and loving father. Mrs. Jones had commenced the study of dentistry with her hus- band in 1855, and for a time received instruction from Dr. R. B. Curtis, of Winsted, Conn. Her husband had built up a large practice in Danielson- ville (now Danielson), and, having assisted him until his death, she continued the establishment there successfully until 1876, in which year she moved to New Haven in order to give her son better educational opportunities. She was no less success- ful in her new field, and has taken high rank among the ablest members of the dental profession in Con- necticut; she is a member of the State Dental So- cicty.
Inheriting independence of thought and action, together with the New England virtues of thrift, executive ability and thoroughness, Dr. Jones has been exceptionally successful in her business career. The resolution she displayed in taking up the work her husband began is a typical characteristic of this noble woman, who has shown herself capable in other fields besides that of her life work. As the pioneer woman in her profession she enjoys a dis- tinction not lightly reckoned in these days, when women are receiving the recognition due them for their achievements. Other women may have assist- ed in dental offices prior to 1855, but so far as known she is the first to open an office on her own account. To her natural mental acquisitiveness is added clear and quick perception, and a corresponding fullness of the reasoning faculties. Nor is she deficient in such social graces and qualities of affection as are
In 1854 Emeline Roberts was united in marriage with Dr. Daniel Albion Jones, born March 2, 1833. in Barkhamsted. Litchfield Co., Conn., son of Orville and Rhoda ( Woodruff) Joncs. He was descended from William Jones, a lawyer of London, England, who came to New England in 1660, in the same ship with Goffe and Whalley. the regicides, arriving in Boston July 27. It is said that his father, David Jones, was one of the judges executed by King Charles II. and William Jones is reputed to have secreted and fed the regicides a month in his house. From Boston he came to New Haven, where lte was i needed to constitute her the best of mothers and the
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most serviceable of friends. Her active and wide- reaching benevolence has been exercised quietly, and many and timely have been her benefactions. Dr. Jones is an honored member of Mary Clap Wooster Chapter, D. A. R.
Two children were born to Daniel A. and Eme- line ( Roberts ) Jones : Eveline, who was six years of age at the time of her father's death ; and Daniel Albion, who was three and a half years old at that time. The daughter is now the wife of Frederick B. Street, a prominent business man of New Haven, and has two daughters, Emeline A., now ( 1901) aged sixteen, who is attending Vassar; and Grace H., aged eleven, who is a pupil in Mrs. Johnstone's private school. Mrs. Sweet is a member of the Daughters, of the American Revolution, in the work of which she has taken a very active part, and her children belong to the Children of the American Revolution, of which Emeline has served as regis- trar. Like her mother, Mrs. Street is an energetic woman, doing with a will whatever she undertakes, and she has a kind and lovable disposition which endears her to a large circle of friends. Well read on a very large variety of subjects, keen and observ- ing, with the quick perceptive faculties characteris- tic of the family, and endowed with a ready wit, she is a most interesting conversationalist and a pleasant companion. She is also a fine musician, having taken a course in music at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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Daniel Albion Jones graduated at the Yale Aca- demic School in 1884. and studied dentistry three years with his mother before entering the Harvard Dental School, from which he received the degree of D. D. S. in 1889. In 1890 he received the de- gree of M. D. from Yale Medical School. At Yale he was a member of the Glee Club and for four years was on the base-ball team. He has been suc . cessfully engaged in the practice of dentistry. for the past fourteen years, and is a prominent member of the State Dental Society, of which he has now been treasurer for ten years. Fraternally Dr. Jones unites with the Masons, the Yale University Club and other organizations. He is welcomed in social circles in the city for his many pleasing qualities, notably his attainments as a musician ; he has re- ceived fine musical training, and has a number of pupils. Dr. Jones married Miss Emma Beadle, daughter of Joseph Blakeslee Beadle. of Montclair, New Jersey.
CHARLES A. DAVIS, one of the active. prominent and enterprising citizens of the town of Oxford, New Haven county, has, through- out his entire business career. been identified with the agricultural interests of that town. He was born at Quaker Farms, this county, June . 13. 1858, a son of Anson R. and Mary A. ( Alling) Davis. The father, who followed farming throughout his life. was born in Seymour. this county, and died in Oxford, May 5, 1885. at
the age of sixty-seven years. The Mother, how- ever. is still living, at the age of eighty-one years. In their family were seven children, as follows : Mary E., wife of W. T. Andrews, of Orange, Conn .; Ellen L., wife of W. F. Osborne, of An- sonia : Laura B., wife of John M. Hubbard, of West Haven ; Emma E .: Charles A .; Stella L., wife of F. A. Bailey, of Springfield, Mass. ; and Eveline A.
Charles A. Davis was reared in much the usual manner of farmer boys of his day, and early ac- quired an excellent knowledge of all the duties which fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He as- sisted in the operation of the home farm until his father's death. Mr. Davis now owns and resides upon a place of 260 acres, known as the old Mallett homestead, which he purchased in the spring of 1899, and is quite extensively engaged in the dairy business and general farming.
On Oct. 20, 1886, Mr. Davis was united in marriage with Mrs. Mary Lum, widow of H. A. Lum, and daughter of M. D. Northrop. To theni has been born one child, Ralph E. Politically Mr. Davis is identified with the Republican party, and religiously he is a member of the Episcopal Church. He is one of the most enterprising and successful dairymen and farmers of Oxford, and as a citizen stands deservedly high in the esteem of his fellow men. His strict integrity and honorable dealing in business commend him to the confidence of all : his pleasant manner wins him friends, and he is one of the popular and honored citizens of his community.
CHARLES O'CONNOR, prominent as a con- tractor and builder in Waterbury, Conn., was born in Ireland, Dec. 25. 1848, one of the two children of Timothy and Mary ( Lynch) O'Connor, the other being Johanna, who died when a little girl in the old country. The mother also died in Ireland. On coming to America the father married for his sec- ond wife Johanna Kelleher, to which union were born six children, viz. Thomas, who is a laborer in Manchester, Conn .: Daniel, a fireman on a rail- road in Pittsburg, Penn. : Michael, assistant pastor of St. Mary's Church in New Britain, Conn .; Timo- thy, employed in a mill in Manchester, Conn ; Mary and Ellen, unmarried and residing in Man- chester. Timothy, the father of this family, was educated for the priesthood in Ireland, but did not follow the profession and came to America and here passed the remainder of his days.
Charles O'Connor was but a child when brought to America. His father located in Providence, R. I., and there our subject attended school until twelve years of age. He then worked on a farm for one dollar per month and board and night schooling for about three years, then returned to Providence, where he began to learn the carpenter's trade under George Brown. He worked for three years for $90, or $30 per year, and had a hard time of it. After finishing his apprenticeship he worked as a journeyman for two years in Provi-
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dence, and then went to Boston, worked one year then for nine months again in Providence, then one year in Fall River, Mass., again two years in Providence, and next for six months in Savannah, Ga., in which city he shipped for six months as carpenter on board the side wheel steamer "General Barnes," running South. He then returned to the North, and for two and a half years worked for Cheney Bros., in Hartford.
In 1875 Mr. O'Connor began business for him- self at contracting and building in Manchester, Conn., where he remained about four and a half years, and then went to Denver and other places in Colorado, following his trade about fourteen months. Upon his return to Connecticut he settled in Waterbury, and has since been one of the most extensive and successful contractors and builders of the city. Among some of the more conspicuous buildings erected by him are the new almshouse at :a cost of $100,000, the new high school, $80,000, Notre Dame $35,000, St. Mary's school, St. Mary's convent, St. Patrick's Hall, St. Patrick's rectory, St. Thomas' Church, and many imposing stores and elegant dwellings. During all this time Mr. O'Con- ner has been so straightforward and upright in his transactions that he has never yet been sued, nor has he had occasion to sue any man.
Mr. O'Connor wedded Joanna O'Reiley, who 'was born in Ireland, but reared in the United States, and this marriage has been blessed with five children, namely: Minnie, who is a teacher in the Clay street school; Julia, deceased; Alice, who is a teacher in Washington school ; Charles S., attend- ing the high school; and Margaret, also in high school. In politics Mr. O'Connor is independent, as, being unusually intelligent, he is fully capable of judging for himself. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Independent Order of Foresters. He and family are devout members of the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception, to the support of which they are among the most liberal contributors.
GEORGE HENRY FURMAN, superintend- ent of the straw hat factory at Milford, was born in that town Dec. 14, 1847, son of Henry Furman and grandson of William Furman.
The family is of English origin, and our sub- ject's great-grandfather was one of three brothers- . George, James and William-who came to America at an early day. William Furman, our subject's grandfather, may have been born in England. He became a farmier in Morris, Otsego Co .. N. Y .. where he died. His wife Rhoda ( Thorp) was a native of North Haven, Conn., and their family comprised nine children: Henry, our subject's father, is mentioned below; James, a painter by trade, died in Milford : Charles, formerly a 'farmer, is now a resident of Millington. Mich. ; Chauncey ( deceased) was a farmer in Michigan: Lucinda married John Soden; Louisa married & Mr. Wan-
zer. of West Laurens, N. Y. : Mary became the sec- ond wife, of John Soden ; Emeline married Erie Tucker, of West Laurens, N. Y .; and Maria mar- ried Harvey Wing, of Morris, New York.
Henry Furman, our subject's father, was born in Morris, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1823, and removed to Mil- ford when twenty-three years old. He married Charlotte Glenney, of Milford, who was born there June 14, 1822, and is a descendant of one of the oldest pioneer families in the State, her ancestors coming originally from England. Her grandfather, William Glenney, fought in the war of the Revolu- tion. The homestead of her grandfather, Abraham Clark, in the western part of the town, now known as the "Wilson Honic," though over two hundred years old, is habitable and in a good state of preservation. The Glenneys were sea-faring men for generations. William Glenney, her grand- father, was a sea-captain and died at sea. His sons were all sea captains, some of them in the West India trade. Captain William Glenney, Mrs. Furman's father, married Amy Clark, of Milford, and they had the following children: William, a shoemaker in Milford: Isaac D., employed in the straw hat factory in Milford ; Daniel S., who died in New Haven, where he was engaged in mer- cantile business for many years; Maria, wife of Ralph Augur, of Pittsfield, Mass .; Charlotte, our subject's mother : Sarah, who married George Beard, of St. Louis, Mo .; and Susan, who married Henry Tibballs, of Milford. To Mr. and Mrs. Furman were born four children: George Henry, our subject; Mary F., wife of Samuel N. Oviatt, of Milford: Susan G. (deceased), who married Frank H. Woodruff, of Milford; and Sarah, wife of George W. Smith, of Milford. The father died Jan. 1, 1885, and the mother is still living.
George H. Furman was reared in his native town, acquiring a common-school education, and at the age of sixteen entered the straw hat factory then known as the N. A. Baldwin & Co.'s works. His ability soon won him promotion, and for many years he has held the position of superintendent. On May 21. 1868, he married Elizabeth Mitchell, and two children have blessed the union: (1) Henry M., born March 5, 1872, married Oct. 26, 1892, Jessie S. Smith, who died July 15, 1895. In November, 1898, he married Hannah Woodbury, of Round Pond, Me. He is now a clerk with S. N. Oviatt, of Milford. (2) Charlotte E., born June 24. 1870, is at home. The family are much es- teemed socially. They are identified with the Ply- mouth Congregational Church, and Mr. Furman is also a member of the Order of United Workmen, Golden Hill Lodge, No. 35. A. O. U. W., of Bridge- port, and the Royal Arcanum, Volunteer Council, No. 819, of Milford. In politics he is a Democrat.
Mrs. Elizabeth Furman was born Feb. 19, 1845, in Glasglow. Scotland. daughter of Robert and El- len ( Vance ) Mitchell, both natives and lifelong resi- dents of Scotland. The family consisted of four
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children, of whom Mrs. Furman was the youngest ; John died in Southbury, Mass. ; Robert is a baker in Dublin, Ireland ; and Maggie, who was married in Scotland, died there in 1893.
ALPIIONSE GENDRON was born March 28. 1846, in Vergeres, Canada. Antoine Gendron, his father, was a farmer in Canada for a number of years, and married Eliza Savaria, who bore him a family of five boys and five girls, of whom Alphonse is the only one now living.
Alphonse Gendron worked on the Canadian farm until he was seventeen years of age, when he came to Woonsocket, R. I., and secured a position in a woolen mill, where he presently became fore- man, remaining there altogether for about five years. Quitting his place in Woonsocket he went to New Bedford, Mass., and for the sake of an out-of-door life, became a carpenter, working at the trade for about three years. For about a year and a half. at New Britain, Conn., he was in the employ of John Pinches. At Meriden he was a grocer for thir- teen years, and then, selling his store, he resumed his trade, working for wages two years, and then doing a contracting and building business for three . years. At the expiration of this time. Mr. Gendron came to Wallingford, where, since October, 1896, he has been extensively engaged in contracting and building, and is well known as a man of industry and integrity. Among his construction operations are several fine residences, and it was his business push and enterprise that opened up Randolph Avenue, and Orchard Street south of Ward Street, as well as Kelley Street.
Mr. Gendron is a member of Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford. Independent in politics, he seeks to bring the best men and the most de- sirable measures together. Doing his own think- ing, and well informed as to the political issues of the day, he decides for himself as reason and good sense may seem to dictate.
On July 29, 1872, Mr. Gendron was married to . Miss Louisa Pager. of Canada, and to them were born the following children: Alicia Marie, born June 15, 1880, in New Britain ; Alveric, born Sept. 4, 1886, in Meriden ; Cora, born Jan. 1. 1889. in Meriden; and. Umalda, born July 8, 1891, in Meriden. Seven other children died when young. Mr. Gendron . built a fine home for his family on South Orchard Street in 1898.
CHARLES BROOKSBY SANDERSON, pro- prietor of the up-to-date meat and provision store at the corner of North Main and Grove Streets, Waterbury, was born in Ephratah, Fulton county, N. Y., April 26, 1855.
John Sanderson, grandfather of Charles B., was an Episcopal elergyman in England. By his: marriage he became the father of nine children. all
was born at Darfield, England, Oct. 9, 1809, and was the only member of his family to come to America. He had a good college education and was possessed of considerable cash. He first located in Albany, N. Y., where he conducted a hotel five years, and then removed to Ephratah, where he operated a tan- nery twenty years. He married Margaret Brooks- by, who was born in Scotland, Nov. 5, 1825, and was about ten years of age when brought to America by her parents. Her father, James Brooksby, was a nurseryman, and was associated with a Mr. Wil- son, who introduced the famous Wilson strawberry to the epicurean world. Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson, eight reached, or nearly reached, maturity, as follows: Jane married to D. W. Duesler, of Ephratah ; William died when six- teen years old ; Aymour R. is a merchant in Provi- dence, R. I .; Charles B. is the subject of this sketch; Wilson A. is a contractor in Ephratah ; Luella M. married to Peter I. Saltsman, of Water- bury, Conn .; Carrie W. is the wife of Charles L. Rogers, also of Waterbury; and Henry B. is the . proprietor of the Valley View Meat Market, Water- bury.
Charles B. Sanderson attended school in Ephra- tah until fifteen years of age, and then passed three years with his grandmother in Hudson, N. Y. ; he then returned to Ephratah, and remained until twenty-one years old. when he went thence to Woonsocket, R. I., and clerked in a gents' furnish- ing store. In 1876 he came to Waterbury, Conn., but in 1878 returned to Woonsocket, where in con- nection with his brother, A. R., he bought the store in which he had formerly clerked. Returning to Waterbury, Mr. Sanderson opened his present meat and provision store in 1881, and he is enjoying a most lucrative trade in his line of business.
On Sept. 29, 1882, Mr. Sanderson was married to Miss Nettie L. Bronson, a daughter of O. H. Bronson, of Waterbury, and this marriage was graced with two children, Harry B. and Nettie B. Mr. Sanderson was bereft of his wife July 27, 1885. On Nov. 23, 1893, he married Miss Rachel Bush Wright, daughter of George A. and Naney ( Bush) Wright, the former a native of Winsted, Conn., where his ancestors have lived for several genera- tions (the family is of English origin, and early settled in Connecticut). Mrs. Nancy (Bush) Wright traces her ancestry through her mother, Cornelia (Depew) Bush (who was born in Falls- burg, Sullivan Co., N. Y.) in a direet line to Gen. Hardenburg, who was the owner of thousands of acres of land, known as the Hardenburg Patent. in Sullivan county, N. Y. This land was granted him by Queen Anne for distinguished service in her army. Gen. Hardenburg took possession of this land in the early part of. the eighteenth cen- tury. and his descendants still live there.
Mr. Sanderson is thoroughly Republican in his of whom were conspicuous in various professions. . political sentiments, but takes no part in party af- George A. Sanderson, the father of subject, , fairs, and although he keeps his dues paid up as
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a inember of the I. O. O. F., the Red Men, the Good Fellows, the Heptasophs and other fraterni- ties, he does not attend their meetings. In business he is a "hustler," and his interest in this, coupled with his devotion to his family, constitutes the chief joy of his life.
ROBERT McCORMACK, proprietor of a coal and wood yard, Waterbury, is a native of Ireland, born March 15, 1840. in County Longford.
James McCormack, father of our subject, was a farmer in Ireland, where he passed his entire life, dying in 1855 ; his wife Ann ( Cook) also died there, in 1892. . They had a family of nine children : John is a farmer in the town of Wolcott, New Haven county ; William. deceased, was a farmer in Ire- land ; Bessie is the widow of Thomas Elliot, a farm- er in Ireland: James, deceased, was a farmer in Ireland ; Ann is the widow of John Hall, who was a farmer in Ireland; Robert is the subject of this sketch ; Jane is the deceased wife of John Gibson. a minister in Minnesota : Samuel is living retired in Waterbury; Mary married William Scott, and they make their home in Ireland.
Robert McCormack received his education in Ireland, at the same time assisting his parents on the farm. At the age of eighteen years he emi- grated from his native Erin to the United States, landing at New York, in which city he made his home some eight years, working in shipyards two years, afterward for the American Tract Society some six years, and then came to Waterbury, where he has ever since resided. Here he first, for a short time, worked for the Scovill Mfg. Co., laier for Holmes, Booth & Haydens, after which he returned to the Scovill Mfg. Co., for four years, where he worked at Japanning, and then engaged in the Japan business on North Main Street, in which he remained until 1898, in that year em- barking in his present coal and wood business.
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