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Charles S. Chapman was six years of age when his parents moved to Hartford, Conn., where his father was employed in Sharp's armory. After living there some time they moved to Torrington, Conn. Erie, Pa., was his home for a time, and he last attended school at Troy, N. Y. The parents moved from Troy to Albany, and there Charles S. entered a machine shop and worked a year or more. In 1877 they came to Waterbury, Charles S. ac- companying them, and here he has resided to the present time. He obtained the position of book- keeper in the office of the Carrington Manufactur- ing Co., and for five years was with that firm, in the spring of 1882 entering the service of the Waterbury Watch Co., as bookkeeper ; he has risen step by step in positions of honor and trust until he is now cashier of that famous institution.
Mr. Chapman and Miss Carrie E. Trowbridge were married Oct. 24, 1884. Mrs. Chapman was born in Roxbury, Conn., daughter of William E. Trowbridge, a native of that town; her mother, Nancy ( Meramble), also came from Roxbury. To-
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Mr. and Mrs. Chapman have been born two chil- dren, Howard E. and Marjorie H. Mr. Chap- man has always been a Republican, and has been called to many responsible and honorable positions in public life. In. 1885 he served as a member of the Waterbury city council, and in 1892, 1893 and 1894 was a member of the center school district finance committee. He is now a member of the board of education for the city of Waterbury, and takes an active part in the promotion of school mat- ters. Socially he is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, of Townsend Lodge, No. 89, I. O. O. F., and of Toantic Tribe, No. 22, I. O. R. M. He is very actively identified with the Methodist Church, having been a member for many years, and being one of the trustees at the present time. For fifteen years previous to 1898 he was superintendent of the Sunday-school, and for twelve years was treasurer of the Connecticut Sun- day-school Association.
EDWARD JOHNSON CHITTENDEN, a progressive farmer and popular resident of the town of Guilford, was born there, on the Chitten- den homestead, Jan. 5, 1858, son of Henry D. Chittenden, and comes of a family long and favor- aply known in that section.
Sergt. John Chittenden (son of William, one of the first settlers of Guilford ) was married Dec. 12, 1665, to Hannah Fletcher, daughter of John Fletcher, of Milford, and died in Guilford in April, 1716, aged seventy-three years. Children: John, born Oct. 17, 1666, married Sarah Clay ; Elizabeth, born Jan. 26, 1670, married Thomas Cruttenden ; Joseph, sketch of whom follows; Gideon, born Sept. 23, 1678, died in 1679; Abel, born May 14, 1681, married Deborah Scranton; Lydia, born March 30, 1684, married William Hall.
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Joseph Chittenden, born March 26, 1672, died in Guilford Sept. 11, 1727. In 1692 he married Mary Kimberly, who was born in April. 1671, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Kimberly, of New Haven, and died Jan. 14, 1742. Children: De- borah, born Jan. 28, 1693, married John Spinning ; Patience, born Jan. 19, 1696, married John Hub- bard; Gideon, born Feb. 3, 1698, married Abigail Bishop; Daniel, born March 15, 1700, married Abigail Downs; Joseph, sketch of whom follows ; Thankful, born Jan. 27, 1704, married Thomas Bartlett.
whom follows: Lucy, born Oct. 18, 1736, married Melzar Fowler: Ambrose, born Dec. 29, 1744, married Zillalı Ifall.
Nathan Chittenden, born July 20, 1730, died June 6, 1819. On Sept. 23, 1756, he married Ruth Norton ( daughter of John and Mary (Morgan) Norton ), born in December, 1736, died Aug. 12, 1814. Children : Nathan, sketch of whom fol- lows; Billie, born July 8, 1760, was drowned Jan. 18, 1784: Joel, born Feb. 7, 1766, died March 20, 1766; Ruth, born April 9, 1767, died March 26, 1775; Huldah, born Feb. 24, 1773, died Jan. 6, 1776.
Nathan Chittenden. born Oct. 19, 1757, in Guil- ford, died there Jan. 19, 1848, at the ripe age of ninety years. His first wife, Sybil (Johnson), died July 25. 1821, and he subsequently married Lucy Hall Johnson, who was born June 20, 1772, and died Oct. 23, 1851. Children, all by first marriage: Ruth, born in 1781, married Andrew Norton; Jus- tus Johnson, sketch of whom follows; Nancy, born Sept. 26, 1784, died Oct. 18, 1788; Amelia, born Feb. 22, 1787, died June 20, 1801; Nancy, born Feb. 27, 1789, died Sept. 9. 1810; Billie, born April 27, 1791, married Eunice Fowler.
Justus Johnson Chittenden, born June 12, 1782, in Guilford, was a lifelong farmer of that town, and died there Aug. 8, 1865. He married Lucretia Cruttenden, who was born July 2, 1784, in East Guilford, daughter of Joseph and Lucretia ( Ev- | erts) Crittenden, and died May 24, 1857. Chil- dren : Amelia, born July 4, 1805, married William Starr: Clarissa was born June 5, 1808; Denison, sketch of whom follows; Nancy Lucretia, born March. 19, 1813, married Bildad Bishop; Sarah, born May 26, 1817, married Stephen Spencer.
Denison Chittenden, born Sept. 16, 1810, en- gaged in farming all his life, making his home in Guilford, where he died Dec. 29, 1899. On Sept. 29, 1831, he married Annette A. Coan, who was born Dec. 25, 1811. daughter of Davis and Cath- erine (Fowler) Coan, and died Jan. 11, 1897. They had children: Catherine Fowler, born Dec. 2, 1833, died Aug. 10, 1837 ; Henry Denison, sketch of whom follows; and Sarah Lucretia, born July 23, 1839, died June 18, 1860.
Henry D. Chittenden, father of the gentleman whose name introduces this article, was born Dec. 28, 1835, on the Chittenden homestead, where he has passed his entire life, successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is one of the reliable citi- zens of his town, where he is well known, and as a prosperous farmer has considerable influence for good in his locality, though he has never taken any particular part in the public life of the community. He is a Republican in political faith. On July 1, 1856, Mr. Chittenden married Miss Mary Jane Dowd, who was born Oct. 22, 1838, daughter of Alfred G. and Harriet ( Scranton) Dowd, and two children have blessed their union: Edward John-
Joseph Chittenden, born Jan. 25, 1702, died April 7, 1794, and is buried in Guilford. He was a cooper hy trade. On Nov. 14. 1726, he married Patience Stone, born Nov. 12, 1703, daughter of Benajah and Hannah ( DeWolt ) Stone, of Guilford. She died Nov. 6, 1767, and in April, 1770, he married Ann Hall, born Nov. 13, 1724, daughter of Ithamar and Judith ( Seward) Hall. She died Oct. 13, 1791, and is also buried in Guilford. Children, all by first marriage: Joseph; born Nov. 4, 1727, married Sarah Norton; Nathan, sketch of | son, sketch of whom follows; and John Scranton,
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born July 15, 1860, who died March 30, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Chittenden are good Christian people, and highly esteemed by their neighbors and many friends.
Edward Johnson Chittenden attended the schools near his home in Guilford, and later the high school. From boyhood he has been actively engaged in farm work, and he and his father now carry on the old homestead in partnership, giving considerable attention to stock raising in addition 10 general farming. Our subject has kept up the reputation of his family for industry and sobriety, and he is regarded as one of the intelligent, pro- gressive farmers of his town. On Feb. 4, 1891, Mr. Chittenden married Mrs. Emily Louise ( Wilcox) Landon, a native of Guilford, widow of Samuel Wilmot Landon. One child has come to them, Harry D., born Sept. 2, 1892. Fraternally M .. Chittenden holds membership in St. Alban's Lodge, No. 38, F. & A. M., Guilford, of which he is now serving as secretary. In religion he is a member of the First Congregational Church. Like his fa- ther, he is a Republican in political sentiment, but not active in party affairs.
WILCOX. This family, to which Mrs. Edward J. Chittenden belongs. is one of the oldest in Con- necticut. William Wilcox, the first of whom we have record, was a resident of Stratford, Conn. His son Obadiah had a son Joseph, who was born in 1694 in East Guilford ( now the town of Madi- son), and spent his life there, dying July 15, 1770. He married Hannah Goodale, by whom he had children: Timothy, born May 7, 1724, married Emma Pierson, and died Dec. 28, 1781 ; Joseph, sketch of whom follows; Elizabeth, born Sept. 17, 1728, married Jedediah Case : Jehiel, was born Jan. 12, 1731 ; Hannah, born Sept. 15, 1733, married Eli Graves, and died June 8, 1805.
Joseph Wilcox, born in East Guilford, May 27, 1726, died there April 7, 1786. On Sept. 17, 1754, he married Sarah Munger, who was born Feb. 10. 1729, and died in 1782. In 1784 he married Pru- dence Dudley, who died April 14, 1804. Children. all by first marriage: Mabel, born May 23, 1755. married Christopher Foster; Abel, born in 1760, died while serving in the Revolutionary war; Jo- seph, sketch of whom follows: Sarah, born June 14, 1773, died Nov. 27, 1863.
Joseph Wilcox, born in 1763 in East Guilford, died there Nov. 2, 1826. He married Olive Dowd, born Jan. 3, 1757, died Nov. 9, 1835, and they had children: Alvia married Abraham Cadwell, and died in 1864: Anna married William Scranton. and died in 1869; Prudence, born in 1783, married John F. Mays; and died Feb. 23, 1872; Abel, sketch of whom follows: Zenas was born in October, 1791 ; Roxanna married Joel Post.
Abel Wilcox, born Feb. 12, 1788, in the town of Madison, died there Dec. 26, IS41. On Nov. 21, 1814. he married Anna Field, born April 6, 1787, died Sept. 15, 1861. Children: Joseph Ben-
jamin, born Sept. 19, 1815, married Ruth Eliza- beth Scranton; Timothy Field, born March 27, 1817, married L. Almira Foster; Hiram Selden, born Feb. 12, 1819, married F. Marilla Dowd; Henry Beal, born Feb. 1, 1821, married Lucretia Woodruff; Alfred Nelson, sketch of whom fol- lows ; John Elliot, born June 29, 1825, died Dec. 13, 1886; Ann Elizabeth was born Feb. 28, 1828; Man- ford August, born May 15, 1830, married Nancy S. Smith; Saralı Matilda, born June 5, 1832, married Alphonso Snow and died April 25, 1871.
Alfred Nelson Wilcox, father of Mrs. Chitten- den, was born May 14, 1823, and is one of the hon- ored old residents of Guilford. He followed the trade of carpenter and builder in New Haven, Fair Haven and Guilford during his active years, and besides making a good living for himself and fam- ily established a high reputation as an industrious, honest man, gaining the respect of all who knew him. He is now living retired, and in feeble health. On Nov. 5. 1845, Mr. Wilcox married Caroline A. Munger, who was born April 25, 1826, and they had children as follows: Caroline M., born Feb. 24, 1847, is the wife of Eli T. Dudley; Alice Eliza- beth, born Aug. '26, 1853, married George W. Car- ter ; Emily Louise, born June 25, 1859, is the wife of Edward J. Chittenden, whose name opens this sketch.
SAMUEL WILMOT LANDON belonged to an old family of Long Island, and was a descendant of Nathaniel Landon, one of the first settlers in the vicinity of Southold. Judge Samuel Landon, son of Nathaniel, born in 1699 in Southold, died there June 11, 1782. David Landon, son of Samuel, was born Oct. 30, 1743, in Southold, and finally settled in Guilford, Conn., where he ended his days Sept. 14, 1796. On Oct. 18, 1763, he married Rebecca Ruggles, born Aug. 30, 1743, who died in June, 1823, and they had children: Jonathan was born Oct. 19, 1764; Samuel, born Oct. 17, 1765, died Aug. 23, 1793: David, born July 31, 176-, died Oct. 27, 1788; John, sketch of whom follows; Re- becca, born Oct. 11, 1773, died Oct. 27, 1773; Will- iam, born Dec. 9, 1774, died Jan. 18, 1830; Na- thaniel Ruggles, born March 16, 1781, died in Sep- tember, 1781; Nathaniel Ruggles (2), born June 28, 1784, died in December, 1857; George, born Aug. 10, 1787, died Oct. 8, 1866 (married Ruth Hart) ; four other sons died young.
John Landon, born Aug. 16, 1771, in Guilford, died March 27, 1826. He married Mrs. Sally At- water, who died July 15, 1851, and they had two ". children: Samuel W., sketch of whom follows; and Sally, born April 9, 1798, who married W. Nelson Wheeler, and died July 16, 1850.
Samuel W. Landon, born Dec. 4, 1795, in Guil- ford, died there Dec. 17, 1886. His first wife was Eliza Stone, his second Beulah Huston, and he had children : Charles Wilmot, sketch of whom fol- lows; Mary, born May 1, 1823, married John Graves, and died Dec. 8, 1861; John Elisha, born
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Nov. 15, 1827, married Alice Cahill; Samuel, boru April 17, 1831, died Nov. 18, 1854; Hugh, born Dec. 14, 1834, married Charlotte Tucker, and died in December, 1884.
Charles Wilmot Landon, born July 17, 1819, died July 19, 1877. On Nov. 5, 1844, he married Mary E. Benton, born Aug. 31, 1819, and they had children : Irene Elizabeth. born Sept. 6, 1845, died May 15, 1867; Franklin H., born Aug. 27, 1848, married Florence Isabel Whitmore; Charles Ben- ton, born Feb. 21, 1851, married Helen Brockett; John Stone, born Oct. 6, 1853, married Edwin A. Clark; Ann Mary, born June 3, 1856, died May 15, 1857; Samuel Wilmot, born June 19, 1859, is men- tioned below.
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Samuel Wilmot Landon received his education in the district schools and high school of Guilford, and commenced active life as clerk in the store of Edward Griswold, in Guilford, remaining with him until 1883. He then embarked in the grocery and provision business in partnership with George S. Davis, the firm name being Landon & Davis, con- tinuing same until his death, Oct. 13, 1890. His remains lie in the West cemetery. Socially he was a member of St. Alban's Lodge, F. & A. M., Guil- ford, and the Order of the Eastern Star; relig- iously he was a member of the First Congregational Church, and his political affiliation was with the Democratic party.
On Oct. 5, 1881, Mr. Landon married Miss . Emily Louise Wilcox, a native of New Haven county, and a daughter of Alfred N. Wilcox. Two children were born to this union, Pearl Wilcox and Burton Hill. the former of whom is attending school ; the latter is at home.
JOHN FRANCIS HAYES, M. D., son of Michael and Mary Ryan Hayes, was born in Water- bury, Conn., Jan. 17, 1857, and comes of good Irish ancestry, of which he has always been proud.
His father was born in Stonepark, Glen of Aher- low, County Tipperary, and his mother in Galbaly, County Limerick. They were among the early Irish settlers coming to Waterbury in 1846-48, and were noted for their honesty and industry, and for their frugal and temperate habits. The Doctor spent his boyhood days in Waterbury, where he was educated in the grammar and high schools, and also in what was known as the Waterbury English and Classical School, where many of the leading men of the city of Waterbury at the present time, obtained their education. His father had destined him to be a gro- cer, but the young man's ideas did not run in that direction, and he entered the Medical Department of the University of New York, in September, 1877, from which he graduated two years later ( 1879), receiving the degree of M. D., cum laude, when twenty-two years of age. Soon after graduating he successfully passed a competitive examination which gave him a choice of service and a position as resi- dent physician and surgeon of the Mt. Sinai Hos-
pital. New York. He remained there fourteen months, and then went abroad and entered the Ro- tunda Lying-in-Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, one of the largest institutions of the kind in the world. He completed the course of study prescribed there in eight months and received the degree of Licentiate in Midwifery. At Dublin he also took a special course at St. Mark's Hospital in diseases of the Eye and Ear. The year Dr. Hayes spent in Ireland is one of the' "red letter" years in his life, as he had longed to visit the birth places of his parents and ancestors, and was gratified with the genial courtesy and the kindly reception he met, wherever he turned in that country. From Dublin he went to Edin- burgh, and entered the Royal Infirmary where he further devoted his time to general medicine and surgery, and diseases of the Eye and Ear under Prof. Bell and Drs. Robinson and Walker. After three months in the old Scotch capital, Dr. Hayes went to London and entered St. Bartholomew's Hos- pital, where he had special opportunities for clinical study ; and he was also a student at the Royal Lon- don Ophthalmic Hospital, where over 25,000 patients are received annually, and here the doctor spent about three months. Returning to Waterbury he began his medical career in July, 1881, when he opened an office in the Brown block, No. 22 East Main street, and from the beginning, his success has been pronounced. To-day he enjoys a large general practice, and has by far the largest practice in midwifery of any physician in the city, and no physician lias a higher or more honorable standing in the city of his birth.
On Jan. 29, 1885, Dr. Hayes married Mary A. Conran, a daughter of Patrick Conran, of Nauga- tuck, Conn. Six children were born to them, all but one of whom are now living: Michael Conran, Julia Purcell, John Ryan, Louis Vincent, Joseph (who died when three days old), and Francis Irving. Michael and Julia are in the Waterbury high school taking the college course ; John in the eighth grade, Crosby Grammar; Louis in the fourth, and Francis in the first primary. In politics, Dr. Hayes has always been a stanch Democrat, and is noted for being frank, positive, ardent and outspoken in his views, and loyal to his friends, and is generally re- garded as one of the ablest leaders of his party. He has taken more than ordinary interest in educational matters, and with a desire to raise the standard of education in our schools, but more especially in the high school, that it might take a place second to none among the high schools of Connecticut, he sought a place on the Board of Education, and was elected in 1889, and has served the public in this capacity with but a single break, up to the present time. He has served as chairman of all the com- mittees, and on Jan. 2, 1900, was elected chairman of the Board by a unanimous vote. As a member of the board his report for the year 1894 regarding the condition of the schools is a model document, and an intelligent and strong plea for a more thor-
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ough study of English in the high school. As a re- sult of his labors the course in English to-day is four years instead of two, which prevailed at that time. It is a document which does credit to his pen, and produced a profound impression at the time it was issued. He has been untiring in his efforts to promote the public good, and is the father of the free text book system in Waterbury, which was introduced in this city in 1894. He also strongly advocated and succeeded in establishing a training school for teachers in this city, which to-day is being successfullly conducted. Dr. Hayes has rc- peatedly been offered other political honors, but has always declined. He belongs to a number of fra- ternal societies of which he is examining physician, such as the United Workmen. New England Order of Protection, Knights of Columbus, and Foresters of America. As might be expected from a gentle- man of his high professional standing, Dr. Hayes belongs to the city, county, and State medical so- cieties, and the American Medical Association, and is regarded as a gentleman in every way, a credit to the noble calling in which he is engaged. At a meeting of the American-Irish Historical Society held in New York in January, 1899, Dr. Hayes was elected one of the vice-presidents for Connecti- cut. Dr. Hayes has made many public addresses, and is regarded as one of the most prominent rep- resentatives of the Irish race in Waterbury. He and his family are members of the Roman Catholic Church, parish of the Immaculate Conception.
MRS. SARAH HULDA GORHAM, who is successfully engaged in dressmaking business in New Haven, belongs to an old and nonored family of New Haven county. Her paternal grandfather, Reuben Doolittle, was a life-long resident of the town of Hamden and lived to an advanced age, but his wife, who bore the maiden name of Rhoda Wooding, died when comparatively voung. Their children were Alfred, deceased; Alma, deceased wife of Enos Perkins : Isaac, deceased ; Amy, who died unmarried : Willis, who died Jan. 24, 1901, in his ninety-first year : Seymour, deceased ; Wealthy. deceased wife of Alfred Cooper : Lucius and Ben- nett, both deceased : Hulda, deceased wife of Beech- er Johnson : and Lauren, father of our subject.
Lauren Doolittle was born in Hamden, Conn .. June 19, 1820, grew to manhood in his native town, and on starting out in life for himself chose the oc- cupation of farming. He died in Woodbridge, Nov. 1, 1895. His life was such as to gain him the confidence and high regard of all with whom he came in contact in business or social circles, and in his death the community realized that it had lost a valued and useful citizen.
1796, and was left an orphan at the age of six years. Owing to ill treatment by his step-father, he ran away from home when only eight years old, and, as will readily be seen, his advantages for se- curing an education were extremely limited, but nevertheless he became a man of considerable knowledge, owing to his practice of observation and reading in mature years. He was a farmer and car- penter by occupation, was captain of a company of militia, and a man of considerable prominence in his community. His political support was given the men and measures of the Democratic party. He was married in Woodbridge, in 1821, to Hulda Sperry, a daughter of Jared and Esther ( Sanford) Sperry, and a descendant of Richard Sperry, who housed and fed the Regicides. She was born in Woodbridge, July 21, 1794, and died Feb. 16, 1867, while her husband died Ang. 12, 1867. In their family were only two children: Esther, born April 24, 1822, married Lucius Doolittle, of Woodbridge, a brother of our subject's father, and died Nov. 13, 1882. Ann Eliza, born Sept. 20, 1827, married Lauren Doolittle, and died Jan. 30, 1901, a most estimable lady and possessed of a remarkable memory.
Mrs. Gorham, born in Woodbridge, Oct. 30, 1850, married Francis L. Gorham, and is the oldest in a family of six children, the others being as follows: Frank Lauren, born Nov. 2, 1852, mar- ried Harriet Beecher, and they have one daughter, Eva Anna, born Feb. 6, 1883; Grace Darling, born Aug. 31, 1855, is a resident of Hamden: Herbert Edson, born Feb. 2, 1859, married Kate Hotchkiss, of Bethany; George Reuben, born July 28, 1860, married Ida Hotchkiss: and Willard Philo, born Aug. 12, 1867, married Alta Rilla Austin, of Wood- bridge, and they have one daughter, Mabel Edna, born May 11, 1897. The members of this family are quite prominent in the communities where they reside, and their circle of friends and acquaintances is extensive.
BYRON LUTHER MORSE is entitled to dis- tinction as one of the most progressive and enter- prising business men of Prospect, New Haven county. Upon the business activity of a community depends its prosperity, and the men who are now recognized as leading citizens are those who are at the head of important and extensive business enter- prises. Mr. Morse is a man of broad capabilities, who carries forward to successful completion what- ever he undertakes.
Mr. Morse was born June 9, 1859, in the town where he still makes his home. and is a worthy representative of one of the old and prominent families of Connecticut. His father, Harry Morse, was born in Prospect Centre in 1815, a son of Lent Morse, a well-known citizen of that town. The father received a district-school education, and throughout his active business life engaged in agri-
On May 18, 1848. in Woodbridge, Mr. Doo- little married Miss Ann Eliza Parker. the cere- mony being performed by Rev. Samuel H. Elliott, a Congregational minister. Her father, Ebenezer Philo Parker, was born in Bethany, Conn., Oct. 3, i cultural pursuits. After his marriage lie located on
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the Thomas farm, and there successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising until 1859. when he suffered a stroke of paralysis from the effect of which he never recovered, though he lived twenty years afterward. He died June 13, 1879, and his remains were interred in Prospect cemetery. He was a supporter first of the Whig and later of the Republican party, and was liberal in his religious · views. Wherever known he was held in high re- gard. He married Miss Sarah Ann Gillette, who was born in Prospect in 1824, a daughter of Garrett and Nancy ( Platt ) Gillette, and granddaughter of Benjamin Gillette and Benjamin Platt, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Morse is still living with cur subject upon the old homestead. She is a sincere Christian woman. Byron L. Morse is fifth in order of birth in a family of seven children, the others being as follows: George, deceased; John, a blacksmith, who married Gertrude Clark : Harriet, wife of Friend Sanford : Walter, a resident of Waterbury, who married Jane Boden ; Mary, wife of Edward Ford, of New London : and Alice, wife of William Boden, of Waterbury.
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