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In the district schools of his native town Byron L. Morse obtained a good practical education. and upon the home farm he early gained an excellent knowledge of agricultural pursuits. On account of his father's illness he took charge of the farm at an early age, and in its operation has met with marked success. It comprises 150 acres of valuable land, much of which is devoted to fruit, and in con- nection with general farming, stock raising and dairying he is extensively engaged in fruit culture ; he buys and ships large quantities of apples annu- ally and is also interested in the wood business. As a business man lie is energetic, progressive and notably reliable, and the success that he has achieved in life is due entirely to his own well-directed ef- forts. Since attaining his majority he has been a stanch advocate of Republican principles, and in 1889 represented his town in the State Legislature. He is a prominent member of Prospect Grange. and served as treasurer thereof for three years.
JOHN . MAXWELL MCKENZIE, civil engin- eer and surveyor of Wallingford, for some years a popular and efficient member of the board of se- lectmen, was born in Yalesville, New Haven Co., Conn., Oct. 15, 1855. and comes of sturdy Scottish ancestry. William McKenzie, the father of John M., was born in Murrayshire, son of William and Margaret (Squire) Mckenzie, who had three chil- dren : Margaret, who died unmarried; Alexander. a railroad contractor; and William, the father of John M. The father of these, a stonemason by trade, spent his life in his native country, where he died at a good old age. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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William Mckenzie, our subject's father, learned the stone mason's trade under his father's instruc- tion. Wishing a wider field for his work, when
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nineteen years of age he left his native country on a sailing vessel bound for New York. He first found employment on government fortification work at Newport and Boston harbors, and later, in con- pany with his brother Alexander, he engaged in the business of railroad contracting. . In 1840 he came to Yalesville, where he located, and many of the large railroad structures on the Hartford Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail- road, notably the Skew arch bridge over the New Haven & Hartford turnpike, about one-half mile above the village of Yalesville, are monuments of his thoroughness and skill. He also erected St. Paul's Episcopal church, in Wallingford. The re- mainder of his life was spent in Yalesville, where he died in 1872. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and a Republican in politics. William Mc- Kenzie was twice married, his first wife being a daughter of Andrus Hall, of Wallingford, and the motlier of the following children : William, a storekeeper, who lives at Tracy : Mary, who married Andrew J. Brown; James, who resides in Yales- ville; and Margaret, who died at the age of sixteen years. Mr. Mckenzie married for his second wife Temperance Hall, a daughter of Adnah and Eliz- abeth (Scott) Hall. To this union were born four children : Theodore, a civil engineer of South- ington ; Homer, deceased: John Maxwell; and George C., of Yalesville. Mrs. McKenzie was a school teacher before her marriage, is a lady of culture and refinement. and has a strong poetic faculty. She is an earnest advocate and worker for the cause of temperance.
John Maxwell Mckenzie attended the public schools of Yalesville, Mr. French's select school at New Haven, and also studied at Amenia, N. Y., where he took up civil engineering and surveying. He has been engaged on many public works through- out the State, among them the Southington. Nauga- tuck and Wallingford water works, Meriden sewage disposal. and the State highways in the towns of Wallingford, Southington and Rocky Hill, as well as numerous railway projects. He has also spent several years in the West, in the location and con- struction of railroads for the Burlington system, in the States of Nebraska, Dakota and Wyoming. Mr. Mckenzie has been engineer for the borough of .Wallingford for a number of years, and is still filling that position. Many important municipal improvements have been carried out under his su -. pervision. He is well known and highly respected throughout the town. For four terms he was elected second selectman of Wallingford, and is still filling that office. As committee of the Third school dis- trict he takes a deep interest in educational and other matters pertaining to the welfare of his na- tive village. Our subject belongs to the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Republican.
In 1893 Mr. Mckenzie was married, in Southi- ington. to Miss Louise Schilaver, a daughter of George and Caroline Schlayer, natives of Germany, 1
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and residents of Southington, where their daughter . Louise was born. They have three children, Mar- guerite, Maxwell and Alcyone. Mrs. Mckenzie has many friends and is very popular and efficient in church and social matters.
The Halls, from whom Mr. MeKenzie descends in the maternal line, are an old family of Walling- ford. Jonathan Hall, son of Thomas and Grace Hall, and grandson of the first John Hall, was born in Wallingford July 25, 1672. On May 22, 1703, he married Dinah Andrews, who died at the age of seventy-nine years. He was eighty at the time of his death. Of their ten children, Benjamin Hall, born on the farm Oct. 20, 1725, was married Dec. 27, 1752, to Mary Ives. They had three children : Benjamin, born Sept. 25, 1752. who died young ; Eliab, born Feb. 17, 1755 : and Benjamin (2), born Nov. 3, 1755. Benjamin and Phebe Hall were mar- ried April 28, 1757. They settled in Plymouth. Conn., and to this union came a numerous family : Mary, born Jan. 27, 1758; Andrew, born Aug. 15, 1759; Mary (2). born Aug. 6, 1761; Phebe, born Aug. 20, 1763; Linuis, born Sept. 25, 1765: David and Jonathan, twins, born Nov. 17, 1767: Erastus, born Feb. 12, 1770; Adnah, born May 8, 1772; Sol- omon, born in 1774: Eliab, born Dec. 11. 1776 ( set- tled in North Killingworth) ; Grace Denison, born May 5, 1778; Asaph, born Oct. 1, 1781.
Adnah Hall, a member of the above family. spent his entire life in Wallingford, where he was engaged in farming, and died June 17, 1838. He married Elizabeth Scott, who died in 1840. To them were born children as follows: (1) Volutia, born March 29, 1811; (2) Wilfred, born July 25, 1815; (3) Temperance, born May 24, 1817 ( mar- ried William Mckenzie) ; (4) Harvey S., born Sept. 7, 1819; and (5) Ezekiel, born Jan. 23, 1822.
RICHARD BRADLEY, contractor and builder of Branford, a progressive and prosperous citizen. is a native of that place, born at the family home- stead in West Main street June 30, 1850.
Timothy and Sarah ( Goodsell) Bradley, his pa- ternal great-grandparents, lived in the house in Branford now occupied by Seth Thomas Bradley. Their son. Timothy Bradley, grandfather of Rich- ard, was a farmer, sailor and vessel owner. for many years coasting along the Atlantic shores, and making his home in Branford. He married Irene Gordon, daughter of Alexander and Irene Gordon. of Branford, and children as follows were born to them : James; Timothy: Irene, Mrs. William Bryan; Nancy, who was thrice married. to, re- speetively. Sylvester Harrison, Henry Linsley and William Bryan : Lydia, who was twice married, first to Allen Pardee, and second to Benjamin Linsley ; Sally, Mrs. James Waddell; Mary, Mrs. Elias Linsley; Major Seth ; and Gurdon.
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life as a farmer, also owned a vessel and followed the coast for three winters, in addition to which he for many years conducted a saw and grist mill, and took contracts for the building of cellars, re- moving of buildings, ete .; for upward of twenty years he was also engaged in the ice business. On Jan. 29, 1843, he married Anna Maria. daughter of Samuel and Esther ( Tyler ) Spinks, of Branford, and to this union were born fourteen children. as follows: Ebenezer T. (deceased) was a molder by trade; he married Hannah Stedman, and had two sons, Harry and Robert. One son died in infancy. Esther M., Mrs. Sherman Holcomb, had two chil- dren, Anna and Harry C. Bessie, Mrs. Charles N. Holcomb, had one child, Fannie. Willis married Isabel Lane, and had three children, Maria, Helen and one deceased. Richard is our subject. Eliza A., Mrs. Charles E. Bunnell, had two children, Walter H. and Bessie. Albert C. is deceased. A. Gurdon is deceased. F. Cline married Mary Jane Foote, and has two children, Eugenia and Roberta. Charles S. married Sarah Kerr, and had two chil- dren, Fern and Gurdon. John H. married Emma Hall. Lee A. and Robert L. are deceased.
Richard Bradley, the subject proper of this sketch, was reared on the homestead, and received a common-school education, afterward learning the trade of carpenter. About the year 1874 he com- menced business as a contractor and builder, and has since followed that occupation with well-merited success. Mr. Bradley is a director and trustee in tle Branford Savings Bank. Besides his fine home he owns several houses in Branford, and also a cot- tage at Haycock Point, on the Sound.
On April 30, 1873, Mr. Bradley married Mary C. Smith, daughter of Leonard and Harriet E. (Smith) Smith, of Branford, and three children have been born to them, viz .: Frank S., Harriet E. and Charles Richard, the last named deceased. Frank S. married Nettie S. Page, of Branford, and has two children, Francis and Richard. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley are members of the Episcopal Church. In polities he is a Democrat, and in 1882-83 he served as first selectman of Branford. He is now chief of the Branford Fire Department.
HENRY M. BRADLEY, a prosperous florist and vegetable grower of Derby, is a son of Lewis Bradley and grandson of Lewis Bradley, both of whom were born in New Haven county. Both were farmers.
Lewis Bradley, the grandfather, was a resident of Westville, where he married and died. He had a family of seven children : Chauncey. Isaac, Elias, Lewis, Ann, Wealthy and Lydia, all of whom have passed away, as have also the parents. Chauncey settled at Seymour, where he became an extensive owner of real estate, and died a substantial citi- zen. Elias was a machinist. Isaac was a black- smith, and made his home in Westville. Ann mar-
Gurdon Bradley. father of Richard. was born in Branford Sept. 27, 1819, and as will be seen above was the youngest in his father's family. He began i ried Prof. Eaton, of Yale College. Wealthy and
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Lydia passed their lives in Westville, where they died.
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Lewis Bradley, fourth son of Lewis, and fa- ther of Henry M., was born in Westville, and reared upon his father's farm. Removing to Orange, he there purchased 200 acres of land and engaged in general farming and the raising of. stock, besides carrying on the meat business. He was a Repub- lican, and actively interested in politics. He was a strong Abolitionist, an ardent and vigorous friend of temperance, and frequently and cogently de- nounced the liquor traffic from the platform. In religious faith he was an earnest and consistent member of the Congregational Church, and he was a liberal contributor to church work. Mr. Bradley died in 1872, his widow in 1889. He married Charlotte, daughter of Miles Smith, of Milford, and a direct descendant of John Stone, of Guil- ford; Rev. Mr. Hooker, the founder of Hartford; Gov. William Leete; and John Downs, a gallant officer of the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley had seven children who reached maturity, three dying young. Of the two daughters. the elder, Anna L., is unmarried, and resides in New Haven. Lewis S. is a traveling salesman, and lives in New Haven. Emily L. died in August, 1875. Elias E. lived in Milford, where he held the offices of town agent, selectman and judge; he and his wife per- ished in the Peck's mill bridge disaster, Aug. 6, 1899. Henry M. is our subject. Otis B. succeeded A. N. Allen . & Co. in the wholesale butter busi- ness, in New Haven; he is a resident of Derby. Charles E. is a bookkeeper for his brother.
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Henry M. Bradley was born in Orange Nov. 24, 1847. He attended the public schools, and grew to manhood on his father's farm. At the age of twenty-three he became a conductor on the Derby railroad, and continued to fill that position for four years and three months. He then opened a bird fancier's establishment in New Haven, which he conducted for a year, and in 1876 he removed to Derby, where he has made his home up to the present time. For seven years he devoted himself to the cultivation and sale of vegetables, and in 1883 he added to this business the propagation of and dealing in flowers. From that time to the present he has followed this vocation, in which he has met with marked success, employing six men through- out the entire year. He is a man of prominence in the community and commands universal respect alike because of his business ability and his high moral character. Starting in life without money or influence to aid him to rise, he has climbed step by step from the position of railroad employe to that of a prosperous, well-to-do business man through his own honest effort and unwearied in- dustry. The success of such a man may well be a source of pardonable self-congratulation, as well as a cause for legitimate pride on the part of his children. Mr. Bradley is a Republican in politics. and while not a professed member of any religious
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body is an attendant upon the Congregational Church, to the support of which he is a liberal con- tributor.
On Dec. 31, 1868, Mr. Bradley married Miss Maggie Croffut, who was born in Birmingham, a daughter of David K. Croffut, of Redding, Fair- field county. Her mother, Harriet M. (Treat), was a lineal descendant of Robert Treat, at one time governor of Connecticut. The Croffuts are of Welsh extraction, Mrs. Bradley's great-grandfather having come from Wales to America at an early day. Her great-grandfather on the paternal side was named Samuel, and her grandfather Eri. The latter was born in Redding, and was a manufacturer of combs. Mrs. Bradley was one of two daughters ; her sister Louise became the wife of Elbee Treat, a farmer of Orange, who died in 1899. David K. Croffut died Jan. 17, 1899, at the age of eighty- eight, his wife passing away Nov. 19, 1896. He was a member of the Episcopal Church, a Repub- lican, a strong temperance man, and a radical Abo- litionist.
Five children have come to Mr. and Mrs. Brad- ley: Charles C., born Nov. 3, 1869, who died Dec. 19, 1878; Matie Bell, born April 13, 1879, who died Oct. 13. 1880; Henry M., Jr., born Nov. 24, 1882; Charlotte, born Dec. 7, 1883; and Lewis H., born April 11, 1889.
ORRIN HALL (deceased), for many years a highly esteemed and honored citizen of Wolcott, belonged to one of the earliest families of New Haven county. The first of the name to come to America was John Hall, a native of England, who located in New Haven as early as 1639, and about 1670 removed to Wallingford, where he died in 1676, at the age of seventy-one years. He mar- ried Jane Woolen, and to them were born seven children, namely: John, who was baptized Aug. 9, 1646, at New Haven; Sarah, who was baptized at the same place, on the same date; Richard, born July 11, 1645; Samuel, born May 21, 1646, who died March 5, 1725; Thomas, born March 25, 1649; Jonathan, born April 5. 1651; and David, born March 8. 1652, who died July 17, 1727.
John Hall (2), son of the progenitor of this family in the New World, was married Dec. 6. 1666, to Mary Parker, a daughter of Edward Parker, of New Haven, and they located in Wall- ingford with the first planters, in 1670. There he died Sept. 2, 1721, aged eighty-six years, his wife passing away Sept. 22. 1725. Their children were as follows: Elizabeth, born Aug. II, 1670: Dan- iel, born July 26, 1672, who was married March 15, 1693, to Thankful Lyman ; Mary, born June 23, 1675: Nathaniel. born Feb. 8. 1677: John, born March 14, 1681, who married Elizabeth Royce ; Lydia, born Jan. 21, 1683: Samuel, born Dec. 24, 1686, who died Nov. 1, 1689: Esther, born Aug. 30, 1693 : and Caleb, born Sept. 14. 1697.
Nathaniel Hall, son of John (2), spent his en-
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tire life in Wallingford, dying there Aug. 16, 1757. In May, 1699, he married Elizabeth Curtis, who died Sept. 30, 1735, and he was married Sept. 15, 1736, to Lydia Jolinson. His children were: Amos, born Jan. 24, 1700, who married Ruth Royce; Margaretta, born Dec. 21, 1701, who died Oct. 30, 1707; Caleb, born Jan. 3, 1703, who died May 11, 1766; Moses, born June 6, 1706, who dlied Feb. 15, 1765: Mary, born Oct. 30, 1707; Nathaniel, born April 17. 1711, who died Dec. 18, 1727; James, born April 23, 1713: Elizabeth, born Sept. 22, 1715; Desire, born June 19, 1719; and Heman, born Oct. 17, 1720.
Heman Hall was born in Wallingford, but spent the greater part of his life in Wolcott, where he owned land and engaged in farming. He was known as Lieut. Hall, winning his title by service in the militia. He was highly respected by the en- tire community in which he lived. He died in 1769, and was buried in the Wolcott Center ceme- tery. His widow, Elizabeth, married a Mr. Lee. died in 1804, and was also laid to rest in the Wol- cott Center cemetery. Four children were born to Heman and Elizabeth Hall, namely: Curtis, in 1746; Heman, in 1750: Phoebe, wife of Deacon Joseph Atkin ; and Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Bying- ton, Jr.
Capt. Heman Hall, son of Lieut. Heman, was born in Wallingford in 1750. and moved with his parents to Wolcott, where he engaged in farming throughout life, passing his later days in that part of the town known as Woodtick. He was quite a prominent and influential man in his community. and was captain of the train band, the 9th Com- pany, 15th Connecticut Militia. He died in June, 1795. and his remains were interred in the family burying-ground. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Rebecca Finch, was born in 1746, and died Jan. 3, 1805. Their children were: Sally, who died young: Rebecca, who married Osee Bronson, and moved to New York State: Heman, who is mentioned below; Levi, who was baptized Sept. 18, 1778: Sally, baptized April 30, 1780; Ursula, baptized Aug. 18, 1782, who married Noah Walker, of Saybrook, Conn .; Sarah, born in 1780. who married a Mr. Willing, and died July 19, 1860 ; and Lizzie E., who married Daniel Byington.
Heman Hall, son of Capt. Heman Hall, was born on the old homestead in Wolcott in 1775. and made his home in Woodtick, where he died Feb. 4. 1848. He was commissioned sergeant in the militia at Farmington in 1797. He married Lydia Hitchcock, who was born in Southington Aug. 4. 1777, a daughter of David Hitchcock, and died Feb. 9, 1856. Of their children. Orrin, subject of this sketch, was the eldest : Ephraim, born Sept. 5, 1799, was the next in order of birth: Polly. born Aug. 17, 1801, was married Jan. 1. 1822, to Will- iani Plumb: Lwlia, born June 21. 1804. was mar- ried June 24. 1823. to William Frost, and lived in East Farms, Waterbury; Rebecca F., born in Au-
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gust, 1808, was married May 31, 1820, to William H. Payne, and settled in Waterbury : and Roxanna, born April 1, 1816, was married Sept. 30, 1838, to Laurin L. Stevens, and died Dec. 11, 1867.
Deacon Orrin Hall, whose name introduces this sketch, was born in Woodtick, town of Wolcott, Oct. 1I, 1797, and grew to manhood upon the home farm, receiving his education in the district schools of the neighborhood. For several years he worked at the carpenter's and joiner's trade, but later devoted his entire time and attention to the operation of the old homestead, upon which he con- tinued to make his home until called from this life, Oct. 10, 1881. His remains were interred in the old Wolcott cemetery. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Republican, and he always took a deep and commendable interest in public affairs. He was a devout member of the Congregational Church, in which he served as deacon; was a champion of every movement designed to promote the general welfare; a supporter of every enter- prise for the public good; and materially aided in the advancement of all social, industrial and moral interests.
Mr. Hall married Miss Nancy Miner, a daugh- ter of Joseph and Mary ( Upson) Miner, the form- er a soldier in the Revolutionary army. Mrs. Hall was born July 12. 1798, and died Feb. 9, 1873. To Deacon Hall and his wife came two children: (1) Heman W., born June 11. 1824, died Nov. 5, 1867. He married Betsey Ann Sperry, daughter of Joseph N. Sperry, and they had three children- Sarah Ursula, born April 17, 1847, was married Oct. 20, 1866. to Charles M. Potter, and resides in North Guilford : Ransom B., born July 12, 1852, is deceased (he is mentioned elsewhere) ; and Hattie L., born Jan. 10. 1863, is the wife of L. E. Hallock. Mrs. Heman W. Hall died Jan. 25, 1863, aged thirty-six years. (2) Harriet Julina, the only daughter of our subject, born Nov. 6, 1834, resides on the old homestead, where she tenderly cared for her parents during their declining years. She is a lady of culture and refinement.
JAMES H. KENNEY. proprietor of one of the leading meat markets of Naugatuck, New Ha- ven county, was born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 18. 1856. His father, John Kenney, was a native of County Westmeath, Ireland, and a son of Michael Kenney, a farmer, who spent his last days in Iowa. The latter had a family of four children, namely : John. father of our subject; James, a carpenter of Lytle City, Iowa; Patrick, a carpenter. who died in New Haven, Conn .; and Kate, wife of Luke Fields, a gardener.
John Kenney, father of James H .. was twelve years of age when he crossed the Atlantic. He first located in Iowa, but after the death of his father came to Hartford, Conn .. where he made his home for some years. He was a boot fitter. and ran the first wax-end machine at that place. In early man-
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hood he wedded Mary Adamson, who was also born in Ireland, but came to the New World when quite young. Children as follows were born to .them : James H., our subject: Mary, wife of Rich- ard Ganley, of Waterbury; John, a mechanic of New York; Frank, a carriage painter of Bridge- port, Conn .; Joseph, who is clerking in the meat market of our subject; and Elizabeth, a resident of New Haven. The father died in that city in 1896, the mother in August, 1895. Both were de- vout members of the Roman Catholic Church, and he was a Democrat in politics.
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The subject of this review was a child of four years when the family removed from Hartford to New Haven, where he grew to manhood and was educated. He began his business career as clerk in the grocery and meat market of Peter McHugh, . of that city, with whom he remained seven years, and on Jan. 4, 1877, came to Naugatuck, where he spent. three years with Father Fagan. Return- ing to New Haven, he was engaged in the meat and grocery business there for some time, but in 1884 he again came to Naugatuck, where he worked for the Carrington Co. one year. Subsequently he was employed in a meat market at Union City, and in 1891 opened a market of his own, which he has since carried on, meeting with marked success in the undertaking.
On June 14, 1882, Mr. Kenney married Miss Agnes Campion, a native of Naugatuck, and a daughter of William and Catherine Campion, who were of Irish extraction. They have a family of five children : James, William, Raymond, Ed- mund and Harold. Mr. Kenney and his family are members of St. Francis Catholic Church, and he is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, the A. O. H. of A., and the Knights of the Macca- bees. He gives his unwavering support to the Democratic party and its principles, and is a rec- ognized leader in public affairs in his community. He is now serving his fourth year as a member of the board of burgesses of Naugatuck, and is also a member of the board of relief.
MARCUS WILLARD MINOR, a thorough . and skillful farmer who is now carrying on his chosen occupation with marked success in Cheshire, is a native of New Haven county, born in Water- bury July 29, 1853, and is a worthy representative ยท of one of the prominent early families of the townl of Wolcott, this county.
Marcus Minor, his paternal grandfather. was born in Wolcott in 1794. a son of Joseph Minor. from Lyme, Conn. He married Harriet Hotchkiss. He engaged in farming in his native town, and there his wife died, but his death occurred in Bris- tol, in 1871. They had three children: Marshall. father of Marcus Willard ; a twin of Marshall who died in infancy : and Maria. wife of Willard Downs. who died in Wolcott.
Marshall Minor was born in 1825 in the town
of Wolcott, where he was reared and educated, and where, throughout his active business life, he en- gaged in farming. In politics he was a stanch sup- porter of the Democratic party. He wedded Miss Mary Downs, who was born in Waterbury in 1827, and died in 1862, and he died in his native town in 1866. In their family were four children, name- ly : Marcus Willard ; George, a resident of Bristol. Conn .; Cornelia, wife of Bartlett Evans, of Bris- tol; and Henrietta, wife of Hubbard Frederick, of Bristol.
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