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1713, the pioneer Beach of Branford. His wife was Luey Tully Smith, of Haddam. He was a son of Ephraim Beach, who was born in 1687, a grand- son of Natlianiel Beach, who was born in 1662, and a great-grandson of John Beach, the Pilgrim, who was in New England as early as 1643.
Mr. Hamre is a Lutheran in his religious views, the church of his ancestral faith, and in polities he is a Republican. He is a niember of Widows Sons Lodge, No. 66, F. & A. M., Woodlawn Lodge, No. 39, K. of P., and Putnam Lodge, No. 31, A. O. U. W. He is foreman of the Branford Hook & Lad- der Co., No. I, and is a popular character in this city, where he has achieved such a substantial stic- cess in life.
ERVIS ELGIN WRIGHT, a well-known paint manufacturer and prominent business man of Waterbury, is a native of this State, born in the town of West Hartland, Hartford county, Jan. 19, 1851. His parents, Henry and Rachel E. ( French) Wright, were also born in Hartland, and died in Waterbury. He is a descendant of Abel Wright, one of the first settlers of Springfield, Mass., and a large land owner there.
On the maternal side our subject is descended from an old Massachusetts family of English origin. His great-grandfather, William French, was born June 20, 1768, in Taunton, Bristol Co., Mass., and there grew to manhood. On July IS, 1788, at Raynham, Mass., he was married, by Jo- siah Dean, Esq., to Mary (or Rachel) Hewitt, who was born March 27, 1769. In 1790 he removed to Hartland, Hartford Co., Conn., and took up his residence in the western part of the town, where he purchased 120 aeres of land from Samuel Beael and spent the remainder of his life. He made many improvements upon the place, and successfully en- gaged in general farming and stock raising. He was a stanch Jeffersonian Democrat in polities, and an active worker in and prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died at a ripe old age, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elijah Cannon, and was buried in Pleasant Valley ceme- tery. In his family were twelve children, namely : Sally, born Nov. 8, 1789, married Lyman Slaid; Rachel, born Aug. 31, 1791, married Erastus Egel- ston; Hannah, born July 6, 1793, married Asher Tiffney ; Clarissa, born March 27, 1795, married Joel Slaid ; William was born Feb. 27, 1797; Rufus, born March 20, 1799, is mentioned below; Julia, born Nov. 29, 1800, married John Waird; Lydia, born May 25, 1803, married Anson Tiffney; Lent was born Feb. 17, 1805; Harriet, born March 25, 1806, married Samuel Banning; a daughter, born Feb. 7, 1810, died in infancy ; and Lueia, born June 24, 1811, married Elijah Cannon.
Mr. Hamre was married Jan. 1. 1884, to Estella E., a daughter of John B. and Mary Elizabeth (Richards) Beach, of Branford, and by her has two children: Mary Christianna and John Raahr- lapper. Mrs. Hamre's paternal grandfather. Tim- ·othy Beach, was born Jan. 22, 1796, and mar- ! ried Esther Cook. Timothy Beach was the son of Andrew Beach, born in 1769, whose wife was Elizabeth Bradley. Andrew Beach was a Rufus French, the grandfather of our subject, ceived a limited education in the district schools of the town, being almost wholly a self-educated man. son of Ephraim. born Jan. 13, 1742, who mar- I was born on a farm in West Hartland, and re- ried Sarah Stone, of Guilford. Ephraim Beach was a son of Andrew Beach, born Nov. 14,
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He remained with his parents until reaching man- hood, and in early life engaged in the manufacture of spinning-wheels, one of which is now in the pos- session of our subject. Later in life Mr. French turned his attention to farming, purchasing a tract of 100 acres of land (near the homestead ), which at that time was all wild and unimproved. He cleared away the timber and broke the land, erected good buildings thereon, and devoted the remainder of his life to general farming and stock raising. He was very industrious and energetic, and became one of the successful men of Hartland. In 1861 he removed to Akron, Ohio, where he engaged in agri- cultural pursuits for fifteen years, and then returned to Connecticut, spending his last days with his daughter, Mrs. Wright, in Waterbury, where he died in 1885, at a ripe old age: his remains were interred in Pleasant Valley cemetery. Originally he was a Democrat in politics, but in 1856, on its organization he joined the Republican party, and re- mained one of its stanch supporters until his death. He was an active member of the Methodist Episco- pai Church, in which he served as class-leader and leader of the choir. On Feb. 29, 1820, he married Clarissa Tiffney, who was born Feb. II, 1799, and they became the parents of five children: Watson E., born Dec. 7, 1821, was the eldest; Rachel E., born Dec. 1, 1823, was the mother of our subject ; Sarah, born Sept. 18, 1830, is the widow of Eugene Gugon; Carl T. was born Oct. 5, 1832; and Orton, born Oct. 29, 1837, is a resident of Hart- land.
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Henry Wright, father of our subject, was born Ang. 14, 1811, in Hartland, Conn., and died Jan. 30, 1892, in Waterbury. He was engaged in lumber dealing and farming for over fifty years. He was married April 18, 1841, to Rachel E. French, and to them were born five children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Lozien F., Nov. 6, 1842 ; Elsen E., March 26, 1848; Ervis Elgin, Jan. 19, 1851 ; Embert E., Nov. 16, 1853; and Eva E. (widow of J. I. Byam), Jan. 26, 1856.
Ervis E. Wright came from Hartland to Water- bury in 1867, at the age of sixteen years, and en- tered the employ of Lewis Beardsley, as bookkeeper, remaining with him until 1880. He then started in business for himself, manufacturing and applying the Ideal Roof Paint, in which line he has continued to the present time, giving his whole time and at- tention strictly to business. Politically he is a Re- publican, but he never sought for office.
On Nov. 26, i885, Mr. Wright was united in marriage with Miss Ella Frances Reed, who was born Nov. 1I, 1858. They have one son, Franklin Ervis, born Nov. 22, 1886. Mrs. Wright is a re- fined and cultured lady, of high literary attain- ments, and possesses exceptional talent as an artist. She is a prominent member of the Woman's Club of Waterbury, and also of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. Wright is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, through his 1
greatgrandfather, Ephraim Wright, of Hartland. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have one of the most beau- titul homes in Waterbury. It is located on an emi- nence commanding an entire view of the town, and is fitted up with electric lights run by our subject's own plant. He is a man of progressive ideas, en- terprising, energetic, industrious and far-sighted, and to these characteristics may be attributed his excellent success in life.
Mrs. Wright also belongs to an old New Eng- land family. John Reed, the first of the name in Fairfield county, Conn., was born in Cornwall, England, in 1633, and was a stanch supporter of Oliver Cromwell, serving in his army from the age of sixteen years until the restoration of Charles II to the throne of England. The followers of Crom- well, known as Roundheads, then fled to all parts of the world. John Reed came to America, and first settled in Providence, R. I., where he married a Miss Derby. In 1684 he moved to Rye, West- chester Co., N. Y., where he remained three years, and then came to Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Conn., locating on the Five Mile river, at a place called Reed's farms, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in 1730, in his ninety-eighth year, and was buried on his farm. He was a man of high moral character and unswerving integrity, and his home was often used as a house of worship before the erection of a church in his community. His children were John; Thomas; William; Mary, wife of David Tuttle; and Abigail.
John Reed, Jr., son of John, was born in Nor- walk, where he spent his entire life engaged as a farmer. He married a Miss Tuttle, and they had eight children : John, Daniel, Eleazer, Samuel, William, Mary, Experience and Mehitable.
Daniel Reed, son of John, Jr., was born in 1697. He erected a mansion on the old paternal estate in Norwalk, where he always made his home, dying there in 1775. He married Elizabeth Kellogg, and they had ten children : Daniel, Abraham, Eliakim, James, Benjamin, Ezra, Elijah (who settled in Amenia, N. Y.), Elizabeth, Lydia and Joanna.
James Reed, son of Daniel, was born on the old homestead in Norwalk, March 27, 1736, and died July 20, 1814, in Amenia, Dutchess Co., N. Y., of which place he was one of the most prominent and distinguished business men, engaged in farming, manufacturing and milling. The site of his home is now occupied by the residence of James H. Swift. In 1759 he was one of the Connecticut soldiers who passed through Amenia on their way to Canada to aid Gen. Wolfe in the conquest of Quebec. Receiv- ing news of the capture of the city, they were or- dered to return. Mr. Reed was so pleased with the oblong valley through which they passed on their leisurely return that he induced his father to pur- chase some of the land, upon which he located and spent the remainder of his life. He became the owner of a large estate in Dutchess county, and was extensively engaged in business at Amenia,
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manufacturing iron and steel, and conducting a store and mill at that place. He was also one of the first to establish a religious society there. He served as captain in the Revolutionary war, and was one of the most influential men of his com- munity. On April 17, 1760, he married Joanna Castle, who was born in 1743, a daughter of Dan- iel Castle. To this union were born thirteen chil- dren, whose names and dates of birth are as fol- lows: Daniel, April 15, 1761; Reuben, Sept. 2, 1763; Elijah, March 12, 1766; Jesse, July 16, 1768; ; Stephen, Sept. 144, 1770; Amos, Dec. 28, 1772; Gil- bert, Sept. 25, 1775; Jacob and Joauna, twins, Feb. 15, 1778; Betsey, April 21, 1780; Robert and Rhoda, twins, June 27, 1784; and Phila, April 3, 1787.
Reuben Reed, son of Capt. James, died in Amenia, N. Y., in 1846. He married Hannah Rose, who was born in 1766, and died in 1839, and they had five children : Leonard, Myron, Jesse, Lester and Daniel.
Myron Reed, son of Reuben, and the grand- father of Mrs. Wright, was born July 7, 1797, and died June 2, 1849. On Jan. 3, 1826, he married Belinda Swift, and to them came five children : Maria, born Ang. 15, 1827, married John Smith ; Henry, born March 12, 1829, died in California; James was born March 19, 1831 ; Isaac, born Aug. 27, 1833, is the father of Mrs. Wright ; and Frances, born May 11, 1840, married Dewitt Crosby.
Isaac Reed was born in Amenia, N. Y., and married Louise Clark, daughter of Richard Clark (son of Daniel), of Sharon, Conn., a representative of the Clark family of Milford, this State. To that union were born two daughters. The elder, Cora Belle, first married Franklin Phillips, of White Plains, N. Y., and for her second husband married Olin Dibble, of Seymour. Ella Frances, the younger child, is the wife of Mr. Wright, whose name introduces this sketch.
CHAUNCEY SEELEY, who was long at the head of the Seeley & Upham Building Co .. of Wa- terbury, was born in 1845, in Southbury, New Ha- ven county. His father, George Seeley, and grand- father, Elijalı Seeley, were born in Wilton, Fairfield county. Elijah Seeley was a farmer by calling, and passed his life in Wilton. He was a patriot of the war of 1812.
George Seeley was a shoemaker in early life, but later became a farmer. He married, in New Milford, Conn., Phebe Ann Buckingham, a native of that town, and their children were ten in num- ber, viz .: Sarah Ann is deceased : Levina is the wife of John Squires, of Southbury, Conn .; Eliza- beth married George Robertson, a merchant of New Milford; Harriet is the widow of William Oliver, of Bethel, Conn. ; Chauncey is the subject of this sketch; Jolin is a resident of Waterbury: Charles is deceased ; Henriette is now Mrs. William Wor- rington, of Watertown, Conn .; Miss Georgiana is
a resident of New Haven; Frank is a farmer in Southbury. Both parents are deceased.
Chauncey Seeley grew to young manhood on his father's farm, and tintil seventeen years of age attended the district school and the high school at South Britain. The Civil war having broken out, he made affidavit that he was eighteen years of age, and thus succeeded in enlisting, Sept. 11, 1862, at Woodbury, in Company I, 19th Conn. V. I. He served until mustered out, at Fort Ethan Allen, Va., July 7, 1865, and during this period participated in all the battles, skirmishes, sieges, engagements and marches in which the regiment took part.
At the termination of the war Mr. Seeley re- turned to Southbury, where he learned the car- penter's trade, and remained until the spring of 1869, at which time he came to Waterbury. Here he followed his trade as a journeyman until the spring of 1888, when he engaged in contracting and building on his own account for about five years, after which he formed a co-partnership with George A. Upham, under the style of Seeley & Uphanı. This firm had an existence of about five years, at the end of which period was formed a corporation known as the Seeley & Upham Building Co., which conducted a lumberyard, steam planingmill, etc., and did a very extensive business in the building line. Early in 1902 Mr. Seeley sold his interest and with- drew from the presidency.
Mr. Seeley was married, in 1872, to Miss Sa- mantha A. Nash, who died without issue May 15, 1875. In May, 1879, he married Sarah S. Osborn, daughter of Noah Osborn, of Seymour, Conn., and this union has been graced with three children, Arthur O., Wilbur C. and Raymond C. Our sub- ject and his family attend the First Congregational Church and their social relations are with the most refined residents of Waterbury.
In politics Mr. Seeley is a stanch Republican. He has been elected to the city council several times, and in that body served on the Law com- mittee and the committee on Lamps and Gas. He is a prominent member of the American Mechanics, with whom he has been identified since 1875, and in which body he is an ardent worker. He has also been a member of the G. A. R. about twenty years, and is now commander of Wadhams Post, No. 49. Mr. Seeley fraternizes with several other societies, in which he holds offices exalted and responsible, such as treasurer, etc. As a business man he is classed with the most progressive and enterpris- ing in the city. His integrity has never been im- peached, and his transactions have always been characterized by perfect candor and openness.
REDFIELD B. WEST, M. D., of Guilford, is a native of that town, born Oct. 28, 1857, the only son of Benjamin C. and Cornelia E. West, the former of whom is a native of northern New York State. but for many years has resided in Guilford, Connecticut.
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The Doctor's ancestors of the maternal side were old residents of Guilford, and can be traced as far back as his great-grandfather, Russell Fris- bie, who was born near Branford, Conn., and mar- ried Eunice Redfield, of Guilford. For many years he resided in Georgetown. S. C., where he was a successful merchant until the declining years of his life, which were passed at his home on Fair street, Guilford. His family consisted of one son, John, and five daughters, Julia, Sarah. Amanda, Mary Ann and Eunice. The last named died in infancy. Sarah married George C. Bradley, of Guilford, and their children were: Richard; who died when quite young ; and Cornelia Elizabeth, who married Benja- min C. West.
Dr. West received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of the City of New York, in February, 1879, after a thorough course of study at that institution. He then for several years practiced medicine at No. 7 Abingdon square, New York City; later at No. 222 Shawmut avenue, Bos- ton, Mass .; and still later at No. 163 York street, New Haven, Conn., from there removing, in 1892, to his native town, Guilford, where he has since continued in tlie practice of medicine. In 1894 Dr. West was appointed, by Gov. Morris, State chem- ist; reappointed by Gov. Coffin in 1896; again by Gov. Cooke, in 1898; and by Gov. Lounsbury, in 1900. In 1897 he was appointed town health officer for Guilford, and also medical examiner same year. He has been successful in chemical researches, hav- ing in 1899 and 1900 been granted letters patent for improvements in photographic .printing.
While a resident of Boston, Mass., Dr. Redfield B. West was united in marriage with Edith May Goudey, of that city, daughter of Henry T. and Lois A. Goudey.
GEORGE ROBBINS, a gallant ex-soldier of the Civil war and at present a well-known real- estate and fire insurance agent in Waterbury, was born Sept. 12, 1844, in the village of Plainville. town of Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn. Jehiel Robbins, his father, was born in Rocky Hill, same county, and was baptized Aug. 1. 1793. Zebulon Robbins, father . of Jchiel, was born in the same place Oct. 14, 1744, and was a son of Zebulon, who was also a native of Connecticut.
The name Robbins was originally-that is, prior to 1600-spelled Ro-Bynes, then was changed to Robins, and finally to its present form, Robbins. The progenitor of the family in America was John Robbins, who came from England and settled in the Connecticut valley about 1638. He married Mary Wells, a daughter of Thomas Wells, governor of the Colony, and from him the present Robbins fan- ily are lineally descended.
Zebulon Robbins, grandfather of the subject. of this sketch, was a farmer. He married Hannah Holmes, settled on a farm at Rocky Hill, and there reared two children, Roderick and Jehiel. Roder-
iek became a physician, and practiced in Rocky Hill, Glastonbury and Waterbury.
Jehiel Robbins, father of our subject, was reared on the home farm in Rocky Hill. In early manhood he was a school teacher, and then took up farming permanently, in 1842 removing to Plain- ville, where he died in 1873. He married Mrs. Dorothy ( Edgecomb) Tucker, a widow, who was born in South Glastonbury, daughter of Joshua and Lydia ( Hough) Williams, natives of the same place. Joshua Williams was a ship carpenter. His father, Joshua Williams, was born July 18, 1749, enlisted in the patriot army May 8, 1775, and re- enlisted, becoming corporal, in 1777. He was at Danbury, Conn., was under Gen. Israel Putnam up the Hudson river, served also in New Jersey, and was promoted to sergeant in 1780. Robert Will- iams, the founder of this family in America, was born in England in 1593, and came from Yarmouth to Roxbury, Mass., in 1635. He was a member of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery of England, and was also a member in America. The family drifted into Connecticut, where its members became quite prominent in social and religious affairs. The founder of Williams College, in Massachusetts, was a descendant of Robert Williams, as was also William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Gen. Warren, of Bunker Hill fame; many others took part in the war of the Revolution; many also were prominent in the church, as bishop, preachers, etc.
After their marriage Jehiel Robbins and his wife settled on a farm in Plainville, Conn., where were born their two children, Lewis W. and George, the latter the subject of this sketch. The former is a plumber in Marshalltown, Iowa. The father was'a Republican in politics, but never an office seeker. He was deacon in the Congregational Church, in the faith of which he and his wife passed away.
George Robbins, the subject proper of this sketch, passed his youthful days on his father's farm, and attended the district school until sixteen years of age, when he went to Hartford to learn the machinist's trade. However, about this time the Civil war broke out, and Mr. Robbins joined the gallant boys in blue, enlisting Aug. 11, 1862, in Company K, 16th Conn. V. I., and serving until mustered out, June 1. 1865. He took part in many severely fought battles during his term of service, including those of Antietam, Fredericksburg, two engagements (including siege) at Suffolk, Va., and several others of lesser note. At the siege of Ply- mouth, N. C., he was taken prisoner, and was con- fined in the prisons at Andersonville, Ga., and Flor- ence, S. C., about ten months.
After the close of the war Mr. Robbins took a course in Bryant & Stratton's Business College, at Hartford. Later he clerked two years in a hotel in New York City, and then became bookkeeper for the Plainville Manufacturing Co., with which he
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remained several years : for the next three years he was assistant superintendent for the Bristol Mann- facturing Co., and then changed to Waterville, where he was superintendent for the Welch Hosiery Co. for a considerable length of time. In 1879 Mr. Robbins came to Waterbury, and for four years was in the employ of the Waterbury Clock Co. He then engaged in the crockery and glassware trade about ten years, and in 1893 embarked in his present business, real estate and fire insurance, in which he has met with unqualified success.
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Mr. Robbins was united in marriage, Nov. 10, 1869, with Miss Lucy J. Botsford, of Plainville, a daughter of Orrin L. and Fannie L. Botsford. This marriage has been graced with two children : Catherine, now a teacher in New Britain ; and Ar- thur W., in the employ of the Connecticut Light & Power Co., of Waterbury.
1 Mr. Robbins is in politics a Republican. Fra- ternally he is a Freemason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, in which latter he has served as commander. of his post two years. Socially he and his family mingle with the best cireles, and as a business man his name stands without reproach.
DANIEL W. BURKE was born June 12, 1857, in New Haven, son of Daniel Burke, who was born in Providence, R. I., and died in New Haven, where he was engaged in the teaming business. Daniel Burke married Catherine Hayes, who was born in New Haven, daughter of Richard Haves, and they had three children : Anna, who married C. B. Squires, a clerk in the railway mail service; Mar- garet, who married Willis E. Platt, of South Brit- ain, now engaged in farming : and Daniel W.
Daniel W. Burke was reared in New Haven, and attended school there until he was fourteen, when he went to Southbury to spend the ensuing three years on a farm, and also attended a select school. While still in his teens he entered the em- ploy of Bradley, Hoyt & Co., in the woolen mill, and remained with them five years, at the end of which time he bought out a general store in company with W. H. Summers, under the firm name of Summers & Burke. Under the administration of President Garfield Mr. Summers was made postmaster, and Mr. Burke his assistant. At the expiration of thic term Mr. Burke sold out to Mr. Summers and re- moved to Wallingford, taking a position as ship- ping clerk with the Maltby, Stevens & Curtiss Co., with whom he remained three years. At the ex- piration of this period he was made assistant super- intendent for G. M. Hallenbeck, in his German silver flatware factory, and for ten years remained with that gentleman, only giving up his connection with the business when it was absorbed by the "combine." In January, 1900, he was made super- intendent of the borough water works, a position with a three-years' tenure of office.
Mr. Burke belongs to Ivy Lodge, K. P'., and is
| a member of many Masonic bodies, including Com .- pass Lodge, Keystone Chapter, Hamilton Council, St. Elmo Commandery, Scottish Rite Consistory, and the 32d degree. He is also a member of Court Wallace, Foresters. Politically Mr. Burke is a Republican, and has served as a member of the town committee.
Daniel W. Burke was married, Oct. 21, 1885, to Miss Harriet Lord Bryant, a daughter of Sidney Bryant, and a sister of Judge Samuel J. Bryant, of Orange. This union has been blessed with three children : Bryant L., born Nov. 25, 1887; Edmund S., born July 28, 1893; and Catherine, born Dec. 29, 1898.
ALFRED JOHN SHIPLEY is a native of Waterbury, born Jan. 1, 1840, and has spent the greater part of his active life in that city, where he has attained a high standing by industry, hard work and the faithful performance of all the duties that come to him. ' There is a certain heredity of mechanical genius that has descended to him, but his industry and reliability have made him what he is.
Joseph Shipley, the father of Alfred J., was born in Birmingham, England, May 7, 1814, and died in Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 12, 1866. Ralph Shipley, the grandfather of our subject, was also born in Birmingham, Nov. 15, 1788, and died March 22, 1835, in Paterson, N. J., where he was engaged in the manufacture of small tools and ma- chinery. He married Mary Rollinson, who was born in Birmingham, England, and they had only one child, Joseph, already mentioned as the father of Alfred J. Ralph Shipley married for his second wife Hannah Saunders, who was born March 19. 1795, and by her had eight children: Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Amos, Percilla, Martha, Naomi and Ruth. Amos was a silver-plater in Newark, N. J. -- where his sisters married and settled.
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