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After the death of his father Jospeh Shipley re- moved to Waterbury, where, with the exception of a few years-between 1850 and 1857, when he was engaged in the machine business in Newark, N. J., he spent his active life. He became interested in the invention and building of machinery for mak- ing pins, hooks and eyes and other brass goods for which Waterbury has been famous, and at the time of his death he was engaged in building machinery for the Scovil! Manufacturing Co. Personally he was of a retiring and diffident nature, but firm in his convictions of right and justice. He was a strong supporter of Republican institutions, and early placed himself on record as opposed to human slavery. On March 11, 1839, Mr. Shipley was married, in Waterbury, to Sarah James, who was born Feb. 17, 1808, and died Aug. 8, 1882. Her first husband, William Stanley. a native of Birming- ham, England, was brought to this country as a skilled brass worker. To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley I were born three children, Ann M., William and
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James, descendants of whom are now living in Waterbury. To Mr. and Mrs. Shipley were born two children: Alfred John, whose name introduces these lines; and Ralph J., a resident of Milford, this State, who is well known as a skillful mechanic.
Alfred J. Shipley spent his boyhood days in Waterbury until he was nearly ten years of age, when his parents moved to Newark, N. J., where they remained nearly seven years. There he con- tinued to attend the public schools, having already begun his schooling in Waterbury. The family re- turned to Waterbury in 1857. Alfred served an apprenticeship at the machinist's bench under his father's supervision, and when he had mastered the trade went to work for Henry A. Matthews & Co .. continuing with that firm until 1862, in which year he entered the employ of the Seovill Manufacturing Co. He has now been with them nearly forty years, for years holding the position of master me- chanie in the button department.
Mr. Shipley and Miss Ann J. Robinson were married Aug. 20, 1862. Mrs. Shipley was born in Waterbury, daughter of. Edward and Maria (Baxter) Robinson, both natives of Birmingham, England. Her parents were married in England, and shortly afterward came to this country, lo- cating first at Middletown, and very soon removing to Waterbury Here they lived and died, her fa- ther's death occurring Jan. 12, 1881, and her mother's May 12, 1867. They were the parents of ten children, of whom six survived to reach ma- turity, Edward A., Horace B., Ann J., Rose A., George L. and Fannie E. Edward A. married Harriet A. Waters, and is now deceased: Horace B. is a retired mechanic in Waterbury: Ann J. is the wife of our subject : Rose A. married Harry L. Lott, of Waterbury, and is the mother of three chil- dren, Willie, Lena and Etta. Mr. and Mrs. Ship- ley have no children. In political sentiment Mr. Shipley was originally a Whig, and is now a Re- publican. He is a public-spirited man, and takes much interest in all movements looking to the gen- eral good. For a number of years he served as an alderman in the city council from the First ward of Waterbury, and for two years was a member of the board of education.
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inthian Chapter. Rose Croix, eighteenthi degree, at Waterbury ; member of LaFayette Consistory, S. P. R. S., thirty-second degree, Bridgeport ; Pyramid Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., Bridgeport ; and P. P. Naomi Chapter, No. 23, O. E. S., Waterbury. He was the first president of the Masonic Club of Wat- erbury, Mrs. Shipley is also much interested in so- ciety work, and is now past matron of Naomi Lodge, No. 23, O. E. S., and past R. M. of Ever- green Court. No. 2, C. of A. She belongs to the King's Daughters, and is, with her husband, a mein- ber of the First Baptist Church, of which he has been a deacon since 1871. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Baptist State Convention, and was vice-president of the Y. M. C. A. for years.
G. FRED BARNES, foreman of the flask de- partment in the Waterbury Brass Co.'s factory, Waterbury, is a native of the State of New York, born in Harpursville, Broome county.
German Barnes, his grandfather, was born in Plymouth Hollow (now Thomaston). Litchfield Co., Conn., and lived there until he was twenty- one years old, when he married Roxy Painter. They then moved to Harpursville, Broome Co., N. Y., making the journey with an ox-team and sled. There he purchased a large tract of land. engaging extensively in the luniber business, and later in farming and cattle raising. 'He and his wife reared a family of four children: George B., a sketch of whom follows: Laverett, who was a merchant in Harpursville, N. Y., but died in Washington, D. C., where he had a married daughter living ; Har- per, who farmed the old homestead, and died there ; and Burton, a carpenter and joiner in Harpursville, New York.
George B. Barnes, father of G. Fred, was born in Harpursville, N. Y., and passed his entire life in that locality, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Ianthia Perry, who was also born in Harpursville, a daughter of Samuel Perry, who was a fariner by occupation, and had served as a soldier in the war of 1812. Three children were born to this union: G. Fred is our subject; Levi H. lives in Peekskill, N. Y., where he is in the employ of the New York Central Railway Co .: Sarah A. is the wife of S. F. Main, of Thomaston, Conn. The father of this family died Jan. 2. 1877, the mother Nov. 19, 1872. Mr. Barnes was a Democrat in polities. He served as a captain in the State militia.
Mr. Shipley is deeply interested in the mystic work of the Masonic fraternity, and is among the most conspicuous Masons in the State. In 1864 he united with Harmony Lodge, No. 42. F. & A. M., at Waterbury, and since that time has jour- G. Fred Barnes, our subject proper, attended the district schools near Harpursville, and was reared on the home farm. At the age of fourteen he entered the employ of Howard D. Montgomery, driving stage until he was twenty-one years old, at which time he returned to the farm, and there remained until the death of his father. After that event he went to Milford, Conn., and entered the : employ of George B. Grinnell, working on his large estate, and continuing there some three or neyed far into the mysterious country. He has been master of Harmony Lodge, No. 42, F. & A. M., and high priest of Eureka Chapter, No. 22, R. A. M., of Waterbury. He belongs to Water- bury Council. No. 21, R. & S. M., at Waterbury ; is past commander of Clark Commandery, No. 7, K. T., at Waterbury : a charter member of Doric Lodge of Perfection. fourteenth degree. at Waterbury ; member of lonic Council, Princes of Jerusalem, six- teenth degree : Waterbury ; M. W. and P. M. of Cor- | four years. On Oct. 9, 1880, lie came to Water-
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bury, and took a position with the Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co., with which firm he continued until the following February ; then was in the employ of the Steele & Johnson Co. two years: after which he was with the Scovill Mfg. Co. seven years; with the American Ring Co. two years; and at the end of that time went to the Waterbury Brass Co., as foreman of their flask department, and has been with that firm twelve years.
On Oct. 9, 1889. Mr. Barnes was married to Miss Jennie E. Carter, daughter of Dan S. Carter, of Thomaston ; no children have been born to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are members of St. John's Episcopal Church. They reside in their elegant residence on the corner of Roseland avenue and Columbia boulevard, built in 1899 by our sub- ject. Socially Mr. Barnes is a member of Nosahog- an Lodge, No. 21, I. O. O. F., and of Ansantawae Encampment. No. 20. and has passed all the chairs ; he was grand patriarch of the State of Connecticut for the term of 1889-90. and he was junior grand representative of the Grand Encampment of the Sovereign . Grand Encampment that met in Rich- mond. Va., in September. 1900. He is affiliated with Speedwell Lodge, No. 10, K. of P .. and Tunxis Tribe. Improved Order of Red Men. In politics Mr. Barnes is a Republican. He is held in the highest esteem in the community in which he lives, being among the most popular of Waterbury's citizens.
THEODORE ELLIOTT BEACH, a success- ful agriculturist of the town of Milford, was born Feb. 24. 1841, at his present homestead in Wood- mont. His ancestors were early settlers in the towni of Orange, this county, and he traces his ancestry back to Thomas Beach, from whom he is descended through John, Thomas (2) (who married Hannah Atwater), Landa ( who married Abigail Ann Bald- win), Samuel and John. Our subject's grandfa- ther, Samuel Beach, was born in Orange, and fol- lowed farming as an occupation. He married Bet- sey Ward, by whom he had two children: John, our subject's father : and Betsey (deceased), who married Lanson Platt, a farmer in Milford.
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John Beach was born and reared in Orange, but settled at the present homestead after his marriage. He married Frances Fenn, also a native of Orange, daughter of John Fenn, a farmer of that town. Our subject was one of a family of eight children, as follows : Mary ( deceased ) married Horace Burwell, a carpenter of Milford; John F. was a carriagemaker in Milford, and died in California; Elliott, a carriagemaker, died in New Orleans ; Susan (deceased ) married Hiram Smith. a car- penter of Orange, and later a policeman in New Haven ; Abigail died aged sixteen ; Dennis, a ma- chinist and engineer, died in New Haven ; Elmina is the widow of John H. Knapp, a machinist and en- gineer, and lives in New Haven : Theodore Elliott was the youngest. The father died June 21, 1860,
and the mother did not long survive. passing away Feb. 10, 1861.
Theodore Elliott Beach has always resided at his present homestead. and since taking charge of the place has made a specialty of seed growing. The place contains fifty acres, with new buildings and modern improvements, and his new residence is one of the best in the vicinity of Woodmont. In politics he is a Republican. and he and his fam- ily are much esteemed socially. On May 1, 1861, Mr. Beach married Miss Emily P. Fenn, and five children have blessed the union. Elliott Fenn, born Jan. 3, 1863, a machinist and railroad engineer, married Miss Fannie Alice Gardner, and resides in New Haven ; Frank J., born Aug. 1, 1865, a farmer on the homestead with our subject, married Miss Eda Maud Rhodes : Fannie Elizabeth, born May 4, 1866, and Ida Louise, born Feb. 2, 1868, are both teaching school; and Harry Norton, born Dec. 9. 1875, is a typewriter and stenographer in New York.
The FENN FAMILY is well known in this county, and Mrs. Beach was born in Orange, daughter of Eliakim T. Fenn, of Orange, and granddaughter of Col. William Fenn. Her mother whose maiden name was Elizabeth Ann Platt, was born in Mil- ford, daughter of Capt. Joseph Platt. Eliakim T. Fenn and his wife had ten children, as follows: Richard Treat, deceased ; Richard, deceased ; Sarah Edwards, deceased : Frances Ann ; Mary Elizabeth, deceased; Elizabeth Gertrude; William Stone; Emily Platt ; Mary, deceased ; and Heman White, deceased.
MRS. FRANK E. STEELE. a highly-esteemed resident of Ansonia, is a member of a prominent pioneer family of that town, and occupies a house which was built by her maternal grandfather, Willis Hotchkiss. over forty years ago. It is located at the corner of State and Union streets, being one of three houses erected by Mr. Hotchkiss in that block, and is a substantial structure, suggesting durability. Mrs. Steele. who was reared in An- sonia, is the widow of the late Frank E. Steele, a well-known citizen, and resides with their only son, Frank Willis Steele.
FRANK E. STEELE was born Aug. 20, 1848. in Seymour, this county, son of John B. and Emeline (Stuart) Steele, both of whom are now deceased. He was the younger of two children, and the elder, Celestia, is the wife of E. B. Bradley, of Ansonia. Mr. Steele was reared at the family homestead in Seymour, a fine estate of 100 acres, and as he was but six years old when his father died he took charge of the place at an early age. For a number of years he devoted special attention to raising blooded horses. In 1885 he removed to Ansonia, but he continued to superintend the farm until his death, which occurred in Ansonia Sept. 10, 1898. While he had received only a common-school edu- cation he was well-informed on the issues of the day
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and he took much interest in local affairs. being an active worker in the Republican party. During his residence in Seymour he served several years as selectman and at times held other offices. In relig- ious faith he was a Congregationalist.
In 1881 Mr. Steele married Miss Lillie J. Chat- field, daugliter of Clark Chatfield, and a native of New York City. Her grandfather, Joel Chatfield, was born in Seymour, and for many years was a farmer and merchant in that place, where he died at the advanced age of ninety-two years. He married Lucinda Hitchcock, who died in early womanhood. Both were devout members of the Episcopal Church. They had two children: Clark, father of Mrs. Steele; and Lucinda, now Mrs. Tuttle, of New Haven.
Clark Chatfield was born in Seymour. and was reared upon a farm. receiving a district-school ed- ucation. When a young man he followed. farming for a short time, and then went to New York, where he was employed as manager of a store. Later he went to Iowa, and then to Kingston, N. Y., and while there he held the office of city surveyor. He also spent some time in Virginia, but finally re- turned to Seymour, where he now resides upon his farm, and in addition to the management of the place he is in business as an architect. He mar- ried Josephine Hotchkiss, who was born in An- sonia; daughter of Willis and Mary ( Kimberly) Hotchkiss, and died at the age of twenty-two, leav- ing only one child, Lillie J .. Mrs. Steele. Mrs. Chatfield was a most estimable woman. and a con- sistent member of the Episcopal Church, with which her family has long been identified. Willis Hoteli- kiss was a native of Westville, now New Haven, and spent his life chiefly in Ansonia and Derby. where he was engaged in business as a builder and lumber dealer. He lived to the good old age of eighty-two and was regarded as one of the leading men of the locality. his sterling qualities of char- acter commanding the respect of all who knew him. His widow, who died Feb. 9, 1900, aged nearly eighty-eight years, resided with Mrs. Steele. Of their children only one, Mrs. Chatfield, lived to maturity.
BARLOW STEVENS HONCE, a prominent farmer and a dealer in agricultural implements on the Guilford turnpike in Branford, was born in Matawan, Monmouth Co .. N. J .. July 13. 1855, son of James and Mary Augusta Honce. The father was a native of New Jersey, and was born in Sep- tember, 1814, a son of David and Phebe ( Peacock) Ilonce. The mother was a native of Phillips, Me., and was born April 5. 1828. a daughter of Thomas and Anna ( Foster) Stevens. The maternal great- grandfather of B. S. Honce, was Ephraim Stevens, who fought in the Revolutionary war. He lived . at Phillips. Maine, and was married to Sybil Foster, a daughter of David and Millicent ( Howe) Foster. James Honce was twice married, and his first
wife, Jane, was a daughter of John R. and Mar- garet Schenck. They were married June 25, 1834, and became the parents of two children : Mary E., the wife of Charles W. Palmer : and Eliza Jane, the wife of Pascal Hoadley. Mr. Honce was married. June 25, 1854, to Mary Augusta, the daughter of Thomas and Anna ( Foster ) Stevens. of Phillips, Maine. To this marriage have come five children : Barlow S .; Clara, wife of Henry Goldsmith; J. Arthur; Charles A .; and Anna F., who married Elmer G. Farnham. James Honce removed to Branford in 1858, locating on the farm now occu- pied by his son, Barlow S., and made his home there until his death, Aug. 16, 1873.
Barlow Stevens Honce was reared in Branford. where he spent his early life with the exception of a brief period of one year which was spent in Wis- consin. He received his education in the Branford schools, and here his entire life has been spent as a farmer. In 1893 Mr. Honce took an agency for the sale of the goods of the McCormick Harvester Machine Co., and has developed a considerable trade in agricultural implements.
Mr. Honce was married. Oct. 20, 1881, to Alice, daughter of Martin and Lydia ( Hill) Cook, of Guilford, and they have one son, Arthur L., born March 12, 1884. Mr. Honce is a member of the N. E. O. P. and the Woodmen of the World. In politics he is a Republican, and has served on the Branford board of selectmen for thee years.
For fifteen years Mr. Honce was a member of the Connecticut National Guard, enlisting Aug. 12, 1883, in the first Platoon, Battery A. He was pro- moted to corporal Aug. 1, 1884: became sergeant May 17, 1886: second lieutenant, Feb. 27, 1888; first lieutenant : and captain of Battery A, Conn. Nat. Guard, June, 1894. When the Spanish-Amer- ican war broke out Capt. Honce obtained leave of absence from the National Guard of the State, and on May 4, 1898, was appointed captain of Battery A, Ist Conn. Vol. Artillery, serving until Oct. 25, 1898, when he was mustered out by both the State and National authorities. Though ordered to Porto Rico, the order was countermanded, and the battery never left the State. J. Arthur Honce, his brother. who was second lieutenant in the same battery, died May 21, 1901. Charles A., another brother, also served in the same battery.
PAUL SCHOLZ is one of the worthy citi- zens of Woodbridge that Germany has furnished to the New World. He was born in Schleswig, Prussia, Nov. 21, 1856, a son of Charles and Mary ( Werner) Scholz, natives of Schlesien ; the former died in 1851, and the latter at the age of about fifty years. In early life the father engaged in farming, but being a man of considerable fore- thought he decided to take up the manufacture of starch, and in his native town he built a factory, but just as his success was assured he died. He was a cavalryman in the German army during the
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war of 1848-50, was a man of great popularity in his neighborhood, and was credited with good busi- ness ability and sound judgment. Both he and his wife were members of the German Lutheran Church. In their family were three childdren, of whom our subject is the second in order of birth. Annie, the eldest, married in Germany, where her husband died, and later she came to the United States, and died in New Haven, Conn., in 1896. Robert, the youngest, was always a wanderer, trav- eling throughout the West and South, and when last heard from was in the Carolinas.
Paul Scholz received thorough instruction in the German schools, and during his youth learned the clock making trade, at which he worked four or five years. From 1876 to 1879 he served in the German army, being stationed at Berlin as one of Emperor William's Light Guards. For the follow- ing four years he was employed as a clockmaker in his native town. In 1883 he emigrated to Amer- ica, and sailing on the same ship was his future wife. On landing in New York, Paul and Eliza- beth Scholz were married, and at once proceeded to Boston, Mass., where Mr. Scholz secured employ- ment in rubber boot and shoe factories. Later he spent five years in New Haven as an employe in the sewing machine shops, and also in the shops at Westville, Conn. In October, 1893, he purchased a farm of thirty-six acres in Woodbridge, to which he added twenty-three acres, in 1808. and is now successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, rais- ing principally fruit and vegetables for the market. He is also quite extensively engaged in the man- facture of butter. and keeps for that purpose a herd of eight cows. Politically he is not identified with any party, but votes for the man he believes will help him most in his business. He once held mem- bership with the Foresters, but at present is not connected with any secret society. His success has been worthily achieved as it is due entirely to his own unaided efforts and good management. In his family are four children, Annie, Willie, Paul and Gustaf, all attending school.
CHARLES H. BARNES, for several years pro- prietor of a well-known and popular livery and boarding stable in Waterbury, which he sold in 1901, is a native of Connecticut, born May 13. 1857. in Woodbury, Litchfield county, of a stalwart loyal New England family.
Reuben Barnes, his father, was born in Rox- bury, Conn., removing thence to Woodbury, where he has ever since been engaged as a farmer. He married Neoma Callender, who was born in Hud- son, N. Y_ and died in 1900, the mother of chil- dren as follows: Charles H. is the subject of these lines; Seraphena is the wife of Charles Barto, a farmer of Hartford county : Carlton is a farmer in the town of Woodhury. Litchfield county: Lottie and Nellie are deceased: William is a farmer in the town of Woodbury, Litchfield county.
Charles H. Barnes passed his boyhood days on the farm, and received a good common-school edu- cation. In 1872, at the age of fifteen, he moved to Waterbury, and for some five years worked on the Benedict farm, after which he engaged in vari- ous kinds of business, such as working in the dif- ferent shops, until 1891, in which year he embarked in the livery business, conducting a livery and boarding stable at No. 46 Spring street. On Aug. I, 1901, he sold out, returning to his birthplace, Woodbury, where he is now carrying on a hotel --- "The Barnes House"-and liverv business on Main street.
On May 30. 1882, Mr. Barnes married Anna Kelly, who was born in Waterbury, a daughter of James and Anastasia Kelly, and one child, Elsie, born Dec. 14, 1885, graces this union. In politics Mr. Barnes is independent, casting his vote for the candidate he considers best fitted for the office. So- cially he is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, the Heptasophs, the Red Men and the Haymakers.
FERDINAND DEMING, a citizen of Water- bury, whose reputation as a mechanical expert is far more than local, was born in Litchfield, Brad- ford Co., Pa., Dec. 5. 1845, son of Abner Deming. who was born in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Conn .. Dec. 16, 1812. Abner Deming was a son of Abner and Philinda (Stoddard) Deming, the latter a daughter of Eli Stoddard. the first preacher in Woodbury. This family was among the first to settle in Litchfield.
John Deming, the emigrant, came from Eng- land about 1630, as the records show that he was in Wethersfield in 1635, and that he took part in the Pequot war. John Deming, his son, lived and died in Wethersfield, where his son, Hezekiah Dem- ing, also lived and died. It was in this generation that Hartford became established. Hezekiah Dem- ing, son of Hezekiah, lived and died in Canaan, Conn. His son, Phineas Deming, was in Woodbury in 1775, and took part in the siege of Ticonderoga. Abner Deming, his son, and the grandfather of Ferdinand, lived and died in Woodbury. He and his wife had six children, all now deceased: Maria. who married Solomon Bishop, a farmer in Wood- bury; Henry, a farmer, who died in Collinsville: Conn .: Horace, who worked in the Springfield armory, later in the South, went West overland, and died while en route, being buried in Illinois ; Sarah. who never married; George, who died young ; and Abner.
Abner Deming married Miss Mary Wheaton. who was born in Washington. Conn., daughter of Calvin and Jessie ( Phillips ) Wheaton. This family was of Welsh origin, and came to this country long ago. Shortly after their marriage Abner Deming and his wife went to Litchfield, where he was en- gaged as a blacksmith, and some years later they returned to Woodbury, where he died in 1883, Mrs.
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Deming in 1857. They were Methodists, and in politics he was a Democrat.
Ferdinand Deming, whose name introduces this article, spent his boyhood days in Woodbury. and came to Waterbury in 1856, spending practically his entire life in that city, though he has for short periods worked in other cities. When a hoy he at- tended public school in Woodbury, Waterbury and Middlebury. Leaving the farm while still young, he came to Waterbury and entered the shop of Charles W. Johnson. to learn the machinist's trade, which proved in every way so congenial that it has been his business to the present time. He has devel- opedengineeringgifts of a high order and is regard- ed as an expert on difficult and abstruse mechanical problems. He is not associated with the work of any one establishment, and it is his intention to go „ abroad during the year 1901 and devote consider- able time to mechanical research.
Mr. Deming and Miss Althea Minor were mar- ried June 16. 1869. Mrs. Deming was born in Stonington, Conn., daughter of James and Eliza (Bennett). Minor, both natives of Stonington. The Minor family comes of old English stock. Thomas Minor, the first of the name to come to America, was born in Somersetshire, England, and arrived in 1631 in the ship "Arabella." Mrs. Althea ( Minor) Deming died in 1892. She was the mother of nine children, five of whom grew to maturity, Ferdinand, Jr., Eliza, James C., Grace P. and Her- bert (who died Dec. 28, 1899), all at home but the last named. Mr. Deming is a strong Repub- lican. He and his family attend the First Congre- gational Church.
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