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years of his early manhood. His first bride was Adelia Thompson, to whom he was joined May 15. 1877. They had three children: Cora D., who married George P. Young, of Naugatuck ; Herbert E .; and Katie W., deceased. On October 2, 1889, Mr. Hunter married Miss Alice E. Sincerbox, whose portrait accompanies his. This union has been blessed with four children: Ethel A., Ray- mond W., Hazel K. and Roy W. (deceased).
ELBERT W. CARTWRIGHT, a prominent farmer of Centerville, Hamden, was born in Sharon, this State, Jan. 12. 1857. His father, Watson Cartwright, a son of Anson and Mary (Smith) Cartwright, was also a native of Sharon, where he grew to manlicod and engaged in farming for some years. There he married Miss Ammarillis Peck, a native of that town and a daughter of George W. Peck. I 1864 they removed to Cheshire. New Ha- ven county, where the father engaged in farming for a year and a half, and in 1866 came to Hamden, where he purchased the Joseph A. Rogers farm of seventy acres near Centerville, and upon that place he successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising until his death. In politics he was a stanch Democrat, but was never an office seeker. He died March 25. 1891. and his wife departed this life Feb. 28, 1899. the remains of both being in- terred. in the Whitneyville cemetery.
Elbert W. Cartwright, the only child of this worthy couple, pursued his studies in the schools of Sharon and Hamden, and when his education was completed devoted his entire time and attention to the operation of the home farm, which he now. owns. It is a valuable tract of seventy-five acres, under excellent cultivation and well improved. He is a thorough and systematic farmer, and has met with well-deserved success in his labors. He holds membership in the Mount Carmel Congregational Church, and in politics supports the men and meas- ures of the Democratic party.
On Oct. 22, 1890, Mr. Cartwright was united in marriage with Miss Hattie B. Leek, a native of Hamden, and a daughter of Jeremiah B. and Cath- erine (Sanford) Leck. Three children blessed this union : Florence Peck. Ralph E. and Reba San- ford. The wife and mother entered into rest March 27, 1901, aged forty-two years and six months, and her remains were interred in the family lot in the Whitneyville cemetery. She, too, held membership in the Mount Carmel Congregational Church.
FREDERIC A. FINCH. the popular publisher of The Branford Opinion, is a native of Connecti- cut, born in Southington Jan. 25. 1868. a son of Dennis Porter and Sarah (Lamkin) Finch. In September, 1877, his parents moved to New Haven, and in the public schools of that city he obtained his education, graduating in 1884. When he started out in life for himself he began to learn the printer's trade in May, 1884, with Hoggson :
& Robinson. The work proved congenial to him, and he rapidly mastered all the details. From 1888 until October, 1891, he was employed as pressman with O. A. Dorman, and then went to Lyme, Coun .. where he was similarly employed on The Sound Breese. On Jan. 18, 1892, he came to Branford and purchased The Branford Opinion on the 5th of the following April. He has met with much success in his chosen calling, and his paper has steadily improved in general makeup, as well as in its subscription lists.
On June 27, 1894, Mr. Finch was united in marriage with Edith A. Knapp, and one son, Donald Porter, born Aug. 8, 1899, has blessed this union. Politically Mr. Finch is a Republican, and has served as registrar of voters in Branford, 1890 to 1902. Socially he is a member of Woodland Lodge, No. 39, K. of P., and Montowese Lodge, N. E. O. P.
DR. EDWARD SEYMOUR MOULTON. a physician of New Haven, was born April 26, 1868. in New Bedford, Mass., but acquired his educa- tion in the public schools at Oberlin, Ohio, and the Grand River Institute of Austinburg, Ohio. He was graduated from Oberlin College in 1891. re- ceiving the degree of A. B., and from the Yale Medical School in 1894, when the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by Oberlin. After hospital service in New York and travel in California and South America, he located at No. 223 York street, New Haven.
Dr. Moulton's father, Rev. Tyler Calvin Moul- ton, was born in Ascott, Canada, Jan. 26, 1826. a son of Calvin Moulton, Jr., and Adaline Hudson. the latter a daughter of Elisha Hudson, a soldier. in the Revolution. Calvin Moulton, Jr., was a son of Calvin Moulton, Sr., and Ruth Blodgett, whose father was a Revolutionary soldier. and was born in Rutland. Vt .. Nov. 11, 1797. Calvin Moulton, Sr., was born in Monson, Mass., in 1774. Dr. Moulton's paternal ancestors came to Massachusetts previous to 1650.
Rev. Tyler Calvin Moulton was a Unitarian clergyman. his pastorates having been at Austin- burg and Franklin, Ohio, and New Bedford. Mass. He served in the war of the Rebellion as chaplain of the 3d Mass. Vol. Cav., and later became chap- lain of the William Logan Rodman Post, No. I. G. A. R., of New Bedford. Mass. He was known as an able speaker and writer. His death occurred Aug. 5. 1870. He married Susan A. Seymour, who was born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1834. a daugh- ter of Deacon Hart Seymour, and his wife. Mercy North, who was a daughter of Deacon Stephen North, and descendant of John North, one of the original proprietors of Farmington. Hart Sey- mour was the son of Deacon Jonathan Seymour and Abigail Hart, who were both born in New Britain. Conn. Jonathan Seymour was a soldier of the Rev- olution and a lieut. nant in the Connecticut State Militia. Lieut. Elisha Savage, of Berlin, Coun.,
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another great-grandfather of Dr. Moulton, was a Revolutionary soldier. The maternal ancestors of Dr. Moulton were among the earliest settlers of Connecticut, coming from Massachusetts to Hart- ford in 1635, settling there and in Farmington ; the names of eight of these ancestors, Richard Sey- mour, Stephen Hart, Thomas Judd, John Steele, Governor Thomas Welles, Elder John White, John Wilcox and William Wadsworth, are recorded on the "Founders' Monument of Hartford."
Dr. Moulton was assistant in the medical clinic in Yale Medical School from 1895 to 1897. and in Gynaecology from 1897 to 1899. He belongs to the city, county and State Medical Societies (being clerk of the County Society), and to the New Ha- ven Grays, and also to the patriotic order of the Sons of Veterans. He attends the Congregational Church.
On Feb. 28, 1898, Dr. Moulton was married to Fanchon Wilson, who was born in California, only daughter of James Thomas and Mary Stewart Smith. One son, James Seymour, born Feb. 7, 1899, in Zaruma, Ecuador, S. A., has brightened their home.
HON. DAVID WALTER PATTEN. The town of North Haven has the distinction of having within its borders some of the finest farms of New Haven county, and among these the one which bears the palm as a dairy farm is owned by D. Walter Patten, and is located in the eastern part of the town. This farm contains 225 acres, and has been in the possession of the Patten family for nearly forty years, being the original Pierrepont farm upon which the late Hon. Edwards Pierre- pont, ex-minister to England, was born. David Patten, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Salem, New London county, Conn., where he became a farmer and a dealer in lumber for ship- ping.
Daniel A. Patten, son of David Patten, was also born in Salem, where he received a district-school education. After teaching there a number of years, in the meantime studying medicine, he went to New York and was graduated from the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons. He first located for practice in Park Row, in that city, and later he removed to Baltimore, Md., where he enjoyed a large and lucrative practice for a number of years, when fail- ing health caused him to abandon the profession. He returned to his boyhood home, in Salem, where he remained until 1861, at that time coming to North Haven, desiring the health-giving life on a farm. Dr. Patten then purchased the farm now owned by his son, and continued to operate it un- til 1885, when he disposed of it to his son, and, retiring from active life, died in 1887. Dr. Patten was an ardent Republican, and served the town of Salem in the Legislature, even representing that town shortly after his removal to North Haven, in a special session. During 1860-70-73 he represented
North Haven in the Legislature, although the office was none of his seeking, his peculiar fitness for the office causing his fellow citizens almost to thrust it upon him. He also served the town for several years as first selectman, and for many years was a member of the Society's committee of the North Haven Congregational Church. His widow, Mary Belcher Hyde, a native of Greenwich, Conn., is now residing in North Haven. The children born to this union were: Henry, a graduate of Yale, mar- ried Rose M. Sloan, and resides in Philadelphia, where he is instructor in the Central High School; David Walter ; Lillian W. married George B. Todd, and lives in North Haven ; and Marion is teaching in the public school in South Norwalk.
David Walter Patten was born Feb. 7, 1862, in the house which he now occupies, and received his primary education in the district schools. After a two-years' course at Bacon Academy, in Col- chester, hie prepared at Joseph Giles' private school for the scientific department of Yale University. Previous to entering Yale Mr. Patten was for two years assistant instructor of mathematics in the famous "Collegiate and Commercial Institute," of which the late William H. Russell was president. He was graduated from Yale Scientific School in 1887, and then returned to the farm which he had purchased in 1885, and to which he has since added by additional purchases and has made improvements which have placed this farm in the front rank of dairy farms in the State. For thirty years the Clover Dairy Farm has practically supplied the most fastidious patrons of the New Haven market. Mr. Patten .has introduced modern methods, ren- dering his products the purest to be obtained any- where, and the reputation of his produce has ex- tended over a wide territory. He also has a peach orchard of 1,500 trees.
On Oct. 16, 1889, Mr. Patten was married to Erminie Ivison Emley, who was born in Moodus, Middlesex county, Conn., a daughter of George I. Emley, superintendent of the New York Net and Twine Company's mills of that place. Three chil- dren have been born to this union, Edna I., Mable S. and Martha Alberta. Mr. Patten is a stanch Re- publican, has been president of the North Haven Republican Club for several years, and ably repre- sented the town of North Haven in the General Assembly during 1898-9, serving as clerk of the committee on Incorporations. In 1900 he was elected first selectman and re-elected in 1901. In 1901 he was elected by the General Assembly as a member of the State Board of Agriculture for New Haven county. Mr. Patten is an educated, intelli- gent farmer who understands and enjoys his agri- cultural experiments, and by the exercise of energy has been able to show the country what intelligent farming can accomplish. Fraternally he is con- nected with Corinthian Lodge, No. 36, A. F. & A. M .. of Northford, and is a charter member of North Haven Grange, being one of its organizers.
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Prominently identified with ail of the leading farm- ing interests of the State, he is connected with the State Pomological Society, and is a life member of the Connecticut Dairymen's Association. Although occupied with both public affairs and private busi- ness, Mr. Patten is a factor in the social life of the community, and entertains hospitably m his hand- come home. Both he and his wife are valued and consistent members of the Congregational Church of North Haven.
REV. C. REINHOLD TAPPERT, the beloved pastor of the Immanuel's Evangelical Lutheran Church, on Cook avenue and Hanover street, in Meriden, was born in Hameln. Hanover. Germany, Dec. 13, 1866, a son of Charles Tappert; born at Eisenach, Thueringen. Charles Tappert was an architect and builder by occupation and a man of education and influence. His death occurred while still in the prime of life. His wife, Mrs. Alvina ( Hancke) Tappert, was a native of Luechow, Ger- many, and after the death of her husband came to America with her family, and now resides in New York City. Of the ten children of the family those who still survive are: Emma, a Lutheran Deaconess ; C. Reinhold ; Mary ; Franz ; Gustave, a clergyman of the Lutheran Church, in New York City ; Charles : Ernest August, a clergyman.of the Lutheran Church, at Washington Heights, New York City ; and Alwine.
Rev. Mr. Tappert attended the schools in his native land, and was seven years old when the fam- ily removed to Muender, where the father engaged in a manufacturing business and our subject had the advantages of excellent educational training. At the age of sixteen he graduated from the Latin school. His inclination being in the direction of the ministry, he entered then the Kropp Theo- logical Seminary, and remained four years, until he had finished his course in the spring of 1887. When the call was made by the Home Missions. of the General Council for young men for mission work among their countrymen in America, Mr. Tappert responded, and that same year came to this country and took charge of St. Peter's Church at Greenport, L. I .. Although not yet of age, he con- tinued to administer to this congregation for fifteen months. On Dec. 18, 1887, he was ordained by the president of the first district of the Evangelical Lu- theran Ministerium of New York, and in 1888 lie was called by the president of the Synod to take charge of a mission in New York City, and eagerly entered upon his Christian labors. Having rented an unoccupied store on Tenth avenue, at a cost of $48 per month, he started into school teaching, and had 140 pupils who contributed one dollar a month. He continued faithfully to perform his duties as missionary and teacher until his health completely failed him. In 1880 he received a call to Meriden' as sticcessor to Rev. E. Wittman, as pastor of the Immanuel's Evangelical Lutheran Church and also
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of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church of South- ington, and for the past twelve years has faithfully attended to the spiritual needs of both congrega- tions. Mr. Tappert has had much to encourage him. During his pastorate the church and parsonage have been built and his congregation numbers 500 men- bers. When he first came to Meriden he was obliged to hold his services in the hall of the Y. M. C. A.
Rev. Mr. Tappert married Magdelena Drach, in her home in Greenport, L. I., a daughter of Peter Drach, a lady of high character, and one who is well fitted to be a helpmate for her worthy husband. The children of this union number five: Johanna, Ruth, Martha, Reinhold and Gustav.
FREDERICK WARD BROWN, D. D. S., who has been successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry in New Haven since ISSS, is a native of that city, born July 14, 1863. The family have re- sided there for several generations; the Doctor's grandfather, Andrew L. Brown, was engaged in business as a soap manufacturer in New Haven with his brother Charles. Their factory was located on Union street. He had three children: William H., father of our subject; Robert A., who is sec- retary and treasurer of the New Haven Savings Bank, and also president of the New Haven Mfg. Co .; and Mary, who married Henry Holt, of Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Brown was a member of the First Baptist Church.
William H. Brown was born in New Haven and there reared, receiving his education in the com- mon schools and in the Lancasterian school. He was engaged in business as a dealer in cigars and spirits, carrying on same up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1888, when he was aged fifty- one. He married Cornelia Camp, and they had four children: William H .; Frederick Ward, whose name opens these lines ; and Albert R. and Andrew L., both of whom are dentists in New York City, where Mrs. Brown, the mother, also makes her home. Mrs. Brown is a daughter of Horace Camp, who died at the age of eighty-four, and his wife, whose maiden name was White, and who lived to the age of eighty-six.
Frederick W. Brown attended the public schools of New Haven during his boyhood. His early studies in dentistry were pursued with Drs. Austen B. Fuller, Frank C. Swift and J. S. Cairoli, of Bridgeport, and H. J. Stevens, of New Haven. He then took a course at the University of Pennsyl- vania, from which institution he was graduated in ISSS, and he has since engaged in practice on his own account. Dr. Brown commands a large pat- ronage, which keeps himself and his assistants con- stantly busy. His offices, which are finely fitted up and completely equipped, are located at No. 112 Orange street. Dr. Brown has been quite active in the social and fraternal life of the city, being a member in good standing of Pyramid Lodge, A. O.
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U. W .; Yale Lodge. Heptasophs : and of the Ma- sonic fraternity, in which he has attained the thirty- second degree. belonging to Wooster Lodge, F. & A. M .; Franklin Chapter: New Haven Com- inandery : Pyramid Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .. and the Scottish Rite Masons. The Doctor's great uncle, Charles Brown, was the first master of Wooster Lodge. Dr. Brown is also a member of the Second Company, Governor's Foot Guard, of which he is commissary sergeant. Professionally he be- longs to the New Haven Dental Club, and the State Dental Society. His political allegiance is given to the Republican party.
In 1892 . Dr. Brown married Miss Jennie A. Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Halsey C. Thomas, of New Haven. Two children, Mildred and Leonard, have blessed their home. The Doctor and his wife are singers of note, and they have sung at different times in the principal churches of New Haven.
HARRISON B. TOLLES. "Man's sociality of nature," says Carlyle. "evinces itself. in spite of all that can be said, with abundance of evidence by this one fact, if there were no other-the un- speakable delight he takes in biography," and in the record of our successful business men and lead- ers of thought there is much to interest and instruct the reader. The subject of this sketch, a promi- nent resident of Ansonia, is deserving of special mention as a self-made man who has made the most of his opportunities and achieved a substantial success.
J. : Lulu, who married William Ward, of Seymour ; Arthur, a resident of Naugatuck; and Eliza (2), wife of Ira Bennett, of Vermont.
During his boyhood our subject attended the common schools of Naugatuck and the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Mass., and when a young man he engaged in butchering in Naugatuck. After five years he removed to New Haven, where he continued the business three years longer, in con- nection with licensed groceries. He then spent a year in Waterbury, in the bottling business, and a year in Harrisburg, Pa., and in 1873 he returned to Ansonia and opened a bottling establishment in company with S. W. Billam, under the firm name of Billam & Tolles. He conducted same until May, 1897. At the time of selling out he was the second oldest man in the business in the town, and for years he did the largest bottling business between Waterbury and Bridgeport, keeping a number of men and teams, and sending goods to all the sur- rounding towns and cities. In 1886 he built his present beautiful residence at No. 19 William street, being the fourth to build on the street, and he is interested in the real-estate business to some extent.
In 1868 Mr. Tolles married Miss Alice Tuttle. daughter of Zopher Tuttle, a wood and charcoal dealer of Naugatuck, who also conducted a watch factory there for a time. He died aged seventy- four years, and his wife, Nancy ( Sherman), died at the age of sixty-two. Mrs. Tolles was born in Naugatuck, and was one of a family of ten chil- dren. Our subject has one son, Burton I., now twenty years old, who graduated from the Ansonia high school, pursued a course in the Applied Sciences at Yale College, graduating in the class of 1901, and is now a student in Yale Medical School. The family is identified with the Epis- copal Church, Mrs. Tolles being a member, and politically our subject affiliates with the Repub- lican party. He belongs to the F. & A. M .. hold- ing membership in George Washington Lodge; Mt. Vernon Chapter, R. A. M .: New Haven Com- mandery, at New Haven; and Pyramid Temple. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Bridgeport. He is also an active worker in the Ansonia Club, the leading social club of the town.
Mr. Tolles was born April 28, 1845. in Pine Bridge, town of Seymour, this county, and belongs to a well-known family of this section. Daniel Tolles, his grandfather, followed farming in the town of Bethany throughout a long life. Isaac Tolles, our subject's father, was born and reared in Bethany, and became a merchant in Naugatuck. He continued business for forty-five years with different partners, becoming regarded as one of the substantial citizens of the town. He was an ardent supporter of the anti-slavery cause, and later be- came a stanch Republican, and for many years he was active in municipal affairs, serving as ward inspector and tax collector. His death occurred in Naugatuck, when he was aged eighty-three years. He married Maria W. Buckingham, a devout and MRS. EMMA J. POWE, a highly respected resident of Ansonia, is prominent in the social life of that locality, the influence of her active and cul- tured mind and strong womanly character being recognized in various lines of work. She is a mem- ber of the Bartholomew family, which has been well known in this section from an early date, and two brothers and two sisters are represented else- where. consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. who is still living at the age of seventy- nine. She was born in Middlebury, one of the eight children of Hezekiah Buckingham, now de- ceased, who came from Ohio and made his per- manent home upon a farm in Middlebury. His wife, whose maiden name was Matilda Wooster. lived to the age of seventy-two, while her mother lived to be ninety-nine. Our subject was the first William Powe ( deceased), husband of our sub- ject. was identified for many years with the manu- of a family of eight children, the others being : Ulysses, deceased: Eliza, deceased: Frem at. now , facturing interests of the town, hokling positions in Naugatuck; Ralph, a resident of Plainfield, N. , of unusual responsibility and trust. His death oc-
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curred in 1805, when he was 'iged forty-five. He : was born Dec. 6, 1850. in Derby, this county, son of Lewis Powe, and grandson of Major Powe, an Englishman, who came to America as an expert workman in the refining of copper, locating in Belle- ville, N. J. Lewis Powe was trained to his father's business in his youth, and after following it for a time in Belleville, took a position in Derby, later go- ing to Ansonia, where he was employed for years by the A. B. C. Co., as foreman. In 1854 he went to South America, and on his return was for some time employed as an expert refiner by the Park Bros., of Pittsburg, being manager and member of the firmn. and by the Duvall Co .. of Brooklyn : his last work. however, was done for the A. B. C. Co., of An- sonia. About the time of his retirement he became interested in orange culture in Florida, where he died at the age of seventy-three. He was a man of ability, and was much respected wherever he was known. He married Harriet Blackman, a native of Oxford, who died in 1854, aged thirty-six. They had two children : Louise, professor of art in Wells College ; and William.
William Powe was reared in Ansonia, and com- pleted his education in the School of Mines. Co- lumbia University, New York. He started busi- ness life as a. bookkeeper for the Brass & Copper Co. Possessing rare discrimination, his services came into demand as a general buyer and utility man with the Ansonia Brass & Copper Co., of An- sonia, and after twenty-one years of responsible work there he became connected with the Alumi- num, Brass & Bronze Co .. of Bridgeport. Socially he was connected with Washington Lodge, F. & A. M., at Ansonia.
On Sept. 17. 1873, Mr. Powe married Miss Emma J. Bartholomew, and they had two children : ( 1) Harriet married Dr. F. G. Baldwin, a dentist in Ansonia and has had one child. Lewis Powe. (2) Fannie Louise died in 1889, aged ten years and eleven months. Mr. Powe was a genial, hospitable gentleman, and made many friends, among all classes. He was a Republican in political sentiment. but not active in party affairs, or for that matter in public life of any sort, though he served twenty-one years as foreman of the Hose Company. He sang in the choir of the Congregational Church, but was not united with any religious body.
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