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Charles G. Goodrich, Ph.B., was born Sept. 19. 1869, in Waterbury, received his early education in that city, and after attending the Waterbury high school went to Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., where he entered the College Preparatory and Music departments. Even thus early his merit was recognized by his appointment as organist of the Memorial M. E. Church, taking the place of. the musical instructor of the Academy. He was grad- uated with honors in the class of 1889, of which class he was elected permanent president. In the fall of 1889 he entered Wesleyan University (Mid- dletown, Conn.) and prepared himself for teaching modern languages, taking special honors in this de- partment. He also won the Seney scholarship prize, given for general excellence of work. Hc was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and was graduated in 1893 among the first in his class, being chosen to membership in Phi Beta Kappa in spite of the fact that much of his time had been devoted to the music of the First M. E. Church of Mid- dletown, where he was organist and director of a large chorus choir. He was also organist of the University chapel. At the end of his course he was appointed assistant librarian of the University, and took a post-graduate course in his specialties. In the summer of 1894 he went to Germany and stud-
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ied languages and music in Berlin. He returned to take charge of the Department of Modern Lan- guages at Albion College (Albion, Mich.), during the year's leave of absence of the head of the depart- ment. At the end of this year he returned to Eur- ope for further study at the celebrated University of Bonn, studying and traveling in France and Italy. On his return to America he was elected head of the Modern Language Department of Harry Hillman Academy, Wilkesbarre, Pa., a large college preparatory school with an enviable reputation for its high standard of scholarship. This position he held, as well as that of organist and choir leader of the First M. E. Church of the city, one of the most important musical appoint- ments in the State, until Sept. 10, 1901, when he resigned to take the Professorship of Romance Languages at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, where he now resides. He is also a member of Harmony Lodge, No. 42, F. & A. M., of Water- bury, Conn. On Aug. 25, 1897, he was married to Annie Y. Shortle, B. A., of Provincetown, Mass., a graduate of Wesleyan Academy ( Wilbraham, Mass.) and of Wellesley College ( Wellesley, Mass.), class of 1897, where she not only com- pleted with high honor the course in Liberal Arts, but also the course in the Art of Painting.
Mrs. Augustus I. Goodrich, a graduate of the State Normal School at Framingham, Mass., and later a student at Allen's English and Classical School, at West Newton, Mass., was in 1859 and 1860 a teacher in the public schools of Waterbury. She has always been closely identified with church work, and for several years has been president of the King's Daughters of Waterbury. It may be truly added here that it was mainly through her efforts and teachings that her sons took up study so assiduously, and have thereby reached the en- viable literary positions they now hold.
Augustus I. Goodrich is a Republican in his po- litical proclivities, and for a number of years he served in the common council; represented the First Ward of the city in the aldermanic board six years ; was police commissioner ten years ; and was one of the commissioners when the police station was erected. In 1863 he joined the State militia, was elected lieutenant, later captain of Company A, 2d Regiment Conn. N. G., in which capacity he served seven years, when he was succeeded by Major F. A. Spencer. He was also elected lieuten- ant colonel, but declined the honor. For a num- ber of years he was connected with the Center school district, was chairman of its committee in 1890, and re-elected to the office for two years in 1898. Socially he is affiliated with Harmony Lodge, No. 42, F. & A. M., at Waterbury, and is a past master and trustee. In religious faith he is a mem- ber of the M. E. Church. He is a man of high character, one whose well-spent life is worthy of emulation, is very popular, and wields considerable influence in his locality.
CHARLES JOSEPH PIERPONT (deceased) was a prominent and influential citizen of East Farms, Waterbury, and a worthy representative of an honored old family of New Haven county. Of French descent, he traced his ancestry back to Rob- ert Ale Pierpont, or Robert of the Stone Bridge, who accompanied William the Conqueror to Eng- land. One of his descendants, who also bore the name of Robert, was created Earl of Kingstone in 1628. He had two brothers, one of whom was Will- iam, the father of James Pierpont, who was the first of the family to come to America, and who had two sons, John and Robert. The former located in Roxbury, Mass., and married Thankful Stowe, and among their children was James Pierpont, born Jan. 4, 1659, who was graduated at Harvard College in 1681, and on July 2, 1684, was ordained pastor of the Center Church of New Haven. On Oct. 27, 1691, James Pierpont married Abigail, daughter of Rev. John Davenport. She died Feb. 3, 1692, and on May 30, 1694, he was again married, his second union being with Sarah, granddaughter of Gov. Haynes. Her death occurred Oct. 27, 1696, and he married for his third wife, on July 6, 1698, Mary Hooker, granddaughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Hartford.
Ezra Pierpont, grandfather of our subject, was the first of the family to locate in this section. He wedded Mary Blakeslee, a native of North Haven, and a daughter of Isaac Blakeslee. She died Sept. 28, 1827, and he departed this life Jan. 7, 1842. They had five children, whose names and dates of birth were as follows : Chloe, Aug. 15, 1783; Luther, Feb. 8, 1785; Seabury, March 13, 1787; Austin, May 19, 1791 ; and Lucy, July 26, 1793.
Austin Pierpont, our subject's father, was a land owner and farmer at East Farms, Waterbury, where he spent the greater part of his life, and is buried in the East Farms cemetery. He was killed by lightning. On Feb. 20, 1812, he married Sally Beecher, daughter of Enos Beecher, and to them came nine children: Enos Austin, born March 24, 1813, died Jan. 9, 1814; Enos Augustus was born Jan. 8, 1815; Ezra Alonzo was born Dec. 1, 1817; Sarah Minerva, born March 2, 1820, died Sept. 24, 1840; Nancy Jennette, born March 24, 1822, died Dec. 28, 1825; Charles Joseph, our subject. is next in order of birth; Emily Jennette, born June 15, 1830, married A. J. Beers; William Seabury was born June 23, 1833; Ellen Maria was born June 10, 1840.
Charles T. Pierpont was born at East Farms March II, 1825, and was reared on the home farm, acquiring his education in the schools of Waterbury. On reaching manhood he engaged in farming on his own account. and also became a successful butcher and stock dealer. Upright and honorable in all things, he was widely and favorably known, and had the confidence and respect of all with whom he came in contact, either in business or in social life. He held membership in the Episcopal Church, and
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was identified with the Democratic party, but never sought political preferment. He died on his farm March 27, 1884, and was buried in the East Farms cemetery, a part of which land he had given to the town for burial purposes.
In the town of Waterbury Mr. Pierpont was married, April 20, 1846, to Miss Mary A. Warner, and to them were born six children, namely: (1) Charles J. and (2) Austin B. are both represented elsewhere. (3) Ellen C. is the wife of George W. Conner, of Westside Hill. (4) Wilson L. is a dairy farmer of East Farms. He is a Republican in poli- tics, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married Annie E. Merrill, a daughter of Nathan Merrill, and she died in 1898, the mother of eight children, George, Edith, Albert, Richard (deceased), Joseph, Charles, Nathan and Harold. On April 9, 1901, he married Mrs. Anna E. Hall. (5) Elmer M. is a grocer of Waterbury. (6) Mary A. is the wife of Charles S. Miller, of Waterbury.
Like her husband, Mrs. Pierpont is held in high regard by all who know her. Her father, Jared Warner, a farmer by occupation, was born Oct. 16, 1785, son of Mark Warner, a Revolutionary soldier. In August, 1803, he wedded Mary Bronson, who was born May 3, 1785, a daughter of Levi Bronson. They had four children : Amanda, born Nov. 19, 1804, married Wesley Bronson ; Levinus Bronson was born Aug. 12, 1808; Olive Caroline, born Nov. I, 1810, married James Converse; and Mary Ann, born Dec. 8, 1828, married Charles J. Pierpont, our subject.
GEORGE LINSLEY, a retired carpenter and cabinet maker, is spending his last days in Bran- ford in the peace and quiet to which his long and useful life well entitles him. Mr. Linsley was born in that borough May 29, 1829, son of Elias and Mary (Bradley) Linsley. Elias Linsley was born Aug. 28, 1803, in North Branford, a son of Daniel and Polly P. (Jones) Linsley, and became a cabinet maker and undertaker. For sixty years he was in business in Branford, where he left a good com- petence and the legacy of a good name. There were three children in his family: George, Henry David, and J. Atwood.
Daniel Linsley died Dec. 30, 1813, at the age of forty-eight. His wife died in September, 1847. at the age of seventy-four. To them were born the following children: Betsy, who married Samuel Page; Benjamin D., who married Elvira Whitney ; Abigail; Harvey J., who first married Laura Clark and later Mary Somers; Jeremy, who married Phebe Page, and (second) Sarah Beach: Sylvia; Elias ; Polly Parnell : Charles : Hezekiah, who mar- ried Mariam Gillette, and after her death, wedded Maria Doolittle; and Daniel. Israel Linsley, Jr., the father of Daniel, married Hannah Winthrop. He was a son of Israel and Priscilla ( Wheaton) Linsley, and grandson of Jonathan and Dorcas 52
(Phipper or Phipenny ) Linsley, and great grandson of Jolin Linsley, who came from England and set- tled in Branford in 1646.
Mr. Linsley's maternal grandfather, Timothy Bradley, of Branford, married Irene Gordon, a daughter of Alexander Gordon, who was a sailor and came of a Scottish family. His great-grand- parents were Timothy and Sarah (Goodsell) Brad- lev. He lived in Branford where Seth Thomas Bradley now has his home.
George Linsley was reared in Branford, where he obtained a common-school education. Early in life he learned the cabinet maker's trade, under his father's instruction, and followed same for nine years. Desiring to see more of the world he went to sea as a common sailor, and for a year was en- gaged in visiting American and West Indian ports. On his return he worked at the carpenter's trade, in New Haven, and presently began contracting and building. For forty years he was one of the most reliable and aggressive business men of Bran- ford, having the construction of the principal build- ings, churches, private houses and store buildings as well. Time has tried his work, and his honest construction and the sound material employed are demonstrated in the passing of the years. Our sub- ject was one of the incorporators of the Branford Savings Bank. He is actively interested in every- thing affecting the welfare of the town, and for eighteen months had charge of the Blackstone Li- brary.
Mr. Linsley was married April 30, 1855, to Miss Ellen F., a daughter of Henry N. and Almira ( Tut- tle) DeWolf, of New Britain, and a granddaughter of John and Desire ( Noyes) DeWolf, and a great- granddaughter of that Paul Noyes who furnished $60,000 of leather equipments for the Revolutionary war, for which it is said he was never paid. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Linsley was Manning Tuttle, of North Haven, who married Beda Barnes .. Mr. and Mrs. Linsley have one daughter, Isadora A. Mr. Linsley belongs to Widows Sons Lodge, No. 66, F. & A. M., and to Harmony Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Republican.
JACOB HENRY GARRIGUS, one of the pros- perous and respected farmers and worthy citizens of the town of Wolcott, is a native of the State of New Jersey, born March 25, 1838, in Morristown,. Morris county. He comes of an old Pennsylvania and New Jersey branch of the family, which is of French Huguenot origin.
The first of the family in this country was Da- vid Garrigus, who came to America as an exile from France during the religious persecutions in that country. He settled in Philadelphia, Pa., and died leaving a large family, most of whom had adopted the Quaker faith. Jacob Garrigus, son of David, settled in Hanover township, Morris Co., N. J., where he became a land owner and farmer. He had a family of nine children, four of whom-
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David, Isaac, Jacob and John -- participated in the Revolutionary war, John being present with Washi- ington at the surrender of Cornwallis.
John Garrigus, son of Jacob, above mentioned, was born in Hanover township, Morris Co., N. J., and followed farming there. He married Elizabeth Shipman, of the same locality, and had children: John, Isaac, Samuel, Mary, Ruth and Lydia.
Isaac Garrigus, son of John and father of Jacob H., was born in 1798, in Hanover township, Morris Co., N. J., and was there reared and edu- cated. His occupation was that of a smelter and charcoal burner, and he became a well-to-do man, dying in comparatively good circumstances. He passed away in August, 1865, in his native town- ship, a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Whig in politics. In 1822 Mr. Garrigus mar- ried Sarah Sheppard, daughter of John Sheppard, and they had a family of fourteen children, as fol- lows : Mary Ann (deceased) married George Griswold; David, of Waterville, Conn., married Ar- minda L. Birch; Euphemia K. married John Mes- ler ; Harriet died young ; Phebe married John Tot- ton; Isaac Newton ( deceased) married Caroline M. Twiss; Lewis, of Waterbury, Conn .. married (first) Lizzie Parsons, and (second) Eunice Wel- ton; Cyrus (deceased) married Harriet M. Doug- lass; Jacob Henry is the subject of these lines; Elizabeth Sarah married Jacob Vanslike; Char- lotte married James Johnson: Horace, of Water- ville, Conn., married Maria Dailey; Ellen Janette married Homer H. Welton, of Waterville, Conn .; Aaron S. is a resident of Morristown, N. J. The mother of these died in 1883, at the home of her son, Jacob Henry ; she was a member of the Pres- byterian Church.
Jacob Henry Garrigus, whose name introduces these lines, received a liberal education in the schools of his native township, and those at Green- wich, R. I., also attending Providence Conference Seminary, with the intention of studying for the ministry. The breaking out of the Civil war, how- ever, interrupted his plan, and, in September, 1861, he enlisted in Company E (Capt. Martin B. Smith), 8th Conn. V. I. On July 1, 1862, he was . promoted to corporal, and later to sergeant. On Feb. 9, 1864, he veteranized, and served until De- cember, 1865, when he was mustered out. He par- ticipated in several general engagements, besides minor battles, and skirmishes, and was also on de- tached service, recruiting and drafting. He was Military Post Master of Lynchburg, Va., for two months. also teacher in Freedman Schools at the same place for three months. Returning to the pursuits of peace, he settled in the town of Wolcott. where he has since resided, working at the joiner's trade, and also in agricultural pursuits. His home had previously been in Waterbury, and he has built several dwellings there.
On Dec. 24, 1865, Mr. Garrigus married Sophi- ronia Elizabeth Upson, who was born in the town
of Wolcott, a daughter of Lucian and Lois A. (Johnson) Upson, and children as follows have been born to them: ( 1) Ella A. died in infancy. (2) Walter H., salesman for the Waterbury Lumber Co., married Miss Flora J. Sears, of Waterbury. (3) Fanny Elizabeth married Edwin D. Manwar- ring. (4) William Leroy, who lives in Waterbury, married Fannie A. Hitchcock. (5) Harry L. mar- ried Berthia May Patterson. (6) Bessie B. married Arthur J. Pierpont. (7) Annie Belle and (S) Minnie Belle (twins) are students in the State Ag- ricultural College. (9) Jessie Adele is attending high school in Waterbury. The mother of this interesting family is a lady of refinement and edu- cation. and prior to her marriage taught school sev- eral terms. Mr. Garrigus is a Republican in poli- tics. He has served in various offices of honor and trust, in 1889 representing the town of Wolcott in the State Legislature ; has been justice of the peace, health officer and registrar of voters. Socially he is a member of Wadhams Post, No. 49, G. A. R., and Mad River Grange, of which he was chaplain sev- eral terms. In religious faith he is identified with the M. E. Church of Waterbury.
The Upson family, of which Mrs. Garrigus is a worthy and highly esteemed member, was one of the early settled families of New Haven county, Conn. Thomas Upson, the first of the name in New England, located for a time in Hartford, thence removing to Farmington, becoming one of the early settlers there. In 1646 he married Eliza- beth Fuller, and their children were: Thomas, who died at Saybrook; Stephen; Mary; Hannah; and Elizabeth, who died July 20, 1655. The father of these passed away July 19, 1655, and his widow married Edmund Scott. Of these children, Stephen, deceased in 1735, married Dec. 27, 1682, Mary, daughter of John Lee, of Farmington ; she died Sept. 15, 1715, the mother of children as fol- lows: Mary, born in 1683, married Richard Wil- ton; Stephen, born Sept. 30, 1686; Elizabeth, born Feb. 14. 1689, married Thomas Bronson ; Thomas, a sketch of whom follows; Hannah, born March 16, 1695, married (first) Thomas Richards, and (second) John Bronson ; Tabitha, born March II, 1698, married John Scoville; John, born Dec. 13, 1702; and Thankful, born March 14, 1706, mar- ried James Blakeslee. The father of these removed to Waterbury, Dec. 29, 1679 (prior to his mar- riage), and it was there he reared his family. He served as surveyor, also on the school committee and as grand juror; was deputy to the General Court three times: May, 1710, October, 1712, and October, 1729, and was sergeant from 1715 to 1729; he had a seat among the veterans in the new meet- ing-house.
Thomas Upson, son of Stephen, was born March I, 1692, in Waterbury, whence he moved, in 1732, to South Farmington, afterward to Southington (now a part of Wolcott), and there died Sept. 29, 1761, his wife passing away July 13, 1750. He
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married Rachel Judd, daughter of Thomas Judd, and children as follows came to them: Thomas, born Dec. 20, 1719; John and Mary (twins), Jan. 21, 1721, (of whom John died in 1741, and Mary married Josiah Newell, of Southington) ; Josiah, Jan. 28, 1726; Asa, Nov. 30, 1728; Timothy, Oct. 8, 1731; Amos, March 17, 1734; Samuel, March 8, 1737; and Freeman, July 24, 1739 (died, 1750).
Capt. Samuel Upson, born March 8, 1737, mar- ried Ruth Cowles April 5, 1759, and settled in what is now the town of Wolcott, where he was inter- ested in the turnpike. He died Feb. 25, 1816, the father of the following named children : May, born Feb. - , 1760, married Joseph Minor; Archi- bald, born April 26, 1761. who died in 1782; Isaac, born Dec. 22, 1763; Obed, born Jan. 2, 1767; Har- vey, born Nov. 11, 1769; Samuel and Ruth ( twins), born Aug. 16, 1772 (Ruth married Joseph Bying- ton) ; Jerusha, born June 27, 1775, who died in 1779; Manly, born March 12, 1777; and Betsey, born Aug. 10, 1779, who married Lyman Higgins.
Deacon Harvey Upson, born Nov. 11, 1769, married Nov. 28, 1796, Rachel Wheeler, who was born Ang. 25, 1775. He was a deacon of the church for twenty-five years, and was a good man, faithful and sincere, in all the relations of life. He held the rank of captain in the State militia. The children born to him and his wife Rachel were: Samuel Wheeler, born Oct. 8, 1798; Herry, Nov. 16, 1800; Marshall, Feb. 22, 1803; Lois Melissa, Aug. 27, 1805 (married Lucas Sutliff) ; Marcus, Aug. 20, 1807; Harvey Woodward, Nov. 22, 1810; and Lucian and Lucius (twins), Feb. 13, 1815.
Lucian Upson, the father of Mrs. Jacob H. Gar- rigus, was engaged in farming all his life, on the family homestead situated in the southern part of the town of Wolcott. He served fourteen months during the Civil war in Company E, 8th Conn. V. I., and was discharged on account of disability. He married Lois A. Johnson, who was born in Wolcott, a daughter of Levi and Ruth (Judd) Johnson. the former of whom was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, although but a lad of fifteen summers at the time he enlisted. Mr. Upson died in 1895, and his widow died in August, 1900, at the age of eighty- two years, at the home of Mr. Garrigus. She was the only real "Daughter of the Revolution" in the Naugatuck Valley, and was the recipient of many handsome presents at the hands of the D. A. R. Children born to Lucian and Lois A. Upson as fol- lows: Leroy, Jan. 14, 1840: Sophronia E., Jan. 30. 1842 (married Jacob Henry Garrigus) ; and Lu- cella, Nov. 13, 1853. The last named was married Oct. 20. 1874, to James A. Todd, now of LaGrange, Ill., and died in Kansas.
CHARLES A. THOMPSON, for many years, a leading and representative agriculturist of Wood- bridge, belongs to quite an old and highly respected1 family of New Haven county. His great-grand- father, Timothy Thompson, was probably a native
of East Haven. On Aug. 1, 1750, he married Es- ther Perkins, who died April 23, 1803, and he de- parted this life Nov. 28, 1807. Their children were Sarah, Samuel, Desire, Esthier. John, Hulda, Tim- othy and Abram. Of these, John Thompson, the grandfather of our subject, was born April 25. 1753, and became a successful farmer of East Haven, where he spent his entire life. He was married, in 1783, to Dorcas Andrus.
George Thompson, our subject's father, was born in East Haven, Feb. 15, 1786, and died Oct. 4, 1849. He was, for those early days, an extensive farmer of East Haven, where he passed his entire life. His political support was given the Whig party and he took quite an active and influential part in public affairs, serving as selectman, assessor and in various minor offices. He married Susan Bradley, a daughter of Leverett and Esther Brad- ley, both natives of East Haven. She was born Sept. 2, 1791, and died Dec. 12, 1862. Our subject is the youngest child, and the only one now living in a family of five children born of this union: Horace, born May 6, 1812, was a farmer and shoe- maker, and died May 20, 1892; Grace Ann, born June 15, 1814, died June 22, 1873; Edward B., born Jan. 15, 1817, died Oct. 13, 1884; and Maria, born March 10, 1820, died Jan. 23, 1884.
Charles A. Thompson, whose name introduces this review, was born in East Haven, March 23. 1825, and was given good school privileges, attend- ing the public schools and also the academy at Fair Haven. In Woodbridge he was united in marriage with Miss Grace A. Manville, a daughter of Col. Lyman and Hannah ( Ball) Manville, the former a native of Middlebury, the latter of Woodbridge. She is one of a family of eight children, two sons and six daughters, all of whom are still living. The first members of the Manville family of whom we have record were born in France. Four brothers, John, Frank, Adarean and Simeon Manville, emi- grated to America at an early day and located in Connecticut. Simeon, who was the grandfather of Mrs. Thompson, came in his advanced years to Westville, where he owned property, and where he died in 1825. He was a soldier in the Revolution- ary war. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have three chil- dren: ( 1) George MI., born March 25, 1850, is a far- mer of New Haven ; he married Emma L. Morris, who died Sept. 6, 1886, and has three chil- dren, Edward C., Louis W. and Emma. (2) Neva Elwood and (3) Bertha H., twins, were born Oct. 18, 1861 ; the former is now the wife of A. H. Buck- ingham, and has four children, Grace M., Dwight M., Marion and Gladys. Bertha H. is the wife of Newton J. Peck, a prosperous young farmer of Woodbridge, and has two children, Ralph M., and James B.
In his early life Mr. Thompson engaged in farming in East Haven, and from there moved to Woodbridge, locating on the old farm where his wife was born and reared. His entire active life
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has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, and in his labors he has met with well merited success. However, he has recently sold his farm, and now makes his home at Morris Cove, New Haven. Mr. Thompson attends the Congregational Church, of which his wife is a member, and at one time was a member of the Sons of Temperance, but has never united with any secret order. In politics he was originally a Whig, and on the dissolution of that party became a stanch Republican. While a resident of East Haven he served as assessor and selectman, but has never cared for the honors and emoluments of public office, preferring to devote his entire time to his business interests.
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