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ADOLPH WUSTERBARTH, the junior partner, was born at Beacon Falls, Conn., in 1877, and after a short time spent at school followed the example of his brother and obtained employment with the Meriden Bronze Co., thence going to the Charles
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Parker Co. He finally obtained a position as fore- man for Proudman Bros., and remained in that position until he and his brother formed their pres- ent partnership. These young men are a credit to Meriden, almost self-educated, good and worthy sons, supporting the younger members of the large family until able to care for themselves, and their example entitles them to the esteem and respect which is theirs. Independent in politics, they vote for the man who hest represents their ideas of right and of good government, and both are con- sistent members of the Lutheran Church.
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SOLOMON T. RIGGS. The Riggs family is one of the old ones of New England, Edward Riggs. the emigrant ancestor, having come to America from England, with wife and six children, and settled at Roxbury, Mass., in 1634. Sergeant Edward, son of Edward, was an officer in the army during the Pequot war, and distinguished himself by saving his commander from the Indians. He settled in Milford, Conn., in 1654, later with a man by the name of Wooster, moving to Derby, which was the home and birthplace of Nathaniel Riggs, the great-grandfather of Solomon T. Riggs, of New Haven. Sergeant Edward gave shelter to the regi- cides Whalley and Goffe, in 1661. Nathaniel Riggs removed from Derby to Orange, Conn., where his grandson, Charles Henry Riggs, was born.
Burr Riggs, son of Nathaniel, married Annie Crawford, of New York City, and they became the parents of Charles Henry Riggs.
Charles Henry Riggs, the father of our subject, was born in Orange, Conn., in June, 1833, his death occurring in Hartford Feb. 9, 1883. He was reared in Orange, and became a machinist, a designer and
Winchester Repeating Arms Co., as a machinist, and has continued with this great establishnient ever since. Since Jan. 1, 1891, Mr. Riggs has been en- gaged as one of the contractors in the cartridge de- partment, having climbed step by step to this posi- tion of responsibility.
On May 23, 1878, Mr. Riggs was united in mar- riage with Annie Louise Alling, born in West Hay- en, daughter of Henry Munson and Louise ( Thomp- son) Alling, the former of whom was born in New Haven, son of Jonathan Alling, and nephew of David Alling, of New Haven. Mrs. Alling was born in Huntington, Fairfield Co., Conn., a daugh- ter of John Thompson. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Riggs, namely: Grace Whipple, who married Allen C. Curtis, and has one daughter, Grace Riggs, born Nov. 6, 1901; and Roberta Thompson. In political life Mr. Riggs adheres to the principles of the Republican party. He is ac- tively identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a thirty-second degree Mason, enrolled in Olive Branch Lodge. No. 84, of which he is past master ; Pulaski Chapter; Crawford Council; New Haven Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, in which he is past eminent commander ; and Pyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Knight Templar Club. The religious connection of the family is with the Methodist Church.
The Riggs family is one somewhat noted for its longevity, four generations frequently gathering in the pleasant home of our subject. They enjoy the esteem of the community in which they are well- known.
OTTO GILBERT HAUSCHILD, a well- known citizen of Meriden, and a respected veteran N. Y., March 25, 1841, son of Henry Hauschild, who was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1799.
a skilled. mechanical worker well known in New "of the Civil war, was born in Ellenville, Ulster Co., Haven and Hartford counties. He married Rollina Terry Whipple, in New York City, who was born in Hartford county, Conn., daughter of James and Eliza (Terry) Whipple, both natives of Warehouse Point. The former was a son of James Whipple, who came from New London, and the latter was a daughter of Solomon and Betsia (Button) Terry. Solomon Terry was a cousin of Gen. Alfred Terry. After marriage Charles Henry Riggs and wife settled in Meriden, Conn., and later lived at several places, finally locating at Warehouse Point. The two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Riggs were: Solomon T., our subject; and Medora R., born in 1858, who died in 1862. Mrs. Riggs is a member of the Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Riggs was identified with the Republican party.
Henry Hauschild, our subject's father, not wish- ing to serve in the army of his native land, left home, and at the age of twelve years became a sailor, being employed most of the time in the Amer- ican merchant marine. After about nineteen years of this occupation he located in Ellenville, Ulster Co., N. Y .. as foreman of the packing department of the Ellenville Glass Works, continuing to hold that position as long as he lived. His death occurred in 1865, and he was buried in the cemetery at Ellenville. For thirteen years he was an elder in the Reformed Church of North America, and for twelve years previously had been deacon of the local body. In politics he was originally a Whig, later a Republican. In 1832 Henry Hauschild was mar- ried, in New York, to Mary Deistell, who was born in Salem, Mass., in 1809. daughter of John Deis- tell. The latter was a soldier in the war of 1812, was taken prisoner by the British, and carried to England, where he remained a prisoner of war until after the declaration of peace. His wife's ancestry
Solomon Terry Riggs was born in Meriden, Conn., April 28, 1856, and spent his early youth in Warehouse Point, where he attended school. com- , ing later to New Haven for more advanced instruc- tions. As he wished to become a machinist. he worked in various shops for a tive, but learned his trade in the railroad shops, in New Haven. In February, 1881, he entered into the employ of the ; ran back to the time of the "Mayflower," and hier
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forefathers sustained an honorable name in New England. To Henry and Mary ( Deistell ) Haus- child were born the following named children : Lucina, who married Philo F. Beers, of Danbury ; Mary C., born in 1836, who died in 1856; William H., born in 1837, who died in 1856 at Ellenville, N. Y .; Otto G .; Alvan A., born in 1843; who was a brass molder in Norwalk, Conn. ; and Mary D., born in 1848, who married Frank H. Chamberlain, of Norwalk, Conn. The widowed mother of this fam- ily came to Meriden, spending hier last years with her son, Otto G. When she died in 1884, her re- mains were taken back to Ellenville, N. Y., for in- terment at that place, where she held membership in the Reformed Church, and was much esteemed by all who knew her for her many good qualities and Christian character.
Otto G. Hauschild attended the district schools at Ellenville, and when he was fifteen years of age entered the glass factory at that point, being there employed until he was nineteen years of age. His compensation did not exceed fifty cents a day. When he was nineteen he left his native town to go to Newark, N. J., that he might learn the iron molder's trade in the shops of S. D. Barnett & Co. Later he went to Norwalk, Conn., to work at his trade, returning from there to Ellenville, N. Y., Mr. Hauschild is a member of the Baptist Church, and was a deacon in the church, at Norwalk, for several years. In politics he is a Republican. and in 1886 and 1887 represented his ward as a councilman. In fraternal circles he is widely known, and has many friends, being a member of Merriam Post, No. 8, G. A. R. ; Butler Lodge, of South Nor- walk and Atlantic Encampment, Meriden, I. O. O. F .; Meriden Council, Cho:en Friends ; and Pilgrims Harbor Council, R. A., of which he is past regent; where he was a partner with Charles D. Miller in the iron business until 1862. In that year he en- listed as a soldier in Company E, 20th N. Y. State Militia, which became the 80th N. Y. V. I. Mr. Hauschild made a creditable record in the army, and sustained a faithful soldier's part in eleven heavy battles, among which were those at Cedar Moun- tain, Bull Run and South Mountain. The regiment was a part of Patrick's brigade which covered Pope's retreat from Culpeper. On the battlefield . he is a life member of the Grand Council, Royal of Antietam Mr. Hauschild was seriously wounded, Arcanum. and as his injuries were such as to incapacitate him for farther service, he was discharged in February, 1863. He was subsequently connected for a period of nine years with Company D, 4th Connecticut National Guard.
At the conclusion of his military service, Mr. Hauschild betook himself to Newark, N. J., and re- sumed work at the iron molding trade, which he followed until 1864. In February of that year he came to Norwalk, Conn., and entered the employ of the Norwalk Lock Co. In 1873 he founded the Riverside Foundry Co., in partnership with A. C. Arnold, Mr. Hauschild having charge of all the work that belonged to his trade. The firm was caught in the panic of 1873, and went under, after which Mr. Hauschild worked at his trade in the lock shop until 1879. In that year he came to Meri- den to take a position with the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co., which he has held to the present time, standing very high with the members of that extensive corporation. In ISSo he built his present comfortable and attractive home on Linsley avenue,
where he and his wife are spending the evening of life in contentment and happiness.
On June 15, 1864, Otto G. Hauschild married Deborah M. Haynes, who was born in Pawling, N. Y., a daughter of Andrew and Esther ( Dibble) Haynes. To this union have come the following chil- dren : (1) Henry Belden, who died in 1887, was possessed of much artistic ability, and left fine ex- amples of crayon and medallion work. (2) Howard O., born in 1867, died the following year. (3) Clifford A., born March 19, 1876, was educated in the Meriden schools, and in Morse's Business Col- lege, in Hartford. He was holding a position as bookkeeper with the Bradley & Hubbard Mig. Co., when the Spanish-American war broke out, and he at once enlisted in Company L, 2d Connecticut Vol- unteers. He was made first corporal and company clerk, and wrote many interesting letters to the press during the war. At the present time he is holding a position as bookkeeper in New York. In politics he is a Republican, and socially he belongs to the Royal Arcanum. His wife, Clara Peck, was born in Colchester, Conn. (4) Winford Gilbert, born March 26, 1882, graduated from the grammar school in Meriden, and is now with his brother in New York.
The HAYNES Family, to which Mrs. Hauschild belongs, traces its history back to that John Haynes who was born in 1594, served as deputy governor of Massachusetts, and in April, 1639, be- came the first governor of Connecticut. He died in Hartford, Conn., March 1, 1653-54. He married (first) Mary Thornton, and (second) Mabel Har- lakendon, widow of Samuel Eaton, of New Haven ( who was a son of Gov. Eaton), and who died in July, 1655.
Caleb Haynes, one of the descendants of Goy. Haynes, was born Oct. 21, 1737, and died July 28, 1823. His wife, Sophia, was born May 7, 1737, and died Sept. 26, 1822. Their children were: Caleb, born Jan. 30, 1761 (grandfather of Mrs. Hauschild) ; Sanford, born in February, 1765; and Lucy, born in September, 1768.
Caleb Haynes, the grandfather of Mrs. Haus- child, married Deborah Lewis, who was born April 2, 1762. He died Feb. 6, 1841, and she died April 26, 1842. To them came the following named chil- dren : (1) Andrew, born April 23, 1783, died Feb.
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3, 1857; (2) Sylvester, born Oct. 21, 1787, died went to New York City, as clerk for Ingersoll & Feb. 26, 1816; (3) Charles, born June 29, 1789, Glenney, dealers in men's furnishing goods at Nos. died Sept. 20, 1871 ; (4) James, born June 13, 1791, died Jan. 20, 1871; (5) Peleg, born Oct. 10, 1793, died Jan. 5, 1871 ; (6) Chauncey, born Oct. 8, 1795, died Jan. 16, 1861 ; (7) William, was born Jan. 17, 1798; (8) Sarah, born May 1, 1801, married Ben- jamin Sheldon, and died April 24, 1860.
Andrew Haynes married for his first wife, Phoebe Howard, who was born Dec. 22, 1787, and by her had the following children: ( I) Maria, born Jan. 2, 1811; (2) Richard, born March 2, 1812; (3) Sallie, born Feb. 1, 1814; (4) William, born April 22, 1816; (5) Deborah, born Feb. IO, 1818, who died about 1841; (6) Amy, born March 16, 1819; (7) Belden, born March 16, 1822, who died about 1844; (8) Mary, born Oct. 14. 1823; (9) Garrison, born Oct. 26, 1825; and (10) Jane, born June 13, 1830. Mr. Haynes married for his second wife Esther Dibble, and they had three chil- dren : Deborah M. and Belden, twins, born in 1843. the former of whom became Mrs. Hauschild, as noted above, and the latter married Elizabeth Boyce, sister of Marion Boyce, now living in Glendora, Mich ; and Laura, born in 1844, married July 18, 1873, Marion Boyce, of New Troy, Berrien Co., Michigan.
EDGAR H. SMITH, one of the progressive and enterprising agriculturists of the town of Milford, was born Dec. . 12, 1849, at his present homestead, two miles out of Milford village ..
The family were early settlers in that locality, and Hezekiah Smith, our subject's grandfather, was born at the homestead and passed his life there as a farmer. His wife, whose maiden name was Dick- inson, was a native of Milford, and became the mother of eight children, as follows: Henry, a farmer ; William, a wholesale boat and shoe dealer in Cleveland, Ohio; Isaac, who owned a plantation in South Virginia, but died in Milford ; Hezekiah, of whom nothing is known; Nathan C., our subject's father ; Sidney, formerly in the school supply busi- ness in Kansas and in Chicago; Susan, who became Mrs. Keith ; and Ruth, who married Garry Smith, a farmer in Milford.
Nathan C. Smith, father of our subject, was also born at the homestead, where he followed farm- ing in manhood. He was an excellent citizen, a de- vout Presbyterian, and an ardent advocate of tem- perance. In politics he was first a Whig, but his strong Abolition sympathies led him into the Re- publican party on its organization. He died in No- vember, 1874, leaving a widow, Mrs. Georgiana ( Ingersoll ) Smith, and one son, our subject. The 1 Ingersoll family is well known in Milford, and Mrs. Smith was born there, a daughter of George R. and Phoebe ( Baldwin) Ingersoll.
Edgar H. Smith was reared upon the old farm, obtaining his education in the neighboring district school and the high school in Milford. In 1866 he
695-699 Broadway, but since returning to the homestead, in 1875, he has devoted liis attention to farming. The place contains about seventy acres, and under his intelligent management the products have gained a high reputation. He makes a specialty of dairying and conducts a milk route. Politically he is a stanch Republican, but he does not aspire to official honors.
Mr. Smith married Miss Emma L. Sniffin, of New York, daughter of Elisha Sniffin, a leading contractor and builder of that city. Eight children have blessed this union : Harry C., a traveling sales- man for the New York Metal Ceiling Company ; Edgar H., Jr., Agnes M., Clarence, Arthur, Ollie, Jennie and Mollie.
JOHN MILTON KINDER, the efficient super- intendent of the Water Department of the city of Meriden, and alderman for the Fifth ward, is one of the well-known and highly respected citizens of that city, where he has long sustained a good name and standing as a man in the activities of modern life. He was born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 10, 1847.
John Kinder, the father of John Milton, was born in Hyde, Cheshire. England, about 1822, and was reared to manhood in his native community, where he entered business life as a wool worker. There he was married to Mrs. Hannah ( Ke :- worthy ) Cottrell, a daughter of James Kenworthy, and a sister of that James C. Kenworthy whose history appears on another page. By her first mar- riage she was the mother of three children : Thomas, who resides in Taunton, Mass., and is foreman of the German silver department of Reed & Barton; Samuel, who is now dead; and Henry, who is em- ployed with G. I. Mix & Co., at Yalesville, Conn. After the marriage of John Kinder to Mrs. Cottrell, they came to this country bringing with them her three children. Locating at Spoonville, Hartford Co., Conn., he became engaged in the spoon business with his brother-in-law, James Kenworthy. They were the first manufacturers of stamped silverware, spoons and forks, and their business .was continued until the firm became involved in legal difficulties with the Rogers Brothers, by which they were con- pelled to go out of business. John Kinder betook himself to Hartford with his family, and entered the employ of William Rogers, with whom he con- tinued for some time. Later he removed to Wall- ingford, to take a place with the Charles Parker Company, long prominent in the britannia ware trade, remaining with that house until 1865. In that year Mr. Kinder brought his family to Meri- den, and entered the employ of the Meriden Brit- annia Co., with whom he remained until 1888, the year of his death. His remains rest in Walnut Grove Cemetery. In politics he was a Republican, and in religion he lived very close to the Golden
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Rule. Mr. Kinder is remembered as a devoted husband and father, as well as a faithful and public- spirited citizen, and his sixty-six years of an earnest and useful life were marked by a spirit and dis- position very much above the average. His wife died in 1885, and was buried in Walnut Grove cemetery. She is remembered as a devoted wife and a faithful mother, as well as a good woman, being much esteemed and beloved by those who knew her best. To Mr. and Mrs. Kinder were born three children: Edith, who married John A. Leeds, of Meriden ; Mary, who married Charles W. Patten, of Meriden ; and John Milton.
John Milton Kinder, whose name introduces this article, came with his parents from Hartford to Wallingford, where he attended school, and was pre- pared for active life when his parents sought a home in Meriden, in 1865. Here he entered the employ of the Meriden Britannia .Co., to learn the solderer's trade, and here he labored for thirty-seven years in the same department, giving general satisfaction, and proving himself one of the most reliable and trustworthy men connected with that great institu- tion. In February, 1902, he was appointed, under Mayor George S. Seeley, as superintendent of the Water Works, which position he- is now filling to the eminent satisfaction of the general public. In political matters Mr. Kinder is a Republican, and though not a politician, was elected on that ticket in 1899, as a member of the city council, repre- senting the Fifth ward, and serving on the Fire and Water committees, being clerk of the last body. Mr. Kinder was re-elected in 1901, and is now chair- man of the Claims committee, and a member of the committee on Finance. Mr. Kinder is not form- ally united with .any Church, but like his parents, holds to the Golden Rule, and is living an honorable and useful life.
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Mr. Kinder was married in East Hampton .. Conn., to Edith Brown, a daughter of H. B. Brown, senior member of the manufacturing firm of H. B. Brown & Co., of East Hampton, Conn. Mrs. Kinder is a lady of culture and refinement, and with her highly respected husband commands the confidence and esteem of the community to a marked degree.
JAMES RHOADES LANYON, one of the most popular and influential young men of Che- ·shire, New Haven county, now serving as town clerk and State senator, was born in New Ham- burg, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1870, and on the paternal side is of English descent.
James Lanyon, his grandfather, was born in the parish of Ludgvan, County of Cornwall, England, May 6, 1817, a son of William and Mary ( Martin ) Lanyon, who passed their. lives in their native land, and died in the above named parish, aged eighty- one and eighty years, respectively. They were members of the Lanyon family, who trace their lineage in Ludgvan to a period as remote as the fif- teenth century. Although poor, they were hon-
ored and respected members of the community. Force of circumstances limited the educational ad- vantages of James Lanyon to a few years' school- ing in his early youth. Like most Cornish boys, his labors were soon needed for the family sup- port, and he early began to earn his own liveli- hood. At the age of sixteen he began work in the tin mines, and during the seven years lie con- tinued in that service he became a practical and skillful miner, the knowledge there obtained con- tributing to his future success. In 1840, when he was twenty-three years old, he came to America under contract with a London company to work the Bristol (Conn.) copper mines. After remain- ing in that employ two years he went to eastern Pennsylvania, where he was engaged six months in iron mining. At the solicitation of the owners of the baryta mines in Cheshire-the Mineral & Manufacturing Co., composed of N. H. Guston, James E. P. Dean and others-he came to that town to superintend their interests. He success- fully managed the operations sixteen years, when the company sold its business to the Stamford Man- ufacturing Co., of Stamford, Conn. That corpora- tion retained Mr. Lanyon as its sole manager in the town, and he superintended the largely in- creased operations until the suspension of work, in 1878. During this period he was a very busy man, the entire management of the many mines resting upon him, and he had in charge, after 1861, from two hundred to five hundred men. During that period these operations formed by far the most important industry in the town, and greatly increased its population. After 1878 Mr. Lanyon retired from the active duties of a busi- ness life, but remained a citizen of Cheshire until his death.
In 1844 Mr. Lanyon married Lucretia A. Brooks, a native of Cheshire, and a daugliter of Billious and Eveline (Gaylord) Brooks, prominent old settlers of the town. Two of the three chil- dren born to them died in infancy, the other be- ing Wesley A., father of our subject. In politics James Lanyon was first a Whig and later a Re- publican, and as an honorable and upright citizen he was called upon to fill several local offices, and also served as selectman and member of the State Legislature. He was domestic in his tastes, tem- perate in his habits, and faithful to every trust re- posed in him. In early life he was a member of the Church of England, but later both he and his wife attended the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died Jan. 22, 1885, Mrs. Lanyon Nov. 9, 1895, and both were laid to rest in St. Peter's cemetery, Cheshire.
Wesley A. Lanyon, father of James R., was born Feb. 5, 1848, and was given good educa- tional advantages, attending the district schools, the Cheshire Academy, and a select school of Stamford, Conn. Ile was first employed as book- keeper and assistant superintendent under his fa-
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ther, and was connected with the mining company for fifteen years. Since then he has engaged in raising and feeding horses. and resides at the old homestead in Cheshire, where he has made many improvements. He leads a quiet, unassuming life, and is highly respected by all who know him. Po- litically he is a supporter of the Republican party, and religiously is an active and prominent mem- ber of the Episcopal Church, in which he has served as vestryman for the past twenty years, and as clerk of his parish for five years. In 1868 he was married, in New Hamburg, N. Y., to Miss Louise Lawson, a native of that place, and a daugh- ter of James and Amanda Lawson, and by that union one child was born, James Rhoades. The father was again married, in Troy, N. Y., April 18, 1878, his second union being with Miss Har- riet E. Allen, a native of Cheshire, Conn., and a daughter of Miles and Emily M. (Stacey) Allen. By this union there is one daughter, Edith L., born Sept. 16, 1880, who was graduated from the Cheshire high school in 1898.
During his boyhood and youth James R. Lan- yon pursued his studies in the district schools of his native town, the Cheshire Academy, select school at Saybrook, and Loveridge Business Col- lege, New Haven, from which he was graduated. He has always made his home in Cheshire, and there he was married, in 1893, to Miss Mary L. Keeler, daughter of George and Sarah Keeler. They have a daughter, Marjorie L. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lanyon are members of the Episcopal Church and also belong to the Daughters of Rebekah, while he holds membership in Cheshire Lodge, I. O. O. F .; Oasis Encampment, of Meriden; and Temple Lodge, F. & A. M., of Cheshire.
Politically Mr. Lanyon is identified with the Republican party, and has served as chairman of the town committee. In 1804, when but twenty- three years old, he was appointed town clerk by the selectmen of Cheshire, to fill an unexpired term, and was the youngest person to hold that office in Connecticut. So capably and satisfactorily did he discharge the duties thereof, however, that in 1894 he was elected to the office, and has since been continuously re-elected, his present term not expiring until Jan. 1, 1904. In 1893 he was ap- pointed notary public, and is still filling that po- sition. In 1898 he was elected to the State Leg- islature, and represented the people of his town faithfully and well in that body. He is now rep- resenting the Sixth Senatorial District in the State Legislature, being the youngest member of the Senate, and is well known and very popular with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
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