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Everett L. Moore was reared in his Long Island home, where he attended the public schools and made good preparation for an active and industrious career in after years. In his early manhood Mr. Moore went into the western country, and in 1887 located in Minneapolis, Minn., where he was en- gaged in business as a ticket broker for two years. Following this he conducted an employment agency for some time, and in 1893 came to Branford, where his father was already well established. Here he was busied in various enterprises for several years, and in 1897 undertook the livery business, in which he was very successful. The frank and hearty way in which he met his customers, his untiring efforts to meet the public demands, and his fair and courteous treatment of the public won for him a steady and profitable patronage.
Mr. Moore has been twice married. His first wife was Laura Helston, of Brooklyn, N. Y., by whom he had two children, who are now living : Hattie S. and Everett L. Ilis second wife was
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Grace, daughter of George and Jane ( Lane) Lins- ley, of Branford, and to this union were born three children : Joseph, Vera E. and George. In his first marriage Mr. Moore was afflicted not only with the loss of his wife but with the death of two children, Josie Adelaide, who died in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Laura May, who died at Fort Hill, Il1.
Mr. Moore belongs to Woodlane Lodge, No. 39, K. of P., and is highly regarded in that fraternal order. In politics he is a Democrat, and has served as constable for three years. He takes an active and enlightened interest in public affairs.
JAMES DONAHUE, well-known resident of Waterbury, is a native of Ireland, born in County Cavan in 1865.
James Donahue, father of our subject, also a native of County Cavan, was a farmer all his life, and died there. By his wife, Mary ( Reilly), who also died in Ireland, he had thirteen children, all of whom save one reached maturity, and seven- three sons and four daughters-came to America, viz .: Patrick (now deceased ), who was a priest in Lakeville, Conn .; Bernard ( also deceased), who was a machinist ; James, our subject ; Ellen, wife of John Sandom, of Waterbury; Bridget and Mary, both single; and Ann, wife of M. J. Drury, of Waterbury.
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James Donahue, our subject, received his edu- cation in Ireland, after which he for a time clerked in a grocery store. At the age of fifteen he came to Waterbury, and learned clock-case making with the Waterbury Clock Case Co., and after two years was in the employ of John Sandom, in the liquor business, until 1893. In that year he commenced in his present retail liquor business, corner of Main and Elm streets, in which he has met with much success. He erected the building in 1892, and has one of the finest liquor stores in Waterbury, well equipped in every respect. In politics Mr. Donahue is a Democrat, and in religious faith he is a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury.
CARL SCHILF. The farm has ever many attractions for the successful business man. Carl Schilf, the subject of this sketch, was for many years a prominent cigar manufacturer, learning the trade in his youth. Later in life he directed his attention to farming, and in that vocation he has proved equally successful. He is now an extensive land holder and resident of Bethany.
Mr. Schilf was born on a farm in Prussia, May 29. 1842, and received a good common-school edit- cation. At the age of sixteen years he began an apprenticeship at cigar making and completed it three years later. He left the trade to enter the German army, and remained four years in the mili- tary service of his native land. During His ter he participated in two wars, those of Prussia with
Twice Mr. Schilf was wounded in battle. In 1807 ! he returned home, and began the manufacture of cigars, continuing for two years, when he decided to come to America. He landed at Castle Garden, New York, with only S2 in his pocket. He went to New Haven and then for eighteen months he worked at his trade. He then began at New Ha- ven the manufacture of cigars as a business of his own. It proved a successful venture and he con- tinued it successfully for fifteen years. Mr. Schilf resolving to engage in farm work purchased a tract of seventy-two acres in Bethany, which he culti- vated for eight years. He then purchased and moved to the farm of about one hundred acres which he now occupies, and where he carries on a dairy business and general farming. He now owns about two hundred acres of land and is one of the most successful farmers of the town.
Our subject has been twice married. By his first wife, Miss Amelia George, he had three chil- dren, Annie, William and Frederick (deceased ). For his second wife Mr. Schilf in 1882 married Miss Matilda Engle, and to this union there were born three children, Carl, Emma and' Grace, of whom Emma is deceased. In politics Mr. Schilf is a Democrat. He is one of the most prosperous and highly esteemed citizens of Bethany. He is a selt- made man, and has demonstrated the possession of exceptional business abilities.
GEORGE FABER, SR., now living retired on Bucks Hill, Waterbury, comes from the Father- land, and the strongest and most ereditable char- acteristic of the Teutonic race have been marked elements in his life, and' have enabled him to win success in the face of opposing circumstances. He possesses the energy and determination which mark the people of Germany and by the exercise of his powers he has steadily progressed, and has not only won a handsome competence but has com- manded universal respect by his straightforward business methods.
Mr. Faber was born in Hessen-Cassel, Germany, July 26, 1826, a son of Adam and Anna Elizabeth ( Nieumann ) Faber, who spent their entire lives in that province. The father was a land owner and farmer, and a Protestant in religious belief. He died in 1838. In his family were five children, of whom the eldest son was accidentally shot at the age of one year and a half: John lives on the old homestead in Germany: George is next in order of birth; Ludwig, a railroad engineer, died in the West; and Adam is a resident of Waterville, Con- necticut.
George Faber attended the public schools of his native land, but being left fatherless at the age of twelve years, was unable to obtain a higher edu- cation. At fourteen he was bound out to a tailor. and while serving his three years' apprenticeship not only received no compensation for his labors but Denmark and with Austria, the latter in 1800. , had to pay $38 for the privilege of learning the
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trade. Not wishing trenter the army, he bade his mother and brothers good-by, and at the age of seventeen came to the New World on the bark "Henrietta," which was forty-two days in making the passage from Bremen to New York. On land- ing in this country he found himself $18 in debt, having borrowed that amount from a fellow pas- senger to pay his way.
In New York City Mr. Faber found employ- ment at his trade, but as he only received his board for his work he resolved to try something else, and went to New Jersey, where he worked as a farm hand for $8 per month, considering that good wages at the time. At the end of six months he came to Connecticut, and found employment on the farm of a Mr. Waller, in the town of Washington, Litchfield county, where he remained a year and a half. Having saved $84.00, he next went to Penn- sylvania, where he worked as a section hand on the Reading Railroad for $22 per month, but at the end of six months returned to his old employer in Washington, Conn., remaining with him a year. He then came to Waterbury, New Haven county, and worked as a farm hand for a Mr. Wilton on Bucks Hill for a year.
Mr. Faber was married in Waterbury in 1851 to Sarah Frisbie, a native of that town, and a daugh- ter of Capt Laurens Frisbie, and sister of E. L. Frisbie, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this . business. work. Of this union were born five children : John E., who went West while young : George, who died at the age of four years; William A. and Frederick L., both farmers of Bucks Hill ; and An- nie E., at home. The wife and mother died Janu- ary 15, 1897, aged seventy-four years, and was laid to rest in Bucks Hill cemetery. She was a consist- ent member of the Episcopal Church and a most estimable woman.
After his marriage Mr. Faber began work in a brass shop at $1.25 per day, and continued in that employ for thirty-three years, being a contractor most of the time. As his family grew up he pur- chased a small farm on Bucks Hill in order to keep his sons from the temptations of city life, and erected thereon a fine residence. He has added to his place from time to time, until now he and his son own over 200 acres of valuable land on Bucks Hill, in the town of Waterbury. For some time he was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, but for the past fifteen years, on account of ill health, he has lived retired. He is a self-made man in the truest sense of the term, having by industry, econ- omy and honorable dealing secured a valuable prop- erty, which enables him in his declining years to lay aside all business cares. He is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, of Waterbury, and is a Democrat in politics.
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EDWARD K. HOSLEY. a well-known car- penter of Branford, is the youngest child of Benja- min Adolphus and Lois ( Ward) Hosley, and was
born in Branford. Dec. 5, 1865, where his honest and industrious life and genial disposition have won for him the enduring good will of the community.
From the sketch of B. F. Hosley, which appears elsewhere in this work, it appears that the Hosley family, originally spelled "Horsely," came from England and settled in Gill, Mass., and that certain branches of the family still retain the first spelling. L. D. Hosley, the grandfather of Edward K., was a native of Vermont, and settled in Branford about 1815, and died there in 1855. His wife, formerly Anna Aritta Beach, became the mother of a numer- ous family of children, her oldest son, Benjamin Adolphus, born June 1, 1823, being reared in Bran- ford, which town has always been his home with the exception of fifteen years spent in East Haven. Lois Whitney Ward, to whom he was married April 2, 1849, bore him seven children. The history of the Beach family runs back through seven gen- erations to John Beach, who settled in New Haven in 1647.
Edward K. Hosley was educated in the schools of Branford, and has always made this town his home. After leaving school he served an appren- ticeship of three years at the carpenter's trade, which has been his chosen occupation since 1881. A skilled workman and an accommodating gentle- man, he is in constant demand, and never lacks for
Aug. 8, 1892, Mr. Hosley married Adeline Au- gusta, daughter of Richard and Ellen M. (Tucker) Mather, of Old Lynne. Conn., and of this union there are two children, Richard L. and Millie Anna. Mr. Hosley is associated with the Knights of Pyth- ias and the New England Order of Protection, and in politics is a Republican.
ZOPHER PEARSALL (deceased) was for many years a prominent business man of New York City, and made his home during the latter years of his life in Pearsallville, New Haven Co., Conn. He started out in life with nothing but his own in- domitable energy, and his success was due entirely to his own well-directed efforts. His word in all transactions was considered "as good as his bond." and he was justly recognized as a most honorable and straightforward business man.
Mr. Pearsall was born May 16, 1817, on Long Island, a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth ( Hawkins ) Pearsall, natives of the same place, and most estim- able people. He was reared on the home farm, and while still in his 'teens went to New York City, where he worked in the Fulton Street Market, learning the butcher's trade with his brother, Den- ton Pearsall. Together they engaged in the busi- ness for several years, and the brother finally with- drew and in time advanced to the position of presi- dent of the Second Avenue Railway Co. Left to himself, however, Zopher Pearsall continued the meat business and built up an extensive trade, aug- mented by supplying all of the great Atlantic liners.
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During the Civil war, while prices were high, he bought extensively, but the war closed before he could fill his contracts, and in consequence he lost heavily. The worry over business matters under- mined his health, but he was determined to satisfy his creditors by paying one hundred cents on the dollar. . His last days were spent at his summer home in Pearsallville, Waterbury, where he died May 31, 1883, and he was interred in Riverside cemetery. He was a self-educated as well as a self- made man, and deserved great credit for the suc- cess that he achieved in life. He was liberal in his religious views, and believed in no hide-bound creeds. As a citizen he was highly respected, en- joyed the confidence of his associates, and was re- garded as a man of excellent business judgment.
Mr. Pearsall was twice married, his first wife being Mary Underhill, a daughter of Gilbert Un- derhill, and who died in New York. Two children were born of that union: William, who died young ; and Sarah Louise, deceased wife of James Bradley. In Newark, N. J., Mr. Pearsall married Laura Elizabeth Russell, a daughter of Lauren L. and Mary ( Fairclough) Russell, and granddaugh- ter of Enoch Russell, who was a soldier of the war of 1812. By his second marriage two children were born. Zopher was educated in the district schools, the Episcopal College of Cheshire, under Rev. Dr. Norton, and Payne's Business College ; he and his wife reside in Pearsallville. Emma Louise is a grad- uate of St. Margaret's Young Ladies Seminary, married Willian H. Hyler, and they have one child, Laura L.
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MRS. LAURA E. PEARSALL proved a true help- meet to her husband in the best sense of the word. After his death she took charge of the business in the Fulton Street Market, and carried it on very successfully for fourteen years, working night and day until all of her husband's debts were paid. She conducted the business until she had secured a com- fortable competence, and now makes her home in Pearsallville, where she has an elegant residence tastefully furnished, in which she takes great pride. Mrs. Pearsall numbers among her treasures some rare and costly oil paintings and bric-a-brac. She : possesses rare business and executive ability, has built a number of fine dwelling houses in Pearsall- ville, and has fitted up Lake Wood Park, at a cost of $20,000. The park is an ideal summer resort, and its fifteen acres are beautified by flowers and an artificial lake and all those aids known to the land- scape artist and true lover of nature. . Mrs. Pear- sall is a member of the Episcopal Church, and is extremely charitable and public spirited.
CHARLES PIERSON AUGUR. a prominent agriculturist and representative citizen of Wood- bridge, belongs to an old Colonial family.
in Connecticut. He had two sons: John, who died in New York; and Robert, who was married Nov. 20, 1673, to Mary Gibbert, daughter of Lieut. Gov. Gibbert. The next in descent was Isaac Augur, who married Eunice Tyler, of Hamden, Conn .. and to them were born children as follows: Isaac, Justice, Phelix, Joseph, Prosper, Elizur, Eunice, Elizabeth, Prudence, Lois, Mary and Sally. Of this family, Isaac Augur and his wife Lois had five children : Isaac, Daniel, Philemon, Hezekiah and Esther. Of these, Isaac Augur was married Oct. 4. 1774. to Esther Dauman, of Hamden, and their children were Elihu, Isaac, Hezekiah, Joel, Esther, Harriet and Eliza. Of these, Joel Augur, the grand- father of our subject, was born in New Haven Sept. 8, 1779, and died April 13, 1826. He was a car- penter by trade, and carried on business in New Haven, owning a house on Whalley avenue. He married Phila A. Newhall, of Hamden, who was born Jan. 4, 1780, and died March 9, 1855. Their children were: Joel, Lewis, Daniel, George, Wealthy Ann, Susan and Elizabeth Comfort.
Daniel Augur, father of Charles P., was born in New Haven July 16, 1807, and was married Sept. 7. 1828. to Delia Middlebrook, of Bridgeport, Conn., by whom he had four children: Minot; Amelia, who died young ; Amelia (2), wife of Judge Henry Stoddard, of New Haven ; and Charles Pierson, our subject. When a young man the father moved to Bridgeport, where he was employed in a shoe fac- tory as a skilled workman, and later was foreman in a factory at New Haven for some years. In 1832 he came to Woodbridge and purchased a farm of twenty-six acres, and also bought land in the towns of Orange and New Haven. From 1832 to 1860 he followed farming and building, and in the latter year took up seed growing, in which he continued to engage up to the time of his death. This work for a time proved very profitable, but western com- petition and European importation lessened the de- mand and reduced prices. Mr. Augur was familiarly spoken of as "Captain," having gained the title by service as captain of the Up-Town Militia of New Haven, an organization now known as the Blues. At the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 24, 1890, he was probably the oldest commissioned of- ficer in the State, his commission dating back to 1829 .. In politics he was a Democrat of the Jeffer- sonian type, and in religion was a member of the Episcopal Church of Westville. He was three times married, and his first wife, the mother of our sub- ject, died Jan. 19, 1864. She was one of a family of four children, the others being Hiram (now de- ceased ), who went South prior to the Rebellion, and accumulated considerable wealth there as a saddler ; Mills, who died in Bridgeport, leaving a son Seth, who is now a wealthy man of California; and Bradley, a resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Charles P. Augur, whose name introduces this review, was born in Woodbridge Nov. 2. 1849. Ife
The first of the name of whom we have any authentic record was Robert Augur. a native of England, who came to America in 1668 and located , began his education in the district schools, later
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attending Guilford Academy one year and a com- mercial college two years. He had planned taking a course at Yale, but owing to ill health was unable ! came to Ansonia, New Haven county, where he held to do so. For a time he was employed in the Home Insurance office at New Haven, and also in the of- fice of the Folding Chair Co. In 1873 he took up seed growing with his father, and has since con- tinued in that business, though not so extensively as in past years. He is also engaged in general farming and market gardening. and follows the carpenter's trade to some extent.
In Westport, Conn., Mr. Augur married Miss Isabella Allen, daughter of Isaac Allen, member of the family to which belonged Ethan Allen, of : Revolutionary fame. To them have come the fol- lowing named children : Edith H., born May 20, 1873, married Charles Peck, son of Phineas E. ' Jennie, who died at the age of eight years. Peck, of Woodbridge. Erroll M., born Dec. 9, 1874, graduated from Yale in 1897, and is now en- gaged in the practice of law in New Haven ; he mar- ried Adeline Peck, and has one child, Alta. Elma Isabella, born June 9, 1877, attended the Westville high school, took a three years' normal course, and is now teaching school in Woodbridge. Ethel M., born Jan. 13, 1880, received a normal school train- ing, and is also teaching in Woodbridge. Eimir E., born May 6, 1884, is attending the Boardman Train- ing School in New Haven. Eunice H. A., born Jan. 6, 1886, is attending the same school. Elsie ! A., born Nov. 27, 1887, and Edna E., born Aug. 3, 1890, are both at home.
Politically Mr. Augur is a Democrat, and an ad- vocate of the gold standard. He is an efficient mem- ber of the school board, with which he has been connected for twenty years, and has held various i other local offices, including those of assessor and
EDWARD J. MALUMPHY, a prominent wholesale tea merchant of Derby, Conn., is one of the most energetic, progressive and reliable business men of that place. Although he is comparatively a young man, he has already attained a fair degree of success, and bids fair to become one of the prosper- ous and substantial citizens of the community with whose interests he has cast his lot. Mr. Malumphy was born in Wells, Hamilton Co., N. Y., May 17, 1868, a son of Thomas Malumphy, a native of Kil- kenny, Ireland, who was the oldest in a large fam- ily of children, and in early life had to look after the others.
Thomas Malumphy was a member of the police force of Dublin for a time, but in 1850 came to the New World with the hope of benefiting his financial condition. A tanner by trade. he soon yourel work at that occupation in the tanneries along the Hudson river, and finally went to Wells, N. Y., where he
served as superintendent of the Wells tannery for about thirteen years. In the spring of 1881 he
the position of boss over a night crew in a wire works for six months. At the end of that time he embarked in the grocery business which he still carries on with good success. In his political affili- ations he is a Democrat, and while a resident of Wells, N. Y., held local offices. He wedded Miss Mary Doolan, who was born in Ireland and brought to this country during infancy. A family of eight children have been born to them, namely: Michael D., a member of the firm of T. Malumphy & Son, grocers, of Ansonia ; Mary A., wife of James Con- don, of Ansonia; Edward J., our subject; Agnes M., Harriet, Catherine and Alice, all at home ; and
The early life of Edward J. Malumphy was passed in his birthplace, and his education was ac- quired in a little school house one mile from home. After the removal of the family to Ansonia, when he was thirteen years of age, he worked for his father in the grocery store for some time. At the age of nineteen he embarked in the retail tea business, conducting what was known as the Boston Tea House on Elizabeth street, Derby, for twelve years. In July, 1898, he closed out the retail business and has since devoted his energies entirely to the wholesale trade, in which he has met with marked success. He is a wide-awake, ambitious and en- terprising, and the prosperity that has attended his efforts is certainly well merited.
On Nov. 19. 1891, Mr. Malumphy married Miss Ann Cornell Walsh, a native of Bridgeport, Conn., and a daughter of Peter Walsh, who was born in Ireland and was a soldier of the Civil war. By justice of the peace, the duties of which he has ' this union four children have been born, namely : most ably and satisfactorily discharged. Thomas J., John C., Veronica and Rita. The fam- ANDREW SCHWAB, retired, Yalesville, town of Wallingford, New Haven. county, Connecticut. ily have a very beautiful new home on Seymour avenue, where their many friends are always sure of a hearty welcome. They are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and in politics MIr. Malumphy is a Democrat. For some time he was a member of the Board of Trade, but at present is not connected with that organization.
ROGER S. WOTKYNS, of the Waterbury Ma- ! chine Co., Waterbury, is widely known as one of the most expert and skilled manufacturers of the present day in that city. The company make a specialty of preparing automatic machinery according to original designs and adapted to special purposes. They build presses and dies, tumbling barrels and wire- drawing machinery, and at the present have many orders from France, Spain, Austria and England. as well as different parts of the United States. | They are prepared to undertake the solution of all problems of mechanical construction requisite fur economical production in any industry.
Mr. Wotkyns was born in Trov, N. Y. .... 28, 1864. Alfred Wotkyns, his father, was born
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in New Hampshire, in ISco, and died in 1886. Alexander Wotkyns, grandfather of Roger S., was born in the same place in New Hampshire and died there. The first of the family in this country came from Wales. Alexander Wotkyns was a physician, and his. son Alfred followed in his steps. Dr. Al- fred Wotkyns went to Troy. N. Y., and there mar- ried Miss Eliza Brakey, who was born at Green- bush, a town not far from Albany. Her father, who was a farmer, came from the same place. The Brakeys are an old family of that neighbor- hood, and came originally from Ireland. Dr. Wot- kyns was a Whig in early life, and later became a Democrat. In 1860 he was mayor of Troy, in which city he was a man of considerable promin- 'ence. The family were connected with the Epis- copal Church. Dr. and Mrs. Wotkyns had five children: Benjamin M., Webster, Walter L., Grace G. and Roger S. Benjamin M., who was a real-estate dealer in Pasadena, Cal., died at the age of thirty-seven. Webster, Walter L. and Miss Grace are all living in California.
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