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MILLER, David Henry, Manufacturer.
More than a third of Mr. Miller's life has been spent in the service of the Gil- bert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, of which he is now sales manager and third vice-president. During all this time he has been active as a citizen, taking a leading part in all that concerned the wel- fare of Georgetown and its vicinity.
David Henry Miller was born March 10, 1861, a son of the late David H. and Catherine (Welling) Miller (q. v.). Da- vid Henry Miller was educated in public schools, and then, moved no doubt by the adventurous spirit of his race, sought the freer life of the Western country, so- journing in Kansas, Oklahoma and Ari- zona, spending six years on cattle ranches, and during a portion of that time being engaged in the cattle business for him- self. In 1882 Mr. Miller turned his face homeward and became a resident of South Norwalk, Connecticut, where he has since lived. For many years he was engaged in the oyster business. About 1897 Mr. Miller became identified witli the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, becoming a member of the sell- ing force, and later holding a special commission in the sales department. He
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also became a member of the board of directors. He has now for some years filled his present dual office of manager of the sales department and third vice- president. He is a director of the South Norwalk Trust Company.
The responsibilities of Mr. Miller as a business man are not allowed to inter- fere with his activities as a citizen. He belongs to the Old Well Hook and Lad- der Fire Company, and during the recent World War served as a member of the executive committee in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives in South Norwalk, also acting as chairman of the Red Cross chapter in that city, and a member of the fuel committee, Norwalk, Connecticut. He is president of the Norwalk Country Club, and vice-president of the South Norwalk Club. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Congregational church, of South Norwalk.
Mr. Miller married, January 15, 1896, Josephine L. Getler, whose family was originally of Yonkers, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of two daughters: Pauline L., born July 16, 1897, now the wife of John H. Mullekin ; and Josephine G. Mrs. Miller takes an active part in church work.
The early portion of Mr. Miller's ca- reer was spent in stock-raising in the Far West, and he has now for many years been numbered among the successful bus- iness men of his native State.
MILLER, Louis P., Manufacturer.
Superintendent of the plant of the Gil- bert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, and during the long space of forty-one MILLER, D. Henry, , Manufacturer. years identified with that nationally know corporation. This, in brief, is the story of Mr. Miller's business career and Among the most aggressive of George- is known to many, while his record as a town's business men of the younger gen-
good and useful citizen is equally famil- iar to his friends and neighbors of Georgetown.
Louis P. Miller was born April 10, 1865, in Georgetown, Connecticut, and is a son of the late David H. and Catherine (Welling) Miller. His education was re- ceived in the village school, and in 1879 he entered the service of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company. From the outset he gave evidence of being en- dowed with a full measure of the busi- ness ability characteristic of his family, and by his own efforts worked his way up, steadily advancing from one position of responsibility to another until reach- ing his present office of superintendent, which he has now held for a number of years. In Masonic and fraternal circles Mr. Miller is well known and influential. He affiliates with Ark Lodge, No. 39, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Georgetown ; Crusader Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar; Pyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeport; the Lafay- ette Consistory of Bridgeport, thirty- second degree Mason ; and Pilgrim Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Ridgefield.
Mr. Miller married Carrie Kennel, daughter of Jacob Kennel, of New York City.
For more than four decades Louis P. Miller has given the best that was in him to the promotion of the interests of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Com- pany, and by his able, energetic and un- wearied efforts he has been largely and potentially instrumental in its develop- ment and upbuilding.
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eration is the citizen whose name stands at the head of this article. Mr. Miller is known in business circles as the assist- ant superintendent and secretary of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Com- pany, and is active in the club life and fraternal affairs of his community.
D. Henry Miller was born April 5, 1884, in Georgetown, a son of Samuel J. and Esther A. (Cannon) Miller (q. v.). His early education was received in local pub- lic schools, and he was prepared for col- lege in King's School, Stamford, and in 1904 graduated from the Sheffield Scien- tific School with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. His specialty was elec- trical engineering. After graduating, Mr. Miller began his business life by asso- ciating himself with the Gilbert & Ben- nett Manufacturing Company, of which his grandfather was then vice-president and treasurer, and with which his father had long been officially connected. It soon appeared that he had inherited no small measure of their ability, and he is now assistant superintendent and secre- tary of the company.
The fraternal affiliations of Mr. Miller include membership in Ark Lodge, No. 39, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Butler Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, of Norwalk; and Pyramid Temple, Mys- tic shrine, of Bridgeport, also the Sigma Psi fraternity of the Sheffield Scientific School. His clubs are the Yale, of New York, the Norwalk, South Norwalk, and the Westport Country. He and his wife are members of St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Miller served for about ten years as treasurer and in which he is now junior warden.
Mr. Miller married, September 23, 19II, Mary Frances Raymond, whose ancestral record is appended to this biography, and they are the parents of four children:
Samuel J. (2), born November 5, 1913; Esther Denman, born August 26, 1915; Mary Louise, born June 23, 1917; and Raymond Cannon, born October 23, 1919.
For many years the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company has been repre- sented by members of the Miller family, and D. Henry Miller, as a representative of the third generation, worthily holds his place in the line.
(The Raymond Line).
The name of Raymond is an ancient one of French origin, and is derived from the Christian name Raimundus, signify- ing light of the world. A branch of the family was transplanted to England at or soon after the Norman Conquest.
(I) Richard Raymond, one of the founders of the race in America, was a mariner, and in 1634 was made a free- man of Salem, Massachusetts. The town granted him land in 1636, and in 1662 he removed to Norwalk, Connecticut, where he purchased a house and land. He was at one time engaged in the coastwise trade with the Dutch and English on Man- hattan Island. In 1664 he went to Say- brook, Connecticut. Prior to 1636 he and his wife Judith were members of the First Church in Salem. Richard Raymond died in Saybrook in 1692, aged about ninety years.
(II) John Raymond, son of Richard and Judith Raymond, was of Norwalk, Connecticut. His taxable property was valued at two hundred pounds. He mar- ried, in 1664, Mary Betts, daughter of Thomas Betts, of Norwalk.
(III) Samuel Raymond, son of John and Mary (Betts) Raymond, was of Nor- walk, Connecticut. He married, in 1696, Judith Palmer, daughter of Ephriam Pal- mer, of Greenwich, Connecticut.
(IV) Samuel (2) Raymond, son of Samuel (1) and Judith (Palmer) Ray-
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mond, was born May 7, 1697. He mar- on an elevation commanding a view of ried (first) about 1719, Elizabeth Hoyt, daughter of Thomas Hoyt, of Norwalk, Connecticut. He married (second) Mary Kitto, an Englishwoman.
(V) Sands Raymond, son of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Raymond, was born about 1730. He removed from Nor- walk to Salem, Westchester county, New York, where in 1775 he was second lieu- tenant of militia. During the Revolu- tionary War he was twice taken prisoner. The Christian name of his wife was Sarah. The will of Sands Raymond is dated 1791.
(VI) Asa Raymond, son of Sands and Sarah Raymond, was born February 20, 1770. He was of Lewisboro, New York. He married Sally Northrup.
(VII) Amos N. Raymond, son of Asa and Sally (Northrup) Raymond, was born May 31, 1801, in Salem, New York, and was of Lewisboro, in the same State. He married, in 1826, Lucy Ann Abbott. Amos N. Raymond died March 2, 1860.
(VIII) Charles Asa Raymond, son of Amos N. and Lucy Ann (Abbott) Ray- mond, was born September 29, 1841. He is a farmer and provision dealer, of Lew- isboro. He married, in 1880, Nancy Den- man, and their children were: Inda Louise, born April 15, 1881; Mary Fran- ces, mentioned below; Charles Denman, born January 19, 1885; Lucile, born April 18, 1891.
(IX) Mary Frances Raymond, daugh- ter of Charles Asa and Nancy (Denman) Raymond, was born September 17, 1883. She became the wife of D. Henry Mil- ler, as stated above.
McFARLAND, David W.,
Alienist, Head of Great Sanitarium.
Hall-Brooke, as the Sanitarium of Dr. McFarland is known, is ideally situated
the Sound and surrounding country. There, under the careful ministrations of Dr. McFarland and his assistants, shat- tered health is regained and hope is born anew. Dr. McFarland has devoted many years to the study and care of the afflicted. His experience has been a wide one, and combined with his ability he has inher- ited many of the fine characteristics of his Scotch ancestors. Dr. McFarland was born in Portland, Connecticut, the son of David and Katherine (Abercrom- bie, McFarland.
David McFarland, his father, was born in Sterling, Scotland, where several gen- erations of the family has lived. He was a stone-cutter, and soon after his mar- riage settled in Portland, Connecticut, where he followed his trade. A Repub- lican in politics, Mr. McFarland took more than a passive interest in public mat- ters, but was too domestic in his tastes to seek public office. He married Kather- ine Abercrombie, a native of Sterling, and they were the parents of four children : Margaret, resides in Portland, Connecti- cut; Mary, wife of Samuel Richardson, now lives in Canton, Ohio; Jeanette, wife of Henry Fowler, of Summit, New Jer- sey ; David W., of further mention.
Dr. David W. McFarland attended the public schools in Portland, and soon after went West and learned telegraphy. This occupation he followed only a short time, as soon, returning to the East, he entered the University of Vermont Medical School. He remained there a year, and then went to the University of New York. After two years study he was graduated in 1885 with the degree of M. D. The ensuing year Dr. McFarland spent in the New York City Lunatic Asylum as a member of the staff, resigning to become associated with the New Jersey State
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Asylum. For the succeeding seven years he was engaged in private practice in Waterbury, Connecticut, leaving there in 1897 to form a partnership with Dr. Frank Haslehurst Barnes, with whom he con- ducted a sanitarium in Stamford, Con- necticut, for a year. This partnership was then dissolved, and Dr. McFarland opened his present Sanitarium which ac- commodates one hundred patients. He has a farm also and all the vegetables consumed are raised on this farm. A force of thirty people is required.
Dr. McFarland is a member of the Norwalk Medical Association, the Fair- field County Medical Society, the Con- necticut Society, and the American Med- ical Association. He is also a member of the Society of Medical Jurisprudence, and for some years he has been doing work as an alienist; he is a member of the Connecticut Society of Alienists and served as president of this organization for three years. His fraternal connec- tions are: Member of Temple Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; No- sohogan Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Comstock Lodge, Knights of Pythias ; Westport Club; the National Democratic Club of New York City, a so- cial organization. Dr. McFarland is a Re- publican, and although his time is valu- able he is very willing to aid in whatever way possible any movement for the gen- eral welfare.
Dr. McFarland married Marie Berg, a native of Hadersleben, Denmark, and they are the parents of a daughter, Ruth, who is the wife of George W. Dilworth, con- nected with the Sanitarium.
MONTGOMERY, Le Roy, Financier, Manufacturer.
As secretary and treasurer of the Peo- ple's Trust Company, Mr. Montgomery requires no introduction to his neighbors
of South Norwalk, or his fellow-citizens of Fairfield county. He is known not only as an experienced financier, but also as a man who takes a quietly public-spir- ited interest in the affairs of his commu- nity.
The name Montgomery signifies "Hill of Gomerico," and the family is an ex- tremely ancient one. Roger de Mont- gomerie (de Monte Gomerico), so called on account of his Norman estate, was a native of Neustria, and was seated there before the coming of Rollo in 912.
William Montgomery came to East Jer- sey in 1702, thus founding the American portion of the family, branches of which are scattered through Pennsylvania, Vir- ginia and Kentucky. The race is numer- ous in Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
James W. Montgomery, grandfather of Le Roy Montgomery, was born in Port- land, Maine, and at an early age began to follow the sea. He became a sea captain while still a young man, owning the bark "Statira," and making deep-sea as well as coast-wise voyages. In the gold rush of '49 he went to California. He had broth- ers, Rev. George W., John A., and Tho- mas J., a general in the Mexican War, who married a Virginian. Captain James W. Montgomery married Deborah Ann Hicks, of Long Island, the seat of a nu- merous branch of this old English fam- ily, which may also be found well repre- sented in New England. Captain Mont- gomery never returned from California, his death occurring in the town of Mur- phy, Calaveras county, in 1859.
William E. Montgomery, son of James W. and Deborah Ann (Hicks) Montgom- ery, was born in New York City and edu- cated in local public schools. From the time he was eighteen he made Norwalk his home, where, at an early age, he en- gaged in the retail coal business on his own account, his place of business being
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in South Norwalk. After a few years he abandoned the coal business in order to become teller in the Norwalk Savings So- ciety, a position which he had held over forty years. Though never a politician, he served as a member of the Board of Burgesses, and filled the office of treas- urer of the old city of Norwalk. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted, August 30, 1862, at the age of twenty, as a sergeant in Company L, Eleventh New York Cavalry, known as the famous "Scott's 900;" he served the entire four years, being wounded and captured at Doyal's Plantation, August 5, 1864.
Mr. Montgomery affiliated with St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Free and Accepted Masons. He married Maria A. Brady, daughter of Thomas A. Brady, of Nor- walk, and their children were: William L., of Seattle; George B., of Norwalk; Charles E., of Norwalk; Emily Louise, who married Waldo A. Raymond, of Newark, New Jersey ; Le Roy, of whom further; and Howard A. The family were members of Grace Protestant Epis- copal Church, of Norwalk, in which Mr. Montgomery, whose death occurred July 28, 1911, served as vestryman.
The "History of Harlem" states that Jean Le Roy owned in Harlem the tract of land that was purchased by William Brady. The name of the family was originally used as Brody, later changed to Brady, and the great-great-grandfather (Christian name unknown) of our sub- ject, was a Revolutionary ancestor of this line, and had his estate in Harlem con- fiscated by the Crown. His son, James Brady, was an architect of New York City, and married Grace Jennings. Tho- mas Brady, grandfather of our subject, also married a Jennings.
Le Roy Montgomery, son of William E. and Maria A. (Brady) Montgomery, was born February 16, 1881, in Norwalk,
and received his education in the public schools of his native city. In 1899 he be- came a messenger in the old Central Na- tional Bank, but did not long serve in that humble capacity, his ability attract- ing notice and causing him to be pro- moted rapidly. During the three years that he remained in the bank he held, for the greater part of the time, the position of bookkeeper. When he left it was to become a teller in the Fairfield County Savings Bank. This position he retained until 1914, when the People's Trust Com- pany of South Norwalk was organized, and he became its secretary and treasurer. This dual position he retained until Au- gust, 1920, and by his manner of dis- charging its duties, as well as by his wise counsel and broad outlook upon affairs, did much toward establishing it upon a firm and permanent basis. He is a cor- porator of the Fairfield County Savings Bank, and is the secretary of the Bridge Commission of the town of Norwalk.
In August, 1920, Mr. Montgomery be- came a partner with Isaac Church in the manufacture of expansion bolts and hard- ware specialties. In January, 1921, he purchased Mr. Church's interest, and has since conducted the business as sole owner. This business was founded in Toledo, Ohio, by Isaac Church, in 1879, and in 1907 was moved to Norwalk. The expansion bolts are amply protected by patents and have long been a standard product.
Mr. Montgomery married, June 28, 19II, Marion Montgomery Lee, daughter of Mortimer Montgomery and Julia C. (Adams) Lee, of Norwalk. A biography of Mr. Lee appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are the parents of one child : Mortimer Lee, born May 27, 1917. They are members of Grace Episcopal Church.
From his early youth Mr. Montgom-
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ery has been closely identified with Nor- walk interests, finding full scope for his energy and talents, first in the field of finance, and then in industry. His career is a notable example of the beneficial re- sults of concentration of effort, supported by far-sighted judgment.
(The Jennings Line).
(I) This line of Jennings was founded by Joshua Jennings, who was born in England, in 1620, and died in 1675, in Fairfield, Connecticut. He married, in 1647, Mary Williams. Among their chil- dren was Isaac, of whom further.
(II) Isaac Jennings, son of Joshua and Mary (Williams) Jennings, was born in 1673, and died in 1746. He married a daughter of Joseph Beers, of Fairfield, Connecticut, and among their children was Isaac (2), of whom further.
(III) Isaac (2) Jennings, son of Isaac (1) Jennings, was baptized in 1702, and died March 6, 1760. The Christian name of his wife was Phebe. Among their chil- dren was Jacob, of whom further.
(IV) Jacob Jennings, son of Isaac (2) and Phebe Jennings, was baptized De- cember 9, 1739. He married and had a daughter Grace, who married James Brady; and a son, Isaac.
OSBORN, Gregory T., Member of Old Family.
The Osborn family is a very old one and dates back to the first part of the seventeenth century. The coat-of-arms of this family, granted February II, 1662, is as follows:
Arms-Argent, a bend, between two lions ram- pant.
Crest-A lion's head erased, argent, ducally crowned, or.
Motto-Quantum in rebus inane. (How much frivolity in human affairs).
(I) The ancestor of the family in America was Captain Richard Osborn. He was born in 1612 in London, and died in 1686 in Westchester, New York. Cap- tain Osborn was in America as early as 1634; he sailed in the ship "Hopewell" with Captain Thomas Wood. Before 1640, Captain Osborn went to New Ha- ven, Connecticut, and in 1653 was living in Fairfield. He served in the Pequot War, and received a grant of eighty acres of land. In 1666 he had an interest in lands in Newton, Long Island, later re- moving to Westchester, New York.
(II) Captain John Osborn, son of Cap- tain Richard Osborn, was born undoubt- edly in New Haven, Connecticut, be- tween 1640 and 1650. He was deputy to the General Court, and a very useful cit- izen. He married, before 1673, Sarah Bennett, daughter of James Bennett.
(III) Sergeant David Osborn, son of Captain John and Sarah (Bennett) Os- born, was a member of Dr. Thomas Pell's company in the settlement of Eastchester, New York, in 1666. He married, in 1679, Abigail Pinckney, daughter of Philip Pinckney, of Eastchester.
(IV) William Osborn, son of Sergeant David and Abigail (Pinckney) Osborn, married Elizabeth Turney, and they were the parents of Isaac, of whom further.
(V) Isaac Osborn, son of William and Elizabeth (Turney) Osborn, was born September 6, 1740, died in 1816. He married, September 22, 1763, Martha Higgins, born October 10, 1745, died March 17, 1789.
(VI) Turney Osborn, son of Isaac and Martha (Higgins) Osborn, was born May 19, 1782, and died September 12, 1855. He was a farmer on the old home- stead in Georgetown, Connecticut, origi- nally a part of the town of Fairfield, but now included in the town of Weston, Con-
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necticut. This is the farm which was deeded to the immigrant, Captain Richard Osborn, for his services in the Pequot War. Turney Osborn married, January 9, 1812, Sarah, born August 28, 1783, died June 16, 1859, a descendant of Stephen Pierson.
(VII) Gregory Thomas Osborn, son of Turney and Sarah Osborn, was born February 14, 1820, in Georgetown, Con- necticut, and was educated in the district schools. In early life he was a farmer and later engaged in business as a cattle dealer. He went West and to Canada, buying cattle and then driving them to the home market. It is said he bought the first western steers ever brought to this part of Connecticut. At first a Whig, Mr. Osborn later joined the ranks of the Republican party, and was one of the original John C. Fremont men in this sec- tion. When Horace Greeley was de- feated, Mr. Osborn became a Cleveland Democrat. Mr. Osborn was elected to the Legislature for a term and served in the first session held in the new Capitol. He also served as selectman ; was a mem- ber of the Train Band, and an orderly sergeant. His sword is now in the pos- session of his son. Mr. Osborn married Mary Elizabeth Platt, daughter of David Platt, a descendant of Richard Platt. They were the parents of William Edgar Osborn, of extended mention below.
Richard Platt and his wife Mary landed in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1638. Their son, John Platt, moved to Milford, Connecticut, where he married Hannah Clark, daughter of "Farmer" George Clark, of that town. On June 6, 1660, he came to Norwalk and built his home on the old Fairfield path. He was one of the most noted men in Norwalk history, and was appointed in October, 1665, as commissioner to view grounds with refer- ence to new plantations, and was one of
the party who laid out Danbury, Con- necticut. His son, John (2) Platt, was born in 1664, and married, in May, 1695, Sarah Wood, daughter of Ephraim Wood. Their son, John (3) Platt, married Sarah Hickox, and they were the parents of Samuel Platt, who married, March 2, 1757, Ann Raymond, daughter of Jabez Raymond. Justus Platt, their son, was born September 10, 1768, and died March 17, 1849 ; he married (first) Hannah Smith, born March 18, 1773, died January 15, 1830. They were the parents of David Platt, born May 24, 1797; he married, October 7, 1822, Mary Hanford, daughter of Isaac and Albacinda (Chapman) Han- ford. She died February 5, 1892. David Platt was engaged in the edge-tool busi- ness on the Newton turnpike in the town of Weston, Connecticut, and lived the lat- ter part of his life across the river in the town of Wilton. He was one of the char- ter members of Temple Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Westport. He died April 30, 1871, and his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, became the wife of Gregory Thomas Osborn, as above noted.
OSBORN, William Edgar, Business Man, Public Official.
Very often we find the representative of one of the early Colonial families taking an active part in the administration of public affairs, and it seems particularly fitting that this should be so. A worthy scion of the Osborn family, and treasurer of the town of Westport, Connecticut, William Edgar Osborn holds a respected place among his fellow-citizens. He is a son of Gregory T. and Mary E. (Platt) Osborn (q. v.), and was born in George- town, Connecticut, where he received his education.
For a time after completing his school- ing, he worked on the farm with his father
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and then went into the grocery business in Georgetown for two years. After dis- posing of this, he came to Westport, in 1890, and bought the grocery business of Bradley & Wheeler. This engaged his attention until 1917, in which year he disposed of it and retired from mercan- tile business.
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