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REED, Herbert Calhoun,
Manufacturing Chemist, Public Official.
The founder of this line of the family of Reed in America was John Reed, born in Cornwall, England, in 1633, who came to America in 1660, settling first in Prov-
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idence, Rhode Island. He had been an officer in the Cromwellian army, and with the collapse of the commonwealth had left England. In 1684 he made his home in Norwalk, Connecticut, and became a man of means and great influence in spiritual and temporal affairs. His death occurred at the age of ninety-seven years. He mar- ried (first) Mrs. Ann Derby, of Provi- dence, Rhode Island, and (second) Mrs. Scofield, of Stamford, Connecticut, his six children all of his first marriage.
(II) The line to Herbert C. Reed, of the present generation of the family, con- tinues through Thomas Reed, born in 1672, died October 9, 1757. He married Mary Olmsted, daughter of Lieutenant John and Mary (Benedict) Olmsted, of Norwalk, Connecticut. Among the nine children of Thomas and Mary (Olmsted) Reed was Thomas (2) Reed, of whom further.
(III) Thomas (2) Reed was born May 7, 1699, died September 4, 1776. He mar- ried, October 2, 1729, Sarah Benham, and they were the parents of six children.
(IV) Jesse Reed, son of Thomas (2) and Sarah (Benham) Reed, was born July 29, 1734, and died March 31, 1822. He enlisted in Captain Bell's company, 9th Regiment of militia, commanded by Lieu- tenant-Colonel John Mead, under General Wooster, 1776 and 1777. After the battle of White Plains, October 26, 1776, the 9th Regiment was ordered to march to the Westchester border and place them- selves under General Wooster's com- mand. Jesse Reed was on the payroll discharged December 25, 1776. He mar- ried (first) Hannah Selleck; (second) Mercy Weed. There was one child of his first marriage, eight of his second.
(V) Ebenezer Reed, son of Jesse and Mercy (Weed) Reed, was born in 1776, and died May 7, 1842. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Seely) Reed, were the parents of seven children.
(VI) John Bowden Reed, son of Ebe- nezer and Elizabeth (Seely) Reed, was born November 6, 1818, died June 1, 1890. He married Almira A. Many, and among their six children was Stephen Ebenezer. (VII) Stephen Ebenezer Reed, son of John B. and Almira A. (Many) Reed, was born in Stamford, Connecticut, Decem- ber 12, 1845, and died January 9, 1915. He attended the public schools of Stam- ford, entering the employ of the Stamford Manufacturing Company as a young man, and remaining in this connection for forty-five years. His first duties were those of clerk, and he subsequently be- came secretary of the company, an office he held for a period of about twenty-five years, his service terminating with his death. Mr. Reed was also a director of the Stamford National Bank, and was a prominent and faithful member and war- den of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He married Jennie C. Calhoun, born in New Haven, July 24, 1848, daughter of Frederick J. and Mary A. (Marsh) Cal- houn (see Calhoun line). They were the parents of : Frank C., born July 27, 1872, died August 12th of the same year ; Her- bert C., of whom further; and Clarence M., born May 30, 1876, died May 24, 1902.
(VIII) Herbert Calhoun Reed, son of Stephen E. and Jennie C. (Calhoun) Reed, was born in Stamford, Connecticut, October 16, 1873. He prepared for col- lege at King's School in Stamford, and in 1895 was graduated Ph. B. from Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. Subsequently he took a short course in the Philadelphia Art and Textile School in textile dyeing, and on January 1, 1896, began a fifteen years' connection with the Stamford Manufacturing Company as a chemist. At the end of this time Mr. Reed established his own laboratory in New York City, at No. 227 Fulton street, and there general analytical chemistry has since claimed his time and attention.
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Mr. Reed has been an officer of the American Leather Chemists' Association since 1903, serving as secretary during all of that period with the exception of one year in the presidency. He is one of the founders of this association, and has been importantly instrumental in de- veloping its field of usefulness. Prior to the World War he was president of the American section of the International Association of Leather Chemists, and during the war he was consulting chemist for the British War Mission. Mr. Reed is a member of the American Chemical Society, and the Society of Chemical In- dustry, and has written extensively on technical topics. Among the more im- portant of his papers that are in publica- tion and recorded as authority on the sub- jects with which they treat are the following: Relative Value of Hide and Powder Filter Method and the Shake or Chromed Hide Power Method of Tanning Analysis; Pentoses in Tanning Materials ; Extraction of Tanning Materials ; Method for the Total Acidity of Tan Liquors, and many other valuable contributions to the art of tanning.
Mr. Reed is a director of the Citizens' Saving Bank of Stamford, and he and his family are members of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, of which he is a ves- tryman, succeeding his father in official connection with this congregation. He has long been intimately concerned with public affairs in Stamford, and in political preference is a Republican. For many years he was a member of the Republican Town Committee of Stamford, and was elected by his townsmen to a number of public positions. He was a member of the Common Council in 1902, serving on the Police Committee, and subsequently was defeated for the office of mayor by Homer S. Cummings. He was then elected State Senator from his district,
sitting in the session of 1909, and held position on the Military Committee, Fish and Game Commitee, and the Shell Fish- eries Committee. His public service has been marked by thoroughness and faith- fulness, and he has constantly held the regard and respect of his fellow-citizens. His professional standing is of the high- est, and in a field in which America has more than ever come into its own he is known as a learned and efficient represen- tative.
Mr. Reed married, October 6, 1897, Edith E. Crane, daughter of James M. Crane, of Newburgh, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Reed are the parents of: Janet Calhoun, born September 14, 1898; Eliz- abeth Crane, born January 9, 1903; and Esther, born November 14, 1908.
(The Calhoun Line).
The Calhouns of Scotland are the de- scendants of the ancient family of the Conquhouns and Lairds of Luss. The original name, Colquhoun, is still retained by some in Scotland, England, and Ire- land, but it is pronounced "Colhoun." The ancestor of the surname of Conqu- houn was Humphrey Kilpatrick, in whose favor the Earl of Lenox granted a char- ter of the lands of Colquhoun in the reign of Alexander II., about the year I200. The meaning of the term Colqu- houn is "a seacoasting common or point" with which the former situation of these lands will agree. Humphrey K. Calhoun married the daughter of Godfrey, Laird of Luss, in the year 1392. The Colqu- houns and Lairds of Luss were the most wealthy and illustrious clans of Scotland. The home of the clan was about the southern shore of Loch Lomond and all of this neighborhood is full of memories and traditions that preserve the family name.
Among the neighbors of the Calhouns were the wild McGregors of Loch Ka-
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trine. These two clans had frequent con- flicts, and in 1602 about two hundred of the Colquhouns were slain by the Mc- Gregors, with many acts of savage cru- elty. Sixty of the wives of the slain Colquhouns took each the gory shirt of her husband on a pike and rode to King James at Stirling, demanding vengeance. This was the original flaunting of the "bloody shirt," and secured the outlawry of the McGregors, as told by Scott in a note of his "Lady of the Lake." Many of the Colquhouns fled to Ireland in the seventeenth century to avoid religious persecution, among them the father of the immigrant to America in 1714.
(I) David Calhoun, immigrant ances- tor, was born in Scotland about 1690, and emigrated with his father's family, who were non-conformists, to the North of Ireland, on account of persecution. Here they settled near Londonderry, but the persecution having followed them, David, with two brothers, James and John, emi- grated to America in 1714; they landed in New York, where they separated. James subsequently became mayor of the city of Baltimore, and John was elected to the National Congress. David Calhoun set- tled in Stratford, Connecticut, and later, in 1732, moved to Washington, Connecti- cut, where he lived until his death, in 1769. He married, in Stratford, Mrs. Catherine (Coe) Fairchild. They had six sons and two daughters.
(II) John Calhoun, son of David and Catherine (Coe-Fairchild) Calhoun, was born in 1738, and died in 1788. He was a resident of Washington, a well known and able physician, and a participant in all of the patriotic activity of the Revolu- tionary period. He married Tabitha Clark, December 28, 1768, and they were the parents of : John, Jr .; David; Calvin ; Joseph C .; Penlo; Sarah A., who married William Lewis; and Jedediah, of whom further.
(III) Jedediah Calhoun, son of Dr. John and Tabitha (Clark) Calhoun, was born April 27, 1783, and died January 5, 1862. The "Historical Records of the Town of Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut," collected and established by Theodore S. Gold, speak of "Jedidiah Calhoun," who was chosen deacon of the First Congrega- tional Church in December, 1819, as "al- ways prompt and liberal" in his support of the church, and as one who "kept 'loose ends' well tied up." Jedediah Cal- houn was a farmer throughout his active years. He married Jane Patterson, and they were the parents of : Abby J .; John C., who married Sarah Warner ; Frederick J., of whom further ; Mary L., who mar- ried Charles Ford; and David P., who married Fannie Sanford.
(IV) Frederick J. Calhoun, son of Jedediah and Jane (Patterson) Calhoun, was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, June 22, 1820, and died July 21, 1887. He grew to young manhood on the home farm, as a young man taught school, and after his marriage located in Stamford, where he was employed by the Stamford Manufac- turing Company. For a number of years he remained with this concern, and then became employed by the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, serving in different capacities, and for a time filling the office of superintendent of the New London branch of this road. In 1850 he moved from Stamford to New Haven, and subsequently followed railroading in vari- ous parts of the country. He was a man of quick wit and ready humor, and was endowed with a charming personality. He was a member of the Masonic order, holding the Knight Templar degrees.
Frederick J. Calhoun married, September II, 1844, Mary Ann Marsh, born March 7, 1818, died April 30, 1872, daughter of Daniel and Asenath (Woodruff) Marsh. Daniel Marsh, born May 5, 1774, died May 19, 1856, was a descendant in the
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sixth generation of John Marsh (see Marsh line).
Children of Frederick J. and Mary A. (Marsh) Calhoun: James M., born 1846, died 1847; Jennie C., born July 24, 1848, married Stephen E. Reed (see Reed line) ; John S., born 1851, died 1853; Frederick J., born 1855, died same year; Frederick S., born 1858, died same year.
(The Marsh Line).
(I) John Marsh was born in County Essex, England, in 1618, and died in 1688. He came to America in 1635, settling first in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but later moved to Hadley. Before 1642 he was at Hartford, Connecticut. He married (first) in Hartford, about 1642, Anne Webster, daughter of Governor John Webster. She died June 9, 1662. He married (second) October 7, 1664, Hep- zibah (Ford) Lyman, a widow, daughter of Thomas Ford, of Hartford. She died April 11, 1683. Among the children of John and Anne (Webster) Marsh was John (2).
(II) John (2) Marsh, son of John (1) and Anne (Webster) Marsh, was born in Hartford about 1643, died in 1727. He married (first) November 28, 1666, Sarah Lyman, of Northampton, daughter of Richard and Hepzibah (Ford) Lyman, the latter the second wife of his father. He married (second) January 1, 1707-8, Susannah Butler, who died December 24, 1714. Among the children by his first wife was John (3).
(III) Captain John (3) Marsh, son of John (2) and Sarah (Lyman) Marsh, was born in Hadley, or Northampton, Massa- chusetts, in 1668, died October 1, 1774. All of his children settled in Litchfield, Connecticut. He married (first) in 1695, Mabel Pratt; (second) in 1698, Elizabeth Pitkin. Among his children by his sec- ond wife was John (4).
(IV) Captain John (4) Marsh, son of Captain John (3) and Elizabeth (Pitkin) Marsh, was born October 20, 1712. He went to Litchfield with his father in 1721, where he lived the most of his life. He was selectman ten years, 1755-65, and a captain in the Revolution. He married, about 1732-33, Sarah Webster, and among their children was John (5).
(V) John (5) Marsh, son of Captain John (4) and Sarah (Webster) Marsh, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, October 17, 1733-34, and died at Morris, Connecti- cut, December 3, 1806. He married his cousin, Anna Marsh, daughter of Colonel Ebenezer and Deborah (Buell) Marsh, and among their children was Daniel Marsh, father of Mary Ann Marsh, the latter the wife of Frederick J. Calhoun. (See Calhoun line).
GRAVES, William Warner,
Merchant.
The family of Graves is one of the most ancient in England. It went in with the Norman army, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name has been spelled De Grevis, De Greves, Greve, Grave, Greaves, and Graves. There have been many men of honor and distinction represented by the family. The knowl- edge of a noble ancestry awakens a feel- ing of emulation in us, and especially in the New England States is the truth of this statement found. Among the lead- ing business men of a community are often found direct descendants of the early Colonial families. These men are worthy and desirable citizens, maintain- ing a high standard in their public and private life, winning the commendation of their fellow-citizens. In short, they uphold the characteristics of their fore- fathers. William Warner Graves, a scion of one of the oldest families, president of
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Graves & Strang, Inc., of Stamford, was born October 26, 1868, in Springfield, New Jersey, son of Henry Martin and Julia M. (Higgins) Graves.
(I) Thomas Graves, his paternal an- cestor, was born in England before 1585, and came to New England with his wife, Sarah, and five children, all of mature age. They settled in Hartford, Connecti- cut, where he was a property holder in 1645. He was exempted from training in the militia on account of his age. In September, 1661, he removed to Hatfield, Massachusetts, and died in November, 1662.
(II) Isaac Graves, son of Thomas and Sarah Graves, was born probably as early as 1620, in England, and came with his father to New England. He was made a freeman in Boston, Massachusetts, May 16, 1659, and was sergeant of the militia. He served as clerk of the writs for Hat- field, Massachusetts, whence he had re- moved in 1661. He was killed in an In- dian attack, September 19, 1677. He married Mary Church, daughter of Rich- ard and Anna Church, who came in 1637 to New England, and she died June 9, 1695.
(III) John Graves, son of Isaac and Mary (Church) Graves, was born in 1664, and died in 1746. He lived in Hatfield, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Banks, daughter of John Banks, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
(IV) Isaac (2) Graves, son of John and Sarah (Banks) Graves, was born July 10, 1688, and died May 30, 1781, in Sunder- land, Massachusetts, whence he had re- moved about 1714. He married, in 1713, Mary Parsons, daughter of Jonathan Par- sons, of Northampton, Massachusetts, born July 8, 1688, died March 9, 1769.
(V) Phineas Graves, son of Isaac (2) and Mary (Parsons) Graves, was born April 30, 1726, in Sunderland, Massachu-
setts, and died April 20, 1806. He mar- ried, November 1, 1753, Rhoda Smith, born February 25, 1732, died March 24, 1819.
(VI) Levi Graves, son of Phineas and Rhoda (Smith) Graves, was born August 14, 1766, in Sunderland, Massachusetts, and died January 16, 1830. He married, January 20, 1791, Pamelia Arms, daugh- ter of David and Sarah (Rodman) Arms, born February 28, 1766, died in June, 1854. Levi Graves removed to Canaan, Colum- bia county, New York.
(VII) Rhodolphua Graves, son of Levi and Pamelia (Arms) Graves, was born October 18, 1796, in Conway, Massachu- setts, and died November 24, 1866, in Brooklyn, New York. He married, Feb- ruary . 17, 1825, Catharine N. Warner, daughter of Lupton Warner, of Canaan, New York, born April 5, 1801. They re- moved to Kinderhook, New York.
(VIII) Henry Martin Graves, son of Rhodolphua and Catharine N. (Warner) Graves, was born November 30, 1829, in Kinderhook, New York, and died in De- cember, 1896. As a lad he learned the trade of hatter with his father. After the death of his father he went into business in New York City, and from there re- moved to Springfield, New Jersey. He established a hat factory in the adjoining town of Milburn, and continued active in that business until shortly before his death. He manufactured a general line of felt hats. Mr. Graves was a Repub- lican and active in local affairs. He served for many years as a member of the Town Committee and the School Board, respec- tively. He was a firm believer in the principle that each able-bodied citizen should perform his just share of public service. Mr. Graves married, November 7, 1860, Julia M. Higgins, daughter of Samuel Higgins, of Spencertown, New York. They were the parents of five
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children : Altana, born April 10, 1863, is the wife of Alexander Malhaffey; Wil- ilam Warner, of further mention; Cath- arine Warner, born June 17, 1870; Samuel Higgins, born September 6, 1874, resides in Stamford; Julia Louise, born October 10, 1879, is the wife of Roy A. Oles, of Spencertown, New York. The members of the family were attendants of the Dutch Reformed church.
(IX) William Warner Graves, eldest son of Henry Martin and Julia M. (Hig- gins) Graves, received his education in the schools of Springfield, and was early employed in his father's hat factory. In 1889 he entered the employ of Leonard Richards, manufacturer of artificial leath- ers and lacquers. Mr. Graves remained associated with Mr. Richards for a quarter of a century, and during five years of this period represented him in Chicago. In 1904 the manufacturing plant was re- moved to Stamford, Connecticut, and Mr. Graves came with it. He continued in association with its interests until 1914, at which time he held the position of cost accountant. In August, 1914, Graves & Strang, Inc., was incorporated with Mr. Graves as president. A general business dealing in ice, coal and wood is carried on. The business purchased by the com- pany had been established for fifteen years. In 1919 Mr. Graves and Mr. Strang organized the Springdale Ice and Coal Company with Mr. Graves as presi- dent and Mr. Strang as treasurer. This new corporation took over the Springdale Ice Company and the coal and wood branch of the Graves & Strang Company in Springdale, combining the two under one new head. Mr. Graves is treasurer of the Kiwanis Club of Stamford, an or- ganization composed of business men.
Mr. Graves married Bertha Ferrin, daughter of Dr. Chester M. Ferrin, of Essex Junction, Vermont, and they were
the parents of two children: I. Carlisle Ferrin, born December 19, 1897; he is a member of the class of 1920 of Massachu- setts Agricultural College, and at the outbreak of the World War left his studies to train in the R. O. T. C. at Camp Lee, receiving the commission of second lieutenant ; he is now resuming his stud- ies. 2. Chester Warner, born November 15, 1902. The family are members of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Graves is especially active in all of its works. He shares the belief that the church is the great agency for promoting righteousness in community and national as well as in- dividual activities. Mrs. Graves died February 13, 1918, and previous to her death had been active in many church organizations, being a member also of the Woman's Club of Stamford.
CANDEE, Nehemiah,
Lawyer, Legislator.
One of the oldest families in Connecti- cut is the Candee family. Representatives of this family are to be found in the busi- ness and professional world, and they are among the best citizens. Matters of State and town hold interest for them, and they are willing at all times to give of their time and finances to furthering the gen- eral welfare. Among the members of the Fairfield County Bar Association is a scion of the Candee family, Nehemiah Candee. He is a direct descendant of Zaccheus Candee, of whom further.
(I) Zaccheus Candee was early settled in New Haven, Connecticut, and died in 1720, at the age of eighty years. He mar- ried Rebecca, a daughter of Henry Bris- tow, or Bristol, of New Haven, and she died in September, 1739.
(II) Samuel Candee, son of Zaccheus and Rebecca Candee, was born in West Haven, July 24, 1678, and died February
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28, 1748-49. In October, 1731, he was lieutenant of the company in West Haven, and later became captain. He married, April 28, 1703, Abigail Pineon, of New Haven, daughter of Thomas Pineon, of New Haven, and she died January 9, 1743. (III) Caleb Candee, son of Samuel and Abigail (Pineon) Candee, was born about 1722, in West Haven; he settled in Ox- ford, about 1730, and died in 1764. He married Lois Mallory, and they were the parents of Samuel (2) Candee, of whom further.
(IV) Samuel (2) Candee, son of Caleb and Lois (Mallory) Candee, was baptized March 17, 1754, and died about 1840, aged eighty-seven. He married, March 20, 1777, Mabel Bradley, of Derby, Connec- ticut, and they joined the church in Ox- ford, April 5, 1778. He was a lieutenant in 1786, and captain in 1789. in the Revo- lutionary War, and was a pensioner. He also took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. In private life he was a farmer, and also made scythes.
(V) Amos Candee, son of Samuel (2) and Mabel (Bradley) Candee, was bap- tized April 5, 1778; he died in 1855. He removed to Easton, Connecticut, in 1836, and was a farmer. He served as select- man of the town of Easton for several years. He married (first) Lydia Taylor Dike, and (second) July 26, 1828, Lydia Platt, daughter of Amos Platt, who was a school teacher before her marriage. She was the mother of two children.
(VI) Jason Candee, son of Amos and Lydia (Platt) Candee, was born June 13, 1829, in Southbury, Connecticut, and died in May, 1915. He was but a small lad when his parents removed to Easton, and there he went to school. After completing his schooling he took up farming, which he followed for the rest of his life. He mar- ried, February 24, 1850, Caroline Amelia Canfield, daughter of David Canfield.
The latter was of that part of Redding bordering on the Ridgefield line; he left there and enlisted in the Seminole War, and was killed by the Indians, one of his fellow-soldiers reporting his death to the family. Of the children of Jason and Caroline A. (Canfield) Candee the fol- lowing grew to maturity: William J., deceased ; Lafayette, deceased ; Nehemiah, of further mention ; and Anna A., wife of P. G. McCullom, of Richmond, Virginia. The family were members of the Baptist church at Easton.
(VII) Nehemiah Candee, son of Jason and Caroline A. (Canfield) Candee, was born in Easton, Connecticut, August 9, 1870. He was educated in the public schools there and at Staples Academy. He graduated from Yale College in 1893 with the degree of B. A., and from Yale Law School, four years later, with the degree of LL. B. He went to Chicago, where he was admitted to the bar of Illinois, and engaged in practice there for a year. In the winter of 1907 he returned to Norwalk and formed a partnership with John Keogh, on January' Ist, following, under the firm name of Keogh & Candee, which has continued to the present time. Mr. Keogh has recently been appointed ref- eree in bankruptcy.
In June, 1917, Mr. Candee was made judge of the City Court of Norwalk, and is now serving his second term. He is a Republican, and served in the Legislature in 1917 and 1919. During his first term he served on the Committee on Forfeited Rights, and the Committee on Banks and Federal Relations. In his last term he served as a member of the Judiciary Com- mittee. In the fall of 1920 Judge Candee was a candidate for Senator from the Twenty-sixth Senatorial District.
Mr. Candee is a member of several fra- ternities, and is otherwise active in the social life of Norwalk. He is a member
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