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marked a distinct advance in the con- struction of boats for the Connecticut river traffic. They were of light draft, of about one thousand five hundred tons cach, and stateroom and berth accommo- dations for about four hundred passen- gers. The boats were crowded to capac- ity during the summer season. Soon after the beginning of the Spanish War the "Hartford" was purchased by the gov- ernment for use as a hospital ship, and the company replaced her in the service with a duplicate of the "Middletown."
In October, 1906, when the company was purchased by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, Mr. Goodrich was the senior of all con- nected with the business in point of serv- ice and experience, and to his untiring efforts and unusual executive ability the success of the enterprise was largely due. The growth and development of the bus- iness had been constant from year to year. In 1890 the company acquired the shipyard and marine railway of M. L. Darton at Dutch Point, where it after- ward built a score of barges and steam- boats. When the business was sold to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road the company was operating a fleet of thirty tugs, barges and steamers val- ued at more than six hundred thousand dollars; it owned real estate valued at more than two hundred thousand dol- lars, with docks at Hartford, Middletown and other points on the Connecticut river. Since that time Mr. Goodrich has been vice-president and general manager of the company ; president of the Maine Steam- ship Company, and manager of the Bay State Line to Providence, the Merchant Line to Bridgeport, and several connect- ing lines.
On March II, 1874, Mr. Goodrich mar- ried Beulah, daughter of Calvin N. and Emily (Dickinson) Murray. Calvin N.
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Murray was born July 14, 1808, and died February 2, 1889. He was the son of Calvin Murray, who was born September 15, 1781, and died November 14, 1810. On November 20, 1804, Calvin Murray married Diadema Norton, who was born November 17, 1785. John Murray, the father of Calvin Murray, was born Au- gust 13, 1731, and died February 23, 1800; he married Mindwell Crompton, born January 22, 1738, and died June 21, 1816. John Murray, father of John Murray (above mentioned), was born October 10, 1703, and died September 9, 1789. He married Sarah Buell, who died March I, 1743.
To Charles C. Goodrich and his wife, Beulah (Murray) Goodrich, one son was born: Raymond Goodrich, born April 10, 1879. He is now engaged in the fertilizer business, and is interested in tobacco plantations. He married (first) Alma Penfield; of this marriage one daughter was born, Genevieve. His second mar- riage was to Zuleima Couger ; of this mar- riage one daughter was born, Elizabeth.
At the advanced age of seventy years Mr. Goodrich is one of Hartford's lead- ing citizens, a man whose power for civic betterment is a factor of importance in the community life. He has always taken the keen interest of the trained thinker and man of affairs in the public interests of the day, and his support can be counted on for every movement calculated to pro- mote the public welfare. He is recog- nized as one of Hartford's conservative business men, and one who has achieved his position by his own ability and indus- try. He is broad minded in his views and generous in his charities, although all his gifts to worthy causes are made without ostentation. He and his wife have been for several years identified with the Con- gregational church.
ANDREWS, James Parkhill,
Attorney-at-Law.
James P. Andrews was a successful lawyer, with fifteen years' bar experience, when in 1894 he was appointed reporter of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Er- rors, and now nearing the end of a quarter of a century in that position, has won very high standing as a reporter of judi- cial decisions. The duties of that posi- tion are manifold, requiring not only a high degree of literary and legal ability in preparing analytical statements of the contents of the opinions reported, and the writing of head notes for the State reports, but also involving a capacity for hard work as the reports average about one thousand pages of closely printed matter yearly. So well has Mr. Andrews filled his office and so highly are his legal and judicial qualities esteemed, that had he consented his appointment to a judge- ship was assured. But his heart is in the work he is doing and the honor offered him in 1907 was declined. In addition to the annual State reports edited, he is the author of Connecticut Index Digests and a valued contributor to Yale Law Maga- zine. In his own special branch of the law he is without a superior, his long re- tention in office well attesting the value placed upon his services to the State of Connecticut. His maternal grandfather, Thomas Day, was a reporter of the Su- preme Court of Connecticut, 1805-1853. This fact is of especial interest and value to the advocates of the doctrine of heredity.
James Parkhill Andrews, son of Sam- uel James (died October 10, 1906) and Catherine Augusta (Day) Andrews, was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, Oc- tober 23, 1854. He completed his public school education with graduation from Hartford High School in 1873, then entered
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Yale University, whence he was graduated B. A., class of 1877. He registered as a law student in the office of Judge Hammersly, of Hartford, entered Yale Law School, and in 1879 was awarded the degree LL. B. He began practice in Hartford at once, having as a partner F. Walworth Smith. The firm, Smith & Andrews, con- tinued about eighteen months, Mr. An- drews then going to Bristol, Connecticut, there practicing with Willis A. Briscoe under the firm name of Andrews & Bris- coe. About one year later Mr. Andrews returned to Hartford and entered into a law partnership with Charles H. Briscoe, father of his late partner. The firm of Briscoe & Andrews continued in success- ful practice until January 1, 1894, when it was dissolved by the appointment of Mr. Andrews as reporter of the Supreme Court of Errors. This position he has held continuously during the twenty- three years which have since intervened. He is the author of Index Digest of Con- necticut Reports, 1883; Connecticut In- dex Digest, 1895 ; is a contributor to the Yale Law Magazine; contributed to the Memorial History of Hartford County ;" is a member of the American Bar Associa- tion, Connecticut State Bar Association, Hartford County Bar Association, Hart- ford City Bar Society, trustee of the Con- necticut Institution for the Blind, trustee of the Connecticut branch of the George Junior Republic, member of the Munici- pal Art Society, Yale's famous Senior So- ciety, Scroll and Key, Asylum Hill Con- gregational Church, Hartford Golf, Mus- ical and University clubs of Hartford, a founder and ex-president of the last named, Graduates Club of New Haven, Yale Club of New York City, and in polit- ical faith is a Republican.
Mr. Andrews married Julia Lincoln Ray, of Chicago, daughter of Charles H. Ray, for several years editor of the Chi- cago "Tribune."
TUTTLE, William Frederick,
Active in Community Affairs.
William Frederick Tuttle, whose name was prominently identified with the growth and development of the city of Hartford, of which he was a native, and who was preëminently a man of affairs, making his activities subserve the double end of his own ambition and the public welfare, was a worthy representative of the Tuttle family, so widely known in the State of Connecticut, and he inherited in marked degree the excellent character- istics of his forefathers, characteristics that make for progress and advancement.
William Frederick Tuttle, son of Sam- uel and Betsey (Hotchkiss) Tuttle, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, April 8, 1812, and his death occurred there, Feb- ruary 22, 1895. His preliminary educa- tion was acquired in a school conducted by Miss Rebecca Butler, and this was supplemented by a course of study in a literary school conducted by Mr. George Patten, from which he graduated at the age of fifteen years. His first employ- ment was as clerk in his father's store, in which he was admitted to partnership in the firm, which conducted business under the title S. Tuttle & Sons, dealers in gro- ceries, grass seed, gypsum and grind- stones, making a specialty of the latter commodity. The business grew to large proportions, was conducted on strictly honorable lines, and therefore the profits far exceeded the expectations of the mem- bers of the firm. After the death of the elder partner and founder of the firm, Samuel Tuttle, which occurred in 1850, the business was continued by the three sons of the founder, William Frederick, Miles Ammi and Samuel Isaac Tuttle, and upon the death of Miles Ammi Tut- tle, eight years later, Frederick William Tuttle then withdrew from the concern. This gave him the needed time to attend
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to other important associations he had formed and to enter into other enter- prises, which proved profitable to all con- cerned. He succeeded his brother, Miles A. Tuttle, as director of both the Ætna Insurance Company of Hartford and the Farmers' and Mechanics' National Bank of Hartford, and remained on those boards for thirty-seven years, performing faithful and efficient service.
In addition to his business interests, which were many and varied, Mr. Tut- tle took an active interest in other depart- ments of the life of the city, namely, relig- ious and philanthropic work, in social circles and in military circles, in all of which he was prominent and influential. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church of Hartford, serving as warden and vestryman, and a teacher in the Sun- day school. He was a member of the board of directors of the Hartford Hospi- tal and the Retreat for the Insane, and auditor of the accounts of both these in- stitutions. He held the rank of lieuten- ant in the Governor's Foot Guard, was a member of the Veteran Association, and a member of the Hartford Volunteer Fire Department. He was a staunch adher- ent of the principles of the Republican party, but never sought or held public office. He was a member of the Hartford Horticultural Society, the Connecticut Agricultural Society, the Hartford Club and the Piscatorious Club of Hartford. He devoted considerable time to the study of history and astronomy ; his fav- orite novelist was Sir Walter Scott and his favorite poet was James Russell Lowell.
Mr. Tuttle married, November 1, 1838, Sarah Ramsey, of Hartford, a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Allyn) Ramsey, of Hartford, and a descendant of Hugh Ramsay, the pioneer ancestor, who was a resident of Londonderry, New Hamp-
shire, in 1720. As early as the year 1200 the Ramseys or Ramsays were well known in Scotland, and through various collateral lines the present members of the family can trace their descent from many of the greatest kings of antiquity, both in France and England. The Ram- sey coat-of-arms is thus described: An eagle displayed sable, beaked and mem- bered gules. Charles on the breast with an escutcheon of the last. Crest: A uni- corn's head couped argent, maned and honored or. Motto: Spernit pericula vir- tus.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle were the par- ents of four children: Sarah, deceased ; Catherine, deceased; Grace, died Janu- ary 31, 1883; and Jane, a resident of Hartford, where she is a prominent figure in the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and in the Connec- ticut Society of the Daughters of Found- ers and Patriots of America.
SIMON, Scott Howard,
Company Executive, Factory Manager.
Scott Howard Simon, treasurer and general manager of the Carlyle Johnson Machine Company, of Manchester, Con- necticut, has made creditable progress in the business world, and in a short space of time, seeing that he is still in his thir- ties. And his advancement is all the more noteworthy in that it has come by out- standing merit only. He was born on November 8, 1879, in Youngstown, Ohio, the son of Frank Fusselman and Lena Hauser (Hanni) Simon, the former an agriculturist of Poland, Ohio, where he was born in 1854, and the latter, April I, 1858, of Flint Hill, suburb of Young- town, Ohio. Scott Howard Simon is the eldest of four children born to his par- ents, the others of his generation being : Meta, deceased; Samuel Louis, born Jan-
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uary 23, 1886; and Marshall, born May I, 1895.
Scott H. Simon received primary edu- cation in the public schools of his native place, and gained higher education in the Rayen High School, from which he grad- uated in good place in the class of 1899. Soon thereafter he took junior office in the bank of the Dollar Savings and Trust Company, and was evidently an alert, painstaking and accurate employee, for within a period of little more than four years he was advanced rapidly from posi- tion to position in the various depart- ments of the banking house until he reached that of assistant teller. As such, he came more directly before the notice of the patrons of the institution, and very soon was approached and offered sub- stantial betterment if he relinquished his banking appointment and took account- ing capacity with the firm of Willkoff Bros., of Youngstown, Ohio. This he did, but within twelve months received an- other offer, which it was to his advantage to accept. It necessitated his removal to Hartford, Connecticut, as the manufac- turing corporation, the Carlyle Johnson Machine Company, with which he had been in negotiation, required his services in their offices in that city. So it hap- pened that Mr. Simon came to Connecti- cut and to Hartford in February, 1904. At the outset, his official status with the firm of the Carlyle Johnson Machine Company, then of Hartford, but now of Manchester, was that of bookkeeper, and in accounting capacity had even then reached the limit of possible advance- ment. But Mr. Simon is essentially a man of progress, and soon made it evi- dent that other responsibilities came within the range of his capabilities. A keen observer, a thorough systematizer, and a man of pronounced organizing and constructive ability, made effective by
hard and conscientious work, Mr. Simon did not remain long as bookkeeper; by June, 1905, he had so thoroughly grasped the details of the manufacturing business in which the firm was engaged, and had so convinced his employers that their interest lay in vesting in him added re- sponsibilities, that he was elected to the treasurership of the corporation, and also appointed general manager of the plant, which later developed to such an extent that quarters much more commodious were necessary. These were secured in Manchester, in which town Mr. Simon has since continued to supervise the manufacturing and financial departments of the company.
Under his supervision, the production by the firm has more than doubled, and he has opened markets which hitherto were inaccessible. The Carlyle Johnson Ma- chine Company specializes in the manu- facture of the Johnson Friction Clutch, an appliance introduced to, used by, and reported favorably upon, by some of the principal manufacturing plants of the country, and the ever-increasing volume of orders and repeat orders indicates that the specialty of the Carlyle Johnson Ma- chine Company is a reliable and essential fitting, valued and required by large users of machinery.
Mr. Simon is essentially a man of bus- iness, but he takes keen interest in politi- cal movements, though his business re- sponsibilities will not permit the time necessary to undertake public office. But, with the coming of serious times of na- tional distress in consequence of the affronts to which the Nation has recently been subjected by a European power, Mr. Simon engaged actively in the enrolling of the Home Guard in his district, and undertook readily and enthusiastically the arduous and onerous duties of one of the recruiting officers of that military
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organization, successfully raised, and should there be need of his services, mili- tarily, in foreign lands, he is not by any means disposed to shirk that national duty. Religiously, Mr. Simon is an attendant of the North Congregational Church of Manchester. And, generally, he is an esteemed resident of his adopted town, the progress of which he seeks to further, which desire brought him into membership in the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. On January 18, 1916, Mr. Simon was made a director of the Man- chester Savings Bank, continuing in that office to the present time (1917). He is a member of the local chapter of the Red Cross Committee of Finance, and is also a member of the Chautauquas.
On November 1, 1909, at Youngstown, Ohio, Mr. Simon married Josephine, daughter of Charles and Jeanette (Gray) Reebel, and to them have been born two children: Janet Gray, born February 5, 1913; Frank Reebel, born October 7, 1915.
PECK, Leon Friend, City Official.
Leon Friend Peck, the capable and popular superintendent of streets of Hart- ford, Connecticut, was born April 23, 1875, at Mt. Carmel, in the town of Ham- den, in that State. He is descended from one of the oldest Connecticut families, founded by Henry Peck, who was among the first settlers of New Haven, in the spring of 1638. He and Deacon William Peck, who also settled there in 1638, were doubtless relatives, and are supposed to have emigrated to this country in the company of Governor Eaton, with the Rev. John Davenport and others, who arrived at Boston, June 26, 1637, in the ship "Hector." He signed the fundamen- tal agreement of the settlers of New
Haven, and took an active interest in the management and affairs of the settle- ment. A portion of his home lot, on what is now George street, is still in the possession of his descendants. His will was dated October 30, 1651, and he died before the close of that year. Nothing is known concerning his wife.
Joseph Peck, second son of Deacon William Peck, was baptized September 5, 1647, in New Haven, and resided on the paternal homestead in that town. He married, November 28, 1672, Sarah All- ing, who was baptized October 12, 1649, in New Haven, daughter of Roger and Mary (Nash) Alling. She was appointed administratrix of his estate, September 5, 1720, indicating that his death occurred in that year. Roger Alling was a son of James Alling, a blacksmith, of Kempston, Bedfordshire, England.
Samuel Peck, second son of Joseph Peck, was baptized December 19, 1677, and lived in New Haven, where he died probably in 1739. His will, made Janu- ary 14, 1729, was probated November 16, 1739. He married Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Moss) Hitch- cock, born October 26, 1680, in New Haven.
Amos Peck, third son of Samuel Peck, was born January 29, 1713, in New Haven, where he made his home for many years, and was one of the founders of the Sec- ond or North Church of New Haven. He removed to Mt. Carmel, town of Hamden, Connecticut, where he was a deacon of the church, and died January 28, 1783. He married Elizabeth Leek, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Winston) Leek, of Hamden, Connecticut, granddaughter of Thomas Leek, and great-granddaughter of Philip Leek, who was born in 1611, in Dover, England, and was one of the first settlers of New Haven in 1638.
Joseph Peck, youngest child of Amos
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Peck, was born July 5, 1762, and lived in Hamden, where he died August 9, 1845. He married Olive Chatterton, daughter of Wait and Susanna (Dickerman) Chat- terton, of Hamden.
Zeri Peck, son of Joseph Peck, was born April 2, 1794, and died May 29, 1867. He was the owner of a large farm at Mt. Carmel, Hamden, Connecticut, and in addition was the owner of a blacksmith shop, which he conducted successfully for many years. He married Alma Warner, who passed away at the advanced age of over ninety years. They were the par- ents of Friend Joseph, of whom further.
Friend Joseph Peck, son of Zeri and Alma (Warner) Peck. was born in Ham- den, Connecticut, July 31, 1847, where he is now living in retirement, in the house built by his grandfather. He has always been a farmer, is a Democrat in politics, and a prominent man in the community, having served as a member of the Legis- lature, in 1911, and on the Board of Fi- nance. He followed the dairy business for some thirty-five years in all, but is now retired from active pursuits. He and his wife are members of the Congrega- tional church. He married Alice North- rup, who was born in Woodbridge, Con- necticut, a daughter of George and Laura (Truesdale) Northup, of that region. Mr. and Mrs. Peck are the parents of five children : Leon Friend, of whom further ; Florence M., who was educated at the private school of Miss Orton and Miss Nichols, in New Haven, and later at Bel- mont College, Nashville, Tennessee; Alice D., who was educated at the Normal School in New Haven; and two children who died in infancy. Miss Florence M. Peck is widely known as an educator, and is at present principal and proprietor of the Phelps School at Hillfield-Mount Carmel. Connecticut, where she teaches Latin, mathematics and French. This
modern girls' school provides special and advanced courses and a two year inter- mediate course for younger girls, and is very delightfully situated within a few minutes' ride of New Haven. Miss Alice D. Peck is also associated with this school.
Leon Friend Peck, son of Friend Jo- seph Peck, gained the preliminary portion of his education at Cheshire Military Academy, where he was prepared for col- lege, and from which he was graduated in 1892. He later entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, where he took an engineering course and graduated with the class of 1897 and the degree of Ph. B. He has specialized in civil engineering, and began his active career by taking a position with a civil engineer in Torrington, Connecticut. Here he remained for about a year and then, on September 1, 1898, went to Greenwich, Connecticut, with S. E. Minor, a civil engineer, who had a gen- eral private and municipal practice there. Young Mr. Peck became his chief assist- ant engineer. In October, 1909, he was elected superintendent of highways in Greenwich. In this capacity he made so great a success that he was invited to come to Hartford, Connecticut, as super- intendent of streets. Accepting this offer, he came to Hartford-on April 1, 1913, and has served in that capacity ever since, with the highest degree of efficiency and disinterestedness. He has been one of the most capable superintendent of streets that Hartford has ever had and has won an enviable reputation in the city. There are employed under him an average of three hundred and fifty men who are under the direct charge of foremen and inspectors to the number of nineteen, and the respon- sibility for the conduct of the entire com- plex department rests entirely upon Mr. Peck's shoulders. Mr. Peck has always
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retained a strong and active interest in the welfare of his fellow practitioners and in the profession-at-large. He is a mem- ber of the American Society of Civil En- gineers, the American Society of Engi- neering Contractors, of which he was a director for three years, the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, of which he is a director, and the American Interna- tionale Permanente des Congres de la Route. He is also affiliated with the American Society of Municipal Improve- ment and the University and City clubs of Hartford.
Leon Friend Peck married, October 27, 1904, at New Paltz, New York, Mary LeFevre, daughter of Peter and Rachel (Freer) LeFevre, of New Paltz. To Mr. and Mrs. Peck two children have been born, as follows: Miriam, August 6, 1906, and Carlton, July 12, 1909. Mrs. Peck is a member of the Congregational church.
Mr. Peck's life is an active one. He is typical of the energetic man of affairs, whose united labors have built up the structure of New England's industrial development. In him also, as in this type so characteristic of New England, this energy and industry is based upon a foundation of moral strength which ren- ders it doubly effective, with the power which forbearance always gives. His honor and integrity are unimpeachable, his sense of justice sure and his charity and tolerance broad and far-reaching. His successes are made permanent, founded, as they are, on the confidence of his associates, and he has built up for himself an enviable reputation among all classes of men. He possesses his full share of the domestic virtues, and his home life is harmonious and affectionate, so that it is in his relations with the mem- bers of his household that his chief hap- piness lies.
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MERWIN, George Jared,
Paper Manufacturer.
George Jared Merwin, of Rainbow, town of Windsor, Connecticut, president, general manager, and principal owner of the Merwin Paper Company, Incorpor- ated, is a papermaker by heredity as well as practice, for not only was his father connected with the paper making indus- try, but in the maternal line he is a de- scendant of papermakers. And in the pa- ternal line he is in direct descent from one of the earliest Colonial pioneers of Connecticut. He was born in Rainbow, Windsor, on February 2, 1869, the son of James J. and Mary A. (Hodge) Merwin.
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