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Mr. Jewell married Emily Alexander, of Winchester, New Hampshire, born February 12, 1801, died March 19, 1889. They were the parents of the following children; I. Harvey, born May 26, 1820. 2. Maria, born October 14, 1821, died in Paris, France, June 26, 1878. 3. Pliny, born September 1, 1823. 4. Marshall, born October 20, 1825, who became governor of Connecticut, and during President Grant's administration was minister to Russia. 5. Lyman B .. of further mention. 6. Emily, born November 6, 1829, died November 1, 1836. 7. Arthur, born August 1, 1834, died at Hartford, February 9, 1848. 8. Charlotte A., born September 20, 1836. 9. Edmund, born February 12, 1839, died February 19, 1841. 10. Charles A., born March 29, 1841.
Lyman Beecher Jewell, fifth child of
Pliny and Emily (Alexander) Jewell, was born August 29, 1827, in Winchester, New Hampshire, and died in Hartford, Con- necticut, November 20, 1917, at the great age of ninety years. His early education was received in the district schools of his native town, which he attended until sixteen years of age. He began his busi- ness career in Boston, under the tutelage of Washington Williams, of the firm of Hovey, Williams & Company. Mr. Williams was one of the most widely known commission merchants of his day, a man of keen business ability, from whom Mr. Jewell received valuable train- ing, of use to him throughout his entire business career. Mr. Jewell later became a partner of the firm of Stanfield, Went- worth & Company, a firm which grew to be of importance, carrying on their business in Boston, New York and Chica- go. They were the recipients of the pro- duct of many of the largest textile mills in the country. Soon after this partner- ship was formed, Mr. Jewell took up his residence in New York as manager of that end of the business, continuing until the great Boston fire dissolved the part- nership. He came to Hartford in 1873, where he became a member of the firm of P. Jewell & Sons, a business founded by his father and known to-day as the Jewell Belting Company. Subsequently he was elected vice-president of the com- pany, and upon the death of his elder brother in 1911, was made president.
Mr. Jewell was a remarkable man in a great many respects. His faculty for retaining the results of his extensive study and research never failed him. His love for literature gave him. many a pleasant hour, and after his retirement from active business, he spent hours en- gaged in pursuing the works of his favor- ite authors. His especial delight was
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poetry, and he was thoroughly versed in all the works of the leading poets. Eng- lish literature, too, claimed a great deal of his attention. The works of French authors and kindred subjects interested him, and never throughout his entire life did he lose his interest in the language. His knowledge of that masterpiece of literature, the Bible, was perhaps as great if not greater than any other man, for he spent hours reading and retaining the passages which he read. As one would naturally expect from a lover of poetry, Mr. Jewell was equally a lover of music, being educated in all the intricate phases of it, thus enabling him to enjoy it to the highest degree, and his knowledge of art and painting was equal to that of poetry. Mr. Jewell was one of the best known sportsmen of the country. Shoot- ing and fishing were his particular delight, and six months of every year were spent by him in following these sports. The current events of the day were always closely followed by him. He was a student of political economy, not only of this, his native land, but also of the for- eign nations as well. Fortunate indeed was the friend or acquaintance who had an opportunity to sit and listen to Mr. Jewell discourse on these matters, es- pecially in these latter days, since the whole world has awakened to a keener realization. It is but natural that a man of Mr. Jewell's mental endowments and capabilities should number among his in- timate friends such men as Ex-President Arthur, Cornelius Bliss, Amos R. Eno, and many other leading men of the day. As a matter of fact his acquaintance with men of national repute extended through- out his life.
Mr. Jewell married, in 1858, in Boston, Charlotte, eldest daughter of Washington Williams, previously mentioned. Mrs. Jewell died in Hartford, in 1902.
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DUNNING, Stewart Northrop,
Lawyer.
Of Connecticut family, identified with the life of various communities for a number of generations, Stewart Northrop Dunning, of Hartford, brought to his profession inherited professional and busi- less traits. He is a son of Dr. William Burr Dunning, grandson of Herman Dun- ning, and great-grandson of Michael Dun- ning, of Brookfield, Fairfield county, a community in which he was well known and highly respected. Herman Dunning grew to manhood in Fairfield county, but becoming acquainted with the advantages Peekskill, New York, offered though hav- ing a brother-in-law, Dr. Philander Stewart, practicing there, he chose that city as a business location. He was prof- itably engaged in the furniture business in Peekskill for many years and there re- sided until death. He married Flora Northrop, who survived him, living to the great age of ninety-five.
Dr. William Burr Dunning, born in Peekskill, New York, December 22, 1843, died at Lebanon, New Jersey, in the sum- mer of 1888. He prepared in Peekskill schools, entered Yale University, whence he was graduated class of 1863, decided upon the profession of medicine, entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now the medical department of Colum- bia University), whence he was gradu- ated M. D. He then spent two years as house surgeon at Bellevue Hospital, New York, after which he began private prac- tice in his native Peekskill, in association with his uncle, Dr. Philander Stewart. In 1877 he located in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, and there practiced very suc- cessfully until his own health failed in 1885.
Dr. Dunning married, February 19, 1872, Emma Adelaide Bancroft, born at
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Enfield, Connecticut, in 1845, daughter of Caleb Jones and Chloe (Wolcott) Ban- croft, her father a descendant of John Bancroft, who came from London, Eng- land, June 12, 1632, and settled at Lynn, Massachusetts.
Stewart Northrop Dunning was born at Peekskill, New York, December 7, 1876. He was brought by his parents to Hartford when but six months of age, and that city has continued his home to the present time. He was educated in the public schools of Hartford, Denver, Colo- rado, and Windsor, Connecticut, complet- ing his studies in Hartford High School at the age of sixteen. At that age he secured a position in one of the large insurance offices of Hartford, where he remained for four years. During this time he sup- plemented his education by evening study in various academic subjects and came to a definite determination to make the law his profession and career in life. With this end in view he entered, at the age of twenty, the law offices of Harrison B. Freeman, continuing his studies until 1903, when he was admitted to the Con- necticut bar .. Since that time, Mr. Dun- ning has practiced his profession in Hart- ford and has won enviable reputation as an attorney of ability, counted as one of the leaders of the Hartford bar. To natural talent Mr. Dunning has added habits of energy which, combined with ambition, has won him success. He is emphatically a worker and there are no blank periods in his life.
Mr. Dunning, besides his professional practice has large business interests and is connected in an official capacity with several important concerns. He is a di- rector of the City Bank & Trust Com- pany, the Northern Connecticut Light & Power Company, the Thompsonville Water Company, the Atlas Sand, Gravel & Stone Company of Farmington, the
Northern Engineering Company, the En- field Construction Company and the In- surance and Title Guarantee Company of Hartford. While in no sense of the word a politician, Mr. Dunning is keenly in- terested in public affairs and is a Repub- lican in politics. He served for five years on the Common Council and Board of Aldermen of Hartford and has been chair- man of the Town Plan Commission and member of the Republican Town Com- mittee and various other public bodies in West Hartford. He is also a prominent figure in the club life of the city, is a member of Wyllys Lodge, No. 99, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of West Hart- ford, but outside of his profession he finds his greatest pleasure in his home. He has a small farm in West Hartford. The family attend the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Hartford.
Mr. Dunning married, January 25, 1905, Hazel C. Case, of Windsor. They are the parents of John Stewart, born March 9, 1906; Harrison Freeman, born August 12, 1908; Richard Bancroft, born May 21, 1910; Dorothea, born August 14, 1913; Hazel, born December 9, 1914; Diana, born April 9, 1916.
BELDEN, Charles Rockwell, Business Man, Public Official.
Charles Rockwell Belden was one of the most prominent and successful men of his day in his native city of Hartford, Connecticut, where he was born January 24, 1850, and died March 18, 1902.
The first English ancestor of the family of whom there is record was Walter Bayl- don, who married a daughter of Thomas Gargrave, and their son, John Bayldon, married (second) October 15, 1515, Mary Copely, daughter of Edward Copely, of Doncaster, Yorkshire. He died Decem- ber 22, 1526. George Baildon, their third
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son, was born about 1520. He was a resident of Methley in 1567 and of Hard- wick in 1574. He died in 1588, and was buried at Kippax. He married Anne, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Pigot) Folkingham, of Leeds, and widow
of James Standish, of Killingholme, in the County of Lincoln. She was buried at Leeds, December 17, 1577. Sir Francis Baildon, their son, was born in 1560. He was knighted at the coronation of James I. He married (second) Margaret, daugh- ter of Richard Goodrick, of Ripston. She was buried September 22, 1598. Sir Francis died in 1623.
Richard Baildon, son of Sir Francis Baildon, was baptized at Kippax, May 26, 1591. He emigrated to America with his sons, his wife having died in England, and came to Wethersfield when about forty- eight or fifty years of age, in 1641. He accumulated considerable real estate which was bequeathed to his sons upon his death, which occurred in 1655. He was a man of keen financial ability and possessed of a high degree of moral and intellectual force which has been apparent among his descendants throughout the centuries. In 1646 he was appointed town cow-keeper, whose duties were to look after the settlers' cattle pastured in the town pasture.
John Belden, youngest son of Richard Baildon, was born about 1631, and ac- companied his father to America. He was made a freeman in Wethersfield in 1657. That same year he enlisted under Captain John Mason. He was very active in town affairs. He left an estate valued at nine hundred and eleven pounds at his death, June 27, 1677. He married, April 24, 1657, Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Susanna Standish.
Samuel Belden, son of John Belden, was born January 3, 1665, and died De- cember 27, 1738. He married, January
14, 1685, Hannah, daughter of Richard Handy, and granddaughter of John Elder- kin, a first settler of Norwich. She died January 20, 1742.
Samuel (2) Belden, son of Samuel (1) Belden, was born in 1689, and died July 31, 1771. He married, April 10, 1712, Mary Spencer, of Haddam, Connecticut, who died October 28, 1751, at the age of sixty years.
Samuel (3) Belden, son of Samuel (2) and Mary (Spencer) Belden, was born April 26, 1713, and lived in Stepney parish. He died January 10, 1789. His wife, Elizabeth Belden, died February 23, 1775.
Seth Belden, son of Samuel (3) Belden, was born August 7, 1747, and was killed August 27, 1776, at the battle of Long Island, in which he participated as a private in Colonel Huntington's regi- ment. He married, April 16, 1772, in Wethersfield, for his second wife, Chris- tian Dickinson, who was born Novem- ber 29, 1755, and died August 9, 1844, at the age of eighty-nine years, daughter of Obediah and Mary (Collins) Dickin- son, of Wethersfield. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Belden removed with her children to Middletown Upper Houses, now Cromwell.
Seth (2) Belden, son of Seth (I) and Christian (Dickinson) Belden, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut. After his father's death he went with his mother and the other children to Cromwell to live, and remained there until he removed to Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Belden engaged in the paving stone business and general contracting and was very success- ful in his line of work. He married Abigail Sophia, daughter of Steadman.
Charles Rockwell Belden, son of Seth (2) and Abigail Sophia (Steadman) Belden, attended the public schools of Hartford, which are widely known for
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their superior educational facilities. Soon after completing his studies he engaged in the tailoring business, continuing for a short time, resigning from that to enter the firm of his father which was incorpo- rated under the firm name of Seth Belden & Sons Company, another brother, James, also being a partner in the firm. After the death of his father, Mr. Belden with his brother continued to carry on the business. During the two years spent in this business, Mr. Belden was all the time storing up the knowledge of mercan- tile life and preparing himself for a suc- cessful business career. His next posi- tion was with the Newton & Hills Com- pany, coal dealers, as a clerk in their of- fice. Soon after, in 1882, together with Mr. Hills of the firm, the Hartford Coal Company was organized, of which Mr. Belden was made president and Mr. Hills, secretary and treasurer. Later Mr. Belden was elected to the offices of both president and treasurer, which he held until his death. Under the able management of the officials of the firm, the Hartford Coal Company soon grew to large proportions, conducting an extensive business in Hart- ford and vicinity. During his entire busi- ness life Mr. Belden displayed to a mark- ed degree the talents which were apparent in his early ancestors for organizing and managing financial ventures. He was conservative in his dealings, yet progres- sive, which combined qualities mark the true business man.
In spite of his activities in the business world, Mr. Belden found time to take a keen interest in the civic matters of his native city, and was an earnest student of the political warfare being waged at that time. He was a staunch adherent of the Republican party and its principles and it was only natural that his fellow citizens should recognize his worth as a public official. Having been born and
reared in the city, the personal success of Mr. Belden was certain and the only difficulty lay in persuading him to over- come his aversion to publicity. He was nominated by his party to the Court of the Common Council of Hartford, and elected from the Third Ward, which district he ably represented in the term of 1875, justifying the expectations of his constituents. However, Mr. Belden could not be again prevailed upon to accept a candidacy for public office, but was influential and helpful in the local councils in his role as a private citizen.
Possessed of broad sympathies and a personality which quickly won him true and lasting friends, Mr. Belden was very prominent in the social and club life of Hartford. He was a member of St. John's Lodge No. 4, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Hartford; B. H. Webb Council, Royal Arcanum; Hartford Council, Improved Order of Heptasophs ; and Sicaogg Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men.
On May 28, 1868, Mr. Belden was mar- ried to Mary E. Sill, a daughter of Micah and Adelaide (Rapael) Sill, of Hartford. Mr. and Mrs. Belden were the parents of three children : I. Frederick Seth, born in Hartford, May 29, 1869; he was gradu- ated from the Hartford High School, and then entered the employ of H. H. Whit- man, a dry goods merchant. He was later employed by the Jewell Belting Company, remaining there for eight years, at which time he resigned to be- come associated with his father in the firm of the Hartford Coal Company, hold- ing the office of assistant secretary ; since the death of his father, in 1902, he has been president of the firm; in 1914, Mr. Belden bought the oldest coal yard in Springfield, Massachusetts, which he re- organized under the name of the May- nard Coal Company, Maynard being the
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name of the former owner. Mr. Belden is also president and treasurer of this coal company, conducting a wholesale and retail business ; Mr. Belden is affiliat- ed with the same Masonic Lodge as his father was, St. John's Lodge, No. 4, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Hartford; the Wolcott Council, Royal Arch Masons; the Hartford, Hart- ford Golf, Farmington Country, East Haddam Fish & Game and The Twen- tieth Century clubs; he is also a mem- ber of the Hartford Employer's Asso- ciation; an adherent of the Republican party, but in no sense of the word a politician ; Mr. Belden married Sydney B., daughter of Stephen Hanson, of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, and they have two children, Kathleen and Ruth. 2. Caroline, became the wife of James E. Brooks, and they are residents of Orange, New Jersey. 3. Louise M., became the wife of William C. Hill, residing in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
ULRICH, George, Banker, Public Official.
A descendant of an old and honorable family, who have furnished many emi- nent men to different nations, George Ulrich, was born in New York, August 13, 1856, the youngest son of Conrad and Margaret (Viel) Ulrich. The Ulrich family is of very acient origin. One branch of this family settled in Bale, Switzerland, and another in Alsace, France. The founder and defender of the fainous Chateau St. Ulrich, General Ul- rich, who defended Strassburg against the Germans in 1870, belonged to the Alsatian branch, and the present com- mander of the Swiss Army (1917) is a descendant of the Bale branch. The coat-of-arms of the Ulrich family was granted in 873 A. D., and is as follows:
Argent and or, in chief a vulture proper in the attitude of the heraldic eagle, wings inverted, in base palletts sable each charged in chief by a trefoil vert. Crest: The Vulture mantling or and sable. Motto: Per Fesse.
Conrad Ulrich came from Cassel in 1851. The city is one of the handsomest in Germany, and is noted for the manu- facture of mathematical and physical in- struments. Mr. Ulrich followed his trade as instrument and tool maker for many years. He married Margaret Viel, daughter of the Rev. Peter Viel, and ganddaughter of Pastor Stamm. They were the parents of five sons and two daughters.
George Ulrich, the youngest son of Conrad and Margaret (Viel) Ulrich, was born in New York, August 13, 1856. When a boy he removed to Hartford with his parents. After passing through the various grade schools, he took a special course at Bonn, where he re- ceived his degree of B. A. Afterwards he entered the banking business, which has been practically his life's vocation. Mr. Ulrich, accompanied by his wife, spent three years in foreign travel and visited practically every country on the Globe. After spending two more years in this manner, they made an exten- sive tour of their own country. Mr. Ulrich then returned to business life, with the broadminded vision and experience travel alone can give. In 1912 he was appointed vice-president of the newly formed American Industrial Bank & Trust Company, an office he is now ably filling. In political affiliations Mr. Ul- rich is a Democrat, and has for many years been active in the party and in- fluential in its councils. For years he served as selectman of the town of Hart- ford, and was for twelve years a mem- ber of the Board of Fire Commissioners, a member of both branches of the City
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Council for several terms. In 1916 Mr. Ulrich was the candidate of his party for state treasurer. He is chairman of the Democratic Town Committee, a wise and efficient leader. He has always taken a deep interest in fraternity work and Ulrich Camp, Modern Woodmen of America, the largest camp of the order in New England, is so named in his honor. He is past chancellor commander of Cres- cent Lodge, Knights of Pythias, past great sachem of Sicagogue Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men; member of Hartford Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; member of Lafayette Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Pythagoras Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and Wolcott Council, Royal and Select Masters. He is a member of the Hartford Club, the Hartford Chamber of Commerce. For four years he has been a trustee of the American School for Boys, and is its present treasurer.
Mr. Ulrich married Alice C., daughter of Palmer Smith. They are the parents of a daughter, Dorothy Livingston Ul- rich.
Mr. Ulrich is a member of the old South Congregational Church of Hart- ford. His summer home, located at Little Harbor Island, at New Castle by the Sea, is one of the historic spots about Portsmouth Harbor.
CAMP, Jonathan,
Manufacturer.
Among the self-made men of Hartford, Mr. Camp has attained at a comparatively early age a prominent position among his contemporaries, and has justified the promise of a long line of worthy an- cestory. He is descended from John Camp, Sr., who resided at Nazing, Essex, England, seventeen miles from London, near the river Lea, and died in 1630.
His will, made May 21, was proved June II, 1630, and in this he devised three pounds to his son, Nicholas. He married, in 1573, Mary, whose surname is not of record.
Their third son was Nicholas Camp, called younger in England and senior in America, born 1597. In his time there were several Nicholas Camps in and about Nazing, and he was called the younger to distinguish him from a cousin, who was somewhat older. In the section where he lived in America he was the senior, and that was naturally his title. In 1638 he came from Nazing to this country, lived for a time at Water- town, Massachusetts, subsequently at Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1639 was at Guilford, Connecticut, and as early as 1646 had a house lot of six acres, two other parcels, and one right in the town- ship of Milford, Connecticut. His name appears on the list of free planters of that town, dated November 20, 1639, and he joined the church there with his wife Sarah, November 2, 1643. His wife Sarah, who accompanied him from England, died September 6, 1645, the first adult buried in the town of Milford. Her grave was made in the garden of her pastor, Rev. P. Prudden. Nicholas Camp mar- ried (second) Edith, widow of John Tilley, of Windsor, Connecticut. The date of his death is unknown.
His son, Nicholas, (2) Camp, born in April, 1627, in Nazing, was a prominent citizen of Milford, which town he rep- resented in the General Assembly in 1670- 71-72. He was taxed on property valued at £ 199, in 1686, conducted a store at the west end, and was accepted an inhabit- ant of Derby, Connecticut, where he re- ceived a grant of land in May, 1673, but did not reside there. He died at Milford, June 10, 1706. He married, July 14, 1652,
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Catherine, widow of Anthony Thompson, of New Haven.
They were the parents of Samuel Camp, who was born September 15, 1655, in Milford, where he purchased land, April 14, 1686. He was one of the first settlers of Durham, Connecticut, where he located in 1708. He married, Novem- ber 13, 1672, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Betts, of Milford, born Novem- ber 12, 1652, in Guilford. Thomas Betts, born in 1618, in England, was in Guilford, in 1650, in Milford, 1658, in Norwalk, 1664, and died in the latter town in 1688. Hannah, wife of Samuel Camp, was liv- ing in 1688.
The eldest child of Samuel and Hannah (Betts) Camp was Samuel Camp, born May 10, 1675, in Milford, died March 13, 1744, and was buried in the old grave- yard at Milford. He married, May 28, 1695, Rebecca Canfield, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Atkinson) Can- field, of Milford and Durham, grand- daughter of Thomas and Phebe (Crane) Canfield. She probably lived but a short time, as another record shows that he married, January 16, 1699, Mary Bald- win, baptized November 26, 1684, in Mil- ford, died October 29, after 1730, daugh- ter of Timothy (2) and Mary Baldwin, granddaughter of Timothy (1) and Mary Baldwin.
Their second son was Captain Jonathan Camp, born December 17, 1702, and was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, at Nor- walk. His wife's baptismal name was Ann.
They were the parents of Jonathan Camp, born May 17, 1735, died November 9, 1807. He married, in 1759, Mary Bur- well, born April 17, 1734, died January 25, 1812.
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