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of 1846, Olive Barber, born March 5, 1825, died December 17, 1893, in Hart- ford. In 1846 he located in Newington, where he purchased a farm. Soon after he engaged in the insurance business in Hartford. For some years he lived at Newington Station, and moved to Hart- ford in April, 1875. Mr. Osborn and wife were members of the Newington Congre- gational Church, admitted July 4, 1858. He was a Republican in principle, and served as justice of the peace while New- ington was still a part of Wethersfield. An industrious and sagacious business man, he accumulated a competence.
Newton Osborn, son of Ruben Canfield and Oliva (Barber) Osborn, was born June 28, 1851, in Newington, Connecti- cut, and grew up in that town, attend- ing the local schools, afterward being a student at the Goldthwaite School in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and the Munson Academy at Munson, Massa- chusetts. At the age of sixteen years, he abandoned formal study to assist his father in the insurance business. In time, Newton Osborn became agent for Hartford county, representing various in- surance companies, and was accustomed to travel over the county every month, rain or shine, cold or hot, using a horse and buggy for transportation. He had an insurance office on Pearl street, Hartford, and for over thirty years pursued his travels. He resides in the house in which he was born, a building at one time used as a girls' seminary. Mr. Osborn has been active in the home life of his town, which he was elected to represent in the General Assembly in 1883, and again in 1887. He is independent in political mat- ters, with Republican preferences, and has been chosen to various positions of responsibility because of his well-known sagacity and probity. He served several years as selectman and also as town
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clerk. He is a member of the Congrega- tional Ecclesiastical Society of Newing- ton, and shares in such movements as appeal to him as being calculated to pro- mote progress and general welfare.
Mr. Osborn married, November 17, 1872, Mary Ann Clark, born August 24, 1848, daughter of Charles Wells and Mary Ann (Craw) Clark, of East Wind- sor. They are the parents of five chil- dren: I. Charles Ruben, born October 2, 1873, married Lena Bell Francis, of Newington. 2. Newell Clark, married Adelaide Canfield, of Newington. 3.
Sheldon, resides with his parents. 4. Caroline Isabel, wife of Walter J. Fish, of West Hartford. 5. Stuart Rae, mar- ried Beatrice Metcalf.
Mrs. Osborn's ancestry is traced to Ed- mund Clark, who came from England to Lynn, Massachusetts, about 1636. He was later in Sandwich, and about 1651 settled at Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he was a prominent citizen, hold- ing various important offices, and died February 26, 1667. His widow, Agnes, married Thomas Tenney, died February 23, 1682. Their son, Joseph Clark, born November 16, 1650, lived in Gloucester, where he died November 29, 1696. He married, March 27, 1682, Hannah Diggs, and their third son, Deacon John Clark, born March 6, 1692, settled in Windham, Connecticut, in 1719. He purchased a tract of land in that part of the town which is now Hampton, August 29, 1718, and continued to live upon it from the succeeding spring until his death, No- vember 19, 1782. He became deacon of the church there, August 17, 1737, con- tinuing until his death. He married, No- vember 17, 1718, Ruth Haskell, of Glou- cester, born December 28, 1673, died in July, 1776, daughter of John Haskell, granddaughter of William Haskell, the immigrant ancestor of a very numerous
family. He arrived in Massachusetts about 1637, with his brothers, Roger and Mark, and removed from Salem to Glou- cester in 1643. David Clark, fourth son of Deacon John Clark, was born July 14, 1724, in Hampton, lived in that town and Norwich, and probably removed about 1754 to East Windsor, Connecticut. He married, in Norwich, November 5, 1749, Jane Wightman, born September 3, 1726, in Norwich, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Wightman. They had three children recorded in Norwich, namely : Susanna, Daniel and David. Both these sons died in East Windsor and left num- erous descendants there. It is presum- able that Oliver Clark was also a mem- ber of this family. Captain Oliver Clark, born in 1765-66, probably in East Wind- sor, died in that town, April 8, 1840. He was a member of John Harmon's com- pany, Colonel Erastus Wolcott's regi- ment, and served from January to March, 1776, in the Colonial Revolutionary forces at Boston. His military title prob- ably arose from service in the militia. He married Azubah Barber, who was born 1772-73, and died March 25, 1843, in East Windsor, daughter of Noah and Sybil (Booth) Barber, who were married Octo- ber 28, 1761. Noah Barber served as ser- geant of a train band which went from Wapping in the town of Windsor on the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775. He was also sergeant of the Eleventh Com- pany, Nineteenth Regiment, Connecticut Militia. He was born in 1735, died March 13, 1822. His wife, Sybil, born in 1734, died August 16, 1815. Oliver and Azu- bah Clark were the parents of Charles Clark, born January, 1799, died Septem- ber 29, 1879. He married, February 2, 1818, Chloe Sadd, born September 6, 1792, died November 23, 1873, a descend- ant of a very old Windsor family. John Sadd, a tanner, came from Earl's Colne,
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County Essex, England, to Hartford, where he bought land in 1674. He died December 20, 1694. About 1690, he mar- ried Hepzibah, widow of John Pratt, and their eldest child, Thomas Sadd, born 1691, married Hannah Grant, and was the father of John Sadd, born November 28, 1734, married Content Elmore. They had Elijah Sadd, born March 3, 1766, married, November 8, 1786, Chloe Barber. Their second daughter, Chloe, became the wife of Charles Clark, as previously noted, and was the mother of Charles Wells Clark, born January 30, 1820, baptized June 25, 1832. His home was in Windsorville, and he died November 2, 1871, in West Hart- ford. He married, February II, 1847, Mary Ann Craw, and their eldest child, Mary Ann, born August 24, 1848, was married to Newton Osborn, as previously noted.
PERKINS, Clifford Delmar, Popular Hotel Proprietor.
The qualities which make for success are possessed in abundance in the char- acter of Clifford D. Perkins, one of the best known hotel men of Connecticut.
He was born at Colchester, Connecti- cut, July 14, 1866, son of Octavius Harri- son and Ellen (Niles) Perkins, grandson of Hezekiah and Elizabeth H. (Dodge) Perkins, and great-grandson of William and Rhoda (Davis) Perkins, members of an old distinguished Mansfield family. The elementary education of Mr. Per- kins was received in the schools of Titus- ville, Pennsylvania, and subsequently he was a student at the Bacon Academy of Colchester, Connecticut. After finishing his schooling, he was employed as a clerk in the wholesale store of J. B. Merrow & Sons Company, of Merrow, Connecti- cut. Previous to 1893, the year he en- gaged in the hotel business, he was iden-
tified with the silk industry, located suc- cessively at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Norfolk, Connecticut. It was in the latter city that he first made liis entrance in the business of hotel manager, and he was associated with E. C. Stevens, pro- prietor of the Stevens House of that city. Mr. Perkins possesses the qualities of the ideal hotel man, and his rise in this work has been a rapid one. From Norfolk he removed to New Haven, where he was connected with the management of the well-known Hotel Garde of that city. In New York City he was connected with the Grenoble, under the Lelan manage- ment. Hence removed to New London, Connecticut, where for four years he was manager of the Mohican Hotel, one of the handsomest and best equipped hotels in Connecticut, and numbered among its guests are many people of note and prom- inence throughout the country. Follow- ing the time he left the whaling city, he was in the South as manager of several of Florida's leading resorts. In the fall of 1904, he came to Hartford to accept the managership of the Highland Court Hotel upon request of the owner, G. W. Mer- row, who was a son of the merchant whom Mr. Perkins had first been em- ployed by. This hotel was successfully managed by him for many years, and attained high standing among the travel- ing public for the excellence of its service in every respect. He resigned in 1914 to become associated with the leading hotel of Hartford, "The Heublein," of which he became proprietor the following year and to which he has brought the same efficiency and satisfaction that has marked his entire career.
He is a popular and well-known citi- zen of the city of Hartford, and takes a keen interest in its civic affairs. He was nominated by his party to the office of State Senator from the Third District.
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He is a member of several clubs, among them the Hartford, Hartford Golf, Farm- ington Country and Republican. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, affiliated with Washington Commandery, Knights Templar, and the Sphinx Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Mr. Perkins married, in 1903, Gertrude Constant, daughter of Nelson J. Allen- der, of New London, Connecticut.
HOLLISTER, Norman Edward, Tobacco Grower.
A native and life-long resident of Glas- tonbury, where much of the best Connec- ticut tobacco is grown, Mr. Hollister is descended from a pioneer family of the town.
The founder of the family in America was John Hollister, who came to this country about 1642, probably from Wey- mouth, England, and was admitted a free- man by the General Court in Boston, May 10, 1643. Soon after he removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut, and rep- resented that town in the General Court at Hartford, November 15, 1644, and again in 1654 and 1656. He was lieuten- ant of the local militia company. His wife, Joanna, daughter of Hon. Richard Treat, died in October, 1694. Hon. Rich- ard Treat was a pioneer of Wethersfield, came of a good family and possessed a fine education; he was a most useful cit- izen in the pioneer days.
John Hollister, eldest son of John and Joanna (Treat) Hollister, was born about 1644, in Wethersfield, and became prom- inent in that part of the town which is now Glastonbury, where he died Novem- ber, 1711. He married, November 20, 1667, Sarah Goodrich, daughter of Wil- liam and Sarah (Marvin) Goodrich, born in 1632, and died in Glastonbury, in 1700. Sarah Marvin was daughter of Matthew
Marvin, born in 1600, came from London in 1635, in the ship "Increase," was one of the original proprietors of Hartford in 1638, and one of the grantees of Norwalk, and an original settler in 1653. He was a son of William Marvin, of Hegasset in Suffolk, England.
Thomas Hollister, son of John and Sarah (Goodrich) Hollister, was born January 14, 1672. He was a deacon of the church, a weaver by occupation, in Glastonbury. A house built by him there was still standing in 1882. He died in Glastonbury, October 12, 1741. He mar- ried Dorothy Hills, born about 1677, in Glastonbury, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hills, died October 5, 1741. She was a granddaughter of William Hills, who came in the ship "Lyon" to Boston in 1632, settled in Roxbury in 1635, removed to Hartford, where he died in 1683. He married Mary, widow of John Steele, and daughter of Andrew Warner, of Hadley, Massachusetts. Joseph Hills, son of William Hills, was baptized March 17, 1650, in Hartford, and died in Glas- tonbury, November 8, 1713. His wife's name was Elizabeth, and their eldest child Dorothy became the wife of Thomas Hollister.
Josiah Hollister, eldest child of Thomas and Dorothy (Hills) Hollister, born June 7, 1696, in Glastonbury, lived in that town, and was a landowner in Sharon, Connecticut, where he purchased, in 1742, for six hundred and fifty pounds, a full share in the town. He may have lived there later in life. He died January 3, 1749, and was buried in Glastonbury. He married, January 18, 1718, Martha Miller, born 1698, died July 12, 1777, daughter of William Miller.
Elijah Hollister, youngest child of Jo- siah and Martha (Miller) Hollister, born May, 1729, lived for a short time in Farm- ington, Connecticut, later removed to
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Glastonbury, which town he represented in the Legislature in 1775, 1776 and 1780. He died, January 10, 1785. In 1776 he was on a committee "to see that every able bodied man was provided with a good gun." He married, in Farmington, October 1, 1752, Mehitable Judd, born October 6, 1732, died in her twenty-sixth year, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Hollister) Judd, of Glastonbury. Sarah Hollister Judd, born January 6, 1699, was the eldest daughter of John and Abigail Hollister, granddaughter of John and Sarah (Goodrich) Hollister.
John Hollister, eldest child of Elijah and Mehitable (Judd) Hollister, was born February 2, 1756, in Farmington, and lived in Glastonbury, where he died Feb- ruary 27, 1835. He married, December 6, 1781, Mary, daughter of William Wells, of Glastonbury, born August 14, 1757, died April 2, 1838, surviving her husband more than three years.
Josiah Hollister, third son of John and Mary (Wells) Hollister, born February 21, 1790, in Glastonbury, lived in that town, and died January 28, 1857. He married, January 28, 1818, Rebecca, daughter of William Stevens, born in 1793, died April 7, 1826.
Horace Hollister, second son of Josiah and Rebecca (Stevens) Hollister, was born June 19, 1821, in Glastonbury, where he was a farmer, and died October 22, 1877. He married, January 1, 1844, Rhoda Strickland, born November 16, 1824, died March 30, 1884, daughter of Jared and Sarah Strickland. They had two sons: Norman Edward and Justin Kilbourn, and a daughter Mary, born August 14, 1853, died August, 1853.
Norman Edward Hollister, eldest child of Horace and Rhoda (Strickland) Hol- lister, was born April 28, 1845, in Glas- tonbury, where he has spent an active and useful life engaged in general agricul-
ture and growing of tobacco. His educa- tion was obtained in the public schools of his native town, and for many years he has occupied a farm on the east side of Main street, Glastonbury, and has been recognized among the most substantial citizens of the town. A Republican in politics, he has always sustained his prin- ciples, but has taken little part in the con- duct of public affairs. Mr. Hollister and family are members of the First Congre- gational Church of Glastonbury.
He was married in that town, October 19, 1870, to Charlotte Elizabeth Talcott, born January 4, 1852, in Glastonbury, daughter of Charles Henry and Cornelia Melinda (Bissell) Talcott, descendant of one of the oldest families in Connecticut. The name of Talcott is an old one in Eng- land, and members of the family removed from Warwickshire to County Essex. The coat-of-arms borne by the family is:
Argent, on a pale sable, three roses of the field.
Crest-A demi-griffin erased, argent, wings endorsed collared sable, charged with three roses of the first.
Motto-Virtus Sola Nobilitas.
John Talcott was living in Colchester, County Essex, England, before 1558, and died there, leaving a large estate. His first wife was a- Wells, and mother of John Talcott, who died early in 1604, before his father's death. He married Anne, daughter of William Skinner, of Braintree, County Essex, England, who survived him with their five children. He bequeathed his homestead in Braintree to his wife. Among his children was John Talcott, born in Braintree, the pioneer of the family in America. He embarked for New England, June 22, 1632, in the ship "Lion," settled first at Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, where he was admitted free- man, November 6, 1632, was deputy to
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the General Court in 1634-35-36, and selectman in the latter year. He was the fifth largest landowner in the town, and sold out in 1636 to remove with Rev. Thomas Hooker's company to Hartford, Connecticut, becoming one of the found- ers of that city. In the previous year he had sent Nicholas Clark, a carpenter, to build a house for him there. This stood on the site of the present North Baptist Church. He was a member of the com- mittee which sat with the first Court of Magistrates, 1637 to 1639; was deputy to the General Court from 1639 to 1652; assistant to the Governor from 1652 to 1660; treasurer of the colony from 1654 to 1660, and commissioner of the United Colonies from 1656 to 1658. He was called the "worshipful Mr. John Talcott." His wife, Dorothy, daughter of John and Alice (Harrington) Mott, of Wiston, County Suffolk, England, died in Febru- ary, 1670. They were the parents of Cap- tain Samuel Talcott, born 1634-35, prob- ably in Cambridge, graduated at Harvard College in 1658, and was admitted a free- man in 1662. He lived in Wethersfield, where he was commissioner from 1669 to 1684, secretary of the October session in the latter year. On May 16, 1676, he was appointed one of the committee to "order such measures as shall be necessary to attend to in any intervals of the General Court." In May, 1677, he was made lieu- tenant of the Wethersfield train band, and in October, two years later, lieuten- ant of the Hartford County Troop; two years subsequent was made captain of the Hartford County Troop, and commanded the company of dragoons sent out to Deerfield at the outbreak of King Wil- liam's War in 1670. From 1683 until his death, November 11, 1691, in Wethers- field, he was an assistant, except in the year 1688, during the Andros administra- tion. His estate was valued at £2,181 IS.
6d. He married, November 7, 1661, Han- nah Holyoke, daughter of Captain Elizur and Hannah (Pynchon) Holyoke, grand- daughter of William Pynchon, the founder of' Springfield, and of Edward Holyoke, who came from Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, and died at Springfield, May 4, I660. She died February 7, 1678, in Wethersfield. Captain Samuel Talcott gave to his sons land in Glastonbury, on which the son Benjamin built a house in 1699, which was fortified as a garrison house. This was on Main street and stood until 1851, when it was torn down. Deacon Benjamin Tolcott was born March 1, 1674, in Wethersfield, and died in Glastonbury, November 12, 1727. He married, January 5, 1699, Sarah Hollister, daughter of John and Sarah (Goodrich) Hollister, granddaughter of John Hollis- ter, the pioneer, previously mentioned. Their fourth son, Colonel Elizur Talcott, was born December 31, 1709, in Glaston- bury, resided on the homestead, where he was born, was a large land owner on the Susquehanna river. He became wealthy for his time, and died November 24, 1797. He married, December 31, 1730, Ruth Wright, daughter of Daniel and Ellen (Benton) Wright. Their seventh son, George Talcott, was born November 30, 1755, in Glastonbury, married there, Feb- ruary 9, 1786, Abigail Goodrich, born Au- gust 1, 1767, died June 22, 1854, daughter of John and Abigail (Deming) Goodrich. Her second son, Jared Goodrich Talcott, was born May 17, 1795, on the paternal homestead in Glastonbury, and married, at East Windsor Hill, November 18, 1818, Electa Bissell, born June 30, 1791, daugh- ter of Eli Bissell. Their son, Charles Henry Talcott, was born January 31, 1823, and was a soldier of the Civil War, commanding a company of the Connecti- cut Regiment. He married, January 8, 1851, Cornelia Melinda Bissell, and they
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were the parents of four children, the eld- est of whom is Charlotte Elizabeth, wife of Norman E. Hollister.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollister are the parents of the following children : Alfred Edwin, Horace Talcott, Addie Lavina, Abbie Virgina, Mary Welles, Charles Henry, Josiah Jared, Mabel Electa, Rhoda Cor- nelia, William Norman, Isadora Hawes, Benjamin Newton, Charlotte Elizabeth, and Dorothy Jeanette.
BULKELEY, Stephen, Pioneer Tobacco Grower.
A man of very high character, esteemed and respected by the entire town of Wethersfield, Mr. Bulkeley represented a long line of worthy ancestors, including a pioneer settler of Wethersfield. The line has been traced some generations in England and is descended from Robert Bulkeley, Esq., who was lord of the Manor of Bulkeley in the County Palen- tine, of Chester, in the reign of King John. Rev. Edward Bulkeley, D. D., of the ninth generation in descent from Robert Bulkeley, was a non-conformist minister of the gospel, and was the father of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, who was born January 31, 1583, at Woodhill, Bedfordshire, Eng- land, and died in Concord, Massachusetts, March 9, 1659. He was but sixteen years of age when he was admitted to St. John's College, Cambridge, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Di- vinity. He succeeded his father in the ministry and preached the non-conformist doctrine for twenty years. He was then silenced for his religious views and de- cided to emigrate. He came to this coun- try in 1635, in the ship "Susan and Ellen," with his sons, while his wife, in order bet- ter to deceive the government, sailed on another vessel. He arrived in Cambridge in 1636, and became the leader of those
Christians who penetrated further into the wilderness and formed the settlement of Concord, where he was installed, April 6, 1637, and spent the remainder of his life. He married (first) Jane, daughter of Thomas Allen, of Goldington, whose nephew was lord mayor of London. By this marriage there were ten sons and two daughters. He married (second) 1633, Lady Joyce, daughter of Lord Thomas Chetwood, who bore him three sons and a daughter.
Rev. Gershom Bulkeley, son of Rev. Peter and Lady Joyce (Chetwood) Bul- keley, was born at Concord, December 6, 1636, and died in Wethersfield, Decem- ber 2, 1713. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1655. In 1661 he lo- cated at New London as the second min- ister of the church at that town; removed to Wethersfield, probably in the spring of 1669, and was installed minister of the Wethersfield church. After ten years he was dismissed at his own request, as his health had become greatly impaired. He was deputy to the General Court, 1679, then devoted himself to the practice of medicine and surgery. In 1675 he had been appointed surgeon in several mili- tary expeditions, Mr. Stone acting as his substitute in the pulpit. He was wounded in the thigh in 1676 during an encounter with the Indians near Wachuset Hill, Massachusetts. He held high rank in the ministry, and as a physician was well versed in chemistry and philosophy, and was master of a number of languages. As a surveyor and magistrate he also did not- able service. About 1679 he became a landowner on the Glastonbury side of the river. He married, at Concord, October 6, 1659, Sarah Chauncy, born June 13, 1631, at Ware, England, admitted to the church at Cambridge, Massachusetts, December IO, 1656, died June 3, 1699, daughter of President Charles Chauncy, of Harvard
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College, and his wife, Catherine (Eyre) Chauncy, the latter named a daughter of Robert Eyre, a barrister of Wiltshire, England, and his wife, Agnes, daughter of John Still, Bishop of Bath and Wills. Charles Chauncy was the son of George and Hannah (Welsh) Chauncy, of New Place and Yardley Bury, Hertfordshire, England, baptized November 5, 1592, in the Yardley Bury church, died February 19, 1671.
Captain Edward Bulkeley, second son of Rev. Gershom Bulkeley and his wife, Sarah (Chauncy) Bulkeley, was born in 1672, settled in Wethersfield, where he died August 27, 1748. He was collector of taxes in that town in 1703, selectman in 1708, was admitted an attorney, at the County Court in June, 1711, and served as justice of the peace. He married, July 14, 1704, Dorothy Prescott, born March 31, 1681, in Concord, Massachusetts, died November 30, 1760, in Wethersfield, daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy Pres- cott.
Jonathan Bulkeley, fifth son of Cap- tain Edward (2) and Dorothy (Prescott) Bulkeley, was born September II, 1718, and died June 16, 1777. He married, No- vember 13, 1746, Abigail Williams, of Wethersfield, whose parentage cannot be discovered. Stephen Bulkeley, eldest son of Jonathan and Abigail (Williams) Bul- keley, was born December 19, 1749, was a captain of militia, and farmer in that part of Wethersfield which is now Rocky Hill. He operated a line of vessels to the West Indies, and was an extensive trader. He married Martha Marsh, born Novem- ber 10, 1751, in Wethersfield, died there April 26, 1804, daughter of John and Abigail (Bulkeley) Marsh. Stephen Bul- keley died May 6, 1813. Frederic Bul- keley, fourth son of Stephen and Martha (Marsh) Bulkeley, was born June 1, 1792, in Wethersfield, and made his home on
the east side of Broad street, Wethers- field, where he died September 28, 1850. He married, October 6, 1814, Nancy Riley, who was born July 12, 1792, died December 23, 1857, daughter of James and Esther (Goodrich) Riley.
Stephen Bulkeley, only son of Frederic and Nancy (Riley) Bulkeley, was born May 6, 1825, baptized August 28, follow- ing, in Wethersfield, where he spent a long and useful life. His educational op- portunities were limited, but he was a man of sound judgment, clear perceptions and was self-educated to a good degree. Industrious as a farmer, he prospered, and was among the first to introduce the culture of tobacco in Wethersfield, real- izing handsome returns from his crop. He also engaged largely in purchasing the product of other growers from New York dealers, and operated a packing house on his farm. Sagacious and upright, he enjoyed the confidence of the business world and of his neighbors. An Episco- palian, he was an active supporter of re- ligious services and interests, and was a warm friend of education, doing every- thing in his power to promote the pro- gress of free schools. Previous to the Civil War, he had been a Democrat in political principle, but the issues which brought on that struggle compelled him to aid in the organization and support of the Republican party. During the war, he was a member of the Board of Select- men, and the Board of Relief, and again in 1882-83. In 1883, he represented Wethersfield in the State Legislature, and continued its representative six years. Mr. Bulkeley was among the founders of the Connecticut Society of the Patriotic Order Sons of the American Revolution. He died June 21, 1891. He married, Jan- uary 23, 1850, Prudence May Warner, who was born February 5, 1827, in Weth- ersfield, and died there November 29,
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