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(The Perry Line).
This ancient name signifies dweller by a pear tree, and is also said to be derived from the personal name Pierre, and thence to mean a stony place.
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(I) Richard Perry, founder of the fam- ily in America, came from England, in 1637, and settled in New Haven. In 1649 he received a grant of land in Fairfield county, where many of his descendants have remained. He was a member of the legal profession, and is mentioned in rec- ords of New Haven as "Secretarie of the Court of New Haven."
(II) Thaddeus Perry, a descendant of Richard Perry, was born in Fairfield, and all his life followed the calling of a weaver. He is said to have woven the first piece of cotton cloth made in Con- necticut. He married Grace Buckley, daughter of Nathan Buckley.
(III) Mary Perry, daughter of Thad- deus and Grace (Buckley) Perry, became the wife of Elias (2) Bennett, as stated above. (See Bennett VII).
MILLER, David H.,
Business Man, Public Official, Soldier.
President and treasurer of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, and representative of his home town, Red- ding, in the General Assembly. In these two spheres of action Mr. Miller achieved merited distinction, and to them he added a record of honorable military service during the Civil War. Despite the fact that some years have elapsed since his decease, his memory is still vividly fresh in the minds of his fellow-citizens of Fairfield county and the State of Con- necticut.
The name of Miller is a very old one of English origin, its meaning, corn-grinder, indicating its derivation from mill and placing it among the very numerous pat- ronymics whose origins are traced to va- rious occupations and callings.
John H. Miller, father of David H. Miller, was born in London, England, and was always connected with the Eng-
lish army, being at one time captain of a company stationed in the West Indies. He married Sarah Nevill, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Pulbrook) Nevill, and they were the parents of two sons: John H .; and David H., mentioned below.
John H. Miller, Jr., was born in Lon- don, and early in life came to the United States, where he engaged in the manu- facture of showcases in New York City. Later he was among those who went to California in quest of gold, and was a delegate from that State to the na- tional convention at which John C. Fre- mont was nominated for the presidency. Mr. Miller spoke many languages, and at one time was editor of one of the Sacra- mento papers. He visited various coun- tries and died in Buenos Ayres, South America.
David H. Miller, son of John H. and Sarah (Nevill) Miller, was born August 12, 1831, in London, England, where he attended private schools until his twelfth year. His father died while he was still 'a child, and on leaving school he found employment in his stepfather's office. By attending night school he learned bank- ing, and at the age of fourteen years came to the United States with D. M. Peyser, becoming cashier in Peyser's store, and afterward engaging in the man- ufacture of showcases. In 1851 Mr. Mil- ler returned to England and was em- ployed by his stepfather in the curled hair business. In 1852 he came once more to the United States and established in New York City a factory for carrying on the business. In 1853 he entered the service of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company in the capacity of bookkeeper, and in the course of time transferred his New York business to Georgetown, Con- necticut, which thenceforth became his home.
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Before many years had elapsed Mr. Miller's business career which had opened so auspiciously suffered an interruption. In 1861 the Civil War broke out and he was among those of the Gilbert & Ben- nett men who answered the call to the colors. Prior to this he had belonged to the Eighth Regiment, New York Wash- ington Grays. In the Union army he served over a year, winning honors, and the rank of major in the Twenty-third Connecticut Volunteer Infantry.
On returning to his place in the Gil- bert & Bennett force, Mr. Miller resumed that course of steady advancement which was destined to lead to the highest office in the gift of the company. From book- keeper he was advanced to a director- ship, being then made secretary and later vice-president. In 1906 he succeeded to the presidency, an office which he re- tained to the close of his life.
In politics Mr. Miller was a staunch Republican, helping to organize, during the Fremont campaign, the first Repub- lican club of Georgetown. He was a staff officer of the Putnam Phalanx of Hart- ford, which was organized in 1858. For many years he was active in the political life of his community, holding the offices of justice of the peace and notary public, and serving as secretary and treasurer of his school district. He was vice-presi- dent of the Fairfield County National Bank. In 1881 Mr. Miller was elected to represent Fairfield county in the General Assembly, and served one term with ยท credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. His scrupulous fidelity to every duty and his unceasing vigilance in protecting and maintaining the rights of his fellow-citizens entitled him to the re- spect and gratitude of those whom he represented. As a veteran of the Civil War, Mr. Miller held membership in James E. Moore Post, No. 18, Grand
Army of the Republic, of Danbury, and he also belonged to the Army and Navy Club. He affiliated with Ark Lodge, No. 39, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, in which for many years he served as secretary. He also affiliated with Cru- sader Commandery, Knights Templar ; and Pyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeport. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr. Miller married Catherine Welling, who was born in 1833, in Dublin, Ireland, and their children were: I. Samuel J., a sketch of whom follows. 2. Mary C., married Joseph A. Gray, a prominent law- yer of Norwalk, and has eight children. 3. David Henry, a vice-president of the Gil- bert & Bennett Manufacturing Company. (See sketch on following pages.) 4. Catherine W. 5. Louis P., a biography of whom follows. 6. Charles J., first vice- president of the company; entered the offices of the concern in 1882 and now has direct charge of the Wireton Mills, the Chicago office and the Kansas City branch-thirty-eight years with the com- pany. 7. Julius W., machinery manufac- turer in South Norwalk. 8. Sarah F., graduate of South Norwalk High School (valedictorian of her class), also of the State Normal School. 9. Bessie E., grad- uate of South Norwalk High School (val- edictorian of her class) and the State Normal School.
On April 5, 1915, David H. Miller died "full of years and of honors." His ca- reer was varied and eventful, the career of a man able, energetic, abounding in in- itiative, and not without a dash of the spirit of adventure which animated his brilliant but somewhat erratic brother. Both as soldier and citizen, David H. Miller was true to high ideals, and the record of his sixty-two years with the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Com- pany is from first to last a story of honor.
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MILLER, Samuel J., Manufacturer.
When a man's name is familiar not only to his home community, but also to numbers of his fellow-citizens in different parts of the United States, he stands in no need of an introduction from his bi- ographer. This is true of Mr. Miller as the present president of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, and among his friends and neighbors of Georgetown he holds the place of a highly esteemed citizen.
Samuel J. Miller was born November 18, 1856, a son of David H. and Cather- ine (Welling) Miller (q. v.). He re- ceived a common school education, and in 1869 entered the service of the firm of Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Com- pany in the capacity of office boy. Be- ginning at the bottom of the ladder, Mr. Miller learned the wire business, as the saying is, "from the ground up." Surely and steadily he advanced, filling succes- sively the offices of assistant superintend- ent, director, general superintendent, sec- retary, vice-president and general man- ager. In 1915 he succeeded his father in the presidency of the company, retaining the position of general manager. The subsequent history of the organization has proved that, with the executive abil- ities of which he has so long shown him- self possessed, he combines unusual tal- ents for leadership. He is a director of the Fairfield County National Bank, of Norwalk.
Mr. Miller married, January 15, 1879, Esther A. Cannon, daughter of Charles Cannon, of Cannondale,' in the town of Wilton, and they are the parents of two children : Mary Catherine, born August 15, 1880, wife of Louis R. Ambler, of Cannondale ; and D. Henry, whose biog- raphy follows in the work. Mr. and Mrs. commission in the sales department. He
Miller are members of the Protestant Episcopal church, of Wilton.
The almost lifelong connection of Sam- uel J. Miller with the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, a period of fifty-one years, furnishes strong evidence of the value of concentration of energy and persistent, high-minded adherence to one line of endeavor. Moreover, he has always been public-spirited, as he showed by serving five years as regimental clerk to the Connecticut National Guard. He is an all-round man.
MILLER, David Henry, Manufacturer.
More than a third of Mr. Miller's life has been spent in the service of the Gil- bert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, of which he is now sales manager and third vice-president. During all this time he has been active as a citizen, taking a leading part in all that concerned the wel- fare of Georgetown and its vicinity.
David Henry Miller was born March 10, 1861, a son of the late David H. and Catherine (Welling) Miller (q. v.). Da- vid Henry Miller was educated in public schools, and then, moved no doubt by the adventurous spirit of his race, sought the freer life of the Western country, so- journing in Kansas, Oklahoma and Ari- zona, spending six years on cattle ranches, and during a portion of that time being engaged in the cattle business for him- self. In 1882 Mr. Miller turned his face homeward and became a resident of South Norwalk, Connecticut, where he has since lived. For many years he was engaged in the oyster business. About 1897 Mr. Miller became identified witli the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, becoming a member of the sell- ing force, and later holding a special
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also became a member of the board of directors. He has now for some years filled his present dual office of manager of the sales department and third vice- president. He is a director of the South Norwalk Trust Company.
The responsibilities of Mr. Miller as a business man are not allowed to inter- fere with his activities as a citizen. He belongs to the Old Well Hook and Lad- der Fire Company, and during the recent World War served as a member of the executive committee in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives in South Norwalk, also acting as chairman of the Red Cross chapter in that city, and a member of the fuel committee, Norwalk, Connecticut. He is president of the Norwalk Country Club, and vice-president of the South Norwalk Club. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Congregational church, of South Norwalk.
Mr. Miller married, January 15, 1896, Josephine L. Getler, whose family was originally of Yonkers, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of two daughters: Pauline L., born July 16, 1897, now the wife of John H. Mullekin ; and Josephine G. Mrs. Miller takes an active part in church work.
The early portion of Mr. Miller's ca- reer was spent in stock-raising in the Far West, and he has now for many years been numbered among the successful bus- iness men of his native State.
MILLER, Louis P., Manufacturer.
Superintendent of the plant of the Gil- bert & Bennett Manufacturing Company, and during the long space of forty-one years identified with that nationally know corporation. This, in brief, is the story of Mr. Miller's business career and is known to many, while his record as a
good and useful citizen is equally famil- iar to his friends and neighbors of Georgetown.
Louis P. Miller was born April 10, 1865, in Georgetown, Connecticut, and is a son of the late David H. and Catherine (Welling) Miller. His education was re- ceived in the village school, and in 1879 he entered the service of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company. From the outset he gave evidence of being en- dowed with a full measure of the busi- ness ability characteristic of his family, and by his own efforts worked his way up, steadily advancing from one position of responsibility to another until reach- ing his present office of superintendent, which he has now held for a number of years. In Masonic and fraternal circles Mr. Miller is well known and influential. He affiliates with Ark Lodge, No. 39, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Georgetown ; Crusader Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar ; Pyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeport; the Lafay- ette Consistory of Bridgeport, thirty- second degree Mason ; and Pilgrim Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Ridgefield.
Mr. Miller married Carrie Kennel, daughter of Jacob Kennel, of New York City.
For more than four decades Louis P. Miller has given the best that was in him to the promotion of the interests of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Com- pany, and by his able, energetic and un- wearied efforts he has been largely and potentially instrumental in its develop- ment and upbuilding.
MILLER, D. Henry,
Manufacturer.
Among the most aggressive of George- town's business men of the younger gen-
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eration is the citizen whose name stands at the head of this article. Mr. Miller is known in business circles as the assist- ant superintendent and secretary of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Com- pany, and is active in the club life and fraternal affairs of his community.
D. Henry Miller was born April 5, 1884, in Georgetown, a son of Samuel J. and Esther A. (Cannon) Miller (q. v.). His early education was received in local pub- lic schools, and he was prepared for col- lege in King's School, Stamford, and in 1904 graduated from the Sheffield Scien- tific School with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. His specialty was elec- trical engineering. After graduating, Mr. Miller began his business life by asso- ciating himself with the Gilbert & Ben- nett Manufacturing Company, of which his grandfather was then vice-president and treasurer, and with which his father had long been officially connected. It soon appeared that he had inherited no small measure of their ability, and he is now assistant superintendent and secre- tary of the company.
The fraternal affiliations of Mr. Miller include membership in Ark Lodge, No. 39, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; Butler Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, of Norwalk; and Pyramid Temple, Mys- tic shrine, of Bridgeport, also the Sigma Psi fraternity of the Sheffield Scientific School. His clubs are the Yale, of New York, the Norwalk, South Norwalk, and the Westport Country. He and his wife are members of St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Miller served for about ten years as treasurer and in which he is now junior warden.
Mr. Miller married, September 23, 1911, Mary Frances Raymond, whose ancestral record is appended to this biography, and they are the parents of four children :
Samuel J. (2), born November 5, 1913; Esther Denman, born August 26, 1915; Mary Louise, born June 23, 1917; and Raymond Cannon, born October 23, 1919.
For many years the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Company has been repre- sented by members of the Miller family, and D. Henry Miller, as a representative of the third generation, worthily holds his place in the line.
(The Raymond Line).
The name of Raymond is an ancient one of French origin, and is derived from the Christian name Raimundus, signify- ing light of the world. A branch of the family was transplanted to England at or soon after the Norman Conquest.
(I) Richard Raymond, one of the founders of the race in America, was a mariner, and in 1634 was made a free- man of Salem, Massachusetts. The town granted him land in 1636, and in 1662 he removed to Norwalk, Connecticut, where he purchased a house and land. He was at one time engaged in the coastwise trade with the Dutch and English on Man- hattan Island. In 1664 he went to Say- brook, Connecticut. Prior to 1636 he and his wife Judith were members of the First Church in Salem. Richard Raymond died in Saybrook in 1692, aged about ninety years.
(II) John Raymond, son of Richard and Judith Raymond, was of Norwalk, Connecticut. His taxable property was valued at two hundred pounds. He mar- ried, in 1664, Mary Betts, daughter of Thomas Betts, of Norwalk.
(III) Samuel Raymond, son of John and Mary (Betts) Raymond, was of Nor- walk, Connecticut. He married, in 1696, Judith Palmer, daughter of Ephriam Pal- mer, of Greenwich, Connecticut.
(IV) Samuel (2) Raymond, son of Samuel (1) and Judith (Palmer) Ray-
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mond, was born May 7, 1697. He mar- ried (first) about 1719, Elizabeth Hoyt, daughter of Thomas Hoyt, of Norwalk, Connecticut. He married (second) Mary Kitto, an Englishwoman.
(V) Sands Raymond, son of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Raymond, was born about 1730. He removed from Nor- walk to Salem, Westchester county, New York, where in 1775 he was second lieu- tenant of militia. During the Revolu- tionary War he was twice taken prisoner. The Christian name of his wife was Sarah. The will of Sands Raymond is dated 1791.
(VI) Asa Raymond, son of Sands and Sarah Raymond, was born February 20, 1770. He was of Lewisboro, New York. He married Sally Northrup.
(VII) Amos N. Raymond, son of Asa and Sally (Northrup) Raymond, was born May 31, 1801, in Salem, New York, and was of Lewisboro, in the same State. He married, in 1826, Lucy Ann Abbott. Amos N. Raymond died March 2, 1860.
(VIII) Charles Asa Raymond, son of Amos N. and Lucy Ann (Abbott) Ray- mond, was born September 29, 1841. He is a farmer and provision dealer, of Lew- isboro. He married, in 1880, Nancy Den- man, and their children were: Inda Louise, born April 15, 1881 ; Mary Fran- ces, mentioned below; Charles Denman, born January 19, 1885 ; Lucile, born April 18, 1891.
(IX) Mary Frances Raymond, daugh- ter of Charles Asa and Nancy (Denman) Raymond, was born September 17, 1883. She became the wife of D. Henry Mil- ler, as stated above.
McFARLAND, David W.,
Alienist, Head of Great Sanitarium.
Hall-Brooke, as the Sanitarium of Dr. McFarland is known, is ideally situated
on an elevation commanding a view of the Sound and surrounding country. There, under the careful ministrations of Dr. McFarland and his assistants, shat- tered health is regained and hope is born anew. Dr. McFarland has devoted many years to the study and care of the afflicted. His experience has been a wide one, and combined with his ability he has inher- ited many of the fine characteristics of his Scotch ancestors. Dr. McFarland was born in Portland, Connecticut, the son of David and Katherine (Abercrom- bie, McFarland.
David McFarland, his father, was born in Sterling, Scotland, where several gen- erations of the family has lived. He was a stone-cutter, and soon after his mar- riage settled in Portland, Connecticut, where he followed his trade. A Repub- lican in politics, Mr. McFarland took more than a passive interest in public mat- ters, but was too domestic in his tastes to seek public office. He married Kather- ine Abercrombie, a native of Sterling, and they were the parents of four children : Margaret, resides in Portland, Connecti- cut; Mary, wife of Samuel Richardson, now lives in Canton, Ohio; Jeanette, wife of Henry Fowler, of Summit, New Jer- sey ; David W., of further mention.
Dr. David W. McFarland attended the public schools in Portland, and soon after went West and learned telegraphy. This occupation he followed only a short time, as soon, returning to the East, he entered the University of Vermont Medical School. He remained there a year, and then went to the University of New York. After two years study he was graduated in 1885 with the degree of M. D. The ensuing year Dr. McFarland spent in the New York City Lunatic Asylum as a member of the staff, resigning to become associated with the New Jersey State
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Asylum. For the succeeding seven years he was engaged in private practice in Waterbury, Connecticut, leaving there in 1897 to form a partnership with Dr. Frank Haslehurst Barnes, with whom he con- ducted a sanitarium in Stamford, Con- necticut, for a year. This partnership was then dissolved, and Dr. McFarland opened his present Sanitarium which ac- commodates one hundred patients. He has a farm also and all the vegetables consumed are raised on this farm. A force of thirty people is required.
Dr. McFarland is a member of the Norwalk Medical Association, the Fair- field County Medical Society, the Con- necticut Society, and the American Med- ical Association. He is also a member of the Society of Medical Jurisprudence, and for some years he has been doing work as an alienist; he is a member of the Connecticut Society of Alienists and served as president of this organization for three years. His fraternal connec- tions are: Member of Temple Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; No- sohogan Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Comstock Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Westport Club; the National Democratic Club of New York City, a so- cial organization. Dr. McFarland is a Re- publican, and although his time is valu- able he is very willing to aid in whatever way possible any movement for the gen- eral welfare.
Dr. McFarland married Marie Berg, a native of Hadersleben, Denmark, and they are the parents of a daughter, Ruth, who is the wife of George W. Dilworth, con- nected with the Sanitarium.
MONTGOMERY, Le Roy, Financier, Manufacturer.
As secretary and treasurer of the Peo- ple's Trust Company, Mr. Montgomery requires no introduction to his neighbors
of South Norwalk, or his fellow-citizens of Fairfield county. He is known not only as an experienced financier, but also as a man who takes a quietly public-spir- ited interest in the affairs of his commu- nity.
The name Montgomery signifies "Hill of Gomerico," and the family is an ex- tremely ancient one. Roger de Mont- gomerie (de Monte Gomerico), so called on account of his Norman estate, was a native of Neustria, and was seated there before the coming of Rollo in 912.
William Montgomery came to East Jer- sey in 1702, thus founding the American portion of the family, branches of which are scattered through Pennsylvania, Vir- ginia and Kentucky. The race is numer- ous in Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
James W. Montgomery, grandfather of Le Roy Montgomery, was born in Port- land, Maine, and at an early age began to follow the sea. He became a sea captain while still a young man, owning the bark "Statira," and making deep-sea as well as coast-wise voyages. In the gold rush of '49 he went to California. He had broth- ers, Rev. George W., John A., and Tho- mas J., a general in the Mexican War, who married a Virginian. Captain James W. Montgomery married Deborah Ann Hicks, of Long Island, the seat of a nu- merous branch of this old English fam- ily, which may also be found well repre- sented in New England. Captain Mont- gomery never returned from California, his death occurring in the town of Mur- phy, Calaveras county, in 1859.
William E. Montgomery, son of James W. and Deborah Ann (Hicks) Montgom- ery, was born in New York City and edu- cated in local public schools. From the time he was eighteen he made Norwalk his home, where, at an early age, he en- gaged in the retail coal business on his own account, his place of business being
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in South Norwalk. After a few years he abandoned the coal business in order to become teller in the Norwalk Savings So- ciety, a position which he had held over forty years. Though never a politician, he served as a member of the Board of Burgesses, and filled the office of treas- urer of the old city of Norwalk. At the beginning of the Civil War he enlisted, August 30, 1862, at the age of twenty, as a sergeant in Company L, Eleventh New York Cavalry, known as the famous "Scott's 900;" he served the entire four years, being wounded and captured at Doyal's Plantation, August 5, 1864.
Mr. Montgomery affiliated with St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Free and Accepted Masons. He married Maria A. Brady, daughter of Thomas A. Brady, of Nor- walk, and their children were: William L., of Seattle; George B., of Norwalk; Charles E., of Norwalk; Emily Louise, who married Waldo A. Raymond, of Newark, New Jersey; Le Roy, of whom further; and Howard A. The family were members of Grace Protestant Epis- copal Church, of Norwalk, in which Mr. Montgomery, whose death occurred July 28, 1911, served as vestryman.
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