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(VII) Charles G. Arnold, son of John
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and Betsey (Brainard) Arnold, was born August 27, 1815, in Suffield, Connecticut, and died October 11, 1864, in Middletown. He was long engaged in business as a painter in that town. He married, Sep- tember 21, 1841, Betsey Smith, who was born July 21, 1782, in Durham, Connec- ticut, and died October 15, 1864, in Mid- dletown, daughter of Jesse and Clarissa (Penfield) Smith, of that town. They were the parents of Grace Arnold, wife of William B. Brewer (see Brewer VIII).
MITCHELL, Robert Selden, Public Official.
One of the most prominent and popular citizens of the town of Portland, Connec- ticut, Robert Selden Mitchell, was born there November 21, 1848, son of Robert A. and Susan (Brown) Mitchell.
Robert A. Mitchell, his father, was born October 10, 1819, in the town of Chatham, Connecticut. At the age of nineteen years he removed to Portland, where he engaged in a combination of farming and meat business in which he made a great success. For over half a century he was a stockman and made journeys as far as Albany, New York, where he purchased cattle and drove them back to Portland, disposing of them on the road where possible. In early life he was a member of the Whig party, and later became associated with the Repub- lican party, in which he was very active. Mr. Mitchell was a well liked man in his community, and his career in the field of business was a most honorable one. He enjoyed the respect and esteem of all his townsmen. He was a member of the Freestone Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and served for many years as its treasurer. He married, in 1839, Susan Brown, who was born October I, 1819, daughter of Samuel and Mary
(Holmes) Brown, the former a native of Portland, and the latter of Glastonbury, Connecticut.
Robert Selden Mitchell received his early education in the famous Portland "old stone school," subsequently attended the Bacon Academy at Colchester, Con- necticut, and completed at the Chase In- stitute, of Middletown. Until 1894 Mr. Mitchell was employed in various capaci- ties. He spent a few years in business with his father, and was also employed by the quarry company of Shaler & Hall. In the year above mentioned Mr. Mitchell was elected to the office of town clerk of Portland, and continued in that office until 1911, having occupied the office seventeen years. His affable manner and agreeable personality gained for him many friends, and it can be truthfully said that he was not only the most efficient but also the most respected and esteemed man in that office. He always gave to the perform- ance of his duties the best that was in him, and at all times was obliging and anxious to please. In addition to the office of town clerk, Mr. Mitchell also was honored with other positions of trust. He was justice of the peace, assessor and grand juror, and at one time registrar of births, marriages and deaths. He was affiliated with the Masonic fraternity, member of Warren Lodge, No. 51, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, which he became af- filiated with in 1871. He was the holder of many offices, among them secretary for almost a quarter of a century. He was also a member of Portland Lodge, No. 35, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, since 1890, and held the office of recording secretary of that fraternity since 1895. From the opening of the Buck Library, of Portland, Mr. Mitchell was its librarian.
On December 29, 1870, Mr. Mitchell married Jessie L. Andrews, born July 23, 1850, in Portland, daughter of George
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Stevens and Louisa Hillard (Kellum) Andrews, and they were the parents of a daughter, Grace Louise, who married John P. Bacon, of Middletown, where they now reside.
A touching tribute to the memory of Mr. Mitchell was shown at the funeral when the four lifelong friends of his boy- hood and manhood, all of whom were born in the same year, presented as an emblem of this friendship a floral tribute consist- ing in part of five roses with one rose in the center broken off, which signified the breaking of the quintet.
COLES, Frank Augustus, Grain Merchant.
One of the active business men of Mid- dletown, Connecticut, Mr. Coles, at a comparatively early age has become iden- tified with several of its leading industries and institutions. He belongs to a family long located in the vicinity and among the pioneer families of New England.
The name appears under many forms in the early New England records, includ- ing : Coal, Coale, Cole, Coles, Cowles, and several other forms. The name is found in Salem, Massachusetts, as early as 1650; in Boston, twenty years earlier; in Ply- mouth, in 1634, and in Hartford in 1635. (I) Thomas Cole was recorded as hus- bandman at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1650. He is probably the Thomas Cole who came to Massachusetts in the "Mary & John," in March, 1633, and was an orig- inal proprietor of Hampton, now in New Hampshire, where he was living as late as 1638. He died between December 15, 1678, and April 27 following. His widow, Ann, made her will in November fol- lowing.
(II) John Cole, son of Thomas and Ann Cole, was born previous to 1650, and was one of the inhabitants of Salem who
protested against the imposts in 1668. He lived for some years in Salem and was subsequently in Boxford, and Lynn, Massachusetts. He married, after 1675, Sarah Alsbee, who was tried for witch- craft at Charlestown, and acquitted Feb- ruary 1, 1693.
(III) Samuel Cole, son of John and Sarah (Alsbee) Cole, was born December 27, 1687, in Lynn, Massachusetts, and died in Boxford, January 20, 1765. In 1717 he purchased a farm in Boxford, and on this farm his posterity continued to reside until about the time of the Civil War. His wife, Susanna, died July 29, 1785, in Boxford, aged ninety-five years.
(IV) John Cole, second son of Samuel and Susanna Cole, settled at Boston, Massachusetts, and lived in the adjacent suburb of Dorchester. There he mar- ried, January 19, 1740, Abigail Evans, also of Dorchester. Her birth is not re- corded in that town, where she died in December, 1772, advanced in years.
(V) William Coles (as the name is now spelled), son of John and Abigail (Evans) Cole, was born August 1, 1744, in Dor- chester, Massachusetts, where he made his home, and there died, October 26, 1810. He married, in Boston, April 12, 1770, Sarah Cleveland, who was probably a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Rud- dock) Cleveland, of Boston.
(VI) William (2) Coles, son of Wil- liam (1) and Sarah (Cleveland) Coles, was born January 21, 1772, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and about the time of his majority settled in what is now called the Falls district of Middletown, Connecticut, where he was manager of a paper mill for a period of twenty-six years, and of which he was for some years a part owner ; he died October 20, 1839. He married Lois Miller, born March 31, 1772, in Middle- field, Connecticut, died December 5, 1855, daughter of William and Chloe (Clark)
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Miller, granddaughter of Ambrose Clark, an early resident of Middlefield, where the Millers also were pioneers.
(VII) Augustus Coles, fourth son of William (2) and Lois (Miller) Coles, born July 16, 1810, in Middletown, Connecti- cut, lived in that city, and died there, De- cember 18, 1875. He was a blacksmith and ship iron-worker by trade; a quiet, modest citizen, who sought no part in the management of public affairs; an ardent Democrat in political principles ; and en- joyed the respect of his fellowmen. He married, April 14, 1837, Nancy Hubbard, daughter of Enoch and Alice Hubbard, of Middletown. They were the parents of two sons.
(VIII) Roswell William Coles, second son of Augustus and Nancy (Hubbard) Coles, was born September 11, 1838, in Middletown, where he grew up, there attending the public schools, and in adult life became superintendent and general manager of a grain mill. During the Civil War he was employed in the Government Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts. He married, in July, 1869, Julia Augusta Morse, who was born April 28, 1847, in Springfield, Massachusetts, died in Mid- dletown in 1910, daughter of Augustus Morse, of Springfield, Massachusetts, de- scendant of one of the oldest New Eng- land families. The immigrant ancestor, Samuel Morse, born in 1586 in England, sailed for New England in the ship "In- crease," in 1635. He settled at Dedham, Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman October 8, 1640, and was located in that part of the town which became Medfield. He was one of the proprietors of Dedham, served as a town officer, and died April 5, 1654. His wife, Elizabeth born in England about 1587, was the mother of Joseph Morse, born there in 1615. Accompanying his parents to America, he settled in Dedham, where he
began clearing land in what is now Med- field, preparing a home for his family, which was then located in Dorchester. Before the new home was completed he passed away, and the growing crops and unfinished log house were left for his widow and children to care for. He mar- ried, in 1638, Hannah Phillips, and after his death she married (second) Thomas Boyden. Captain Joseph Morse, second son of Joseph and Hannah (Phillips) Morse, was born September 26, 1649, and lived in Sherborn, Massachusetts, where he built the first mill in association with a partner. The first public worship in the town was held at his house and he was later representative to the State Legis- lature, and died February 19, 1717. He married, October 17, 1671, Mehitable Wood, born July 22, 1655, died Novem- ber 12, 1681, daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Wilkes) Wood. Their eldest son, Joseph Morse, born March 25, 1679, in Sherborn, Massachusetts, lived there until his death, April 18, 1734. He married, April 14, 1702, Prudence Adams, born April 10, 1683, died in 1772, daughter of Henry and Prudence (Frairy) Adams. Their fifth son, Jacob Morse, born Sep- tember 21, 1717, in Sherborn, Massachu- setts, lived in Douglass, Massachusetts, and died March 30, 1800. He married, in 1753-54, Mary Merrifield, and they were the parents of Simeon Morse, born April I, 1760, in Douglass. He removed to Sut- ton, Massachusetts, where he died in 1842. He married, December 15, 1785, Azubah Wheeler, born in 1761, died in 1842. Their eldest son, Jason Morse, born April 11, 1788, in Sutton, Massachu- setts, married Abigail Waters, daughter of Samuel and Prudence (Winchester) Waters. They were the parents of Au- gustus Morse, who removed to Spring- field, and was the father of Julia Augusta Morse, wife of Roswell William Coles,
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above mentioned. They were the parents of five children, four of whom were daugh- ters.
(IX) Frank Augustus Coles, the only son of Roswell William and Julia A. (Morse) Coles, was born June 9, 1875, at Middletown, Connecticut, where his edu- cation was supplied by the public and high schools. He began his business career as a clerk in the office of the Schuyler Electric Company of Middle- town, and was a travelling salesman in 1893-1894 in the interests of that concern. For a short time, beginning in 1895, he was interested in the boot and shoe trade. In that year he became a clerk in the flour and grain establishment of his uncle, George A. Coles, with whom he became interested as a partner in 1898. With spe- cial faculties for commercial operations, Mr. Coles gained rapid promotion and now occupies the position of vice-presi- dent and general manager of the business, which is incorporated under the name of The Coles Company. At the time of in- corporation, Frank A. Coles was made secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Coles has become interested in other institutions of the city, and for seven years was treasurer of the W. & B. Douglass Company, pump manufacturers. He is also a director and vice-president of the Central National Bank; a director of the Middletown Trust Company, of the Middletown Savings Bank, and of the Frisbie Motor Company, a growing new industry of Middletown.
Mr. Coles is not without patriotism and civic pride, and his interest in home affairs has led to his identification with the Twentieth Century Club, of which he was the first secretary and treasurer. He is a member and in 1908-9 was president of the Board of Education of the Middletown City School District, and is secretary of the board of trustees of the Young Men's
Christian Association. His religious ac- tivities are carried on in connection with the work of the South Congregational Church. Politically a Republican, he is active in the promotion of good govern- ment ; he served as mayor of the city of Middletown in 1914-15, and has served six years as chairman of the Republican Town Committee of his city.
Mr. Coles married, October 30, 1901, Estelle Norman Strong, who was born July 4, 1879, in Middle Haddam, Connec- ticut, daughter of Frederick Alfred and Emma Jane (Hiney) Strong. Mr. and Mrs. Coles are the parents of a son and two daughters: Roswell Strong, born June 23, 1904; Marion, born April 13, . 1908; and Elizabeth, born December 9, 1909.
WELLS, Philip Patterson,
Lawyer, Literateur.
A descendant of several early New England families, Mr. Wells has resided in other States and is a comparatively recent resident of Middletown, Connecti- cut. In the short time that he has lived there, he has become greatly interested in many matters of vital interest to the public welfare, and has devoted much time to their promotion.
(I) The first American ancestor of Philip Patterson Wells was Governor Thomas Welles (mentioned at length else- where in this work), who was born in 1598, in Essex county, England. He was a mag- istrate at Hartford in 1637; was for five years deputy to the General Court ; from 1655 to 1658, he was governor of the Con- necticut colony, and held other offices of trust and honor. He died January 14, 1660, and was buried in Hartford.
(II) John Wells, son of Governor Thomas Welles, was born in 1621, in Northamptonshire, England, removed,
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soon after attaining his majority, to Stratford, Connecticut, and was admitted a freeman by the General Court, April 20, 1645. He continued to reside at Strat- ford until his death August 7, 1659. He was deputy to the General Court in 1656- 1657; in 1659 was magistrate and in 1658- 1659 was also a judge of probate. He married, in 1647, Elizabeth Bourne, un- doubtedly a daughter of John Bourne, who was early in Wethersfield and later at Middletown, Connecticut. Elizabeth Bourne married (second), in March, 1663, John Wilcoxson, of Stratford.
(III) John (2) Wells, eldest child of John (1) and Elizabeth (Bourne) Wells, was born in 1648. He lived in Stratford, where he died March 24, 1714. He mar- ried about 1669, Mary Hollister, second daughter of Lieutenant John and Joanna (Treat) Hollister of Wethersfield. Jo- anna Treat was the daughter of Richard and Joanna Treat, the former a prominent resident of Wethersfield.
(IV) Thomas (2) Wells, son of John (2) and Mary (Hollister ) Wells, was born in 1690. He was a deacon of the church at Stratford, and was otherwise prominent and useful as a citizen. He married, August 31, 1710, Sarah Stiles, born November 4, 1693, second daughter of Ephraim and Bathsheba (Tomlinson) Stiles, and granddaughter of Francis and Joanna Stiles. After the death of Francis Stiles, his widow married Robert Clark, of Stratford.
(V) Thomas (3) Wells, second son of Thomas (2) and Sarah (Stiles) Wells, was born August 20, 1717. He lived in Strat- ford and married Sarah Laborie, probably a daughter of Dr. James Laborie, grand- daughter of Rev. James Laborie, a Huguenot clergyman, who located in Stratford about 1708.
was born November 30, 1756. He mar- ried in Stratford, August 30, 1781, Pen- inah Wheeler, born March 1, 1756, eldest child of Nathaniel and Rachel (Lewis) Wheeler, of Stratford, granddaughter of Deacon Elnathan and Martha (DeForest) Wheeler, great-granddaughter of Moses (3) and Ruth (Bouton) Wheeler, great- great-granddaughter of Moses (2) and Sarah (Nicholls) Wheeler, and great- great-great-granddaughter of Moses (1) Wheeler, born in 1598, who came from Kent, England, and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, where he died in 1698. He had an allotment of land in New Haven in 1643, and five years later was living in Stratford. His wife was Miriam Hawley.
(VII) Elias (2) Wells, second son of Elias (1) and Peninah (Wheeler) Wells, was born October 19, 1793. He lived in Stratford, where he died in 1887. He married, November 6, 1815, Maria Patter- son, who was born December 12, 1792, tenth daughter of Samuel and Esther (Rowland) Patterson, granddaughter of William and Anna (Burdon) Patterson, and great-granddaughter of Andrew Pat- terson, who came from Hamilton, Scot- land, in 1658, to Perth Amboy, New Jer- sey, whence he traveled on foot to Strat- ford, Connecticut. He married, February 19, 1690, Elizabeth Peck, daughter of John Peck.
(VIII) Lewis Wheeler Wells, eldest child of Elias (2) and Maria (Patterson) Wells, was born January 14, 1817, in Stratford. He removed to Savannah, Georgia, where he was a cotton merchant up to the time of the Civil War. He then removed to Baltimore, Maryland, where he died November 8, 1879. He was an active member of the Episcopal church. He married, September 3, 1840, Affa Maria Gray, born August 27, 1810, in
(VI) Elias Wells, youngest child of Thomas (3) and Sarah (Laborie) Wells, Boston, Massachusetts, died in Baltimore,
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Maryland, December 7, 1884, daughter of Samuel and Joanna (Powers) Gray.
(IX) Lewis Gray Wells, son of Lewis Wheeler and Affa Maria (Gray) Wells, was born June 17, 1841, in Columbus, Georgia, and before attaining his majority went, by way of the Isthmus of Panama, to California and engaged in business with his uncle, Samuel C. Gray, of Benicia, California. He was a man of remarkable abilities and concentrative power, and achieved considerable suc- cess in life. He served in the quar- termasters' department of the United States army, at Benicia. He returned to the East, and, in 1866, engaged in mer- cantile business near Madison, Wisconsin. He removed thence to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was later associated with his father as a commission merchant in Baltimore, Maryland, until about 1875. Following this, he was associated with Turner & Day, manufacturers of tool handles, and, in 1878, removed with them, as a partner, to Louisville, Kentucky, where he died, in 1913, and was buried. He was bred an Episcopalian, but united with the Congregational church, in Balti- more, and was later a deacon and elder of the Warren Memorial Presbyterian Church, of Louisville, Kentucky, at the time of his death. Politically, he was a Republican.
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He married, April 14, 1866, Mary Ellen Wetmore, born March 29, 1834, in Mid- dletown, Connecticut, died in 1874, in Bal- timore, Maryland, daughter of Chauncey and Rebecca (Hubbard) Wetmore (see Wetmore V). Rebecca (Hubbard) Wet- more, born December 1, 1793, died Sep- tember 13, 1885, was a daughter of Nehe- miah and Sarah (Sill) Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs. Wells were the parents of four sons and a daughter: Hubert Wetmore, the eldest, born December 29, 1866, near Madison, Wisconsin, resides in New York
City ; Philip Patterson, mentioned below ; Ernest Hubbard, born in 1870, at Balti- more, Maryland, is an attorney in New York City; Chauncey Wetmore, born in 1872, is professor of rhetoric at the Uni- versity of California, at Berkeley, Cali- fornia ; Mary, born in 1874, in Baltimore, died there in infancy.
(X) Philip Patterson Wells, second son of Lewis Gray and Mary E. (Wetmore) Wells, was born February 5, 1868, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received his primary education in Middletown, Con- necticut, and Louisville, Kentucky. In 1889 he graduated from Yale College, Bachelor of Arts, and, in 1900, received from his alma mater the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He pursued a law course at Yale University, and in what is now George Washington University, at Wash- ington, D. C. In June, 1893, he was ad- mitted to the bar in New Haven and engaged in practice there for several years, during which time, from 1896 to 1906, he was librarian of the law school. In 1898- 1899 he was instructor on evidence at the Yale Law School, and gave lectures on history, at Yale, from 1902 to 1906. On February 1, 1910, he became law expert in the United States Forest Service, and from 1907 to 1910, was chief law officer in that service. From May 1, 1911 to March 31, 1913, he was chief law officer in the United States Reclamation Service, and is at present counsel for the National Conservation Association.
Mr. Wells is a member of the American Political Science Association, and of the Society of American Foresters. He is also the author of many papers on conserva- tion, and legal and bibliographical sub- jects, published in various periodicals. He was joint author of "Annotated Titles of Books on English and American History," in 1903; edited "Literature of American History ;" a supplement in 1902; "Colon-
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ies of the World," by E. J. Payne (re- vised and partly rewritten in 1907); and a work on South America, by Alfred D'Eberle, translated from the French and edited in 1907. He was joint editor of the "Young Folks' Library," in 1903, was a contributor to the American Library As- sociation Catalog, in 1904, also joint editor and reporter of sundry law reports. Among the prominent clubs with which he is associated are the Graduates' and Elihu, of New Haven, and the Cosmos, of Washington. In political principle, Mr. Wells is a Republican, but is independent of party dictation. He voted for Presi- dent Cleveland in 1892, and for ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt in the Progressive cam- paign, in 1912. He is a member of the Middlesex County Historical Society ; president of the Connecticut Forestry As- sociation ; and is now clerk of the First Church of Christ (North Congregational) in Middletown. In 1906, Mr. Wells pur- chased the interest of other kinsmen, in "Oak Hill," the home of his grandfather, Chauncey Wetmore, on Staddle hill, in Middletown, where he has lived since 1917.
Mr. Wells married, May 22, 1893, Eleanor Duncan Munger, born February 2, 1868, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, daughter of Theodore Thornton and Elizabeth (Duncan) Munger, grand- daughter of Ebenezer Munger, who was born in North Guilford, was educated at Yale and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and began the practice of medicine in Haddam, Connec- ticut. He married a daughter of Parson Selden, a conspicuous character in his day in Middlesex county. Theodore T. Munger, his son, graduated in Divinity, at Yale, and was a famous Congregational leader, writer and sermonizer. He was pastor of the church at North Adams, Massachusetts, and later at New Haven,
Connecticut, where he died in January, 1910. He was a doctor of divinity, a Fel- low of Yale and a member of its Pruden- tial Committee. Mr. and Mrs. Wells are the parents of Lewis Gray (2), and Eliza- beth Wetmore. The former was born June 9, 1896, in New Haven, and gradu- ated, Bachelor of Science, at Harvard, in 1921. During the World War he was a member of the Two-hundred Twelfth Regiment of Engineers, in the Twelfth Division of the National Army, but was not sent overseas. Elizabeth Wetmore Wells, born September 3, 1902, in New Haven, is a sophomore student at Welles- ley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
(The Wetmore Line).
On the maternal side, Mr. Wells, through the Wetmore family, traces his descent from several prominent early resi- dents of New England, including Elder William Brewster of the "Mayflower" colony. The founder of the Wetmore family in this country was Thomas Wet- more, born in 1615, in England, came to America in 1635, and owned land in Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1639-40. Later he left, and lived a short time at Hartford, and was among the first settlers of Middletown, his residence being at the north end of the town near the meeting house. His land included the square now enclosed by Main, Green and Ferry streets and the river. He was made a freeman, May 20, 1652, this requiring good standing in the church and the pos- session of a reasonable amount of prop- erty. In 1654-55 he was representative in the General Court, and, in 1670, was as- sessed a property valuation of £ 125 IOS. He died December 11, 1681. He married, December 1I, 1645, Sarah Hall, daughter of John and Anna (Wilcox) Hall, of Mid- dletown, Connecticut, among the pioneer settlers there.
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(II) Izrahiah Wetmore, fourth son of Thomas and Sarah (Hall) Wetmore, was born March 8, 1656-57. He was a magis- trate of Middletown, a deputy to the General Court from 1721 to 1728, inclu- sive, and died at the age of eighty-six years. He married, May 13, 1692, Rachel Stow, born March 13, 1666-67, youngest daughter of Rev. Samuel and Hope (Fletcher) Stow.
(III) Seth Wetmore, fifth son of Izrahiah and Rachel (Stow) Wetmore, was born November 18, 1700, in Middle- town, and died there April 10, 1778. He was a lawyer, was deputy to the General Court forty-eight times, magistrate from 1738 to 1771, judge of the Hartford County Court from 1761 to 1768, and jus- tice of the quorum. His residence was on Staddle hill, and he appears to have been a very prominent and successful at- torney, accumulating a large estate. Among the students of law who were members of his family, were Pierpont Ed- wards and Aaron Burr. His property in- cluded several slaves, some of which were freed, and others passed on to his children. His body was laid to rest in the Washing- ton Street Cemetery. He married (third), March 15, 1746, Hannah Edwards, who was born February 8, 1713, and died June I, 1773.
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