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in his environment but in the man's own sterling character and winning personal- ity. Dr. Owens was born in Newark, New Jersey, June 24, 1875, son of Albert Henry and Nancy Louise (Thomas) Owens, grandson of William and Ida Catherine (Van Lieuw) Owens.
William Owens was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was a clothing merchant during his mature business life. He married (second) Ida Catherine Van Lieuw, a member of an old family in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.
Albert Henry Owens, son of William Owens, and father of Dr. Owens, was born in New Brunswick, May 11, 1841, and there received his education. As a young man he entered the employ of Lord & Taylor, of New York City, and for ten years was employed in the silk dress goods department of this store. His next important business engagement was with John Shillito & Company, of Cincinnati, where he remained eight years as Euro- pean dress goods buyer, going abroad twice a year. Mr. Owens was next with Root & McBride Brothers, of Cleveland, remaining about four years, resigning at that time to engage in business for him- self at Cleveland, and at Collinwood, a suburb of Cleveland, opening a dry goods store in each place, continuing very suc- cessfully for five years. He removed to Englewood, New Jersey, where he be- came associated with Barrett, Palmer & Heal Company, of that city, as assistant superintendent, which position he held for three years, retiring at the end of this time owing to ill health, and purchased a farm in East Canaan, Litchfield county, Connecticut, where he resided until two years before his death, which occurred at Great Barrington, Massachusetts, March 18, 1908. Mr. Owens was one of those gallant and brave men who eagerly offered their lives, if need be, in 1861 ; he
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enlisted in Company F, Twenty-third Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and also brought four other volunteers with him. Mr. Owens was commissioned a corpor at once and during his service, which was mainly in Louisiana, was wounded He was a member of Forest City Post, No. 556, Grand Army of the Republic, of Cleveland, and served as commander of this post.
Albert Henry Owens married, October 25, 1870, Nancy Louise Thomas, born in New York City, May 13, 1843, daughter of Charles M. and Lydia (Smith) Thomas, of New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Owens were members of the Euclid Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church and during their residence in Cleveland were faith- ful attendants. Mr. Owens served as an usher, trustee, and assistant superintend- ent of the Sunday school. He was always active in church affairs, excelling in all matters of a financial nature. Fraternally Mr. Owens was a Mason, being raised at Pleasant Ridge, Ohio.
Dr. William T. Owens attended school at Cincinnati and Cleveland, and was a student of the University School in the latter city the year it was opened. After the family removed to Englewood he at- tended the Englewood Military School, and studied medicine under the precep- torship of Dr. Daniel A. Currie, of that city, later matriculating at the Univer- sity of Buffalo Medical School in 1895, continuing a student there until the mid- dle of the term in 1899, when he entered the University of Vermont, and gradu- ated the same year with the degree of M. D. The following three months he spent in Bellevue Hospital, being. then obliged to discontinue on account of his health, and located in Canaan, Connecti- cut, where he practiced for three years. He developed a large practice almost from the beginning, and in October, 1902, he removed to Hartford.
While in Buffalo, Dr. Owens enlisted in the Seventy-fourth Regiment, New York National Guard, as a private in the Hospital Corps, and this marked the be- ginning of a very active and useful career in military medical work. It is such men as Dr. Owens who have helped greatly to create and maintain the honor of the medical profession; for years he has worked untiringly to aid those whom duty or necessity has placed in other than the ordinary walks of life, going into foreign countries and establishing hos- pitals for the care of men working in the construction of improvements in those countries. Throughout his professional life he has kept up an active interest in military affairs, being with the American soldiers, teaching them sanitation and the better way to live, and in times of peace preparing himself and others for war.
In September, 1911, Dr. Owens joined the Connecticut National Guard as first lieutenant, and was assigned to duty with Ambulance Company, No. I, serving three years, at the end of which time he was promoted to a captaincy, soon after, in October, 1914, being made commanding officer of the company. In June, 1916, he went to Plattsburg, New York, and was an instructor at the training camp, being recalled by the adjutant general of Con- necticut to Hartford for the purpose of mobilizing the company. He was sent to Niantic, Connecticut, and then to Nogales, Arizona, arriving July 4, 1916, remaining until October 14th. His resig- nation was accepted December 21, 1916, and on December 23d, he sailed for Peru, South America, as physician for the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company, remaining for eight months, returning to the United States for the purpose of entering the World War. Dr. Owens applied for a commission immediately, on October 8, 1917, was commissioned captain, Medical Reserve Corps, and August 23, 1918, was
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promoted to the rank of major, Medical Corps, United States Army. He served in the Medical Department of the Air Service, his first appointment being to Camp Mead, where he was a member of the Physical Examining Unit and recruit- ing officer for the Air Service. He was then transferred to the Aviation Camp at Waco, Texas, where he was appointed sanitary inspector of the camp, remaining about four months, until the camp was moved, after which he went to Camp Greene, Charlotte, North Carolina, where he held a similar office, later being camp surgeon in charge of the medical work in the camp. From there Dr. Owens was transferred to Carnegie Institute, Pitts- burgh, where he served for five months as surgeon of the radio school, and was in charge of the hospital during the influ- enza epidemic. At his own request he was next sent to Garden City, Long Island, and served as camp inspector. He was also commanding officer of the medi- cal detachment of all the enlisted men on Long Island, was instructor in sanitation and hygiene, was in charge of lectures to the medical officers on sanitation, and was appointed on general court-martial; he served as demobilization officer for the medical troops and organized the office force for this work. After nine months at that post he asked for a transfer to the border patrol and was sent to Eagle Pass, Texas, where he was flight surgeon and surgeon of the Ninetieth Aero Squadron, then on border patrol. Dr. Owens passed the flying examination and took his train- ing course, but was not located there long enough to qualify as a flyer, resigning No- vember 26, 1919. Soon after, Dr. Owens went to Columbia, South America, to establish a hospital for an oil company, and was there from January to May, 1920. During this time he contracted malarial fever and was compelled to return North.
Since the summer of 1920 he has resumed the general practice of his profession in Hartford.
Dr. Owens is a member of the Hart- ford, Hartford County and Connecticut Medical societies, and fraternally is a member of Hartford Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Pythagoras Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Wolcott Council, Royal and Select Masters: and Washing- ton Commandery, Knights Templar, all of Hartford. He is a member of Syria Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh; Steadman Camp, Sons of Veterans, of Hartford ; Hartford Lodge of Moose, and Lincoln Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
On October 11, 1905, he married Anna B., daughter of Franklin B. and Mary (Davis) Miller, of Bloomfield, Connecti- cut, and their children are: Anita Miller, born February 6, 1907, and Mary Althea, born October 27, 1911. Dr. and Mrs. Owens are members of the Farmington Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, of Hartford, Connecticut.
CASE, Erastus Ely,
Physician, Author.
The qualities of manliness, frank man- ner, and sterling uprightness have won a place of high standing in his commu- nity and among the members of his pro- fession for Dr. Erastus E. Case, who was born at Canton, Connecticut, son of Nor- ton and Eliza (Case) Case.
He is a lineal descendant from John Case, the immigrant ancestor, who came to America in 1635. He settled at Hart- ford, Connecticut, removing in 1656 to Windsor, thence to Massacoe (now Sims- bury), where he was an original propri- etor. He held a prominent place in the town's affairs, was a deputy to the Gen- eral Court in 1670, 1674, 1675, and in 1691; constable in 1669. The bequests
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contained in his will indicate that he was a man of wealth and a large landholder. He married (first) Sarah Spencer, daugh- ter of William and Agnes Spencer, first settlers of Hartford. They were the par- ents of John (2) Case, who married (sec- ond) Sarah Holcomb, daughter of Joshua and Ruth (Sherwood) Holcomb, of Sims- bury. John Case died there May 22, 1733. His son, John (3) Case, was born in Simsbury, and lived there his entire life. He married Abigail Humphrey, of that town. They were the parents of Noah Case, born in Simsbury, and later re- moved to West Granby, where he died December 17, 1797. He married Miriam Holcomb, of Simsbury. Their son, Noah (2) Case, was born in West Granby, where he spent his life, and died Septem- ber 1, 1897. His wife, whom he mar- ried in North Canton, Connecticut, was Mary Adams. Noah (3) Case, their son, born in West Granby, died there April 13, 1879. He married Olive Case, a daughter of Richard and Ruth (Case) Case, of that town. They were the par- ents of Norton Case, born December 26, 1815, in West Granby. He removed in later life to Canton, where he resided un- til the close of the Civil War, thence re- moving to East Granby, where he died October 6, 1899. He married (first), No- vember 14, 1838, in North Canton, Eliza Case, a daughter of Anson and Rachel (Case) Case, born May 21, 1815, died September 22, 1859. They were the par- ents of two sons, Anson Miles and Eras- tus Ely Case.
Erastus Ely Case was educated in the district schools of East Granby, and sub- sequently was a student at the Williston Seminary of East Hampton, Massachu- setts, where he prepared for entrance to Yale College. He graduated from the latter institution in the class of 1872. with the degree of B. A. Having decided to
follow a medical career, he took a course of study at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, receiving his degree of M. D. in 1874. The following year he engaged n the practice of his profession in Hartford, and until the time of his death ranked among its leading and best known physicians. He attained high standing among his contemporaries, and several times was honored with positions of trust and responsibility. The major part of his time being devoted to the in- terests of his profession, he held few out- side interests. He was a member of the Connecticut Homeopathic Medical Soci- ety, of which he was president in 1888-89 ; the American Institute of Homœopathy ; the International Hahnemannian Associ- ation, of which he was president in 1900- 1901, which association requested him to write a book, "Clinical Experiences," which had a large circulation here and abroad. He was also a member of the Durham Medical Club, of Hartford, and the Bayard Club, of New York City. Fraternally, Dr. Case was a member of the Masonic order with Templar Degree in Washington Commandery; No. I, of Hartford. Dr. Case spent his spare time for over twenty years preparing the Case genealogy, which work became his recre- ation.
Dr. Case married (first), October 14, 1874, Sarah Maria Griswold, daughter of James Monroe and Catherine Mary (Phelps) Griswold, born at East Granby, August 29, 1846, died at Hartford, Janu- ary 15, 1883. They were the parents of three children: 1. Herbert Monroe, grad- uate of Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology : a consulting engineer, engaged in business in New York City. 2. Helen Eliza. 3. Clarence Norton, who lives on the homstead in East Granby, where he is engaged in agricultural pursuits. Dr. Case married (second), February 24,
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1886, Emorette H. Case, daughter of Everett and Emily (Hoskins) Case, born at Granby, July 19, 1841. By this mar- riage there was a son, Everett Erastus Case, born September 9, 1888, graduate of Yale, an electrical engineer by pro- fession, now with the Automatic Refrig- erating Company, of Hartford.
DEMING, Edward Hooker, Jr., Business Man.
One of the oldest and most prominent of the early families of Connecticut, the Deming family, has to the present time upheld the prestige of its ancient and honored name. It was founded in Amer- ica by John Deming, an early settler of Wethersfield, Connecticut, who, in 1641, had a homestead in that town, and in 1645 served as deputy. He was among the first to obtain a lot on the east side of the river, but it is probable that he did not live there. By grant and pur- chase he was the owner of considerable land and this was given to his sons be- fore his death. John Deming married Honor, daughter of Richard Treat, and their son,
John Deming, Jr. was born in Wethers- field, September 9, 1638, where he died January 23, 1712. He is called Sergeant John Deming on the records and was a selectman in Wethersfield in 1662. In 1669 he was elected to represent the town in the General Court and held this office until 1672. On December 12, 1657, John Deming married, in Northampton, Mas- sachusetts, Mary Mygatt, born about 1637, daughter of Joseph and Ann My- gatt. Their son,
Hezikiah Deming was born in Weth- ersfield, about 1680, and lived in that part of the town which was afterwards called Newington. In 1725 he sold one hundred and four acres of land there, with man-
sion and buildings, and settled on the north side of the river in Farmington, where he was occupied at the trade of carpenter. He married, at Wethersfield, November 22, 1700, Lois Wyard, born August 2, 1682, daughter of John and Sarah (Standish) Wyard. They were the parents of :
Samuel Deming, born at Plainville, Connecticut, July 26, 1724, died in Farm- ington, July 24, 1796. He owned land in Bristol, where his wife joined the church in 1793. This Samuel Deming is sup- posed to have been the one who served in Captain Edwin Shipman's company, Colonel Webb's regiment, in the Revolu- tion. His home was in Plainville, and there he inherited mills from his father. He married, May 4, 1749, Anna Hart, born September 25, 1724, died Novem- ber 23, 1796, daughter of Deacon Thomas and Anna (Stanley) Hart.
John Deming, son of Samuel and Anna (Hart) Deming, was born October 9, 1753, and died in Farmington, July 2, 1810. He married, in that town, May 10, 1775, Susanna Cowles, born September 14, 1755, died March 7, 1824, daughter of James E. and Abigail (Hooker) Cowles.
Samuel Deming, son of John and Sus- anna (Cowles) Deming, was born in Farmington, September 9, 1776, and died April 28, 1871. He was a farmer and a man of high Christian character, the foe of human slavery, and a most upright cit- izen. Mr. Deming married, in Farming- ton, January 18, 1821, Catherine Matilda Lewis, born August 22, 1801, died Octo- ber 12, 1884, daughter of Seth and Phoebe (Scott) Lewis. Their son,
John Deming was born in Farmington, August 19, 1825, and died in Brookyn, New York, March 10, 1894. He made his home in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was there engaged in the manufac- ture of farming implements until 1858,
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when he returned to Farmington, and there continued the business for the fol- lowing eleven years. In 1869 he removed to Glen Eyre, Pike county, Pennsylvania, and engaged in mercantile business and in the manufacture of furniture. This led to the building up of a village there, of which he was the principal owner. Mr. Deming was a man of very substantial character, and in 1857 served as a mem- ber of the Massachusetts Legislature.
He married Catherine Hooker Wil- liams, born in Middletown, Connecticut, October 26, 1826, daughter of Rev. Joshua and Catherine (Mix) Williams, of Crom- well, Connecticut. Mrs. Deming was descended from Thomas Mix, who was in New Haven as early as 1643, and died about 1691. Captain John Mix, grand- father of Mrs. Williams, was born in 1720; he won distinction in the Revolu- tion, being an ensign in the Fifth Battal- ion of Wadsworth's Brigade under Colo- nel William Douglas. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, serving as secretary of the Connecticut branch. He served thirty-two years as town clerk, twenty-six as representative to the Gen- eral Assembly, and ten years as judge of probate.
Edward Hooker Deming, second son of John and Catherine Hooker (Williams) Deming, was born in Northampton, Mas- sachusetts, July 14, 1857, and was edu- cated in the school conducted by Dea- con Hart, in Farmington. Upon leaving school he became associated with his father in his business at Glen Eyre and there continued until 1883, in which year he returned to Farmington. In 1884 Mr. Deming purchased a store and conducted it alone for eight years, and then, in part- nership with F. L. Scott, until April I, 1901. In the latter year he sold his in- terest to Mr. Scott, having become inter- ested in other propositions in the mean-
while. Mr. Deming is now president of the Union Electric Light and Power Company, and of the Farmington Water Company. He is a Republican in politics, and has been called upon to fill various important positions. From 1896 to 1908 he was probate judge of the district; for nineteen years was chairman of the school board. From January 1, 1884, until Jan- uary I, 1902, he was postmaster at Farm- ington, and was tendered the re-appoint- ment by President Roosevelt, but de- clined to serve further. For five years, from 1892 to 1896 inclusive, Mr. Deming was selectman. Since 1889 he has been interested in the Farmington Savings Bank; in the latter year he was made trustee of this institution, in 1903 was ap- pointed assistant treasurer, and later was made its treasurer, which office he still holds. He is also a director of the State Bank and Trust Company, of Hartford.
Mr. Deming is a member of the Con- necticut Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Farmington Coun- try Club. He married, May 26, 1886, at Hawley, Pennsylvania, Isabelle Plum, born September 20, 1857, daughter of Morvelden and Jane (Miller) Plum. They are the parents of a son, of further mention, and of a daughter. The latter, May Atkinson Deming, was born June 28, 1893, and attended Miss Porter's School at Farmington, and St. Margaret's School, at Waterbury, Connecticut. She married Charles Lucombe, and resides in Farmington. The family attend the Con- gregational Church of Farmington.
Edward Hooker Deming, Jr., only son of Edward Hooker and Isabelle (Plum) Deming, was born in Farmington, May 19, 1888, where he attended the public schools and the schools of Unionville. Subsequently he was a student at the Williston Seminary. After completing his formal education, Dr. Deming became
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associated with his father in the Farm- ington Savings Bank, remaining ten years. During this time he advanced himself to the position of assistant treas- urer. In June, 1919, he resigned his office to form a partnership with Clayton A. Parker, to engage in the insurance and real estate business in New Britain. He also maintains an independent office in Farmington. Mr. Deming is a Repub- lican in politics and is keenly interested in all public matters. He is a member of Evening Star Lodge, No. 101, Free and Accepted Masons, and of Collinsville Chapter and Council. He is also a mem- ber of Farmington Grange and of the City Club of Hartford.
Mr. Deming married Aleta Hart, daughter of Henry W. and Jennie (Am- idon) Hart, and they are the parents of one son, John Mix Deming, born August 20, 1920.
MURRAY, Patrick Joseph, Business Man.
The name of Murray has been derived from the Irish word, Murmhagh, mean- ing sea plain or marsh. The "mh" is silent and it can be readily seen how the name has been evolved into Murray. Mr. Murray was born in the parish of Mul- lagh, County Cavan, Ireland, February 17, 1855.
His father, John Murray, was born in the same parish, and died in 1867 at the age of forty-three years. During most of his lifetime he was engaged in business on his own account. He married Bridget King, daughter of Edward King, also a native of the same parish, and their chil- dren were: I. Margaret, deceased; mar- ried John Gerow, of Cambridge, Wash- ington county, New York. 2. Mary, mar- ried Daniel Hagan, of Hoosick Falls, New York, and there they are both buried. 3.
James, died in Springfield, Massachu- setts. 4. Patrick Joseph, of further men- tion. 5. Ellen, married John McGrath, of Hoosick Falls. 6. John, Jr., of Hoosick. Falls. 7. Rose, deceased, married Thomas McGrath, of Hoosick Falls.
Patrick J. Murray was educated in the National schools of his native land, and at the age of fifteen years, his parents having died, he came to America with three others of the family, all younger than himself. They located in Salem, New York, where an older sister already resided, and until he was twenty years of age Mr. Murray earned his living by working on farms in the vicinity. Thence he went to Springfield, Massachusetts, and entered the employ of the old Mas- sasoit Hotel, then (1876) one of the lead- ing hotels in this section of New Eng- land. Mr. Murray remained there from 1876 to 1892, and advanced from a bell- boy to the position of manager. Thus the youth who came to a new land, prac- tically alone and friendless, proved him- self to be worthy of the success which came to him through his own unaided ef- fort. There is much in the career of such a man worthy of emulation. In the spring of 1892, Mr. Murray removed to Torring- ton, Connecticut, and leased the Farn- ham House there, which he successfully conducted for twelve years. In April, 1904, he retired from active cares and spent a well deserved rest in traveling. He made extensive trips through France, England, Ireland and Scotland. Upon his return he located in New Britain, Con- necticut, where he was engaged in the liquor business until 1911. In the latter year he formed a partnership with Louis Edelson under the firm name of P. J. Murray & Company. They engaged in the real estate and insurance business, and handle all kinds of insurance, including life.
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In politics, Mr. Murray is a Democrat, and served on the Water Commission for a year. He is now a member of the Park Commission, and is a justice of the peace. Fraternally, he is a member of the Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, and was the first exalted ruler of the lodge in Torrington. Mr. Murray is past district deputy of the Grand Lodge in Connec- ticut.
Mr. Murray married Johanna S. Dwyer, daughter of John Dwyer, of Webster, Massachusetts, and they attend St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, aiding in its support.
KELLOGG, Clifford Walcott,
Physician, Professional Instructor.
For six years a member of the Yale medical faculty, Dr. Kellogg has amply demonstrated in private practice his skill and sound character. From numerous able and worthy forbears he has inherited the stable qualities which has ever char- acterized the native of New England.
(I) The American progenitor of the Kellogg family was Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg, who was baptized April 1, 1626, in Great Leigh, Essex, England, and came to America about the time of his majority. He was a son of Martin and Prudence (Bird) Kellogg. One of the early residents of Farmington, Connecti- cut, he is of record there in 1651, and served the town often as selectman. With others of that town he was among the pioneers of Hadley, Massachusetts, where he was an original proprietor and operated the ferry between Hadley and what is now Hatfield. Active in the new town, he was long selectman, member of the school committee, and as sergeant, commanded the Hadley troops at the famous Turner's Falls fight which broke the power of the Indians along the Con-
necticut river. From October 7, 1679, he was lieutenant of the Hadley company of "foot." He married (second) Abigail Terry, born September 21, 1646, in Wind- sor, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Terry, who came to Dorchester in 1630, removed to Windsor in 1637, about 1673 to Hadley, where Stephen Terry was first constable.
(II) Nathaniel Kellogg, son of Lieu- tenant Joseph and Abigail (Terry) Kel- logg, was born October 8, 1669, in Hadley, Massachusetts, and resided in Deerfield at the time of the Indian attack, June 6, 1693, from which he escaped and gave the alarm to other settlers. In 1739 he settled in that part of Hadley now Amherst, was one of the largest taxpayers of Hadley, lieutenant of militia, many years select- man, and died October 30, 1750. He married, June 28, 1692, Sarah Boltwood, born October I, 1672, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Lewis) Boltwood, the latter a daughter of Captain William Lewis, of Farmington. She was living in 1761.
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