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Lieut. Gov. Wm. H. Bulkeley.
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Northrop, Newtown.
Seymour, Bridgeport.
Baker, Norwalk.
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Sturtevant, East Lyme.
White, North Stonington.
Coit, New London.
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HON HOBART B BIGELOW
GOVERNOR
HOBART B. BIGELOW.
GOVERNOR HOBART B. BIGELOW, of New Haven. is a man from the people, and from earliest boy- hood has shared their instincts and sympathies. Through industry. perseveranee, and force of character, he has raised himself to a commanding position in business and financial eircles. and en- joys a record that any citizen of Connecticut might justly feel proud of. He was born in North Haven. Conn .. May 16, 1834, and lived there until he was ten years of age, when his father, Levi L. Bigelow, removed to Great Bar- rington, Mass., where he was station agent on the Housatonic railroad for three years. From there he went to South Egremont. Mass .. where he entered into the manufacture of pump-chains. He returned to North Haven about 1855, where he still resides, thoroughly respected and esteemed by his fellow townsmen. He has held the office of tax-collector for a number of years, and has participated with credit in the management of town affairs.
His mother, who is also living, was Miss Be- linda Pierpont, a lineal descendant of Rev. James Pierpont, the second minister at New Haven, and one of the Founders of Yale college. The Con- neetient poet. Rev. John Pierpont, well known in the literary world, and the eminent jurist, Edwards Pierrepont, have the same descent. Ed. wards Pierrepont was born at North Haven, which was also Mrs. Bigelow's birthplace.
The Bigclows of Connecticut are connected with the Massachusetts family of that name, and have been noted for intellectual integrity, sound pat riotism, and strict observance of moral promisple, The solid manhood of Colonel Thomas Bigelow, of the Fifteenth Massachusetts regiment, un eth vient Revolutionary officer, has been characteri- tie of the race. He commenced hte as a black smith, and, hke General Greene of Rhode Island, won his way to a position of honor and response bility. He marched to Cumbridge at the Head of
a company of minute-men after hearing of the battle of Lexington : assisted at the capture of Burgoyne. and was at West Point and Valley Forge.
With the blood of the Pierponts and Bigelows in his veins, nothing less than success could have been expected when Governor Bigelow com- menced at Guilford the carving of his own fortune in the world. He had enjoyed what facilities the common sehools of his native town afforded. but had completed his education at the academy in South Egremont. and at the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to the machinist trade, entering the works of the Guilford Manufacturing Com- pany, of which William Faulkner was prosolent. On the failure of the Guilford company eight months afterwards, he removed to New Haven. and completed his apprenticeship in the New Haven Manufacturing Company's work-
His uncle, Asahel Pierpont, was presilent di the company, and was also the foun lee of the extensive business now carried on by Medlos. Wheeler & Co .. one of the largest look-manufac turing concerns in the country His arele's on fluence helped in shaping his buspress , and inspired hum with selt relaties
At the expiration of two years, los frade ber- ing been completed, he entered the samples of the old tym of Ives & Surich which afterasols passed mitã thể hands tế Whens & thông tin era Bledlow beld the position of 500-nam co both oncomes
On the death of My ti, m that Phone the kindness of froals Gosprmy lipsloy our enabled to purchase the teslim diparmamed. My Ceyuyan Whileuss về De số Boni resulang
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Grapevine Point, and added to the machine de- partment the manufacture of boilers, having al- ready established himself to a considerable extent in the latter industry. At present, the Bigelow Boiler Works stand among the foremost in the State.
Seven years ago Governor Bigelow associated Henry Elson, formerly his superintendent, with him in business. In October, 1879, George S. Barnum, who had been a clerk in the establishi- ment, was also taken into partnership. The works are now controlled by H. B. Bigelow & Co., and constitute an active industrial center.
In 1861 Governor Bigelow received a govern- ment contract for 300,000 " gun parts" for the Springfield rifle, requiring three years in its ex- ecution. The contract gave employment for a large corps of hands, and was carried out suc- cessfully and to the satisfaction of the govern- ment. For several years Governor Bigelow has been a director in the Merchants' National Bank of New Haven, one of the largest institutions in the State, and on the death of Nathan Peek, in January, 1882, he was elected its president. By virtue of his office as mayor of New Haven he was also, until January 1, 1881, a director in the Derby Railroad.
He served one year each in the offices of coun- cilman and alderman of New Haven, the late Morris Tyler being mayor at that time. In the spring of 1875 he was elected a member of the House from New Haven, his majority being 1,638. The election showed his splendid personal popu- larity in the city. During the session he was a member of the Committee on Banks, and was a hard and diligent worker in that capacity. His views on financial questions were always sound, and his judgment was decisive with his colleagues. Throughout, his career in the legislature was highly honorable, both as a citizen and legislator.
In December, 1878, he was elected mayor of New Haven by a majority of 2,378. This mag-
nificent triumph was due in part to disaffection in the Democratic ranks, numbers of the opposition party voting for him instead of their regular ean- didate. But it is beyond question that Governor Bigelow was the most popular Republican in New Haven, and polled a larger vote than any one else could have done. His administration as mayor was conservative, prudent, and economi- cal, and met with universal public approval. The city was ably governed, Mr. Bigelow attending to his public duties with the same fidelity with which he controls his private matters. As President Watrous, of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford road remarked, when presenting his name before the Republican State Convention in 1880, his eminent success in the management of his own interests demonstrated his fitness for any trust to which he might be called by the suf- frages of his fellow citizens.
As chief executive of the State, Governor Bigelow has won the heartiest approval of the publie, and his administration has commanded complete confidence.
Governor Bigelow is a member of the Church of the Redeemer at New Haven, Rev. Dr. John E. Todd's, and is a broad and liberal Christian gentleman. While his life has been one of bril- liant business success, it has also been character- ized by conscientious religious convietions, benev- olent aims and purposes, and untarnished per- sonal honor.
He resides on Orange street, in one of the most attractive portions of New Haven. His family consists of a wife and two sons, and occu- pies a highi social standing in the community. His oldest son, Frank L. Bigelow, graduated from the Yale Scientific School last summer, and holds the position of aide-de-camp on his father's staff. The remaining son, Walter P. Bigelow, is pursuing a liberal course of studies at New Haven.
HON WILLIAM H BULKELEY
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
WILLIAM H. BULKELEY.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR W.M. H. BULKELEY, of Hartford, is a descendant of Rev. Peter Bulke- ley, the founder of Concord, Mass .. and is there- by connected with one of the oldest New England families, the representatives of which have in- variably impressed themselves upon the moral, social, and business life of the communities in which they have lived. The American ancestor was a brilliant non-conformist divine, suecceding his father, Rev. Edward Bulkeley, in the church at Woodhill, Bedfordshire, Eng., but on account of complaints instituted by Archbishop Laud he was compelled to seek refuge with the New Eng- land Puritans. He arrived at Cambridge in 1634, and settled with a band of followers at Concord. His death occurred in 1659. He was a distinguished writer in his time, and a " mas- terly reasoner," says President Stiles, "in the- ology." Two of his manuscripts are preserved in the library of the American Antiquarian So- ciety. His son, Rev. Gershom Bulkeley. grad- nated from Harvard in 1655, and married a daughter of President Chauncey. In 1661 he was settled as pastor at New London, where he remained until 1667. when he was installed over the church at Wethersfield. Subsequently he devoted himself to the practice of medicine at Glastonbury. "As a clergyman he stood at the head of his profession, and ranked among the first in medical science." Rev. John Bulkeles , the next in the line of descent, was also a grad- nate of Harvard. He was ordained pastor of the Colchester church in 1703. In ability he ranked with the leading divines of New England His son, Hon. John Balkeley, graduated at Yale in 1725, and was a distinguished lawyer. Elipha let and John C. Bulkeley, son and grandson respectively of John Bulkeley, were extensive land owners and business men. The father of General Bulkeby, the late Hon Kliphalet A Bulkeley, graduated from Yale in 1821
Judge Origen S. Seymour, of Litchfield, whose death occurred during the past year, was a mem- ber of the same class. After graduating. Mr. Bulkeley studied law with William P. Williams. of Lebanon. His wife, Lydia S. Morgan, is a cousin of Ex-Governor Morgan, of New York. In 1830 he moved from Colchester to East Had- dam, and commenced the practice of his profes- sion in that town. His ability immediately brought him into notice. and he was elected a member of the House of Representatives from there. Afterward he was chosen a member of the Senate for two terms from the eighteenth distriet.
General William H. Bulkeley, the subject of this sketch, was born at East Haddam, March 2, 1440. Seven years later, his father, then holding the office of school fund commissioner, estab- lished his residence in Hartford, and remained here until his death, a few years ago. Ile was the founder and first president of the Mona Life and also of the Connectiont Mutual lake Insurance Company. In 1537 he was elected a member of the legislature from Hartferd, with Judge Nathaniel Slopman as his collegene. all was elected Speaker of the House. He was prominent in State politics for years, and from the outset was identified with the white and re publican parties, General Bitkiler was een ted in the public and high schools of Hartland, P'ra- cipal T. W. T. Curus, then In charge of the IL _h school, being luis instructed He lett the sheol before graduation, with an admirable crowd En scholarship and application nod tool to on ploy of Thather, Goods ch & Solowy, then the oldest and leading dis gough establishment in the city, In March 1537, he went to Royally V ), and engaged in the Mange Faisais with !! I' Morgan & Ge Afterwards de stare the dry goods trade Ihr lausell amk osladied à
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street, Brooklyn. In 1868 General Bulkeley re- turned to Hartford, and organized the Kellogg & Bulkeley Company, lithographers, of which he has since been the president. He was for several years vice-president of the Ætna Life Insurance Company, and is at present a member of the board of directors. He is also a director in the Orient Fire, the American National Bank, and the United States Trust Company. Three years ago in October he purchased the famous dry goods establishment of Hartford, the "Bee Hive," one of the largest and most enterprising concerns of the kind in New England, and has since managed it with consummate ability and success.
General Bulkeley has had five years' experience in the common council board of Hartford, serving one year as vice-president and one "as president of that body, thus acquiring a thorough parlia- mentary training. At the expiration of his membership in the council, he was appointed a member of the board of street commissioners, retaining the position by successive appointments between seven and eight years. He resigned a year ago, having been one of the most efficient members the board has ever had. General Bulkeley has had much experience in public and official life, and has acquitted himself with honor and distinction in every position that he has held. He was a member of the Yorktown commis- sion, representing Connecticut on the board com- posed of representative men from the thirteen original States. His political career has been eminently successful, and as presiding officer of the Senate last year he won golden opinions from all sides. He commands the comple sup- port and confidence of his party.
General Bulkeley has had a creditable war rec- ord, having been one of the first to respond to
the call for troops after the attack on Fort Sum- ter. He was a member of the Brooklyn City Guard, G company, Thirteenth regiment, N. Y. N. G., and advanced to the front with his com- mand, April 19, 1861. The organization was in service for four months. In 1862 he organized Company G, of the Fifty-sixth regiment, N. Y. N. G., and was elected captain. He was with his command through the Pennsylvania crisis of 1863. being in General " Baldy " Smith's division. The regiment was ordered home during the New York draft riots, after which it was disbanded, its term of service having expired.
General Bulkeley is an active member of Robert O. Tyler Post, G. A. R., of Hartford, and also of the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut.
Two of his brothers, Morgan G. Bulkeley, at present mayor of Hartford, and Charles E. Bulkeley, a graduate of Yale college in the class of 1856, were also in the service during the war. The latter was a captain of artillery, and died in December, 1864, while in command of Battery Garesche, near Washington. He was a member of the Hartford bar, and would have made his mark in the world had his life been preserved. Mayor Bulkeley served in a New York regiment -making three members of the family engaged in the Union army during the critical periods of the war.
In private life General Bulkeley is a gentleman of superior traits of character ; a member of the Pearl Street Congregational church, Rev. Dr. William L. Gage's, and a generous contributor to the needs of the poor. From cvery point of view Generał Bulkcley is a man of commanding influence, rare business ability, and the strictest personal integrity.
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HON. CHARLES E. SEARES,
SECRETARY OF STATE.
HON. CHARLES E. SEARLS of Thompson, the Secretary of State, was born at Pomfret, March 25, 1846, and graduated at Yale College with honor in the class of 1868. He belongs to one of the oldest and most influential families in Wind- ham County, and is in all respects a representative of the intelligence, culture, and patriotism of Eastern Connecticut. His father, Edwin C Searls, died at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1867, having removed to that city during the early childhood of his son, and engaged in busmess there. ils mother is a sister of the late Colonel Charles Matthewson of Pomfret. The Searlses and Mat- thewsons have been among the best families of Windham County for generations, and have taken an active part in public affairs Immediately after the deecase of his father, Mr. Scarls's mother returned to Connectient, locating at Thompson, where the family havo since resided. After a
thorough preparation for college, Mr. Searls en tered Yale in 1×64, and pursued an academie course at that institution. Among his classmates were Professor I. T. Beck with, of Trinity College . Judge Geo. H, Cowell, of Waterbury, Rev. Alan son P. Tinker, of Lyme, now a brilhant Congre gational clergyman at Auburn, Me. : Rever. C. Welles, of Wethersfield, now settled at the West Rev. Chummery B Brewster, of New Haven, de of the ablest Episcopal clergymen that Canive- Dent has produced. John Marvin Chapall of Springfield, Mass . subsequently a graduate di the Hartford Theological Somtimes, and By William T, Bacon, of Hartford Mr Searle stood welling his class, graduating with an dextrome cook He was A member of the 1's Father codes and throughout his college cante was a hard and contentious worker. One of his wife while at Yale was Clarke Btwin Smith) sur w
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Deacon Smith, of the Cincinnati Gazette, and at present one of the editors of that paper. He was thoroughly popular with his associates and the faculty, and his marked success in life has been enjoyed by all who were connected with him in college.
After graduating Mr. Searls studied law in the office of Hon. Gilbert W. Phillips, of Putnam, and commenced practice there in 1870. His ability has placed him among the first members of the Windham County bar, and but few men of his years have achieved greater success in their pro- fession. In 1869 he was elected Town Clerk of Thompson. Two years later he was chosen a member of the House from that town, serving as Chairman of the Committee on New Towns and Probate Districts. Among the important meas- ures coming before his committee were the reso-
lutions establishing a new county seat at Water- bury, and the new towns of Beacon Falls and Newington. In 1874 he delivered the oration before the literary society of the Woodstock Academy, his subject being, "The Scholar as a Conservative." Mr. Searls is a gentleman of superior culture and ability, correct and methodi- cal in his business and professional duties, and of the strictest personal integrity. The warm-heart- cd commendation of John M. Hall, of Williman- tic, in presenting his name before the Republican Convention which nominated him for the office of Secretary of State, was fully justified by the npright and honorable carcer which Mr. Searls has made for himself. His administration of the duties of the Secretary's office has shown him to be amply qualified for the responsible position which he holds.
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HON. JAMES D. SMITH.
TREASURER.
HON. JAMES D. SMITH of Stamford, State Treas- urer for the current year, was appointed by Gov- ernor Bigelow, Jannary 3, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. David P. Nichols of Danbury, who was elected Treasurer by the Re- publicaus in November, 1880. The appointment devolved upon Governor Bigelow under the stat- ute, and was made with judicious regard for the public interests. Treasurer Smith's eminent fit- ness for the position has been heartily recognized throughout the State, and the appointment has met with the unanimous approval of Republicans and Democrats. It was fitting that Mr. Nichols's successor should be chosen from Fairfield County, and in selecting Mr. Smith a high compliment has been paid by Governor Bigelow to the young Republicans of that section. Treasurer Smith was a member of the legislature last yen from Stamford, and won the fullest confidence nud
esteem of his associates. While not an active participant in debate, his influence upon the legis- lation of the session was often felt, and was always wholesome in its effect. His views were soul und could be safely followed at all times, Mr. Smith is one of the ablest business men and financiers in Connecticut, and is a member of the Wall street firm of Jameson, Smith & Coating. with which he has been associated for upwards of sixteen yours. He commenced his business career nt Ridgefield, but removed soon afterwards to New York, where he became cashier and that look keeper with the firm of Host, Sprague & Co Subsequently he became a member of the Wall street firm, with which he is at present connected He is a member of the New You' Such I's- change, the Prelue Exchange, sunk the An York Mining Exchange, and da Tuesday , January 10, was elected one of the directors of the New
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York clevated road. He has also held director- ship in a number of large corporations, including the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the Union Pacific, and the Kansas Pacific Railroad compa- nies, the Panama Railroad company, the Quick- silver Mining, and the Atlantic and Pacific Tele- graph companies. He was one of the founders of the Woodlawn Cemetery, and was largely in- strumental in its success. Treasurer Smith has visited Europe a number of times in the interest of his firm. Among the first-class securities, which he has successfully placed abroad, may be mentioned $2,000,000 of St. Louis City Park and Sewerage bonds, $4,000,000 of Mississippi and Illinois River Bridge bonds, and $6,000,000 of North Missouri first mortgage bonds. Mr. Smith is a gentleman of splendid social traits, and is Vice-Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. The celebrated yacht " Estelle," which has one of the fastest records of the New York fleet, belongs to him and is the envy of New York yachtinch. Mr. Smith's personal popularity and influence in
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