Genealogical and biographical record of New London County, Connecticut, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the early settled families, Part 112

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1568

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alive to all the monetary movements of the day. He was director in the Uncas and the Second National Banks, and a trustee of the Chelsea Savings Bank.

Fraternally Frank Ulmer was a 32d degree Mason. In 1889 he joined Somerset Lodge, No. 34, A. F. & A. M., and he also held membership in Franklin Chapter, No. 4, R. A. M .; Franklin Coun- cil, No. 3, R. & S. M. ; Columbian Commandery, No. 4, K. T .; the local Scottish Rite bodies of the Con- necticut Sovereign Consistory ; and Pyramid Tem- ple, Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeport. He was a char- ter member of Sphinx Temple, Hartford. He was at one time a member of Wauregan Lodge, K. of P., and served as chancellor commander.

On April 19, 1868, Frank Ulmer was united in marriage with Eleonore Frickman, who survives her husband. Their five children were born as fol- lows: (1) Henry F., born Jan. 17, 1869, early en- gaged in the tanning business, being for several years associated with his father at the office and tannery of the Norwich Belt Manufacturing Co. He was superintendent of the latter for two years. He also held the position of general superintendent of two tanneries, located at Greenbush, N. Y., and Readsboro, Vt., resigning the latter position to be- come associated with his father, and is now the surviving member of the Ulmer Leather Company. Henry F. Ulmer has taken a firm position among the representative manufacturers of his city. He is prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of Somerset Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Franklin Chapter ; Franklin Council; Columbian Commandery; the local Scottish Rite bodies of the Connecticut Sover- eign Consistory, and Sphinx Temple, Hartford. In politics he is a Republican. On Nov. 28, 1894, he was married to Cora Mae Wyman, of Taftville, and they have two children, Frank Eccles and John Wyman. (2) Catherine Eleonore died when four months old. (3) George F., born June 14, 1874, graduated from Norwich Free Academy in 1894, being valedictorian of his class, and then entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Bos- ton, from which he graduated in 1898. In July of the same year he entered the employ of Arbuckle Bros., sugar refiners, at Brooklyn, N. Y., with whom he now holds the responsible position of chief chem- ist. While at school he took a prominent part in athletic sports. He is a 32d degree Mason and re- sides in Brooklyn, N. Y. (4) Johanna T. married, on Jan. 2, 1904, Charles Hayes, of Utica, N. Y., where they reside. (5) Eleonore F. resides at home.

In the business world none held a higher repu- tation for integrity than Frank Ulmer. He was a man of remarkable executive ability, and he pos- sessed that rare faculty of managing his affairs well and yet retaining the honest respect and good will of his employes. He was known to them as their friend, and they appreciated all he did in their be- half, knowing he was just and impartial in all he did. In the domestic circle Mr. Ulmer was at his best-a genial companion, a kind husband and ten-

der father-and he gave hospitable welcome Lall that visited his happy home. His large heart hen made him a victim to the wiles of the mendint, and few men gave more to aid the unfortunatoou his giving was without ostentation, and it ispr through the recipients of his bounty that theen- eral public gained knowledge of it. He was : an of decided opinions, and while fearless in expr himself he was fair to those who differed with fin . and was always free to confess himself in the when once convinced. His life was well spen fun i although it did not reach the allotted span of fars he had accomplished much, and left an hofred name as a priceless heritage to future generati

Mr. Ulmer was liberal in his support all

church enterprises, and attended the Second C gational Church, whose pastor, in the course {the funeral address, made the following remarks

"I do not need to try to tell you, amongst he has lived for nearly forty years, that the p fing of Mr. Ulmer has left a real void in this comn city. You know it all too well. The roots of this fun's being have run into many places, and haverun deep. He was a modest and unassuming malbut he lived a life that was felt. In business, in 1| af- fairs of the city, and among a large circle of f /ids, as well as in his home, where his strength was fliel- ter, he will be missed in countless ways. B one of the deep compensations of life is always lis- that the essence of our sorrow becomes the force of our comfort as the days go on. So it wil fe in this home."

The burial, which was private, was in the nily lot in Yantic cemetery. The service at the rave was according to the Knights Templars ritual.

A local paper made the following comn t at the time of Mr. Ulmer's death: "In the don of Frank Ulmer Norwich loses one of its stron citi- zens. Having executive ability of a high or , he combined with this a progressive spirit which ficer him in the front rank of local business men. 1} had at all times the welfare of Norwich at hean and manifested a deep interest in municipal affair He was a man of positive mind and always stood & his convictions. Personally he was of a compan fable disposition and his home and its interests wer very dear to him. His nature was sympathetic ar gen- erous, but he was entirely without pretense any form."

CHARLES H. LOOMIS, the present f.): se- lectman of the town of Lebanon, and a well own dent and popular citizen, traces an ancestry coi with the settlement of Windsor, Connecticut.

Joseph Loomis, born probably about 159 a woolen draper at Braintree, County of Essex land, and came to America in the ship "Sus Ellen" in 1638. He is recorded in 1640 at W sor, Conn., where it is supposed he came in 1639, His

Fring- ing with him five sons and three daughters wife died Aug. 23, 1852, and he died Nov. 2: :658.

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Deacc ried mas John Loomis, born in England in 1622, b. 3, 1648-49, Elizabeth, daughter of ott, of Hartford. He was admitted to church at Windsor, Conn., Oct. 1I, 1640. On 3, he had granted him from the Planta-

3, 1. forty res of land. He resided in Farmington :0 1660, when he returned to Windsor, con of the church. From 1666 to 1667 $75 to 1687 he was a deputy to the Gen- ind he died Sept. 1, 1688.

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Loomis, born Dec. 3, 1653, married ch 31 1680, Sarah White, who was born Oct. 1662, aughter of Daniel White, of Hatfield, s. Loomis died Aug. 12, 1688, and his w on Tov. 12, 1689, married John Bissel, and ved Lebanon.

ohn Loomis, born Jan. 1, 1681, married 30, 1706, Martha Osborn, born April 687; d (second) Sept. 30, 1725, Ann Lyman.

reside n Lebanon and died in 1755.

israel oomis, born Sept. 29, 1715, married t) D 15, 1737, Esther Hunt, who died 16, 1 3; (second) in September, 1743, Mrs. y Horook, who died in April, 1745; and rd) Afil 8, 1747, Mary Marsh, who died Oct. 795 e died Oct. 2, 1801. simon 783, he did of th

loomis, born Aug. 24, 1760, married Oct. rah Holbrook, who died April 2, 1838, Dec. 28, 1841. Mr. Loomis was a sol- Revolution. He was occupied in farm- n the outh Society of Lebanon.

Iezek-| Loomis, of the seventh generation, and yrand and

her of our subject, was born Oct. 24, sided on a farm in Lebanon a short dis- f our subject's present farm, the estate occied by Albert Lyman. He followed ing a his life and died there March 28, 1845. vas fried Oct. 25, 1812, to Eliza Bennett, heir ofdren were as follows : (I) Nelson Ben- born ec. 9, 1813, was married (first) Jan. I, to F riet M. Post, who died June 14, 1847, (secc) .) Jan. II, 1848, to Emma Kellogg. ade 1

was a carpenter. He lived in different ties, 1 home being at Hebron, where he died 4, 18 :, leaving no descendants. (2) Edwin orn ne 10, 1815, married May 27, 1844, ce C. athrop, was a school teacher in early ater farmer, and died in Lebanon, Oct. 13, ¿ no children. (3) Henry A., born leav 9, 18

, married (first) Feb. 15, 1843, Abby C. mont who died Oct. 12, 1864, her one child in i ancy. He married (second) in June, Mar Mitchell, who bore four children, Nellie Edward, who resides in New Britain Bernadotte, and Henry (who died in in- 1. hry A. was a carpenter. He died at Brita ased o doe I Oct. 14, 1888. (4) Marvin T., born 15, 1 8, died April 9, 1819. (5) Hezekiah in, bet Dec. 25, 1819, became the father of ibjec (6) Jane E., born April 23, 1824, died 10, I&L. (7) Gilbert, born Sept. 1, 1828, mar-

ried Feb. 25, 1849, Delia Kimball. He was a tan- ner and currier, and lived for a time in Lebanon, later in Lockport, N. Y., dying there March 4, 1861. His children were Ellen (who married Frank Lord and lives in Hartford), Genevieve, Frank, (who lives in Boston) and Favorette (deceased).

Hezekiah Marvin Loomis was born in Lebanon and learned the business of tanner and currier while still young, serving his apprenticeship with Mr. Willard Hill, at South Killingly, Conn. He resided there until his marriage and then returned to Leb- anon, where he erected a house a short distance south of our subject's present home. After fol- lowing the tanning business for a number of years he spent several years working at painting, and then rented good farming land which he cultivated for some years, after which he bought of a Mr. Chenery the place known as Hayward's ; the house on this property was erected in 1807. Here Mr. Loomis spent the remainder of his life, engaged in general farming. He was also an expert in fruit culture, set out orchards and did much grafting, and became an authority on apples.

In his early political life Mr. Loomis was a Whig, later an ardent Republican, and might even have been denominated an Abolitionist. For many years he was a member of the choir of the Baptist Church, as he possessed a fine tenor voice. His death occurred July 7, 1890, although he was neither feeble in body or mind. He was very highly respected by all who knew him.

Hezekiah M. Loomis married Philena A. Foster, born May 25, 1819, a native of Killingly, daughter of William Foster. She died Sept. 26, 1897, at the home of our subject. They lived in congenial com- panionship for fifty-two years and their fiftieth an- niversary was the occasion of a happy celebration. They had children as follows: (I) Eliza Jane, born June 29, 1840, married March 7, 1859, George S. Graves, and they reside at Simsbury, Conn .; they had children-Nellie, who married Charles Beeman, and died at Simsbury; Charles S., of Simsbury ; Minnie, wife of Alton Fancher, of New Hartford; and George M., of Willimantic. (2) Mary Mar- tinella, born May 27, 1842, married Dwight H. Rob- inson, of Lebanon, born March 10, 1829, and had two children-Emma C., deceased, and Julia M., wife of Charles Hibberd, of Willimantic. (3) Julia C., born Jan. 3, 1844, died Aug. 16, 1845. (4) Charles H., born Sept. 21, 1845, is mentioned be- low. (5) Selah S., born April 9, 1847, married Feb. 2, 1869, David W. Wescott, who died at South Windham, Conn., March 1, 1874, leaving two daughters,-Fanny S., who married Charles B. Lamb, of Lebanon, and Mary A., who married Erv- ing Crouch, and died at Groton.

Charles H. Loomis was born in Lebanon, on the farm which adjoins his own, and he received his education in the district schools. He assisted his father on the farm until his marriage, after which he and his father farmed together for over twenty

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years, residing in the same house. When the father's health failed the son assumed full charge of the farm, which comprises about 100 acres, and now owns it. He carries on general farming and con- tinues the propagation of choice small fruits.

In politics Mr. Loomis has always been a Re- publican and has been prominent in town affairs for many years ; he has also been honored by being sent to the State Legislature, in 1901, where he served on the committee on Education. As a member of the board of selectmen Mr. Loomis has had consid- erable experience, having served twice previous to his present term, once as chairman of the board and once as second selectman. He has been a member of both the board of assessors and the board of re- lief, and for the past twenty-five years has been serving as a grand juror, being one of the oldest in point of service in the State. Mr. Loomis is fra- ternally connected with William Williams Council, No. 72, O. U. A. M., of Lebanon. He is a capable official and a popular and valued citizen.

On Dec. 28, 1870, Mr. Loomis married Frances D. Briggs, of Lebanon, born Jan. 15, 1849, daugh- ter of Charles W. and Delia F. (Gager) Briggs, the former of whom was from South Kingston, R. I., and the latter from Franklin, Conn. The children of this marriage are: (I) Lena A., born Dec. 31, 187I, was an accomplished teacher and typewriter and stenographer prior to her marriage, Dec. 15, 1896, to Dr. Frank C. Fowler, formerly of Moodus, but now of New London, Conn., who has two sons by a previous marriage, Harry M. and Frederick B. C. (2) Herbert L., born July 24, 1875, married Edith E. Moffit on June 1, 1898, and they have one daughter, Edith Frances, born May 20, 1900. He was a soldier during the war with Spain, being a member of Company E, 3d Regiment, C. V. I., and received an honorable discharge in February, 1899. He then entered the office of the Willimantic Linen Co. and remained there until December, 1902, when he was transferred to the general agency of the American Thread Company in New York, where he is still employed and where he resides.

GEORGE T. LORD, the leading undertaker of Norwich, has exemplified in his career the possi- bilities open to a young man of energy and enter- prise, when those qualities supplement a thorough knowledge of the line of work he has chosen, and the ability not only to act upon but to suggest new ideas. If he sees a want, he must be ready to supply it. In these days of sharp competition all a man's faculties must be alive if he is to succeed. It is not sufficient, as it was a generation or so ago, for him to be a good workman and that alone. He must have the executive ability to push his enterprises to profitable completion, and tact and courtesy in dealing with his patrons and associates in business. That Mr. Lord possesses all these qualities in gen- erous measure he has proved conclusively by the high position he has attained in so brief a span of

time. He has been a resident of Norwich only € years, and came here to enter business life wit any of the extraneous aids to fortune enjoyer many young men. Position, influential friends, : commercial standing-all these he was oblige win for himself as he made his way, but their quisition was not made an object, it came rathelis the recognition of effort wisely directed and co- spondingly appreciated.

Mr. Lord traces his descent from ancestors mo have been identified with Connecticut from Col fl times. His first American ancestor was Thets Lord, who was one of the earliest settlers of F ford, and an emigrant from England. Both he d his wife, Dorothy, whom he had married in ][ land, died in Hartford, the wife in 1687, at the le age of eighty-seven. All of their children were n in England, and came to America with their par s. A later generation of the family located in MA- borough, Conn., where the name is one of the fl- est in the town.

George Lord, great-grandfather of George was a farmer and large landowner in the tow bf Marlborough, Hartford county, his residence 1 g in the southern part of the town, and there he pad his entire life, dying in 1852, aged seventy-five fle was a member of the Congregational Church o he town. His first wife, Caroline (Crocker), borem one child, Sherman C., who married Opheli .T. Buell, was a farmer, and died in Marlborough. he second wife of George Lord was Abigail Eveft, of Ware, Mass., who survived him until 1861. 1,fir children were: Noble E., grandfather of George .; and Hinman, who married Anna E. Hutchin fn, was a farmer in Marlborough, and later moveto Hebron, where he died and where his widow w resides.

Noble Everett Lord, the grandfather of Ge ge T., was born in 1804 in Marlborough, where lı e- sided on the home farm until his marriage, 1/1g reared to farm work. After his marriage hule- moved to Hebron and rented the "Ferk M 1" farm, in the eastern part of the town, where he- sided for a little over a year, and he then purch ed a farm near by, where he passed the remainderof his life, dying Oct. II, 1892. Noble E. Lord v quiet, hard-working man, and left the heritage

a a good name to his large family, all of whom did credit. As he was in moderate circumstances he rearing of this large family was a heavy exp ise. Death several times visited his household. In li- tics Mr. Lord was a Republican, and he held 1 ny of the minor offices of the town. In religious hit- ters he adhered to the tenets of the Congregat ial Church, uniting with the congregation at He bon. Noble E. Lord married Betsey F. Buckley, ho came from the old Connecticut family of that r. he. She was born in 1816, in Colchester, Conn., da ph- ter of William Buckley, and died Aug. 12, 186 To them were born children as follows: Joshu: B., father of George T., is mentioned below ; Georg R.

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Mary Boud, was a real-estate dealer, and at Asbury Park, N. J. ; Daniel B. graduated mherst College, became a Congregational ;, and died at West Hartford, Conn .; Fe- , widow of Edwin Perry, resides in New Conn .; Sophia J. resides in East Hartford, inmarried ; Noble E. is a farmer in Hebron, Co., Conn. ; Prudence A. died young ; David ung, and his twin brother died when three 1; Lucy died young ; Loren M. married Anna and resides in Hebron, engaged as a farmer ;

Jc ua B. Lord was born in Hebron, and there spent is early life, receiving the foundation of his educaon in the local district schools. Later he at- tende Bacon Academy, at Colchester. He enlisted for s rice in the Civil war, and after his return from e army embarked in the undertaking busi- ich he carried on in Hartford for a number

He died in that city June 5, 1874, and was 'est in Linwood cemetery, at Colchester. His 3 connection was with the Congregational at Hebron.

M, Lord married Eunice Otis, of Colchester, daug grand

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r of John T. and Lucy (Dart) Otis, and ughter of Deacon John Thatcher Otis, a Revo ionary soldier. Mrs. Lord survived her hus- · almost twenty years, dying May 8, 1894, in ntic, at the age of sixty-two years, and she 1 to rest beside her husband. Children as follov blessed their union : Hattie W. is the wife of Willi P. Ball, of Bristol, Conn., and has one

daug1 r, May. Frank, who married Mary Rich- ard,

d in Winsted, Conn. George Thatcher is menti ed below. Eunice A., widow of Charles H. Lins1 resides in Willimantic, where she is a well-

know music teacher ; she has one son, Howard, who i n the employ of his uncle, George T. Lord, at No ich.

G ge Thatcher Lord was born in Portland, Conn nd was only an infant when his parents re- move to Colchester. He received his early edu- cation

n the district schools of that town, and grad the r agent

ed from Bacon Academy. He then entered road service, and for ten years served as or the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railw

Co., at Colchester and Turnerville. Re- signir

his position at the latter place he came to 1 in 1895, in company with Mr. Roadstrand,

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tom he established an undertaking business uncler le firm name of Roadstrand & Lord. On , 1897, Mr. Lord purchased his partner's Nov. intere and became sole owner. When the firm comm ced business in Norwich there were many ious predictions regarding their prospects, ind n e of them were favorable. The undertaking busing

in Norwich was being done by old-estab- fished rms. But the new firm introduced modern icleas d appliances, and soon had a firm hold on patro1 re. Their competitors were obliged to adopt te methods too, but the business of the new

house continued its rapid growth, and the patrons of this establishment are distinctively of the better class. It is this which emphasizes the success which has attended all Mr. Lord's efforts. In spite of the fact that he was obliged to make his own opportunities, he has reached the top of his profession, taking rank not only with the best in his locality, but throughout the State. His personal reputation has undoubtedly had much to do with the esteem he enjoys, especially among those in his own line, and he also holds an enviable social posi- tion.

In June, 1903, Mr. Lord was appointed, by Gov. Chamberlain, a member of the State Board of Ex- aminers of Embalmers, which board was created by the Legislature of 1903, and in July, 1903, Mr. Lord was elected president of the board.

Mr. Lord was married in Asbury Park, N. J., Nov. 17, 1892, to Miss Helena Thomas, of Philadelphia, Pa., daughter of Dr. Franklin R. Thomas, a noted physician of that city, and the first to introduce the use of hydro-oxygen in his practice. The Doctor was also noted as a tenor singer, and his daughter, Mrs. Lord, inherits his musical ability, being well known as a vocalist. She received her musical education in New York. 'Mr. and Mrs. Lord have had three children, Ruth Jeanette, Franklin Thatcher and Lucile Otis. Fraternally Mr. Lord is a thirty-second-degree Mason, holding membership in St. James Lodge, No. 23, F. & A. M. (in which he has held offices), and in Sphinx Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Hartford ; is a member of Gardner Lodge, No. 12, A. O. U. W .; the Royal Arcanum and the Arcanum Club ; the Sons of the American Revolution ; and the Sons of Veterans. His political support is given to the Republican party, but he does not take much active interest in public affairs, although while in Hebron he served as justice of the peace and grand juror. He and his wife are communicants of Christ Episcopal Church.

OTIS. (I) John Otis, Mr. Lord's first maternal ancestor in America, was a son of Richard Otis, of Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England. John Otis brought his family to Hingham, Mass., as early as 1635, coming in company with Rev. Peter Hobart and twenty-nine associates, who settled in the same town. He was a substantial yeoman, and left his native country, as has been supposed, to accompany his pastor, who was a stanch non- conformist clergyman. He was identified with the Puritans, and shared in the labors and sufferings to which the early New Englanders were subjected in the establishment of the first Colonial settle- ments. Subsequently he removed to Weymouth, where he died May 31, 1657, aged' seventy-six years. He was twice married, his first wife, whom he married in England, being named Margaret.

(II) John Otis (2), of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass., born Jan. 14, 1622, died Jan. 16, 1683. His wife was Margaret.

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(III) Judge Joseph Otis, son of John and Mar- garet, was judge of the Common Pleas court of Plymouth county, Mass., and removed to what is now Montville, Conn., in 1721. His death occurred June II, 1754, and his wife, Dorothy (Thomas), followed him to the grave Feb. 18, 1755.

(IV) Nathaniel Otis, born Jan. 30, 1689, moved to Colchester in 1716, and died April 15, 1771. He married Hannah, daughter of Col. John Thatcher, of Yarmouth, Mass., and she survived him, dying May 6, 1780, aged ninety years.

(V) John Otis, born April I, 1728, was a farmer and surveyor, and resided at Colchester. He married Prudence Foot, who died June 7, 1823. His death occurred Oct. 24, 1804.

(VI) Deacon John Thatcher Otis, born Oct. 31, 1758, followed farming, and was in comforta- ble circumstances. He resided south of the Center in the town of Colchester, and was for many years a deacon in the Colchester Congregational Church. On the breaking out of the Revolution, when seven- teen years of age, at the Lexington Alarm, he joined the American army at Cambridge. He

was one of those at Concord who on March 4th, helped to take Dorchester Heights; was in one of the engagements at the battle of Stillwater, and was at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. The fol- lowing article concerning this worthy patriot is taken from the Providence (R. I.) Journal of Com- merce :

"This venerable man died at Colchester, Conn., Sept. 18th, 1842, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. His life and death demand a memorial, for the sake of his many relatives and friends, who esteem him as a patriot and citizen and mourn his loss.

"Deacon Otis was a patriot of the Revolution. The first blow struck at Lexington kindled the little spark of Liberty into a wild blaze throughout the land. Otis, then not eighteen years of age, sought the first opportunity to display himself, and started with a small band in 1776 and joined the American army at Cambridge. He was at Concord among those on the night of the 4th of March who helped to take possession of Dorchester Heights. An engagement was hourly expected; but the British evacuated the city, and the American troops marched into Boston.

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Genealogical and biographical record of New London County, Connecticut, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the early settled families, Part 112

Author: Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1568

Author:
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1568