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On June 1, 1884, Mr. Bailey was married, in Norwich, to Miss Emma C. Frazier, daughter of Thomas M. and Louisa (Hood) Frazier. Two chil- dren have been born to them: Howell S., born April 14, 1887 ; and Lottie S., born Nov. 12, 1888. In politics he is a Republican, but takes no active part in public affairs. Fraternally he is very popu- lar, belonging to Uncas Lodge, No. II, I. O. O. F., Palmyra Encampment and Canton Oneco, Patri- archs Militant, and is also a member of the Royal Arcanum. In every way he is a representative busi- ness man of Norwich, and a worthy descendant of his sturdy, honorable ancestors.
CAPT. WILLIAM HENRY LATHAM, a well known and highly respected citizen of Mystic, was born July 13, 1823, on his grandfather Levi Spicer's farm, in Groton.
His great-grandfather, William Latham, lived in District No. 9, of Groton, where he engaged in farming. He married Sarah Dennison and had these children: William, Moses, Martha, Anna, Esther and Polly.
William Latham (2), grandfather of William Henry Latham, married Sabrina Ashby, a daughter of Edward Ashby, and they lived in District No. 9, of Groton. William Latham served in the Revolu- tionary War, and at the age of sixteen was one of the defenders of Fort Griswold, at the time of the massacre. He was the father of the following chil- dren : Mrs. Eunice Gray : William ; Mrs. Prudence Potter ; Erastus ; Henry ; Daniel ; Mrs. Sally Smith ;
Silas ; James; Mrs. Eliza Rathbun; Mrs. wie Jane Spicer ; John Dennison; and Mrs. H: gal Adams.
HENRY LATHAM, father of Capt. Willia H. Latham, was born in District No. 9, of Groton, :r he attended school. He learned the carpe er's trade at Quakertown, in North Groton, now d- yard, and followed the building trade all hi fc. From 1824 he lived in Mystic, and many che houses in Mystic and Noank were built by (m. among these being the First Baptist Chur fin Noank and the Second Baptist Church in Mic. He was a member of this religious body. In phics he was a Whig.
Henry Latham was married in District N h.o. of Groton, to Lucy Clark Spicer, daughter of jevi Spicer, and the children born to them were a bl- lows: (I) William Henry was born July 13, 123. (2) Catherine A., born in 1827, lives at Tifton .; she is the widow of Nathaniel Ransom, who sted in the Civil war in a Connecticut regi ent, and is the mother of two children, {cy L. and Kittie T. (3) Charles W., now fle- ceased, born March 29, 1835, was a carpente the married Sophronia Burrows, and his children fe: Mary B. (wife of Horace M. Fitch, of My:), Mrs. Sarah S. Bailey, Lucy S. and Harry : (a dentist in Philadelphia). (4) Albert C., bolin 1837, married Emma Hempstead, and had vo sons,-Charles A. of Westerly, R. I., and Him. He was a carpenter by occupation, and did in Mystic from disease contracted in the service (his country in the Civil war.
William Henry Latham spent his early spol days in Mystic. At the age of fifteen years, in 118, he shipped on the "Lion," a coasting vessel, and fer on the brigs "J. D. Noyes" and "Lamp fi." His next experience was in 1844, when he Int whaling, and he was connected with the whing ships "Albree" and "Shepherdess," and the "Oci, "Emmeline," "Metamora," "Elizabeth,"
mony," "Theodore Raymond" and the "Exce in the merchant marine.
On May 22, 1861, soon after the outbreakof the Civil war, Mr. Latham gave up his busine to respond to the call of his country, and was orded south as coast pilot and acting master of the .et Gulf Squadron, in the steamer "Mohawk," as v |n- teer lieutenant on the flag ship of the South A n- tic Squadron. Mr. Latham and his men wer n- gaged in blockade work until Gen. Sherman realed the sea, when, on the steamer "Flag," of which pot. Latham was executive officer at Ossabaw Soun he was the second man to shake the gallant ofer by the hand, who also was not slow in recogn 1g the hazardous work in which Mr. Latham had en engaged. About the invaluable character o his work there never could be any question. O1 of the last services before leaving the navy Marc :8, 1865, was the convoying of thirty-two ve ls, loaded with cotton captured by Gen. Sherman,
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to New York. He came out of the serv- ig volunteer lieutenant.
ree years following the war, Mr. Latham ib-contractor for furnishing cattle during g of the Missouri Pacific route from Ral- ringfield. He then returned to Connec- engaged as master of the "Florence," of was the principal owner, and with which 'd for a year. In 1871 he became master the st mer "Cactus," in the Third Light House nd so continued until 1897. Since then has tin custodian of the Light House depot in strict, w Lolon, and is a well known figure to the ular has Issengers on the Shore Line railroad. His en one of unusual activity, and its evening enjoyd in the knowledge of work well and faith- ly dor Capt sen
William H. Latham was married at his me, July 23, 1849, to Hannah Eldredge, ighterof Elam and Hannah (Fitch) Eldredge, daughter of George and Hannah (Bur- redge. The Eldredge family was also a one. The children of Elam and Hannah 'Idredge were: Hannah; John B. and eased ; George, Eunice B. and Mary
i gra vs) E -farin itch) am, all Mystic; and Charles H., deceased. lliam H. and Hannah (Eldredge)
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T ave had children as follows: Will- ed in infancy. Charles Henry, sec- d treasurer
of the Spool Works, married Eva Wood, and has had two enry G., born Nov. 30, 1884, now in the at Van Rensselaer Polytechnic School at y, N.J.7 .; and Helen L., who died at the age of e yea Harry died aged four years. Hannah ife of Otto Graf, of Mystic. Elmer E., is the ed Caroline Williams, was engaged in b ma
business at Mystic, and died at the age of cant ty-se 1 years. Capt. Latham is a prominent a number of organizations, among them eon Welles Naval Veteran Association ; nber ng : C liams ost, No. 55, G. A. R .; Charity and Relief lge, 1 F. & A. M., and Royal Arch Masons ; nd Navy Club of Connecticut ; and Man- Arm' sett I
lge of American Mechanics.
CHA LES S. MEECH, a successful farmer popur citizen of Lebanon, is a representative n olc New England family, a genealogical his- ich appears elsewhere.
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Meech, father of our subject, was born 09, in Preston, Conn., and his early life n the towns of Preston, Plainfield, Lis- iswold, where his parents resided from e. He received only a common school, and was brought up to work upon the ile yet a very young man, he began chool, and for seventeen winters he ol in Griswold and surrounding towns, successful, and always a favorite with The summer seasons during this time,
he spent working for farmers. At the expiration of the seventeen years, he was employed as a clerk in a store at Hopeville, and later after his marriage, he located on a farm in Griswold, in the north- western part of the town. There he made his home until about the time of the outbreak of the Civil war, when he removed to Jewett City. He had been successful in his undertakings, and he pur- chased a small tract of land there, and was en- gaged in farming in a modest way, and also en- gaged in surveying, which he had followed from early manhood. Until after the death of his dearly beloved wife, he was engaged along these lines, but he then made his home with our subject, com- ing with him to Lebanon, and there died Jan. 27, 1901. He was a well-preserved, active man, and his death was caused simply by old age. His re- mains were interred in Pachaug cemetery, in the town of Griswold. Mr. Meech was of good height and excellent proportions, and striking appearance. Possessing in marked degree a high order of ability, in every avocation of life he was successful, and especially so as a surveyor, his services being largely in demand. His accuracy and thorough knowledge of surveying was all the more remarkable, as he never had any instruction, his knowledge having been gained from watching others. Early in life he was a Whig, but later became a Republican, and he was a man of high principles. While it was in ex- istence, he was a member of the Preston militia. During his residence at Griswold, he united with the First Congregational Church, and lated trans- ferred to the Second Church at Jewett City. No matter what the weather might be, he was a con- stant attendant upon the church services, and a more thoroughly Christian man never lived than he.
Mr. Meech married Eliza S. Copp, who was born at St. Augustine, Fla., Jan. 1, 1816, daughter of Daniel Copp, who was a wealthy slave owner and one of the aristocracy of the South, but whose summer home was at Groton, Conn. ; she died June 21, 1889. The children born of this union were : Charles S., born Oct. 22, 1843 ; Ann Eliza, born Dec. 27, 1846, died Feb. 5, 1861.
Charles S. Meech was born in Griswold, and at- tended the common schools of that locality. Dur- ing his boyhood he assisted his father on the farm, and after the family removed to Jewett City, he learned the trade of a carpenter, and worked at it a few years during the Civil war, assisting in the erection of the Ashland mill at Jewett City. He then entered the employ of the Slater Company, and was placed in the cloth room of their establishment. For thirty-one years he remained with them, and after the first year, he had charge of the finishing, shipping and packing departments, about fifty hands being under his supervision. In April, 1896, he left this company and became the superintend- ent's clerk in the office of the Aspinook Bleachery, continuing there three years. In April, 1899, he removed to Lebanon to the farm he had purchased
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the preceding year. This farm was known as the "Simeon Huntington place," and on it he erected the present modern house the same year he took possession of the property. Many are the improve- ments he has made upon his farm, which is a fine one of seventy acres, and he takes a great pride in it and in keeping his surroundings in good con- dition and thoroughly up-to-date.
On April 22, 1875, Mr. Meech was united in marriage with Emily A. Keigwin, who was born April 20, 1845, in Sterling, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Meech have no children of their own, but they adopted Alice Adams, when she was thirteen years of age. She was born July II, 1882, and upon her they have bestowed every evidence of parental af- fecticti. On Dec. 9, 1903, she was married to Row- land S. Browning, of Lebanon. In politics Mr. Meech is a Republican, and although not an office seeker, he takes an interest in local affairs. Fra- ternally he is a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 75, F. & A. M., at Jewett City. He became a mem- ber of the Grange in Griswold, as did his wife, and both transferred to the Lebanon Grange, of which Mr. Meech has served as overseer. For many years they were consistent members of the Jewett City Congregational Church, of which he was clerk and treasurer for many years, and in 1904 they trans- ferred to First Congregational Church at Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Meech are, respectively, eligible to membership in the Sons and Daughters of the Revo- lution. They are people who have gained for them- selves the respect and esteem of a wide circle of ad- miring friends, who know and appreciate their many admirable traits of character. Their hospitality keeps their home a center of social pleasure. It is such people as these which maintain a high standard of morals in a community, and set an excellent example to the growing generation.
DANIEL A. KEIGWIN, the father of Mrs. Charles S. Meech, was born July 19, 1811, in Voluntown, and was a carpenter by occupation. His death oc- curred in Worcester, Mass., Aug. 14, 1871, and he was buried in Griswold. His widow, whose maiden name was Eunice Frink, died Dec. 21, 1889, aged seventy-four years. Mrs. Eunice (Frink) Keigwin was a daughter of Stephen Frink, of Stonington, who married Mary, daughter of General John Bald- win, of Revolutionary fame. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Keigwin were: Mary, who married Charles Barrows, of Willimantic, where she died; Donald, who married Mary Tate, and later Mrs. Sarah Lucas, and they reside in Boston; Mrs. Meech ; Eunice, who married John Greene, and re- sides in Willimantic; Edwin, who married Luella Jones, and is a retired boss machinist in Whitins- ville, Mass .: Anna, who died at the age of fifteen years ; and Ella, who died at the age of four years.
Daniel Keigwin, father of Daniel A. and grand- father of Mrs. Meech, was born in Voluntown. He married Anna Crandall, daughter of Elder Cran- dall, a Baptist minister.
WILLIAM BURTON (deceased), a 1minent man in public life, one of the popular clens of Norwich, gained his influential position sol by his own efforts.
James Burton, father of William, r led in Norwich, England, where he was engaged tractor and builder, and there he died.
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Mary Ann Rudd, came to this country after the death of her husband, and made with her son William, for the remaining fivemonths of her life. Her children were Thomas, IElto re- sides in Norwich, England; William; a Eliza- beth, who married a Mr. Evans, and diew/ Nor- wich, England.
William Burton was born March 23, 346, in Norwich, England, where he received on a com- mon school education. When a boy yet in : teens, he went to London with his brother, an fresided there until 1867, when he decided to seeluis for- tune in the United States, going direct fin Lon- don to Norwich. As he had worked at th bottling business in London, he applied to Irus W Harvey, who at that time did a large bottling bt diess on Franklin street, for work, but did not ol in any. George F. Brooks, who happened to be in fe place at the time, learned that the young man es from London, and liking his bright appearanceinvited him to his home on Franklin street, and fua num- ber of years made him a member of his fa-ly. Mr Burton worked at whatever he could do tarn an honest dollar, and soon he was employed L.A Prov- idence man, who was doing a concrete wall jusines in Norwich. Mr. Burton was made forein in a short time, and superintended the layir of the long concrete walk in front of the Nor ch and Worcester railway repair shops on No Mai street.
In the spring of 1868 Mr. Burton ap entice himself to Joshua E. Fellows, a boss ması
and i due time mastered that trade, and proved Inself good workman. He was married in the f of tha year, and after a short residence in Green fille, th couple removed to Preston, where Mr. Buon too an active part in local affairs, and in 18. repre sented Preston in the Legislature in comply with Charles A. Burdick. Mr. Burton was thorst Re publican that had been elected there in yes.
In 1872, in company with a man named orneliv Connor, Mr. Burton built the structure iv occu pied by the Page Foundry Company, t | begir ning of a large amount of brick work wh |he di in Norwich, and especially in Greeneville. He wa also interested in the cement pipe and cond te wal business. About the year 1882 he returr. to th village of Greeneville to reside, and remajd ther the rest of his life. In 1887 he was elec 1 stred commissioner, and held that responsiblebositic until his death, with the exception of 1 year when the Democrats had charge of publ affair He was considered one of the best men 10 eve held the office.
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Besid being a thorough and energetic business . Mr Burton found time to take part in social irs, a n. was of a most genial and happy dispo- F was at one time a member of the Greene- Litery Club, and on retiring from its presi- y, with event occurred on the tenth anniver- on H of h marriage, he was tendered a banquet in In the Fire Department he took a intelit and was foreman of Shetucket Steam Enge Company, No. 7, and was one of the nizer of Greeneville Hook and Ladder Com- ., No 2, and was its first foreman.
Mr. 1 embe rton was a thirty-second degree Mason, of the Mystic Shrine; Wauregan Lodge, 6, K f P .; Shetucket Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. of the ... O. U. W. ; and of the A. O. Alfredians. was
he first member initiated into Shetucket ge affr its institution. Among business men Burt
sustained the reputation of an upright hone man. He was a good citizen, and his le life as very happy. On y 13, 1894, in company with several nds, I drove to the cove at Poquetanuck, to : afte sing ken some property there. While there con- asantly with his companions he was ch apoplexy, and died almost instantly. was blied in Yantic cemetery. Mr. Burton was an un ersally respected, and one of much in- ice, a his death was was felt to be a loss, not
to th immediate family, but to the whole com-
ity.
On N . 28, 1868, Mr. Burton was married in ic, C|n., to Margaret MacFarlane, who was sgow, Scotland, and came to the United 66, at the age of seventeen years. This blessed with a family of seven children :
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residing in Norwich, who married Miss erg, and has one child, Lillian P .; Agnes who died at the age of ten years; Mary is the wife of Alexander F. Shaw, of id has four children, Alexander, Will- zabeth P., and Alice M .; Margaret C., is th wife of Anton Nelson, of Norwich, and two ci dren, Agnes M. and Richard A. ; Emma Willin G .; and Alice May. The family at- the ( agregational Church.
S. RIX, a well-known citizen of Volun- , who is engaged in an undertaking and ig business there, and who is also an vivor of the Civil War, was born March the town of Griswold. The Rix family e and respectability in that locality.
Bishop Rix, father of Orrin S., was [5, 1815, in the town of Griswold, a son Bishop Rix, Sr. He was a mill operator ger days, working in the mill of James oluntown, but later settled down on a in the town of Griswold, where the his life was passed, engaged in agricul- leath took place on his farm, March 21,
1898, and he was buried in the cemetery at Volun- town. In politics he was a stanch Republican, and in religious belief a Baptist. Ephraim B. Rix twice married. His first wife, Lucy Scranton, died in 1848, and was buried in the Kinne cemetery, at Glasgo. Three children were born of this union: Charles, who died in infancy; John F., also deceased; and Orrin S., of this sketch. Mr. Rix married (second) Lucy Tift, born in 1815, who died May 30, 1881, and was buried in Voluntown cemetery. The three children of the second marriage were: Joseph H., who resides in New London; Lucy A., who resides in Danielson, Conn .; and Charles, also deceased.
.Orrin S. Rix attended school in the town of Griswold and at Voluntown. He spent five years at the latter place with his grandmother Rix, and worked on her farm, later learning the carpenter's trade with Ira G. Briggs & Co. Mr. Rix then be- came a clerk in a store kept by Edmund Hall, where he continued three years, when he entered into busi- ness for himself. After one year he returned to work at his trade, and followed it for some twenty years, then engaging in clerking for a time at Hope Valley, Rhode Island.
On Aug. 6, 1862, Mr. Rix offered his services in defense of his country, enlisting in Co. G, 2Ist Conn. V. I., under Col. Arthur H. Dutton and Capt. James F. Brown, and he remained in service until the close of the war, participating in nine battles and being wounded four times. He was honorably discharged at New Haven, in July, 1865. On May 30, 1867, Mr. Rix married, in Griswold, Mary A. Whipple, born in that town, daughter of Robert B. and Savina C. (Jackson) Whipple. Two children were born to them, namely: Orrin Chester, who died young ; and Carrie May, now the wife of Al- bert F. Horton of Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Horton have one daughter, Helen Rix.
In 1880 Mr. Rix entered into a mercantile busi- ness with Edmund Hall, an association which was continued for two years, and after one year alone, in 1883, he sold out his mercantile interests and en- tered the undertaking and wagonmaking business. Mr. Rix is much commended by his fellow citizens for the close and careful attention he gives to his business. He enjoys universal respect and esteem. Both he and his estimable wife are members of the Baptist Church at Voluntown.
In politics Mr. Rix is a Republican, and he has served as town clerk and treasurer, and for twelve years as judge of probate. Among his old army com- rades he is very popular and they have testified to their respect and affection by electing him com- mander of Byron D. Smith Post, No. 45, G. A. R., of Voluntown, of which he is a charter member, and has been both quartermaster and adjutant. He is a man of business integrity, of honorable bearing and of quiet tastes, a lover of his own fireside, and a neighbor who is appreciated for his kindness and forbearance.
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LEFFINGWELL. The Leffingwell family line is traced as follows: (I) Thomas, (II) Sam- uel, (III) Samuel, (IV) Samuel, (V) Benjamin, (VI) John, (VII) John B., (VIII) John H., and (VIII) Orrin B.
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This family of Leffingwell, members of which were among the early settlers of Connecticut, and later of Montville, is well represented in New Lon- don county at the present time by John Henry Leffingwell and Orrin Bradford Leffingwell, stal- wart and substantial citizens of Bozrah and Mont- ville, and sons of the late John B. Leffingwell, who was one of the leading and highly respected citizens of Montville, where he died at the age of seventy- four years and six months. As indicated, John H. and Orrin B. Leffiingwell are descendants in the eighth generation in direct line from Thomas Leffingwell, the emigrant ancestor of the family.
(I) Thomas Leffingwell, the first, of Saybrook, Conn., was a native of Croxhall, England, and one of the earliest planters of Saybrook. He later be- came one of the first settlers of Leffingwell town, and was personally engaged in the Pequot war, being a warm friend of Chief Uncas of the Mohegan Indians, and for services rendered this chief he re- ceived several hundred acres of land, since known as Leffingwell town, upon which he built five houses, within hearing distance of the blow of a horn. He gave one of the houses and a farm to each of his five sons. Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell was one of the original proprietors of Norwich, and was active in the affairs of the town and colony, dying at Norwich about the year 1710. Mary, his wife, died there Feb. 6, 1711. His descendants were numerous, and the name has been quite common in the vicinity of the first settlement of the American founder. The children of Thomas and Mary Leffingwell were : Rachel, Thomas, Jonathan, Joseph, Mary, Nathaniel and Samuel.
(II) Samuel Leffingwell, born about 1660, was a son of Thomas and Mary Leffingwell. He mar- ried Nov. 16, 1687, Ann Dickerson. He died at Norwich, Conn., in December, 1691, and she died there Feb. 22, 1690-91. They appear to have had but one child, Samuel.
(III) Samuel Leffingwell, who was born Feb. 4, 1690-91, son of Samuel and Ann (Dickerson) Leffingwell, was married March 2, 1714-15 ,to Miss Hannah Gifford. He settled in Norwich, where he and his wife both died. Their children were: Caleb, Samuel, Hannah, Ann, Andrew, Mary, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Abigail and Sarah.
(IV) Samuel Leffingwell, born May 28, 1718, son of Samuel and Hannah (Gifford) Leffingwell, married Sept. 7, 1742, Hannah Buck. After her death, which occurred March 29, 1761, he married Dec. 10, 1762, Sarah Russell, who died Oct. 22, 1763. His children, all born of the first marriage, were: Benjamin, Samuel and Abigail.
(V) Benjamin Leffingwell, born Feb. 2, 1743-44, eldest child of Samuel and Hannah (Buck) Leffing-
well, married Lettis Camp. He was a resitt of Bozrah, Conn., where he was a thrifty farm , and died Feb. 2, 1826, while his wife died Oct. 20803. Their children were: Wealthea married All Wa- trous ; Hussel married Sarah Gardner ; Jam mar- ried a Miss Maples ; John married Eunice Jord ; Louise married David Maples ; Joseph marrio falls Ford; Mary married Caleb Reed.
(VI) John Leffingwell, grandfather of ofsub- jects, was born March 22, 1774, son of Benjai Fand Lettis (Camp) Leffingwell. He married Janice Ford, who was born in May, 1782, daug tr of Joseph and Rebecca (Bradford) Ford. John Leffingwell was a resident of Montville, and as a successful farmer. He was tall and of afpare frame, energetic and capable of much hard fork. He was a member of the Bozrah Baptist Church. His death occurred in Montville, Oct. 19, 18, and his wife passed away Jan. 10, 1873. Their ( dren were: Eunice F., born Sept. 13, 1807, wlidied Sept. 8, 1882, aged seventy-five years, unn fied ; and John Bradford, father of John H. and C. n B. (VII) John Bradford Leffingwell wa born Sept. 4, 1809, son of John and Eunice ford) Leffingwell, on the same farm now occupied | his son Orrin B. Leffingwell, and there spent ? life as a successful farmer. He was tall and ender in appearance, and possessed a very pleasing- spo- sition and genial nature, being a man who rtily enjoyed a joke. He was an active and co stent member of the First Baptist Church of Bozr and served as treasurer and member of the church:om- mittee. In political faith he was originally a fanch Whig, and later a Republican. Although ret ag in disposition, and not an office-seeker, he ser native town as a member of the board of astisors and on the board of relief, and also held th office of selectman. John B. Leffingwell was hardfork- ing, industrious and thrifty, and a thorough and conscientious business man, one who bore the :eem and respect of all who knew him.
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