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 172

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
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Un Jan. 1. 1820, Col. Johnson was married to Jerasha Whiting, a native of Rozrah, daughter of William and Anna ( Lathrop) Whiting. nul a mece of the wife of Col. Johnson, Sr. She made her home with her nucle and anut from the age of four vers, so she and her future husband were brought

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up together as brother and sister. Mrs. Johnson died Oct. 27, 1874, aged seventy-two years, the mother of the following named children: (1) Ann married Charles Baldwin, a farmer, and resided in Bozrah, where she died ; she left no children. (2) Jehiel Lathrop and (3) William W. were twins; the latter died young. (4) Mary Lauretta died young. (5) Mary Lauretta (2) married Charles Bailey, and resided in Colchester, where she died. They had three children, one son and one daughter dying in infancy ; the other, Henry Johnson Bailey, resides in Colchester. (6) William W. (2) married Lydia Lyon, and resided in North Leominster, Mass. ; they had one son, Charles Lyon. (7) Na- than died young. (8) Charles A. is unmarried and resides on the homestead. He has been prominent in town affairs, holding many of the local offices. (9) A daughter died in infancy. (10) Christina R., who is unmarried, resides with her brother Charles.

Jehiel L. Johnson, born Aug. 22, 1828, in Bozrah, on the home farm, received a district school educa- tion, and was brought up to farm work. His father's physical infirmity made it necessary for young Jehiel to do heavy work on the farm, and he re- mained on the home place until his marriage, after which he erected his present building on a part of his father's farm, and for many years had a tract of fifty-eight acres. He devoted his attention to dairying, for a number of years doing quite a busi- ness in that line. Of late years he has disposed of some of his land, and now only farms in a small way.

Mr. Johnson was married Nov. 7, 1858, in Boz- rah, to Nancy A. Phillips, who was born Oct. 9, 1837, in Preston, daughter of George W. and Mary C. ( Meech) Phillips, who were natives of Preston, but spent the later years of their lives in Bozrah, where he was a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have had four children : (1) William Prentice, born Sept. 2, 1859, married Harriet Fuller, and resides in Columbia, Tolland Co., Conn., where he is a suc- cessful farmer. (2) Jehiel died when five weeks old. (3) Newton Lathrop, born Jan. 28, 1863, married Nettie Brown, and, for his second wife, Lizzie Chemic, and resides in Olneyville, R. I., where he is engaged in the grocery business. There is one child by the first union, Marion Helena, born Feb. 28, 1889. (4) Frank Phillips, born Aug. 30, 1871, married Amelia Lippman, and resides in Chicopee, Mass. They have one child, Gertrude Ethel, who was born Aug. 17, 1895.

Mr. Johnson and his wife are members of the Bozrah Congregational Church, and for the past ten years he has been treasurer of the Society. He has never sought public office, but has been called upon to serve several years on the board of select- men, one year of which time he served as first se- lectman. He has been tax collector four years, and town treasurer at two different times. His politi- cal connection is with the Republican party. Mr. Johnson is a most pleasant and agreeable gentle-

man, and he and his family enjoy the highest es+. teem and respect of all who know them ..

EDWIN LATHROP CUMMINGS, deceased, was a successful and energetic farmer of Lebanon, at which place his death occurred May 27, 1899.

Gurdon Cummings, the grandfather of Edwin L., was a well-to-do farmer and resided in Groton,. Tompkins Co., N. Y., where he died.

Charles Cummings, son of Gurdon and father of Edwin L., was born in Groton, N. Y., and re- ceived a good education there. He came to Con- necticut when a young man, and was engaged as a school teacher in different towns, among them being Franklin, Mansfield and Lebanon. "While teaching in the first named town he met the lady who afterward became his wife. After his mar- riage he resided for about two years in his native town, and then returned to Connecticut. Abandon- ing teaching, he was engaged for several years as a peddler of Yankee notions, traveling over the State of Connecticut, but later he embarked in farming, residing at different periods in the towns of Bozrah and Lebanon. When he settled in Lebanon, he located in the house opposite the road from the late home of his son, Edwin L. His death occurred quite suddenly of heart failure, while he was in the house of his son, Nov. 4, 1878, when he was aged sixty-three years. His remains were buried at Exeter. Mr. Cummings was a very scholarly man, but did not understand business methods. He was a stanch Democrat, and was a firm believer in Spiritualism.

In Mansfield, Conn., Charles Cummings mar- ried Fanny J. Palmer, of Mansfield, a daughter of David H. Palmer, who was born July 27, 1815. The children born of this happy union were: Delia, born Aug. 18, 1841, died at the age of eighteen years, a charming young lady; Gilbert M., born May 14, 1844, died in June of the following year ; Martin, born Aug. 18, 1852, died June 12, 1853; and Edwin Lathrop.

Edwin Lathrop Cummings was born on Blue Hill, in the town of Franklin, Conn., March I, 1847. His education was received in the schools in the district wherein he resided. He also at- tended a select school located at Lebanon Centre, and conducted by Edward S. Hinckley. From early boyhood Mr. Cummings was made to work upon the farm, passing his time out of school in the hardest of labor. As a young man he was always ready to work at whatever promised to gain for him an honest dollar. He was careful and saving with his money, and later he bought a threshing outfit, which for twenty-eight years he operated, traveling from place to place where work in that line was to be obtained. For many years each spring, he peddled Connecticut river shad, doing this both before and after his marriage. After it, he purchased with his savings, from the heirs of Jonathan Northrop, the farm where he resided for

E.L. Cummings

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the remainder of his life. At the time of purchase the property consisted of 167 acres, but he later bought a small farm of 25 acres adjoining, and still later he bought a farm of 107 acres on Village Hill; the latter, however, he rented to other parties. On the home farm he made quite exten- sive improvements, and was engaged in general farming and lumbering when he died, although this event occurred after a decline of several years. Mr. Cummings had started out in life without a penny, but he died a well-to-do self-made man. His word was always considered literally as good as his bond, for he backed it up with the record of a blameless life and unstained business career.

On May 28, 1876, in Stafford Springs, Conn .. Mr. Cummings was united in marriage with Ida E. Lathrop, who was born Sept. 7, 1854, in Tol- land, Conn., a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Chapman) Lathrop. Thomas Lathrop was a man highly respected by all who knew him, and was a resident of Stafford Springs for thirty years before his death, which occurred Feb. 18, 1900, when he was seventy-five years of age. During the last ill- ness of Edwin L. Cummings, his wife took charge of the farm, and since then has conducted same with an ability which is really remarkable. Under her excellent management the fields yield abund- antly, and the premises do credit to her care. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cummings are as follows: ( 1) Claudius Lathrop, born Feb. 28, 1877, is a farmer in Lebanon. He married Maude Simp- son, and has one child, Dorothy M., born in Oc- tober, 1902. (2) Charles Gurdon, born Oct. 8, 1879, graduated from Stafford Springs high school. and attended Williston Seminary, at East Hampton. Mass., and is now attending Hahnemann Medical School at Philadelphia. (3) Hazel B., born Sept. 21, 1881, was married Dec. 25. 1900, to Lonis 'H. Corbett, of Lebanon, and has one child. Joyce Lath- rop, born May 3, 1903. (4) Kenneth Lee was born July 19. 1883. (5) Burnett W. was born Feb. 27. 1885. (6) Harold was born Sept. 28, 1887. (7) Leo G. was born Aug. 30, 1892. (8) Rexford E. was born July 17, 1804. (9) Carlton A. was born July 19. 1896. All these children are good and devoted to their mother, who is without doubt one of the most energetic and remarkable women in the town, and one who has reared a large family of children to be a credit to her and themselves, as well as to the neighborhood.

ADAMS POPE AND GEORGE WYMAN CARROLL, of Norwich, sons of the late Lucins Wyman Carroll, are the direct descendants of four ancestors who were in service in the war of the Rey - olution, being great-grandsons of Lieut. Amos Car- roll, who turned out at the Lexington Alarm April 19. 1775. from Killingly, Conn., and who in 1978 was a lientenant in the Seventh Company, Eleventh Connecticut Regiment : great-great grandsons of Jonathan Adams, of Northbridge, Mass., who served

from Dec. 8, 1776, to Jan. 20, 1777, as a private in the company of Capt. David Batcheller, in the Third Worcester County Regiment, commanded by Lieut. Col. Nathan Tyler, on the Alarm from Rhode Island, and who also served in the same company and regi- ment at the Rhode Island Alarm in August. 1780 : great-great-grandsons of Louin Pope, who was captain of a company which marched to Lexington on the Alarm, April 19, 1775. and who in April. 1776, was chosen captain of the Eleventh Company. Second Bristol County (Mass.) Regiment : and great-grandsons of Stephen Crosby, of Thompson, Conn., who turned out from Killingly on the Lexing- ton Alarm, and who in 1776 was appointed captain of the Third Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, under command of Col. Sage, and was killed in the battle of Harlem Heights, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1776. Stephen Crosby was likely a son of Nathaniel Crosby. of Cambridge, Mass., who purchased land in 1722 in Killingly ; he united with the Killingly Church at its organization, in 1731.

The Carroll family of Windham and New Lon- don counties is one of the oldest families in New England. Nathaniel Carroll. the first of whom we have any definite record, was born in 1638 in Salem, Mass., where he spent his life and where he died. He married Mary Haines, of Beverly, Mass .. in 1659. and became the father of seven children. namely : Mary, born July 20, 1661 : Nathaniel ( 2). 1663 : Samuel, 1666; Benjamin. 1670: Joseph, 1074 : Hannah, 1677; and Edward. 1680.

Nathaniel Carroll ( 2). son of Nathaniel, was born in 1663. in Salem, Mass., and spent his life in Box- ford, Mass., where he was a cordwainer or leather dresser : he was also a sealer of leather. He died in 1724 and was buried in Boxford. In 1683 he was married, in Salem, to Priscilla Downing, to which union eight children were born: Mary. in 1087: Hannah. Oct. 29. 1600; Nathaniel (3). Oct. 31. 1691; Sammel. Dec. 5. 1003: Elizabeth. in 1005. Joanne. April 30, 1097: John. Nov. 12, 1701, and Daniel, in 1703.

Nathaniel Carroll (3). son of Nathaniel (2), was born Oct. 31. Høyt, in Boxford, Mass. He spent his life in Middleton. Mass., where he was engaged in the leather business, and was a sealer of leather. as was his father. He died in Middleton, and was buried there. In 1215 he married, and he and hits wife Hannah had six children, namely- Francis. born in 1717: Nathaniel, 1218 : Hannah, 1721. Abi- gaul. 1725: Amos, 1728; and Mary. 1731

Amos Carroll, son of Nathaniel (3), was born Jan. 23. 1728, in Middleton Mass, where he grew to manhood. On Sept 20. 1218, he married Mais Smith, of Middleton. In 17 he was decided a tract of land In his uncle, Sammel carrell, in the town of Killingks, Windham Co. Com, in that part of Thompson known as the Brandy Hill District. He later removed to East Thompson, on the farm known as the Kitt Corliss farm, where he spent some time, and then he bought the Fort Hill farm, now owned

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by John E. Doane, in Thompson, where he spent the remainder of his life, engaged in general farming. He was one of the leading men of his day in that sec- tion of the county. He turned out at the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, and in 1778 was a lieutenant in the Seventh Company, Eleventh Regiment. He died Nov. 23, 1792, and was buried in East Thomp- son cemetery. His first wife died in 1757, and was buried in East Thompson cemetery. Three children were born to this union: Mary, born in 1749, died April 7, 1816, married Daniel Hemingway. John, born Jan. 5, 1754, died March 26, 1823, married Hannah Thayer. Ephraim, born Nov. 19, 1757, died Jan. 28, 1812, married Lucy Clark. For his second wife Amos Carroll married, Dec. 7, 1758, Lucy Hosmer Barrett, a widow, to which union the following children were born: (1) Solomon. (2) Abigail, born June 9, 1762, died April 11, 1849; she married Joseph Tourtellotte, of East Thompson. (3) Wyman was born Feb. 23, 1765, and baptized April 31, same year. (4) Hannah, born March 2, 1768, baptized April 17, same year, died July 4, 1839; she married Joshua Tourtellotte, of East Thompson. (5) Elijah, born Jan. 27, 1771, died April 13, 1848; he married Pasha Smith. (6) Rachel, born March 25, 1774, baptized May 1, 1774, died Nov. 23, 1819 ; she married John Burrill.

Wyman Carroll, son of Lieut. Amos Carroll, was born on the Fort Hill farm Feb. 23, 1765, and there grew to manhood, making farm life his oc- cupation. He owned and occupied the Fort Hill farm. He also taught school in that section during the winter season for a period of eighteen years. Taking a deep interest in public matters, he held a prominent place among his townsmen, and was a selectman of the town of Thompson for many years, also representing the town in the State Legislature. He was often called upon to settle estates. Inherit- ing from his father a deep and loyal love of his country, he was active in the local militia, and was captain of one of the State militia companies. In religious belief he was a consistent member of the Baptist Church. He died Nov. 3, 1827, and was buried in the Jacobs cemetery, East Thompson, Conn. On April 17, 1795, he married Sarah Crosby, who was born Nov. 20, 1776, two months after her father's death; she died Dec. 22, 1854, and was buried in the same cemetery beside her husband. She was a daughter of Stephen and Hannah ( Car- roll) Crosby, the former mentioned previously as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Eleven chil- dren blessed the union of Wyman and Sarah Car- roll, as follows: Arthur, born Feb. 27, 1796, mar- ried Mary Munyan, and died June 16, 1834; Lucy, born Oct. 27, 1797, married Hail M. Jacobs, and died June 30, 1876; George, born April 5, 1799, died Oct. 28, 1817 ; Mary Ann, born April 24, 1801, married Chandler M. Pratt, and died Oct. 23, 1835 ; Wyman, born July 3, 1803, died Sept. 17, 18II ; James Hosmer, born Aug. 22, 1805, married Lydia Wilson, and died Sept. 30, 1835; Maria, born Oct.

28, 1807, died Oct. 6, 1809; Sarah Crosby, born. Nov. 6, 1809, married Deacon Joseph D. Jacobs,. and died April 25, 1887 ; Betsey Maria, born March 2, 1812, married Rev. W. L. Brown, a Baptist min- ister, and died April 23, 1867; Lucius Wyman, born Jan. 22, 1815, died Sept. 25, 1900; and Emily Rus- sell, born Jan. 9, 1818, married Jonathan Luther, of Worcester, Mass., and died Jan. 5, 1893.

LUCIUS WYMAN CARROLL was born at Thomp- son Jan. 22, 1815, and died Sept 25, 1900. He worked on a farm until he was fifteen years old. On March 2, 1830, he moved to Webster, Mass., and entered the employ of Wiswall & Sanford. He always preserved the written contract which his guardian, Stephen Crosby, made with this firm, and which stipulated that he was to receive $15 a year for his services, if he stayed one year only. If two years he was to receive $20 for the first year and $35 for the second. He remained with Wiswall & Sanford seven years. Eleven days before he was twenty-one years old he became a partner in the firm of Wiswall, Stockwell & Carroll, having a one- quarter interest in three stores. Mr. Wiswall fur- nished Mr. Carroll with the funds necessary to establish him in the firm without security. Mr. Carroll went to Millbury, Mass., where he took charge of one of the firm's stores. On March 22, 1837, Mr. Wiswall died, and Mr. Carroll then re- turned to Webster, where, in company with J. P. Stockwell, he built the first building at Webster depot. For three years he was in partnership with Mr. Stockwell, and then carried on the business. himself for two years. On Feb. 1, 1843, he came to Norwich, and began the sale of manufacturers' supplies in a store on Water street. He conducted the business alone until 1865, when E. P. Jacobs and Loren A. Gallup were taken into partnership, and the firm name became L. W. Carroll & Co. Mr. Jacobs died in 1874, and Capt. Gallup retired in 1876. Mr. Carroll then took his eldest son, Adams P. Carroll, into the firm, which became L. W. Car- roll & Son, and as such it has since remained. At the time of his death Mr. Carroll was the oldest busi- ness man on Water street.

Mr. Carroll was one of the promoters of the water-power company at Taftville and Occum, which resulted in the establishment of large and beneficial interests in this town. He also owned a large cotton mill at Griswold. For about forty years he was identified with the financial interests of the town and city, having been at various times a di- rector in the Thames, Quinebaug and First Na- tional Banks, and the Norwich Savings Society. Mr. Carroll was one of the organizers of the Occum Manufacturing Company at Norwich, Conn., in October, 1864. This company was formed chiefly through the efforts of Mr. Carroll and Moses Pierce. From 1860 to 1862 Mr. Carroll was president of the Quinebaug Bank, which, in June, 1864, became the First National Bank, of which he was president in 1865-66.

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For half a century Mr. Carroll was connected with the Central Baptist Church, most of that time as a member. For a long time he was chairman of the Society Committee, and always took a deep in- terest in church affairs. Though a Republican in politics, and always taking a deep interest in the welfare of the party, Mr. Carroll never sought pub- lic office. However, at one time he was a member of the court of common council. He was always public-spirited, and during the Civil war did his full share to aid the Union cause. Mr. Carroll was unusually active for his years, and possessed a very cheerful disposition. He had a fine memory and a good fund of facts about public events which took place in his life, and was an interesting talker. He was always interested in educational matters, and was one of the original incorporators of the Nor- wich Free Academy. Mr. Carroll died at his home in Norwich Sept. 25, 1900, and was buried in Yan- tic cemetery.

Lucius W. Carroll was married May 17, 1843, 'in Millbury, Mass., to Charlotte Lathe Pope, daugh- ter of the late Jonathan A. Pope, of Norwich. Mrs. Carroll died Dec. 29, 1897, and was buried in Yan- tic cemetery. Five children blessed their union : Charlotte Augusta, born Sept. 16, 1844, died Sept. 24, 1860, and was buried in Yantic cemetery ; Charles Lucius, born March 10, 1847, was lost at sea in July, 1864; Adams Pope, born June 20, 1850, is mentioned below; William Crosby, born Jan. 6, 1855, died May 9, 1855; and George Wyman, born May 4, 1859, is mentioned below.

ADAMS POPE CARROLL was born in Norwich, Conn., June 20, 1850, and was educated in the Nor- wich public schools and the Norwich Free Academy, where he was graduated in 1868, being valedictorian of his class. He completed his education at Brown University, from which he was graduated in 1871, with the degree of Ph. B. After his return from college he became a partner with his father, and so continued up to the father's death, when he took charge of the business, which he has conducted ever since. Politically he is a Republican, but would not be classed as a politician. He is a mem- ber of the Central Baptist Church, and president of the board of managers; is trustee of the Otis Li- brary and the Norwich Savings Society. Mr. Car- roll takes a deep interest in genealogy, and has made expensive research regarding the Carroll, Crosby and Adams families.

GEORGE WYMAN CARROLL, youngest son of the late Lucius Wyman Carroll, was born in Norwich May 4, 1859, and was educated in his native town. For a number of years he was with I. W. Carroll & Son, but he is now engaged in the brokerage business in Norwich. Like all his family he is a Republican, and is also a member of the Baptist Church. On Oct. 1, 1884, he married Emma Fran- ces Briggs, who was born Jan. 27, 1861, daughter of the late Hon. Ira Greene Briggs. They have one child, George Wyman, Jr., who was educated in

the public schools of Norwich, Norwich Free Acad- emy, Dr. Holbrook's Military School at Ossining, N. Y., and graduated from St. Paul's School, Gar- den City, N. Y., June 15, 1904 ; he passed his exam- ination to enter Brown University with the class of 1908.

On their mother's side these Carroll brothers are descendants in the eighth generation from Thomas Pope, their emigrant ancestor, their lineage being through Lieut. Seth, Capt. Lemuel, Capt. Louin, West, Jonathan A., and Charlotte Lathe ( Pope) Carroll.

(I) Thomas Pope, born in 1608, was an inhabit- ant of New Plymouth in 1631. He served in the Pe- quot war in 1637, and on July 28, of that year, was married to Ann (daughter of Gabriel and Cathe- rine) Fallowell, who died Aug. 29, 1640, at which time he sold his property there. He was constable in 1645, and was a juror in that same year. He appears at Yarmouth in 1646. On May 29. 1646. he married (second), in Plymouth, Sarah. daughter of John and Sarah Jenny, of Plymouth. He served several times as surveyor of highways. In about 1674 he removed to Dartmouth, where he died in October, 1683. His children were: Hannah (born to the first marriage), Seth, Susannah, Thomas. Sarah, John, Joanna and Isaac.

(II) Lieut. Seth Pope, born Jan. 13. 1648. in . Plymouth, became one of the most wealthy and in- fluential citizens of the old Colony. His first wife. Deborah, born in 1655. died Feb. 19, 1711, and his second, Rebecca, born in 1662, died Jan. 23. 1741. He located in Dartmouth, where he was selectman. representative, lieutenant and magistrate, etc. Ile is named as one of the fifty-six proprietors of Dart- mouth. Mass., 1604. He was for many years largely interested in the coastwise trade, owned vessels, etc. His estates in Dartmouth were extensive and valu- able, comprising several farms and dwelling houses. a store, mills, etc., their value amounting in all to more than £18,000. He died in Dartmouth March 17. 1727. His children were: John, Thomas. Si- sannah, Sarah, Mary, Seth, Hannah. Eluathan and Lemuel.

(111) Capt. Lemuel Pope, born Feb. 21, 10000, in Dartmouth, inherited most of the extensive estate of his father, lying within the present limits of bur- haven. He was a captain of militia and a prominent citizen. On Feb. 4. 1700. he married Elizabeth. born in 100g, daughter of Ephraim Hunt, of Durr mouth. Capt, Pope died May 23. 1771. and Mrs. Pope passed away July 2. 1782. Then children. all born in Dartmouth, were : Seth, Deborah. Anm. Rebekalı, Rebekah (2), Mars, Lemmel, Samuel. Louin, Elizabeth, Joseph and Richard.

( 1) Capt. Loui Pope, born Mas 8. 1737. married Oct. 10, 1761. Mars West, of Dartmouth In 1728 they removed to New Braintree. He died 115. 13. 1700. His children were as follows Asa. born in 1704, died Man 28. 1818, Loum, born in 10, died Sept. 24, 1773. Hannah, In July 27.

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1768, died April 26, 1863 (she first married John Nye, and subsequently a Mr. Morse) ; Anna, born in 1770, married Nathan Barnaby ; West, born Feb. 14, 1772, died April 29, 1824; Mary, born July 25, 1775, died Aug. 7, 1778; Rebecca, born in 1778, married Lemuel Kennedy ; Mary, born in 1780, died Sept. 17, 1807 ; Louin, born in 1782, married Cath- erine Emerson ; Elizabeth, born in April, 1784, died Oct. 8, 1803 ; Thomas, a lawyer, born Feb. 20, 1788, died March 5, 1854 (he married Rosanna T. Ellis and C. F. Brown). Louin Pope, the father, was captain of a company which marched to Lexington on the Alarm, April 19, 1775. In April, 1776, he was chosen captain of the Eleventh Company, Sec- ond Regiment, Bristol County (Mass.) men.

(V) West Pope, born Feb. 14, 1772, married Nov. 12, 1795, Sylvia, daughter of Jonathan Adams, and they settled at Providence, R. I. In 1819 they removed to Oxford, Mass. Mr. Pope was drowned at South Hadley, April 29, 1824. Mrs. Pope died June II, 1871, at Oxford, aged ninety-three years. Their children were: Jonathan A., Alexander, Sarah L., John W., Charles H., Mary, Horace, Asa Howard and Henry L.

(VI) Jonathan Adams Pope, for many years one of the most highly respected citizens of Nor- wich, was born July 24, 1797, in the town of Oxford, .Mass. Early in life he became interested in the manufacturing business conducted by Hosiah Wil- kinson, who operated the first cotton machinery in the country. In 1815 Mr. Pope became superin- tendent of the mills at Natick, R. I., later became owner or manager of the mills at Wrentham, Ox- ford and Millbury, Mass. ; at Augusta, Maine, where he built the first dam across the Kennebec river ; at Brunswick, Maine; at Parkersville, Vt .; and at Sterling and Griswold, Conn. Mr. Pope was a cot- ton manufacturer in Oxford, but removed in 1828 to Millbury, where he continued in the same business. He retired in 1873 with a competency. His wide and valuable experience in this special industry, to- gether with his sound business judgment, gave weight and value to his opinions, which were often sought even after his retirement from business. He was highly respected and took a deep interest in the city of Norwich. He lived to the ripe age of ninety years, and retained his full vigor and freshness of mind, and the recital of his early experiences, dat- ing back as they did to the time of the war of 1812, and the early manufacturing in Massachusetts and Connecticut, was very interesting.

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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 172

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