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 206

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
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Mr. Williams has been identified with the Re- publican party all his life, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. Fraternally he belongs to Gary Lodge, A. O. U. W., and during the life of the Good Templar organization belonged to it for a number of years. He is a consistent member of the M. E. Church. Mrs. Williams is a member of the First Baptist Church of Groton.


ALTON T. MINER, one of the leading gro- cers of New London, is ranked among the influ- ential citizens of that place. Like many of the prominent residents and business men of this Com- monwealth, he belongs to a family whose members have been honored and influential in every genera tion from early Colonial days, and he is upholding the traditions of his ancestry in every relation of life.


(1) Thomas Miner, the progenitor of the mmer. ous Stonington and vicinity Miners, was a son of Clement and Sarah ( Pope ) Miner, and a descendant of Henry Miner, of England, in the time of King Fd ward 111 ( 1327-1377). He was born April 23 1608, married at Charlestown, Mass., Apul 23 1634, Grace, daughter of Walter Palmer, beomle a settler at Hingham, Mass., and from there removal his family in 1646 to New London, ton, where five of his ten children were born. His sixth call and son, Manassch, born April 23. 1047, was the first male child born after the settlement of Vos London. Thomas Miner bore a conspiction part in the settling of New London and Stonington, 100 personal history belonging more partienhanh to latter place. The only son of Thomas Minof the settled permanently in New London wi 58


who was born March 4. 1638, at Hingham. married ( first) Frances Willey, (Second ) Martha Wellman. and ( third ) Joanna.


John Miner, the great-great-grandfather of .Al- ton T. Miner, from New London, Conn .. Went from Torrington, Conn., to the town of Winchester, Conn .. and settled on what later was known as the George Cramer farm. He married in Torrington. April 9. 1774, Hannah Strong, born in Torrington. Nos. 30, 1753, daughter of Asahel Strong, and a reli- tive of the Wards, who were ancestors di Res. Henry Ward Beecher. Mr. Miner was a man of pleasing address, and social in his habits. He died March 23. 1813, aged sixty-une. Mrs. Mimer chel Nov. 23. 1835. aged eighty. Their children were : John Strong, born Ang. 15. 1775, in Torrington. Comn .: l'hincas, born Nov. 27. 8777 : Florida, born Nov. 9. 1780 (married March 20, 187. Roger Root ) : William, born March 1 ;. 1783. Sarah. boro Jan. 16, 1786 ; l'armelia, born June 3. 1708.


John Strong Miner, great grandfather of Von T., was born Ang. 15, 1775. m Torrington. Com . and died in Madison. In May, 1865, m his metich year. In his early days he was a bess ship Grjenter. and later became a farmer in the town of Sales. Conn. He married Deziah Brockway Pratt. Westbrook, Conn, who died April 24. 1802. 42 0 eighty-une years. Their children were M. and William Collins, the latter dying agel about twenty-two years, unmarried. John Ston, Almer shonllered a gun in the war of 1812.


Charles Milton Miner, grandfather wi Alton F. born June 15. 1803, in Westbrook. Com. dost 13, 1800, in Madison, Conn. He was a shop lan ler contractor and owner, and had shipsands at Van son. He was a very devant member of the Meter dist Church, which he gemed when it took a mal of courage to assert his viesse m that denconation He was a charter member of the church at Malign m 1830, and until his death was steward of and a pillar of the church Politically he was a ke publican, almost to the chase et his hit, the last year or two young the Prohibition ticket In The he represented the town m the State Fengsling was mistice of the peace for several seats, and get Sophia Plats, of Sasbook. Com whenop 5. 1505. daughter of David Platil wiegcombinato


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Emegene Desiah, born in 1850, married Frederick W. Field, of Madison, where they reside. (9) Carrie Lydia, born in 1854, living in Jamaica, L. I., is the wife of Oliver Wolcott King, of New Haven, Connecticut.


William Collins Miner, born April 28, 1833, in Madison, Conn., received his schooling there, leav- ing school at the age of nineteen years. He learned :ship carpentry under his father, and followed the business in Madison for about thirty years, the firm being C. M. Miner & Son. In 1884 the business was discontinued. Mr. Miner was thoroughly fa- miliar with ships and their construction. After suspending business as a member of the firm of C. M. Miner & Son, he took charge of the building of several vessels in his yard. In June, 1890, fire de- stroyed the plant and two unfinished four-masted schooners. After this Mr. Miner came to New Lon- don, where, from 1890 to 1893, he had charge of building several vessels for McDonald & Anderson. He then went in with his son, Alton T., as a clerk, and has continued thus ever since.


Mr. Miner has been a stanch Republican, and he was a representative from the town of Madison in 1883, during his term serving as a member of the committee on New Towns and Probate Districts. He was also justice of the peace and grand juror for several years. He is a member of the Methodist Church of Madison, of which he was steward until he left the town, acting also as superintendent of the Sunday-school and as a chorister for many years.


Mr. Miner was married, Sept. 13, 1857, to Char- lotte Artemiase Redfield, of Madison, daughter of Alanson Redfield. She passed away Jan. 22, 1892, in Madison, Conn., the mother of four children, as follows: Elizabeth Sophia, who died Dec. 10, 1860, aged four months ; John N. R., who died Aug. 16, 1864, aged eleven months ; Alton T., born July 4, 1865 ; and Charles Alanson, who died Oct. 14, 1872, aged three months.


Alton Todd Miner was born July 4, 1865, in Madison, Conn., and attended the common schools there. Leaving school at the age of sixteen years, he entered his father's shipyard and learned the ship carpenter's trade, remaining with his father for about two years. He then took up fishing, and in the winter followed the coasting trade for about three years, after which he again went to work at his trade in Madison, in his father's old factory, under McDonald & Anderson. A short time later, in the summer of 1890, fire caused the firm to re- move to New London, and Mr. Miner came with them, remaining in their employ until 1894. In that year he bought out a small store at No. 123 Main street, and in 1901 he started the meat market at No. 4 Crystal avenue. By the exercise of thrift, honesty and perseverance, he has prospered, and from a small beginning in the grocery business has built up a very large trade, which is still growing steadily. Employment is given to ten people, and


seven teams are kept busy. Mr .. Miner has given every phase of his business close study and as a buyer he has no superiors in his line in the city. In 1897 he built his present home on Crystal avenue.


Fraternally Mr. Miner is a member of the An- cient Order of United Workmen. He is a Demo- crat in political sentiment, and in 1902 he was elected alderman from the First ward, and is chairman of both the Street and the Charity committees. His religious connection is with the Methodist Church, of which his wife is also a member, and he is serv- ing as one of the stewards and is trustee of the church.


On July 26, 1884, Mr. Miner was married to Sarah L. Goldsmith, of Guilford, Conn., daughter of John C. and Phebe (Gates) Goldsmith, of Guil- ford. They have had one child, Charlotte Phebe, at home.


NATHAN GEER, who in partnership with his son is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising in the town of Sprague, is a member of the old Geer family which has been setttled in the county for over two centuries. The first of the name in this country,


(I) George Geer, appears of record in New London, Conn., Feb. 16, 1658, the date of his mar- riage to Sarah, daughter of Robert Allyn. He was born about 1621, in England, and according to tra- dition was a son of Jonathan Geer, of Devonshire. George and a younger brother, Thomas, having been left orphans at a tender age, were put by an uncle aboard a ship which was to sail for America, and which arrived in Boston in 1635. The first re- liable record of them thereafter is that George was one of the early settlers in New London, Conn., in 1651, and Thomas in Enfield, Conn., in 1682. Im- mediately after his marriage George Geer settled on a tract of fifty acres granted to him by the town of New London. Subsequently, in 1665, he re- moved from the town to another grant, of 100 acres. He also owned a tract in the town of Preston (now Griswold), a part of which he obtained by grant from the Indian Sachem Owaneco, eldest son of Uncas, the deed bearing date Dec. II, 1691. He also had other lands. In 1705 he resided in the town which after became Groton, of which he was a selectman. He died in 1726, his wife a short time previously .. She was baptized in Salem, Mass., about 1640, some time previous to her father's re- moval to New London, Conn., in 1651. Their chil- dren were as follows: Sarah, born Feb. 27, 1659 ; Jonathan, May 26, 1662; Joseph, Oct. 14, 1664; Hannah, Feb. 27, 1666; Margaret, in February, 1669; Mary, March 26, 1671; Daniel, 1673 (prob- ably) ; Robert, Jan. 2, 1675; Anne, Jan. 6, 1679; Isaac, March 26, 1681 ; and Jeremiah, 1683.


(II) Daniel Geer, born probably in 1673, mar- ried and settled on the tract of land in the town of Preston which was granted to his father by Owan- eco in 1691, and which was deeded to Daniel Geer


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in 1766-67. Daniel Geer was an industrious farmer and accumulated a handsome estate. His chil-Iren were : Daniel, born June 15, 1700: John, March 29, 1703; Christopher, Dec. 19, 1706; Ebenezer, Dec. 29, 1709; William, Jan. 4, 1713; and Thankful, Jan. 7, 1721-22.


(III) Daniel Geer (2), born June 15. 1700, married May 31, 1750, Abigail Spicer, and their children were: Roger, born May 18. 1753; Robert, Nov. 24, 1754; and Nathan, Dec. 12, 1750.


(IV) Nathan Geer, grandfather of the gentle- man whose name introduces these lines, was born Dec. 12, 1756, was a carpenter and farmer, and re- sided in the northeastern part of the town of Gris- wold, New London county. He was a good me- chanic and followed carpentering during his earlier years, later giving his entire attention to farming. He lived to an advanced age, dying on his farm in 1836. He was a man of high principles and good judgment, and was universally esteemed. Though a successful business man he found time for other interests, was a stanch Whig and held a few of the town offices. He was also interested in church work, and united with the Pachaug Congregational Church. Nathan Geer was twice married, first time. Oct. 1, 1778, to Mary Gates, and second to Olive Gates, whom he also survived. His children. all born to the first union, were as follows: ( 1) Sarah, born Sept. 13. 1779, married Daniel Geer. Ther moved to Lake George, N. Y., and later to Erie county, Pa., and their descendants are settled throughout the West. (2) Mary, born Jan. 11. 1784, married James Geer, and moved to Erie county, Pa. They have a number of descendants, (3) Lucy, born May 27, 1787, married Vaniah Abell ; they lived on the place now occupied by our subject, Nathan Geer (3). (4) Abby. born April 15, 1791, married Elijah Weeden, and died in Giris- wold. (5) Alathea, born Nov. 18, 1703. became the wife of Joseph Phillips, and died in Erie county, Pa., leaving descendants. (6) Nathan is mentioned below.


(V) Nathan Geer (2), born Sept. 5. 1707. in Griswold, received his education in the district schools, and on commencing life for himself werke 1 with his father at the carpenter's trade. Being the only son he remained at home and assisted his father as long as the latter lived. After the death of the father he came into possession of the farm, upon which he continued to reside for the balance of ho days, adding to the original area until at the tom of his death the place comprised over 200 acte During his prime he worked hard, and by his In- dustry became well to do, but during lus lift years he suffered much from pour health the he retained his faculties to the end. He Jte del in August, 1882, on the home farm, when he lood reached the ripe age of eighty tive wear, no b was interred in the Pachang cemetery. In rohren he was a Congregationalst, holhne member om in the Pachang Church, and in politiest le fors


he was a Whig and later a Reputation. He hell a few of the minor offices in the town, but was not particularly active in public affairs.


Mr. Geer was married in Ledyard cthen Gre- ton), Conn., to Priscilla I. Stoddard, a native di Groton, one of twelve children born to Robert and Sarah ( Lee) Stoddard. Two sons of Robert Stel- dard, Russel and Erastus, were carpenters by trade. and it is claimed they erected the first house in what is now Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Ger survived Mr. Geer, passing away on the home farm in tris- wold in August, togo, aged ninety-twee vers. To this union came four children . (1) Nathan is me: - tioned below. (2) Robert S. married Elizabeth Chapman, of Voluntown, who is now decerse, and he resides at Oneida Castle, N. Y. 130 Joseph s. is a farmer residing in Levard. He married Flora Allen, and they have your children, Cora (who is married and has three chil Iren). Ella. Joseph and George. (4) Mary is the wife of charles Congdon. and has had two daughters, one decured and Eve line. They reside on the homestead in Grasveld.


Nathan Geur (3) was born April 8. 1-25, 11 Griswold, and there grew to manhol. Here- ceived his education in the district schools and the Plainfield Academy, which he atten led for a short time, and which was then conducted by thear Fisher, a most eficient instructor. The heel at home until the age of nineteen years, when ade- demic of typhus fever in this section carried away the only two sons of his aunt. Mr. Vngah Abell. and our subject was persua led to go to their huge. remaming with his aunt andfunele as long as they lived. Soon after having Plainfield Acadlemnis he had commenced to teach school, and he to wel that vocation for seven years, in Blue. Planen. district of Norwich, and at Plain Hil , 11 the saine town. Upon the death of Mr. and Mrs Vall Ie purchased the interests of the other hens in the form, which comprised ginety five acies, located in the south part of the town of Sprague Content to prosper at farming. he has added to les Ichungs. Having recently purchased the Human tan In Norwich, adpding the home plift sont few tre


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(Geer) Geer, and two children blessed this union, Mary A. and George. The daughter died when six years old. George, born May 7, 1858, received a good education in the common schools, and taught school several terms in Norwich, Sprague and Gris- wold. He has never married and remains on the home place assisting his father, for their interests have been one there many years, and his business ability has been a potent factor in the success of their undertakings. He is deeply interested in re- ligious work, holding membership in the Methodist Church in Baltic ; he is at present serving as secre- tary of that Sunday-school. Like his father he is a stanch Republican in political principle. Mr. and Mrs. Geer are members of the Baltic Methodist Church.


JOHNSON. The first of this name in New England of whom there is any authentic mention was John Johnson, who, in 1663, was granted a por- tion of land in Norwich West Farms, now the town of Franklin, Conn., and resided near the western border of the town. His will, made in 1716, di- vided his property between his wife, Susannah, and numerous children.


(II) Ebenezer Johnson, son of John, born in 1693, died April 13, 1770, aged seventy-six years. On Oct. 29, 1717, he married Deborah Champion, who was born in 1696, and died Aug. 27, 1778, at the age of eighty-two. Their children were: De- borah, born Sept. 15, 1718; Hannah, Dec. 31, 1720 ; Susannah, July 7, 1723; Isaac, Feb. 9, 1728 ( died May 3, 1728) ; Deacon Isaac, mentioned below ; Ebenezer, Feb. 25, 1731 ; Bethiah, April 16, 1734; and Mary, April 7, 1738.


(III) Deacon Isaac Johnson, born March 24, 1729, died Nov. 4, 1814, aged eighty-five years and seven months. His wife, Jerusha, was born in 1733, and died March 10, 1807, aged seventy-four years.


(IV) Oliver Johnson, son of Deacon Isaac, born in 1755, died Dec. 22, 1843, aged eighty-eight years and seven months. On Oct. 14, 1789, he married Martha Perkins, who was born in 1760, and died Nov. 30, 1826, at the age of sixty-six. In 1807 and 1809 Mr. Johnson was representative from the town of Franklin. He kept a tavern in Franklin for many years.


(V) Capt. Oliver Johnson, son of Oliver, was born March 9, 1794, and resided in Franklin, where he was engaged in farming. There he died Feb. 28, 1881. He represented the town in the Legis- lature in 1841. He was an attendant of the Con- gregational Church. Mr. Johnson was a success- ful and well-to-do man, and most highly respected. He married (first) Dec. 28, 1814, Abigail Hyde, who died Sept. 9, 1846, the mother of the follow- ing named children: (I) Isaac, born Feb. 23, 1816, was the father of Mrs. Oliver L. Johnson, Jr. (2) Antoinette Abby, born May 30, 1818, is the widow of Daniel Hastings, and resides in Franklin. (3)


Samuel Hyde, born Aug. 30, 1821, married F. Eliza Gager. He was engaged in various manu- facturing lines, among them that of manufacturing pottery goods, and was also engaged in the lumber business at the time of his death, in 1878, in Cali- fornia. His widow now resides in Norwich. (4) John Perkins, born April 16, 1824, died unmarried at the age of twenty-three years. (5) Oliver Lewis, born March 28, 1828, will be mentioned farther on. (6) Lucy Perkins, born May 24, 1833, died at the age of eight years. (7) Lydia Martha, born April 1, 1836, is unmarried and resides in Frank- lin. For his second wife Capt. Johnson married Miss Lucretia T. Hyde, a granddaughter of the noted Rev. Samuel Nott, D. D. Capt. Johnson re- ceived his title in the war of 1812.


OLIVER LEWIS JOHNSON, son of Capt. Oliver, was born March 28, 1828, in Franklin, and was brought up to farm work. He was engaged at farming and later went into the lumber business, which he car- ried on in addition to looking after the farm, this business being the purchasing of lumber and tim- ber for the New London & Northern and Central Vermont Railroads. Later Mr. Johnson disposed of his farm, and removed to Willimantic, where he was engaged in purchasing and inspecting lumber for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- way Company, and resided there until he removed to New Haven, where he was employed in the same capacity with the same railroad company. He died Dec. 21, 1904. in Franklin, Conn. A stanch Repub- lican, Mr. Johnson represented Franklin one term in the Legislature. He was a member of the Con- gregational Church.


Mr. Johnson was married (first) to Martha Anna Mumford, a native of Franklin, daughter of James H. and Clarissa ( Kenyon) Mumford. James H. Mumford moved from Kingston, R. I., to Frank- lin when his daughter was one year old, and became a prominent and successful farmer of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had children as follows : ( I) Lucretia H. is the wife of Henry C. Hatch, of Windham, Conn. (2) John Perkins is married and resides in Duluth, Minn. (3) Oliver Lewis, Jr., married Miss Fannie Chester Johnson, daughter of Isaac and Frances Adams (Coit) Johnson, and they have had six children-Oliver Chester, born July 13, 1882; Coit and Theodore Albert, twins, born March 28, 1884 (Coit died at the age of nine months and Theodore Albert when four months old) ; Robert Coit, born June 17, 1886; Philip Adams, born Aug. 1, 1892; and Frances, born Feb. 24, 1899, who died March 2, 1899. (4) Martha Anna, twin of Oliver L., Jr., is now the widow of Christopher P. Hempstead, and resides in New Haven. (5) Clara Elizabeth is unmarried. (6) James H. married Ella Palmer, and is postmaster and merchant at Scotland, Conn. (7) Jennie Abi- gail (twin of James H.) is the wife of James Simp- son, of Franklin, Connecticut.


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ried Miss Elizabeth ( Avery) Brownley, who was born in Kentucky, of New England stock. To this union came seven children: Sarah Brownley: a twin sister of Sarah B., who died young: lsaac Hyde, who resides in Scotland, Conn., and is in the employ of his brother. James H. ; William, who re- sides in Duluth, Minn. ; George ; Myra Agnew, wife of Halsey Kelley, of New Haven ; and Antoinette. Mrs. Percy Bolande, who resides in Franklin.


Oliver L. Johnson married, for his third wife. Kate Clark.


MARQUARDT BROTHERS. George Mar- quardt, father of the enterprising firm of Marquardt Bros., of Groton, Conn., was born May 3, 1822. in Germany, and came to the United States when a young man. He engaged in farming in Groton, Conn., where he died Feb. 23, 1878. In that town he married Martha Salzmann, also a native of Gier- many, and they had these children born to them : William, born May 8, 1859, married, Feb. 5. 1880. Kate Kretzer, and had a child, Evelyn, born March 9 1882, an employe of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad; Christian G., born July 20. 1861, married, Dec. 3, 1893. at Poquonock, Fran- ces Elizabeth Avery, daughter of Cyrus Avery, and they have children, Adrian Cyrus (born June o. 1896), Arthur Perkins (born Dec. 18, 1898), and Elsie Jane (born Dec. 9. 1902) : Katherine E .. born Aug. 24, 1863, married, May 12, 1885. David Bosworth, of Groton, and they have children, Mar- tha E. (born May 18, 1886) and Bertha M. (born Aug. 26, 1889) ; George, born Aug. 20, 1865, mar ried, July 23, 1890, Josephine E. Green, and they have had four children, Rosamond. Clara, Lewis Alfred and Alfred Raymond, of whom Lewis .Al- fred died aged two years ; Annie, born July 23. 1807. married, Nov. 12, 1800, Marcus 1 .. Trail, of P'ogile- nock, and they have children, Ruth C., Ethel MI .. Henry M. and Loren .A .: Charles .A., born Supt. 7, 1869, married, June 25, 1893, Celia Enima Chap man, daughter of Charles D. Chapnian, and they have children, Alice Emma (born Jime It. 1594), Gladys Althea (born Oct. 22, 1897) and Peres Le- land (born Sept. 26, 1900) ; and Hours Edward. born June 25, 1874, and engaged in a grocery but ness at Groton, married, in June, 1807. Emma 1. daughter of Dudley P. Chapman, and they have ene daughter, Madeline.


The Marquardt Brothers are well known m bito ton where their boyhood was spent. For two voll Christian G. Marquardt was employed in the Me ropolitan Hotel" in New London, and to thiten years was with the New York, New Haven & Hut ford Railroad, for a time being the apeut it tima ton. On July 1. 1807. he engaged in the line contracting and building business in Gu ion, with his brothers, George and Charles \, at partner under the firm name of Marquardt Brother which has gained the confidence and etmey of il


business community all through New London county where they have operated. George learned the carpenter's trade, and became one of the most skilled workmen graduated by Gove & Strickland in New London. Charles A. learned his trade with F. M. Sherman in New London, where he finally became foreman.


The brothers have been active in public affairs and in fraternal organizations. Charles .A. is a member of Fairview Lodge. 1. 02. O. F. and Umon Lodge of Masons. Christian G. has been a iffen- ber of the school committee in Giroton, and is win- nected with the A. O. U. W. He is a member of the Congregational Church.


At first the firm of Marquardt Brothers created in a general contracting and building business, and later added lumber and builders supplies. They have created some of the notable buildings in the county, including the Congregational ( Imres, the Allyn Block, in Groton, the fine results of George W. Reed on Reed street, New London, and the Harbor View and others in the aristocratic part of Groton, more than Too other structures, In life- ton. New London, and adjoining towns. They are n t only skilled and thorough workmen, Int are also men of integrity and pron mence m the conjumity


EDWARD LYMAN TURNER. a Spesial liveryman of Norwich, descents on both sales of the family from oll Lemectient stock. the the Paternal sile the family history is as followses


Iljah Turner, grandfather of Elwar L. Turner, was a farmer and resulted in the shell part of the town of Mansteel, Conn, where he del. His family was as follows, Haifog reich th Mansfield, and was a tarder , Sheilen residiam the homestead in Manstill, che saf dient vlied marne Harves Monten and dabar Wanflow Feld. Hanet chel when wrong Vingro Verand


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peace and tax collector. He and his wife were earnest members of the Chaplin Congregational Church.


On Feb. 22, 1843, Jesse S. Turner was married to Mary Eliza Clark. born Nov. 8, 1821, in Chap- lin. This marriage was blessed with the following family : Edward Lyman is mentioned below. Charles Sheldon, born Oct. 3, 1850, was married Nov. 4, 1874, to Marietta A. Royce, and they have two daughters, Flora Eliza and Grace Adele. C. S. Turner is a farmer and stock dealer in Chaplin, where he is one of the prominent citizens of the town, and he is well known as a breeder of fine blooded Devon cattle.




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