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Returning home when the war was over, 1 Williams went into his father's business, and tl built up what was truthfully known as one of best in Connecticut. This continued to be his p dominating interest until he retired. He is present a trustee of the Mariner's Savings Ba Fraternally he belongs to Brainerd Lodge, F. ¿ A. M., and religiously is an attendant upon the S ond Congregational Church. In his politics he essentially independent, but takes no active part public affairs, although he has been school visi and was once elected a selectman. This latter off he resigned.
George C. Williams was married May 5, 18 to Anna Sistare Raymond, born Dec. 9, 1841, daug ter of Edmond A. and Lucy (Coit) Raymond, New London. They have one son, George Ri mond, born Jan. 27, 1867.
ALMY-BALLOU. The Almy and Ball families were among the earliest of the Colon families of Rhode Island, and Maturin Ballou, 1 founder of the latter family, was a co-proprie' with Roger Williams in his Providence Plantati Since early in the nineteenth century both famil have been prominently identified with the history
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ea ern Connecticut, especially with the develop- mnt of its industries. The forerunners of this bilich of these families were the late Humphrey A y and Leonard Ballou, who finally located and liv 1 and died in Norwich. Of these men, their fa lies and lineage, it is the purpose of this article to al. At Norwich these families are now worth- ily epresented by Major Leonard Ballou Almy, M. D one of the leading physicians of the city.
I) William Almy, of Sagus, near Lynn, Mass., fri whom the Rhode Island and Connecticut br ches descend, was of that town, perhaps, as early as 531. He returned after a time, but again came ov June 13, 1635, in the ship "Abigail," bringing wi him his wife, Audrey, and children, Annis and
CH stopher. He removed, in 1637, to Sandwich, an in 1641, to Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
II) Christopher Almy, born in England in , came to this country in 1635, and in 1690 was I6 a puty from Portsmouth, R. I., to the General Cot, and assistant to Gov. Andros. In 1693 he wa elected governor, and refused to serve. That saı year he was sent by the Colony of Rhode Is-
İan and Providence Plantation to England to pre- ser the grievances of the Colony to the Crown. He wa a captain in 1692. In July, 1661, he married Eli beth Cornell, daughter of Ensign Thomas Co ell, who served under Gen. Kief against the In- dia . She died in 1708, and Mr. Almy passed away on fine 30, 1713.
(II) William Almy, born Oct. 27, 1665, died Jul 6, 1747. On July 12, 1688, he married De- bor Cook.
V) Job Almy, born April 28, 1696, died Jan. IO, 766. He was married in East Greenwich, R. I., i July, 1717, to Lydia Tillinghast, who was born Octo, 1701, and died May 17, 1746.
7) Job Almy, born Oct. 10, 1730, died Sept. 6,
179 On April 27, 1750, he was married to Annie Slo m, who was born March 6, 1732.
/I) Tillinghast Almy, born March 16, 1754, died Sept. 22, 1830. He was married in 1777 to Hai ah Chase, who was born March 16, 1750, and whotied Jan. 6, 1840.
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II) Humphrey Almy, grandfather of Major was born July 25, 1789, and died Feb. 16, On Jan. 15, 1816, he married Sarah Burgess.
187 Ear in the nineteenth century Humphrey Almy, one f the descendants of William, of Lynn and Por nouth, associated with Joseph K. Angell, Na- Burgess and other non-residents of Plainfield,
thar Con arranged to occupy the water privileges long own by Nathan Angell, under the name of the p Manufacturing Company.
Moc I mphrey Almy and his wife celebrated their
gold wedding Jan. 15, 1866, at the residence of their son, William T. Almy, at Norwich, Conn., when he resided for a number of years previous to is th, which occurred there Feb. 16, 1873. "Mr. Alm Com
was a director in the Norwich Water Power ny ; he was never brought prominently into
public notice, leading rather a quiet, retired life. He was a man of amiable character, universally es- teemed and respected."-Norwich Bulletin, Feb. 18, 1873.
(VIII) Albert Henry Almy, father of Dr. L. B. Almy, was born Aug. 3, 1820, in Ashford, Conn., and his early life was spent there. He received only a common school education. In about 1840 he came to Norwich, and soon after engaged in the manu- facturing business, which he followed for many years. During the Civil war he was engaged in the manufacturing of firearms, on the site of the factory of the Hopkins & Allen Manufacturing Company. Later he was connected with the New York Tribune as financial editor, and since 1897 he has lived re- tired. He was one of the original corporators of the Norwich Free Academy, and is the oldest living member of that body. His home is in Buffalo, New York.
On Oct. 4, 1847, Mr. Almy married Amelia Ballou, and their children were: Frank Ballou, born Aug. 23, 1848, who died Sept. 9, 1850 ; Leon- ard Ballou, born July 17, 1851; Anna Eliza, born Oct. 9, 1854, who died Oct. 12, 1856; and John Bur- nett, born Sept. 23, 1857, who died Feb. 2, 1858. The mother of these died July 1, 1887. Her death was noticed by one of the Norwich papers, in which appeared the following :
In the death of Mrs. Amelia Almy, wife of Mr. A. H. Almy, there falls upon a wide circle of friends a sense of personal bereavement and loss which is irreparable, if not inconsolable. Taken away in the fullness of life and in the full maturity of what has been to those who knew her a superb, albeit an ideal, womanhood, she leaves a place in the social life of the city and in the hearts of her friends which cannot be filled. The daughter of the late Leonard Ballou, she came by inheritance into a herit- age of rare advantage and refining influences, which assured to her culture of a high order and yet these alone were insufficient to account for the rare and rounded complete- ness of her character, for the gracious and winning courtesy of her manners, which won and charmed all who came in her presence, or for the wealth of womanly vir- tues, which would give her eminence among the best and truest of her sex. Those who knew her well, her zest for and interest in life, her unfailing good cheer, her facile ease and grace of conversation, her love for and exact knowledge of art, and the rare charm of her generous hospitality, will bear testimony to the difficulty of speaking of her except in seeming terms of extravagance. She was a Christian, a faithful and valued member of Park Church, on which falls a sense of sore bereavement in her death.
MAJOR LEONARD BALLOU ALMY, M. D., was born July 17, 1851, at Norwich. He was educated at the Highland Military Academy, Worcester, Mass., 1864-65 ; Edwards Place school, Stockbridge, Mass., 1865-69; Yale University, A. B., class of 1873 ; and attended three courses of lectures at Belle- vue Hospital Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1876, being ambulance surgeon to Bellevue Hospital in 1875-76. He then, 1876-77, pursued his medical studies in La Pitic, L' Hotel Dieu, and L'Ecolle de Medecine in Paris, Moor- fields Hospitals in London, and the Rotunda Hos-
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pital in Dublin. Returning to the United States in 1877, he has practiced medicine in Norwich ever since. Dr. Almy has a large practice among the very best class of people in the city, the standing and intelligence of his patrons being a high tribute to his own worth and skill. Dr. Almy has served as president of the city, county and State medical so- cieties ; as vice-president of the surgical section of the Connecticut Medical Society, centennial meet- ing; is a charter member of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States; presi- dent of the Executive Board of the William W. Backus Hospital at Norwich, and since 1893 has been surgeon and gynecologist to the same; has served as a member of the medical board of examiners of Connecticut; physician to the Eliza Huntington Memorial Home for old ladies; State delegate to the Pan-American Medical Congress, section on military surgery ; and is also a member of the board of medical visitors, Hartford Retreat for the Insane. In 1886 he became major and surgeon of the Third Regiment, Connecticut National Guard; in 1892 he became lieutenant-colonel and medical director to the Connecticut National Guard, and held that position until he was placed on the retired list in 1897. Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish war he was offered (unsolicited), by Surgeon General Sternberg, the position of chief surgeon of United States Volunteers, with the rank of Major, and left a large practice to accept same, his commission to date from May 20, 1898. He was mustered into the service of the United States May 30th, and assigned to Second Army Corps ; re- ported for duty June 27th, and same day was made chief surgeon, Second Division, Second Army Corps; was in Camp Alger till August 3d, then marched across Virginia to Thoroughfare Gap, Aug. 12th, relieved from duty of chief surgeon, Second Division, Second Army Corps, and ordered to report at Camp Wykoff, Montauk Point; Aug. 20th ordered annex built to United States General Hospital, and was chief surgeon-in-charge until Sept. 25th when Annex Hospital was closed. He served until Oct. 5, 1898, and was honorably dis- charged. Dr. Almy was one of twenty-seven ap- pointed in the United States at that time, and the only one from Connecticut, and he was the medical man from Connecticut to be appointed by the President. Dr. Almy now holds the rank of Lieutenant-colonel in the Connecticut National Guard, and Major in the United States Volunteers. He is a member of the Naval and Military Order of Spanish War; of the Mili- tary Order of. Foreign Wars; an associate member of the Military Service Institution ; a member of the Army and Navy Club; of the Sons of the American Revolution, and is eligible through eight lines to the Society of Colonial Wars, of which organization for many years he was a member, until he resigned. While in college Dr. Almy was a member of the Psi Upsilon Society.
Dr. Almy gives his attention to surgery, as -11 as to general practice, and has devised instrunt's for taking false membrane through small trad tomy tubes, and a pocket double spud for for en bodies in the eye. His medical writings include cles on : "Pyoktanin," published in transaction Connecticut Medical Society (1891) ; "Camp E ene ;". "Diseases of the Ear following Scarlet Fer "Cancer of the Uterus ;" "Some old Doctors of wich ;" and a "Manual of Litter Drill for Hos Corps," published by the Adjutant-General's o Connecticut, and adopted by the State for use in Le National Guard.
On Jan. 21, 1876, Dr. Almy was married to C line S. Webb, daughter of Julius Webb, mentid elsewhere. Their children are: (1) Lydia Ba born Nov. 5, 1879, was educated in private and s schools, and on Oct. 28, 1903, married Donald C pell. (2) Marguerite Leonard, born Aug. I, I had the same educational advantages as her si The family attend Christ Church. Their beau home is at No. 173 Washington street, in the he erected by the Doctor's grandfather, Leonard Ba i.
BALLOU. The Ballou family is descended fl! (I) Maturin Ballou, born probably between :h and 1620, of a good family, in Devonshire, F land, who came to New England, and was a + proprietor with Roger Williams, the Colonial for .. er of Rhode Island, in his Providence Plantati.|, Ballou appears first on record there in 1646. strong probability, if not absolute certainty, is we (the Ballous of America) are the remote scendants of a Norman chieftain, who, in 1066, c over from France into England with William Conqueror." Maturin Ballou was admitted a f man at Warwick May 18, 1658. He married, tween 1646 and 1649, Hannah Pike, daughter Robert. Mr. Ballou, with Robert Pike and fan located in Providence as early as January, 1646. died between 1661 and 1663. His children wi John, James, Peter, Hannah, Nathaniel and Sam (II) James Ballou, born in 1652, in Provide R. I., married Susanna Whitman, born Feb. 1658, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary. Whitt (alias Weightman). Their children, all proba born in what is now Lincoln, R. I. (originally PI idence), were: James, Nathaniel, Obadiah, Sam Susanna, Bathsheba and Jeremiah. The parı settled in Lincoln soon after their marriage, in vicinity of Albion Factory village, on the Blackst river. He died probably soon after 1741. His vị probably passed away during the year 1725. Ballou was a man of superior abilities, enterpi judgment and moral integrity.
(III) Nathaniel Ballou, born April 9, 1687 Providence, married Mary Lovett, born in It daughter of James Lovett. Their children, all bori what was then Wrentham, Mass., afterward Ci berland, R. I., were: Hannah, Ruth, Amar Noah, Stephen, Sarah and Mary: The parents mediately after their marriage settled on what '
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a tl I rward called "Beacon Pole Hill," from its use in Revolutionary war as an alarm signal station. 're they reared their seven children. Mr. Ballou one of the first town council and court of pro- b : chosen by the citizens of Cumberland after its coporation in 1746-47, and he held that office at his dease. He died Jan. II, 1747-48, and his widow p. sed away Oct. 14, 1747.
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(IV) Noah Ballou, born Aug. 31, 1728, in Wentham, Mass. (afterward Cumberland, R. I.), mn ried (first), Oct. 17, 1750, Abigail Razee, daugh- te of Joseph, and their eleven children were: Ab- sam, Mercy, David, Keziah, Noah, Silence, Abi- Oliver, Ziba, Elsie and Amariah. The mother liv1 to see all of these children grow up to man- ho 1 and womanhood, and she departed this life So :. IO, 1794, in the sixty-ninth year of her age. M Ballou married (second), July 7, 1796, Abigail, wow of Daniel Cook, and whose maiden name was Bl kmore. Mr. Ballou lived in the Ballou neigh- bd'ood-east of "Beacon Pole Hill." He was a ve religious man, a devout and constant reader of th Bible, a scrupulous attendant on public worship, an an exemplary professor of Baptist Christianity.
H died March 20, 1807. His second wife and wi .w died Sept. 18, 1808, aged sixty-five.
V) Noah Ballou (2), born July 29, 1759, in Cu berland, R. I., married (first), June 10, 1784, Ly a Ware, born in Wrentham, Mass., Dec. II, 17 , daughter of Henry and Esther (Cheever) We. She died March 5, 1786, aged twenty-seven, and he married (second), April 12, 1787, Abigail Th 'ston, born about 1763, daughter of Dr. James and Phebe (Perkins) Thurston. To the second ma| iage were born children as follows : Lydia, born
Oc 27, 1789, married, Nov. 26, 1815, Lewis C. Brown; Susanna, born Sept. 16, 1791, married (fin) Feb. 14, 1810, Cyrus Ballou, and (second) .L. Brown ; Leonard was born Feb. 23, 1794; and Th ston, born Nov. 30, 1803, married, Nov. 23, 182 Caroline Follett. Noah Ballou, his wives and chỉ
en earned a good reputation, and their memory is chervedly honored. At the age of- sixteen, just afte the battle of Bunker Hill, he went to Cam- bri e and took his brother Absalom's place in the Cornental Army (Absalom had enlisted for six moi is, but became too ill. for duty) and served out the rm of enlistment. . He subsequently served gh several -short campaigns and became a ser- thr gea He later became a seafaring man, and still late the followed the occupation of boatbuilding, being 'st boatbuilder in his native town, where he also tary armed, and was prosperous. He rose in mili- ffairs to the rank of major. He finally went to 1
, with his son Thurston, in Franklin, Mass., whe
he and his wife both died in the same year- 1843 -she Sept. 12, and he Dec. 20, aged eighty and eigh -four, respectively.
I) LEONARD BALLOU, born Feb. 23, 1794, in Cuiberland, R. I., married (first), Nov. 6, 1822, Ann liza Amsbury, born March 25, 1801, daughter
of Jabez and Nancy ( Miller) Amsbury, of Cum- berland, R. I., and to the union came: Lydia, born May 22, 1824, in Cumberland, married John B. Young, of the firm of Tiffany & Young, now Tif- fany & Co., of New York, and died in Norwich ( she had no children) ; Amelia, born June 27, 1828, in Killingly, Conn., became the wife of Albert H. Almy. The mother of these died in Norwich, Conn., May 9, 1852, and Mr. Ballou married ( sec- ond), Nov. 13, 1854, Dolly A. (Tracy) Kingsley, widow of Simon, of Franklin, Conn., and daughter of Guidon Tracy, of Windham, Conn. She died in Norwich, Conn., May 13, 1862, without issue. Mr. Ballou died at his residence in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 5, 1880, at the age of eighty-six years. His death was due to a fall which he received a few weeks previous.
Mr. Ballou in youth was prepared for a class- ical education, but because of circumstances a col- lege course was abandoned. He taught school for a time, but early turned his attention to mechanical pursuits, and soon became a skilled millwright. His -services were much sought after by the Wilkin- sons, the Slaters and the Browns, who were the lead- ing manufacturers of that period. In 1825 he pur- chased a mill privilege on Five-Mile river, in Kill- ingly, Conn., and from this small mill he developed the Ballou Mills, which now run 26,000 spindles. In this enterprise there was associated with him his father-in-law, Jabez Amsbury, the firm being Ams- bury & Ballou. In the spring of the next year these gentlemen removed their families to the locality named. Mr. Ballou became the sole owner of the mills, which had several times been increased in capacity, in 1836. His success in the manufacture of cotton goods was unusual, and his unimpeachable integrity, and promptness in meeting his payments, contributed to make him respected and honored by all who knew him. His opinions were sought on all occasions with reference to manufacturing changes and methods, even to the last years of his life. He closed his career as a manufacturer in 1864, when three-score and ten years old, and sold all his prop- erty in Killingly to the Attawaugan Company. The village where he first commenced operations is now known as Ballouville. During the long business life of Mr. Ballou he never sued any person, and was never sued himself for any obligation.
Mr. Ballou was a resident of Killingly for twenty years, and in the autumn of 1845 removed to Nor- wich, where he passed the remainder of his life. He had been for years a member of the Congrega- tional Church in North Killingly, and on his removal to Norwich joined the Second Congregational Church there, and afterward became identified with the Park Congregational Church. He was an active promoter of the enterprise for erecting the church edifice for that religious society in 1873. He was a director in the First National Bank of Norwich for thirty-five years, and trustee of the Norwich Sav- ings Society, the second largest institution for sav-
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ings in the State, and until increasing years rendered the work too onerous, his services were of great value to the institution. He was president for many years of the Norwich Water Power Company, and at the time of his death was president of the Occum Water Power Company, a director of the Norwich Bleaching & Calendering Company, and of the Nor- wich City Gas Company.
In politics Mr. Ballou was a Whig of the old school, and a decided Republican. He was a man of strong convictions and uncompromising for the right. To a fine, manly physique he added superior intellectual qualities, a well-balanced mind and sound judgment, with great kindness of heart and a calm and even temperament. Always a consistent Chris- tian he was peace maker in all difficulties.
(VII) Amelia Ballou, born June 27, 1828, in Killingly, Conn., married Oct. 4, 1847, in Norwich, Conn., Albert H. Almy.
COL. WILLIAM C. MOWRY. The Mowry family is one of long and honorable standing in Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut. For one hundred years several successive generations have been prominent in the industries in and about Nor- wich, Conn., among them in turn Havilah, Deacon Samuel, James D. and the late Col. William C. Mowry, whose name introduces this article and who was prominent, too, in public affairs and in Masonry, having represented his town several times in the General Assembly of Connecticut and served as sec- retary of the Commonwealth.
Born June 26, 1850, in Norwich, Col. Mowry was a son of the late James Dixon and E. Louise (Smith) Mowry and a descendant in the ninth gen- eration from Nathaniel Mowry, the first American ancestor of this branch of the family, from whom his lineage is through Capt. Joseph, Capt. Daniel, Capt. Joseph (2), Thomas, Havilah, Deacon Samuel and James Dixon Mowry. The details of these several generations and in the order given, follow :
(I) Nathaniel Mowry, born in 1644, appears among the early settlers of Providence, R. I. He married in the fall of 1666 Johannah Inman, daugh- ter of Edward Inman. Mr. Mowry was admitted a freeman in Providence, May 1, 1672. He died March 24, 1717-18, aged seventy-three years. His children were : Nathaniel, John, Henry, Joseph, Martha, Sarah, Mary, Johannah, Patience, Marcy and Experience.
(II) Capt. Joseph Mowry was married on June 3, 1695, to Alice Whipple. In 1708 Capt. Mowry built a fine large house, one of the largest in the Colony, which was still standing in 1878 and lo- cated probably one mile northwesterly from the vil- lage of Stillwater. Here Capt. Joseph lived and died, and was buried in the family burial lot upon the farm, where many of his descendants from the sev- eral generations since his time now sleep. But little is known of his character more than a few meagre facts, which, however, are sufficient to show
that he was a man of strong purpose, great d mination, an inflexible will, and was honored gi respected by his fellow citizens. His children w Daniel, Joseph, Oliver, Alice and Waite, all between 1697 and 1716 inclusive.
(III) Capt. Daniel Mowry, born Sept. 6, 11 married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Cathe Steere; Capt. Mowry died May 27 or 28, 1787, ; nearly ninety. Mary, his wife died Jan. 2, 177 her seventy-fifth year. Their children were : Jos born Nov. 10, 1723; Thomas, born May 27, I Daniel, born Aug. 17, 1729; Elisha, born Marc 1735 ; Mary born Sept. 7, 1737; and Alice, born 27, 1739. Two of these sons-Judge Daniel Col. Elisha took a prominent part in town and § affairs during the long period comprised in French and Indian war, the Revolutionary war, the intervening years.
(IV) Capt. Joseph Mowry (2), born Nov. 1723, married Feb. 12, 1743, Anne Whipple. Mowry was a lawyer-a man of good abilities. had many cases at the several terms of the co from 1757 to 1764. He received from Gov. H kins, in 1761, a commission as captain of the company of the town of Smithfield. He died in autumn of 1764. His children were: Job, ti Jan. 24, 1744; Manor, born March 15, 1746; R ard, born Feb. II, 1748-49; Andrew, born Apr 1751; Ruth, born Aug. 13, 1753; Anne, born ] 14, 1755 ; Phebe, born Nov. 14, 1758; and Augus born Aug. 9, 1761.
(V) Thomas Mowry, born March 15, 1746, n. ried Rhoda Aldrich. Mr. Mowry was a man of ; telligence ; was a good penman and taught sch. He built a house, which he painted red, on CI munk Hill. During the Revolution he raised a lil ty pole, from which the British vessels in Newy Harbor could be seen. In 1813 he removed; Killingly, Conn., and afterwards to New York St His children were: Thomas; Jared, Havilalı, rus, Polly and Rhoda.
(VI) Havilah Mowry, born in November, I' in Scituate, R. I., married Fanny Dixon, born J 14, 1774, in Killingly, Conn. He early remover Connecticut, where he resided some years, then w to the State of New York. He taught school Connecticut and in New York State. He died A II, 18II, at Warren, N. Y. His wife died Aug 1809. Their children all born in Killingly, Co were: Samuel, born June 14, 1796; Achsah, b Sept. 3, 1798; Sally, born Sept. 12, 1800; Havi born March 22, 1803; Harriet, born June 22, 18 and Jared, born June 16, 1809.
(VII) Deacon Samuel Mowry, born June 1796, in Killingly, Conn., married (first) Oct. 1817, Cynthia Cary. Deacon Mowry moved to N wich, Conn., and became identified with the ma facturing interests there from the start in 1831, ginning with the first mill, that of the Thames Ma facturing Company, having the management of business, and also superintending the factories
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N wich Falls and Bozrahville, until the spring of Il 2. After a period of ill health he resumed active bi ness in 1857, as a manufacturer of machinery, SE
ngs, axles, etc. He was one of the founders of thị Congregational Church in Greeneville, and from I{}, up until the time of his death, was one of its de ons. He was at one time a member of the State L|islature. He lived to be upwards of eighty years of ge. Two children were born to the first mar- ri: e of Deacon Mowry, namely : Ann R., born Feb. 26 1819, in Coventry, R. I. and James Dixon, born N . 5, 1820, in Canterbury, Conn. Deacon Samuel m ied (second) April 7, 1825, Rebecca Story, and the children were: John S., born Jan. 1, 1826; D: d S., born March 10, 1827; Stephen J., born Ju 26, 1828 ; and Cynthia R., born Nov. 13, 1830, all orn in Bozrahville, Conn. Deacon Samuel mar- ric (third) June 10, 1833, Elizah Miller, and to th were born: William H., born June 8, 1835, an Eliza R., born Nov. 10, 1837, both at Greene- vil . Connecticut.
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