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 45

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Publication date: 1905
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(VI) Andrew Robinson Bingham was Sept. 2, 1823, in Bozrah, Conn., near the Noch town line. The district schools afforded hingis education. When a young man he left the fm and found employment as a clerk in a store : the Falls. He was careful of his means, and man fed to save no small part of his income, being in his way enabled, in the forties, to begin busines for himself in a small building that stood on th fite of his son's present store. The beginning fas auspicious, and success continued to come to n. The increasing business necessitated in a short ne an enlargement of the quarters, and from tir to time additions were made until the building reded its present size. Later he added a livery bus &s, and also a carriage repairing and blacksmith ( Eb- lishment. Always hard-working, he kept a se watch over all his interests, and having remar fle business ability he was able to care wisely fo increasing means his labors won for him. H e - gan life with nothing, but, although death while he was still in middle life, he left a fre estate.

In politics Andrew R. Bingham was a Demoat, but he would never permit his name to be used , a candidate for any office. He was active in the affrs of the Sachem Street Methodist Church, and Las one of its liberal supporters. He died Jan. 30, [I.

Andrew R. Bingham was three times mar i. On March 8, 1847, he wedded Mary Elizath Pratt, who died Aug. 25, 1855, at the early ag thirty years. By this marriage there were two 1- dren : Andrew Allen, born Dec. 5, 1847, who ried Eunice Terrell, and resided first in Norv , Conn., and later in Worcester, Mass., where e died, leaving a family ; and Delia Elizabeth, Feb. 16, 1851, who married first Atkin Clark E ;- ham, and second a Mr. Patrick (now deceased), d she is now residing in Chicago. Mr. Bingham 1"- ried second, in 1860, Julia A. Bump, who died y 18, 1864, aged twenty-eight years, the mothe f one child, Nathan Alexander. For his third e Mr. Bingham married, in 1865, Miss Ellen Cl ), who now makes her home in Worcester, Mass. 0 this union came a posthumous son, Arthur 1- inson, born in June, 1871, who married Theora Burbank, and lives in Worcester, Massachusetts

(VII) Nathan Alexander Bingham, the v known grocer at the Falls, was born in North Sept. 23, 1861. He was but two and a half y s old when his mother died, and but ten when s father, too, laid down life's burdens. His ed tion was acquired in the public schools of Norw I, a select school at Norwalk, Conn., kept by : Fitch, and Wilbraham Academy. At the age

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eiglen he left school, and for three years prior to the wicl tober, 1882, he was employed as a clerk in re of Hislop, Porteous & Mitchell, at Nor- Here he acquired methodical habits and a nowledge of business dealings. He then pur- chas Fall: conc the livery business of Mr. Subert, at the formerly the property of his father, and he ted this alone for two years, or until 1884, when he bought the grocery. He conducted both until ing 392, and then sold out the livery, as the grow- mands of his grocery business required his undi led attention.

Fitically Mr. Bingham is a Republican, but, Interested in the success of his party, he has ispired to public office. On Nov. 18, 1884, married to Agnes L. Beach, who was born wich Aug. 3, 1863, a daughter of Leslie W.

while neve he w in N and I onora (Davis) Beach. The one child of this Harold Leslie, died Nov. 8, 1885, when three old.

Pİ NDLETON. The authentic annals of this prom ent family of Stonington, have been com- piled tom thoroughly reliable sources, and acknowl- edgm ts are made to the "History of Stonington," by Juge R. A. Wheeler.

() Major Brian Pendleton was born in 1599, and, and upon coming to this country, settled

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Watertown, Mass., where he was made a freem , Sept. 3, 1634, and was Deputy to the Gen- eral ( irt for six years. Later, he moved to Sud- oury, id helped to settle that town, and was select- nan ere for several years. From Sudbury he emov { to Ipswich, and he was a member of the amor artillery company of Boston. About 1651 ed to Portsmouth, N. H., and was Deputy here

: five years. In 1663 he purchased 200 acres of lan few lis Wi n em nd ir hajor on ha 'ev. : re re (I. first

near Winter Harbor, Saco, Maine, but after ars, returned to Portsmouth, where he made which was proved April 5, 1681. He was ent man of his day, holding many civil offices military affairs had the rank of captain and By his wife Eleanor, Major Brian Pendle- children as follows: Mary, who married h Fletcher; and Capt. James. No others ·ded.

Capt. James Pendleton, son of Major Brian, mentioned at Watertown, then at Sudbury, nd in 1669 came to Westerly, R. I. It is rtair id St rains was is fi ree

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lat he took part in the early Colonial wars 'ed with the rank of captain in the war ne Narragansett Indians. On Nov. 7, 1680, dmitted to the First Church at Stonington. wife, Mary, died Nov. 7, 1655, leaving dren, James, Mary and Hannah. He mar- ond) April 29, 1656, Hannah, daughter of Goodenow, and they had children : Brian, seph Edmund, Abram, Caleb, Sarah, Eleanor, and Patience. Capt. James died Nov. 29, proth 09. (II

Joseph Pendleton, son of Capt. James, was

born Dec. 29, 1661, and was married (first) July 8, 1696, to Deborah Miner, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah (Avery) Miner, who died Sept. 8, 1697, leaving a daughter, Deborah, who married Nicholas Frink. Joseph Pendleton married (sec- ond), Dec. II, 1700, Patience Potts, daughter of William Potts, of New London. They had these children : Joseph, born March 3, 1702; William, born March 23, 1704; and Joshua, born Feb. 22, 1706.

(IV) Col. William Pendleton was born March 23, 1704. On March 10, 1726, he was married to Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia (Hubbard) Bur- rows, and she died Aug. 18, 1750, the mother of these children : William, born Feb. 4, 1727 ; Amos, born June 24, 1728; Freelove, born Oct. 31, 1731; Peleg, born July 9, 1733 ; John, born May 9, 1737 ; Benjamin, born Sept. 18, 1738; Lydia; Joshua, born May 26, 1744; and Ephraim, born July 14, 1746. He married (second), April 25, 1751, Mrs. Mary Chesebrough, daughter of John and Lucia (Stanton) McDowell. They had four children, viz .; Lucy, born April 22, 1752; Nathan, born April 2, 1754; Isaac, born June 23, 1757 ; and Keturah, born Jan. 25, 1767.

(V) Amos Pendleton, second son of William, was born June 24, 1728, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. On Feb. 1, 1753, he was mar- ried to Susanna Rossiter Chesebrough, who died May 31, 1768. Their children were: Amos, born Nov. 5, 1754; Andrew, July 7, 1756; Molly, Aug. 4, 1758; Zebulon, May 27, 1760; Charles, April 24, 1762; Lydia, Oct. 7, 1764 ; and Frederick, June 15, 1766. Amos Pendleton married (second), in 1768, Anna Foster, of Westerly, R. I., daughter of Jon- athan Foster, of Watch Hill, who was born in 1743, and died June 5, 1819. They had children as fol- lows: Jonathan, born Sept. 19, 1769; Nancy, born July 22, 1771 ; Acors, born July 28, 1773; William, born July 23, 1775 ; Isaac, born Nov. 22, 1777 ; Otis, born March 7, 1780; Gilbert, born Sept. 7, 1782; and Harris, born Nov. 19, 1786.

(VI) Harris Pendleton, the youngest member of the family of fifteen children, was born Nov. 19, 1786. He was a seafaring man, and died June II, 1863. On May 10, 1810, he married Martha, daugh- ter of Joshua and Mary (Cross) Kenyon, born in 1791, in Westerly, R. I., and died Feb. 16, 1852, the mother of these children : Harris, born Feb. 25, 18II; Gurdon, born July 27, 1813; Averill, born May 14, 1816; Moses, born July 8, 1818; B. Frank- lin, born Sept. 3, 1823, resides in Stonington Bor- ough ; and James, born Jan. 16, 1828.

(VII) MOSES PENDLETON, son of Harris Pendleton, was born July 9, 1818, and died April 18, 1891. For many years he carried on a large business in Stonington in fitting out whaling vessels, ship chandlery, dry goods and groceries. For a time Francis Pendleton was associated with him, but for more than forty years he was alone. He held many town offices in Stonington. He was

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a member of the First Baptist Church, and for many years its treasurer and trustee. On Dec. 19, 1841, he married Frances Forsythe, who died Dec. 15, 1888, and they had these children : Moses Aver- ill, born Feb. 19, 1844; Nelson Augustus, born Oct. 12, 1846; Oscar Fellows, born Dec. 1, 1849; An- drew, born May 30, 1852, died in childhood; Ev- erett, born Aug. 25, 1857, died June 29, 1859; and Frances Elizabeth, born April 16, 1861.

MOSES A. PENDLETON, vice-president of the First National Bank of Stonington, Conn., was reared there, and in early life was a clerk in the mercantile establishments of his father, and of Charles Wood- bridge, and Samuel B. Stanton. Mr. Pendleton has always been a Republican. In 1872 he was elected town clerk, and served for twenty years as town clerk and clerk of the Probate Court. For one year he served as clerk of the borough of Stonington, filling every position with noted ability. On Feb. 4, 1884, Mr. Pendleton was elected a director of the First National Bank, and on May 4, 1891, he was elected vice-president. Mr. Pendleton brought to this responsible position the experience of years, and his election gave added strength to one of the leading financial institutions of this county. For a number of years, with other duties, he has also served as a notary public. He is a member of the First Baptist Church, and has long been both its clerk and treasurer. Like other members of this notable family, he is held in high personal esteem by his fellow citizens.

On June 13, 1866, Mr. Pendleton married Amelia Barker Sheffield, daughter of Stanton and Martha (Potter) Sheffield, and they have had two children : Alice Amelia, born Feb. 25, 1868, died Aug. 7, 1886; and Henry A., born Aug. 31, 1873, a clerk in Burtch's drug store.

BACKUS. The annals of Connecticut would, indeed, be incomplete without a sketch of the Backus family, one of the early settled families of the State, and one whose representatives in every generation have held honored and respected positions in civil and social life. New London county has long been the home of one branch of the family, worthily represented in Norwich until Dec. 29, 1904, the date of his death, by Asa Backus, who well sus- tained the honored name of the distinguished pion- eer ancestor, William Backus.

(I) William Backus came from Norwich, Eng- land, and was of record at Saybrook, Conn., as early as 1637. About 1659 he moved to Norwich, in the same State, being one of the first settlers under the leadership of Rev. James Fitch and John Mason. He, it is said, gave to the town its name, in memory of his old home in England. His death occurred at an advanced age, soon after his arrival in the Colony, and previous to May 7, 1664, he being the first Englishman and the second person to die in the settlement. He was twice married, first to Sarah Charles and second to Mrs. Anne Bingham.

At his death he left two sons-William, Jr., id Stephen-and three daughters.

(II) William Backus, Jr., son of William married Elizabeth, daughter of William Pratof Saybrook. They lived in Norwich and hach x children, of whom William and John settledin Windham, and are reckoned among the early - prietors of that town. Joseph and Nathanie |e- mained in Norwich, and left numerous desdi- ants.

(III) Joseph Backus was a leading man in he town. Besides serving as a justice of the p an office of much dignity at that time, he waser several years a representative of Norwich in le general court of Connecticut. He opposed le "Saybrook platform," and withdrew from church at Norwich when it was accepted. e seems, indeed, from the brief notices that remainf him, to have been a genuine lover of 'the old p an able and energetic defender of the Congr tional polity, a man of deep radical convict which governed his actions, and made him wi to suffer loss for the sake of Christ and His tri; Joseph Backus married Elizabeth Huntington, they had eight children. Two of his sons, Si and Joseph, Jr., were the first of the name to gri 1- ate from Yale College.

(IV) Samuel Backus, next in line of desc. was born Jan. 6, 1693, and died Nov. 24, I.a. He was a quiet, enterprising farmer, prosperou 1 his own business, but having little to do with 1. lic affairs. He removed to what is now knowns Yantic, and there erected a gristmill, the second je in the settlement. He later erected an iron 17, and made swords for the soldiers in the early wt On Jan. 18, 1716, he was married to Elizalli Tracey, and they had eleven children : Samuel, 11 Jan. I, 1717, died Oct. 2, 1796; Ann, born Jan. , 1718, died Dec. 29, 1756; Elizabeth, born Feb| 1721, died July 1, 1745; Isaac, born Jan. 9, I'], died Nov. 20, 1806; Elijah, born March 14, 1;, died Sept. 4, 1798; Simon, born Jan. 17, 1729, (! Feb. 16, 1764; Eunice, born May 17, 1731, C. Aug. 10, 1753; Andrew, born Nov. 16, 1733, cf Nov. 20, 1796; Asa, born May 3, 1736, died 23, 1788; Lucy, born April 19, 1738, died in 17.3 John, born Oct. 16, 1740, died April 27, 1814.

(V) Asa Backus, ninth in the family of Sam - was married May 12, 1762, to Esther Parkhu and died at Franklin, Conn., July 23, 1788. children were: Asa (2), born May 12, 17 Esther, 1765; Mary, Aug. 29, 1767, (died Oct. 1785) ; Joseph, 1770, (died 1771) ; Eunice, 17 ; Lucy, 1774; John, July 7, 1777; and Samuel, (. tober, 1780.

(VI) Asa Backus (2), son of Asa, was a farn. and resided at Yantic. He died Dec. 26, 1829. : Franklin, Conn. By his wife, Parthenia (Jane he had the following children: Simon, born 1792, who married Elizabeth Spicer; Elijah, b in 1795, who married Johanna Ellis; and Asa (+).

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Afı his death the widow married for her second hus nd Stephen Lathrop.

VII) Asa Backus (3), son of Asa (2), was in Norwich in 1803, and was reared to farm bor WO was

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He received only a limited education, but iberally endowed by nature. He became a er of the mercantile firm of Hyde & Backus, ntic village, and was there engaged until his June 5, 1836, at the age of thirty-three years. as a splendid business man, and his early death tort a most promising career, as even then he large estate for the period. On Oct. 19, 1828, e First Church, he married Miss Caroline Roa, daughter of Abiel Roath, and a member of one E the oldest families of Norwich. Their chil- drei vere : (I) Caroline, born April 28, 1831, mar- ried first) Rev. Joseph Bloomer and (second) C. Lev. Dunlap, and died Aug. 6, 1861, in Norwich. (2) Cynthia M., born Sept. 23, 1833, resides at ch Town. (3) Asa (4) was born July 21, In 1838 the mother became the wife of

Nor 183 Her Brown Tracy, who is mentioned elsewhere in

this view. She died Oct. 6, 1878, aged seventy- two ars.

III) ASA BACKUS, the fourth in direct line to b r the name, was born in Norwich, and at- the public schools of his native town, sup- tenc plen

iting the knowledge there obtained by a

cour at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. When abou sixteen years of age he entered the employ of Ely Co., dry goods merchants, Norwich, as clerk, rema ing with them for three years. Ill health com] led him to rest for two years, and in the fall of I& he went to Toledo, Ohio, where he was em- ployé as a clerk for a few months. Then, in com- pany Eato ness, capit: came rith a Mr. Eaton, under the firm name of & Backus, he established a dry-goods busi- eginning in a small way, with borrowed The firm prospered from the start, and be- ne of the largest establishments of the kind in thecity. The partnership continued until 1875, when Ir. Backus disposed of his interest and re- turne to Norwich, settling on his fine country home ist outside the city limits. This estate was ed by him in the fall of 1874 from C. B.

purcl: Roge but he enlarged the original limits of his until he owned about twenty-five acres of Ir. Backus was prosperous in all his under- and he ranked among the substantial men of the own, progressive, public-spirited and influ- ntial.

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oledo, in 1860, Mr. Backus was married to ia W. Bissell, who was born Oct. 12, 1836, 1 Lo port, N. Y., daughter of Edward Bissell, ho

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Carrie Tracy, born Feb. 19, 1861, died March 18, 1864. (2) Asa William, born Jan. 3, 1863, married Minnie Gross, of Toledo, Ohio, and has one child, William Asa, the sixth Asa in direct line. He is engaged in the carriage manufacturing business at Toledo, Ohio. (3) Lizzie Hale, born March 28, 1865, died Aug. 29, 1866. (4) Julia Rider, born Dec. 6, 1866, is the wife of Dr. D. Lloyd Jones, of Preston, and has two children, Edna May and D. Lloyd, Jr. (5) Edward Tracy, born Dec. 6, 1873, died Jan. 24, 1874. (6) Frederic Tracy, born March 2, 1876, resides at home ; he is an electrician. Mr. Backus was again married, on Jan. 16, 1893, to Mrs. Sarah G. (Button) Champlin. By her first marriage Mrs. Backus had a son, Ernest Gifford, born in 1888. By her marriage with Mr. Backus she has a daughter, Florence Anna, born Jan. 26, 1896.

Mr. Backus took a keen interest in public ques- tions, but politically is strictly non-partisan, voting independently upon all questions, and in local affairs looking always for worthy men for public office. He was interested in a num- ber of enterprises and was a director of the Nor- wich Savings Society ; of the Norwich Street Rail- way Co .; treasurer and one of the prime movers in the organization of the Maplewood Cemetery Asso- ciation; secretary and treasurer of the Norwich Mutual Assurance Company, which was estab- lished in 1794; and agent and one of the vice-presi- dents of the Connecticut Humane Society, taking great interest in the affairs of this splendid organi- zation. He was one of the original incorporators of the Backus Free Hospital. By the will of the late William Backus, Asa Backus was made execu- tor of the large and valuable estate left by the de- cedent. He was highly esteemed for his social as well as for his business qualifications, and his hos- pitality was unlimited, his beautiful home being ever open to his many friends. His death at the close of 1904 was sincerely regretted, and the town of Norwich lost one of its most useful citizens and kindly friends.

LANPHEAR. This family of New England has been most honorably represented by the late Capt. Horace Clark Lanphear, who was in his day one of the best known captains plying Long Island Sound.

(I) George Lanphere (Landfear or Lamphear) was of Westerly, R. I., in 1669, in which year he purchased land there. He took the oath of allegiance to Rhode Island in 1671, and in that town "by the mill" was baptized in 1678. At this time he was a married man, but the name of his wife is unknown. He had 200 acres of land laid out to him in 1704. His death occurred Oct. 6, 1731. His children were : Mary, Shadrach, John, Theodosius, Seth, Sarah, Elizabeth and Richard, and one whose name is un- known, but who married Eber Crandall.

(II) John Lanphere, son of George, was a resi-

E several hundred acres of land on which ids a part of the city. The Bissells were he leading families of that city, and the nts rank among the prominent and wealthy of to-day. Mrs. Backus died in December, : mother of six children, as follows: (1) 13

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dent of Westerly, R. I., where he died in 1757. His wife Ruth passed away in 1730. His children were : John, Daniel, Amos, Nathan, Anna, Ruth, Experi- ence, Mary, Patience and Keziah.

(III) Nathan Lanphere, son of John, married, June 22, 1739, Mary Langworthy, and their chil- dren of Westerly record were: Mary, born April 5, 1740; Nathan, Feb. 18, 1742; Elisha, Jan. 21, 1744; Jonathan, April 19, 1748; Langworthy, Feb. 5, 1753; Amey, March 20, 1755. Nathan Lan- phere's second wife was named Anna, and their children, of Westerly record, were: Patience, born May 26, 1760 ; Paul, Feb. 25, 1762; Pardon, Feb. 25, 1762; Anne, Feb. 20, 1767; and Maxson, Dec. 5, 1769.

(IV) Nathan Lanphere (2), son of Nathan, born Feb. 18, 1742, married (first) Oct. 28, 1764, Amy Crandall, of Charlestown, R. I., and (second) Oct. 31, 1771, Sarah Landers, daughter of John Landers. His children were: Mary, born Aug. 24, 1765; Hannah, Nov. 22, 1767; Ethan, Jan. 19, 1770 ; Amy, July 4, 1772; Elisha, Nov. 19, 1773 ; Simeon, Nov. 5, 1776; Abigail, June 27, 1778; Su- sanna, May 10, 1780 ; Enoch, Jan. 14, 1782 ; Samuel, Oct. 14, 1783; Hezekiah (twin to Samuel), Oct. 14, 1783; Joseph, Oct. 12, 1785; William, May 24, 1787 ; Acors, Feb. 28, 1790 ; and Silas, Oct. 3, 1791.

(V) Enoch Lanphear, son of Nathan (2), born, Jan. 14, 1782, was the grandfather of Horace P. Lanphear. On Jan. 29, 1807, he married Susanna Berry, who died at the age of sixty years, and he reached the age of seventy-six. He followed the water the greater part of his life, and was also otherwise engaged in farming and as a shoemaker. His children were as follows: Lucy Ann, who mar- ried (first) Elias Brown, and (second) Francis Car- penter, and died in Westerly, R. I., in February, 1903 ; Emma, who died in young womanhood ; Gor- ton P., who died in California, whither he had gone in the gold excitement of 1849; Rowland, a seafar- ing man and later a farmer, who died in Albion, Dane Co., Wis .; Hannah, who married Joseph Bliven, and went to Wisconsin, where she died; Capt. Horace, mentioned below; and Abbie, who married Henry Gavitt.

(VI) Capt. Horace Clark Lanphear, father of Horace P., was born June 24, 1826, in Westerly, R. I., and died July 16, 1902, in Waterford, Conn. He had very limited advantages for acquiring an educa- tion, attending the village school only two months in each year until he was fourteen years of age. At the early age of ten years he commenced going on the water, as a cook for Capt. Brand, receiving two dollars per month for nine months. The follow- ing year he received five dollars per month for the same length of time. The year following he went fishing in a smack in company with Capt. Gorton Berry, working ten months for five dollars per month, and the year following was with Capt. Ezekiel Rogers, of Waterford, at seven dollars per month for ten months. The next year he was again

with Capt. Berry, as second mate, at ten dollars month. He returned to Waterford, and for next three years was mate with Capt. Elias Char lin on the smack "Herald." The following year purchased and was captain of the smack "Cc merce." In October, 1844, having sold the "Cc merce," he entered the employ of Charles Mallc of Mystic, Conn., on a whaling expedition, and 1 gone on this voyage thirty-four months, to the nor western coast of America, and along the west coast of South America. His vessel, the "Ro Hood," was the first vessel to enter the Ocho Sea in quest of whales. On this voyage they ma 3,400 barrels of oil from July 4th to Oct. 8th, a procured some eighty-five tons of bone. TI touched the Sandwich and Society Islands, besi many others.

In October, 1849, Mr. Lanphear entered the e ploy of Capt. Brand as pilot and sailing-master the sloop "Catherine Hale," which was then runni between Westerly, Stonington and New York Ci He continued in that business until about 18 when he was made captain of the sloop "Leade plying between Westerly, Stonington, Newport af Providence, R. I. During the years 1853, 1854 a

1855 he was captain and part owner of the slc "E. W. Babcock." In 1856 and 1857 he was ca tain and part owner of the schooner "Orlan Smith," making trips from Boston to Philadelph touching at New York City. He was captain of t "Richard Law," in 1858, and in 1859 was made fi pilot of the steamboat "Commodore," running frc Stonington to New York City. He was sub! quently on the "Vanderbilt," "Commonwealth "Plymouth Rock," "State of Maine," etc., all own. by the same company, Capt. Lanphear being t first pilot on all of them. In 1865 he entered t employ of the Norwich & New York Transport tion Company, as captain of the-Norwich Line, a was captain of the following steamboats, resper ively: "City of Boston," "City of New Londor "City of Lawrence," "City of New York," and th "City of Worcester," which at the time of her buil. ing was considered the finest steamer that plow the waters of Long Island Sound. She was intend to be the handsomest and most substantial steamer the Sound. We quote the following press notic regarding Capt. Lanphear, published about the tir the "City of Worcester" was built :

Capt. Horace C. Lanphear, master of the "Worceste is the senior captain in the employ of the Norwich Lin and by long and faithful service has well earned the hon that is now conferred upon him. He is a native of We erly, R. I., and began steamboating twenty-nine years af on the Stonington Line, as first pilot of the steamer "Cor modore," serving afterward in the same capacity on t "Vanderbilt." "Commonwealth," "Plymouth Rock," a "State of Maine," all of the same Line. He entered t service of the Norwich Line Jan. I, 1865, as first pilot the "City of Boston." After holding this position f about two and one-half years he was made captain of t "City of New London," and served in that capacity for s years, when he was transferred to the "City of Lawrence

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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 45

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