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gre sor cla
in Masonry. He was widely known in Ma- circles, and he was a familiar figure at con- held in different parts of the country.
. Ely was a kind, free-hearted man, of pleasing npressive personality, and as a physician was uccessful, having a large practice, covering a
anc ver lars territory. He was kind to the poor, taking ad-
ye of the many opportunities afforded the van
fess and
phy ian for acts of charity and benevolence. Pro- ially Dr. Ely was connected with the county tate medical societies. His death occurred Apr ma1 I, 1886. On Dec. 3, 1855, he was united in lige, in Old Lyme, with Elizabeth Mather Chaj ick, who was born in that town Feb. 13, 1830, dau; ter of Capt. John Mather and Ursula (Brad- ford Chadwick, and they became the parents of
eigh Children as follows: (I) Josiah Griffin, Jr., is men ned below. (2) Edna Chadwick, who died Oct. 5, 1901, was an artist of exceptional ability, thou she followed art as a pastime, never for re- mun tion. (3) Ursula Raymond is the wife of Natl/ H. Hall, of Preston, Conn. (4) Fannie Grift (5) Elizabeth. Chadwick. (6) Florence Mat . is Mrs. Gilbert B. Sterling, of Windsor Lock Conn., and has one child, Elizabeth. (7) Grac Bradford died in infancy. (8) Julia Niles. Mrs. fly survives her husband, and resides at Lyme. Jfah Griffin Ely, M. D., son of the late Dr. Josia Griffin Ely, was born in Lyme, Conn., Sept. 22, I 7. His literary training was begun in the schoc of his native town, and completed in the Conn icut Literary Institute, at Suffield, from which e was graduated with the class of 1879. De- termi ig to follow in his father's footsteps, he en- tered
ellevue Hospital Medical College, and was gradted therefrom in 1884, subsequently taking a post- duate course in the same institution. In 1886 returned to Lyme and took up his father's
practi
fully
His years had been well spent, and he was alified to enter upon the successful practice quaini 1well, of hisprofession. Furthermore, he was well ac- with the people among whom he was to ind was equally well known by them. His ife habeen conducted along such lines as had given hem nd onfid e has ifidence in him, and he at once, by his ability ntion to his work, demonstrated that the 'e was not misplaced. Like his father, too, come one of the useful citizens of the town,
nd ha never shirked his civic duties. In 1895 he pres ed Lyme in the State Legislature, where he ave c n Pu :alth id fc creta embc n wh cient service as a member of the committee Health. He has also served his town as icer, medical examiner, justice of the peace, several years past has been chairman and of the school board. Fraternally he is a of Pythagoras Lodge, No. 45, F. & A. M. he is a past master ), Union Chapter, Cush- g Cc icil and Palestine Commandery, at New
budo1 On
ay 27, 1893, Dr. Ely was married to Claude chmel Stark, daughter of Charles Stark, of
Lyme, and three children have come to them : Julian Griffin, born Oct. 12, 1894; Marguerite R., Nov. 29, 1897 ; and Rosemary, born May 27, 1904.
GEORGE CLINTON BILLS. The name Bills was originally spelled without the s; it appears first in the record of John and Dorothy Bill in Boston in 1638-39, the year Mr. Bill died, and the one in which Dorothy Bill, a widow, was of the household of Richard Tuttle. It is assumed by the author of the Bill genealogy that John and Dorothy were man and wife; that she was a sister of Mr. Tuttle; that they came from England prior to 1635, and that they brought with them several children. Their children were : James, Thomas, Philip, John and Mary.
(II) Philip Bill, born about 1620 in England, was in Boston and vicinity in the early days. He was in New London in 1668, and settled on the east side of the Thames river, in that portion of the town which became Groton in 1705. He was possessed of considerable property. His death occurred July 8, 1689, and his widow, Hannah, married Samuel Bucknall, of New London, and died in 1709. Their children were: Philip, Mary, Margaret, Samuel, Samuel, John, Elizabeth, Jonathan and Joshua.
(III) Samuel Bill, born about 1665, in or near. Boston, Mass., came with his father to Groton (then a part of New London), Conn., in 1699. He mar- ried (first) Mercy Haughton, daughter of Richard Haughton, of New London; his second wife was named Elizabeth. Samuel and Mercy Bill were ad- mitted to the church in New London, Sept. 3, 1693. His children were : Hannah ; Samuel ; Philip ; James ; a child, baptized Dec. 14, 1695; Ebenezer ; Joshua, baptized June 5, 1698; Jonathan, baptized Sept. 8, 1700; Mercy, baptized Sept. 27, 1702; John; and Abigail.
(IV) Philip Bill, born about 1692, in New Lon- don, was first married in 1714; his wife, Jane, died July 21, 1731, leaving the following children, the first three born in Groton, the others in Lebanon : Zipporah, born Feb. 16, 1715 ; Lucy, Dec. 15, 1717; Elisha, Feb. 7, 1719; Philip, Dec. 31, 1723; Solo- mon, April 25, 1726; Mercy, Jan. 6, 1729; Elijah, July 17, 1731. By his second wife, Elizabeth, he had three children, all born in Lebanon: Jonathan, born Sept. 15, 1735; Sybil, March 6, 1740; Samuel, July 4, 1744. His third wife was named Ruth.
Soon after his first marriage Mr. Bill settled in the town of Lebanon, near his uncle, John Bill, who had removed thither some twenty years prior, and continued to reside there the rest of his life. His brothers, James and Ebenezer, and his father also, went to Lebanon, not far from the same time. Philip Bill was the owner of lands in Groton, which had been deeded to him by his father, and he also made purchases of considerable extent in the town of Lebanon, in that portion known as the New Parish.
(V) Elisha Bill, born Feb. 7, 1719, in Groton, married, June 25, 1744, Lydia Woodward. Mr. Bill removed with his father to Lebanon in 1723, where,
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it is presumed, he passed his life, though the date of his death is unknown. His widow died May 24, 1786. Children were: Calvin, born May 8, 1745; Rachel, July 2, 1747 ; Elisha, April 7, 1749; Azariah, April 27, 1751 ; Reuben, June 21, 1753 ; Lydia, April 26, 1756; and Aaron, Sept. 10, 1759.
(VI) Azariah Bills, by whom the final s was added, was born April 27, 1751, in Lebanon, and married, Feb. 16, 1775, Elizabeth Daggett, born in 1750. Mr. Bills' life was passed chiefly in Lebanon, though for a number of years he lived in Hebron, and finally removed to Columbia. He was a man greatly respected, and for several years filled vari- ous offices, such as grand juror and collector. He died Jan. 31, 1829, aged seventy-eight years. His widow died Dec. 3, 1844, aged ninety-four years ; she came of a long-lived family, as her mother is said to have lived to be upward of one hundred years. The issue of Azariah Bills and his wife were: Cynthia, born May 22, 1776; Betsey, March 8, 1779 ; Aaron, March 22, 1781 ; Cynthia (2), May 1, 1783 ; Eleazer, Sept. 14, 1785 ; Lydia, May II, 1788; and Horace, May 10, 1791.
(VII) Eleazer Bills, father of George C., was born Sept. 14, 1785, in Columbia (then Lebanon), and spent his entire life in that town. He remained in the home place, and continued farming as long as he was able. He then moved to Norwich and made his home with his son George, where he lived retired until his death, which occurred July 20, 1870, aged eighty-six years. He was a Democrat of the strongest type, as is his son, and took a great inter- est in politics, though he never sought office. He served for a short time at New London during the War of 1812, when that city was threatened by the British. Mr. Bills married Nancy Richardson, of Coventry, Conn. She was born Feb. 10, 1788, daughter of Ephraim and Lois ( Porter) Richard- son, and her last years were spent in the home of her son, where she died Nov. 25, 1866, aged seventy- nine years. Her children were as follows : Cynthia, who became the wife of Aaron Yeomans, and died in Columbia ; Horace B., who was engaged in the wool business, and died in Schenectady, N. Y .; William C., who died at the age of twenty-one years ; and George C.
(VIII) George Clinton Bills was born Sept. 18, 1819, in the western part of the town of Columbia. He attended the district school and also for one winter a private school in Andover, kept by Isaiah Doggett. As the boy had hip trouble, he was always excused from the hard work of the farm, and as he grew older he sought lighter work for a permanent occupation. At the age of seventeen years he left home, and went to clerk in a general store at An- dover, kept by a Mr. Button, where he remained for three years. His wages for the first year were his board and clothing, although his parents in reality furnished the most of the latter. The second and third years he had $30 and his board. The next two years he spent in New Britain as a clerk in a gen-
eral store, where his wages were $16 a megh, and board. He then went to Hartford and erged in the grocery line on South Main street, whe mained for three and one-half years, a The re- while there was married.
In 1844 Mr. Bills disposed of the groc busi- years, in the e went ness and returned to Columbia for a couple the greater part of the time being employ paper mill at Andover. In February, 1847 to Norwich and was engaged as a clerk in 1 f coffee and spice store of Samuel Downer, located c frank- lin Square, remaining there three years, 1 then the three years following he was manage of the Union Store. He was next engaged as a ( sk in a grocery store on the West Side, at what is w 170 West Main street, and was there for thi years e pur- f1 con-
before he went into business for himself. chased a grocery store near the bridge ducted it till the close of the Civil war, whe he dis- posed of it and purchased the building oppce Nos. 116 to 122 West Main street. There he ficcess- fully conducted a cafe until he retired fra busi- ness, about a quarter of a century ago. He tis suc- ceeded in the business by his son, but the 1 er has since disposed of it. Mr. Bills resides at ). 107 Summit street in a house he erected in 185 before any other house had been built in that 1 ghbor- hood. He yet owns the business block West Main street, and several tenements in histection of the city.
On Feb. 7, 1844, George C. Bills maied in Hartford Mary G. Munger, born April 23, 23, in: Towanda, Pa., daughter of Elisha and DianaNott) Munger. Elisha Munger was born in I chfield county, Conn., and his wife in Berlin, Artford county. Mrs. Bills' father died in Towan when she was nine years old, and her mother ret fied to Connecticut. Later she married James Ref. who died in New Haven. After the death of he second husband Mrs. Reed made her home with henaugh- ter (Mrs. Bills), and there died at the age ofighty- three years. To the union of Mr. and MA. Bills have come two children, as follows : William . born May 29, 1848, who married Lottie Elizabe, Law- rence, and resides in Norwich; and Nancy , born Sept. 23, 1856, who died March 28, 1873. ]]. Bills and his wife have lived together over six years, sharing the struggles of their earlier years, joying together the wealth and ease whi id en- make their declining years so comfortable. Bc have quite remarkable memories and are exceptic 1 con- versationalists. Mrs. Bills has been truly help- mate, and deserves a share of the credit for r hus- band's success.
OSGOOD. The towns of Lebanon ar Nor- wich, in turn, have been the homes and scen of the activities of the descendants of Dr. Erastus sgood throughout the century just closed. The octor, himself, for half of that period a leading cit n and skillful physician of Lebanon, reared five s ; who
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in Norwich and became prosperous mer- and men of prominence. Notices of the of his children appear elsewhere.
Alig toward the middle of the eighteenth cen- re appeared in the town of Pomfret, Conn., h and William Osgood, the latter of whom ed land of Joseph Bowman and Benjamin
:ury Jere ourcl Ingal in 1747, and settled south of the Mashamo- quet. He was active in the public affairs of that lo- :ality ving in Abington Society, which a little later humt ed some fifty families. The American an- cesto1 f this branch of the family was John Osgood, ›ver, Massachusetts.
(1) John Osgood, born July 23, 1595, in Wher- well about
tative of the town in 1651, to the General . He died Oct. 24. 1651, and his widow ed April 8, 1667. His children were : Sarah, ary, Elizabeth, Stephen and Hannah.
(I John Osgood (2), born about 1631 in Eng- ne to New England with his mother when irs of age, the authority for this being C. M. of Salem, Mass., in the N. E. Genealogical Vol. XIII, who says that Sarah, the wife ohn Osgood, came in the ship "Confidence" 1 163ª from Southampton, England. John Osgood 2) w. a yeoman, lived in Andover, and was often selequan there. He was deputy to the General ourt Nov. lemer 1666, 1669, 1689 and 1690. He married, 1653, Mary, daughter of Rev. Robert of Haverhill, she being from Coventry, Varwi shire, England. 169 54; eter, rah, annal penez Mr. Osgood died Aug. Their children were: John, born Sept. 3, try, Aug. 10, 1659; Lydia, Aug. 12, 1661; 1g. 30, 166 -; Samuel, March 10, 1665; pril 7, 1667; Mehetabel, March 4, 1671 ; May 30, 1674; Sarah (2), Nov. 4, 1675; Oct. 4, 1678; and Clement, Oct. 12, 1680. (II hrriec
Lieut. John Osgood, born Sept. 3, 1654, Oct. 17, 1681, Hannah Ayers, of Haverhill, ed in Andover. He took the freeman's 1 18, 1691, and was a selectman of the died in 1725, and his widow died in 1735. didren were: John, born June 28, 1683; March 16, 1685 ; Nathaniel, Jan. 6, 1687; Jan. 16, 1689 (died in the same year) ; (2), July II, 1691 ; Daniel, July 19, 1693; illiam
d res th A wn. heir bencz remia remia
697; Hannah, June 24, 1699; Benjamin, g. 28 (IV dove
700 ; and Samuel, July 8, 1704.
William Osgood was born in 1697, in His first wife, Sarah, died in 1728, and marış
1 (second) Mary Appleton, of Ipswich. I747 : moved to Pomfret, Conn. His children e: ™ ry, Zachariah, Hannah, Sarah, William, nd Susan, all born in Andover. pleto (V) 11 No.
apt. William Osgood, son of William, 27, 1740, died Feb. 8, 1804. He married
June 2, 1774, Mary Scarbrough, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and they had children as follows : Scarbrough, born April 13, 1775 (died in infancy ) ; William, Oct. 6, 1776; Artemas, May 19; 1778 (died Aug. 18, 1870) ; Erastus, March 14, 1780; John, May 13, 1782 (died Dec. 19, 1872) ; Scarbrough, Aug. 20, 1787 (died Sept. 11, 1863).
(VI) Dr. Erastus Osgood, son of Capt. William Osgood, married Martha Morgan, daughter of Capt. Elisha and Olive (Coit) Morgan, and they reared a family of seven children, all born in Lebanon, as fol- lows : Charles, born Feb. 13, 1808; Olive, 1810 (who married Rev. Isaac T. Otis, and lives in Exeter, N. H.) ; Erastus S., Jan. 2, 1813 (died July 11, 1854) ; William C., Jan. 8, 1816 (mentioned below) ; Sam- uel C., Nov. 2, 1819 (died April 12, 1820) ; Gilbert, Oct. 14, 1823 (died Feb. 22, 1871) ; and Edward, Feb. 5, 1826 (died Oct. 7, 1871) ; he married March 6, 1854, Jane E. Pendleton). All of the five sons who reached maturity became merchants in Nor- wich.
Dr. Erastus Osgood was for many years one of the most honored citizens of Lebanon, where for forty-six years he was successfully engaged in the practice of his profession, in which he acquired more than a local reputation. He also took an active inter- est in the public affairs of his community, and his fellow citizens gave evidence of the esteem in which they held him by electing him to many positions of trust. He was long a most efficient member of the board of school visitors, represented his town in the State Legislature and his district in the Senate, and filled various local offices to the satisfaction of all. He lived to the advanced age of nearly eighty-eight years, dying Dec. 29, 1867, and his wife, who was born April 21, 1787, passed away Feb. 26, 1876. Mrs. Osgood was a direct descendant of
(I) James Morgan, her lineage being through Capt. John, James, Col. Daniel and Capt. Elisha Morgan. James Morgan was born in 1607, prob- ably in Llandaff, Glamorganshire, Wales. The Morgan family probably removed from Llandaff to Bristol, England, on the opposite side of the Bristol channel, a short time before 1636, in which year James came to Boston. Later he removed to New London, Conn. He married Margery Hill, of Rox- bury, and died in 1685.
(II) Capt. John Morgan, born in 1645, died in 1712. He married Rachel Dymond, who was born in 1665, and they made their home in Preston, Con- necticut.
(III) James Morgan (2), born in 1680, and his wife, Bridget, resided in Preston.
(IV) Col. Daniel Morgan, born in 1712, died in 1773. He married Elizabeth Gates, born in 1713, died in 1793, and they lived in Preston, now Gris- wold.
(V) Capt. Elisha Morgan, born in 1748, married Olive Coit, also a descendant of an old and distin- guished family, and they made their home at Lis- bon, Conn., where he engaged in farming. Both
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Hampshire, England, married in England 527, his wife's name being Sarah. He came :o Ne England about 1637, and was made a free- nan I .y 22, 1639. He was one of the founders of he chich in Andover about 1645, and was the first epres Court Sarah lohn,
and, even Endic Regist if (I)
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died in 1814. They were the parents of Martha Morgan, who became the wife of Dr. Erastus Osgood.
CHARLES OSGOOD, M. D., deceased. Among the men of intellect, of enterprise, of public spirit, of undaunted resource, who have helped to make Nor- wich the prosperous city she now is, none took higher rank in his day, or, indeed, at any period of her history, than Dr. Charles Osgood, who was a progressive, representative citizen in everything that the name implies. He was not only a typical New Englander of his day, but also represented some of the best blood of the early days, having descended in both paternal and maternal lines from families who were among the first to be planted on American soil from the mother country. He was born in Lebanon, Conn., Feb. 13, 1808. He completed his preparatory education in the Plainfield (Conn.) Academy, an in- stitution of some note in its day, from which he grad- uated, and began the study of medicine under his father. For five winters he attended lectures at Yale Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1833. He had his first experience as a regular prac- titioner in Providence, R. I., where after his gradua- tion he associated himself with Dr. Arnold. After several years' practice in Providence Dr. Osgood went to Monroe, Mich. (on the Raisin river, some two miles from Lake Erie), then a small town, and it was while in active practice there that he came into possession of the formula of a remedy for the cure of fever and ague which played so important a part in his subsequent commercial success. Return- ing to Connecticut in 1840, he located at Norwich, where he engaged in the preparation of this remedy, developing that business in connection with the wholesale drug business, which he established in 184I, and in this line was gathered the nucleus of the large fortune which he accumulated during his busy and successful life. His drug store and labora- tory were located on Shetucket street. Dr. Osgood was energetic and tireless, and showed rare ability in the conduct of his business affairs. From the time he became permanently established in business in Norwich, he interested himself thoroughly in all the city's affairs, promoted and encouraged new enter- prises, and made her advancement one with his own. Many a project which in time added to his own influ- ence and standing, as a business man and wealthy citizen, had received its early impulse and standing because of his support. Few men were so intimately associated with every phase of the city's develop- ment, his influence being felt in every direction, and his good judgment caused his opinion on all sub- jects to be highly valued. Among the numerous con- cerns with which he was identified we may mention the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, of Malden, Mass., the Brown Cotton Gin Company, of New London, and the Norwich City Gas Company. He was also prominent in banking circles, being the founder of the Shetucket Bank, of which he was president from its organization until his death, and
vice-president of the Norwich Savings Soc . He was a director in the New London Mutual surance Company, and of the Norwich Wate
e In- 'ower Company. The Doctor also did much to adv
ce the interests of the New London Northern lroad Company, and was its president from 1873 11 his death. He labored hard to advance the edt tional Free interests of Norwich, and aided in founding Academy, of which he was one of the incorp fators. Dr. Osgood was a Democrat in political fab, but fr am- nayor igned never a bitter partisan. He had neither taste bition for public office, but in 1876 was electe of Norwich, on a citizen ticket ; however, he ; before his term expired, owing to poor heal
All in all, Dr. Osgood was a most excell citi- zen, prosperous in business, useful in adficing public interests, active in benevolent and cl fitable work, and popular in society as a gentlemanof su- perior culture and a man of the highest isonal character. His death, which occurred Man 18, 1881, brought forth expressions of sincerdegret from many circles. Dr. Osgood was surved by his wife and three children, two sons -- Chars H. and Frederic L .- and one daughter, Mrs. f. C. Tyler, the wife of Col. Tyler, of New Londc Con- necticut.
GILBERT OSGOOD, a younger brother of late Dr. Charles Osgood, was born in Lebanon t. 14, 1823, and there commenced his education in ·· dis- trict school. He also attended Bacon Acadey, at Colchester, Conn. When a young man he ehe to Norwich, where he entered the drug houseof his brother, Dr. Charles Osgood, as a clerk, al still later became a partner in the wholesale an retail drug business with his brother, continuir thus until his death. He was a man well known a: very highly respected, popular with all classes, a was a devoted father and husband. He died F. 22, 1871, and was buried in Yantic cemetery. M Os- good attended the Episcopal Church.
On Sept. 25, 1854, in Norwich, Mr. Osgoornar- ried Mary Sangar Backus, who was born Dv. 7, 1834, in Norwich, a lady of culture and refirment, and who proved a devoted wife and mother! She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church. Mrs. Osgood was a daughter of Joseph Backus, a sis- ter of the late Mrs. Charles Webb. She died home Aug. 26, 1865, and is buried in Yanticeme- tery. Three children were born to Mr. an Mrs. Osgood : Lillie Morgan, who married J. Tl dore Webb, of Norwich ; Mary Gilbert, and Mart! L.
CHARLES HENRY OSGOOD, the eldest son | Dr. Osgood, has been conducting the business si : the death of his father, and is trustee of his ther's estate. He is a broadminded man, and popul: with all classes, and is noted for his charity. Pol cally he takes an independent stand. Mr. Osgood r ried Annie Alvard, daughter of T. E. Alvard, an heir only child, Charles, born Feb. 13, 1878, gra ated from the College of Physicians and Surges in New York, and is now practicing in that city
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LIAM COIT OSGOOD, who for nearly ree- adir f Le nd i arters of a century has been one of the citizens of Norwich, was born in the town non, New London Co., Conn., Jan. 8, 1816, 1 son of the late Dr. Erastus and Martha Mor n) Osgood, of that town.
M Osgood attended the district schools of his ativeown, one of his first teachers being Betsey Larv After finishing the course in the district hool le entered the store of his uncle, Mr. Gilbert,
E Le jon, with whom he remained as clerk for VO rs. He then went to Colchester, Conn., nd be me a student in the Bacon Academy, under ne pricipalship of Prof. Charles P. Otis. After omplong his studies there he taught school at liddle Haddam, Middlesex Co., Conn., for one inter rm, receiving $12 per month and "board- nd." Returning to Lebanon, he rented a ig ar ch he conducted for one year, and in 1837 rm v .o Norwich, where he embarked in business
can ith E 7. Thomas, the partners conducting a meat nder the firm name of Thomas & Osgood. C. Osgood had a capital of $680, $500 of s borrowed, his father going his security.
arket Villiar hich he br less was carried on with marked success,
d aft a few years Mr. Thomas disposed of his terpr
terest which Mr. Osgood bought, continuing the until 1865, when, after twenty-five profit- le yeli, he sold out. He bought land in Leb- on, ciing three or more farms, one of which as theplace on which William A. Buckingham he wa governor of Connecticut) was born. The
lue his real estate holdings in the town of banoi was estimated at over twenty thousand llars. fter cultivating these farms for ten years, ring ich time he made his home in Norwich, sold t, and on disposing of all his holdings in banor ought a tract of land in Norwich, which opera d. During this time he became engaged buyir. and selling cattle, having over two hun- td acr of pasture and woodland in the town of rah, ich he sold in 1903. In 1902 he sold his
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