Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume IV, Part 41

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843- joint ed. cn; Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917, joint ed; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917, joint ed; Bostwick, Frederick, 1852- , joint ed; Stearns, Ezra Scollay, 1838-1915, joint ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 1178

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Mr. Way married ( first ). October 15, 1891, at Wethersfield. Mary Gertrude Hammer, born at Wethersfield. June 13. 1871, died March 4, 1904. daughter of Caleb Jolin and Ellen Nancy ( Dix ) Hammer. Her father was born in Wethersfield. November 27. 1833, a commission merchant of that city : married, May 3. 1859, Ellen Nancy Dix, of Newing- ton : children: i. Nellie Dix, born September 2, 1862; ii. Frederic C. Hammer, October 24, 1864: iii. Mary Gertrude Hammer. June 13. 1871, mentioned above. Mr. Way married (second) April 5. 1909. at Hartford, Mil- dred Amelia Emily Camp, born at Hartford, March 14, 1880. daughter of Saniuel James and Lucy Jane ( Litchfield) Camp. Her fa- ther was a builder. She has one sister. Jo- sephine Litchfield Camp. Children of John Latimer and Mary Gertrude Way: Frederic Latimer, born October 24, 1896; Elizabeth, January 21. 1900.

(The Latimer Line).

(I) Robert Latimer, immigrafit ancestor, came first to New London. Connecticut. He married Mrs. Ann Jones, widow of Matthew Jones, and daughter of George Griges, Es- quire, of Boston. Children: Robert, born February 5. min. mentioned below : Eliza- beth, married Jonathan Prentis.

(II) Captain Robert (2) Latimer, son of Robert (1) Latimer, was born February 5, 1664. He was rich in landed estate. He owned a homestead in New London, and town lots, also a large tract of swamp and cedar land in the vicinity of New London. and an unmeasured quantity of wild land in the northwest part of New London, afterward occupied by his descendants. He also owned

a tract of land in Chesterfield on which som of his descendants afterward lived. He held many offices of trust ; deputy in 1705 and for several years in succession. In 1717 he was a member of the governor's council and was again chosen in 1720, and held the position until his death. He died in New London, No- vember 29. 1728. He married Elizabeth Children : John, married Elizabeth : Robert, married, June 17, 1731, Mary Huntley: Jonathan, born about 1698. men- tioned below : Samuel, married Elizabeth Hal- lum: Peter, married Hannah Picket: Ann.

(III) Captain Jonathan Latimer, son of Captain Robert (2) Latimer, was born about 1008. 1Ie settled in New London, and was, like his father, a wealthy landholder. He owned a large tract in Chesterfield. inherited from his father and another on the west side of Niantic river, now in the town of East Lyme. The site of a dwelling house, on the latter tract of land, formerly occupied by one of his sons, was in 1882 still visible, and a spring from which water was taken to supply the house is still known as "Latimer's Spring". A ledge of almost perpendicular rock», lying along the west bank of the river has since been called "Latimer's Rocks" and a beautiful white sand beach at Blake Point in Lyme. formerly owned by him, is still called "Latimer's Beach". He married, April 6, 1721. Boradel. daughter of George Deni- son, and great-granddaughter of Jonathan and Lucretia Brewster ( see Brewster III). Children: Anne, born about 1723: Jonathan. March or May 27, 1724, mentioned below : Elizabeth. September 16, 1726; Mary. April 16. 1729: Amos, December 5, 1730: Robert, February 26, 1732: Henry, February 28, 1737: Daniel, August 16, 1739: John, De- cember 21, 1741 ; Borodil or Boradel. bap- tized February 19. 1744.

( IV) Jonathan (2), son of Captain Jona- than ( 1) Latimer, was born March or May 27. 1724. He lived in New London. in Ches- terfield society, on land which he had inher- ited from his father. Ile served in several campaigns against the French on the north- ern frontier and during the revolution was much of the time in the field of service. He was captain of Third Company. Seventh Reg- iment. Continentals, 1775: major of Seventh Regiment. 1775 : lieutenant-colonel of Colonel Sulden's regiment. Fourth Battalion. Wars- worth's Brigade. Connecticut State Troops, 1776: colonel of Third Regiment, Connecticut Militia, 1776: colonel of Connecticut Militia Regiment. 1777.

Colonel Latimer, with seven sons, removed from Montville to Tennessee about 1790.

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They moved in emigrant wagons drawn by oxen, and took with them articles and pro- visions for use on the way. Ile himself did not live to reach his destination, but died on the journey, and was buried at the place where he died. The sons settled in that state. and became the ancestors of numerous de- scendants now living in the western states. It was a tradition in the family that Colonel Lat- imer and six of his sons measured forty-two feet, and their descendants have always been noted for their height and stalwart muscular frame. He married Lucretia Griswold, born March 26. 1731. Children: Hannah, born September 19. 1747: George. July 29, 1749; Borodil. December 13. 1750. died young : Jonathan. April 12, 1753. mentioned below : Borodil. April 12. 1755: Wetherel. March IS, 1757: Charles, June 30. 1759: Robert, No- vember 2, 1,60; Nicholas, June 8. 1763. prob- ably died young; Griswoldl. September S, 1764; Joseph. June 8, 1,66; Nathaniel. Feb- ruary 25. 1768: Daniel. May 4, 1771.

(V) Jonathan (3). son of Jonathan (2) Latimer, was born April 12. 1753. Hle mar- ried. August 3. 1775. Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Chapel. He removed with his tam- ily to Tennessee and settled at Summer City. where he died at an advanced age. His three sons all married and settled in the west. where they reared large families. Children : Jonathan, Jacob. Lyons. Clarissa, married Daniel Shaw Way (see Way VI).

(The Welles Line).

(I) Thomas Welles, immigrant ancestor. was born at Dudley. Worcestershire, England. January 10, 1604. died at Hebron, Connecti- cut, February 4, 1760. He was a mariner and also a farmer at Hebron. He and his son Edinund were patentees of a tract of land under the British crown, consisting of over sixty thousand acres extending from .Al- bany to Lake George. Ile married, at Say- brook, Connestient, May 13. 1720. Elizabeth Merrill, born at Saybrook. December 24. 1686. died at Hebron, December 24. 1770. Chil- dren, born at Saybrook: Edmund. February 9, 1721. mentioned below : Thomas. Septem- ber 7. 1723 : born at Hebron: Joseph. August 28. 1726: John. 1;28: Samuel. 1730: Wil- liam, 1732: Daniel. 1735.

(11) Edmund. son of Thomas Welles, was born at Saybrook, Connecticut, February 9. 1721. He was a carpenter by trade, and also a farmer. He removed to Hebron with his father's family in 1725. He settled on his father's patent in northern New York and was one of the original proprietors of Cam- bridge township, Washington county, New

York, where he died June 1. 1805, aged eighty-four years. He was a captain in the old French war, of the Fifth Company. com- missioned be Governor Thomas Fitch, of Connecticut, at Norwalk. March 27. 1758. The original commission is in the possession of his descendant. John Latimer Way. Colonel Nathan Whiting commanded the regiment which was sent to invade Canada Ile married, at Southampton, Long Island, May 12, 1743. Mary Howell, born at South- ampton. February 14. 1718, died at Gilead, Connecticut, January 2. 1776. daughter of Ez- ekiel and Mary ( Rogers ) Howell. Children, born at Hebron: John Howell, February 2, 1744, mentioned below : Edmund. September IO, 1746: Mary Howell, May 27. 1748 : Hen- ry, April 5. 1750: James, April 25. 1752, lieu- tenant of Light Dragoons: Daniel, Novem- ber 7. 1754: Sarah, February 28, 1757; Aus- tin. February 14. 1759.

(III) Captain John Howell Welles, son of Edmund Welles. was born at Hebrou. Feb- ruary 2, 1744. He was a farmer in his native village of Gilead, town of Hebron. Connecti- cut. He was captain of the Eighth Company. Twelfth Regiment. Colonel Obadiah Hosford. Connecticut Militia, that marched to West- chester in September. 1776 ( see p. 153, Vol. VIII, Connecticut Historical Society). His commission is now in the possession of john Latimer Way. his great-grandsen. Follow- ing is a copy of the commission :

"State of Connecticut. By the Governor. To John Hoell Wells. Esquire. Greeting. You being chosen by the Mintary Company or Trainband in the parish of Gilead in the Town of Hebron in said state and accepted of the Governor and Committee of Safety to be Captain of said Company on an ex- peditien now to be performed towards New York. reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Fi- delity. Courage and good Conduct I do appoint ard impower you the said John Hoell Wells to be Cap- tain of said Company. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a captain in leading and ordering and exercising said company both Inferior officers and Soldiers to keep them in good order and discipline-hereby commanding them to obey you as their cap.ain and yourself to observe and follow such Orders & Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me o- the Commander in chief for the Time being. u.r the General or Commeinder in dieef of the Conti- nestal army when joined-er other your superior officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of war. pursuant to the Trust reposed in you. Given under my Hand and Scal at Arios in Lei ansu, the eighth Day of September Anno Dem. Ett

Jonth. Trumbull."

He married (first). November 16, 1760. Mary Bill. boin at Exeter. Connecticut. No- vember 26, 1744, died at Gilead, July 8. 1794. He married (second). April 10. 1706, Jerusha Pimco. born at Bolton. Connecticut, Janu-

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ary 29, 1761, died at Gilead. March 28. 1845. Children of first wife, all born at Glicad : John Bill, February 20. 1771, died May 24, ISII, married Lucy Brewster : Howell, March 24, 1773, died October 20. 1775: Henry flow- ell, January, 1776, died May 20, 1825, married Sila Welles ; Alfred Welles, January 17, 1779, died at Roxbury, Massachusetts, Janu- ary 5, 1847, merchant, married Maria Rich- ards ; James, mentioned below : George, Janu- ary 14, 1784, died May 6, 1827, merchant, captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artil- lery Company of Boston. married Clarissa Gelston.

(IV) James, son of Captain John Howell Wells, was born at Gilead. September 17. 1781, died there May 6. 1835. He was a farmer. He married, September 16, 1809, Nancy Caulkins, born October 25, 1789. died at Gilead, July, 1860, daughter of Jedediah and Elizabeth (Farnham) Caulkins. Chil- dren, born at Gilead: George Alfred, June 4, 1810, died unmarried at New Haven, Febru- ary 25, 1832; Elizabeth Terusha, November 9. 1813, died at Gilead, December 26. 1891, married, September 13, 1836, John Mirick Way ( see Way VII).

(The Brewster Line).

(I) William Brewster lived in Scrooby. Nottinghamshire. England, as early as 1570, or 1571, in which year he was assessed in that town on goods valued at three pounds. In 1575 or 1576 he was appointed by Arch- bishop Sandys, receiver of Scrooby, and bail- iff.of the manor-house in that place belong- ing to the bishop, to have life tenure of both offices. Some time in the year 1588, or pos- sibly before, he was appointed to the addi- tional office of postmaster under the Crown. He was known as the "Post" of Scrooby, and was master of the court mails, which were accessible only to those connected with the court. He died in the summer of 1590. His wife was Prudence - Child : William, mentioned below.

(II) Elder William (2) Brewster. immi- grant ancestor, who came in the "Mayflower." was born during the last half of the year 1566 or the first half of 1567. the date being fixed by an affidavit made by him at Leyden, June 25. 1600, when he declared his age to be forty-two years. The place of his birth is not known. but is supposed to have been Scrooby. The parish registers of Serooby do not begin until 1645. and no record of Brew- ster's birth, baptism or marriage has ever been discovered. He matriculated at Peter- house, which was then the "oldest of the fourteen colleges grouped into the University

of Cambridge", December 3, 1586. but does not appear to have stayed long enough to take his degree. Ile is next found as a Mi-creete and faithfull" assistant of William Davi on secretary of state to Queen Elizabeth, ami accompanied that gentleman on his embassy to the Netherlands in August, 1585, and served him at court after his return until his downfall in 1387. He then returned to Scroo- by. where he was held in high esteem among the people of that place, and did much good "in promoting and furthering religion". In 1590 he was appointed administrator of the estate of his father, who died in the summer of that year, and succeeded him as postmaster, which position he held until September 30. 1607. While in Scrooby he lived in the old manor house, where the members of the Pil- grim church were accustomed to meet un Sunday. When the Pilgrims attempted to remove to Holland in the latter part of 1507, they were imprisoned at Boston. Brewster was among those imprisoned, and suffered the greatest loss. Atter he reached Holland, he endured many unaccustomed hardships, not being as well fitted as the other Pilgrims for the hard labor which was their common lot, and spent most of his means in providing for his children. During the latter part of the twelve years spent in Holland. he in- creased his income by teaching and by profits from a printing press which he set up in Ley- den. When, after the twelve years. it was decided that the church at Leyden should cmi- igrate to Virginia, Brewster, who had already been chosen elder. was desired to go with the first company. He was, therefore, with his wife Mary, and two young sons, among the passengers of the "Mayflower." which lander in Plymouth harbor. December 16. 1620. !Tere he bore an important part in establish- ing the Pilgrim republic, was one of the sign. ers of the famous Compact, and believed to have drafted the same. He was the moral, re- ligious and spiritual leader of the colony dur- ing its first years and its chief civit advisor and trusted guide until his death. His wife was Mary She died April 17. 1627. somewhat less than sixty years old. Eller Brewster died April to. 1644. in Plymouth. and a final division of his estate was made by Bradford. Winslow. Prence and Standish. he- twgen Jonathan and Love, his only remaining children. Children: jonathan, born August 12. 1503, mentioned below: Patience : Fear : .Child, died in Leyden. buried June 20. 1600: Love : Wrestling, came in the "MayPower" with his parents and brother Love, was living at the time of the division of cattle. May 22. 1627.

James Stuart

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(III) Jonathan, son of Elder William (2) Brewster, was born August 12, 1593, in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England, and came over in the ship "Fortune," 1021. He mar- ried Lucretia Oldham, of Darby, April 10, 1624, doubtless a sister of John Oldham, who came to Plymouth about 1623. She died March 4, 1678-79. There is some reason to believe that he had married before at an early age, and buried his wife and child by this marriage in Leyden. He moved from Ply- mouth to Duxbury about 1630, and from there was deputy to the general court. Ply- mouth Colony. in 1639-41-43-44. From there he removed to New London, about 1649, and settled in that part later established as Nor- wich, his farm lying in both towns. He was admitted an inhabitant there, February 25. 1649-50, and was deputy to the general court of the Colony of Connecticut in 1650-55-56- 57-58. He engaged in the coasting trade, and was master of a small vessel plying from Ply- mouth along the coast of Virginia. In this way he became acquainted with Pequot har- bor, and entered the river to trade with the Indians. He was clerk of the town of Pequot. September, 1649, and received his first grant of land in that town in the same month, from Uneas, Sachem of the Mohegans, with. whom he had established a trading-house. At this latter place, which is still called by his name. Brewster's Neck, he laid out for himself a large farm. The deed of this land was con- firmed by the town, November 30. 1652, and its bounds determined. In 1637 he was a mil- itary commissioner in the Pequot war, in 1642, a member of the Duxbury committee to raise forces in the Narragansett alarm of that year, and a member of Captain Myles Stand- ish's Duxbury company in the military enroll- ment of 1643. He was prominent in the formation of the settlement of Duxbury and in the establishment of its church : sometimes practiced as an attorney, and was also styled gentleman. He died August 7. 1650. and was buried in the Brewster cemetery at Brew ster's Neck, Preston. A plain granite shaft about eight feet high was erected in 1955, to his memory and that of his wife. The original footstone is still in existence and leans against the modern monument. No probate papers relating to his estate have been found. but bills of sale are recorded. dated in 1658. which conveyed all his property in the town plot. and his house and land at Poquetan- mck, with his movable property, to his son Benjamin, and son-in-law, John Picket. His widow was evidently a woman of note and re- spectability among her fellow-citizens. She had always the prefix of Mrs. or Mistress.

and was usually recorded in some useful ca- pacity, as nurse or doctor, as a witness to wills. etc. Children, the first three boru in Plymouth, the fourth in Jones River, the off- ers in Duxbury: William, March 9, 1025; Mary. April 16. 1627: Jonathan, July 17, 1629; Ruth, October 3, 1631 ; Benjamin, No- vember 17. 1633: Elizabeth, May 1, 1637 : Grace, November 1, 1639, married Captain Daniel Wetherell: child, Mary, married George Denison, and Boradel Denison, daughter of George and Mary ( Wethere !! ) Denison, married Captain Jonathan Latimer, .April 6, 1721 (see Latimer III) ; Hannah, November 3, 1641.

The Stuart family is one of the STUART most ancient and distinguished of Scotland, inrnishing many roval and noble families and honored names. The Irish ancestors of this family came crig- inally from Scotland.

(II) John Stuart, son of James Stuart, was born in Ireland and died there in 1859. aged fifty years. He was a blacksmith by trade. He married Margaret Fitzgerald. Children: James, Edward. Mary. Honora, Ellen, who resides at Lakeville. Connecticut, and has a store and millinery business there. ( III) James (2), son of John Stuart, was born in county Tipperary. Ireland, in 1842. died at Lakeville in 1909. He received a good common school education in his native land. and learned the trade of blacksmith of his father. He came to this country in 1864 and for two years worked at his trade in New York City for the firm of Seward & Com- pany, government contractors. In 1873 he bought a wagon-making business in Lake- ville and conducted a carriage building and blacksmith ing establisliment to the time of his death. He was the inventor of the Strart side spring for carriages. In 1904 his busi- ness was incorporated under the name of the James Stuart Company, of which he was pres- ident and treasurer. In politics he was a Democrat. He was selectmar of the town for twenty-four terms and leid that office at the time of his death. In religion he was a Roman Catholic. He married. in Ireland. in 1864. Ellen Keating, born in county Tip- perary, Ireland, and is now living in Lake- ville. Children: John Keating. mentioned below: Hannah B., lives with her mother: Edward J., mentioned below ; Frances P., lives with her mother

(IV) John Keating, son of James (2) Stu- art, was born in Lakeville. Connecticut, in the town of Salisbury, December 25, 1865. He was educated in the public schools of his pa-

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tive town and at the College of the Holy Cross at Worcester, Massachusetts. He be- came associated with his father in business at Lakeville in 1885 and continued until 1892. He learned the trade of carriage painting and all the details of the business and had charge of the shop. The firm had a large business in manufacturing and repairing carriages. Since the business was incorporated he has been vice-president of the James Stuart Com- pany and holds a prominent position among the business men of this section. In politics he is a Democrat. and he has been active and prominent in public affairs. He represented the town in the general assembly of the state in 1891-92. During his first term the fa- mous deadlock took place, and during his sec- ond term he served on the committees on boroughs and cities, and on manufacturers. He was appointed postmaster of Lakeville by President Cleveland during his second admin- istration. In 1898 he started a livery and ex- change stable at Lakeville and since then has devoted his time to that business, which has been very successful.

John K. Stuart was married. in 1886. to Maria Lynch, born in Ireland, daughter of Bernard and Bridget (Cahill) Lynch. Chil- dren, born at Lakeville: James Francis. born October 20, 1888, died 1892: Anna Margaret. August 31. ISO1: Harry Joseph. November 12. 1892: John Francis, November 20. 1895 ; James Bernard. September 1;, 1899: Vin- cent Anthony. July 23. 1902; William Ben- edict, July 5. 1905.

(IV) Edward J., son of James (2) Stu- art, was born at Lakeville. in the town of Salisbury, Connecticut. April 12, 1879. He was educated in the public schools of his na- tive town and the high school. When he was sixteen years old he became clerk in the postoffice and continued there from 1895 to 1906, when he became acting postmaster, after the death of Postmaster Hubert Williams. Since 1907 he has been postmaster. At the time of the incorporation of his father's busi- ness he was made secretary of the James Stu- art Company and since the death of his father, he has been president and treasurer of the corporation and manages the business. The concern does a large business in making. re- pairing and painting carriages and maintains a large automobile garage. Mr. Stuart i- a member of the Foresters of America, the Modern Woodmen of America. the Ancient Order of Hibernians and of the Volunteer Hose Company of Lakeville. He married, July 8. 1008. Harriet W. Conklin. of Salis- bury, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Clark ) Conklin.

The name of Egge is one which is EGGE well known not in this country alone, but in all parts of the cis- ilized world, in connection with a supersd lock and a number of other inventions, ali the ideas of Frederick Egge. member of the Smith & Egge Manufacturing Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, with offices in all the principal cities of this and foreign countries.

(1) John Egge, father of Frederick Egge. spent his entire life in his native country, Germany. He received an excellent educa- tion in the common schools, and being of a studious nature supplemented this by wide and diversified reading and private study. Ile became a teacher at the seminary of the town in which he lived. and was still en- gaged in this occupation at the time of his death at the age of seventy years. Both he and his wife were members of the German Lutheran denomination. He married Helena Tiedeman, born in Holstein, who died at the age of eighty years. Children: 1. Carl. who was engaged as a salesman for many years and is now living in retirement in Ger- many. 2. Friedericka. 3. Conrad, learned the trade of die sinking in Germany. emigrated to America, where he made his home in Bos- ton, and followed his occupation until his death, October 23. 1909. 4. Ilelen, married August Frenck, a mechanic, who is now deceased. 5. Frederick, see forward. 6. Er- nest, a mechanic, deceased. ;. Johannes, who was a clergyman in Germany many years. now deceased. 8. Robert, who died while he was a student, preparing for entrance to the university.

(II) Frederick, son of John and Helena (Tiedeman ) Egge, was born in Holstein. Germany, June 1, 1847. Ile received a thor- ough education in the public schools of his native town, and was apprenticed to learn the locksmith's trade, and mastered this in every detail. This was before the time of machine-made locks, and he was taught to forge all the necessary parts by hand, a pro- ceeding which was of inestimable value to him in his career as an inventor. In 1865 he came to this country, landing at New York City, from whence he proceeded to Wilming- ton, Delaware, and was engaged in that city at his trade for one year, when he went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and there accept- ed a position in the lock department of a safe company. Ile resigned this at the end of a few months in order to go to New York. where he thought conditions were better. For a time he held a position with a gunsmith, then formed a connection with the Singer Sewing Machine Company, which continued

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until 1870. In that year he came to Bridge- port, Connecticut, where he was in succession with the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, the Bridgeport Brass Company and the Elias Howe Sewing Machine Company, as a tool maker, and while thus engaged suc- ceeded in making his first lock, the one on which he and Friend W. Smith later took out a patent. His field of work for the next six months was Cleveland, Ohio, and while he was there Mr. Smith commenced the nego- tiations necessary for the disposal of the locks he had manufactured. Upon the return to the east of Mr. Egge, he accepted a position with Clapp Spooner, deceased, who was at that time president of the Adams Express Company, and in addition to other business enterprises was engaged in the manufacture of pressed wood ornaments. In 1873 the United States postoffice department adver- tised for a new letter box lock, and Mr. Egge invented a lock for this purpose, for which Mr. Smith invented the key, and together they became the successful bidders. The result of the order which they thus received was that in 1874 the firm of Smith & Egge was organ- ized for the manufacture of this specialty, the firin becoming incorporated in 1877 under the name of the Smith & Egge Manufacturing Company. The new corporation purchased the stock held by Mr. Egge and he became the managing superintendent of the concern, an office he filled many years. During this period he invented the shoe-lacing hook. which is now in almost universal use, and go- ing to Torrington, Connecticut, he invented the machinery for the manufacture of this invention, superintending the work for about one year. He then returned to Bridgeport, re- suming his connection with the Smith & Egge Manufacturing Company, his work consisting mainly of inventing, and he has taken out more than one hundred patents. He has had the satisfaction of seeing the work which he wa- instrumental in organizing grow from its small beginnings to a plant which gives em- ployment to more than one hundred and fifty hands, with offices in all the most impor- tant cities of the United States, and business connections with Mexico, South America, the West Indies, and other foreign countries. Mr. Egge may justly be ranked with the lead- ing inventors of the age, and he possesses a quality not usually found with inventors. and that is a keen sense of the value of his in- ventions from a business point of view ; it is probably due in a great measure to this qual- ity that he has risen to his present position. and he may justly call himself a self-made man. In politics Mr. Egge is an Independent

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