USA > Connecticut > 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 62
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97
(V) Noah, son of Daniel and Hannah ( Hoadley) Harrison, was born at Branford. Connecticut. November 19. 1737. and died at Cornwall. Litchfield county, Connecticut. March 7, 1823. He served in two campaigns of the French and Indian war, enlisting in
Captain James Wadsworth's company, May 24. 1758, discharged November 17, 1758, and again in Colonel Nathan Whiting's company, April 10, 1761, discharged December 4, 1761. In the spring of 1,62, with Noah and Ed- ward Rogers and their sister Hannah, he removed to Cornwall, where he bought a fifty-aere lot in Cornwall Hollow, and, 1767 or 1768, erected a frame house, which was for many years the oldest house in Cornwall. His name is on the marching roll of Captain Edward Griswold's company. March 4. 1777, during the revolution, and the original war- rant is in the possession of Mrs. J. P. Winchell, of Cornwall. He gave winter quar- ters to a troop of dragoon horses during the revolution, and his musket is cherished by the family as a precious relic of those days. After he had passed his eightieth year he rode to Palmyra, New York, to visit his son Luman, and returned to Cornwall in the same manner. He is buried in Cornwall cem- etery beside his two wives, and a marker was presented for his grave by the Sons of the. American Revolution.
Noah Harrison married ( first), June 3, 1767, Hannah, born May 8. 1737. at Bran- ford, died at Cornwall, February 9. 1,85, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth ( Wheeler) Rogers. The ring he gave his wife is in- scribed "Fear God and Love Me." and is now in the possession of Mrs. H. A. Wads- worth, of Garrettsville, Ohio, one of the de- scendants. He married (second), July 21, 1785, Anne Hopkins, widow of Thomas Car- ter, of Kent. She was a daughter of Syl- vanus and Ruth ( Berry) Hopkins, and a direct descendant from Stephen and Giles Hopkins, of the "Mayflower." Children of first marriage: Edmund, see forward; He- man, born November 13, 1760. married Re- becca Bradford. of Cornwall: Luman, born May 28, 1776, married Phoebe Culver, and removed to Palmyra, New York; Amanda, died in infancy. November 16, 1775. Chil- dren of second marriage: Hannah, born De- cember 10, 1786, married Elias Hart. of Corn- wall : Amanda. born March 20. 1789. married Oliver Burnham Hart, of Cornwall.
(VD) Edmund, son of Noah and Hannah ( Rogers) Harrison, was born at Cornwall, May 1, 1768. died January 4. 186 ;. As a pupil of Oliver Burnham he developed a taste for mathematical studies, and hecame a far- mer of more than ordinary intelligence. He bought a farm in Cornwall Hollow, built a house in 1806 or ISo;, and also had a saw- niill on his farm. He married. February 1Q. 1705. Ruth, horn February 4, 1760, at Kent. diedl May 24, 1852, daughter of Elijah and
2010
CONNECTICUT
Lois (Fuller) Hopkins, and a direct descend- ant of Stephen and Giles Hopkins, of the "Mayflower." Children, born in Cornwall: Rufus, April 12, 1796. married Sarah Sawyer, of Palmyra. New York : Noah, February 27, 1798, married Susan Morey, of Lebanon Springs, New York: Myron, September 25. 1800, married Charlotte E. Calhoun, of Corn- wall, Connecticut ; Chandler, January 30, 1803, died unmarried, March 9, 1829: Luere- tia, September 9, 1805, married John Brad- ford, died childless at the age of twenty-four ; John Rogers, see forward : Hannah, February 13, 1810, died unmarried. October 2. 1803: William Hopkins. October 13. 1813, married Mary Amelia Catlin.
(VII) John Rogers, son of Edmund and Ruth ( Hopkins) Harrison, was born Septem- ber 23, 1807, and died August 31, ISSO. He was engaged in mercantile business in Corn- wall Center, where he built a house about 1840. From 1835 until 1877 he held public offices for the town. He was postmaster for several years: in the general assembly three years ; justice of the peace. about thirty years ; seleetman, seventeen years ; treasurer of town deposit and school society's funds, fifteen years; judge of probate, six years. He mar- ried, March 13, 1833, Eleanor, born March 28, 1809. died July 10, 1890, daughter of James Fitch and Mary ( Merwin) Bradford. and a direet descendant of Governor William Bradford of the "Mayflower." Children : Mary Lucretia. born September 26, 183.4. died October II of the same year: James Bradford. born July IS, died in the same month, 1836; Sarah Williams, born July 15. 1838, died May 10. 1844: George Chandler. see forward: Catharine, born August 1, 1843. married William H. H. Hewitt, of New Ha- ven, Connecticut ; Wilbur Fitch, born August 22, 1845, married Harriet S. Miner. of Corn- wall, Connectieut : John Bradford. born No- vember 4, 1848, married Florence R. Porter. of Freedom, Ohio.
1
(VIII) George Chandler, son of John Rog- ers and Eleanor ( Bradford) Harrison, was born in Cornwall. Connecticut, May 19. 1840, died there, February 25. 1007. He bought a farm near the center of the town of Corn- wall, which he greatly improved by building a house and barns, setting out fruit and shade trees, etc. He held many publie offices, such as town clerk, town treasurer, etc., and was judge of probate for thirty years, still hold- ing this office at the time of his death. He married. February 21, 1862. Rebecca Ann Louisa. born August 20, 1837, died December 28, 1902, daughter of Carrington and Harriet (Shepard) Todd, and widow of Edward H.
White. Children: I. Cynthia Rebecca, see forward. 2. Eleanor Harriet, born in Corn- wall, January 28. 1864, died in New Haven, October 7, 1904 : married, July 29, 1890, Mark Reynolds, born in Indiana. son of Gideon and Eliza J. (Macdonald) Holloday: their only child, Daniel Macdonald, born in Chicago, Il- linois, September 14, 1895. 3. George Ed- ward, born in Cornwall. June 17, 1865, died in Windham, Portage county, Ohio, February 8, 1896: married. December 28, ISSS, in Cleve- land, Ohio, Flora A., of Windham, daughter of William and Betsey Orilla ( Pierce ) Moore, and widow of Dosely ; children : Bessie Moore, born in Windham, August 23. 1891: Rebecca Louise, born in Windham. October 30. 1804. 4. Charlotte Abigail, born in Corn- wall, September 3. 1866: married. March 2, 1909, Harry Augustus, of Garrettsville. Ohio, son of Harvey A. and Caroline .A. ( Collins) Wadsworth, of Windham, Ohio. 3. Kare Jane, born in Cornwall. August 4. 1868: mar- ried in Wilmington, Vermont, June 6, 1890. Henry Douglass Whitney. born September 13. 1866; children: Burke Emerson, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, February 1. 1804: Lincoln Holmes, born in Hartford, Connecti- cut, January 16, 1900: Katherine. born in Hartford, November 4, 1905. 6. John Rogers Carrington, born in Cornwall. November I, died December 16. 1860. 7. Ruth Hopkins, born in Cornwall, October 31, IS71, died May 2, ISS7. 8. Gertrude Chandler, born in Corn- wall. July 5, 1873 ; married, August 28. 1901, Arthur Kenyon, born at Lebanon Springs. New York, May 25, 1872, son of William Henry and Marrietta ( Kenyon) Harrison. 9. Annie Shepard, born in Cornwall January 25, 1875, died there December 27, 1895. IO. Mary Merwin, born in Cornwall, November 20. 1876, died March 2. 1878. I. Mabel Todd, born in Cornwall, November 14. 18;8; married. July 12, 1905, Harold Ira, born in Bristol. Connecticut, June 6. 1883, son of Howard George and Ella Amelia (Gale ) Arms; child: Stanley George, born Septem- ber II. 1900. 12. John Rogers, born in Corn- wall, November 4. 1882 : married, October 26. 1904, Nellie Marian, born May 4, 1883. daugh- ter of John and Mary ( Rydell ) Swanson, of Cornwall; child : Marian Louise, born June 19, 1907.
(IX) Cynthia Rebecca, daughter of George Chandler and Rebecca Ann Louisa ( Todd) (White) Harrison, was born at Cornwall, Connecticut, January 7, 1863: married, Sep- tember 30, 1891, Francis Henry, son of Alex- ander Hamilton and Encinda J. ( Churchill) Monroe ( see Monroe). Their only child, George Harrison, was born in New Haven.
201I
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut. April 25. 1893. and died there, May 1, 1907.
( The Carpenter Line).
This family is of ancient English origin, and of great antiquity in Herefordshire and other parts of England. The American branch of the family is descended from the family of which the Earl of Tyrconnel was a member. In 1,61 the Earklom of Tyrconnel in Ireland was given to a third George Carpenter, and this branch became extinct in 1863. The coat of-arms was confirmed to William Carpenter in 1663, in London and was subsequently found on the tombstone of Daniel Carpenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, who was born in 1669. The arms: Argent. a greyhound passent, and chief sable. Crest: A grey- hound's head. erased per fesse sable and ar- gent. Motto: "Celeritas-virtus-fidelitas."
(1) John Carpenter. the first of the name found in English records, was born about 1 303 and was a member of parliament in 1323.
( II) Richard, son of John Carpenter, was born about 1335. He married Christina -- , and they were buried in the church of St. Martin Outwitch, Bishopsgate street, Lon- don. He was a goldsmith.
(III) John Carpenter Sr .. son of Richard, was elder brother of John Carpenter Jr., the noted town clerk of London, whose benevolent bequest founded the City of London School.
(IV) John Carpenter was son of John Sr., mentioned above.
(V) William Carpenter, son of John, was born about 1440, and died in 1520. He re- sided in the parish of Dilwyne. Herefordshire. He is called William of Homme.
(VI) James Carpenter, son of William of Homme, died in 1537.
(VII) John Carpenter, son of James, diedl in 1540.
(VIII) William Carpenter. son of Jolin, was born about 1540. Children: James, in- herited estate of his father: Alexander, born about 1560, his youngest child was probably the William of Cobham to whom the arms were confirmed in 1663: William. mentioned below ; Richard. probably settled in Amesbury. Massachusetts, and was progenitor of the Providence branch of the family in America.
(IX) William, son of William Carpenter. was born in England in 1576. He came to America with his wife Abigail and son Wil- liam in the ship "Bevis," in 1638, and re- turned in the same ship to England. He was a resident of London.
(X) William, son of William Carpenter. was born in 1605. in England. He came to America with his father in the ship "Bevis" in 1638, and was admitted a freeman of Wey-
mouth, Massachusetts, May 13, 1640. He was deputy to the general court from Wey- mouth in 1641-43, and from Rehoboth in 1645 : constable in 1041. He was admitted an in- habitant of Rehoboth, March 28, 1643, and in June of the same year admitted a freeman there. He was a close friend of Governor William Bradford, who married his cousin Alice Carpenter. With others he received permission from the general court to buy a tract of land eight miles square of the Indians, which became the settlement of Rehoboth. Ile was chosen proprietors' clerk in 1643 and served until 1649. He contributed towards the expense of King Philip's war and was one of a committee to lay out a road from Reho- both to Dedham. In 1647 he was selectman. He owned real estate also at Pawtucket. Rhode Island. He was a captain in the mil- itia. He died February 7, 1669. He mar- ried it: England. Abigail , who died February 22, 1687. Children: John, born in England about 1628, died May 23, 1605 : Wil- liam, mentioned below ; Joseph, born in Eng- land. about 1633, married May 25 to55. Mar- garet Sutton, buried May 6, 1075 ; Hannah, born April 3, 1640. Weymouth : Abiah ( twin) April 9. 1643, Weymouth : Abigail ( twin ), April 9. 1643 : married John Titus Jr. : Sam- uel, about 1644. Rehoboth.
(Xl) William. son of William Carpenter, was born in England about 1631, and mar- ried, October 5, 1651, Priscilla Bennett. She died October 20, 1663. and he married ( sec- ond) December 10, 1663, Miriam Searles. who survived him and died May 1. 1722, aged ( according to gravestone) ninety-three. He died January 26, 1703, in Rehoboth. He was elected town clerk of Rehoboth. May 13. 1668, and with the exception of one year hell the office until his death. He was deputy to the general court of Plymouth in :658 and 1668. In the latter year he was also chosen deacon of the church. In 1670 he was one of a committee to settle the bounds between the town of Taunton and the north purchase, and clerk of the community of the north purchase in 1682. He was also one of the purchasers of the latter place and drew his lot in the meadow May 26, 1668. At a meeting of the purchasers, February 18. 1685, it was voted that there should be a division of fifty acres to each shareholder and William Carpenter was chosen surveyor. He was a man of su- perior ability. accurate in all his business transactions, and a reliable counsellor in the colony. He was noted also for his superior penmanship, as all his writing, show. Hi- house stood on the left side of the road lead- ing from the East Providence meeting house
2012
CONNECTICUT
.
to Rehoboth. He left an estate valued at £215 5s. 4d. Children, born in Rehoboth: John, Oc- tober !9. 1652; William, June 20, 1059; Pris- cilla, July 24, 1661; Benjamin, October 20. 1663; Josialı, December IS, 1664; Nathaniel, May 12, 166; : Daniel, October 8. 1660; Noah, March 28, 1672; Miriam, October 16. 1074; Obadiah, March 12, 1677 or 1678: Ephraim, April 25. 1681, died young : Ephraim, April 25. 1683 or 1684: Hannah, April 10, 1684 or 1685; Abagail, April 15, 1687.
(XII) Ephraim, son of William Carpenter, was born April 25, 1683. an I married. August 14, 1704, Hannah Read. She died August 30, 1717, aged thirty-five. He married ( second) March 24, 1719, Martha, widow of Zachariah Carpenter, son of Samuel. Her name before marriage was Ide. He owned a farm in At- telboro of about sixty acres. He was lieu- tenant of a militia company, and died April 20, 1743. Children. born in Rehoboth: Eph- raim, September 19, 1706, died November 30. 1706; Hannah (twin). April 12, 1708. died July II, 1708: Hepsibah (twin), April 12. 1708, died June 29, 1708; Ephraim. mentioned below ; Hannah, May 7, 1711, died November 23, 1711 : Eliphalet, May 26, 1721, revolution- ary soldier : Hannah. December 7, 1723. Jill- son says there was a son Josiah, born De- cember 7, 1723 ; he may have been a twin to Hannah.
(XIII) Ephraim, son of Ephraim Carpen- ter, was born April 26, 1709, in Rehoboth, and married, May 21. 1731. Zeriah, daughter of Jonathan Carpenter, born May 7, 1709, died April 1. 1791. He died March 17, 1774. Children, born in Rehoboth: Jonathan. April 25, 1732 : Ephraim, April 15, 1734: Nathaniel, mentioned below ; Hannah, February 19, 1738; Ezra, February II. 1740 or 1741.
(XIV) Nathaniel, son of Ephraim Carpen- ter was born April 6. 1736, in Rehoboth, and married, September 26, 1757, Susanna Read. She died January 22, 1786. He was a car- penter and joiner by trade, and lived in Savoy, Massachusetts. He died in June. 1818. He was corporal in the third military company of Rehoboth, First regiment of county of Bris- tol, 1767. During the revolution was cap- tain and afterwards major. A detailed record of his service follows: Captain in Lexington alarm. served eight days: commissioned March 28, 1776, in the Continental army; marched July 23. 1776. to New York: dis- missed December 1. 1776: served at White Plains and New York in Colonel Thomas Car- penter's regiment : in Rhode Island alarm De- cember 8. 1776, served eight days : discharged January 15. 1776. having served six weeks at Brooklyn; in Colonel Hathaway's regi-
ment in Rhode Island alarm, April 21. 1777 ; served twenty-three days, stationed at Tiver- ton, in Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment, May 13, 1777, served I month. 25 days ; marched from Rehoboth to Point Judith, served at Bristol and Providence I month 5 days from July 2, 1777 ; commissioned major in First Bristol regiment of Massachusetts militia, February 8. 1779. His official rec- ord after he was raised to major was as fol- lows: In Colonel Thomas Carpenter's regi- ment at Tiverton, on Rhode Island alarm, Au- gust 1, 1780. served nine days: in Colonel Dean's regiment at Rhode Island, March 2, 1781, served fourteen days: enlisted in Col- onel Dary's regiment at West Point from July 10, 1781. to November. served 4 months 8 days. His name was on the roll until Oc- tober 2. 1782. By the "Documentary His- tory of New York" lot 96 of 2So acres of land in Vermont was granted by the government of New York to Nathaniel Carpenter in 1786 to 178S, but there is no evidence that the grant was miade to Major Nathaniel. Chil- dren, born in Rehoboth: Cliloe, born Febru- ary I, 1758, married Thomas Monroe ( see Monroe ) : 2 Cyril. May 1. 1760. 3. Lewis May 9, 1762. 4. Nathaniel, October 29. 1764. 5. Sarah. June 13, 1767. 6. Lucy, July 23, 1769. 7. Abel, June 24. 1771. 8. Cyril. Au- gust 20, 1774. 9. Amos. June 3, 1776. 10. Susanna, August 16, 1778.
FARNAM Henry Farnam, son of Jeffrey Amherst and Mercy (Tracy) Farnam, was born in Scipio, New York, November 9, 1803. The parents of his father and mother emigrated to Orange county, New York. when the latter were chil- dren : the parents of his father died in Orange county, while those of his mother removed to Cayuga county, where they died. His father went to Scipio when about twenty-one years old, immediately after his marriage, and set- tled upon an uncleared farm. He had eleven children, of whom Henry was the sixth. The latter spent his childhood and early youth in working upon his father's farm in the sun- mer and attending the public schools for the few months in the year when they were pro- vided. He was especially interested in books and study. and read with great eagerness the few books of history and literature which were to be found in the library and the log- houses of the neighbors. He had an especial taste for mathematics, and learned the ele- ments of trigonometry and surveying hefore he was sixteen years old. In the spring of 1821 he was employed as rod man by David Thomas, then chief engineer of the Erie Canal
2013
CONNECTICUT
west of Rochester ; after three months he be- came assistant engineer and served until the winter, when he taught school. In the spring of 1822 he went back to his work as assistant engineer. He superintended the location and construction of a canal connecting the Tona- wanda and Oak Orchard creeks, and contin- ued his services until the Erie canal was fin- ished, in the fall of 1824. He taught school again the following winter, and in the spring of IS25 moved to Connecticut and became as- sistant engineer for the Farmington Canal Company, which position he held until 1827, when he became engineer and superintendent and subsequently finished the canal from the state line to Northampton. His connection with this enterprise brought him into close relations with the distinguished president of the company, llon. James Hillhouse, with whom he remained on the most friendly terms during the latter's life. In 1840 Mr. Joseph E. Sheffield became a large proprietor in and virtually controlled the canal. It was still maintained under Mr. Farnam's management and direction, and as a result of this connec- tion the two men became lasting friends. Im- mediately after his marriage, December I, 1839, Mr. Farnam removed to New Haven, where he remained until he went to Chicago. In 1846 the change of affairs produced by the general introduction of railways made neces- sary the substitution of a railroad for the Farmington canal, and in 1848 the canal rail- way was completed to Plainville and subse- quently extended to Williamsburg, Massachu- setts. In 1850 the railway was leased to the New York & New Haven Railway Company, and Mr. Farnam resigned his office as engi- neer and superintendent. In the autumn of 1850, Mr. Farnam was invited by William B. Ogden, then president of the Chicago & Gal- ena Union Railway, to Chicago, for the pur- pose of inducing him to bring his engineering skill and his influence with eastern capitalists to the service and advancement of the rail- way interests of the northwest. As a result. Mr. Farnam and Mr. Sheffield undertook the con- struction of a railway which should connect Chicago with the Mississippi, following in part the course of the Illinois canal and river. They agreed to construct the whole and pro- vide the capital, provided a suitable charter could be obtained. and in February. 1854, the Chicago and Rock Island railway was com- pleted.
In the meantime Sheffield and Farnam bad taken the contract to complete the Michigan Southern railroad and carried the line from Hillsdale into Chicago in 1852. The Michigan Central railway was finished at about the same
time, and the entrance of these two railways into Chicago marked the beginning of great prosperity for the city; real estate increased rapidly in valne, and the city grew in business and population.
As soon as the Chicago & Rock Island rail- way was completed, Mr. Farnam devoted his energy and attention to the construction of a railway bridge across the Mississippi and, in 1855. completed it. In 1853 the Mississippi & Missouri Railway Company was organized, and in 1855 Mr. Farnam and his associates contracted for the construction of a railway across the state of Iowa, which he finally car- ried as far as Grinnell, 120 miles from Daven- port. Mr. Farnam was elected president of the Rock Island Company in 1854 and held the office till 1863. when he resigned all ac- tive connection with railway construction and management. Early in 1863 he took part in the organization of the Union Pacific Rail- way Company, but declined any share in its management. After a prolonged residence with his family in Europe he returned to this country in time to witness the close of the civil war, and after crossing the ocean twice afterwards settled in New Haven in 1868. He died in New Haven, October 4, 1883, after a short illness.
Mr. Farnam was in all respects, a self-made man, and, while his career was brilliant. it was due to his own energy, perseverance, and uprightness. He was distinguished for his public spirit and open-handed liberality. To public objects without number, as schools, churches, literary and religious institutions of every grade, he contributed willingly and liberally. He gave $60.000 to Yale College to be used for the erection of an improved dormitory, and in 1870 the building which bears his name was completed. The example which he gave of kindness. sympathy, stern integrity and warm-hearted interest in all that promotes the general welfare is valued most highly by those who knew him best.
Ile married. December 1, 1839, Ann Sophia, daughter of William Whitman (q.v. ).
Professor Henry Walcott Farnam, son of Henry Farnam, was born in New Haven, No- vember 6, 1853. When he was nine years old he went abroad with his father and studied two years in France and four in Germany, where he was a pupil in the Gymnasia at Heidelberg and Weimar. In ISzo, after a year of study in the Hopkins Grammar School at New Haven, he entered the academic de- partment of Yale College and was graduated in the class of IS;4 with the degree of A. B., having a high oration at Commencement. He spent a year in graduate study at Yale, from
2014
CONNECTICUT
which he received the degree of A. M. in 1876. In 1875 he went to Germany and studied in Berlin, Göttingen and Strassburg. from which latter university he received the degree of R. P. D. ¡ Rerum Politicarum Doc- tor) in 1878. His principal teachers in Ger- many were Schmoller, Knapp, Sohm, Wag- ner, Thering and Mommsen. He became a tutor in Yale University in 1878. In 18So he was appointed university professor of politi- cal economy and the following year succeeded General Francis A. Walker ( who resigned to become president of the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology) as professor of political economy in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. In 1903 he resigned from the chair in the Scientific School in order to give all his time to the more advanced work in the Graduate Department.
He has not, however, confined his interest to his college duties. He was for a time presi- dent of the company that published the New Haven Morning News. of which Clarence Deming was editor. This paper. independent in politics and of high general character, did valiant service in support of Grover Cleve- land for president and of tariff reform. He resigned his position in 1899 as president of the News Company, upon going abroad. He returned to his classes in the fall of 1901 after a year of travel in Germany. Italy and Eng- land. In 1892 he reorganized the New Eng- lander and Yale Reviews, of which Dr. Wil- liam L. Kingsley had been editor for a long time. The name was changed to Vale Review and it became a quarterly magazine of politi- cal science and economics, of high standing in the literary world, edited by members of the Yale. faculty. He was one of the founders of the New Haven Civil Service Reform Association in 1881, and was secretary until 1901, when the society became the nucleus of the Connecticut Civil Service Reform .Isso- ciation, of which he was elected first presi- dent. In 1898 he was appointed chairman of the New Haven Civil Service Board by Mayor Farnsworth, and proceeded at once to the practical organization of the department. On account of his absence from the city. he re- 'signed the office in 1890. He continues an active member of the National Civil Service Reform League.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.