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 74

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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He married Josephine Louise, who was born January 4. 1841, at Waterbury, and is now living in Stratford with her father, George Otis Ellis, who was born September 7, 1815, at Attleboro, Massachusetts. At the age of ninety-five he is in vigorous health and enjoys life as thoroughly as the average man at sixty. He married Clarissa Dunbar, born in ISIS in Plymouth. Connecticut, died in 1904. Mr. Ellis was educated in the pub- lic schools of his native town and at an acad- emy, and followed farming when a young man. From 1830 to 1836 he was clerk in a wholesale and retail dry goods store in Augusta, Maine, and in 1836 he embarked in the jewelry business in Waterbury with his brothers, William and Darwin Ellis. After- ward they manufactured evelets and novel- ties for a short time in Middlebury. For the next twenty-three years he was bookkeeper for the Brown Brothers Brass Manufactur- ing Company in Waterbury. For a few years he lived at the homestead in Middlebury, but in recent years has been living with his grand- son at Stratford. Mr. Ellis at one time repre- sented the town of Middlebury in the general assembly and was for some years a member of the school board of that town. In politics he is a Republican. He was formerly a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows.

Children of George Otis and Clarissa ( Dunbar) Ellis: Josephine Louise, mentioned above; Emogene. died aged seven: Eugenia Dunbar, died aged two years : Adella Eugenia, born May 23. 1851. lives at Bridgeport, mar- ried John Partree, of Watertown. Connecti- cut : George F., born June 6. 1854. married Leila, daughter of Henry Atwood: Marcus DeForest. born September 1 ;. 1858, married Emily Hoadley, of Naugatuck : Hattie Curtis, born August ;. 1861, married Hiram Living- ston, of Waterbury. George Ellis, born Tune 9. 1780, father of George Otis Ellis, was born at Attleboro: died in Middlebury, March I. 1850; married Mary Fisher, born November 24, 1779. died March 11, 1841 : children : Dan- iel, born August 13, 1800: Adelia, born April 20, 1802. married Bradford Sparrow : Maria, born May 10, 1804. married Stephen Smith: Darwin, born April 13. 1806: William, born June 22. 1808: Emeline, born January 19. ISII. married Benjamin Walcott: Catherine.

born March 20, 1813 ; George Otis, mentioned above; Harriet Newell, June 15, 1818; Rich- ard, January 25, 1821. George Ellis was a farmer. His father, Joel, of Attleboro. was a soldier in the revolution: married Zilpha Children of Andrew E. and Josephine Louise ( Eliis ) Lines : George Otis, men- tioned below : Oliver Eugene, born March 1. 1860. died at age of two years nine months.

(VHI) George Otis, son of Andrew E. and Josephine Louise ( Ellis) Lines, was born May 4, 1857. in Rockford, Illinois, and later re- moved to Winnebago, Illinois, where his par- ents resided for a short time. He was four years old when they returned to Connecticut. and he was educated in the public schools of Bridgeport and a business college in New Haven. He was employed when a young man in the office of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, and about a year in the factory. After two years he engaged in busi- ness on his own account, having a stable on Noble avenue, Bridgeport, which occupied his time and attention for a number of years. and he then organized the firm of Peck & Lines, one of the largest livery stables in the state of Connecticut, which also deals in ail kinds of wagons, harnesses, blankets, etc., in this latter line being the largest concern of its kind in New England. They manufac- ture all the wagons they carry in stock, and also have a large garage. Mr. Lines was actively connected with this enterprise until his retirement in 1906. He was a prime mover in the introduction of the street rail- road from Bridgeport to Stratford, driving the horse railroad out of commission, and later opened two branch lines of the present system. Ile would never permit "spotters" on his car lines, preferring to trust to the honor of the men in his employ, and in this method of treatment he rarely found cause for regret. He never considered his employes just as so many parts of a huge machine. but provided comforts for them in the shape of waiting, reading and lunch rooms, where dur- ing the cold weather hot coffee and sand- wiches were furnished them. In political opin- ion he was an Independent Republican, and he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His death occurred October 26. 1909, and he is buried in Lake View Cemetery. Bridgeport. Mr. Lines married. at Bridgeport, October 1. 1885. Eleanor Pris- cilla, born in Bridgeport in 1851. now living in Stratford. daughter of Wesley Mosher. Children: George Otis, born fune 19. 1886. at Bridgeport : Eleanor Beardsley, February 26, 1894: Henry Benjamin. December 23. 1903.

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Luke Johnston was born

JOHNSTON about 1800. and lived at Lakewood. New Jersey. His son, Alfred Johnston, was born at Lake- wood in 1839 ; married Julia Ann Wainwright. Children: George Edward, of New Britain. Connecticut ; Jennie, married Walter Ford. of Lakewood; David Wainwright, mentioned be- low : Alida, married J. Scanlon, of Newark. New Jersey ; Harriet, married Charles Henry, of Long Branch, New Jersey : Augusta, mar- ried Taylor, of Lakewood. Two oth- ers died young.

Dr. David Wainwright Johnston, son of Alfred Johnston, was born September 16. 1866, at Lakewood. New Jersey. He attended the public schools of his native town. He began to study his profession in the Phila- delphia Dental School of Philadelphia, and graduated with the degree of D. D. S. in 1891. He began to practice in the town of Bran- ford, Connecticut, in 1892, and continued five years.

In January, 1897, he came to New Haven, where he has since been in successful prac- tice. His office was first on Orange street and is now at the corner of Elm street and Church. He is a member of the Connecticut State Dental Association, and was president in 1904. He was appointed by Governor Roberts a member of the Connecticut Dental Commission on July 1, 1905, and served two years. He is a member of the Governor's Foot Guard of New Haven, of the Union League Club. the Lawn Club. and the Con- gregational Church of New Haven. He is a prominent Free Mason, a member of Widow's Son Lodge, No. 66, of Branford : of Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of New Haven. and of New Haven Commandery. Knights Templar; New Haven. He married. Novem- ber 12, 1895. Eunice Aleta Isbell. born April 30. 1876, daughter of Edward E. Isbell, of Branford, descendant of an old Connecticut family. Children : Edward Wainwright. born December 8. 1896: Eunice Ethelyn. April 4, 1902; Winston Harrison, July 27. 1908.

Alexander McNeill. of an McNEILL ancient Scotch family, came from county Antrim. Ulster, Ireland, with his brothers, Archibald and Adam MeNeill, and was one of the early set- tlers in Litchfield. Connecticut, where he died. April 16, 1795. at the age of seventy-two years. He married. October 28. 1747. Debo- rah Phelps, who died at Litchfield, December 16, 1808, aged eighty-two years. Their chil- dren: Roswell, mentioned below: Rhoda, married John Marsh ; Rachel, married David

Buel ; Alexander, was a soldier in the revolu- tion and died in the service.

(II) Roswell, son of Alexander McNeill. was born September 21, 1748, died September 11, 1813. He was a farmer in Litchfield. Hle married, September 13. 1709. Elizabethi Marsh, born in 1747, died March 20, 1791. Children : Alexander, Elizabeth, Roswell, Isaac. Clark and Truman.

( III) Isaac. son of Roswell McNeill, was born in 1781, died March 21. 1832. He was a lifelong resident of Litchfield. . He mar- ried Mabel Clark, born in 1792, died April 28. 1864. She married (sceond) Joel Bost- wick. Child of Isaac MeNeill: Edwin, men- tioned below.

(IV) Edwin, son of Isaac McNeill, was born in Litchfield. September 10, 1822, died at West Point. New York, September 13. 1875. He attended the public schools and graduated from Norwich University, Con- nectient. He taught mathematics in a boys' school at Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, for two years, then engaged in civil engineering for a profession, becoming one of the best known and eminent engineers during the construction of the early railroads of the country. His first work was the construction of a viaduct cross- ing Starrucca Valley, the finest piece of work on the Erie railroad. He was then engaged on the New Jersey Central railroad and the Cayuga and Susquehanna. In 1849 he was made chief engineer of the Delaware. Lacka- wanna and Western railroad, the northern division from Scranton to Great Bend being first built, then the southern through the Dela- ware Water Gap to Hampton, New Jersey. At the same time he built the Lackawanna and Bloom railroad, extending from Scranton through the Wyoming coal fields to Northum- berland. These roads being completed. in 1856, he went to Georgia for his health. Here he located the Macon and Brunswick railroad. but before its completion, as consulting engi- neer, he returned north in 1869 and hecame president of the Lackawanna and Bloom rail- road, continuing until 1865. when he left the Wyoming Valley, returning to his native town. Here he organized and became presi- dent of the First National Bank. a position he held until his death. He also projected the Shepaug Valley railroad and was engage in every enterprise that would promote the development of his native town.

He married. in 1856. Emily Dottern, born in Reading, Pennsylvania, daughter of Davis II. and Ann Emlen (Warner) Dottern. Her father was an extensive builder of stationary and locomotive engines at Reading. Pennsy !- vania. His ancestors came from Saxony.

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Germany. Children of Edwin McNeill : I. Edwin, born in Macon. Georgia, December 31, 1856, died January 23. 1901 : gradnate'l at the United States Military Academy at West Point, served on General Hancock's staff at Governor's Island. In ISSo he resigned from the army, taking the management of the Shepang Valley railroad, after which he took the management of the Hartford and Con- necticut Western. St. Joseph and Grand Island, Oregon Rail and Navigation Company division of the Union Pacific, and was vice- president and general manager of the Iowa Central railway. When the Union Pacific went into a receiver's hands he was called back and made sole receiver of the Oregon Rail and Navigation Company, one of the divisions of the Union Pacific. After suc- cessfully bringing the road out of bankruptcy, he was made president, but resigned his office after a short incumbency. From that time until his death he was not active in the man- agement of railroads, but retained his con- nections with several companies. 2. Mabel. born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, January 2, 1859. died January 24. 1860. 3. Elmore Bost- wick, born at Kingston, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 4. 1860, died November 20, 1894; graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute. ISSI. following his profession as a civil engineer for some time, then engaged in con- tract work, and it was while construction sec- tion 3. Chicago Drainage Canal, that he died. 4. Anne Emlen, born 1862, married Thomas H. Langford, a cotton broker of New York City, now deceased. Children: Alexander and Ruth Langford. 5. Alexander, born 1864: graduate of Lafayette College, a broker in Wall street, New York City. He married Eliza, daughter of George M. Woodruff, of Litchfield : children : Mildred, Elizabeth and Ruth Woodruff. 6. George Scranton, see forward. 7. Ruth Edwina, born December 29. IS68.

(\') George Scranton, son of Edwin Me- Neill. was born July 3. 1865. He attended the public schools and graduated at Phillips Academy at Andover. He then took civil engineering as a specialty. following same for a short time, after which he went into rail- road and general contract work. In 1895 he developed a bucket dredge for mining gold in Montana, following the work in Montana and California. While thus engaged he re- turned east again, engaging in general con- tract work, operating principally in the middle west. He married Grace Webber. of Holyoke. Massachusetts, daughter of Joel Sanford and Maria ( Beede ) Webber. They have one child, Janct. born September 28, 1908.

STRONG

Dr. Elias Strong, of an old

Massachusetts Scotch - Irish

family. was born at West- hampton, Massachusetts, in 1827. He was educated in the common schools and engaged in business as a manufacturing jeweler when a young man. Afterward he studied dentistry and was a member of one of the first dental societies organized in the United States. His attention was turned to this profession by an accident. While he was visiting Omaha, Nebraska, for the benefit of his health, he broke a tooth, and being an expert goldsmith he himself made a gold tooth to replace the broken one. He practiced for many years in New Haven and died in ISS9 at the age of sixty-two years. All his sons followed the profession of dentistry, and have been uni- formly successful and skillful. He married Jerusha Perkins. Children: Clara: Frank. a dentist, died at Middletown. New York : Dr. William Augustus, mentioned below : Dr. Charles, a dentist in New Haven : Georgie.

(II) Dr. William Augustus Strong, son of Dr. Elias Strong, was born in New Haven. November 27. 1856. He attended the pullis schools of his native city and the Webster School. He was a venturesome youth and so eager to go to sea that he ran away from home and spent two years and a half before the mast. At the age of seventeen he came home and began the study of dentistry in his father's office. where he continued four years and a half. In 1878, while in San Antonio, Texas, he enlisted in the United States army as a hospital steward and served four years. under General Shafter, who became famous during the Spanish war. While in the ser- vicc he continued to practice dentistry. In 1883 he returned to New Haven and practiced for two years. lle practiced the following year at Easthampton. Massachusetts. Since then he has been practicing in Brooklyn, New York. His office is at 34 Smith street. He took a course in the New York College of Dentistry and Medical College and was grad- nated with the degree of D. D. S. in ISSO. Dr. Strong is a skillful and prominent dentist. keeping pace with the newest methods in his profession. He is a member of the Second District Dental Society. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New Haven, in which he held in succession all the offices, and to Brooklyn Lodge. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elka. He is also a prominent member of Fortitude Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons: of Nassau Chapter. Roval Arch Masors : of Clinton Commandery. Knights Templar, and Kismet Temple, Mystic Shrine, and has attained the thirty-second de-

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gree in the Scottish Rite Masonry. In 1891 he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-third Regi- ment. New York National Guard, and served five years, taking a leading part on the athletic committee, the rifle committee and was cap- tain of the tug-of-war team, which won the regimental championship. He is a member of the Nassau Yacht Club and was commodore for three years. He married. February 19, 1883. Lillie E. Mason, of Litchfield. Con- nectient, daughter of Elisha and Emeline .Ad- ler ( Peck) Mason. They have one son, Clar- ence Mason, born at New Haven, Connecti- cut : attended the public schools of Brooklyn, New York. and graduated at the Military Academy at Flushing, Long Island, in 1900.

MORGAN (III) Captain John (2) Mor- gan, son of Captain John ( I) Morgan (q. v.), was born June 10, 1667. He settled in Groton, and was chosen lieutenant of the first military com- pany or "train band" there. April 30. 1692, at the same time that his uncle was chosen captain. He succeeded his uncle. October S, 1714, and held the office until October 12, 1730. He died between the date of his will. May 30, 1744, and the time of its probate, March 16, 1746. His wife died earlier, as she is named in his will as his deceased wife. He left a large estate in lands and chattels. The latter was left to his daughters, but all his lands were given to his only son. John, and the eldest male heir in succession from him, in perpetual entail and indivisible to the end of time. He married Ruth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Pickett) Shapley. of Groton, Connecticut. Children: Ruth. born August 29, 169 ;: Marv. December 18, 1608; John. January 4. 1700, mentioned below ; Sarah. February 24. 1702: Experience, March 24. 1704, died young; Hannah, December 17, 1706: Rachel. July 5. 1,00: Martha. Decem- ber 12, I711: Elizabeth, June 12, 1713; Jem- ima. May 5. 1715.

(IV) Captain John (3) Morgan, son of Captain John (2) Morgan, was born January 4. 1700. He settled in Groton, and was chosen ensign of the North East Company of that town, October II. 1736: lieutenant of the same company. September 26. 1738, and September 27. 1744. captain. At the last late the company was called the Fourth Com- phy of Groton He died in February, 1771. His will was dated February 15. 1771. and proved in Stonington, April 12. 1;TI. It mentions his wife Sarah. and the following children, with the exception of Elkanah. who probably died young. He married. April 17, 1728, Sarah Cobb, who died in 1780. Chil-

dren: John, born July 28, 1729, mentioned below : Ruth, April 9. 1733: Phebe. April 9, 1736; Elkanah. June 8. 1738; Shapley. Feb- ruary 7. 1740 ; Thomas. June 30, 1742 : Eunice, July 22, 1744: Isaac. January 5. 1750.

(\) Captain John (4) Morgan, son of Captain John (3) Morgan, was born Inly 28, 1729. died November 10, 1790. In his will, dated September 11. 1789, he mentions his wife. Prudence, and only his two sons, Ebe- nezer and Stephen, and his daughter Margery as then living. He married, February 1, 1750, Prudence, daughter of William Morgan, of Groton, who died April 16, 1815. Children: John, born December 23. 1750: Margery. No- vember 21. 1752: William, April 0, 1754; Ebenezer, May 30, 1756; Elkanah, April 30, 1758: Stephen, April 19, 1762, mentioned be- low ; Elisha, July 29, 1768.

(VI) Stephen, son of Caprain John (1) Morgan, was born April 19. 1762, diedl April 26, 1844. He married Parthenia, daughter of Moses Parke, of Preston. April 13. 1787. They settled in Groton, where all their chil- dren were born. Children: Sarah, born July 21. 1788: Prudence, August 16, 1790: Olive, August 26, 1792: Parthenia, September 4. 1794: Sybil. November 1, 1796: John, January I. 1799: Eunice, September 28. 1801 : Lucy, August 18, 1803: Charity. November 18, 1805 : Stephen, mentioned below.

(VII) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (1) Morgan, was born June 20, 1808. in Ledvard, formerly Groton. Connecticut. He settled in Groton and died February 20. 1852. He mar- ried, June 17. 1830, Eliza Maria D .. daughter of Nathan Noves, of Groton. Children, born in Groton: Ebenezer. March 20, 1831. mar- ried (first) Esther, daughter of Rev. James Butler, married (second ) Mary, sister of first wife : children: Ebenezer. Esther Noves ; Stephen, February 26. 1833. unmarried, liv- ing in Jersey City: James Francis, May 6, 1838, mentioned below: Daniel Golismith, May 20, 1841. died June 10, 1842: Ann Eliza. February 20, 1832. married Samuel S. Brown, of Mystic. Connecticut; now a widow. no children. living at Mystic.

(VIII) Dr. James Francis Morgan, son of Stephen (2) Morgan, was born May 6, 1838, at Mystic, Connecticut. He received his med- ical education in the College of Pharmacy, New York City. He engaged in the practice of medicine at 23 AAmity street. New Yorkc City. His home is at 20 Spencer place, Brook- lyn. New York. He married. April ;. 1861. Martha Louisa, daughter of John Gaudu. of New York City. Children: Martha Lovise. born in New York City, June 30, 1865, un- married; Frances Anna. August 25. 1866, in

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New York City, unmarried ; James Francis, Jr., born in Jersey City. December 14, 1876, now living in Brooklyn, unmarried.

Louis Stahl was a native of Ger- STAHL many. He came to this country when a young man and settled at Newark, New Jersey, where he died at the age of thirty. He learned the trade of stcel engraver in his native land and followed the art in this country. He married Caroline Burgesse. Children : I. Louis, born 1848, died 1896. 2. Theodore Louis. see forward.

(II ) Theodore Louis, son of Louis and Car- oline (Burgessc) Stahl. was born at Newark, New Jersey, May 23, 1850. died there in De- cember, 1904. He attended the public schools of his native town, and learned the business of druggist and pharmacist there. Later with one brother and two half-brothers he en- gaged in business in Newark, but after a time he sold his business and removed to Bridge- port, Connecticut, where he engaged in busi- ness on Main street near Congress street, which he later disposed of and opened an- other store on Wall street. This he also sold and then went to New York City, locating on One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, equip- ping one of the finest drug stores in that city. conducting the same for six years, at the ex- piration of which time he sold this and re- turned to Bridgeport, where he purchased a drug store and conducted it for a time. After disposing of his business he returned to New York City and there managed drug stores up to the time of his death. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of various German societies previous to his marriage. He attended the German Luth- eran church, and in early manhood was an active Democrat in politics.

Mr. Stahl married, October, 1877, Augusta Louise Ehrsam, born March 3. 1856. in New York City, daughter of George and Lonise ( Kaempf) Ehrsam. Her father was born in Hvempfershausen, Germany. and died in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1804. After com- ing to Bridgeport Mr. Ehrsam devoted his attention mainly to dealing in real estate, though earlier in life he was engaged in the machine business in Elm street. New York City, where he had a machine shop in which some of the first steam engines used on the elevated railroad were made. He retired from his New York business with a fortime and moved to Bridgeport. where he had a large traet of land, which is now owned by his son, Frederick William Ehrsam, who resides in New York City, married Louise Kato and has eight children. George Ehrsam was active

in politics in lais ward in New York City and was at one time nominated for school trustee. Mrs. Stahl makes her home with her mother. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Stahl: Louise, born October 4, 1878, died in 1806: Carrie, born in 18So. married Frank Herman, a drug- gist in Bridgeport ; Henry, born in 1889.

HUNTINGTON (VII) Hezekiah (2), son of Hezekiahı (I) Huntington (q. v.). was born in Suffield, October 28, 1795. He lived in Hartford. where he was a successful pub- lisher, and later he was president of the Hart- ford Fire Insurance Company. Ile was pros- perous in business and was held in high es- teem by his fellow townsmen. He married (first), June 26, 1825, Sarah, daughter of William Morgan. She died April 16, 1847, and he married ( second), September 25, 1856, Catherine B., daughter of George Sumner, M. D., of Hartford, and Elizabeth Putnam, daughter of Colonel Daniel Putnam, of Suf- field and Hartford, Connecticut. Children, born in Hartford: Elizabeth Summer. March 3. 1858, died Mav 12, 1858: Catherine Sum- ner, April 19, 1859; George Summer. men- tioned below.

(VIII) Professor George Sumner Hunting- ton, son of Hezekiah (2) Huntington. was boin at Hartford, March 21, 1861. Ile at- tended Fay's private school at Providence, Rhode Island, and entered Trinity College at Hartford in the fall of IS;y and was grad- uated in the class of ISSI with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He received the degree of Master of Arts in 1884. He began the study of his profession at Columbia University. New York, in 1881, and was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1884, from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1904 he re- ceived from Columbia the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. He was an interne in the Roosevelt Hospital, New York, 1884-86: as- sistant demonstrator in anatomy. 1886-88: demonstrator and lecturer. ISSS-So, and pro- fessor of anatomy since May. 1889. in Co- lumbia University. He was assistant attend- ing surgeon in Roosevelt Hospital in 188; and at Bellevue Hospital, New York, in 188 -. He was chief surgeon of the Vanderbilt Clinic in 1888. He has contributed often scientific and anatomical articles to the various medical pub- lieations. He has heen the American editor of the "Journal of Anatomy and Physiology" since 1890. He is a member of the Associa- tion of American Anatomists and was presi- dent in 1900. He is a fellow of the Academy of Sciences of New York and of Washington, D. C. He is a member of the Association

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for the Advancement of Science and of the University Club of New York. In addition to the college degrees mentioned, he has re- ceived a D. S. C. from Columbia University, and an LL. D. from Jefferson Medical Col- lege of Philadelphia. His home is at 437 West Fifty-ninth street, New York. He mar- ried (first ), June t8, 1885. Anne McNair Elderkin, of Brattleboro. Vermont. He mar- ried (second ), January 16. 1906. Alice Kidd, daughter of James Howard and Elizabeth (Nott) Kidd. of Tiverly-on-the-Hudson. Dr. Huntington has no children.

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