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Esquire Thomas Avery, 1791, was another Revolutionary hero, who survived the Fort Griswold massacre and subse- quently removed to Coleraine, Massachusetts. Colonel Sim- eon Avery, 1792, was an adjutant in the Revolutionary struggle and resided between Center Groton and Groton Ferry ; he was Major Elisha Avery's father. Major Chris- topher Morgan lived in the Lorenzo Gallup District and was the father of Colonel William Morgan. Deacon Simeon Smith, 1793, lived at Flanders, north of Fort Hill; he died later than 1820. James Gallup, colleague of Deacon Smith, was possibly the same as Lieutenant James Gallup, 1822, and, if so, was the son of Deacon Benadam Gallup. If that was not the man we have failed to trace him. Jonathan
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Brewster, 1794, is not readily identified, unless the Poque- tanoc miller of that name at this time resided in Groton. John Wilson, his colleague, is equally difficult of identifica- tion. Robert Geer, 2nd, the colleague of Colonel Simeon Avery, was a brother of Esquire Amos of Geer Hill, and a farmer. Deacon Benadam Gallup, Jr., 1795, was the son of Colonel Benadam, and afterwards settled on the Northrup Niles place, east of Candlewood Hill. Captain Ebenezer Mor- gan, 1797, was another Revolutionary survivor, who lived northwest of Meeting-house Hill, North Groton, where he died at a good old age. Esquire Starr Chester, 1797, living at Palmer's Cove, towards Noank, was twelve times a delegate. He removed West and there died. Colonel Ebenezer Avery, Jr., 1798, resided at Groton Bank at the time of the mas- sacre and bore a part outside of the Fort, while his father of the same name perished in the fight. He was the father of the Rev. Jared Avery, representative in 1863 and 1866, Esquire Isaac Avery, the colleague of Deacon Simeon Smith in both sessions of 1799, lived on Geer Hill in North Groton and died about 1821. Deacon Jabez Smith, 1800, resided at Pequonnoc. His colleague, Lieutenant Vine Stoddard, was a Revolutionary patriot, who served with Washington at White Plains. He was a farmer residing near Gales Ferry and died about 1840.
Part II-From 1801 to 1818
1801, May-Starr Chester, Benadam Gallup. Oct .- Starr Chester, Isaac Gallup.
1802, May-Starr Chester, Benadam Gallup. Oct .- Starr Chester, Isaac Gallup.
1803, May-John Daboll, Joseph Chapman, Jr. Oct .- Phineas Hyde, T. Baxter Gray.
1804, May-Phineas Hyde, T. Baxter Gray. Oct .- Rufus Smith, Joseph Morgan.
1805, May-Rufus Smith, Joseph Morgan. Oct .- Starr Chester, Amos A. Niles.
1806, May-Starr Chester, Amos A. Niles. Oct .- John Daboll, John Spicer.
1807, May-Roswell Fish, Paal F. Niles. Oct .- Roswell Fish, Paul F. Niles.
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1808, May-Starr Chester, T. Baxter Gray. Oct .- Paul F. Niles, Roswell Fish.
1809, May-Starr Chester, T. Baxter Gray. Oct .- Roswell Fish, Paul F. Niles.
1810, May-Starr Chester, Paul F. Niles. Oct .- John Morgan, Paul F. Niles.
1811, May-John Morgan, Paul F. Niles. Oct .- Roswell Fish, Amos A. Niles.
1812, May-Roswell Fish, Amos A. Niles. Oct .- Elijah Bailey, Amos A. Niles.
1813, May-Noyes Barber, Seth Williams. Oct .- Noyes Barber, Seth Williams.
1814, May-Stephen Haley, Elisha Ayers. Oct .- Stephen Haley, Elisha Ayers.
1815, May-Thomas Avery, Rodman Niles. Oct .- Thomas Avery, Rodman Niles.
1816, May-Elisha Haley, William Williams. Oct .- Elisha Haley, William Williams.
1817, May-Erastus Williams, James Mitchell. Oct .- James Mitchell, Erastus Williams.
1818, May-Noyes Barber, Philip Gray. Oct .- Noyes Barber, Philip Gray.
Esquire John Daboll, 1803, was a survivor of the Fort Griswold massacre, although pierced with seven musket balls. He resided between Center Groton and the Bank and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818. The Noank Dabolls are his descendants. Joseph Chapman, Jr., was a tavern keeper in North Groton. Dr. Phineas Hyde, 1804, the father of John Hyde, was a popular physi- cian of Upper Mystic. He was a native of Norwich and a brother of Judge John Hyde, so long chief judge of the county court. Thomas Baxter Gray, colleague of Dr. Hyde, represented the town four times and removed West. He was a carpenter and bridge builder and afterward con- structed the great Cayuga Bridge. Deacon Rufus Smith, 1804, was the son of Deacon Simeon, living at the tan yard north of Pequonnoc. He afterwards removed to New York State. Rev. Joseph Morgan, the colleague of Deacon Rufus for two sessions, removed to Salem, where he died. He was a Methodist clergyman and the only clergyman who had represented the town from 1784 to 1863. Esquire Amos A.
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Niles, 1806, for many years town clerk, was the son of Deacon Northrup Niles. He was a good penman and re- sided north of the Center, but died, we believe, in Salem. Captain John Spicer, the colleague of Esquire John Daboll, kept a public house in North Groton and was the father of the present Judge Edmund Spicer of Ledyard. He died as late as 1856. Esquire Roswell Fish, 1807, was a man of mark in the town, representing it six times and always prominent as a business man. He died subsequent to 1840. "Master" Paul F. Niles, the colleague of Esquire Fish, was a brother of the town clerk, and after serving his genera- tion as a teacher, subsequently died in New York City.
John Morgan, Esq., 1811, was another wounded soldier of the Revolution, owning land at Pequonnoc, where his nephew, the present town clerk, now resides. Captain Elijah Bailey, 1812, also a worthy Revolutionary patriot, commanded an outside battery at the capture of Fort Gris- wold, and was cut off from entering the fort when driven from his position. Captain Bailey was at first a seafaring man and was for forty years postmaster, being at the time of his death, officially, the oldest postmaster in America. Major Noyes Barber, 1813, was fourteen years a member of Congress, a longer period than any other member from Connecticut, if we recollect aright. Lieutenant Seth Wil- liams, the colleague of Major Barber, lived near Cider Hill. Judge Stephen Haley, 1814, was long deputy sheriff and the first judge appointed in the Groton Probate District. Col- onel Elisha Ayers, the colleague of Judge Haley, was a manufacturer and farmer in North Groton and was among the very earliest importers of merino sheep from Tangier. Lieutenant Thomas Avery, 1815, was another Revolutionary hero, residing near Pequonnoc. Esquire Rodman Niles, his colleague, was a popular townsman living near Gales Ferry. Esquire Elisha Haley, 1816, was several times a member of both houses of Assembly and four years a member of Congress. Judge Wlliam Williams, his colleague, was many years a probate judge of the Stonington District when the four towns of Stonington, North Stonington, Groton and
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Ledyard composed it. He lived on Cider Hill and so did his brother, Judge Erastus Williams, 1817, who was also a member of both Houses. Captain James Mitchell, the col- league of Judge Erastus W., was also a State senator and was United States marshal for this State when he died in 1830. Captain Mitchell's father was a French sea captain from Bordeaux. Esquire Philip Gray, 1818, was a house carpenter, living on Gray's Hill. His son, William M. Gray, Esq., is a merchant at Groton Bank. This brings us to the adoption of the new Constitution in this State.
Part III-From 1819 to 1840
1819-Thomas Avery, Stephen Billings.
1820-Elisha Haley, Roswell Tinker.
1821-Nathan Niles, Elisha Stoddard, Jr.
1822-N. S. Lester, James Gallup.
1823-James Mitchell, Adam Larrabee.
1824-Elisha Haley, Erastus Williams.
1825-Erastus Smith, Rufus Chapman.
1826-Roswell Allen, Elisha Haley.
1827-Elisha Haley, John Brewster.
1828 -- Erastus Smith, Gurdon Bill. 1829-Albert Latham, Joseph Tuttle.
1830 -- Guy C. Stoddard, Albert Latham.
1831-Nathan Daboll, Guy C. Stoddard.
1832-John Spicer, Nathan Daboll.
1833-Elisha Haley, John Spicer. 1834-Cyrus Allen, Elisha Haley.
1835-Albert Latham, Jacob Gallup.
1836-Jacob Gallup, Sanford Stark.
1837-Albert Latham, Elisha Morgan.
1838-Belton A. Copp, Amos Clift.
1839-Belton A. Copp, Amos Clift.
1840-Elisha Haley, Noah Chapman.
Of several of these we have already written and shall not need to say more. Colonel Stephen Billings, 1819, was a truly military man, having been a captain during the War of 1812 and risen to the command of the Eighth Regiment, which under him attained the height of prosperity. He was of commanding person, a graceful rider, and said to
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have a voice as resonant as Mars. He was a nephew of Esquire Stephen Billings of 1787, and died in 1820. Col- onel Roswell Allyn, 1820, was a leading townsman, carrying on the business of tanner in the North Society, near Gurdon Bill's residence and represented Ledyard in 1843. Nathan Niles, 1821, the last representative of the numerous Niles family that for forty years adorned the annals of municipal authority, was the son of Elisha, living, we think, on the present Billings Brown place. Ensign Elisha Stoddard, 1821, son of Vine S., 1800, lived near Gales Ferry. Nicholas S. Lester, 1822, was an acceptable first selectman. He was also a tanner. Lieutenant James Gallup was the brother of Deacon Benadam and the uncle of Judge Gallup of Mystic. Captain Adam Larrabee, 1823, colleague of Marshal Mitchell, before introduced, was a graduate of West Point, and was a captain of artillery in the regular United States Army in the War of 1812, and wounded in the battle of French Mills, his lungs having been shot through by a musket ball. The wound, though severe and supposed to be fatal, did not prove so, but served, as it is said, to cure him of the disease king's evil. He draws (1866) a $300 pension and still lives in South Windham, Connecticut, officially the oldest living representative of Groton.
Captain Larrabee was once, we think, on one of the elec- toral tickets in Connecticut in the canvass for President. Erastus T. Smith, 1825, was a merchant at Center Groton and died recently in Rochester, New York. "Master" Rufus Chapman, his colleague, was a splendid penman and a reputable school teacher, living west of Gurdon Bill's place. He died a year or two ago in Griswold. Esquire John Brewster, 1827, father of the present John Brewster, Esq., of Ledyard, died in 1848. Gurdon Bill, Esq., 1827, so long a leading man in the North Society, first as a teacher, then as a merchant and public officer, died a few years ago and was buried with ceremony by the Masonic fraternity. Es- quire Albert Latham, 1829, who represented the town five times in the House and was also a member of the Senate, is well known. In addition he served the town ten years, first
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as constable and later as collector. His father, Captain William Latham, was an officer of artillery in the Revolu- tion and was with Washington's army at Roxbury, Massa- chusetts, and his son (who is still living at a green old age at Groton Bank) yet sacredly keeps the powder horn he wore in the campaign before Boston. The horn is covered with devices graven with a knife by one of his comrades in that first campaign. The old artilleryman was at Warwick when Colonel Barton captured General Prescott and brought him across Narragansett Bay to that place, and he was also in Fort Griswold. Esquire Latham is officially the oldest living representative residing in Groton. Joseph Tuttle, the colleague of Esquire Latham, resided in the neighborhood of Gurdon Bill's place when he represented the town, but afterwards removed West and died. Guy C. Stoddard, Esq., 1830, resides in Ledyard, where his ances- tors died. He was a captain during the War of 1812, and is the son of Lieutenant Vine Stoddard of Revolutionary memory. He is half-brother of Rev. Isaac Stoddard of Mystic River.
Esquire Nathan Daboll has been dead but a few years. He was State senator for three years beginning with 1835. Mr. Daboll was well known as the publisher of Daboll's Almanac, which originated with his father, Master Daboll. Their arithmeties had long a national fame. Esquire Daboll lived and died at Center Groton. Cyrus Allen, 1834, of Allyn's Point, was a brother of Colonel Roswell, and died more than twenty years ago. Captain Jacob Gallup, 1836. was a lieutenant in the War of 1812, also represented the new town of Ledyard in 1844 and was the father of the last popular representative from the latter town. Judge Sanford Stark, his colleague, was thrice assemblyman and judge of probate one year. He died suddenly at Mystic, November 18, 1866, aged 72. Esquire Elisha Morgan, 1837, the present efficient town clerk and treasurer, still resides at Pequonnoc, where he is postmaster. He has five times represented his town, a period of Assembly service not
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paralleled more than four or five times since the nineteenth century came in.
Judge Belton A. Copp, 1838, was one of the few lawyers resident in Groton. He was four times honored with a seat in the Assembly and was one time chief judge of the County Court. Judge Copp has been dead several years. Colonel Amos Clift, his colleague, is yet living, a resident of Mystic. He has been representative three times and probate judge of Groton a longer period than any of his predecessors, which office he still holds. Noah Chapman, 1840, a farmer in the northwest part of the town, is still living, we believe.
Part IV-From 1841 to 1866
1841-Noah Chapman, Elihu Spicer.
1842-Elihu Spicer, Belton A. Copp.
1843-Albert Latham, Sanford Stark.
1844-Caleb M. Wlliams, Elisha Morgan.
1845-Caleb M. Williams, Elisha Morgan.
1846-Amos Clift, David A. Daboll.
1847-David A. Daboll, Elisha Morgan.
1848-Urbane Avery, Sanford Stark.
1849-James C. Lamb, Nathan G. Fish.
1850-Nathan G. Fish, Albert G. Stark.
1851-Waterman Z. Buddington, George Eldredge.
1852-Wanton A. Weaver, Elisha D. Wightman.
1853-Hubbard D. Morgan, Peter E. Rowland.
1854-Thomas M. Clark, Erasmus D. Avery.
1855-Noyes S. Palmer, Elijah B. Morgan.
1856-Isaac W. Denison, Waterman Z. Buddington.
1857-Benjamin N. Greene, Nathan G. Fish.
1858-Robert Palmer, Isaac C. Amidon.
1859-John W. Miner, William Batty. 1860-Waterman Z. Buddington, George W. Ashby.
1861-Peter E. Rowland, Philo Little.
1862-Peter E. Rowland, Elisha Morgan.
1863-John E. Williams, Jared R. Avery.
1864-Benjamin Burrows, Jr., Asa Perkins, 2nd.
1865-Jeremiah N. Sawyer, Albert L. Avery.
1866-William Ellery Maxson, Jared R. Avery.
It is proper to say here that the North Society of Groton was separated and incorporated as a new town in 1836,
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under the patriotic name of Ledyard. Captain Elihu Spicer is living at Noank, where he has always resided. Caleb Williams is a merchant, doing business at present near the railroad ferry at Groton Bank. David A. Daboll, 1846, son of Nathan, still resides at Center Groton and still continues to issue the Almanac and the Arithmetic bearing the family name. Urbane Avery lived and died in the southwestern part of the town. His death occurred in 1860. Deacon James C. Lamb now resides in Ledyard, we believe. Judge Nathan G. Fish, 1849, is a merchant at Mystic River. He has been three or four times senator. Judge Albert G. Stark, 1850, was a young man of as much promise as Groton ever raised. He was judge and clerk of probate and once a candidate for congress, and though defeated because his Free Soil principles were then unpopular, yet by virtue of his known integrity he led both his popular competitors by a major vote in his native town. All parties dropped a tear over his early grave. Captain Waterman Z. Buddington, 1851, resides as ever at Groton Bank. Captain George Eldredge, his colleague, is a resident of Mystic. Deacon Wanton A. Weaver, 1852, at that time lived at Groton Bank, but resided mostly at New London, where he has been representative, judge of probate, etc. He died in the early part of the present autumn.
Elisha D. Wightman, his colleague, son of the late Rev. John G. Wightman, was cashier of the Mystic Bank; he now resides in Iowa. Colonel Hubbard D. Morgan is a business man residing at Groton Bank. Captain Peter E. Rowland, 1853, who has thrice represented the town, is a shipmaster of Mystic. Thomas M. Clark, 1854, resided on the great Latham Avery farm. He now lives in Rhode Island. Erasmus D. Avery, Esq., his colleague, resides at Groton Bank. He has also been a member of the Senate. Noyes S. Palmer, 1855, now resides in Stonington. Captain Elijah B. Morgan was a whaling captain, and died, we believe, at sea. He resided in Center Groton and built Morgan Hall at Upper Mystic. Benjamin N. Greene, 1857, a quarryman at Groton Bank, may be still living at Mill-
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stone. Deacon Robert Palmer, 1858, shipbuilder, continues at Noank. Isaac C. Amidon, his colleague, lives at Groton Bank. William Batty, 1859, is a sparmaker of Mystic. Captain George W. Ashby, 1860, was a retired shipmaster, who died in 1862. Philo Little, 1861, resides at Groton Bank. Captain John E. Williams, 1863, is a re- tired sea captain of Mystic. Rev. Jared R. Avery, his colleague, is a retired clergyman at the Bank. Captain Benjamin Burrows, Jr., 1864, is a retired sea captain of Mystic. Asa Perkins, 2nd, his colleague, is a teacher re- siding at the Bank. Captain Jeremiah N. Sawyer, 1865, is still an active sea captain. Albert N. Avery, Esq., of Groton Bank is a farmer below the ferries. William E. Maxson is of the firm of Maxson, Fish & Co., shipbuilders, at Old Field.
We have thus been through and identified as far as pos- sible all the assemblymen of Groton for more than 80 years. Before we dismiss the Groton representatives, we can but remark the honor the town paid to many of its patriotic warriors and their descendants in the distribution of its offices. We have already noticed several of these. Take, for instance, the Avery stock, ten of which name perished, while three were wounded, at Fort Griswold, besides those that survived unharmed. Colonel Simeon Avery, who rep- resented the town in 1792 and 1794, was a Revolutionary adjutant. He was the son of Rev. Park Avery of Pequonnoc. Several of this family were killed or wounded in the fight at the fort. Thomas Avery, Esq., 1791, etc., was wounded there. Colonel Ebenezer Avery, 1798, was serving outside the fort, while his father, Lieutenant Ebenezer Avery, fell within that fatal enclosure, at the age of 49. Rev. J. R. Avery, 1863, is his descendant. Captain Rufus Avery was taken prisoner at the fort the same day. Hon. Erasmus D. Avery, 1864, is a grandson. Captain Elijah Avery, who fell at Fort Griswold, together with two brothers, was at home on a furlough the day of the fight, and was counted second in command, and having seen service had especial command of raw volunteers. He had previously served as an officer
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in the Long Island fight and at White Plains under Wash- ington. Albert L. Avery, 1865, was his grandson. We might trace out other Revolutionary sires, as we have Captain William Latham, father of Hon. Albert Latham, 1829, etc., but time and space forbid.
The Averys, the Allyns, the Lathams, the Williamses, the Ledyards, the Lesters, the Hurlburts, the Chesters, the Perkinses, the Billingses, the Morgans, the Palmers, the Miners, the Chapmans, the Dabolls and others, who so often represented Groton, are the same names that history has embalmed among the martyrs, the wounded heroes or sur- vivors of Groton Heights. Republics and their rural towns are not always ungrateful .*
Part V-1867-1886
1867-Asa Allen Avery, Erastus Gallup.
1868-Gurdon S. Allyn, Simon Huntington.
1869-William H. Potter, Robert Palmer.
1870-Lemuel Clift, Daniel Latham.
1871-David A. Daboll, Daniel Latham.
1872-Lemuel Clift, Cyrus Avery. 1873-William E. Wheeler, Timothy W. Turner.
1874-Erasmus D. Avery, Gurdon S. Allyn.
1875-William E. Wheeler, James M. Turner.
1876-George B. Crary, George M. Long.
1877-Thomas W. Noyes, Erasmus D. Avery. 1878-Thomas W. Noyes, Silas Spicer.
1879-Gurdon Gates, Erasmus D. Avery.
1880-John S. Schoonover, Robert A. Gray.
1881-Gurdon Gates, Robert A. Gray.
1882-Parmenas Avery, Sumner H. Gove.
1883-George Eldredge, Pardon M. Alexander.
1884-E. Burrows Brown, Pardon M. Alexander.
1885-E. Burrows Brown, Edwin W. White.
1886-Robert Palmer, Jr., Edwin W. White.
Asa Allen Avery, 1867, was born in Preston and lived in Mystic. He was a ship joiner and died in 1884. Erastus Gallup, 1867, was a carpenter. He built the Mariners' Church, held many offices in the town and died in 1882.
* The extract from Judge Potter's manuscript ends here.
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Gurdon S. Allyn, 1868 and 1874, was a native of Ledyard. He was a prominent business man of the town, and always at the forefront of any movement to advance its interests. He lived on the site of the old Joseph Packer tavern in Mystic and died in 1876. Simon Huntington, 1868, was a grain dealer in Groton, residing in the old Colonel Ebenezer Avery house. William H. Potter, 1869, distinguished for his connection with educational affairs in the town and State, served a term in the State Senate, and for a number of years was judge of probate. His col- league, Robert Palmer, who had previously served in 1858, was the well-known shipbuilder at Noank. Lemuel Clift, 1870 and 1872, a lawyer of repute in Mystic, served three years in the Civil War as a private in the 8th Con- necticut Volunteers and was judge of probate for many years until he reached the age limit. Daniel Latham, 1870, was a descendant of Cary Latham, the first ferryman at Groton.
David A. Daboll, 1871, a member of the celebrated fam- ily of mathematicians, lived at Center Groton. He suc- ceeded his father in the publication of the Almanac, and held many offices in the town. He died in 1895. Cyrus Avery, 1872, is a farmer living at Pequonnock. William E. Wheeler, 1873 and 1875, was a sea captain sailing in the employ of A. A. Low & Co. in the China tea trade and was afterwards in the general store business in Mystic. He died in 1889. Timothy W. Turner, 1873, was a grocer at Groton. Erasmus D. Avery, 1874-77-79, was a retired busi- ness man residing at Groton Bank. He was a member of the "war committee" during the Civil War and a great tem- perance worker. He died in 1903. James W. Turner, 1875, was a farmer in the west end of the town. George B. Crary, 1876, was a shipmaster. He was in command of the ship B. F. Hoxie when she was destroyed by the Confederate privateer Florida. He died in 1902. His colleague, George M. Long, lived at Groton Bank and was engaged in the fish business at New London. Thomas W. Noyes, 1877-78, was a native of Stonington and for many years carried on the
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meat business at Mystic Bridge. He died in 1885. Silas Spicer, 1878, a member of the well-known Spicer family, was a lighthouse keeper and mariner living at Noank. He died in 1888. Gurdon Gates, 1879 and 1881, was for many years a clipper ship captain and afterwards commander of the steamer Victor of the Mallory Line. He lived at Mystic, where he died in 1892.
John S. Schoonover, 1880, was a tanner. He was the leading business man of Old Mystic and president of the Mystic National Bank. Robert A. Gray, 1880-81, con- ducted the quarry business at Groton Bank. He was the recipient of a medal of honor for distinguished gallantry in the Civil War. Parmenas Avery, 1882, son of Asa A. Avery, 1867, was a tinsmith in Mystic. He was a member of Co. C, 21st Connecticut Volunteers, in the Civil War. He died in 1886. His colleague, Sumner H. Gove, was a car- penter and builder at Groton and removed to Daytona, Florida, in 1883. George Eldredge conducted a meat mar- ket in Mystic for a number of years and was afterwards in the employ of the Standard Machinery Company. Pardon M. Alexander, 1883-84, served one term as postmaster of Groton.
E. Burrows Brown, 1884-85, a great-grandson of Elder Silas Burrows, founder of the Fort Hill church, lived on a farm west of Old Mystic. Edwin W. White, 1885-86, was a retired whaleman. Robert Palmer, Jr., 1886, son of Rob- ert Palmer, 1858 and 1869, was engaged with his father in shipbuilding at Noank. He is also a builder of sail boats and launches.
Part VI-1887-1905
In 1887 occurred the first biennial election.
1887-E. Burrows Brown, John S. Morgan.
1889-George Eldredge, Elisha S. Thomas.
1891-Charles H. Smith, Amos R. Chapman.
1893 -- William R. McGaughey, Everett L. Crane.
1895-Charles H. Smith, Judson F. Bailey. 1897-Robert P. Wilbur, Donald Gunn.
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1899-William H. Allen, Ralph H. Denison.
1901-William H. Allen, George A. Perkins.
1903-Benjamin F. Burrows, Albert E. Wheeler.
1905-Simeon G. Fish, Edward E. Spicer.
John S. Morgan, 1887, chosen at the first biennial elec- tion, was postmaster and a merchant; he died in 1891. Elisha S. Thomas, 1889, was a farmer living at High Rock Place, near Pequonnoc. Charles H. Smith, 1891 and 1895, is a boatbuilder at Noank. Amos R. Chapman, 1890, is a shipjoiner, living at Mystic. William R. McGaughey, 1893, is a stonecutter, living in Mystic. Everett L. Crane, 1893, is in the ice business at Groton. Judson F. Bailey, 1895, conducted a market at Groton.
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