History of Fairfield County, Connecticut : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 150

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) comp. cn
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1572

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"' Voted, To adjourn the meeting two weeks from this day at one P.M. "' THOMAS B. FANTON, "' Clerk.'

"No account of the adjourned meeting is to be found in the society records. The twenty-five hun- dred dollars needed was specially subscribed, and the building was erected in the summer of 1837 and ded-

* Sermon of Rev. J. L. Gilder before the New York East Conference.

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icated in December of the same year, Rev. C. K. True preaching the dedication sermon.

" In 1868, during the pastorate of Rev. William T. Hill, the church was thoroughly remodeled and refur- nished. The pulpit was cut down and the antique pews exchanged for the present neat and comfort- able ones. The rededication service at this time was perhaps the most interesting occasion in the history of the church. Bishop Janes was present, and preached the dedication sermon to an audience that filled every nook and corner of the building, and many old pas- tors and friends of the church added by their presence to the interest of the occasion.

"In September, 1870, Rev. Aaron Sanford Hill gave to the church some ten acres of land lying in the northerly part of the town, the income from which was to be appropriated to the use of the church. This gift Mr. Hill supplemented by another of four thou- sand dollars in 1871, of which the interest only was to be used in meeting the expenses of the church. This fund is known as the Sanford Hill Fund. In 1877 another benefaction of five hundred dollars was given by William A. Sanford, Esq., to be applied in the same manner as the preceding.

" Revivals in the churchi have been frequent and attended with gratifying results,-notably in 1815, under the preaching of Rev. Reuben Harris; in 1822, during the pastorate of Aaron Hunt; in 1838, under that of Rev. John Crawford; in 1855, under Rev. E. S. Hebbard; and in 1867, under Rev. William T. Hill.

" According to the minutes of the Annual Confer- ences, the following ministers were appointed to Fair- field Circuit (which included Redding), beginning witli its organization, in 1790: 1790, John Blood- good; 1791, Nathaniel B. Mills, Aaron Hunt ; 1792, Joshua Taylor, Smith Weeks; 1793, James Cole- man, Aaron Hunt; 1794, Zebulon Kankey, Nicholas Snethen.

"Those appointed to Redding Circuit were : 1795, Daniel Dennis, Timothy Dewey ; 1796, Elijalı Wool- sey, Robert Leeds ; 1797, David Buck, Augustus Joce- lyn; 1798, William Thatcher; 1799, David Brown ; 1800, Augustus Jocelyn ; 1801, Samuel Merwin, Isaac Candec; 1802, James Coleman, Isaac Candee; 1803, James Campbell, N. U. Tompkins ; 1804, Peter Mori- arty, Sylvester Foster; 1805, Peter Moriarty, Samuel Merwin ; 1806, Nathan Felch, Oliver Sykes; 1807, James M. Smith, Zalmon Lyon; 1808, Noble W. Thomas, Jonathan Lyon; 1809, Billy Hibbard, Isaac Candee; 1810, Nathan Emory, John Russell; 1811, Aaron Hunt, Oliver Sykes, and John Reynolds; 1812, Seth Crowel, Gilbert Lyon, S. Beach; 1813, Aaron Hunt, Henry Eames; 1814, Ebenezer Washburne, Reuben Harris ; 1815, Elijah Woolsey, Reuben Har- ris ; 1816, Samuel Bushnell, John Boyd; 1817, Sam- uel Bushnell, Theodocius Clarke; 1818, James M. Smith, Theodocius Clarke ; 1819, J. S. Smith, Phineas Cook ; 1820, Laban Clark, Phineas Cook ; 1821, La-

ban Clark, Aaron Hunt; 1822, Samuel Cochrane, Aaron Hunt; 1823, Samuel Cochrane, John Rey- nolds ; 1824, Elijah Woolsey, John Reynolds.

"To Redding and Bridgeport Circuit : 1825, Mar- vin Richardson, H. Humphreys, Frederic W. Siger ; 1826, Marvin Richardson, H. Humphreys; 1827, Henry Stead, John Lovejoy, J. C. Bontecue.

"To Redding Cirenit : 1828, Henry Stead, Gershom Pearce; 1829, Ebenezer Washburn, Gershom Pearce ; 1830, Ebenezer Washburn, Oliver V. Ammerman ; 1831, James Young, Josiah Bowen; 1832, Nicholas White, Jesse Hunt ; 1833, Jesse Hunt, John B. Beach ; 1834, Josiah Bowen, John B. Beach.

"To Redding and Newtown Circuit : 1835, Hum- phrey Humphries, Josiah L. Dickerson, John Davies; 1836, Humphrey Humphries.

"March 28th, 1837, the society, 'after due delih- eration, existing cireumstanees being considered, voted to try a station the ensuing year,' which was accordingly done, and the Rev. Humphrey Humph- ries became the first stated pastor. Since then the church has enjoyed the undivided care of its pastors, and has been generally prosperous and aggressive.

" The list of pastors since 1837 comprises many well- known names and will be read with interest. They are as follows : 1838, John Crawford (2d), Morris Hill ; 1839-40, Paul R. Brown; 1841-42, Daniel Smith ; 1843, Phillip L. Hoyt; 1844-45, William F. Collins; 1846-47, Joseph D. Marshall; 1848-49, Jacob Shaw; 1850-51, John L. Gilder; 1852-53, Friend W. Smith ; 1854-55, E. S. Hibbard; 1856-57, Hart F. Pease ; 1858, George C. Crevey; 1859, William H. Gilder ; 1860-61, John W. Horne; 1862-63, George Hollis; 1864-66, David Nash ; 1867-68, William T. Hill; 1869, Alexander Graham ; 1870-72, Theodore C. Beach ; 1873, William R. Webster; 1874-76, Josephi. Smith ; 1877-78, John Dickinson; 1879, Jolm Haugh.

"Of the above list, but one, Rev. Jacob Shaw, died and was buried in Redding. Of the laymen who nobly aided these elergymen in their ministry many will be held in grateful remembrance by the church.

"The names most familiar to the carly member- ship, perhaps, were those of the lay-preachers, Aaron Sanford, Hawley Sanford, Rory Starr, and Walter Sanford; the class-leaders, John R. Hill, Abraham Couch, Urrai Meade, Sherlock Todd, and Bradley Burr ; and the official members, Thomas B. Fanton, David S. Duncomb, Aaron Sanford, Jr., Charles Gor- ham, Eben Treadwell, and John Edmonds.

"The present membership of the church is 149,- males, 57 ; females, 92."

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT LONG RIDGE.

" The origin of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Long Ridge, as narrated by Rev. Paul R. Brown, pas- tor of the church in 1842, was as follows :

"'One evening, as Father Coleman (a Methodist preacher) was passing through Starr's Plain on his way to Danbury, he saw a man sitting on the fence by the wayside, and inquired the distance to town. The man

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told him, and added, " Are you a doctor?"-"No, sir."-" Are you a lawyer ?"-" No, sir."-" Then," said the man, following up the question, "what are you?"-Father Coleman answered, "I am a Methodist preach- er."-" Methodist preacher ! What's that ?" replied the man .- " If you will open your house and invite in your neighbors, I will let you hear a Methodist preacher the next time I come this way," was the reply. The offer was accepted, and Father Coleman preached to them on his next visit. IIe soon organized a class, and among the members of that class was the man who sat upon the fence and questioned the preacher. After that the class grew into a society, and in due time a small church was built in Long Ridge, which gave way to a larger edifice in the course of a few years.'

" The first church was built when the society con- sisted of but eleven members, under the following circumstances : They were assembled for the weckly class-meeting at the house of one of their number, and were speaking of their need of a church, when Uriah Griffin remarked that if he had a hundred dol- lars in hand he would build thein a church. David Osborne, the youngest member present, at once agreed to furnish the required sum, and the church was built the same year. This was in 1820-21, during the pas- torate of Rev. Laban Clark. The little society at once became connected with Redding Station as an auxiliary, the preacher in charge there having the care of its temporal concerns and filling its pulpit once in four weeks. In the interim the pulpit was supplied by the lay-preachers, Aaron Sanford, Morris Hill, Aaron S. Hill, of Redding, Rory Starr, of Dan- bury, and others. The society's connection with Red- ding ceased in 1848, and the same relation was formed with the church in Bethel. For several years past it has been a separate station. The pastors of the church from 1820 to 1848 were the same as those of Redding, and are given in the history of the Redding Church. The pastors since 1848 have been as fol- lows : 1848-49, Morris Hill ; 1850, Elias Gilbert ; 1851 -52, Charles Bartlett ; 1853-54, George Stillman ; 1855 -56, Samuel H. Smith ; 1857-58, John Crawford ; 1859, David Osborn; 1860-61, Sherman D. Barnes, local preacher ; 1862-63, Elias Gilbert; 1864, William H. Adams; 1865, J. W. Bramblee; 1866-67, G. W. Polley, local ; 1868, Stephen J. Stebbins ; 1869, James H. Crofut, local ; 1870, Frank F. Jorden, local ; 1871, William P. Armstrong, local ; 1872, Frank F. Jorden, local; 1873, Joseph W. Pattison, local ; 1874-75, Wil- liam Cogswell, local ; 1876, Joseph W. Pattison, local ; 1877-78, Charles A. Wilson, local; 1879, Henry A. Van Dalsem.

"The membership at present is sixty .*

" A few yards from Redding Station, on the banks of the Saugatuck River, is situated the old camp- ground, noted for being the place where the first camp-meeting of the Methodists in New England was held. Just when this event occurred we are unable to state, but it was about 1810, probably under the leadership of Nathan Bangs. The tents of this first assemblage were of the most primitive kind, many of

them being constructed of the branches of trees, and others of blankets stretched over a frame-work of poles. Meetings continued to be held in this grove every year for over sixty years.

" About 1860, owing to some difficulty in leasing the grounds and from other causes, the meetings here were discontinued, and another camp-ground opened at Milford, Conn., on the line of the Naugatuck Rail- road.

" This grove was, however, soon abandoned, never having been popular with the Methodist public. In 1878, after the lapse of nearly twenty years, the old camp-ground at Redding was reopened, and that year a very successful and well-attended meeting was held there.

"It was supposed then that the grove would be purchased and continue to be used for camp-meeting purposes, but this desirable consummation was not effected."

THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN GEORGETOWN (NOW EX- TINCT).

"That there was a society of Baptists in Redding as carly as 1785 appears from an entry in the records of the First Society, dated Dec. 9, 1785, wherein Michael Wood has a certificate given him by John Lee, deacon, as a member of the Baptist Church in Redding.

"Similar certificates were given to John Couch, Micayah Starr, and Jabez Wakeman, but we have no evidence of the existence of a church here until 1833. On the 28th of January of that year an eccle- siastical council was held at the house of Timothy Wakeman, in Redding, and a church formally organ- ized. The record of the proceedings of this meeting constitutes the first entry in the church book of records, and is as follows :

"' Chose Elder Thomas Lasconibe Moderator, and Elder Nathan Wild- man Clerk. Invited Brethren present to a seat with the Council. Pro- ceeded to hear the Articles and Covenant, also reasons why they wished to be constituted into a Church. The Council unanimously voted to proceed to the constitution. Repaired to the meeting-house. Introduc- tory prayer and sermon by Elder Nathan Wildman. Right hand of fel- lowship in behalf of the Council, and closing prayer by Elder Thomas Lascombe.

"'NATHAN WILDMAN, "' Clerk.'

" There were but eighteen original members,-four males and fourteen females. For some years there was no settled pastor, and the pulpit was supplied al- ternately, once in four weeks, by Elders S. Ambler, of Danbury, and Stephen B. Bray, a licentiate, from Southbury, Conn. Elders N. Wildman, of Weston, Erastus Doty, of Colebrook, Conn., and Chandler Curtis also preached occasionally. June 3, 1837, the church extended a unanimous call to Rev. William Bowen, of Mansfield, Conn., which was accepted, and he became the first pastor of the church. He con- tinued to sustain this relation to the church until November, 1838, when he was dismissed, owing to the inability of the society to meet his salary. The

* The present church edifice is situated in Danbury, a few yards from the Redding line, but, as the church was so long identified with Redding, it was thought proper to preserve its history here.

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same month the church edifice was nearly destroyed by mob-violence,-the only instance of the kind that ever occurred in this staid and conservative town.

" It was 1838, the period of the slavery excitement, when abolitionist and pro-slavery men engaged in al- most daily conflict, and men thought to stifle with shot-gun and bludgeon the first faint stirrings of the national conscience. A few pithy entries in the church records thus refer to the affair :

"' Nov. 26th. Rev. Nathaniel Colver lectured on slavery in our meet- Ing-house; was disturbed by unruly persons.

"$27th. Another lecture on Slavery molested as night before.

"$ 28th. Meeting-house blown up by a mob, but not entirely de- stroyed.'

" This is all the information the church records give us on the subject, but from the files of the Norwalk Gazette for that year we glean a full account of the affair. This article is interesting, as showing tlie manner in which even the Whigs handled the ques- tion of slavery at that time :

"' HIGHI-HANDED OUTRAGE .- We learn that Judge Lynch has been ex- ercising his summary proceedings in this vicinity within the week past. Colver, the abolitionist lecturer, has been holding forth, as we under- stand, for a number of evenings, on the subject of immediate emancipa- tion, in the Baptist church in Redding, and in the course of his lectures had taken occasion to exhibit before his andience the practical amalgama- tionism of the Vice-President of the United States, the HIon, Richard M. Johnson. We are informed that ho accused this distinguished personage of making merchandise of the offspring of his own loins, of selling his owu sons and daughters into slavery. This so enraged some of his polit- ical partisans that they determined to abolish tho walls which had echoed the nefarious libel upon " Dick the Tecumsch-Killer." So, after the lec- ture was concluded, a keg of gunpowder was deposited under the church which had been profaned by these abolition orgies, and about two o'clock on the morning of the 29th ult. the church was blown "sky-high," as John Randolph used to say. It was a small building of one story, and not worth more than five hundred dollars. But notwithstanding the provocation, and notwithstanding the comparatively trifling amount of damage occasioned by this wanton outrage, we most sincerely deprecato the prevalence of a spirit which does violence to the dearest rights of every freeman in the land,-the freedom of speech and of opinion. We are no apologists for the intemperate and fanatic zeal of the abolitionists, but we deem it the duty of every press in the land to cry out against such violations of the Constitution and laws. And. though we would denounce in the severest terms tho exasperating conduct of the aboli- tionists, we would at the same time do our utmost to bring the trespas- sers upon the rights which the Constitution guarantees to every eitizen and tho violators of the publie peace to condign punishment."

" This action of the mob, with the dissensions en- gendered by it, proved a sad blow to the church, one from which it never fully recovered, although it con- tinued in existence for several years. Elder Jolin H. Waterbury served the church as pastor for some months in 1839, and was succeeded in 1841 by Elder John Noyes, of North Haven.

"Mr. Noyes' letter of dismission from the Baptist Church in North Haven is as follows :

" The Baptist Church in North Haven to the Baptist Church In Read- ing:

"'DEAR BRETHREN,-This certifies that Rev. John Noyes and his wife Ann are members of this church in good standing, and as such we com- mnend them to your Christian affection and fellowship. We have voted that when they are received by you, we shall consider thelr connection with us dissolved,

"' In behalf of the church in North Haven.

"'M. F. ROBINSON, "' Clerk.

"' May 1, 1841,'

" April 2, 1842, Mr. Noyes was dismissed to Phil- lipstown, N. Y. Rev. George Crocker, of Danbury, supplied the pulpit for the succeeding twelve months. Elder David Pease was the next preacher, he being called Feb. 11, 1844. His connection with the church was short and uneventful. There is no record of any other preacher being called ; in fact, the society was becoming too weak to support an organization, and shortly after, in October, 1847, was dissolved by the unanimous vote of its members."

THE METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH IN GEORGE- TOWN (NOW THE CONGREGATIONAL CIIURCII).

" The Methodist Protestant Church in Georgetown had its origin in a small schism in the Methodist Episcopal Church, commencing about 1818, in the New York Conference.

" Among the ministers who seceded from the church at this time was the Rev. William M. Stillwell, who in 1820 organized a small class of persons in George- town, sharers in his peculiar ideas of church polity, but who still retained the name of Methodist, though called by their opponents Stillwellites. In 1829 a convention was held and adopted the name of Meth- odist Protestant, and in 1839 the church at George- town was formally organized as the Metliodist Prot- estant Church and Society of Wilton Circuit. The first members of the class, so far as can be ascertained, were Ebenezer Hill, Banks Sherwood, David Nichols, Isaae Osborne, and Benjamin Gilbert and wife. The first minister was Rev. William M. Stillwell. The first entry in the church records is as follows :

"' The first Methodist Protestant church in Redding was organized in the year of our Lord 1839, on the 15th of the 9th month, at a regular warned meeting hekl at the house of Sturges Bennett. The following officers wore chosen : David Nichols, chairman; John O. St. John, secre- tary. John O. St. John was duly elected clerk of said society, and the oath was administered by Walker Bates, Esq. Johu O. St. Johnu was also elected treasurer of said society.'

" Aaron Osborne was the first sexton. He was to open the church thirty minutes before service, sweep the house, make the fires, and attend to the lights, for a yearly salary of six dollars.

"The present house of worship had been built in 1839, prior to the organization of the church, by Jolin O. St. John and Charles Scribner. For a number of years the church records show only the ordinary routine of business. In 1851, March 10th, a society's meeting passed the following resolutions :

"' Resolved, Ist, That we take into consideration the amount of Damage sustained by tho society, by the Danbury and Norwalk R. R. crossing the society's grounds near this house of worship. 2nd, That the assess-

* A resident of Georgetown at the time gives tho following additional partienlars: About two o'clock on the morning following Mr. Colver's lecture the inhabitants of Georgetown wero startled by a tremendous report and rumbling noise, which jarred the houses and broke the win- dows in the immediate neighborhood. In the morning this unnsnal dis- turbance was found to have been caused by the explosion of a keg of powder which had been placed directly under the pulpit, a portion of the underpinning of the church having been removed for that purpose. Tho pulpit was demolished, tho front of the bnikling displaced several feet, the windows broken ont, and the walls destroyed.

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ment of damages by crossing tho society's grounds be left to three men, -one chosen by the trustees, one by the Rail Road contractors, and those two to choose a third. 3rd, That the trustees be instructed to hold tho contractors or Rail Road Company responsible for all damage to the society's house of worship.'

"To these resolutions a meeting held Dec. 27, 1851, added the following : 'Resolved, by vote of this meet- ing, that the society's committee be authorized to give by deed to the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad Company a right of way across said society's ground, for the consideration of one hundred and fifty dol- lars.' At a meeting held Feb. 19, 1853, 'on motion, S. M. Main and Hiram St. John were appointed a committee to circulate a subscription to raise money to build a parsonage-house.' A meeting held Nov. 17, 1853, voted 'that the society's committee be authorized to circulate a subscription-paper, to raise money to the amount of six hundred dollars for the purpose of purchasing Mr. Weed's house for a parson- age; and at a subsequent meeting, held November 26th, the committee were authorized to purchase Mr. Weed's house so soon as six hundred dollars is pledged for that purpose.' It was also voted that the 'horse- sheds be located 40 feet south of the butternut tree in the yard, provided the ground can be obtained for one dollar.'

" At a meeting held Dec. 7, 1867, Messrs. John R. Sturges, J. O. St. John, and Sturges Bennett were appointed a committee to ascertain the denomina- tional preferences of all the members of the church, ' with a view to a change of name to that of Congre- gational, or that of letting it be the Methodist Prot- estant Meeting.'

" This committee reported to an adjourned meeting, held December 14th, in favor of a change of name, and by a unanimous vote the name of the church was changed from Methodist Protestant to Congrega- tional. It was also voted to petition the next Legis- lature to change the name of the society in accord- ance with the above vote, and to secure to the Con- gregational Society the property now held by the Methodist Protestant Society. The committee ap- pointed for this purpose were Messrs. David E. Smith, Hiram St. John, and E. G. Bennett.

"From October, 1865, to May, 1875, the church was supplied by Rev. Samuel St. Jolin, of George- town. He was succeeded by Rev. Albert H. Thomp- son, of Yale Theological Seminary, who supplied the pulpit until November, 1876. Mr. Thompson's suc- cessor was Rev. C. B. Strong, of Hartford Seminary, who remained until the close of 1877. The present pastor, Rev. C. A. Northrop, began his labors with the church Jan. 6, 1878, and was ordained and in- stalled as pastor Oct. 2, 1878.

"The present membership of the church is 79,- males, 30 ; females, 49.

"The records of the Methodist Protestant Church give no data of the settlement or dismissal of pas- tors. From old members of the church, however, I

gain the following names of those who served the church in this capacity (the list is probably complete, though the names are not given in the order of suc- cession) : William M. Stillwell, Stephen Treadwell, Abram Glasgow, Stephen Remington, - Shemeall, Vredenburgh, James Summerbell, Aaron G. Brewer, Richard K. Diossy, James Rolliston, William Mccutcheon, William H. Bosely, William Cliff, Sam- uel M. Henderson, Jacob Timberman, - Wade, Elizur W. Griswold, Merwin Lent, William H. John- son, John L. Ambler, Joseph J. Smith, Joshua Hud- son, Thomas K. Witsel, John H. Painter, M. E. Rude, William C. Clarke."

CHAPTER LX.

REDDING (Continued). MISCELLANEOUS.

Masonic-Ark Lodge, No. 39, F. and A. M .- Lynch Chapter, R. A. M .- Odd-Fellows - Anti-Slavery Society-Schools, Public and Private -- Manufacturing Interests-Murder and Suicide-Biographical.

MASONIC. ARK LODGE, NO. 39, F. AND A. M.

THE first Masonic body organized in this town was Ark Lodge, No. 39, F. and A. M. The petition for the lodge was presented Oct. 19, 1796, but the prayer of its petition was not granted until May 17, 1797. The first Master was William Heron. The lodge con- tinued to work until May 12, 1839, when its charter was surrendered. It was reorganized Dec. 23, 1869, with the following charter members : David H. Mil- ler, Charles A. Jennings, Charles H. Canfield, Lewis Northrup, Charles O. Olmstead, David E. Smith, H. R. Osborn, E. Thompson, Aaron H. Davis, Tuzon Jelliff, Seth P. Beers, and Waterman Bates.

The present officers of the lodge are as follows : Mervin D. Keeler, W. M .; Augustus W. Merwin, S. W .; Henry M. Taylor, J. W .; Aaron H. Davis, Treas .; David H. Miller, Sec .; Rev. Edward L. Bray, Chap. ; Nathan Perry, S. D .; Henry Hohman, J. D .; Lewis Quien, S. Stew .; Eli B. Godfrey, J. Stew. ; Waterman Bates, Tiler.

LYNCH CHAPTER, R. A. M.

On Aug. 8, 1801, a meeting of sundry Royal Arch Masons was held at the residence of Andrew L. Hills, when it was voted to present a petition to the Grand Chapter in New York praying for a warrant to hold a chapter of Royal Arch Masons in the towns of Red- ding and Weston. Said petition was heard and a warrant granted. The name "Lynch Chapter and Heron Mark Lodge" was adopted. The following officers were installed: High Priest, Jesse Beach ; King, William Heron; Scribe, Nathan Wheeler. This chapter met alternately in Redding and Weston, and continued its labors until Feb. 4, 1828, when its eharter was surrendered.

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The following names appear on the record: Joshua Adams, Jr., Jesse Beach, William Bennitt, Platt Ben- nitt, Gabriel Baldwin, Henry Bardsley, Eli Bardsley, Ebenezer Beach, Noah W. Bradley, Hyatt Banks, Ezra Beunett, Isaac Beach, Burr Davis, Thomas N. Couch, Nathan Couch, Jonathan Couch, Isaac Coley, Hezekiahı Couclı, Sinon A. Couch, Edward Couch, Jonathan Croffut, Preston Durant, Andrew Fairchild, Sturges Fanton, Lemuel Judson, Beach Jennings, Ezra Lewis, Samuel M. Munson, Enoch Merchant, Daniel Marslı, Ebenezer Merritt (2d), John B. Mer- ritt, David A. Marsh, William Morrows, Benjamin Mecker, Jos. Oakley, Jr., Peter C. Oakley, Daniel Odle, G. H. Osborn, Charles Dart, Hezekialı Read, Jr., John R. Read, Hezekiah Summers, Eli Sanford, Silas M. Shepard, Jos. S. Shelton, Asahel Sanford, Samuel Thorp, Wakeman Thorp, Turney Roberts, Nathan Wheeler, 'Squire Winton, Levi Wheeler, Cal- vin Wheeler, Jr., Ephraim Wheeler, Seth Wheeler, Alden Winton, Jos. D. Winton, Edwin Wheeler.

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History of Fairfield County, Connecticut : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 150

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) comp. cn Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1572

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) comp. cn
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1572