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Thomas P. Hoey, born in Hamden in 1863, is a son of Michael and Ann (McGrail) Hoey, and grandson of Michael Hoey. For several years he was employed in the silk factory of R. S. Clark of Mt. Car- mel, and since 1885 has been employed by the New Haven Web Com- pany as foreman of the warping and winding department. He was married in 1883 to Margaret Conroy. They have one son, Charles W., and a daughter, Margaret A.
George H. Gorham, born in Hamden in 1839, is a son of Jared D. and Jane J. (Potter) Gorham. His grandfather was Captain Levi Gor- ham. In Jared Gorham's family there were three children: George H., Forbes J. and Ellen J. George H. married Eunice, daughter of Henry
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Munson, of Hamden, in 1861. They have one son, Henry J. Gorham. Forbes Gorham married Emily Hitchcock, and Ellen married Fred- eric F. Bishop.
William Gorham, born in Hamden in 1815, died 1858, was a son of John, and he a son of John Gorham, who married Phebe Downes. John Gorham, the son, married Nancy Downes. William married Lucretia Dorman, daughter of Merritt and Easter Dorman. Their children were: Emily, Sarah, Caroline, Lucy, Ella, Nancy, Francis and William E. Sarah, Ella and William E. are dead. Emily married William Thomas; Caroline married John Malone; Lucy married John Peckham and for her second husband Charles Alling; Francis married Sarah Doolittle. Nancy Gorham married John P. Phelps in 1854. There were born to them two children: Charles J., who died in infancy, and Cora E. The latter was married in 1876, to Luther C Phelps. They had one daughter, Emma Phelps. Luther Phelps died in 1890. John P. Phelps was born in Winchester, Conn., and is a son of Ral- zemon and grandson of John Phelps.
William Ives, the first known of that name, resided in New Haven as early as 1639. He is supposed to have died in 1648. He had two sons : John, who died young, and Joseph, who married Mary (born 1650), daughter of Thomas Yale. Their children were: Samuel, Mary, Martha, Lazarus, Thomas, Abigail and Ebenezer. Joseph died in 1694. Samuel Ives, born 1677, married Ruth Atwater. Their children were: Mary, Lydia, Samuel (who died young), Ruth, Jonathan, Damaris, John and Samuel. Jonathan Ives, born 1716, was one of the early settlers of Hamden. He married Thankful Cooper. Their children were: Jeremiah, Ruth, Mary, Thankful, Joel, Jonathan and Phœbe. Jonathan married Sarah Bassett, and they had two children: Leverett, who died young, and Sarah, who married Allen Dickerman. Samuel Ives, the son of Samuel and Ruth Atwater Ives, was the father of Levi, who was the father of Eli, who was the father of Levi Ives, the noted physician of New Haven.
Lewis E. Joyce, born in Oxford, Conn., in 1835, is a son of Peter and Eliza (Hitchcock) Joyce and grandson of Joseph L. Joyce. His maternal grandfather was Stephen Hitchcock, a joiner by trade and a soldier in the war of 1812. His father was John Hitchcock. Both were residents of Hamden. Lewis E. Joyce is a carpenter and joiner. He settled in Hamden in 1853 and in 1860 was married to Julia A .. daughter of Heman Doolittle of Hamden. They have had three children: Lewis E., born December 25th, 1862; Burton A., born Sep- tember 25th, 1869; and Carrie L., born December 22d. 1864, died August. 1883.
Bela A. Mann, born in Naugatuck, Conn., in 1835, is a son of Em- ory D. and grandson of Eliel Mann, who was a manufacturer at Naugatuck. Bela A. Mann first came to Hamnden at the age of 17 as an employee of the Goodyear Spoke Company. He afterward went
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to Waterbury and was foreman of the American Suspender Company for about four years. From, there he went to Meriden and was there about the same length of time as foreman for J. Wilcox & Co. In. 1863 he came to Hamden and was the organizer of what is now known as the New Haven Web Company, manufacturers of suspenders and elastic webbing. The capital stock of the company is $60,000 and they do an annual business of $300,000, employing from 140 to 150 hands.5 Mr. Mann has been superintendent and manager of the com- pany since its organization. He has held the office of selectman sever- al years, and in 1882 and 1883 was elected to the assembly. He was married in 1860 to Prusie C. Spencer, of Haddam, Conn. They have one son, Bela H. Mann, a member of the firm of Parrish & Mann of New Haven, suspender manufacturers.
Willard Mathews, born in Bristol, Conn., in 1837, is a son of Jus- tus W. and Mehitabel (Sanford) Mathews, and grandson of Joel Mathews, all of Bristol. Justus Mathews removed with his family to Hamden in 1846. He was a mechanic, which was also Willard Math- ews' business. In 1874 he was appointed superintendent of the town farm of Hamden, which office he has since held, with the exception of three years, from 1880 to 1884. May 1st, 1890, Mr. Mathews was. appointed superintendent of the New Haven County Home, which position he still holds. He is a member of Day Spring Lodge, F. & A. M., of Hamden, and of L. A. Thomas Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Chesh- ire. He was married in 1859 to Sarah M., daughter of Sydney and Betsy (Judson) Merwin of Woodbridge, Conn. Her grandfather was Fletcher Merwin. They have two children : Willard M., born 1860, and Gertrude L., born 1869. Willard M. Mathews is a machinist. He is a member of Day Spring Lodge, F. & A. M. He was married in 1882 to Mary Cook. They have one daughter, Elsie Mathews, born in 1885. Mr. Mathews' mother, Mchitabel Sanford, was a daughter of Truman and Betsy (Warner) Sanford of Hamden.
Dwight W. Mix, born in Hamden in 1834, is a son of Benjamin and Betsy (Potter) Mix. He was married in 1858 to Elizabeth A., daugh- ter of Edmund D. and Laura A. Bradley. They have five children: George B., Ella L., Augusta L., Sarah B. and Eva F. For 20 years previous to 1887 Mr. Mix was in the ice business with his brother, Norris B. He is a member of Day Spring Lodge, F. & A. M., of Ham- den, and of Montowese Lodge, I. O. O. F., of New Haven.
Henry Mix, born in Hamden July 8th, 1821, is a son of Benjamin, and grandson of Thomas. Mr. Mix manufactured brick for over 30 years. He is now engaged in farming. He married Louisa Warner in 1842. Their children were: Henry, Frederick, Julia and Maria .. Frederick married Betsy A. Warner. Julia married Albert Howard.
NORRIS BENNETT MIX .- The immediate ancestors of the Mix family, at present in Hamden, removed from New Haven before the incorpora- tion of this town." They were a branch of the family of Thomas * See Blake's History of Hamden, 263.
Norris 13 Mit
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Mix, Mixx or Meeks, which was among the early settlers of New Haven. Thomas Mix, the founder of the Hamden family, born 1765, died September 1st, 1810, leaving three sons: Benjamin, Zina, died June 18th, 1823, aged 43 years, and Stephen, died June 28th, 1823, aged 39 years. The first son. Benjamin, the father of the subject of this sketch, born in Hamden August 10th, 1782, married Betsy Potter, also of Hamden, April 12th, 1810. He died on the homestead, which had been improved by his father, Thomas, and which is now the home of the youngest son, Dwight W., August 30th, 1862. His widow died January 30th, 1871, aged 79 years. They reared ten children, namely: Rebecca E., married Walter Nichols, of Westport, Conn .; Ethiel Potter, the oldest son, removed to Wisconsin; Grace, married Alfred Howarth, of New Haven; Eliza, married George W. Bradley, of Hamden; Benjamin, removed to California; Henry, resides in Ham- den; James Perry, deceased: Norris Bennett; Frances Betsy, married William Potter, of Hamden; Dwight Walter, living on the old Mix homestead.
Norris Bennett, the eighth child, whose life is here sketched, was born in Hamden February 3d, 1826, and on the 13th of September, 1849, married Maria N., daughter of Joel D. and Maria (McDuel) Hen- drick, of New Haven. Of six children born to them, three died in in- fancy and youth, and they reared: Arthur H., who married Amelia Rawling, and lives in New Haven; Mary C., married William H. Terell, of Hamden; Anna M., married J. Clarence Englehart, of New Haven. Mr. Mix spent four years of his boyhood days in the home of Judge Dyer White, of New Haven, where he had opportunity of attending the celebrated John E. Lovell school, thus well laying the foundation of his future education, which has been largely self-acquired. Sub- sequently he engaged in mechanic trades, and for twelve years worked in the New Haven shops of the New York & New llaven Railroad Company. While residing in that city, he was elected street com- missioner in 1861, and as a member of the common council in 1862, he was one of the committee to sign the first contract between the city and the water company for a supply of water for the use of the city. Since 1864 he has resided in Hamden, where he has been successfully engaged in the ice business, having his son as an associate in New Haven.
Since being a citizen of this town, Mr. Mix has been honored with a number of important public offices and trusts. In 1878 he was elected as a representative of Hamden in the state legislature, and was reelected in 1876, serving his last term when the new capitol was first occupied. He served six years as first selectman and town agent, and in that capacity was instrumental in securing the removal of the track of the New Haven & Northampton railroad from the side of the old Cheshire road and the turnpike to the route now occupied. Although the town had almost unanimously voted to contribute
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$14,000 to the company toward the cost of the removal, the action was opposed and Mr. Mix was enjoined and placed under a bond of $20.000 not to make any contract with the company or to pay over the money. Through his efforts the legislature passed an act favor- ing the change and healing the matter; but he was again enjoined and placed under $10,000 bonds not to pay over the money the town had properly appropriated. The superior court dissolved this injunction and the money was paid to the company to make the ·desired change in its roadbed, which is now acknowledged as having been a most desirable improvement. and one which reflects credit upon the foresight of those favoring it. Mr. Mix is an active demo- crat. in the principles of which party he has always believed, a mem- ber of the Hamden Plains Methodist Episcopal church, and an earn- est Odd Fellow and Mason. He joined the former order in 1847, and is now a member of City Lodge, No. 36, I. O. O. F., of New Haven. In 1853 he became a member of Wooster Lodge, No. 9, F. & A. M .. of New Haven. In 1870. through the efforts of Mr. Mix, the charter of Day Spring Lodge. No. 30, F. & A. M., in Hamden, which had been granted in 1794 and surrendered in 1838, was restored, and he is now a member of that Lodge. He has seen its members increase from six to more than a hundred, and he has three times been master of the Lodge. He is also a member of higher Masonic bodies in New Haven -of Franklin Chapter, Harmony Council, and Commandery No. 2, Knights Templar.
Harvey T. Moulton, 3d, born in Plymouth, Litchfield county, Conn., in 1827, was a son of Harvey T., and he a son of Harvey T. Moulton. Mr. Moulton settled in Hamden about 1850, and was in the employ of the Whitney Arms Company for many years. He was a machinist and model maker. He afterward engaged in market gar- dening. He was married in 1850 to Esther H. Hartley. They had three children : Ellsworth H., Estella J. and Harvey T. Ellsworth married Carrie Wellman, Estella married John Parmalee, Harvey T. married Minnie C Payne, of New Haven, and has two sons, Harold P. and J. Irving. Harvey T. Moulton, 3d, died in 1887. His two sons are extensively engaged in market gardening.
Jerome C. Munson, born in Hamden in 1845, is a son of Basil Mun- son, born in 1814, he a son of Job L., and he a son of Basil Munson. Job L. married Sally Moss, of Cheshire. Basil, his son, married Jenette L., daughter of Amos Peck. Amos Peck married Lovica Todd, daughter of Ela Todd. Amos Peck, his father, married Lois Chatterton. Jerome C. Munson married, in 1864, Sarah J., daughter of Heman Doolittle, of Hamden. They have three sons : George W., born 1866: Bennett P., born 1870 ; Willis B., born 1880.
William I. Munson, born in Hamden in 1843, is a son of Alva and Melinda (Dorman) Munson and grandson of Isaac Munson. Mr. Mun- son was elected selectman in 1886, '87, '88 and '89. He is a member
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of Hamden Plains M. E. church, and Hamden Grange ; also Harmony Lodge. I. O. O. F., of New Haven. He married, in 1871, Fannie MI .. daughter of Andrew J. Doolittle. They have two children : Edgar W., born 1875, and Ruby A., born 1882.
John Osborn, born in Woodbridge. Conn., in 1824, was a son of William M. and grandson of Elisha Osborn. He settled in Hamden about 1846. He was a civil engineer. He planned the Fair Haven Water Works (since consolidated with the New Haven Water Works) and superintended their construction. The water works of Granby and Simsbury, Ansonia, New Britain and Waterbury, Conn , and Cohoes and Millerton, N. Y., were constructed under his supervision. He also laid out Maltby Park. He married, in 1849, Lavinia, daughter of Allen Dickerman, of Hamden, and had five children: Julia A., John I. (who died young), Mary L., John I. and Allen. John I. is a civil engineer and surveyor, and for several years has been in the government service, engaged in coast survey. John Osborn died in 1884.
Frederick A. Peck, born in Hamden, January 9th, 1862, is a son of Lorenzo and Sarah (Talmadge) Peck, grandson of Zeri, great-grand- son of Joseph, and great-great-grandson of Amos Peck. Lorenzo Peck is a farmer, also is extensively engaged in the wood business. He had two children : Frederick A. and George. Frederick A. Peck was married in 18SS to Elizabeth C., daughter of Wales C. Dicker- man, of Hamden. In 1889 he engaged in the meat business in Mt. Carmel.
Edward Rice, born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1861, is a son of Will- iamı and grandson of John Rice. He came to this country in 1874 and settled in Hamden. Since 1876 he has been in the employ of the New Haven Web Company, and for six years has been foreman of the weaving department. He is a member of the A. O. of H. of Hamden. He was married, in 1886, to Annie Burke, and has two sons, William and Edward, and one daughter, Maggie.
Charles Roberts, born in Wallingford, Conn., in 1824, is a sou of Ephraim and Susan (Ellis) Roberts. She was a sister of William Ellis, who was collector of the port of New Haven under Jackson's admin- istration. Ephraim Roberts had by his first wife three sons: Horatio. Ralph R. and Charles. Horatio had one son, Frank Roberts, who is principal of the military school at Norwalk, Conn. Ephraim had six daughters: Amanda, Harriet, Louise, Nancy, Emily and Susan. Har- riet, Emily and Susan are living. Ephraim married for his second wife Polly Dunham. Their children were John D. and James M Charles Roberts left Connecticut at an early age and until 1872 resided in New York and the Western states, living in California, Texas. Mexico and Central America. In 1872 he settled in Centerville, town of Hamden, and opened a sale stable. He does an extensive business. buying and shipping a large number of horses from the Western states every year.
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William Rosenthal, son of Henry Rosenthal, was born in Rhein Province, Germany, in 1844, came to America in 1879, and settled in New York, where he resided until 1883, when he removed to Hamden and entered the employ of the New Haven Web Company as designer. He was married in 1883 to Philomena Burkhardt. They had two daughters, Lillie and Philomena, and one son, Harrison W. Mr. Rosenthal died in 1890.
Edward D. Sanford, born in Hamden in 1858, is a son of Dennis S., born in 1827, grandson of Amos W. and great-grandson of Stephen Sanford. Amos W. married Obedience Atwater. Their children were: Goodyear A., Albert, Cynthia, Robert A., Dennis S., Catherine O. and John W. Dennis S. married Mary E. Rogers in 1851. Their children are: Emily, born in 1853, married F. J. Colvin; Amos A., born in 1855, married Jennie Benham; and Edward D., born in 1858. The latter was married in 1879 to Sarah, daughter of James R. Broadbent. They have two children, Ralph B. and Mabel E. Since 1883 Mr. San. ford has been in the ice business in New Haven. He is a member of the Hamden Plains M. E. church, and assistant superintendent of the Sunday school.
Howard Sherman was born in New York in 1822, and settled in Hamden in 1860. He is a son of Thaddeus and Eliza (Taylor) Sher- man, and grandson of Reverend Nathaniel Sherman, who was pastor of the Mt. Carmel Congregational church for several years.
EDWIN D. SWIFT, born in Sharon, Conn., May 8th, 1825, is a son of Augustus B. and Rebecca (Munson) Swift, grandson of Philo and great-grandson of Heenan Swift, who was a colonel in the revolution- ary war. Doctor Swift was educated at the University of New York, receiving his diploma in 1849. He immediately settled in Hamden and began the practice of his profession. He is a member of the New Haven Medical Society and the Connecticut State Medical Society. He was married in 1851 to Sarah L. Punderson, of New Haven. They had one son, Edwin E. Swift. Mrs. Swift died in 1865, and in 1868 Doctor Swift was married to Julia M. Swift. He is a member of Mt. Carmel Congregational church.
John W. Talmadge, born in Prospect, Conn., in 1842, is a son of William and Annie Talmadge. In 1861 he enlisted in Company K. 10th Connecticut Regiment, and served three years. At the close of the war he engaged in the grocery business for a short time, then en- gaged in the meat business, continuing it until the present time. He settled in Hamden in 1865, and was married the same year to Ange- line, daughter of Alvah Munson, of Hamden. They are members of the Hamden ¿ Plains M. E. church.
Lambert W. Talmadge, born in Prospect, Conn., in 1829, is a son of William and Annie (Sperry) Talmadge. Mr. Talmadge is one of a family of ten children: three sons-Lambert W., John and Stephen- and seven daughters-Mary, Sarah, Nancy, Eliza, Esther, Clarissa and
Edwin D. Jwith - M. D.
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Julia. Lambert W. Talmadge is a farmer. He was married in 1851 to Elizabeth, daughter of Zeri Peck, of Hamden, and they have four children : Frank P., born 1852, lives in Dakota; Oscar J., born 1854. resides in New Haven, where for eight years he has been in the em- ploy of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co .; Alden O., born 18.59, resides in Handen, and Ellsworth A., born 1862, residing in Bristol, Conn.
Oliver F. Treadwell, M. D., born in Baltimore, Md., June 25th, 1841. is a son of Oliver W. Treadwell and Anna H. Kramer. The latter was of German descent. Doctor Treadwell's grandfather was John P., and his great-grandfather, John Treadwell. the first president of the American Board of Foreign Missions, and one of the early gover- nors of Connecticut. Doctor Treadwell was educated at Yale College and Medical School, receiving his diploma in 1865. He practiced for about three years in New Haven, then removed to Hamden, where he has since resided. He was town physician for three years. He is also extensively engaged in market gardening. He is a member of the Connecticut State Medical Society. He was married in 1872 to Sarah J. Barraclongh.
Frederic E. Tuttle, born in North Haven in 1839, is a son of Elias and Abigail (Ingham) Tuttle and grandson of Manning Tuttle. From 1859 to 1867 he was engaged in mining in Australia and New Zealand. He settled in Hamden about 1868. For seven years he ran a meat market at Centerville. Since 1883 he has been engaged in farming and has carried on a milk business. He was elected to the legislature in 1884. He was married in 1868 to Juliette, daughter of Ezra Alling of Hamden.
HENRY TUTTLE was born where he now lives October 23d, 1820. His family name is one of the oldest in the annals of New Haven county. So early as 1635 William and Elizabeth Tuttle came from England to the colonies, and in 1639 settled in New Haven. A numerous posterity traces the family pedigree to these ancestors, and the name is common in the history of the original colony, and of the towns since formed from the original grant to the colony. One branch of the family found a settlement within what was afterward the limits of the town of Hamden, and ever since the name has figured prominently in the government and society of the town.
Close under the northwestern side of picturesque and sightly MIt. Carmel, in Hamden, lies a valley. To the northeast and southwest for a considerable distance this valley extends, sloping up on its north- western side to hills which skirt its boundary there. Into this valley from the Mt. Carmel range and from the northwestern hills have washed for ages, since the glaciers melted away from the surface of the country, rich deposits for farming, making the tract of land lying here one of the richest agricultural portions of the town. It is a .somewhat secluded portion. A single highway runs through it, but
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the volume of travel to and from the New Haven turnpike seeks other avenues, while yet this valley is by no means lonesome from any infrequency of passers by.
Here, in this somewhat retired but beautiful valley, Henry Tuttle was born. His father was Leverett Tuttle, and his mother Electa Kimberly. The family residence was located on the northwest side of the street. nearly opposite to the present residence of Henry Tuttle. Leverett Tuttle's children numbered five: Horace, Lewis, Julia, Henry and Dennis. And now being old and well stricken in years the father divided a part of his estate lying in this valley among his three sons who were living: Horace. Henry and Dennis. But the changes which have followed the division of the paternal estate have brought Henry Tuttle into possession of nearly all of the old homestead. At the same time he has enlarged it by purchase, until his farm, embracing several hundreds of acres, is one of the largest of the town.
Henry Tuttle was a dutiful son, recognizing his filial obligations to his father, and worked with him on the homestead farm until he was twenty years of age. The spirit of independent business life was now stirring forcibly in the young man. The father perceived the son's business ambition, and gave him what remained of his "time " to his majority. Two years passed by in efforts somewhat desultory. Then a close friend and relative by marriage offered to furnish capital for the cattle drover business. It was the opportunity Henry Tuttle was then waiting for, and was by a certain gift of calculation fitted for. He now travelled by railroad to Springfield, Mass., and then on foot through the state northward and into Vermont, purchasing stock, and then driving his cattle homeward to be sold in New Haven markets. As his own capital increased he went westward into the state of New York, and farther still into Ohio to make purchases of cattle, not always driving them home to Connecticut, but often to the New York city and Albany markets. The early spring and the season following haying were occupied in the cattle drover's trade for about twenty- eight years-a long period-and even now his early passion has not wholly subsided, and crops out in the large stock of nearly forty head of cattle kept continually on his farm.
Those parts of the year not occupied in the purchasing and selling of cattle Mr. Tuttle spent on his farm and in the service of the town of Handen. From early manhood he has taken great interest in the management of town affairs. It has been his life-long ambition that the town of Hamden shall have the most thrifty and at the same time the most economical administration of public affairs, and nothing is hazarded in the assertion that the town has had no more zealous and faithful son than Henry Tuttle.
Two qualities of Mr. Tuttle have won and preserved, through a long series of years, the confidence of his fellow townsmen-his ability of administration and his uprightness and trustworthiness of char-
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acter. Whenever entrusted with responsibility he has been ambitious to discharge it well, whatever the trust might be. Hence, to his natural endowment of good sense, he has added the ability which comes from studious, thoughtful habits, from a wide reading of the daily and weekly literature, and from association with leading minds in the active affairs of the state. And whether he was chosen select- man or assessor or justice of the peace or prosecuting grand juror or representative to either house of the general assembly, he has sought to honor the position by the highest quality of administrative service. In all these relations to his townsmen his watch and care of their interests have won him an excellent reputation as a public official.
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