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ernor Marcus H. Holcomb stated that Rev. Lewis was the best chaplain and instructor in New England. In addition to his other work, Rev. Lewis corresponded with four thousand men overseas, thus keeping up their morale during the dreary days of the struggle in camp and in France. He belongs to the New Haven Graduate Club and is president of the Rotary Club. His ac- tivities now center chiefly in social service and Masonic work, outside the strict path of his duties as rector. He always displays a sympathetic understanding of his fellowmen, is ever ready to extend a helping hand, and his encouragement and aid have been an inspiration in the lives of many.
WILLIAM M. CHITTENDEN
William M. Chittenden, active in the insurance and real estate field in Naugatuck, with offices at 180 Church street, was born in Madison, Connecticut, August 29, 1896, and is a son of Edward A. and Clara E. (Munger) Chittenden, both of whom are natives of New Haven county. He attended and was graduated from the Morgan school of Clinton, Connecticut, and started out in the business world as a member of the clerical force of the Risdon Manufacturing Company of Naugatuck, with which he spent two years. He was afterward with the Oakville Pin Company of Oakville, Connecticut, for a year, and in 1927 he established an independent business, opening an insurance and real estate office in Naugatuck. He now handles a general line of insurance and is agent for the Aetna Companies. Close application and thorough study along these lines have enabled him to render efficient service to his clients, the number of whom is constantly increasing.
On the 16th of October, 1920, Mr. Chittenden was married to Miss Susan Rebecca Elliot, of Clinton, Connecticut, and they have three daughters, Susan Rebecca, Mary Elliot and Virginia. Mrs. Chittenden is an active member of the Woman's Club and also takes a helpful interest in church work. Both Mr. and Mrs. Chit- tenden hold membership in the Congregational Church. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to the Rotary Club, and is president of the Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce for the year 1930. His political support is given to the republican party. He enlisted for service in the World war and was in train-
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ing at Camp Taylor when the armistice was signed. For recrea- tion he turns to golf, tennis and other outdoor sports. In a word, his is a well rounded development, and he ranks with the alert, enterprising and progressive citizens of Naugatuck.
COLONEL HERBERT HAROLD VREELAND, JR.
Preparing for his chosen vocation by most thorough and com- prehensive collegiate training, Colonel Herbert H. Vreeland, Jr., has become a successful educator, well known as headmaster of Hamden Hall, and he has also been active in military affairs. He was born in New York city on the 28th of May, 1891, and is a son of Herbert H. and Caroline Louise (Reed) Vreeland, also natives of the Empire state, in which the father still resides, being a prominent capitalist of New York city. The mother is deceased.
In 1909 Colonel Vreeland completed a course in the Hill School at Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and then entered the Sheffield Scien- tific School of Yale University, from which he was graduated in 1912. For two years thereafter he was secretary of the branch of the Young Men's Christian Association maintained in connec- tion with the Sheffield Scientific School, of which he was made registrar in 1914, and filled the position until May, 1917, when he enlisted. He was in training at Plattsburg, New York, and was commissioned a captain in August, 1917. In January, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of major and in June went overseas, serving with the Three Hundred and First Regiment of Field Artillery until July, 1919. During the last three months of his overseas' service he was commandant of the American School of Detachment at Bordeaux, France, and he is now colonel of the Three Hundred and Fifty-fifth Field Artillery of Organized Re- serves of the Seventy-sixth Division.
Following his return to the United States, Colonel Vreeland enrolled at Columbia University, which he attended for a year, and during 1920 and 1921 was executive secretary of the founda- tion committee of the Hill School. From May, 1921, until June, 1924, he served as executive secretary of the trustees of Yale in China and then went to Andover, Massachusetts, as instructor of English at Phillips Academy, with which he was connected until 1926. He devoted a year to postgraduate work in education at
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Yale University and in June, 1927, purchased Hamden Hall, which he has since conducted. The methods of instruction are practical and thorough, the condensed and crystallized results of years of study and experience, and under his direction the institu- tion is prospering from both a financial and educational stand- point. Eagerly availing himself of every opportunity to perfect himself in his special field of activity, he has won the M. A. degree in education from Columbia University and is enrolled in the Graduates School of Yale.
Colonel Vreeland was married July 2, 1919, in Cauderan, France, to Miss Annette Baylin, and they reside at 1108 Whitney avenue, New Haven. They have become the parents of four chil- dren: Herbert Harold (III), John Baylin, Dirck Van Riper, and Carolyn Louise.
The Colonel is a member of the Yale Club of New York, the Graduates Club of New Haven and the Military Order of the World War. From 1921 to 1924 he was commissioner of the New Haven Council of Boy Scouts of America and since 1927 has been vice president of the organization, doing all in his power to pro- mote its growth and extend its influence. A man of scholarly attainments and humanitarian impulses, Colonel Vreeland has a special gift for the line of work in which he is engaged, and al- though he has not yet reached the zenith of his powers, he is recog- nized as one of the most capable and progressive educators in this part of the country.
GEORGE C. ALLIS
For a long period George C. Allis was probably the best known merchant in Derby, for the book store conducted by him for more than two generations came to be one of the commercial landmarks of the city, and almost to the time of his death he gave his personal attention to the business.
Mr. Allis was born at Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the 16th of March, 1835, and his death occurred at his home in Derby on the 28th of December, 1927, in the ninety-third year of his age. He was a son of William and Nancy (Pierce) Allis. Early in life he lost his mother, and at the tender age of eight years he left home, entering the employ of a farmer in Fairfield county, for whom
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he worked from dawn until dark, the farmer being a hard task- master. When thirteen years of age Mr. Allis entered the em- ploy of T. M. Newson, owner of the Derby Journal, and he re- mained in that office two years, receiving a wage of two dollars a week. Having learned the printing trade, he left there and struck out to make his fortune. He arrived in New York City, armed with a letter to Horace Greeley, and soon afterward went to work for Mr. Greeley in the composing room of the New York Tribune. Two years later he returned to Derby Conneticut, and opened a retail book store, which he conducted until his death, a period of seventy-two years. Mr. Allis carried a good up-to-date stock of books and such auxiliary lines as are usually found in book stores, and his uniform courtesy and kindliness made it & pleasure to transact business with him.
He represented all the principal steamship companies and was their oldest representative at the time of his death and had the distinction of never having been required to furnish bond during the many years he sold tickets for all lines abroad.
On July 6, 1865 Mr. Allis married Miss Mary Warriner and they became the parents of two daughters, and one son, George C., Jr., who died in infancy; Harriet P. Allis, who resides at 32 Seymour avenue, Derby; and Genevieve, who died in 1914 and who had become a well known painter. In her youth she had studied both in New York and abroad.
Mr. Allis was one of the fine characters in Derby, where his personal qualities were appreciated and throughout his long and useful life he stood as an example of the highest type of citizen- ship. He was a friend to all, and all were his friends, his memory being cherished by all who knew him.
EDWY LYCURGUS TAYLOR
Edwy L. Taylor, a civil engineer of high standing, is con- nected with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, steadily advancing in its service until he now fills the position of industrial commissioner, making his headquarters in New Haven. He has also gained prominence in military affairs and bears the title of major. Born in Albany, New York, Sep-
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tember 8, 1879, he is a son of Edwy L. and Elizabeth Ellison (Taylor) Taylor, the latter also a native of that city. The father was a Canadian and on crossing the border located in Albany, New York, where he engaged in the brewing business.
Reared in his native city, Edwy L. Taylor, Jr., attended Al- bany Academy and is numbered among its alumni of 1898. He won the degree of Ph. B. from Yale University in 1901 and in the same year was made an assistant instructor in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, filling the position for two years. During 1903 and 1904 he was an assistant professor in the University of Kansas and in the latter year received the C. E. degree from his alma mater. From 1904 until 1906 he was an instructor in the engineering department of Yale University and then entered the service of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in the capacity of a civil engineer. Soon afterward he joined the engineering corps of the New York Central Railroad, becoming connected with the maintenance of way department at Albany, and in 1908 was appointed assistant engineer of the electric division of the road, at which time he was transferred to New York city. In 1911 he was made assistant engineer in the office of the designing engineer, working in connection with the depart- ment devoted to west side improvements, and remained with the New York Central until 1912, when he returned to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad as assistant engineer in the maintenance of way department at New Haven. He was ap- pointed contract agent at New Haven in 1914, occupying the position until 1918, when he obtained leave of absence.
Mr. Taylor enlisted in July of that year, becoming a first lieu- tenant of engineers in the United States Army, and sailed for France with the Forty-sixth Regiment of Engineers. He was overseas for a year, returning to this country in June, 1919, and a month later was discharged at Washington, D. C. Since the war he has had two promotions, first winning a captaincy, and on the 15th of May, 1924, was commissioned a major of engineers in the Officers Reserve Corps. Later he qualified for lieutenant colonel of engineers in the Officers Reserve Corps.
When relieved from active military service Major Taylor re- sumed his work with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road and in 1925 was made assistant to the vice president. Four years later he became assistant to the executive vice president,
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and in 1929 he also received the appointment of industrial com- missioner.
On the 11th of December, 1911, Major Taylor was married to Miss Helen Very Curtis, of New York city, and they have three children: John, William Curtis and Helen Angeline. The resi- dence of the family is at 165 Everit street, New Haven, and Major Taylor is one of the vestrymen of St. Thomas Episcopal Church of the city. While a Yale student he joined the Sigma Xi fra- ternity and the Book & Bond Society. He also belongs to the Uni- versity Club of New York, the Yale Club of New York, the New York Traffic Club, the Graduates Club of New Haven, the New Haven Country Club, the New Haven Lawn Club and the Quinni- piack Club. He is an associate member of the New England Coun- cil and a member of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, the New Haven and Connecticut Chambers of Commerce, the American Legion, the Military Order of the World War, the Re- serve Officers Association, the Yale Engineering Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Society of American Military Engineers, the American Railway Engineering Associa- tion and the American Railway Development Association.
JAMES PROTUS PIGOTT
James Protus Pigott was the son of Patrick and Margaret (Dennehy) Pigott, and was born in New Haven, Connecticut, September 11, 1852. His father was born at Curbally, Parish of Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland, and was a land owner as was his father before him. In 1852 he came to America and settled in New Haven, where he was in the employ of the New Haven Gas Light Company for over thirty-two years. Patrick Pigott's par- ents were William and Ann Daly Pigott, and his wife was the daughter of Jeremiah and Ellen (Scannell) Dennehy, of Cast- lebla, Parish of Ballyhooly, County Cork.
James P. Pigott received his preparation for college at the Hopkins Grammar School, and was graduated from Yale with the degree of B.A. in 1878. While in college he was president of the Freshman Baseball Club and, in Junior year, assistant treasurer of the Yale Navy. He acted as judge at the spring regatta in Senior year. He was an editor of the Yale Record in Junior year,
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and of the Yale News in Senior year. He also supplied college news to the New Haven Register. He was a member of Linonia.
For two years after graduation he taught school and at the same time studied law at Yale. He received the degree of LL. B. in 1880, and was then admitted to the bar of Connecticut. From that time until a few months before his death he was engaged in the active practice of his profession in New Haven, except during the period when he was a member of Congress. From 1887 to 1889 he was senior member of the firm of Pigott, Pardee & Inger- soll, and from 1908 until his death he had as an associate Arthur B. O'Keefe (LL. B., Yale 1908). He was acknowledged to be one of the authorities in the State on probate law and much of his practice was along this particular line. In politics he was a life- long Democrat. While still a student (1878-1880) he served as assistant city clerk of New Haven and during the next four years he filled the positions of city clerk and clerk of the Board of Councilmen. He was elected to the Connecticut House of Repre- sentatives in 1884 and re-elected for the succeeding term, re- ceiving the highest vote polled for any candidate on the ticket. In 1892 he was elected to the National House of Representatives from the Second District of Connecticut. He received the renomi- nation of his party for a second term, but was not elected. He was delegate-at-large and chairman of the state delegation at the National Democratic Convention held in St. Louis in 1888, and also a delegate-at-large from Connecticut to the convention in Kansas City in 1900. He was a Roman Catholic and a communi- cant of St. Joseph's Church, New Haven.
Mr. Pigott died July 1, 1919, at his home in that city, after an illness of several weeks due to an affection of the throat. Burial was in St. Lawrence Cemetery, New Haven. A special meeting of the New Haven County Bar was held in his memory November 21, 1919, at which Judge Edmund Zacher, '74 and '78 L., pre- sided, and at which a eulogistic letter from ex-President William H. Taft, '78, was read.
He was married January 24, 1900, in Danbury, Connecticut, to Mary Agnes, daughter of Edward and Jane Bainbridge Mc- Cauley Brady. Edward Brady of Dourreagh House, Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, was the son of Dr. Terrence Brady, M. P. for Dublin, and of his wife, Mary McMahon Brady of Clones, County Monaghan. John McMahon, Q. C., of Dublin, was her
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nephew. Jane Bainbridge McCauley (the widow of John Mc- Connell) was the daughter of John McQuillan McCauley and Catherine Stuart Bainbridge McCauley, born in County Antrim, Ireland, and was of Scotch-English descent.
He was survived by his wife and one son, James Protus Pigott, Jr., born November 12, 1901, who following graduation from the primary and high schools of New Haven entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, transferred to the University of Penn- sylvania and was graduated with the degree of D.D.S. from the latter institution in 1924, to take up the practice of general dentistry in New Haven.
JAMES PROTUS PIGOTT, JR.
James Protus Pigott, Jr., the son of James Protus and Mary Agnes (Brady) Pigott, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, November 12, 1901. His father was born in New Haven where he attended the primary schools, prepared for college at Hopkins Grammar School, was graduated from Yale with the degree of B.A. in 1878 and from Yale Law School in 1880, following which he practiced law in New Haven, served terms in both the State and National Houses of Representatives and died July 1, 1919. James Protus Pigott, Sr's. parents were Patrick and Margaret (Dennehy) Pigott, and his wife the daughter of Edward and Jane Bainbridge McCauley Brady, of Danbury, Connecticut.
James Protus Pigott, Jr., attended the Worthington Hooker Grammer School and the Hillhouse High School in New Haven, entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and later trans- ferred to the Thomas W. Evans Museum and Institute of Den- tistry, University of Pennsylvania, being graduated with the de- gree of D.D.S. in 1924. While in high school he was at various times editor and business manager of the "Crescent" and a mem- ber of Gamma Delta Psi. In Baltimore he was editor of the "Mirror," the college annual, and was on the City Staff of the Baltimore American. At the University of Pennsylvania he was a member of the swimming squad, and of Psi Omega, a national dental fraternity.
Following graduation and the passing of the Connecticut State Dental Examinations he became engaged in the active practice of
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his profession in New Haven, being associated with Morton J. Loeb, D.D.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1909. During the years 1924 and 1925 he was a member of the staff of the Grace Hospital Dispensary and since 1925 has been on the surgical staff of the New Haven Hospital, serving in the Yale School of Medicine as a clinical assistant in oral surgery. He was also appointed to the dental staff of the New Haven Hospital Dispensary and consulting dentist to the New Haven Community Center, the New Haven Boys Club and the City Missionary Association. He is a member of the New Haven, Connecticut State and American Dental Asso- ciations, and of the International Association of Dental Research. He was librarian of the Edward Sanford Gaylord Memorial Library (dental).
While in Baltimore Dr. Pigott was a member of the One Hun- dred and Fourth Squadron Observation, Maryland National Guard. In 1927 he qualified as an airplane pilot, being licensed by the Government and the State of Connecticut. He was ap- pointed a member of the New Haven Board of Airport Com- missioners by Mayor Thomas A. Tully in 1930. He is a member of the New Haven Aero Club, the local chapter of the National Aeronautic Association. He is also a member of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, the New Haven Country Club, the Pine Orchard Club, and fraternally is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, belonging to Russell Council, No. 65. He is a Roman Catholic and a communicant of St. Joseph's Church, New Haven.
EUGENE E. BEADLE
Becoming identified with pharmaceutical work at an early age, Eugene E. Beadle has continued therein throughout life and has long been a recognized leader of the drug trade in Waterbury. He was born in South Amenia, Dutchess county, New York, April 14, 1888, and the name which he bears has been given to seven generations of the family in succession. His mother, Carolyn (Rogers) Beadle, was also born in the Empire state, of which the father was likewise a native.
The educational advantages enjoyed by Eugene E. Beadle were those afforded by the public schools of Waterbury, and his initial experience in the drug business was gained while working
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for Arthur T. Webster, with whom he served a four years' ap- prenticeship. For a year he was a clerk in a drug store in Nor- wich, Connecticut, and then returned to Waterbury. Subsequently he was employed as a clerk by John B. Ebbs and the Jones Drug Company and was also entrusted with the task of filling prescrip- tions after he became a registered pharmacist. He was made as- sistant manager of the Waterbury store of the Liggett Drug Company, resigning the position three and a half years later to become manager for William H. Pickett, a well known druggist, who was then located at 738 North Main street. With the assist- ance of Mr. Beadle he decided to enter the chain store business and opened eight pharmacies from which he derived a substantial income, but later sold all of his drug interests in Waterbury to his local managers. Mr. Beadle purchased the store on West Main street, directly opposite the building occupied by the Waterbury Club and facing St. John's Episcopal Church. Here he has since engaged in business, retaining the name of The Pickett Drug Company, and his is unquestionably the highest class drug store in the city. He renders particularly efficient service in the filling of prescriptions and has two competent pharmacists as his assist- ants. The appointments of his establishment are elaborate and reflect the good taste of the proprietor, who has installed booths for serving ice cream and soda and maintains a luncheonette un- equalled by any other store in Waterbury. Another important feature of his business is the United Pharmacal Laboratory, which provides physicians with laboratory and manufacturing facilities, and he also does a large biological business, catering to members of the medical profession. There is always a registered pharmacist on duty until midnight to give immediate attention to any prescriptions presented at a late hour and this likewise in- cludes delivery service. Only the best ingredients are used in filling prescriptions, which are put up by experts, and all of the articles handled in his store are of high grade. Mr. Beadle has never solicited business by cutting prices but those who deal with him know that his store offers the best values for the amounts ex- pended, and because of this he has secured the highest class drug trade in the city.
Mr. Beadle was married June 1, 1910, to Miss Ruth Millicent Clark, of Waterbury, and three children were born to them: Eugene E., Jr., the seventh generation of the family to bear this
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name, who attended the public schools of Waterbury and is now a student in the Mount Hermon Preparatory School; Richard Wallace; and Carolyn Ruth, who died at the age of seven years.
Mr. Beadle has membership in the First Baptist Church and is independent in his political views, voting according to the dic- tates of his judgment. He belongs to the blue lodge of Masons, to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also a member of the Lions Club and the Advertising Club. While regular in at- tending the meetings of these organizations, he subordinates all other interests to the demands of his business, upon which he has expended much thought and effort, and is constantly striving to improve his store and increase its usefulness to the community which it serves.
ALBERT SEIBOLD
Albert Seibold, who has made steady progress in his business career, is now president of the De Forest & Hotchkiss Company, which has been in existence for eighty-three years, with offices at 115 Water street, New Haven. He is wisely directing the affairs of this concern, proving a man of sound judgment and keen discrimination. Born in West Haven, Connecticut, January 16, 1868, he is a son of William Frederick and Caroline (Bender) Seibold, both of whom were natives of Wurtemberg, Germany. They came to America with their respective parents, the families settling in New Haven, where the young people were married in the parlor of Hoadley Ives. The father was a carriage maker, employed in the Dickerman Carriage Works, and for a number of years the family resided in West Haven, where both the father and mother passed away.
Albert Seibold attended the public schools of West Haven and Pennington Seminary of New Jersey, from which he was grad- uated in 1890. Later he was employed by the H. H. Richardson Lumber Company in the capacity of secretary and became one of the incorporators of that company. His association with the De Forest & Hotchkiss Company dates from 1898, at which time he entered the employ of the corporation at a salary of sixteen dollars per week. Upon the death of Mrs. Andrew W. De Forest, who was a silent partner, he was taken into the firm and became
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