History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut, Volume II, Part 60

Author: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873- ed
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Chicago, New York The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 718

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SHERIDAN IL KNIGHT

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he undertakes he carries forward to successful completion. His purposes are well defined and energy and determination enable him to overcome all difficulties and obstaeles in his path, while to him opportunity has ever been the eall to action.

LAWRENCE L. LEWIS.

Lawrence L. Lewis, a member of the Waterbury bar, was born in Canton, Maine, July 6, 1881, a son of George L. and Florenee (Taber) Lewis, who were natives of Waugstuck, Connectieut, and of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, respectively. In early manhood the father was a Baptist minister but afterward turned his attention to the insurance business, and in 1899 removed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he passed away in 1900. He was a Union soldier during the Civil war. His widow has returned to her native town, where she is now residing with her daughter.

Lawrence L. Lewis acquired his education in the public schools of New York state and of Minneapolis, and in 1902 he was graduated from the law department of the University of Chattanooga in Tennessee. Ile afterward pursued a post graduate course in the Boston University Law School and in the Harvard Law School, thus becoming thoroughly well trained for professional duties. In 1903 he came to Waterbury and began the practice of law, an associate of Nathaniel R. Bronson, with whom he entered into partnership in 1906. The firm of Bronson & Lewis was maintained for several years and with the admission of Charles E. Hart, Jr., the firm style of Bronson, Lewis & Hart was assumed. Mr. Lewis has been particularly fortunate in his legal association, and in a profession where advance- ment depends entirely upon individual merit and ability he has steadily worked his way upward. His work shows thorough training and marked devotion to the interests of his clients.

On the 20th of September, 1909, Mr. Lewis was married to Miss Alice Swan Johnson, then of Woreester, Massachusetts, but a native of Denver, Colorado. She is, however, a representative of an old Massachusetts family. She was graduated from the Drexel Insti- stute of Philadelphia and was formerly a teacher in the public schools of Waterbury. By her marriage she has become the mother of a daughter, Margaret, born January 3, 1913.

Mr. Lewis is a stalwart advocate of republican principles and is now serving as a member of the republican town committee. For three years he filled the office of prosecuting attorney of the city of Waterbury, but has never been an office seeker, his political activity being the outcome of a firm belief in party principles. He belongs to the order of Founders and Patriots of America, is a Royal Arch and Knight Templar Mason and a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He also belongs to the Waterbury Club and the Waterbury Country Club, while along strictly professional lines he has association with the Waterbury and Connecticut State Bar Associations. He has ever been actuated by high ideals in his professional activities and in citizenship, and his sincerity, his capability and his worthy purposes gain for him the respect and high regard of all with whom he has come in contaet.

LAUREN S. BEARDSLEY.

Lauren S. Beardsley, president of the Naugatuck Savings Bank, was born in Goshen, Connecticut, June 4, 1849, a son of Elias and Sarah Jane (Andrews) Beardsley. The father was born in Goshen, while the mother's birth occurred in Canaan, Connecticut. He early learned the blacksmith's trade but never followed it, turning his attention to carpentering.

Lauren S. Beardsley acquired his education in the public schools of Goshen and in the local academy and when fourteen years of age started out in the business world and has since been dependent upon his own resources. He was a clerk in Torrington and on the 1st of January, 1866, he came to Naugatuck, where for more than a half century he has now made his home. Here he also seenred a clerkship in a small store and later he became secretary for the Thomas Lewis Company, being thus associated for several years. He was also employed for a time as bookkeeper with the old Connecticut Cutlery Company and each change marked a forward step in his business career. In 1874 he invested the capital which he had saved from his earnings in purchasing the Charles Tucker notion store and for eighteen years he was actively associated with merchandising in Naugatuck, conducting his store until 1892. From 1883 to 1896 he was associated with Jean Jacques in the manage-

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represented the town of Winchester in the Connecticut general assembly, serving in the ses- sions of 1913, 1915 and 1917. He was made chairman of the committee on cities and boroughs and was instrumental in enacting home rule legislation, which permits municipalities which have been incorporated to deal with many matters of local interest without the authority of the legislature. A close student of municipal government for many years, he has had perhaps more to do with changing the plan of government in Winsted from the old plan of borough or town rule to the present form, which is practically that of a commission form of government, than any other one man. This change was brought about largely through his efforts and has received the endorsement of the most progressive citizens, who recognize its worth and its ultimate possibilities. Mr. Vaill is a trustee and the vice president of the William L. Gilbert School and is a trustee of the William L. Gilbert Home for Children. He is a member and was formerly president of the Winsted Club and is an ex- president of the Greenwoods Country Club, in which he still has membership. He likewise belongs to the Litchfield County University Club and he is the vice president of the Win- chester Historical Society. He is now chairman of the Litchfield county auxiliary of the committee of the state council of defense and is closely studying the grave and important problems which the country faces today, in which connection he is putting forth every effort to develop the nation's power and to conserve its resources for the benefit of our own military forces and those of our allies.

JAMES ALBERT SMITH.

James Albert Smith, the secretary and treasurer of the Winsted Savings Bank, has been identified with this institution for twenty-nine years or since 1888. He is therefore familiar with the business in its every phase and has done much to carefully safeguard the interests of depositors, while at the same time supporting a progressive policy that has led to the continuous upbuilding and growth of the business of the bank. He was born in Sterling, Virginia, December 29. 1871, but though of southern birth is a representative of a northern family, his father's people having lived in Massachusetts, while his mother's people came from New Jersey. His parents were Joseph K. and Alwilda (Shotwell) Smith. The father is still living in Winsted, where he is engaged in the real estate busi- ness, but the mother passed away in Collinsville, Connecticut, in 1882. Two years after- ward Joseph K. Smith brought his family to Winsted.

James Albert Smith was at that time a lad of thirteen years and he has since made his home in Winsted, winning for himself a very creditable position in its business circles as the years have gone on. He entered the Winsted Savings Bank as a clerk when sixteen years of age ad has since been identified with the institution. He was made assistant treasurer in 1909 and became treasurer and secretary in 1913 and in this connection is bending his efforts to administrative direction and executive control. In the conduct of the business he has ever attempted to temper progressiveness by a safe conservatism and the policy of the bank is such as has won for it a liberal patronage.

On the 23d of May, 1900, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Emma Amelia Johnsou and they have two sons: Ralph Mather, who was born October 13, 1905: and Paul Samuel, who was born February 22. 1908. Mr. Smith is a member of the Winsted Club and of the Second Congregational church. He concentrates the greater part of his time and attention upon his banking interests and has done much to maintain financial activities in Winsted at a high standard. He has also been treasurer of the town of Winchester since November, 1912.

EDWARD WINCHESTER GOODENOUGH, M. D.

Among the Yale men who have become prominent factors in the business and profes- sional life of Waterbury is Dr. Edward W. Goodenough, now recognized as a well trained physician and surgeon who in his practice specializes in pediatrics. While actuated by a laudable ambition to attain success and prominence in his chosen calling. it by no means monopolizes his time and attention. On the contrary he has been a most active worker for the betterment of conditions that particularly bear upon the physical and mental development of children and to ameliorate the hard conditions of life for the unfortunate.

Dr. Goodenough was born in New Haven. June 12, 1865, a son of Arthur and Hannah

Ew Goodenough

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(Brett) Goodenough. The family is of English origin and in remote generations the name has been spelled Goodenow, Goodenoc, Goodenowe, eventually reaching its present orthography. During the early colonization of the new world Thomas Goodenow, a native of Shaftsbury, Dorsetshire, England, came to the new world. He was there born about 1608 and on the 24th of April, 1639, embarked at Southampton on the ship Confidence with his wife Jane, their son Thomas and two brothers, Edward and John. They took up their abode at Sudbury, Massachusetts, and later became residents of Marlboro, that state. The ancestral line is traced down through Samuel Goodenough, who was the sixth of their large family. He was born at Sudbury, February 28, 1646. and resided with his family at Northboro, Massa - chusetts. Among the children of Samuel and Mary Goodenough was Samuel Goodenough (HI), who was born in November, 1675. By his wife Sarah, whom he wedded in 1703, he had four children, the eldest being David, who was born February 26, 1704, and died in West Boylston, Massachusetts, in 1778. He was married November 8, 1722, to Dinah Fay, daughter of John Fay and a sister of the mother of Roger Sherman. They removed to Lancaster and after- ward to West Boylston, Massachusetts.

Benjamin Goodenough, the youngest of their eleven children, was born in 1746 and in young manhood went to Mount Monadnock, New Hampshire, where he wedded Molly McBride, of Dublin, that state. They settled at Marlboro, New Hampshire, and he was probably the Captain Benjamin Goodenough who fought with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga and other places. IIe had a large family, including William Goodenough, who was born June 26, 1774, and on the 19th of April, 1798, wedded Rachel Piper, of Boston, Massachusetts. Soon after- ward they became residents of Sehoharie county, New York, and of the nine children there born the eighth was Giles Chipman Goodenough, whose birth occurred March 15, 1816. Ile was married December 11. 1834. to Alida, daughter of Dr. Tunis Cooper, a well known physician of Jefferson, New York, and granddaughter of Obadiah Cooper and Abram Ostrander. Giles C. and Alida Goodenough had a large family, inchiding Rev. Arthur Goodenough, who was born in Jefferson, New York, on the 13th of May, 1838. After gradu- ating from the Delaware Literary Institute at Franklin, New York, in 1860 he won the Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale in 1862. Ho next entered the Divinity School there, com- pleting his course in 1865 with the honorary Master of Arts degree. lle became a minister of the Congregational church and his active connection with pastoral work in a single parish exceeds in point of time that of any other Congregational pastor of Connecticut. He was called to Winchester in 1870 and still is minister there. On the 11th of July, 1864, he wedded Ilannah Brett, who was born in Boston, February 18, 1833, her parents being Cyrus and Mary Ann (Winchester) Brett, of Boston. In the maternal line Dr. Goodenough traces his ancestry back to Jolm and Priscilla (Mullens) Alden and to William Brett, who was among the first settlers of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He also is descended from Cary, Ezra and Matthew Allen, who fought with distinction in the Revolutionary war and from Peter Aspinwall, 1661, and Lieutenant Griffith Crafts, who came from England early in the seventeenth century. Another of the ancestors was Peter Cooper or Van der Kuyper, who came from Holland in 1630. The Rev. Arthur and Hannah Goodenough had seven children. Mary Alida, who was graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1886, is the wife of Myron Sherwood, of Torrington, Connecticut. Francilla Jane, who was graduated from Wheaton Seminary, is now a kindergarten teacher in the public schools of Hartford. Helen Evelyn, who completed a course at Mount Holyoke in 1891, is now teaching in Ledyard, Connecticut. Giles Frederick, who won the Bachelor of Arts degree at Yale in 1893, is now a Congregational minister at Ledyard. Silas Hurlbut, while attending Yrle as a member of the class of 1895, was accidentally killed in November, 1893. Gertrude Lillian, who was graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1901, is at home.

The eldest son is Dr. Edward Winchester Goodenough, whose youthful days were passed in Ellsworth, Roxbury and Winchester. Connecticut. He became a pupil of Rev. J. Wycliff Beach, who conducted a private school at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and then matriculated at Yale, where "he received a second dispute appointment and honors in sciences in his senior year." His early professional reading was done under the direction of Drs. North and Axtelle of Waterbury, after which he devoted a year to teaching as assistant principal of the Waterbury high school. He next became a student in the medical school of Yale and was graduated enm laude in 1893. Appointed assistant surgeon in the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy, Illinois, he there remained for a year, after which he returned to Waterbury. where he has since resided. More and more largely he has concentrated his time and attention upon diseases of children and since December 1, 1914, has specialized in pediatries. He has broadened his knowledge and efficiency through post-graduate work in the New York Post Graduate School, the New York Polyclinic, Mount Sinai Dispensary and the Harvard Summer School. For seven years he was clinical assistant in pediatrics at Yale.

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In reply to questions from his alma mater he wrote: "My special recreation is the study of children and child development. My school work has been with the aim constantly in view to raise the physical and moral status of the average child. This development of the poor city child is, as I see it, the sanest basis for the destruction of the city slum and development of an evolutional millenium. There is danger in the constant effort to stand up for the under dog and to seek out the work which others will not do. In doing the little things we lose sometimes the close association with others who lead in larger ways this develop- mental age. Social service is a pleasure-though often a thankless task-but it is sometimes hard on your family."

On the 1st of June, 1897, occurred the marriage of Dr. Goodenough and Edith Sunder- land White, a daughter of LeRoy and Sarah Jane (DeLancey) White, both now deceased. Mr. White possessed notable inventive genius, bringing out various important devices and holding over sixty patents received on improvements in electro plating; a machine to draw thirty-six-inch tubing used for hot water boilers; a method of holding carbon in arc lights at proper distance apart, a breech-loading rifle, a bicycle, stove thermometer and various electrical appliances. Moreover, independently yet simultaneously with Dr. Alexander Bell, he invented a telephone. Dr. and Mrs. Goodenough have one son, Robert DeLancey, who was born in Waterbury, August 30, 1900.

In politics Dr. Goodenough is an independent republican. He served as commissioner of education in Waterbury in 1900-01 and was medical inspector of schools and city supervisor in 1910-11. He has also been chairman of the committee on medical inspection of schools of the Connecticut State Medical Society since June, 1911. He belongs to the Waterbury Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the New England Pediatric Society. Dr. and Mrs. Goodenough have membership in the First Congregational church, of which he is a deacon. He belongs to various orders and is especially interested in Masonry. He is a member of the Waterbury Country Club and is very fond of golf for both exercise and recreation.

FRANCIS P. GUILFOILE.

Francis P. Guilfoile, lawyer and legislator who in many ways has left the impress of his individuality upon the history of Waterbury, where he is now successfully and extensively engaged in law practice, was here born on the 4th of February, 1875, his parents being Michael and Kate (Lawlor) Guilfoile. He began his education in the public schools and mastered the work of the various grades, eventually becoming a high school pupil. His education was afterward continued in Mount St. Mary's College at Emmitsburg, Mary- land, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in the class of 1895, while in 1898 his alma mater conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree and ten years later that of LL. D. He is now one of the advisory council of the college. In the meantime he had pursued a course of law in the Catholic University of America and gained his LL. B. degree. Returning to Waterbury, he entered upon active practice in partnership with Judge George H. Cowell of the Waterbury district court and that association was main- tained from January, 1899, until the death of Judge Cowell more than eleven years later or in 1910. The partners were also associated in the erection of the Cowell-Guilfoile build- ing in 1908. Mr. Guilfoile is recognized as a most able lawyer. His opinions are sound on matters of jurisprudence, his discrimination is keen, his reasoning logical and convincing. He has ever prepared his cases with great thoroughness and care and his retentive memory has often excited the surprise of his professional colleagues.

On the 28th of June, 1908, Mr. Guilfoile was married to Miss Margaret M. McDonald, of Waterbury, and they have a daughter, Margaret Frances. The religious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic church, Mr. Guilfoile is connected with the Knights of Columbus and also has membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He belongs to various clubs. including the Country, the Elks and the Sarsfield. He is a member of the board of agents of the Bronson Library and he has been active in many connections having to do with the progress of city and state. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and in 1901 he was elected to represent Waterbury in the Connecticut general assembly. The following year he was made a member of the constitutional convention, the second one called to frame the organic law for the state. In 1909 he was chosen city attorney of Waterbury, which position he filled for two years, and since the 1st of January, 1912, he has been counsel of the city. He was the candidate for lieutenant-governor of Connecticut

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On the 1st of June, 1897, occurred the marriage of Dr. Goodenough and Edith Sunder- land White, a daughter of LeRoy and Sarah Jane (DeLancey) White, both now deceased. Mr. White possessed notable inventive genius, bringing out various important devices and holding over sixty patents received on improvements in electro plating; a machine to draw thirty-six-inch tubing used for hot water boilers; a method of holding carbon in arc lights at proper distance apart, a breech-loading rifle, a bicycle, stove thermometer and various electrical appliances. Moreover, independently yet simultaneously with Dr. Alexander Bell, he invented a telephone. Dr. and Mrs. Goodenough have one &m, Robert Delancey, who was born in Waterbury, August 30, 1900.

In politics De. Goodenough is an independent republican. He served as commissioner of educalion in Waterbury in 1200 01 and was medical inspector of schools and city supervisor in 1910-11. He has also been chairman of the committee on medical inspection of schools of the Connecticut State Medical Society since June, 1911. He belongs to the Waterbury Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the New England Pediatric Society. Dr. and Mrs. Goodenough have inenibership in the First Congregational church, of which he is a deacon. He belongs to various order and is especially interested in Masonry. He is a member of the Waterbury Country Club and is very fond of golf for both exercise and recreation.

FRANCIS P. GUILFOILE

Francis P. Guilfoile, lawyer and legislator who in many ways has left the impress of his individuality upon the history of Waterbury, where he is now successfully and extensively engaged in law practice was here born on the 4th of February, 1875, his parents being Michael and Kate {Lawlor) Guilfoile. He began his education in the public schools and mastered the work of the various grades, eventually honnang a high school pupil. His education and afterward continued in Mount St. Mary's College at Emmitsburg, Mary- land, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in the class of 1895, while in 1898 his alar man watered open him the Master of Arts degree and ten years later that of LL. D. He is now one of the advisory council of the college. In the meantime he had pursued a course of law in the Cathohe University of America and gained his LL. B. degree. Returning to Waterbury, he entered opon active practice in partnership with Judge George H. Cowell of the Waterbury district court and that association was main- tained from January, 1899, until the death of Judge Cowell more than eleven years later or in 1910. The partners were also associated in the erection of the Cowell-Guilfoile build- ing in 1908. Mr. Guilfoile is recognized as a most able lawyer. His opinions are sound on matters of jurisprudence, his discrimination is keen, his reasoning lucioal and convincing. He has ever prepared his cases with great thoroughness and care and hi retentive memory lias often excited the surprise of his professional colleagues

On the 28th of June, 1908, Mr. Guilfoile was married to Miss Margaret M. McDonald, of Waterbury, and they have a daughter. Margaret Frances, Puer ligious faith of the family is that of the Roman Catholic church, Mr. Guilfoile is connected with the Knights of Columbus and also has membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He belongs to various clubs, including the Country, the Elks and the Sarsfield. He is a member of the board of agents of the Bronson Library and he has been active in many connections having to do with the progress of mix and state. His political endorsement is given to the democratic party and in 90] he was elected to represent Waterbury in the Connecticut general assembly. The following yer h> was made a member of the constitutional convention, the second one called to frami the organic law for the state. In 1909 he was chosen city attorney of Waterbury, which position he filled for two years, and smee the 1st of January, 1912, he has been counsel of the city He was the candidate for lieutenant-governor of Connecticut

Francis Ginefile

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Pike's Peak following the excitement occasioned by gold discoveries there, but he and the entire party were killed by the Indians while en route before reaching their destination. His widow survived him for many years and passed away in Waterbury, February 16, 1912, at the advanced age of eighty-three. Their son, Peter B. Reeves, as previously stated, became a resident of Waterbury in 1889 and now holds a responsible position with the Waterbury Clock Company. His wife, Ada M. Savage, was born in New York city, November 6, 1858.

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History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut, Volume II, Part 60

Author: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873- ed Publication date: 1918 Publisher: Chicago, New York The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company Number of Pages: 718

Author: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873- ed
Publication date: 1918
Publisher: Chicago, New York The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 718