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CHARLES WARREN JACKSON, M. D.
Dr. Charles Warren Jackson, one of the best known physicians of the Naugatuck valley, is conducting the sanitarium known as "On the Hill Health Resort" at Watertown. He holds to the highest professional standards, is well equipped for his ehosen calling and throughout his career has kept in touch with the trend of modern scientific thought, research and investigation, so that his methods display the most progressive ideas that have been advanced by leading physicians and surgeons. . A native of New York city, Dr. Jackson was born on the 29th of October, 1864, his parents being Ebenezer Conover and
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Frances (Sillcocks) Jackson. The father was well known as a manufacturer of grates and fenders in New York city, a business in which the Jackson family was engaged for more than two hundred and fifty years. He was a member of the firm of William H. Jackson & Company, of Union Square.
Dr. Jackson has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, for on the family records appear the names of Sillcocks, Hull and Conover, all of which figured, too, in connection with the Revolutionary war, having sent their representatives to the field in defense of American interests. In his boyhood days Dr. Jackson attended the public schools of New York, passing through consecutive grades to the high school. Ere his student days were over he became a clerk in a wholesale drug store and there remained for a year or more. Possessing a strong desire for professional life, he then took up the study of medicine in the New York Medical University under the preceptorship of Pro- fessor A. L. Loomis and was graduated from that institution as a member of the class of 1887. He put his theoretical training to the practical test by service as house surgeon in the Bellevue Hospital and soon demonstrated the fact that he was capable of coping with intricate and complex professional problems. He remained in the hospital until April, 1889, when he entered upon the private practice of his chosen profession, locating at No. 120 West Seventy-ninth street in New York. There he remained until 1902 and through his skill and ability built up an extensive practice which he most successfully handled, but his health failed him and he was forced to retire to some degree and seek rest else- where. It was then that he came to Connecticut, selecting Watertown as the place of his future residence owing to the fact that it was the former home of his wife's family. He here saw an opportunity for establishing a health resort and sanitarium and purchased the old Dr. Osborne farm, which was then owned by Mrs. Rose Foster and which is known as the Hamilton farm. Upon this place he established his sanitarium, which he calls On the Hill Health Resort, and this he has since conducted, giving to it his entire time and attention. He has made many improvements here, building a large addition to the house, which now contains more than twenty rooms, and his patients come from every section, finding here rest, comfort and good medical treatment. His purposes and his ideals can be splendidly carried out because of the excellent equipment of the sanitarium and its fine situation. Moreover, he has business interests outside of the strict path of his profession, for he was one of the founders of the Watertown Trust Company, of which he is now the vice president.
Dr. Jackson was married in Boston to Miss Alma de Forest Curtiss, who was born in Watertown, a daughter of Colonel Eli Curtiss, a sketch of whom appears below. Dr. and Mrs. Jackson have become parents of one child, Frances Curtiss, who was born in New York city, attended school in Watertown, and is a graduate of the Westover School. She is well known as a young lady of artistic taste and temperament, devoted to her home and to much good work. Dr. Jackson and his family, together with his wife's sister, Mrs. Low, occupy the old colonial homestead and the ladies of the household are giving much time, energy and thought to work in connection with the Red Cross chapter in making the necessary articles for the soldier boys. Dr. and Mrs. Jackson attend the Congrega- tional church of Watertown and both are much interested in the growth and development of the borough, its progress and the upbuilding of its institutions. At all times Dr. Jackson is a most public-spirited citizen, cooperating in every plan and measure for the general welfare and seeking to uphold all those forces which work for the uplift of the individual and the betterment of the community. We was made a member of the Watertown water and fire district committee, of which he has been chairman for five or six years. While a resident of New York he served as a member of the Signal Corps of the National Guard and held the office of first lieutenant and assistant surgeon, acting in that capacity for six years. He is deeply interested in everything pertaining to military life and is a close student of the events which are happening so rapidly at the present time and which con- stitute a new and most important chapter in the world's history. Qualified by the fact that he had many ancestors who served in the Revolutionary war, he is now a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. In politics he is a stanch republican and a firm believer in the principles of the party. He is a member of the Waterbury Club and of the Army and Navy Club of New York. Along strictly professional lines he has close connection with leading societies. He belongs to the Medical Society of Water- bury, the Connecticut State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the New York Medical Society, the Connecticut Society of Alienists and the Society of the Assistant Military Surgeons of the United States, of both of which he is an ex-president. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. High purposes and lofty ideals have characterized him at every point in his
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career and his professional prominence and personal worth make him a valued resident of Watertown. He helped organize the Home Guard and is the medical examiner and a member of the reserve.
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COLONEL ELI CURTISS.
Colonel Eli Curtiss spent the greater part of his life in Watertown, where he first took up his abode in 1820. He was born in the town of Huntington, Connecticut, June 16, 1804, and his mother was Elizabeth Wooster, a descendant of Ephraim Wooster, a brother of General David Wooster. In his native town Eli Curtiss spent the period of his boyhood and carly youth, removing to Watertown' in 1820, when a lad of sixteen years. Here he found employment in the store of Benjamin de Forest, with whom he remained as a clerk until 1826, when he purchased the interest of his employer and continued the business on his own account until 1850. He built up a business of quite extensive proportions and employed several clerks. He was engaged in the manufacture of what was called the plant hat. He procured the material for the hat, cut it into strips and braided it for headgear, employing in this work women from Bethlehem, Morris, Woodbury, Middlebury, Plymouth and surrounding towns. They profited much by such employment, receiving their pay in goods from Mr. Curtiss' store. In this way he became the most extensive and suc- cessful merchant in all that section, people coming from as far as Waterbury to trade with him. In 1850 Colonel Curtiss entered the New York store of the Scovill Manufacturing Company, where he spent eightcen years. He then returned to Watertown in 1868 and retired from active business, spending his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest from further business cares.
While no longer active in trade connections, Colonel Curtiss was a prominent figure in public affairs of the community. He served as postmaster of Watertown for several years and was a member of the state legislature in 1861. In 1877 he was chosen to represent his district in the state senate and both in the house and in the senate he carefully considered the questions which came up for settlement and gave earnest support to those which he believed of vital moment and consequence to the commonwealth. He was also a fellow of Yale College and assisted in electing Professor Porter as head of the institution. Colonel Curtiss had an interesting military experience. He was a member of the state militia and served as colonel of the Twelfth Connecticut Regiment, thus having thorough training in military procedure of that period. His entire life was actuated by high ideals and his course was ever in harmony with his professions as a member of the Congregational church of Watertown, of which he was a faithful member and liberal sup- porter. He contributed to many other worthy causes and took a deep interest in all those activities which have to do with the common good. He was a man of enterprise, of pro- gressive ideas, of marked business ability and of sterling personal worth, devoted to his family, to his home city and to his country.
On the 20th of February, 1878, Colonel Curtiss was taken ill in the Gramercy Park Hotel, where he and his family were spending the winter, and there he passed away February 27, 1878, after which his remains were laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery in Watertown.
Colonel Curtiss was united in marriage May 14, 1832. to Miss Alma de Forest, who was born March 31, 1806, a daughter of Benjamin and Alma (Southmayd) de Forest. They became the parents of the following children: Elizabeth de Forest, Anna Maria, Charles W., Catherine Day, Samuel Southmayd, Walter, Charles Skinner, Benjamin de Forest, Eli Wooster and John William. On May 13, 1868, Colonel Curtiss married Mary Frances Davis, of Boston, and they had two children, Alma de Forest and Fannie Elizabeth.
THEODORE F. BEVANS, M. D.
With thorough preparatory training in the University of Minnesota for the general practice of medicine and in the New York Ophthalmic Hospital, the London Royal Ophthal- mic and Gray's Inn Road Hospitals, of London, for his specialty, Dr. Theodore F. Bevans is now practicing in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat in Water- bury, with offices in the Lilley building. He is a native of Chicago, Illinois, born May 6, 1876, and is the only son of Lowell M. and Augusta E. (Kuhn) Bevans. The father, a
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native of Ohio, was an electrotyper by occupation and died in 1901, in St. Paul, Minnesota, where the mother yet resides. In the family were two daughters: Alice, the wife of William L. Darling, and Edna G., the wife of Louis A. Muessel, both residents of St. Paul. Dr. Bevans was but eight years of age when his parents removed with their family to St. Paul, so that he had the advantage of the excellent school system of that city and completed a high school course with the class of 1897. In 1899 he entered the medical de- partment of the University of Minnesota, in which he completed his course in 1903 with the M. D. degree. For a year thereafter he engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery in St. Paul and later practiced for a year and a half at Perley, Minnesota. In 1905 he entered the New York Ophthalmic Hospital, where he studied diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat for a year. In 1906 he went abroad and continued his study and investigation along those lines in London and in Paris, spending four and one-half months in the former city. On his return to the United States he opened an office in Waterbury on the 1st of March, 1907, for the practice of his specialty. Here he has remained for ten years, his practice steadily growing in volume and importance during this period. His ability is widely recognized by his professional colleagues and contemporaries as well as by the general public.
On the 19th of May, 1910, Dr. Bevans was married to Miss Lillian S. Parker, of Water- bury, a daughter of Elmer E. Parker, a well known citizen here. Fraternally the Doctor is connected with the Knights of Pythias, while along professional lines his membership is with the Connecticut State Medical Society. He is deeply interested in everything bearing upon his professional duties and activities and is constantly promoting his knowledge and augmenting his skill by wide reading, thus keeping in touch with the best thinking men of the age.
EDWARD VINCENT MALONEY.
Edward Vincent Maloney, editor in chief of the Waterbury Democrat, has been con- nected with this paper since the completion of his college course and in journalistic circles has made a record which reflects credit and honor upon a name that has long figured promi- nently in connection with newspaper publication in Connecticut. His father was Cornelius Maloney, his predecessor as editor in chief of the Democrat. The son was born in Water- bury, October 23, 1888. The father's birth occurred at New Britain, Connecticut, May 18, 1853, his parents being Patrick and Margaret (Loughrey) Maloney, of that place. Early in life Cornelius Maloney became identified with the printing trade, taking up the work after receiving but very limited educational opportunities. He thoroughly mastered the business and in fact it was characteristic of him that he did with thoroughness everything that he undertook. After some time he established the New Britain Times and in 1881 he removed to Waterbury, where he joined his brother, M. T. Maloney, in the conduct of a general printing business. Soon afterward they established the Valley Democrat and on the 5th of December, 1887, began the publication of the Waterbury Evening Democrat. The circula - tion of the paper grew rapidly and the enterprise was one of great success. M. T. Maloney, however, died before it had reached its most flourishing stage. Cornelius Maloney con- tinued its publication and as its editor made it one of the leaders of the democratic party in Connecticut. He refused to fill various important offices to which he would have been nominated had he consented. The one exception to this was his nomination to the general assembly and his election to the office was an adequate expression of the confidence reposed in him as a man and citizen. He was a member of many important organizations and served as grand knight of Sheridan Council of the Knights of Columbus. He was also a member of St. Joseph's Temperance Association and was a member and officer of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Irish National Land League. His religious faith was that of
the Roman Catholic church. He was well known and highly honored and respected in both public and private life. On the 17th of November, 1886. in Litchfield. Connecticut, he wedded Miss Mary Quigley, a daughter of Felix and Mary (Herbert) Quigley. To them were born .six children: Edward V., of this review; Angela A .; Margaret M .; Catherine F .; Joseph, who died in infancy; and Cornelius Francis. The death of the husband and father occurred January 5, 1914, as the result of an accident, and his loss was deeply felt through- out city and state. He was unassuming and modest in manner but his genuine character worth was widely acknowledged and his ability made his career one of marked success and of wide influence.
Edward Vincent Maloney attended the public schools and the high school. from which
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which was established as a partnership concern in 1890 by George F. Hughes, his father, and Adam Reid. This business was the outgrowth of a still older establishment, for the firm opened a store in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1879, and there the business is still eon- tinued. The Waterbury store was a branch of that establishment and from the beginning their trade in Waterbury continued to increase until a large business had been built up when in 1902 the store was destroyed by fire. Efforts were at once put forth and almost immediately the business was resumed. The present location is at Nos. 122-140 Bank street, where the company, occupies five stories and basement of a building one hundred by one hundred feet and also has twenty-five thousand square feet in an adjoining building, part of which space is on the second and third floors, while the entire space of the fourth and fifth floors is occupied. The business was incorporated in 1901 under the name of the Reid & Hughes Dry Goods Company. Theirs is a general department store and something of the mammoth nature of this enterprise is indicated in the fact that they employ one hundred and sixty people. The store draws a large patronage from surrounding towns and in its conduct the business is governed by the best known and approved principles. Only merchandise of trustworthy quality, is sold and the policy is to give perfect store service and delivery assuring the satisfaction of patrons.
On the 10th of October, 1899, Mr. Hughes was united in marriage to Miss Kathryn K. Walker, a native of Brooklyn, New York, and they have one daughter, Mildred F. They are members of St. John's Episcopal church and in Masonry Mr. Hughes has taken the various degrees of the York and Scottish rites and the honorary thirty-third degree has been con- ferred upon him, indicative of valuable service rendered to the fraternity. He belongs to the Waterbury Chib and to the Country Club and his social nature makes for personal popularity. Aside from his business interests previously mentioned he is vice president of the Reid & Hughes Company of Norwich, Connecticut. He is progressive, alert and enter- prising, alive to the public wants and demands, and devotes alnost his entire time and attention to his business interests, which reflect the ideals entertained by the manage- ment of the store.
ALBERT F. SHERWOOD.
Albert F. Sherwood was born on a farm in Derby, September 17, 1842. After the age of twelve he attended the district school during the winter term only until he was fifteen when he entered a higher grade school in the same town, remaining two winters. He lived and worked on the farm with his father, making a specialty of the growing of garden seeds.
On coming to his majority, Mr. Sherwood began to take that interest in politics which has remained with him throughout his life. lle cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln at his second election and for an even fifty years he has voted the republican ticket. In town politics Mr. Sherwood was an early worker. He served as a selectman and for three successive terms he was an assessor when Derby comprised Ansonia. He was also a justice of the peace for some years when a justice court was the only town court. In 1880 he was appointed postmaster of the cast side of Derby and he held that office seven years, until the east side office was consolidated with that of the west side. He then accepted an appointment from Sheriff Robert O. Gates as deputy, holding that position four years.
In connection with the post office Mr. Sherwood engaged in the drug business which he continued and sold out after ten years. All this time he was also running the farm and for many years he was engaged in the settlement of estates, solvent and insolvent. He was a receiver of the Derby & Ansonia Street Railway Company, which was the first electric road in New England. He was also the receiver for a large woolen mill in Ansonia which he operated several months and finally wound up its affairs by court order.
Mr. Sherwood came to Waterbury in 1892 still making Derby his home, returning there for the nights and still working the farm. In 1897, however, he sold the farm and then removed to this city entirely where he has resided ever since. During these twenty-one years he has been engaged with the contracting firm of Chatfield & Chatfield, having entire charge of the office and the large sales business carried on, outside of contracts. He has held the office of secretary and has been a director ever since the firm was incorporated in 1907.
When Mr. Sherwood came to Waterbury to make it his home he brought with him the keen interest in civic affairs which has always characterized his life. He has served two
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terms in the Waterbury city government as alderman, and during one of these terms he was president of the board and also a member of the board of finance.
Mr. Sherwood was made a Mason in King Hiram Lodge, No. 12, in Derby, at the age of twenty-four and passed through the chairs in that lodge, also in Solomon Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M., and in Union Council, No. 27, R. & S. M. He has never transferred his member- ship to a lodge in Waterbury on account of his regard for the old home lodge associations, but Harmony Lodge, No. 42, of Waterbury, voted him in as an honorary member a few years since, which honor is also held by Nelson J. Welton and Walter H. Lines. Mr. Sher- wood is a member and now serves as a deacon of the First church, Congregational. that being the denominational form of worship in which he was raised.
At the age of twenty-four Mr. Sherwood married Emmeline B. Chatfield, also of Derby. They had three sons, two of whom are dead, Joseph B. Sherwood, of this city, being the only surviving child. There are two grandchildren, Helen G. Sherwood of this city and Albert C. Sherwood, of Woodbury.
In his early life, Mr. Sherwood was much interested in cattle and colt breeding and he has raised and broke many pairs of steers and also colts. He was a great lover of trotting horses and at one time he had charge of the half-mile track in Derby as secretary of the Derby Agricultural and Driving Company for nearly ten years. This company held fairs which had a reputation for fair dealing all over the state. He says that at one time he could tell the record and pedigree of every trotting horse which reduced the record from Flora Temple's time to that of Maud S., but of late years he has been so busily engaged as to take his mind entirely off that sport. In early manhood, he was fond of fishing and shooting, but since coming to Waterbury he has found no time for such pastime.
Mr. Sherwood has been a contributor of communications to the Ansonia and Waterbury papers, and other papers of the state as well as to the New York Tribune. He has also been an editorial contributor to the columns of The Republican, having written for that paper nearly one thousand editorials and nearly as many signed articles on local topics during the past nine years besides all his reminiscent contributions to The Sunday Re- publican. He enjoys the best of health and forgets when with men of thirty or forty that he is any older than they. Somehow, they also forget it. He reads the magazines and keeps abreast of events. Such men never grow old.
CAPTAIN P. F. BANNON.
Waterbury has ever had reason to be proud of her military history from the days when the early colonists had to contest their right in the district with the red men down to the present time. Through active connection with the National Guard P. F. Bannon won his title and he has displayed a spirit of equal loyalty in business affairs, bringing him to his present position of importance and responsibility as general superintendent of the Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Company. Born in this city November 22, 1855, he is a son of William and Margaret (Carroll) Bannon, who were natives of Ireland, the former a son of Patrick Bannon, who brought the family to Waterbury in 1840. Mrs. William Bannon came to this city with her mother in 1847, her father having died on the Emerald isle, and it was in Waterbury that William Bannon and Margaret Carroll were married. He was a wire drawer by trade and was actively connected with industrial interests of this city.
Captain Bannon acquired a public school education to the age of twelve years and then, when the necessity arose to provide for his own support, he started out in the business world as an employe of Holmes, Booth & Haydens. He applied himself earnestly to the mastery of the tasks assigned him and in order to enhance his capability he privately studied mathe- matics under Professor Chisholm. He eagerly availed himself of every opportunity that would enable him to work upward. For a short time he was with the Scovill Manufac- turing Company and also with the firm of Brown & Brothers. His identification with the Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine Company dates from July 20, 1874, when he became an apprenticed machinist at their plant. Through a period of forty-three years he has worked his way steadily upward and in December, 1882, was made foreman. In 1904 he was advanced to the position of general superintendent and has since had direction over the operations of the mammoth plant.
On the 18th of September, 1889, Captain Bannon was united in marriage to Miss Margaret G. Thompson, of Waterbury, and they have two daughters, Helen and Sarah, who are teaching school. The family are communicants of St. Margaret's Catholic church and Captain Bannon holds membership with the Knights of Columbus, also with the Elks
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