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2. Wolcott (Gibbs), grad. Colum. Coll., 1851, and afterwards at Coll. of Phys. & Surg .. N. Y. city :
I.L.D. from Colum, Coll., 1873; 1873, Rumford Prof. of Applic. of Sci. to U'seful Arts, Harv. U. 3. Alfred (Gibbs), Major-General in U.S.A., with a gallant record.
1. Elizabeth Stoughton, b. 9 Oct., 1795: 11. 2 July, 1413. William Gracie, Esq., of N. Y. city.
5. Oliver Stoughton, b. 18 Jan., 1800; ent. Mil. Acad. at West Pt .: transf. to Navy; sett. Litchfield; m. 1820, Jane Lowe (dau, John) Conard ; subseq. res. N. J .: d. N. Y. city. 23 May. 1832. Issue :
1. Oliver, b. 5 Nav., 1821; d. 5 Mch., 1823.
2. Oliver, b. 11 Sept., 1923; grad. M.D. Coll. Phys. aud Surg., N. Y. city: rem. Monte Video, So. Am .: d. San Francisco, C'al., 22 May, 1:56.
3. Elizabeth stonghton, b. 31 July, d. 15 Aug., 1825. 6. John Stoughton (M.D.), b, 4 Dec., 180%; grad. toll. Phys, and Sorg .; res. N. Y. and Litchfield; d. 22 Nov., 1~13.
7. Henry, b. 1. d. 25 Sept., 1505.
FAM. 42. Frederick 5 (Gor. Ol. ,4 Gov. Rog.,3 Simon," Henry1 ), grad. Yale Coll., 1786, with the first honors of his class; entered upon the practice of law, but was pre- vented by ill-health from its practice; app. Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, 1793; in 1798, Clerk of Superior Court of Litchfield Co., then first established; resigned these offices in 1836; in 1996 was appointed Judge of Prob., which he retained until his death; was Rep. in Gen. Assem. in 1808, one of Presidential Electors, clected to State Senate in 1810, and annually thereafter till 1823, being, during last six years of service, one of the Fellows of Yale Coll .; was associated with his bro. Oliver in the mfg. enterprise at Wolcottville, Conn., and in manuf. of woolen goods; also in the improvement of agriculture and introduction of improved breeds of stock, es- pecially of Durham and Devon cattle, and of Merino sheep, of which they were importers. Twice the nomination of Governor was offered him, under circum- stances which led to the belief that he would have been elected if he had consented to stand; but he felt that his health was inadequate to its cares and responsibilities. He was an accomplished belleslettres scholar, and kept up his acquaintance with the ancient classics. He was a gentleman of the okl school, of the purest and most high-toned sentiment, distinguished alike for the benignity and delicacy of his feel- ings and the suavity of his manners. Retiring and modest, he was yet unwavering and inflexible in matters of principle, and he adorned his Christian profession by a blameless life.
He m. (1) 12 Oct., 1800, Betsy (dan. of Col. Joshua) Huntington of Norwich, Coun., b. 8 Nov., 1774, and d. 2 Apl., 1812; (2) Mrs. Sally Worthington Cooke, dan. of Rev. Samuel Goodrich of Berlin, b. 7 Aug., 1984; d 14 Sept., 1849; he d. 28 May, 1837. Children :
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1. Mary Ann Goodrich, b. 9 Ang., 1801; m. 22 May, 1827. Asa Whitehead of Newark, N. J., a prominent member of the New Jersey Bar.
2. Hannah Huntington. b. 14 Jan., 1803; m. 21 Apl., Rev. Fred'k Freeman of Sandwich, Mass.
3. Joshua Huntington, b. 29 Ang., 1804; hecame in early life partner of mercantile house of .1. & .A. Lawrence & Co. of Boston: rep. the family in the Soc. of the l'incinnati, of which his gd .- father Was an orig. memb .; his means and time freely devoted to varions humane enterprises; during the War of the Civil Rebell., was treas, of Boston Sanitary Conniss .; m. (1) 1844. Cornelia (dan. of Esy. Samuel Frothingham of Boston. who d. 1850; (2) her sister Harriet, 1551. Issue :
1. Huntington Frothingham, b. 4 Feb., 1816; before he was 19 years of age, rer'd from Gov. Andrew of Mass. commiss. as 3d Lient. 2d Mass. Cavalry, and was app. aid to this kinsman) Maj .- Gen. Gibbs: did most gallant service in the field, especially at the Battle of Five Forks, but immediately after close of the war was taken with camp fever, and d. Litchfield 9 Jime, 1865.
4. Elizabeth, b. 6 Mch., 1806: m. 22 May. 1>27. John P. Jackson. Esq., of Newark, N. J. She d. 15 Oct., 1:75. JagHt :
1. Laura Wolcott (Jackson), mn. Chas. H. Par- ker (grad. Harvard Univ. of Boston, 1835).
2. Frederick W. (Jackson), studied at Sheffield Scientific Schl., Y. C .. and (1579) is Gen. Supt. I'nited N. J. R. R. Penn. Co.
3. Joseph Cooke (Jackson), grad. Yale Coll. 1857; Harv. Univ. LL.B. 1860: serv'd in War of ( ivil Rebell., closing as Brig. Gen .; Asst. U. S. Att'y Sonthern District of New York, etc.
4. John Peter (Jackson), grad. Princeton Coil .. 1856; Harv. U'niv. LL. B. 1858; memb. Newark City Council and of New Jersey Legislature.
5. Huntington Wolcott (Jackson), grad. Prinet'n Coll. 1863: studied at llarv. Univ. Law School; Brevet Lieut .- C'ol. in War of Civil Rebellion; mein. Ill. Bar and Supervis'r of (So.) Chic .. Il.
6. Schuyler Brinckerhoff «Jackson, grad. Y. (. 1871; Col. Coll. Law School 1873; Trustee of State School Fund, and (1870) Spkr. N. J. l.cg.
5. Frederick Henry, b. 19 Aug., 1808: was an emi- nent meht. in N. Y. city: ret'd from business in middle life and devoted his time to charitable and benevolent enterprises, being especially identified with the N. Y. Juvenile Asylum, the Am. Rible Society, and the interests of the Presb. Church;
Pres. of the Law and Order Society of Astoria, etc. To his zeal and muniticence, also, the family is largely indebted for the splendid Wolcott Memorial volume, lle m. (1) 12 June, 1838, Abby Woolsey (dau. Gardmer G.) Howland of N. Y. rity, who d. 14 Jan., 1851; (2) 18 Jan., 1:55, Sarah Elizabeth (dan. Gen. Charles S. Merchant, U.S.A.) Chase, wid. of Capt. Leslie Chase. U. S. A. Hed. at As- toria, N. Y., April, 1883. Issue :
1. Frederick Henry, b. 30 Ort., 1815.
2. Gardiner Howland, b. 25 Ang .. 1848. F1851.
3. Oliver Huntington, b. 24 Oct .. 1850: d. 15 .\pl.,
4. Chas. Merchant, b. 16 Nov., 1855; d. 3 .Apl., 1858.
5. Elizabeth Huntington, m. 1861. Stephen L. Merchant of N. Y. city; had (1) Huntington Wolcott (Merchant), b. 14 June, 1569.
6. Abby Howland. T. Alice.
6. Lanra Maria, b. 14 Ang., 1811; m. 3 Mch .. 1831. Robert G. Rankin, E-q., an eminent lawyer and citizen of N. Y. city. Issue :
1. Frederick W. (Rankin), grad. Wms. Coll. 1940.
2. Francis Huntington (Rankin), M.D., grad. N.Y. University, 1869.
7. Charles Moseley. b. 20 Nov .. 1816: m. (1) 1 Nov., 1843. Mary E. (dan. sam']G.) Goodrich, whod. 13 Nov., 1845; (2) 26 Nov., 1849. Catharine A. (dau. Henry) Rankin of N. Y. city: res. Roseneath, n'r Fishk'] Land'g. on east'n bk. llud. Riv. Issue : 1. Frederick. b. 23 Dec., 1844: d. 25 Mch .. 1846.
2. Heury Goodrich, b. 16 Jnly, 1853: grad. Y. C., Ph. B., 18;3: Col. Coll. I.L.B., 1877: memb. N. Y. Bar: U. S. Commis'n Lient .- Col. 21st Reg. N. Y. N. G .; res. Rosencath, near Fishkill-on-the-Hnd- son; m. 22 May, 1879, Julia Sterling (dan. Hon. Waldo) Hutchins, b. 17 July, 1855. gt .- gd .- of Chief Justice Ellsworth and of Noah Webster, 1.L.Il., the lexicographer; had (1) Oliver, b. 14 Mch., 1880 (who is the lineal desc. of Gov. W'm. Bradford, Gov. Thos. Welles. Gov. John Web- ster, Gov. Win. Lcak. Gov. Roger Wolcott, Gov. William Walcott Ellsworth).
3. Katharine Rankin. b. 29 .1pl .. 1-55.
4. Annette Rankin, b. 29 June, 1857.
8. Chauncey Goodrich. b. 15 Mch., 1819: d. 28 Oct., 1820.
9. Ilenry Griswohl. b. 4 Nov., 1820. In 1843, estab. himself as meht. in Shanghai, China, and was U.S. Consul at that port: d. N. Y. city, 8 May. 1:52.
10. Mary Frances. b. 9 July, 1823: m. 4 Feb., 1845. Theo. Frothingham of Boston. Issite :
1. Theo. (Frothingbam), grad, Harv. Univ. 1870.
FAM. 43. Benjamin6 (John,5 John, 4John, 8 Henry,? Hlenry1), married Abi (or Abigail) Pinney; res. W .; he d. 17 Jan., 1793 .- E. W. C. R. Ch. (E. W. C. R.) :
1. Miriam, b. 26, bp. 31 Ang., 1766; d. 29 May, 1773.
2. Caroline, b. 10 Sept .. 1769; prob. the C, who d. 24 May, 1797 .- E. W. C. R.
3. Eleanor, b. 1% Der , 1770: d. IS Oct., 1726.
4. Talcott, b. I, bp. 1 Oct .. 1772. FAM. 49.
5. Chester, h. 23 Jan., 1275. FAM. 50.
6. Eleanor, b. 2 Nov., 1,76; prob. the Eleanor who
d. 16 Mch., 1208. - E. W. C. R.
7. Benjamin, b. 15, bp. 20 Dec., 1278; d. 17 Apl., 1830; his wife Abigail d. 25 Mch., 1854, æ. 79.
8. Clarissa, b. 16, bp. 23 June, 1781.
9. James, b. 23 June, bp. 16 Aug., 1584.
10. John, b. 23 July, bp. 3 Sept., 1786; d. 21 May, 1787.
FAM. 44. Gideon 6 (Ilenry,5 Ilenry,4 Henry,3 Simon,? Henry1), in. IInldah (dan. Cap- tain Hezekiah) Bissell, who d. 30 Sept. (or Oct.), 1844, æ. 74; he d. 26 (21, S. B.) Oet., 1840, w. 72; res. E. W. Children :
1. Willard, d. 9 Feb., 1825, æ. 23 (Sc.) .- S. B.
1 2. Walter, d. 7 May. 1797 .- E. W. O.
FAM. 45. Elihu 6 (Sem'l,5 Cupt. Gideon, 4 Lient. Henry,3 Simon,2 Henry1), rep. E. W. in Leg .; res. So. W., next S. of his father; in 1830 rem. to Jacksonville, Ill .; was a mcht., and died 2 Dec., 1858; was a man of wealth; of firm convictions on all ques- tions of right, and outspoken in defense of freedom and humanity ; he left a decided impress of a Christian life of endeavor upon the community. He m. (1) 27 Nov., 1806, Rachel Mcclintock (dan. Rev. David) McClure of So. W., who d. 2 Apl., 1822; (2) 13 May, 1823, Juliana (dau. Esq. Erastus) Wolcott of So. W., who d. 30 Nov., 1832; (3) 17 Sept., 1835, Sarah C. (dan. Dea. John) Crocker of Derry, N. 11., who d. 4 Aug., 1844. Ch. :
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1. Elizabeth Ann, b. 26 Dec .. 1-07: bp. 5 June, 1sos; m. 28 Nov., 1832, Col. Carlton HI. Perry of Ke- okuk, Jowa. Issue :
1. Kate (Perry).
2. Elihu. bp. 5 June, 1808 .- E. W. C. R. | 2. Howard (Perry).
3. Hannab MeClure, b. ? June, 1811; bp. 26 Jan., 1812; m. 28 Nov., 1832, Rev. William Kirby of Jacksonville, III. Issue : [1880. 1. Edw'd P. (Kirby), grad. Il. Coll .. 1854; L.L. D.
4. Samnel (D.D.), b. 2 July, bp. 21 Nov., 1813. FAM. 51.
5. Arthur. b. 10 Apl., bp. 27 Ang., 1815; m. (1) 18-19, Sarah A. (dau. General Win.) Morrison ; (2) Clara (dau. Gen. W'm. G.) Belknap, U. S. A.
6. Elizur, b. 7 Aug., bp. 28 Dec., 1517. FAM. 52.
7. Frances Jave, b. 30 Meh., bp. 18 HJuly, 1819; m. 1849, Maj, and Judge Barber Lewis of Jackson- ville, 18 .; lawyer; Member U. S. Congress from Tenn. ; res. Memphis.
(By 3d marriage) :
8. Helen Maria, bp. 10 Det., 1821; d .. m. 7 yrs.
9. Julia Ann, m. Wm. Carter ; prob. the ch. bp. 8 Oct., 1826.
10. Ellen Louisa, bp. 5 Oct., 1828; num'd: res. Elmi- ra, N. Y .; an efficient worker in bospitals during Civil War; gave her ppy. to cause.
(By 3d marriage) :
11. Sarab Elizabeth. d. infancy.
12. Richmond, lawyer, Springniekl, Ill .; wid'r; child.
FAM. 46. Samuel Tudor 6 (Col.) (Maj. Abiel, 5 W'in., 4 W'm., 3 Simon,? Henry1 ), m. 12 June, 1829, Maria (dau. Capt. Allen) Stewart of E. Iltfd .; res. So. W .; he b. 18 Dec., 1796; d. 23 July, 1887; she b. 19 Oct., 1802; d. 29 Dee., 1874. Ch .:
1. Julia Maria, b. 9 Apl., 1837; bp. 5 Oct., 1814; m. 21 Ang., 1861. Rev. Henry Powers (Unit.); d.
17 Sept., 1891. Ixxne : 1. Tudor Wolcott (Powers).
2. Henry Stewart (Powers).
FAM. 47. Roger6 (Roger,& Roger,4 Gor. Roger,3 Simon,2 Henry1), of E. W., m. Mary Steel; he d. 19 Dec., 1799 .- E. W. C. R. Children :
1. - , ch. J. 7 Apl., 1782.
2. Mary Ann, b. 11 Nov., 1781; prob. the child bp. Sept .. 1785; m. Warren Steward.
3. Mehitable, b. 19 May. 1786; d. 11 July, 1787.
4. Mebitable, b. 20 Mch., bp. 20 Aug., 1788; d. 30 Aug., 1788.
5. Oliver, b. 25 May, bp. 19 July. 1789; prob. the 0. who m. Mary Mumford, 27 Apt., 1826 .- S. 6. Mary, bp. 17 July. 1701; d. 24 Mch., 1794. [B.
7. Martha Burnham, bp. 1 June, 1794.
8. Sarah Strel, bp. 25 Sept., 1796.
FAM. 48. Christopher Columbus 6 (Dr. Christ., Dr. Aler. Gov. Roger, 3 Si- mon,? llenry 1), m. Susan Blinn, 18 Nov., 1818; she b. 14 Aug., 1795; d. 10 Apl., 1859; he res. in Torrington, Conn .; was 3. of P., and Rep. in Gen. Assembly; rem. to Steubenville, Ohio; d. 13 Dec., 1853. Ch .:
1. Christopher Parsons, b. 17 Dec .. 1820, FAM. 53. 2. Shmuct Marvin. b. 22 June, 1822: d. 3 Ang., 1818.
3. Henry Philip, b. 24 Feb., 1824. FAM. 51.
4. Frederick Halsey, b. 13 Sept., 1825; d. 31 Mch., 1893.
5. Susan Maria. b. 26 Aug., 1827: d. 5 Ort., 1833.
6. Caroline Matilda, b. 8 May, 1829; m. 31 May, 1852,
Martin Andrews, b. 6 Dec., 1828, and who d. 12 July, 1881. Ixxne :
1. John Wolcott (Andrews), b. 10 June, 1853; d. 30 Der .. 1887.
2. Lucy Wolcott (Andrews), b. 9 Mch., 1855.
3. Martin ( Andrews), b. 11 Aug., 1861.
4 Caroline Wolcott (Andrews), b. 31 May. 1867.
7. Laura Elizabeth, b. 12 Aug., 1831; d. 6 Mch., 1833.
FAM. 49. . Talcott 1 (Benj., 6 John, 5 John, 4 John,3 Henry,? Henry1 ), of So. W .; m. Dim- mis (dan. Oliver and Jerusha) Loomis of So. W .; rem. fo and both d. at Hartford. Children :
1. Jason Loomis, bp. 8 Apl., 1298; m. Emily (dan. Charles and Sarah Hunden) Rockwell; had a tau. Anne, who m. Wm. J. Holt of IItfd.
2. Ilenry Drayton, bp. 8 Apl., 1798.
3. Charles, bp. 25 Aug., 1799; went Wert.
1. William, went West.
5. Miranda, bp. 25 .June. 1×01.
6. Laura, bp. 11 Dec., 1803; d.
7. Sarah, bp. 19 July. 1805.
FAM. 50. Chester? (Benj.,6 John,' John,4 John,' Henry," Henry1 ), m. Sarah Harris of Wethersfield, Conn .; res. and d. So. W., in the Giles Loomis place, 25 Mch., 18-12, w. 67; she d. 22 Dec .. 1850, a :. 75. Ch. :
1. JJohn, d. inf .: prob. the J. who d. 11 Oct., 1802. F. W. C. R.
2. Harris. m. and res. in Boston, Mass. Issue :
1. Charles, m. and res, California.
2. James. m. Nancy Slater of Staten Island; res. Springfield, N. J .; had (1) Elizabeth, (2) Louise. (3) James. (1) William.
3. William, res. N. V. city.
1. Arthur. d. en route to California; had dan. Maria, who m. - Entwistle; «. p.
5. Eliza, mn. William Palmer; res. Brooklyn. IN. Y .: Kor 9 ch. 6. Maria.
3. Ralph Il., d. East Hartford, unmarried.
I Ileury, d. So. W .; unmi'd, æ. about 30.
5. Julia, m. Warren Skinner of Vernon, Com .; bad .Julia, who m. and res, New Haven.
6. Truman W., b. & May, 1512; grocer Hartford; d. 7 Feb., 1502: m. Mary Studley of II., b. 22 Dec., 1815, who d. July, 1871. Issue :
1. Sarah M., m. Geo. Haskins of IT., now of
Chicago; had one >On.
2. Lonisa, m. a Bachelder of Springfield. 3. Robert, unmarried: d.
7. Cynthia, m. Warren Skinner (sister's bus- band); no issue; res. V. and So. W.
8. John Nelson, m. Sarah Kelsey of Higganmm, Conn. Issue :
1. Emily E., m. 4 Oct., 1865. Henry .\. Bidwell, nat. of Plymouth: had (1) Ida L. (Bidwell), b. 1 lan., 18G8.
2. Henry Kelsey.
3. Arthur Homer, m. 23 .Apl., 1-72. Julia Brace of ltfd .: res. E. H .; has (1) William Arthur.
4. Frank Nelson, I. twins; re- Springfell.
5. Fred. Ralph, res. W.
6. Truman Marshall. 9. Cora I. Etwins.
7. Alice Sarah. 10, -.
8. Currie. 11. W'm. Augustus.
0. Mary, d .. So. W .; a. between 20 and 30 years. - Mrs. J. M. Stiles.
Samuel Wolcott
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FAM. 51. Samuel ? (Rev. and D. D).) (Elihu,6 Sam't,5 Copt. Gideon,A Lieut. Henry,3 Simon,? Henry1), studied for coll. at E. W. Hill Acad, (then taught by Mr. William Strong, afterwards Assoc. Judge of the U. S. Supreme (t.); grad. Y. C., 1833, and at Andover Theol. Sem., 1837; was for 2 years after in the office of the Am. Bd. of Commiss. for Foreign Missions, at Boston: was ord. at Boston, 13 Nov .. 1839, and sailed for Syria, as a missionary, arriving at Beirut, April, 1840. That country was then in a troublous state; he was driven from Mount Lebanon by the dangers of civil strife, and in the spring of 1841 he rem, to Damaseus, and in the summer opened a school for the Druses of Mt. Lebanon, at Deir el Khamr, but it was broken up by war between the Maronites and Druses, and his ppy. pillaged. The next winter was spent in Jerusalem, and in Palestine explorations in the interest of Biblical Geography, then beginning to attract public attention. The results of his explorations in the Holy Land were pub. in the Biblical Repository for 1842, the Bib- liotheca Sacra in 1843, and in the American edition of Smith's Bible Dirt. Another attempt to open a mission school at Mt. Lebanon was defeated by the disturbed condition of the country, and Mr. W. left Syria in Jan., and arrived in Boston in April, 1843. On 30th Aug. of same yr. he was installed pastor of the Longmeadow (Mass.) Congregational Church. In October, 1849, he was installed pastor over the Cong'l Ch. at Belchertown, Mass .; over the lligh Street Ch., Providence, R. l., 20 Apl., 1853; over the New Eng. Ch., at Chicago, III., 27 Sept., 1859; and over the Plymouth Ch., Cleveland, O., in 1862, from which he resigned in 1874, and became Sec'y of the Ohio Home Miss. Society - a position which he held for eight years. After closing his relations with this society, he res. in Cleveland for 2 years longer, and then settled at Longmeadow, Mass. From Marietta College, Ohio, he received the degree of S.T.D. in 1863.
Rev. Dr. Wolcott was, early and late, engaged in reformatory movements and the furtherance of all interests of Congregationalism and Christian progress. He was pronounced against Slavery from his early manhood, his name appearing at the head of a number of Andover theol, students, who, in 1837, issued an anti-slavery manifesto. At a critical period of the Am. Traet Society's history, when it was trying to occupy a non-committal attitude upon the Slavery question, it was he who compelled the managers to define their position, by asking them to publish some selections from the Bible which he had arranged, and which, without com- ment, made clear the exceeding sinfulness of the oppression of man by man. At successive anniversaries of the society, he led the minority in attempts to reverse the false policy of the managers. He was also, in a temperance agitation between 1843 and 1853, one of the principal speakers at the conventions and mass-meetings of the cause in New England. During the Civil War, Dr. W.'s patriotism was ar- dent and effective. He went South in the service of the U. S. Christian Commis- sion, and was for some time with Gen. Hooker's command, where he contracted a fever and lay for several weeks in hospital.
Besides his Palestine researches, he was the author of many papers on various questions. His Election Sermon before the General Court of Mass., in 1853, was pub. His tracts on Congregationalism, and Conversion of a Lawyer, and Counsels to Young Concerts, have had a very large circulation. Late in life he began to write hymns, some of which have been widely adopted into Collections, the favorite be- ing the well-known missionary lyric, entitled, Christ for the World, We Sing! Sev. eral other of his hymns have been inspired by missionary zeal, and one of the most poetic, .Ill Thy Realms in Midnight Shrouded, was written for Africa, "whose afflicted children," he felt, "are yet to be the choir-leaders of the Millenial Church " -reminding one of Victor llugo's prophecy that the center of civilization of the globe in the Golden Age will be in Africa.
His Wolcott Family Memorial (referred to in the prefatory note to this geneal. ). a most sumptuous specimen of the bookmaker's art, gives touching evidence of his
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deep interest in all that pertained to the history of " the fathers," not only of the exalted family to which he belonged, but of New England. He was active, labo- rious, indefatigable, thorough in research, and exhaustive in treatment. His ex- traordinary memory, his alert, keen, and ready intelleet made him interesting in address, in debate, and in conversation. He never occupied a doubtful position, and was always to be relied upon for plain statement and vigorous argument. llis occasional addresses were marked by a rare happiness of phrase.
Dr. Wolcott's personal appearance was striking, especially in his later years; his tall stature and stalwart frame, his abundant white hair and beard, his fresh complexion, and bright, observant eyes, drew attention wherever he appeared. llis sons in Denver purchased one of the fine old places in Longmeadow, Mass., as a home for their parents, upon his retirement from active life, and erected for them a handsome house.
He m. (1) 5 Sept., 1839, Catharine Elizabeth (dau. Ezra) Wood of Westmin- ster, Mass., where she was h. 19 Dee., 1812, and d. at Beirut, Syria, 26 Oct., 1811; bu. in American Cemetery at B .; (2) 1 Nov., 1843, Harriet Amanda (dau. Jonathan A.) Pope of Millbury, Mass. Children :
1. Samuel Adams, b. 3 Sept., 1841; studied at Yale Coll .: res. Texas; engaged in stock-raising on the Rio Grande; m. 25 July, 1883. Julia Ella (dan, Peter L.) Neal of Brooklyn, N.Y. IRgue : 1. Roger Henry, b. 12 Jan., 1885.
2. Henry Roger (llon.), b. 15 Mich., 1816. (See below.)
3. Edward Oliver (Hon.), b. 26 Mch., 1818; m. at Buffalo, 14 May, 1890, Frances Metcalfe (wid. of Lyman K.) Bass. (See p. 823.)
4. Harriet Agnes, b. 15 Meh., 1850; m. 29 Apl., 1879, Fred. O. Vaille (grad. Harv. Coll., 1871); res. Lexington, Mass. LAgue :
1. Harriet Wolcott (Vaille), b. 24 Mch., 1550.
2. Edith Alice (Vaille), b. 13 Aug., 1882.
3. Agnes Wolcott (Vaille), b. 16 Apl., 18.K).
5. William Edgar (Rev.), b. 26 Apl., 1852; grad. Oberlin Coll., 1874, and And. Theot. Sem., 1851;
from 1874 to '78 on editorial staff of Spyfd. (Mass.) Republican: from dan .. IN5, pastor of the Law- rence Street Cong'l Ch. at Lawrence, Mass.
6. Katharine Ellen. b. 25 Aug., 1854; m. 25 Nov .. 1850, Charles II. Toll (grad. Hamil, Coll., 1872) of Denver, Col. ; at one time Att'y Gien, of that State. Ixsue :
1. Charles Hansen (Toll), JJr., b. 21 May, 1882. 2. Roger Wolcott (Toll), b. 12 0ct , 1853.
3. Heury Wolrott (Toll), b. 5 Nov., 1987. 1. Oliver Wolcott (Toll), b. 3 Aug., 1-91.
T. Mary Alice, b. 21 July, 1856: d. 3 Feb., 1:58.
8. Anna Lemnisa. b. 25 May. 1-58.
9. ('lara Gertrude, b. 17 Der., 1:59: grad. Smith Coll.
10. Herbert Walter, b. 25 Nov., 1861; grad. Yale Coll. und Columbia Law Sch .; res. Cleveland, O.
11. Charlotte Augusta, b. 20 Oct., 1863: grad. Smith College.
HENRY R. WOLCOTT was born at Longmeadow, Mass., and was educated at Providence, R. 1., and in Cleveland, O., during the periods when his father minis- tered to Cong'l churches in those cities. After leaving school he held positions in two of the banks of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1864, when only 18 years old. he enlisted in a regiment of young men recruited in that city, for one hundred days' service on the defenses of Washington. When near the end of its term, the War Department requested, since it could not command, that the regiment be sent to the front as a reinforcement to Grant's decimated army, then before Petersburg; but, as most of the members objected, the scheme had to be abandoned. Nevertheless, Mr. Wolcott and four others, anxious to witness something of the more serious business of war, re-enlisted in the 143d Ohio, and remained with it until the regiment was sent home and discharged. In 1869, soon after the Union Pacific Railway had been built across the Rocky Mountains, he went to Colorado, passed up to the Gilpin County Gold Mines, and after a brief experience in mining, became bookkeeper and general accountant in the office of the Boston & Colorado Smelting Co. at Black Hawk. Ilere his native qualifications for the conduet of business affairs, which have pro- inoted his success in life, were signally developed. Later he became a stockholder and assistant manager. In 1878 he was elected to the State Senate from Gilpin County for a term of four years, and at the session of 1881 was elected President of that body. When Prof. N. P. Hill became a Senator of the United States Mr. Wolcott took his place as acting manager of the smelting company. In 1888 he was made Chairman of the Colorado delegation elected to the Republican National Convention which met in Chicago and nominated Benjamin Harrison for the Presidency, and in the ensuing campaign wrought earnestly and effectively for his election. He was elected President of the Merchants National Bank of Denver, at the time of its organization, and was afterwards Vice-President of the First National Bank. In
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1882 he was brought prominently forward as a candidate for Governor. Retiring from the management of the Boston & Colorado Smelting Works in 1887, he has since been continuously engaged in supervising the large real estate, smelting, and other property interests he has acquired in Colorado and Montana.
Mr. Wolcott's talents lie pre-eminently in the direction of large financial pro- jects. By more than twenty years' experience in the busy whirlpool of Colorado, his comprehensive mind has been thoroughly cultivated for corporate and co- operative work on a large scale. Mr. Wolcott is unquestionably an excellent finan- cier, connecting his prestige and capital with many large enterprises, managing their affairs ably and well, with the usual result of well-directed skill. He was a superior presiding officer in the State Senate, a serviceable legislator, universally esteemed and respected, and undoubtedly would have been a superior Chief Magis- trate. He is methodical and orderly in all things. Ile has a very large circle of attached friends. Many young men owe their success in business to his timely assistance.
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