The history of the town of Litchfield, Connecticut, 1720-1920, Part 34

Author: White, Alain Campbell, 1880- comp. cn; Litchfield historical society, Litchfield, Connecticut
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Litchfield, Conn., Enquirer print.
Number of Pages: 614


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1898


Walter E. Seelye 1908


John Hurley


1898


Job H. Scott


1908


Charles R. Iffland


1898


Edgar D. Beach


1910


William T. Marsh


1898


Willis O. Perkins


1910


Edward Donohue


1900


George H. Hunt


1912


Wheaton F. Dowd


1900


William Gibbs


1914


Frederick S. Stoddard


1902


John H. Lancaster


1914


Almon B. Webster


1902


Charles D. Kilbourn


1915


Frederick A. Blatz


1906


Winfield S. Rogers


1916


Frank H. Earle


1906


Frederick L. Tharp


1916


Edward T. Harris


1906


George C. Woodruff


1916


David Johnson


1906 Lyman J. Booth


1918


John J. Karl


1906


F. North Clark


1918


Thomas F. Ryan


1906 William L. Ravenscroft


1918


Floyd L. Vanderpoel 1918


5. a. Sheriffs of Litchfield County.


First Chosen


First Chosen


Oliver Wolcott


1751


Albert Sedgwick


1834


Lynde Lord


1772


Leverett W. Wessells 1854


John R. Landon


1801


Henry A. Botsford 1866


Moses Seymour Jr.


1819


George H. Baldwin


1869


Ozias Seymour


1825


Frank H. Turkington


1907


b. Clerks of the Superior Court.


Isaac Baldwin


1751-1793


Frederick D. Beeman


1851-1854


Frederick Wolcott


1793-1836


Henry B. Graves


1854-1855


Origen S. Seymour


1836-1844


Frederick D. Beeman


1855-1860


Gideon H. Hollister


1844-1846


William L. Ransom


1860-1887


Origen S. Seymour


1846-1847


Dwight C. Kilbourn


1887-1914


Gideon H. Hollister


1847-1850


Wheaton F. Dowd


1915-


c. County Treasurers.


John Catlin


1751-1761


George A. Hickox


1863-1875


Elisha Sheldon


1761-1779


William C. Buel


1875-1887


Reuben Smith


1779-1801


George E. Jones


1887-1896


Julius Deming


1801-1814


Charles E. Wilson


1896-1899


Abel Catlin


1814-1842


Frank W. Humphrey


1899-1909


Charles L. Webb


1842-1863


Philip P. Hubbard


1909-


d. Prosecuting Attorneys.


King's Attorneys.


Reynold Marvin


1764 Andrew Adams


1772


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State's Attorneys.


Andrew Adams


Uriel Holmes Jr.


Tapping Reeve


1788 Seth P. Beers 1820


Uriah Tracy


1789 Samuel Church


1825


John Allen


1800 David C. Sanford 1840


Daniel W. Lewis


John H. Hubbard


1849


e. County Commissioners.


Stephen Deming


1856- John J. Karl


1905-1913


William F. Baldwin


1862-1863 W. J. Bissell


1913-


John H. Lancaster


1915-


6. a. Selectmen.


First Chosen


First Chosen


John Marsh


1721


John Marsh


1755


Joseph Kilbourn


1722


Solomon Buel


1756


Jacob Griswold


1725


Archibald McNeill


1756


John Buel


1726


John Farnham


1757


Joseph Bird


1727


Josiah Grant


1757


Samuel Culver


1731


Nathaniel Culver


1758


David Baldwin


1735


Abel Barnes


1758


John Gay


1736


Jacob Woodruff


1760


Joshua Garrett


1737


Oliver Wolcott


1761


Josiah Walker


1737


Joseph Mason Jr.


1761


Joseph Mason


1737


Reynold Marvin


1762


Daniel Allen


1737


Timothy Collins


1763


Joseph Gillett


1738


Lynde Lord


1768


Benjamin Webster


1738


Mark Prindle


1769


Edward Phelps


1738


David Welch


1769


Joseph Kilbourn Jr.


1740


Seth Bird


1770


Ebenezer Marsh


1740


John Osborn


1770


Joseph Sanford


1743


Jedediah Strong


1770


Moses Stoddard


1743


Abraham Bradley


1773


John Catlin


1744


Reuben Smith


1776


Supply Strong


I744


A. Buel


1777


Joseph Birge


1745


Miles Beach


1777


James Kilbourn


1746


Bryant Stoddard


1778


Abraham Kilbourn


1746


Bezaleel Beebe


1778


Thomas Harrison


1746


Archibald McNeil Jr.


1779


Peter Buel


1746


Jonah Sanford


1780


A. Goodwin


1747


John Stoddard


1780


William Marsh


1747


Jesse Kilbourn


1782


Thomas Catlin


1748


Isaac Baldwin


1782


Samuel Beach


1748


James Stoddard


1783


Isaac Bissell


1751


Heber Stone


1784


Daniel Landon


I753


Timothy Skinner


1784


Ezra Plumb


I754


Elihu Harrison


1784


Elisha Sheldon


1754


Roger Marsh


1785


Ebenezer Taylor


1754 Seth Landon


1785


Benjamin Gibbs


1754 Philemon Murray


1786


JOHN H. LANCASTER, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, 1920


BOARD OF SELECTMEN, 1920


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Roger N. Whittlesey


1787


George M. Buel


1833


Noah (?) Garnsey


1790


Rufus Pickett


1833


Julius Deming


1791


John Garnsey 1833


David Kilbourn


1792


Tomlinson Wells 1833


Ozias Lewis


1792


Levi Frisbie


1834


Nathaniel Goodwin


1795


Albert Sedgwick


1835


Samuel Seymour


1797


Samuel Wright


1836


John Landon


1798


George Dewey


1836


James Marsh


1799


Abner Landon


1836


John Welch


1799


Edward Pierpont


1836


Ephraim Kirby


1799


John A. Oviatt


1838


Stephen Sanford


1801


William Coe


1838


Norman Buel


1802


Isaac Tuttle


1838


Aaron Bradley


1803


Henry S. Griswold


1839


Aaron Smith


1803


Norman Kilbourn


1840


Ephraim S. Hall


1810


Eli Curtis


1841


Jonathan Buel


18II


Truman Gilbert


I841


James Birge


18II


David Benton


1841


Peck Clark


1815


Reuben M. Woodruff


1843


Stephen Russell


1815


Sidney Peck


1843


Phineas Lord


1816


William Bissell


1843


Joseph Birge


1817


Edward Garnsey


1844


Ozias Lewis Jr.


1817


Charles Jones


1845


Philo Moss


1817


Prentice Parkhurst


1845


Simeon Sanford


1817


Heman Beach


1846


David Westover


1818


Frederick Buel


1846


Samuel A. Merwin


1819


Henry R. Goslee


1846


Enos Stoddard


1820


Lyman Webster 1846


Morris Woodruff


1820


Williamn Newton


1846


Levi Catlin


1821


Stephen Moss


1846


David Marsh


1821


Jacob Morse


1847


Julius Griswold


1822


Murray Kenney


1847


Reuben Webster


1822


Josiah G. Beckwith


1847


Charles Seymour


1825


Sherman P. Woodward


1849


William Beebe


1825


Henry Frisbie


1851


Benjamin Griswold


1825


Willis Stone


1851


John Bird


1826


George A. Smith


1852


Stephen Deming


1827


Frederick M. Blakeslee


1853


Gad Guild


1827


A. S. Lewis


1854


Ashbel Wessells


1828


Levi Heaton


1854


Roswell Harrison


1828


Abraham C. Smith


1855


William Harrison


1830


Andrew W. Marsh


1857


Asa Hopkins


1830


Jacob Morse Jr.


1857


Isaac Newton


1831


Anson C. Smith


1857


William Tuttle


1832 Daniel Stoddard


1857


Putnam Kilbourn


1832 Garry H. Minor


1858


Samuel P. Bolles


1832 Royal A. Ford


1859


Peter Sherman


1805


Jason Whiting 1840


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Edward Hopkins


1859


Russell W. Fitch


1885


Isaac Morse


1860


J. K. Adams 1885


Everett H. Wright


1860


Ithamar T. Dickinson 1887


George H. Baldwin


1863 Moses W. Doyle


1890


George Guernsey


1863


Charles Merriman


1890


Joseph A. Newbury


1863


Fremont M. Grannis


1891


Garner B. Curtiss


1864


Samuel Trumbull


1894


Erastus Moulthrop


1865


Newton G. Tyler


1894


Charles D. Wheeler


1865


John L. Plumb


1894


Andrew J. Pierpont


1865


Fred F. Clark


1895


Chester C. Goslee


1866


Christian B. Iffland


1895


Francis M. Hale


1868


Patrick C. Burke


1896


Horace Nichols


1868


Edgar D. Beach


1896


Frederick B. Hand


1868


Louis J. Goodman


1898


Charles Adams


1872


George W. Clemons


1899


Anson B. Beach


1872


Edward Crutch


1900


Harry Clemons


1872


William H. Plumb


1900


Clifford C. Newbury


1872


Edward T. Harris


1901


Frederick S. Porter


1874


William Gibbs


1901


John McNeill


1874


Robert J. Landon


1901


Darius C. Griswold


1875


Truman Catlin


1902


Theodore S. Sedgwick


1877


Charles L. Dudley


1903


William R. Keeler


1877


Edson L. Perkins


1903


Lewis C. Hotchkiss


1878


Terrance B. Doyle


1905


Charles T. Page


1879


William T. Marsh


1906


Malachi Tracy


1880


George H. Hunt


1908


Thomas C. Goslee


1880


William T. Doyle


1913


William J. Hall


1880


Leman S. Brundage


1913


Jerome D. Wheeler


1881


Hector M. Richards


1914


H. G. Tyler


1881


George R. Crutch


1916


Charles B. Bishop


1884


Henry T. Weeks


1917


Cornelius Murphy


1885


William M. Murphy


1919


b. Town Clerks.


John Marsh


1721-1730


George H. Baldwin


1858-1862


John Bird


1730-1735


Charles J. Deming*


1863-


Joseph Bird


1735-1736


E. Crossman


1863-1865


John Bird


1736-1738


George M. Woodruff


1865-1868


Joshua Garrett


1738-1742


Charles O. Belden 1868-1871


Isaac Baldwin


1742-1773


Willis J. Beach


1871-1882


Jedediah Strong


1773-1789


Charles C. Moore 1882-1883


Moses Seymour


1789-1826


George C. Woodruff


1883-1884


Elihu Harrison


1826-1836


Walter S. Judd


1884-1886


Samuel P. Bolles


1836-1840


Edward E. Champlin


1886-1903


Sylvester Galpin


1840-1841


John J. Karl


1903-1911


Samuel P. Bolles


1841-1854


George H. Hunt


19II-


Charles O. Belden


1854-1855


Charles A. Hickox


1855-1858


*Resigned


GEORGE H. HUNT, TOWN CLERK, 1920


HON. THOMAS F. RYAN, POSTMASTER, 1920


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c. Town Treasurers.


John Bird


1721-1736


Ebenezer Marsh


1801-1803


Joseph Bird


1736-1738


James Gould


1803-1811


John Buel


1738-1751


Samuel Buel 1811-1836


William Marsh


1751-1755


Isaac Lawrence


1836-1841


Supply Strong


1755-1763


George Dewey


1844-1845


Joshua Garrett


1763-1768


George C. Woodruff


1845-1846


Reuben Smith


1768-1770


Francis Bacon


1846-1847


Abraham Bradley


1770-1776


George C. Woodruff


1847-1851


William Stanton*


1776-


Frederick D. Beeman


1851-1854


Samuel Lyman


1776-1777


Lemuel O. Meafoy


1855-1856


Reuben Smith


1777-1783


William F. Baldwin


1856-1859


Abraham Bradley


1783-1787


Frederick D. McNeill


1859-1860


Moses Seymour


1787-1789


George M. Woodruff


1860-1906


Ebenezer Marsh


1789-1790


Timothy Skinner


1790-1792


Philip P. Hubbard


1910-


Abraham Bradley


1792-1794


Benjamin Tallmadge


1794-1801


*Resigned


d. Postmasters.


1. Litchfield.


Appointed


Appointed


Benjamin Tallmadge


1792


Riverius Marsh 1861


Frederick Wolcott


Howard E. Gates


1866


Moses Seymour Jr.


Willis J. Beach 1886


Charles Seymour


Seth Pratt


1889


George C. Woodruff


Julius Deming 1893


Jason Whiting


Almon E. Fuller


1897


Reuben M. Woodruff


Seth Pratt 1902


Leverett W. Wessells


Rudolph Karl


1910


George H. Baldwin


1853


Thomas F. Ryan


1915


2. Northfield.


Daniel Catlin


1836


Frederick S. Porter


Samuel Merwin


J. Howard Catlin 1880


William Newton


Leonard L. Munson 1886


Lovi ITraton


James P. Catlin 1887


John Catlin


J. Howard Catlin


1914


3. Bantam.


William S. Plumb


Julia M. Buell 1893


William P. Crossman


1889 William P. Crossman


1897


George W. Fairgrieve 1909


Frank W. Humphrey


1906-1910


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D. CIVIL LISTS.


1. Original Proprietors.


This list contains the names of all the "original proprietors" of the township.


From Hartford:


Wethersfield :


*John Marsh (2 Rights)


*William Goodrich Jr.


Samuel Sedgwick Jr.


*John Stoddard


Nathaniel Goodwin


*Ezekiel Buck


Timothy Seymour


*Jacob Griswold Lebanon :


*Paul Jeck Jr.


*Joseph Mason Nathaniel Messenger


*John Buel (2 Rights) Edward Culver


*Benjamin Webster


*Joshua Garrett


*Thomas Lee


Windsor :


Samuel Forward


Thomas Griswold Jr.


*Jacob Gibbs


*Joseph Birge


John Caulkins Stratford : Ezekiel Sanford (2 Rights)


John Hart


*Thomas Pier


Timothy Stanley


John Mann


*John Bird


Joseph Peet


*Joseph Bird


Samuel Somers Taunton, Ms .:


Ebenezer Woodruff


*Nath'1 Smith (2 Rights)


Samuel Root


John Collins


Nathaniel Winchell


Hezekiah Winchell


Ephraim French Woodbury :


Colchester :


*Josiah Walker


*Joseph Gillett


*Samuel Orton


New Milford :


*Joseph Waller Isaac Judson


Jonathan Buck


*These proprietors became settlers in the town. The Rights of a few others were settled upon by the sons of the first purchasers; others sold out their interest to persons who became permanent; while a few forfeited their shares by neglecting to comply with the terms of the purchase.


2. First Settlers.


The following are the names of those who are regarded as "first settlers"-or persons who became residents of the town during the first three years of settlement:


Nehemiah Allen, Coventry Joseph Bird, Farmington John Bird, Farmington


Joseph Birge, Windsor


*Thomas Treadway


*Benjamin Hosford Farmington :


*Nathan Mitchell


Samuel Lewis


*Supply Strong Caleb Chapel, (2 Rights)


*Hezekiah Culver


*Eleazer Strong


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Samuel Beebe, Danbury John Baldwin, Stratford


Thomas Lee, Lebanon


John Marsh, Hartford


Ezekiel Buck, Wethersfield


Joseph Mason, Hartford


John Buel, Lebanon


Nathan Mitchell, Stratford


Daniel Culver, Lebanon


Samuel Culver,Lebanon


Hezekiah Culver, Lebanon


Timothy Collins, Guilford


Edward Phelps, Windsor Thomas Pier, Stratford Paul Peck Jr., Hartford


John Catlin, Hartford


John Peck, Hartford


James Church, Hartford


John Stoddard, Wethersfield


Joseph Gillett, Colchester


Eleazer Strong Lebanon


Abraham Goodwin, Hartford


Supply Strong, Lebanon


Joshua Garritt, Hartford


Joseph Sanford, Stratford


William Goodrich, Wethersfield


Lemuel Sanford, Straford


Jacob Griswold, Wethersfield John Gay, Dedham, Ms.


Nathaniel Smith, Taunton, Ms.


Benjamin Gibbs, Windsor


John Smith, Taunton, Ms. Samuel Smedley, Woodbury


Jacob Gibbs, Windsor


Thomas Treadway, Lebanon Benjamin Webster, Hartford


Joseph Harris, Middletown


Josiah Walker, Woodbury


Joseph Kilbourn, Wethersfield


Joseph Waller, Woodbury


Nathaniel Woodruff, Farmington


3. List of Students at the Law School, selected from the 805 names in the catalogues of 1828, 1831, 1849, with the public offices held by them.


No register of the students at the Law School prior to 1798 has been preserved, though it is said that the number up to that time was 210, and we know that many of these were of distinction at least equal to any in the following list.


Date Entered.


I798 Henry W. Edwards, Conn: U. S. Senator and Gov. of Conn.


1798 Horatio Seymour, Conn .: U. S. Senator Vt., LL.D.


1798 Daniel Sheldon, Conn .: Sec'y of Legation to France.


1798 Henry Baldwin, Conn .: Judge Sup. Ct., U. S. Member of Cong., Penn.


1798 Richard Skinner, Conn .: Chief Justice, and Gov. of Vt.


1800 Joseph L. Smith, Conn .: Judge, East Florida.


1801 Joseph Barnes, Mass .: Judge, Penn.


1801 Benjamin Swift, Vt .: U. S. Senator.


1801 Ogden Edwards, Conn .: Judge, N. Y.


180I Elisha Phelps, Conn. : Member of Congress.


1802 William Woodbridge, Ohio: U. S. Senator.


1803 Eldred Simkins, S. C .: Lieut. Gov. of S. C., and Member of Congress.


1803 Seth P. Beers, Conn .: Speaker H. R. Conn. and Com. of School Fund.


1804 Alfred Cuthbert, Ga .: Member of Congress and U. S. Senator.


1805 John M. Felder, S. C .: Member of Congress.


1805 John C. Calhoun, S. C .: Member of Cong. and Sen., Sec'y of War, Sec'y of State, and Vice Pres. U. S., LL.D.


Benjamin Hosford, Windsor


Samuel Orton, Woodbury


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I805 1805 1805 Samuel Howe, Mass .: Judge, Mass.


Virgil Maxcy, Md .: Charge d'Affaires to Belgium.


Samuel Church, Conn .: Chief Jus. of Conn., LL.D.


Marcus Morton, Mass. : Judge Sup. Court, Lieut. Gov. and Gov. Mass.


Theron Metcalf, Mass .: Judge Sup. Court, Mass.


1806 1807 1807 Perry Smith, Conn .: U. S. Senator.


Timothy H. Porter, N. H .: Member of Congress.


1807 Moulton C. Rogers, Del .: Judge, Penn.


1807 John A. Cuthbert, Ga .: Member of Congress.


Jabez W. Huntington, Conn .: Member of Congress and U. S. Senator, Judge Sup. Court, Conn.


1808 1808 I808 Silas Robbins, Conn .: Judge, Kentucky.


Charles De Menou, Md. : Charge d'Affaires of France at Washington.


I808 John P. Cushman, Conn .: Member of Congress, and Judge, N. Y.


1808 Jonathan Hunt, Conn .: Member of Congress.


1809 Ebenezer Young, Conn .: Member of Congress.


Levi Woodbury, N. H .: Judge and Gov. N. H., U. S. Senator, Sec. of Navy and Treas., Judge Sup. Court, U. S.


I809 1809 John Pierpont, Conn .: Clergyman, Poet. 1809 I809 William Tenney, N. H .: Member of Congress.


Henry W. Dwight, Mass .: Member of Congress.


1810 William D. Martin, S. C .: Member of Congress.


1810 Garrick Mallery, Penn .: Judge of Sup. Court, Penn., LL.D.


William C. Gibbs, R. I .: Gov. R. I.


1810 1810


Charles S. Todd, Ky .: Minister to Russia.


Edward F. Tatnall, Ga .: Member of Congress.


1810 1810 James Booth, jun., Del .: Chief Justice of Delaware.


1810 Henry Shaw, N. Y .: Member of Congress.


I810 James G. King, N. Y .: Member of Congress.


18II William W. Ellsworth, Conn .: Member of Congress, Judge Sup. Court, Gov. Conn., LL.D.


18II Milo L. Bennett, Conn .: Judge Sup. Court, Vermont, LL.D.


18II Henry L. Ellsworth, Conn .: Commissioner of Patents, U. S.


18II Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, Conn .: Member of Congress, N. Y., Recorder City of N. Y.


18II Samuel S. Phelps, Conn .: Judge Sup. Court, Vermont, U. S. Senator.


18II Andrew D. W. Bruyn, N. Y .: Member of Congress.


1812 Benjamin Howard, Md .: Member of Congress.


1812 George B. Holt, Conn .: Judge, Ohio.


1812 Abraham Hasbrook: Member of Congress N. Y., Pres. Rutgers Col- lege, N. J., LL.D.


1812 George B. Porter, Penn .: Gov. Michigan.


1812 Isaac T. Preston, Vir .: Judge Sup. Court, Louisiana.


1812 Kensey Johns, jun., Del .: Member of Congress, Chanc. of Delaware.


John A. Collier, Conn .: Member of Congress, N. Y. Lemuel Whitman, Conn .: Member of Congress.


1805 1806 I806 1806 1806 Royal Hinman, Conn .: Secretary of State, Conn.


Joel Crawford, Ga .: Member of Congress.


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1812 Roger Sherman Baldwin, Conn .: Gov. Conn., U. S. Senator, LL.D.


1812 Albert C. Greene, R. I .: U. S. Senator.


Edward King, N. Y .: Speaker House of Rep., Ohio.


Oliver S. Halsted, N. J .: Chancellor of New Jersey.


Elisha Whittlesey, Conn .: Member of Congress.


Peleg Sprague, Mass .: U. S. Senator.


Augustus B. Longstreet, Ga .: Judge Sup. Court Ga., LL.D., Pres. of University of Miss., and College of S. C.


Charles Hawley, Conn .: Lieut. Gov. Conn.


Moses Chapin, Mass .: Judge New York Court.


Chester Ashley, N. Y .: U. S. Senator.


Ebenezer Jackson, Jun., Ga .: Member of Congress.


Timothy Childs, Jun., Mass .: Member of Congress


1814 John C. Nicholl, Ga .: Judge Sup. Court Ga., and U. S. Dist. Judge. 1815 John Pitcher, N. Y .: Lieut. Gov. N. Y.


William S. Holabird, Conn .: Lieut. Gov. Conn.


1815 1816 Thomas F. Foster, Ga .: Member of Congress. 1816 Thaddeus G. Holt, Ga .: Judge Sup. Court, Ga. 1816 William W. Boardman, Conn .: Member of Congress.


John M. Clayton, Del .: Chief Jus. Del., U. S. Sen., Sec. of State, LL.D. Truman Smith, Conn .: Member of Congress and U. S. Senator. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Ga .: Judge Supreme Court, Ga.


1817 1817 1817 1817 Hiram P. Hunt, N. Y .: Member of Congress. 1817 William C. Dawson, Ga .: Judge of Sup. Ct. Ga., U. S. Cong. and Sen. Charles H. Carroll, N, Y .: Member of Congress. 1817 1817 John Y. Mason, Vir .: Mem. of Cong., Dist. Judge, Gov., Sec. of Navy. Charles Chapman, Conn .: U. S. Attorney for Conn. 1818 1818 William T. Gould, Conn .: Judge Georgia. 1818 Walter S. Franklin, Penn .: Clerk H. R., U. S. 1818 Chester P. Butler, Penn .: Member of Congress. 1818 Thomas T. Whittlesey, Conn .: Member of Congress. 1818 Eli H. Baxter, Ga .: Judge Circuit Court. 1819 William B. Lawrence, N. Y .: Charge d'Affaires at London. I819 Frederick Whittlesey, Conn .: Member of Cong., Vice Chanc, and Judge Sup. Court, N. Y. 1819 Hopkins Halsey, Ga .: Member of Congress. 1820 Samuel W. Oliver, Ga .: Speaker H. R., Ala. 1820 Noyes Billings, Conn .: Lieut. Gov., Conn. 1822 Horace Mann, Mass .: Member of Congress, Educator. 1822 Theron R. Strong, Conn .: Member of Cong., Judge Sup. Court, N. Y. Thomas Kinnecut, Mass. : Lieut. Gov. Mass. 1823 1823 Eugenius A. Nesbitt, Ga .: Member of Congress, Judge Sup. Court, Ga. Washington Poe, Ga .: Member of Congress. 1823 1823 William J. Bacon, N. Y. : Judge Sup. Court. 1823 Henry W. Greene, R. I .: Chief Jus. Sup. Court, and Chanc. of N. J.


1823 John M. Holley, Jun., Conn .: Member of Congress.


1824 John P. Jackson, N. J .: Speaker H. R., New Jersey.


1824 William V. Peck, Conn .: Judge Ohio.


1813 1813 1813 1813 1813 1813 1813 1814 1814 1814


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Samuel Ames, R. I .: Chief Justice R. I.


1824 1824 1825 1825 1825 1825 1825 1826 Willis Hall, N. Y .: Attorney General, N. Y.


Origen S. Seymour, Conn .: Member of Congress, Judge Sup. Court and Supreme Court of Errors, Chief Justice of Conn., LL.D. Elias W. Leavenworth, Mass .: Sec. of State, N. Y., Member Cong. Josiah Sutherland, Jun., N. Y .: Mem. Cong., Judge Sup. Court, N. Y. Anson V. Parsons, Mass .: Judge Sup. Court, Penn.


George C. Woodruff, Conn .: Member of Congress.


John Pierpont, Conn .: Chief Justice, Vermont.


William D. Pickett, N. C .: Judge Sup. Court, Ala.


George S. Catlin, Conn .: Member of Congress.


George Gould, Conn .: Judge Sup. Court, N. Y.


Augustus C. Hand, Vt .: Judge Sup. Court, N. Y.


Henry P. Edwards, Conn .: Judge Sup. Court, N. Y.


Gideon Hall, Conn .: Judge Sup. Court.


Henry W. Seymour, Conn .: Member of Congress, Minis. to Russia.


1830 1831 1833 Augustus R. Wright, Ga .: Judge Sup. Court, Ga.


E. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL-1920.


ANTIQUE FURNITURE


Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe-Smith, Ralph P. and Harris, Thomas 1892


ARTESIAN WELL DRILLERS


Whitehill, W. W. and Son


ARTS and CRAFTS


The Gift Shop-Sanford, Miss Margaret S.


1919


AUTO REPAIR SHOPS


Johnson, Carroll 1919


Bantam Auto Repair Shop-Baldwin, J. W. and Phelps, E. O. Bantam (Successors to Flynn & Doyle)


1919


AUTO SUPPLIES and LIVERY


Cowan, Joseph 1917 Parsons, E. D., Bantam 1916


BARBERS


Brunetto, M. A., Bantam 1916 Mayer, Joseph 1900


Sepples, William 1914


BLACKSMITHS


Brennan, Patrick


1917 Morse, W. Beach 1913


(Successor to A. K. Taylor)


1826 1827 1827 1827 1828 George W. Clinton, N. Y .: U. S. Attorney.


1828 1829 I829 1830 Ward E. Hunt, N. Y .: Judge Ct. of Appeals, N. Y., U. S. Supreme Ct. Lewis B. Woodruff, Conn .: Judge Sup. Court, N. Y., Court of Appeals, Circuit Judge U. S. for Districts N. Y., Conn. and Vt. Philo C. Sedgwick, Conn .: Sec'y of State of Conn.


315


COAL, WOOD and TRUCKING.


Newcomb & Barber-Newcomb, F. U. and Barber, C. P. (Successors to Marsh & Newcomb) COBBLERS


1918


Donohue, Thomas 1867 Guinchi, Mrs. A. 1906


CONFECTIONERY STORE


The Palace Confectionery-Theophilos, George


1905


Deacon, George D. 1913 Landon, Robert J., Bantam 1895


Hotchkiss, Fdk. A., Bantam 1900 Switzer, George J. 1894


Schuster, Wolf 1910


CONTRACTOR and MASON


Da Ross, John


1912 Dean, George B. 1880


CREAMERY


Beach, Milo D.


1900


DENTISTS


Fenn, H. H.


1888 Spain, William C. 1918


DOCTORS


Buel, John L.


1890 Page, Charles I. Jr. 1897


Deming, Nelson L.


1907 Sedgwick, James T. 1887


Marcy, Robert A. 1908 Turkington, Charles H. 1910


Warner, Charles N. 1897


DRUGGISTS


Crutch & Marley-Crutch, Aaron and Marley, William (Successors to Crutch's Pharmacy)


1918


Wheeler Drug Co .- Kaehrle, Alfred; Sepples, John and Sepples, Richard (Successors to Wheeler's Pharmacy, established 1870) 1918


DRY GOODS MERCHANTS


Bissell, W. Jerome 1888 Granniss, W. G. 1881


(Successor to Granniss & Elmore)


EDITORS and PRINTERS


The Progressive Printery-Smith, Sheldon, Bantam


1919


Litchfield Enquirer-Woodruff, George C. 1894


ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS


Morse, Harry B. 1915 Turkington, William E. 1907


FISH, FRUIT and VEGETABLES


Moraghan, Martin J. 1909


APPENDIX


CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS


316


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FLORIST


Mattson, Clifford C. 1918


FRUIT and VEGETABLES


Brunetto, M. A. (Successor to Eugene Small), Bantam 1916


FURNITURE DEALER and FUNERAL DIRECTOR


1897


Smith, George A. (Successor to A. E. Fuller) GARAGE


Johnson, Herbert E. 1913


GENERAL STORES


Ackerman, Jacob (Successor to H. T. Register), Milton 1916


Catlin, J. Howard (Successor to L. L. Munson), Northfield 1917


Morey & Perkins-Morey, A. C. and Perkins, Willis; Bantam (Successors to Watts & Morey)


1912


Platts, Raymond (Successor to James Catlin), Northfield 1915


GRAIN and FEED


Dickinson, I. T., Milton 1892 Seelye, F. M., Bantam 1908


The Wadhams Co .- F. L. and Son (Successors to E. C. Snowman) 1913


GROCERS


Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 1917 Anderson, W. H., Bantam 1915


Chapin & Birk-Chapin, J .and Birk, E. (Successors to W. G. Granniss) 1919


Lynch, H. F .- (Successor to C. W. Hinsdale) 1916


HARDWARE and PLUMBING


Allen, W. B .- (Successor to E. B. Allen Co.) 1884


Moraghan, M. V. IQII


HARNESS MAKER


Franzosi, Alfredo 1914


HOTEL


Phelps' Tavern-Phelps, Eugene L.


IQII


Litchfield Ice Co .- Crutch, George R.


INSURANCE


Clark, F. North


1914 Kirwin, James 1919


Clock, Elgin


1899 Mason, Frank B. 1900


LAUNDRY


The Sunshine Laundry-Barber, T. Lynn 1919


Ching, George 1916


ICE


1919


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317


LAWYERS


Hubbard, John T. 1883 Ryan, Thomas F. 1905


Lancaster & Foord- Lancaster,


Woodruff, George M. 1859


John H. 1910 Woodruff, James P. 1893


Foord, William M. 1919


MASON SUPPLIES and TRUCKING


Goodman, Louis J. 1900


MEAT DEALERS


Hannon, John J. 1908 Watson, F. I., Northfield 1919


Kilbourn Brothers-Kilbourn, Carl and Kilbourn, Harry; Bantam 1918


The Standard Market, Weir, Edward J. (Successor to D. H. Burns) 1912


MEN'S FURNISHINGS and SHOE STORE


Denegar, L. R. 1886 Smith Brothers 1916


MILLINER


Biglow, Mrs. H. F.


1899


MOVING PICTURES


Barber, George


1913 Retallick, Thomas; Bantam 1919


PAINTERS and DECORATORS


Bergin, William F.


1912 Potter, E. F. 1898


Herbert, William


1919 Rosbach, W. G. 1887


Oviatt, William; Bantam


1914 Devins, Edward 1907


PHOTOGRAPHERS


Karl Brothers-Karl Brothers 1900


PRINTERS


Karl, Ernest


1900


REAL ESTATE


Duffie, C. R.


1901 Roberts, Mrs. Marion P. 1919


RESTAURANTS


Artikis, Louis


1918


Theophilos, George


1908


Manlakes, Nick; Bantam


1919


TAILORS


Aragona, T.


1919


TRUCKING


Richardson, Levalli ; Bantam


1916


VULCANIZING


Kelly, Joseph


1919


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APPENDIX


F. ORGANIZATIONS.


ST. PAUL'S LODGE, NO. 11. FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS.


Organized as St. Paul's Lodge, No. 16, by charter granted June 13, 1781; incorporated March 4, 1881, as St. Paul's Lodge, No. 11.


From Act of Incorporation; "That the officers and members of St. Paul's Lodge, No. 11, of Litchfield, Free and Accepted Masons, and such other persons as may succeed them or become members thereof, be and they hereby are constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of St. Paul's Lodge, No. 11, of Litchfield, to be located in Litchfield, for the purpose of aiding indigent, sick and infirm Free Masons, and their widows and orphans, and by that name may receive by gift or devise, purchase, take, hold and con- vey real or personal estate necessary and convenient for such purposes, to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars ... "


Past Masters.


Ashbel Baldwin


1781-1782


Alexander B. Shumway


1868-1870


Benjamin Hanks


1782-1786


Elbert G. Roberts


1870-187I


Jonathan Kettle


1786-1788


Samuel W. Ensign 1871-1872


Julius Deming


1788-1790


Edson Staples 1872-1874


Isaac Baldwin Jr.


1790-1793


William Deming 1874-1875


Ephraim Kirby


1798-1799


Elbert G. Roberts




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