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Beard's old mill place, I. 687.
Beardsley, Dr. Ebenezer, I. 411, 482, III. 876; military service, I. 461 and note; army surgeon. III. 875.
Beardsley, H. W., II. 447, 449.
Beardsley, Levi, tavernkeeper, II. 222, III. 1128.
Beardsley, Lewis, stage driver, II. 154. Beaulieu, Philip, III. 1112. Beaver Dam brook. I. 688.
Beaver meadows, The, location, I. 249, III. 688.
Beaver Pond brook, location, I. 217, 11 688.
Beaver Pond hill, I. 688.
Beckley. Theron R., III. 1146.
Beckwith, Rev. Edward G., II. 549; II I025; installed pastor of Second Com gregational church, 635; college pres dent, 638; biography, 638; found church, 639; pastorates, 639; his chi dren, 640; his published writings, 95! Beckwith, Rev. Frank A., II. 251, 55
sketch of, III. 640; his children, 640. Beckwith, Merwin, military service, I. 395 Becor hill, I. 687.
Bedlam brook, I. 688.
Bedlam hill, location, I. 246; mentioned 688.
Bedlam meadows, I. 356, 688.
Beebe, Bordon, military service, I. 397.
Beebe, David, military service, I. 461. Beebe, Eli, military service, I. 461.
Beebe, Elisha, military service, I. 461. Beebe, Ephraim, military service, I. 461 Beebe, George, III. 1199.
Beebe (Bebee), Ira, military service, I 396, 415, 461; mentioned, 442.
Beebe, Jonathan, removes to Waterbury
I. 351; military service, 387, 395. 396, 456.
Beebe, Joseph, military service, I. 461; ; III. 118I.
Beebe, Martin, military service, I. 461. Beebe, Reuben, military service, I. 491 and note.
Beebe, Seba, military service, I. 461.
Beebe, Simeon, first local officer at Judd's meadow. I. 381; military service, 393. Beebe, Zera, I. 351; military service, 395; makes tents, 449.
Beebe, Zeruah, his heroism, I. 456.
Beecher, Amasa. I. 494 note.
Beecher, Baldwin, III. 1121.
Beecher, Calvin A., establishes the Nau- gatuck Manufacturing Co., II. 220 note. Beecher, Daniel, tavernkeeper, I. 569; III. 1I2I note; his gift of land to Salem society, I. 645 and note; mentioned, 678; II. 220 and note; III, 1120.
Beecher, George, button maker, I. 587; II. 306.
Beecher, Julius, III. 1120.
Beecher Manufacturing Co., II. 220 note, 418, 43I.
Beecher, Rachel (Mrs. Curtiss Hall), il. 23; (Mrs. David Hoadley), III. 1047. Beecher, Samuel, I. 360.
Beecher, Walter, military service, I. 461. Beef and Provision Co., Waterbury, II. 450.
Beeman, C. Bert, III. 1171.
Beerbaum, William, III 1108.
Beers, Annie, III. 1147. Beers, E., his invention, II. 475.
Beers, Rev. Ebenezer O., III. 707.
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Bels, J., III. II28. Be . Thomas K., III. 1163. y, Patrick, III. 1150.
Be Be al, Henry M., III. 115I.
Be .al, Michael, III. 759.
iger, E. B., his invention, II. 475. iger, F. S., his invention, II. 475.
Be Be Be ier, A. M., II. 117.
Be ner, Jonathan, I. 120. n, Charles G., III. 1074, 1079. Been, Edward H., I. 167 Ap.
Be Dr. A. N., army surgeon, III. 1188.
Be Ball), David, military service, I. 461. Be|Rev. G. H. S., pastor African Meth- st Episcopal Zion church, III. 726.
Bel Grace Methodist Episcopal church, terville, III. 720.
T Be inging, system of, I. 683.
3 -, settles in Waterbury, I. Be my, -
Bei my (Belemy), James, I. 323, 363.
Be. my, Joseph, military service, III. I .I.
Bel the first in Waterbury, I. 599, 613; Ademy, 599, 680 note; the meeting- b se, 613, 680, 681; of the Salem so-
y, 644; and their uses, 680; Epis-
c c al society uses bell of First church, 6 ; reminiscences of Horace Hotch- ki regarding, 682. factory, 684; chime o t. John's Episcopal church, III. 1089. Bel ont Star Mining Co., II. 439.
Bei nt, Benjamin, military service, I. 3 461.
Beiplict, A., business established, the I 296.
Berlict, Lieut. Aaron, military service, I 29, 461, 517; mentioned, 442, 449,
5 627, 628, 629, 705; transports for t] army to West Point, 449; sketch 0 517; public spirited citizen, 517; le slator, 517; real estate owner, 517. Bertict, Aaron, and the fire department, I. [14; a first director Waterbury Na- al Bank, 176; early merchant, 234; b graphy, 299; manufacturer, 300, 301; m itioned I. 566; II. 20, 24, 448; III. 625, 6: - 1182; " A Memorial," II. 301 note; p Bomal characteristics, 300, 301; at crege, 543; philanthropist, 300, 545; I. 596, 604; musician, 583, 1069.
Ber ict, Aaron A., III. 919.
Ber ict, Mrs. Aaron A., III. 900.
Ber ict, Amos, II. 547.
Ber ict & Burnham, II. 297, 304.
Ber a
ict & Burnham Manufacturing Co. Mad river, I. 584; burning of tl office, II. 129, 130; origin, 296; es- ished, 297; companies of which it is ne parent, 298; officers, 299; men-
ti ed, 434; United States coinage, III.
IC
Ben 20
ict & Coe, business established, II. building of store, III. 873 note.
Benedict & Merriman, III. 907.
Benedict & Scovill Co., site of store, II. 46; sells carpets, 197 note; earliest site, 224; officers, 298; mentioned, 298, and note, 447.
Benedict, Scovill & Co., purchase and use
the first sewing machine, II. 196 note. Benedict & Upson's mill, I. 575.
Benedict, C. B., photographer, III. 1043. Benedict, Charles, holds municipal office,
II. 37; mayor, 44, 306; mentioned, 144, I49, 307 note, 435; III. 591, 630, 635, 976, 1008, IIOI; biography, II. 306; pro- moter of Waterbury's prosperity, 306; presidential elector, 306; projector of Mitchell, Vance & company of New York City, 306; president of various corporations, 306; philanthropist, 307, 545; death at sea, 307; obituary notice quoted, 307; treasurer Waterbury Clock Co., 379; his invention, 475; director Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies, 522 note; president Sunday School Union, III. 568; memorial to, 633; and Mrs., verses on their silver wedding. 934.
Benedict, Charlotte (Mrs. Scovill M. Buckingham), II. 286.
Benedict, Charlotte B. (Mrs. Gilman C. Hill), II. 340.
Benedict, Clara A. (Mrs. Elizur W. Keeler), II. 255.
Benedict, Cornelia J. (Mrs. Charles S. Rodman), III. 845.
Benedict, Ebenezer, II. 47I.
Benedict, Edwy E., architect, III. 1049.
Benedict family in America, Genealogy of the, II. 301 note, 307 note.
Benedict, Mrs. Fanny J., III. 607, and note. Benedict, George W., II. 22, 112, 113, 114, II6; sketch of, 24; holds city and state offices, 24; mayor, 44; mentioned, 179; III. 568, 591, 1063, 1136, 1137.
Benedict, Henry, supplies the First Church pulpit, III. 582.
Benedict, Henry W., III. 1022, 1077.
Benedict, Dr. John M., sketch of, III. 848; physician, 848; mentioned, 848, 891, 1230.
Benedict, Mary L. (Mrs. John S. Mitchell), II. 305.
Benedict, Merriman & Co., II. 248, 448.
Benedict, Rebecca (Mrs. Eli Clark), III. 621.
Benefit fund, The Universal Workmen's Sick and Death, III. 1169.
Benevolent association, The Waterbury Mutual, III. 1165.
Benger, Louis, III. 117I.
Benham, , I. 694.
Benham, Benjamin, military service, I. 395, 709.
Benham, Daniel, military service, I. 458; III. 1181.
Be
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Benham, Ebenezer, I. 709.
Benham, Elihu, military service, I. 461.
Benham, Elisha, military service, I. 429, 461. Benham, Eugene A., II. 81.
Benham, F. E., II. 155.
Benham, George H., sketch of, II. 360; secretary of Holmes, Booth & Hay- dens, 360; mentioned, III. 572.
Benham, George T., III., 1099.
Benham, Hannah (Mrs. Henry Cook), I. 315.
Benham, Isaac, military service, I. 414, 461.
Benham, J. H., II. 83.
Benham, James, I. 709.
Benham, Japhet (James?), I. 398, and note.
Benham, Japhet, Jr., (James, Jr. ? ), I. 399, and note.
Benham, Joseph, military service, I. 395. Benham, Lockwood P., II. 360.
Benham, Lowly (Mrs. Ansel Spencer), II. 24. Benham, Lydia (Mrs. Abel Bronson), III. 836.
Benham, Nathan, military service, I. 392. Benham, Reuben, I. 709.
Benham, Samuel, military service, I. 461. Benham, Sena (Mrs. Hiel Hoadley), III. 627.
Benham, Shadrack, military service, I. 393, 709.
Benjamin, Nathan, military service, III. I18I.
Ben Jones's lot, location, I. 344.
Bennett, H., his invention, II. 475.
Bennett, Mary E. (Mrs. James F. Fitz- patrick), III. 813.
Bennett, Primous, military service, III. I18I.
Benoit, Alfred, III. III7.
Ben's Meadow, I. 688.
Ben's Meadow hill, I. 688.
Ben's Meadow gate, I. 688.
Benson, Jacob, new inhabitant in 1729, I. 300; on tax list for 1730, 304, 688.
Benson's hill, location, 1. 247; mentioned, 688.
Benson's pot, I. 688.
Benton, L. D., photographer, III. 1043.
Berech, Rev. F. H., pastor of the Ad- ventist church, III. 776.
Bergen, Francis, II. 81.
Bergen, William J., III. 1174.
Bergeron, Narcisse, III. 1162.
Bergin, Mrs. . -, III. 1068.
Bergin, Daniel, III. 1228.
Bergin, Frank, III 1114.
Bergin, John, III. 1105.
Bergin, Michael H., III. III4.
Bergin, P. S., III. 1116.
Bergin, T. F., III. 1116.
Bergin, William, III. 1115.
Bergin, William J., III. 1160.
Berley, Samuel, military service, I. 395. Bernier, Joseph N., III. 1162.
Bernier, Napoleon B., III, 1162.
Bertoli, Luigi, II. 453.
Berube, T. F., III. 1162.
Betts, Joseph, his allotment, I 239.
Betts, Zenephon, called to pastorate of First church, III. 582.
Bible distributions, III. 566, and note Bible society, attempt to organize a, III. 562.
Bidwell, Charles, farm boundary, I. 260. Bidwell, George A., police officer in 1857, II. 138.
Bidwell, Jennie E., III. 1066.
Bigelow, John, patents nail heads, II. 257.
Big Meadow pond, I. 689.
Bill, John, military service, I. 395.
Billings, Walter H., III. IIII, II54.
Binding Co., Waterbury Metal, II. 442.
Bingham, Rev. Joel F., II. 550; sketch
of, III. 658; rector St. John's parish, 658, 659.
Binns Chemical works, Joseph, II. 447. Biographies of Waterbury men, I. II. Birch hill, I. 689.
Birch pasture, I. 689.
Birch, Rebecca (Mrs. Henry Fish), II. 49. Bird, Beulah (Mrs. Norton N. Lewis), II. 512.
Bird, Eleanor S., druggist, III. 875.
Bird, James, button and pulley maker, I. 582
Bird, John W., III. 1147.
Bird, Rollin R., III. 1112, 1130.
Birdsale, Judith, I. 313.
Birdsey, Ezekiel, I. 455.
Birdseye, Colonel Edwin C., III. 1184, II87. Birdseye, Linus, III. 1184.
Birely, Mary E. (Mrs. David B. Hamil- ton, II. 385.
Birely, William, II. 385.
Birge, Edwin, II. 458.
Birkenshaw, John G., III., 1115.
Birracree, Rev. James, assistant pastor St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, III. 759.
Birrell, James E., III. 1109.
Birrell, J. M., II. 124; III. 1142, 1200, I227.
Birth of first English child in Mattatuck, I. 165.
Birthplace of first English child in west- ern Connecticut, II. 221. ---
Births in Waterbury 1681-1691, number of, I. 224. Bisbee, Hiram, II. 81.
Biscoe, Nathan, I. 689.
Biscoe, Samuel, I. 689.
Biscoe's hill, I. 689.
Bishop, -, III. 697.
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Bishop, Alfred, of Bridgeport, and the Naugatuck railroad, II. 157.
Bishop, Betsy (Mrs. David Hayden), II. 264
"Bishop Brown," I. 648.
Bishop, Caroline (Mrs. D. L. Durand), her private school, II. 535.
Bishop, David T., teaches school, I. 228, 600.
Bishop, James, his saw and grist mill, I. 590.
Bishop, Justus, I. 228.
Bishop, Leveret, military service, III. IISI.
Bishop, Minnie, III. 1147.
Bishop, W. D. Jr., of Bridgeport, II. 159. Bissell, Ephraim, new inhabitant in 1729, I. 300; on tax list for 1730, 304; house of, 355; soldier in war of Spanish West Indies, 356, 385; and Dr. James Porter, first settlers at Hop swamp, 355.
Bissell, George E., sculptor, II. 337; III. 1037; sketch of, 1037; designs and erects the Waterbury soldiers' monu- ment, 1038; his famous works, 1038.
Bissell hill, 1, 689.
Bissell's hill, location, I. 246, 354; early settlers, 356.
Bissell's swamp, I. 689.
Bissell, Thomas, removes to Derby, I. 356.
Blaaksle, C. Thomas, I. 376.
Black Bill, I. 35I.
Black House hill, I. 689.
Blackhall, Sarah Steele (Mrs. George W. Beach), II. 164.
Blacker, F., III. 1175.
Blacker, John, III. 1175,
Blacker, W. J., III. 1175.
Blackle, James, on tax list for 1730, I. 304.
Blackman, A. A., introduces gymnastics into Y. M. C. A., III. 570; mentioned, 57I, 572.
Blackman, Abraham, military service, III. 118I.
Blackman, Alfred, and the fire depart- ment, II. 114; mentioned, 548; III. 734; lawyer, 820 and note.
Blackman, Charles S., II. 550.
Blackman, Irene (Mrs. Alfred Platt), II. 248, 395.
Blackman, J. H., III. 1173.
Blackman, Nirom, II. 395.
Blackman, Samuel C., II. 550.
Blackman, Samuel G., II. 144, 443; III. 889; his invention, II. 475, 480.
Blackman, Zachariah, I. 364. Blackman's hill, I. 706.
Blacknall, Dr. George W., II. 351.
Blacknall, Mamie T. (Mrs. George H. Clowes), II. 35I.
Blackeslee, Reuben, I., 373.
Blackslee, Deacon - I. 376. Blackslee (Blakslee), Jacob, military ser- vice, I. 363, 373, 382, 563, 653.
Blackslee, Thomas, I., 321.
Blade, The, II., 998.
Blair, John, III. 1137, 1138, 1156, 1157. Blake, Addie, III. IIOI.
Blake, Dr. Amos S., I. 69; II. 81, 82, 85, 88, 303; III. 787; efforts to name the streets, II. 79; and the early water sup- ply, 93; biography, 416; superintend- ent of mines, 416; his inventions, 416, 475; manufacturer, 416; III. 870; first permanent dentist, II. 416; III. 870; holds offices, municipal and state, II. 417.
Blake & Johnson, organized, II. 407; fac- tory buildings, site of, 407; officers, 408; skilled mechanics employed by, 408; furnishes the royal mint of Great Britain with machinery, 408, and note; furnishes the United States govern- ment with machinery, 409; mentioned, 436.
Blake, Caroline W. (Mrs. Edward T. Root), II. 190, 417.
Blake, Charles H., III. 1144, 1155.
Blake, Dr. Edward W., his invention, II. 475; dentist, III. 870.
Blake, Ellen C (Mrs. John A. Hitchcock), II. 417.
Blake, Francis H., III. 1076.
Blake, Freelove, military service, I. 485.
Blake, James P., II. 116; mentioned, 407 note, 492; III. 1076; his invention, II. 475.
Blake, Joseph, military service, I. 392, 396; mentioned. II. 416, 467.
Blake, Josiah A., I. 629; III. 625; military service, 1199.
Blake, Lamb & Co., organized and incor-
porated, II. 416; mentioned, 416, 438. Blake, Richard, military service, I. 485. Blake, Sarah W., her invention, II. 475. Blake, Seth, I. 676.
Blake, Thomas, military service, I. 461. Blake, W. E., II. 393.
Blake, William, III. 1073.
Blake, William H., sketch of, II. 393, his invention, 475.
Blakeman, Elvira N. (Mrs. Henry I. Boughton), III. 808.
Blakeslee, Amasa, military service, I. 461; mentioned, II. 550.
Blakeslee, Anna (Mrs. Amos Bronson), I. 515.
Blakeslee, Archibald, military service, I. 417, 461.
Blakeslee, Asa, removes to Nova Scotia, I. 458; military service, 461.
Blakeslee, Asher, military service, I. 393. Blakeslee, Bela, I. 688.
Blakeslee, Daniel, new name on tax list in 1731, I. 310.
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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.
Blakeslee, David, military service, 1, 461; mentioned, 653 note.
Blakeslee, Dennis, II. 121.
Blakeslee, E. C., his inventions, II. 475; mentioned, III. 1073.
Blakeslee, Ebenezer, new inhabitant in
1729, I. 300; new name on tax list of
1731, 310; becomes owner of land in 1730, I. 315.
Blakeslee, Edward H., III. 1176. Blakeslee, Edwin, II. 444.
Blakeslee, Enos, military service, I. 461.
Blakeslee, F. P., III. 1147.
Blakeslee, George G., his invention, II. 475; mentioned, III. 1099, 1101, 1102, 1130; sketch of, 1232; military record, 1232. Blakeslee, Ida, II. 920.
Blakeslee, Jacob B., III. 1169.
Blakeslee, James, I. 297. 359, 360, 373; his first residence in Waterbury, 301; sells Irving block corner, 358; military ser- vice, 461.
Blakeslee, Jared, military service, 1, 461. Blakeslee, Jesse, new name on tax list of 1731, I. 310.
Blakeslee, Joel, military service, I. 461. Blakeslee, John, death of, I. 458; mili- tary service. 461.
Blakeslee, Jude, I, 656 and note.
Blakeslee, Justus, military service, I. 396.
Blakeslee, Moses, I. 338, 382.
Blakeslee, Obed, military service, I. 461. Blakeslee, Olive, I. 688.
Blakeslee, Ralph N., II. 74, 129.
Blakeslee, Mrs. Ralph N., musician, III. 1064; mentioned, IIOI.
Blakeslee, Ransom, II. 458.
Blakeslee, Reuben, military service, I. 393. Blakeslee, Rev. Solomon, sketch of, I. 655; mentioned, II. 546.
Blakeslee, Stephen, I. 653 note.
Blakeslee, Thomas, new inhabitant in 1729, I. 300; military service, 382, 384. Blakeslee, Tille, military service, I. 396. Blakeslee, Zealous, death of, I. 458; military service, 461.
Blakesley, Albert J., II. 364, III. 888, 1099; musician, 1066, 1080, 1081, 1088; sketch of, 1088.
Blakesley, Augustus M., cashier Water- bury National bank, II. 176, 181; bio- graphy, 181; his children, 181; as a musician, 181; III. 1066, 1077, 1078, 1079; president American Pin Co., II. 181; treasurer Connecticut Indemnity asso- ciation, 186; mentioned, III. 630, 635, 888, 891, 893.
Blakesley, David, military service, I. 414. Blakesley, G. H., his invention, II. 480. Blakesley, Lieut. James, military service, I. 416.
Blakesley, Jennie E. (Mrs. John M. Benedict), III. 848, 1075. Blakesley, Milo, II. 181.
Blakesly (Blakslee), Jude, military ser- vice, I. 388, 414.
Blakslee, Daniel, military service, I. 388. Blakslee, Lieut. David, military service, I. 388; mentioned 402, 653.
Blakslee, Jacob, military service, I. 383, 653 note.
Blakslee, James, I. 406.
Blakslee, Joel, brings clothing from New Haven, I. 449.
Blakslee, Mathew, I. 363.
Blakslee, Lieut. Moses, military service, I. 388, 653 note.
Blakslee, Lieut. Reuben, military ser- vice, I. 408, 414, 653 note.
Blakslee, Stephen, military service, I. 391. Bland, Thomas, III. IIII.
Blank Book Manufacturing Co., The Waterbury, mentioned, II. 446.
Blasberg, Emil, III. 1108.
Blasel (Blakeslee?), Jacob, I. 663 note.
Blasle (Blakeslee), Thomas, I. 663 note. Blattman, Charles, III. 1108. Blick, Michael, III. 1144.
Blish, H. H., III 1072.
Bliss, Edith, III. 1066.
Bliss, John, II. 546.
Block House hill, I. 689.
Block, Michael, III. 768.
Blodgett, David, III. 1199.
Blodgett, Frederick, III. 1199.
Blodgett, Norton, III. 1173, 1174,
Bloomfield, Alexander, III. 1199.
Blondin, Alfred, III. 1162.
Blydenburg, Rev. Moses, III. 707.
B'nai B'rith, Independent Order of, first meeting, III. 903.
Boardman, Mrs. Cornelia H., of New Haven, donates money to St. Mar- garet's school, II. 523.
Boardman, Joseph, military service, I. 461; mentioned, 499.
Bock, Otto, III. 1108.
Boden, Frank C., III. 1156.
Bodine, Samuel T., II. 145.
Bodine, William, II. 114, 115.
Bohan, James, III. 751.
Bohl's block, early site of, II. 69, 168.
Bolan, James H., III. 1151.
Bolan, P. J., III. 1112, 1142, 1157.
Bole, Margaret S. (Mrs. Charles A. Hamilton), III. 850. Bolger, Thomas F., III. 1172, 1173.
Bolles, Rev. Edwin C., II. 550; pastor Universalist society, III. 774.
Bolles, Mrs. Emma, III. 812. Bolster, E. L., his invention, II. 475.
Bolster, Lieut .- Col. Levi, military ser- vice, III. 1184.
Bolster, Levi B., police officer, II. 138.
Bond, C. Curtis, editor, III. 966. Bond, Thomas H., II. 29, 547.
Bonn, John L., sketch of, III. 1089; musician, 1066, 1089.
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Bonne Mort, III. 768.
Bonner, J. D., II. 450.
Bonner, Preston Co., The, II. 450.
Bonnett, William W., clerk of board of water commissioners, II. 102; men- tioned, III. 664, 1023, 1126, 1130, II31. Bonney, Samuel, III. 777.
Book of Records, establishment of the, I. 282.
Book of the Riverside cemetery, pub- lished, III. 789 note.
Book publishers, III. 1019.
Book-stores and book publishing, III. I019.
Booth, John C., site of residence, I. 211; mentioned, II. 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 94, 325, 352, 438, 439, 445; III. 753, 891, 976; secretary Holmes, Booth & Haydens, II. 352; organizer of, 362; biography, 361; director in Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co., 362; president of Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co., 362; the public spirited man, 362; III. 658; funeral discourse quoted, II. 362; director Collegiate Institute, 522 note; Booth, Mrs., II. 363.
Booth, Lucy, III. IIOI.
Booth, Mary E. (Mrs E. M. Burrall), II. 208, 363.
Booth, Philo, II. 361.
Booth, Samuel, III. 664.
Booth, Sarah H., II. 363.
Boots and shoes, earliest, for sale, II. 196. Borchardt, William, III. 1144, 1159.
Borden. W. A., II. 513.
Borough, The, origanized, II. 2; bound- aries, 14; dimensions, 14, population, 14; first meetings, 15; officers and their functions, 15; items from records, 17; fire department, 19; water supply, 21; wardens, 21; gas appropriation, 21; MS of records, 22 note. Borst, Peter, III. 1150.
Bossidy, J. S., III. 1166.
Botsford, Daniel, III. 1062.
Boston in 1774, men appointed to receive donations for, I. 413.
Boston Port bill, I. 412.
Bostwick, Andrew, military service, I. 46I.
Bostwick, Bushnel, I. 641. Bostwick, Cyrus, II. 390.
Bostwick, Hannah B. (Mrs. John E. Smith), II. 390.
Bostwick, Shadrach, III. 697.
Botany, I. 9.
Botsford, Jabez, military service, I. 437. Botvinick, Solomon, III. 786.
Boughton Brothers, The, site of their house, I. 355.
Boughton, Charlotte E. (Mrs. Curtis Birkenmayer), III. 808.
Boughton, Deborah (Mrs. David Hamil- ton), II. 383
Boughton, George A., II. 121; mentioned, III. 1072, 1199.
Boughton, Henry I., advocates Water-
terbury for county seat, II. 35; mayor, - 45; mentioned, 46, 135, 136, 508; III. 914. 977; sketch of, 808; lawyer, 808.
Boughton, Isaac, II. 66, 87, 112 113; sketch of, 216.
Boughton, Isabel L.(Mrs. Henry S. Peck), II. 216.
Boughton, Jonas, II. 216.
Boughton, Susan M. (Mrs. Robert S. Pryor), II. 216.
Boulders, I. 6.
Boundary, original, I. I; of land given to Paugasuck Indians, 40; of Waterbury in 1686, 118; between Woodbury and Mattatuck, 155, 190; of Mattatuck, first, I90.
Bourgeois, Margaret, daughters of, II. 527. Bourret, Rev. J. E., pastor of St. Anne's parish, III. 767.
Bowdish, Rev. Wellesley W., II. 551; III. 710.
Bowditch & Co., E. B., II. 461.
Bowditch & Prudden Co., II. 461.
Bowditch & Son, II. 461.
Bowen, Fannie, III. 1152.
Bowen, Josiah, III. 697.
Bowen, Mrs. L. J., II. 413.
Bowen, Mrs. Z. C., III. 1154.
Bowens, Rev. W. B., pastor of African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, III. 725.
Bower, Rev. John, petition of, I. 142.
Bowers, Charlotte A. (Mrs. Edward R. Lampson), II. 251.
Bowes, William, III. 1162.
Bown, W. A., his connection with the American, III, 981, 983 note.
Bowton, Daniel, I. 364.
Bowton, Ebenezer, I, 364.
Bowton, John, I. 364.
Bowton, Mercy, I. 364.
Boyce, James, II. 113,
ยท Boyd, George E., as a musician, III. 1067, 1081, 1088; sketch of, 1088; men- tioned, 110I, II02.
Boyle, Patrick, III. 1170, II7I.
Boyle, Richard, III. 1160.
Boys' brigade, organized, III. 576.
Brackenridge, Mrs. Annie E., writes verse, III. 950.
Brackenridge, William H., III. 1153.
Bracket, Ebenezer, military service, I. 391. Bracket, Job, military service, I. 391. Brackett, Daniel, I. 364.
Brackett (Brockett), Giles, representative of General Assembly, I. 517.
Brackett, L. S., his connection with the
American, III. 982; mentioned, 1154, 1155, 1156.
Bracket, Polly (Mrs. Samuel Hill), I. 516. Bradley, Abner, I. 657.
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Bradley, Andrew, military service, III. IISI.
Bradley, Aner, military service. I. 460, 461; his plating shop on Park brook, 590. Bradley, Aner, Jr., mayor, II. 44; fire-
man, 113, 114; mentioned, III. 664, I198; lieutenant-colonel, 1180; military service, 1181, 1180, 1190.
Bradley, B. H., his invention, II. 475.
Bradley, C. R., his invention, II. 479.
Bradley, Ebenezer, I. 382.
Bradley, Edwin A., III. III2.
Bradley, Eldad, military service, III. II8I.
Bradley, Gertrude U., III. 577, 1154.
Bradley, Henry, almshouse keeper, III. 885.
Bradley, Isaac, military service, III. 1182. Bradley, J. M., II. 155.
Bradley, James, I. 361; mentioned, III. 1024.
Bradley, John, finds Indian relics, I. 61. Bradley, Jonathan, military service, III. II82.
Bradley, Lyman, manufactures pocket cutlery, I. 581; II. 30; mentioned, III. I184.
Bradley, Margaret (Mrs. Thomas Dona- hue), III. 1107.
Bradley, Samuel N., tanner, I. 585.
Bradley, Timothy, discovers and secures two hundred bullets from a tree, I. 54. Bradley, W. J., agent for sewing ma- chine, II. 196.
Bradley, W. W., his invention, II. 481.
Bradley, William, photographer, III. 1042. Bradley & Hyland Carriage Co., II. 446. Bradleyville, II. 275 note.
Bradstreet, Albert P., II. 552; sketch of, III. 814; senator, 814; lawyer and judge of probate, 814.
Bradstreet, Rev. Simon, quoted, I. 162. Brainerd, Maria, sketch of, III. 1083; musician, 1065, 1079, 1083.
Braithwaite, W., his invention, II. 475. Brandes, Henry C., III. 1153.
Brantigam, S. Josephine (Mrs. Samuel J. Holmes), II. 251.
Brass and copper kettles revolutionized by inventions of Hiram W. Hayden, II. 356.
Brass City, The, origin of name, II. 127. Brass City Herald, III. 998.
Brass companies, smaller, II. 365.
Brass Co, American, II. 453.
Brass Co., Waterbury, rolling mill de- stroyed by fire, II. 130; first sugges- tion of, 332; organized; 332; first direct- ors, 332; first officers, 332; erection of the West mill 333; mentioned, 434; III. 580.
Brass kettles, made first in Waterbury, II, 302; H. W. Hayden's process for making, 473.
Brass manufacturing, II. 319.
Brass mill, original projector of the first,
II. 325; largest, in United States, 1846, 332.
Brass, R., his invention, II. 475.
Brass worker, the first known, in Water- bury, I. 371.
Brassart, August, maker of first plates used by Daguerre, II. 353 note; manu- factures the first daguerrotype plates in Waterbury, III. 1041; photographer, 1042.
Braunfels, A., quoted, II. 70; mentioned, 87; III. 1019.
Bray, Asa, military service, I. 397.
Bray, "homas, military service, I. 392.
Braze ' tube manufacturing, II. 350.
Braze , Terence, III. 1171.
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