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Breal Neck, location, I. 246; mentioned, 484 note, 689; claims the first saw mill, 581; the French army at, 689.
Break Neck district. I. 707 note.
Break Neck hill, I. 689.
Breckenridge, J. H., III. 1199.
Breed, E. S., II. 453.
Breedon, Robert, III. 1103.
Brennan. Martin H., II. 410; sketch of, 4II; his children, 4II.
Brett, Francis P., II. 555; lawyer, III. 818; mentioned, IIOI.
Brett, Patrick, III. 915.
Brewer, Charles, III. 1144.
Brewer, Mrs. Charles, III. 1157.
Brewer, R. T., his invention, II. 475; mentioned, III. IIOI, II02.
Brewery, Naugatuck Valley, II. 195.
Brewster, Clara (Mrs. Ashbel Steele), III. 659.
Brewster, Elder, II. 81.
Brewster, L. L. B., III. 1165.
Brezezinski, M. J., advocate of "labor" interests, III. 993; escapes from the Siberian mines, 993; publishes The Weekly Examiner, 993.
Briant's hill, I. 689.
Brick Co., Waterbury, II. 444.
Bricklayers' and Masons' Union, No. 16, III. 1173.
Bride, first in Mattatuck, I. 172.
Bride's brook, origin of name, I. 354; a branch of Hop brook, 354; traditions of, 354, 355.
Bridge, the West Main street, I. 333, 367; II. 77, 128; first, across Naugatuck river, I., 333; to Woodbury, rebuilding of, 340; the Northbury. 369; at Judd's meadow, 369; at mill of Capt. Hikcox, 369; soldiers' work on Great River, 455 note; of the Straits Turnpike Co, freshet destroys, 566; Bank street, II. 77, 78; Liberty street, 77, 78; Washing ton street, 78; first of iron, 78; first to Riverside cemetery, 78; first iron in Connecticut, 460.
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Bridges. appropriations for in 1748, I. 368; the bridgeless town, 381; mention of, by Frederick J. Kingsbury, II. 53; city, 75; across Great brook, 69 note. 76; Little brook, 76; Mad river, 76; Nauga- tuck river, 76; number of, 76.
Bridgeport Brass Co., II. 250.
Bridgeport Copper Co. mentioned, II. 358. Bridgeport Paper-Box Co., II. 424.
Bridgman & Gay, editors and proprie- tors of The Valley Index, III. 992.
Briggs, Charles A., III. 1154.
Briggs, John C., organist the First church society, III. 399 note, 1064.
Bright, Rev. Mr., arrival of, in Massa- chusetts Bay, I. 80.
Brinsmade, Mary E. (Clark), (MIrs. Edward P. Gregory), III. 859.
Briscoe, - -, I. 356.
Brister, Stephen, military service, I. 461. Bristol, B. B., II. 442.
Bristol, Benjamin, I. 399.
Bristol Co., II. 442.
Bristol, Connecticut, I. 12I.
Bristol, Eliphalet. I. 356, 358, 363, 398.
Bristol, G., stage driver, II. 155.
Bristol, W. H., II. 442.
Bristol, William, II. 296.
Brocket cemetery, I. 679.
Brocket, Giles, military service, I. 461.
Brocket, Mary (Mrs. Isaac Bronson, 4th), I. 517; III. 861.
Brockett, Abigail, III. 672.
Brockett (Brocket), Zenas, I. 679; III. 671, 672.
Broderick, J, H., II. 12I.
Bromberg. Charles. II. 155 Bronson,- -, military service, I.236,277.
Bronson, , wife of Ebenezer, I. 373. Bronson, -- , I. 568. Bronson, (Mrs. William Beecher), III. 695.
Bronson, (Mrs. Nelson Cowell), III. 695.
Bronson, (Mrs. David Welton), III. 695.
Bronson, Dr. Abel, I. 448, 486; military service, 461; erects a building for a pest house, II. 133; sketch of, III. 836. Bronson, Abraham, signer of petition for a plantation, I. 123; lives in Mattatuck, 146; removes to Lyme, 150 note; ap- pointed lieutenant, 150 note; leaves Waterbury, 151; site of his first resi dence, 158.
Bronson, Alvin, sketch of, I. 519; com- mercial connection with the West In- dies, 519; senator, 519.
Bronson, Amasa, I. 669.
Bronson, Capt. Amos, military service, I. 414; dismissed from military office, 418; sketch of, 515; builds a turnpike road, 516; children, 516; mentioned, 656 and note.
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Bronson & Co., Isaac R., III. 1019; pub-
lish the first Waterbury almanac, 1020. Bronson, Lieut. Andrew, military ser-
vice, I. 380; mentioned, 411, 616; III. - 625; his house, I. 565.
Bronson, Dr. Andrew H., sketch of, III. 863.
Bronson, Anna, daughter of Ezra (Mrs. Joseph Cooke), II. 272.
Bronson, Anna, daughter of Bennet, teaches in Second Academy, II. 520; her private school, 533.
Bronson, Anna, widow (Mrs. Zenas Bronson), II. 80.
Bronson, Anson, button manufacturer,I. 587; II. 260; mentioned, 21; III. 1184.
Bronson, Arthur L., II. 250.
Bronson, Asa, early resident of Water- ville, II. 27; military service, III. 1182. Bronson, Asahel, military service, I. 461.
Bronson, Augustus, military service, III. II82.
Bronson, Azor, I. 687.
Bronson, Bela, death of, I. 458.
Bronson, Judge, Bennet, writes of Water- bury, I. I; homestead, 168; mentioned, 338, 564, 627, 667; II. 7, 57, 92, 296, 518, 547; III. 625; attorney, I. 569; III. 791, 797; school teacher, I. 598; first burgess, II. 15; clock maker, 260; books for the pastor's library, III. 597 and note; bi- ography, 797; army officer, 797; legis- lator, 797; manufacturer, 798; bank president, II. 176; III. 798; capitalist, 798; interest in local history, 798; per- sonal characteristics, 798.
Bronson Brothers, publishers of Bron- son's History of Waterbury, II. 312; III. 1019.
Bronson, Casimir H., insurance agent, II. 184; mentioned, 185, 187, 188; III. 1138, 1155.
Bronson, Charles, II. 113, 1I4; III. 710. Bronson, Charles F., III. 1082.
Bronson, Charles P., II. 313; III. 1064.
Bronson, Charles T., III. 997, 998; sketch of, 1000; newspaper editor, 1001.
Bronson, Charlotte, III. 1138.
Bronson, Daniel, military service, I. 429, 442, 461; III. 625 and note.
Bronson, Ebenezer, on tax list for 1730, I. 304; mentioned, 358 361, 363, 364, 368, 376, 377, 554, 564; the wife of, 372. Bronson, Dr. Edward B., III. 622.
Bronson, Edward L., I. 629; II. 443, 446; III. 568, 604, 607, 625, 1008, 1009, 1019, 1025, I203; reminiscences by, II. 69; biography, 312; and the Republican party, 312; connection with Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co., 312; with the First church, 312; with the Repub- lican Printing Co., III. 988; describes training days, 1185.
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Bronson, Eli, I. 442. 487; town agent, 453; petition for burial place in Middlebury, 679.
Bronson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Roger Conant), I. 79; III. 855.
Bronson, Elnatha, I. 340.
Bronson, Emma L., III. 1099.
Bronson, Enos, II. 547; III. 999; pub- lished writings, 957; sketch of, 999.
Bronson, Ethel, sketch of, I. 517.
Bronson, Ezra, fence viewer, I. 276; town clerk and treasurer, 401, 402, 447, 450, 451, 167 Ap; mentioned, 402, 448, 449, 501, 687; II. 56; 199, 219; military ser- vice, I. 413.
Bronson, Mrs. Ezra, I. 669.
Bronson, F. M., II. 530; III. 1230.
Bronson, Frank W., III. III5.
Bronson, Frederick E., III. 1213.
Bronson, Garry, II. 249.
Bronson, George, II. 113, 114.
Bronson, George H., III. 1144.
Bronson, H., II. 472, 475.
Bronson, Hannah, widow, I. 376.
Bronson, Hannah (Mrs. William Leaven- worth), II. 235.
Bronson, Harriet A. (Mrs. Peter V. Finch), III. 622.
Bronson, Harry, II. 113, 114; III. 1070. Bronson, Dr. Henry, quoted, I. 18, 33, 46 note, 47 note, 52, 53, 170, 171, 228 note, 317, 394 and note, 400 and note, 419, 454; II. 8, 132, 199, 200, 234 note, 280; mentioned, I. 48, 131, 144, 158; II. 548; III. 856; professor in Yale Medical school, 548; biography, III. 855; phy- sician, 856; author, 856, 857 note; his History of Waterbury, 856, 1019 note; philanthropy. 857. 889; his History of Connecticut Currency, 1059 note.
Bronson, Henry T., III. 914.
Bronson, Homer D., chief engineer fire department, II. 119, 124. Bronson, Horatio G., III. 1184.
Bronson house, the Bennet, III. 1044. Bronson, Isaac (Ist), signer of petition for a plantation, I. 123; mentioned, 156, 177, 178, 206, 214, 225, 228, 238, 296, 689; family, 173; proprietor inhabitant, 197; house lot, 207, 208, 210, 2II; builds a fence, 268; the planter, 690.
Bronson, Isaac (2d), his lot, I. 245; builds the first house in Middlebury, 252; bach- elor proprietor, 236; mentioned, 263, 317, 318, 360, 362, 408, 543; lives at Judd's Meadow, 303; on tax list of 1730, 304; resides at South Farms, 349; mili- tary service, III. 1180.
Bronson, Capt. Isaac (3d), Jr., I. 369, 383, 398, 408, 497, 517; military service, 414, 416, 461; entertains Gen. Lafayette, 454; tavern-keeper, 486.
Bronson Isaac (4th), I. 398, 432, 439; saw mill, 581.
Bronson, Dr. Isaac (5th), military service
I. 461; III. 861; mentioned, I. 482; III 861; sketch of. 861; physician, 861.
Bronson, Isaac (6th), military service, III I182; mentioned, 1184.
Bronson, Isaac, I. 653 note.
Bronson, Isaac H., lawyer, III. 826.
Bronson, Isaac R., biography, III. 1212 military service, 1212, mentioned, I.629 Bronson, J. F., his invention, II. 475. Bronson, James, I. 399, 411, 446, 449. Bronson, Jesse, II. 548.
Bronson, John, land owner, I. 95, 159 172 note, 206, 209, 225, 251, 346, 690; II 249; military service, I. 138; pensions granted. 138 note; original proprietor 158, 236; family, 170; house lot, 207 208, 268; death of, 236; builds a fence 268; the planter called Giffer John 361, 689.
Bronson, Mrs. John, death of, I. 285.
Bronson, Lieut., John, Jr., stave maker I. 277; mentioned, 295, 358, 362, 377: 515, 554, 695; military service, 299 383, 384, 387, 397; on tax list of 1730. 304; petitioner from Up river, 330 school land on Bucks meadow, 334; tav ern-keeper, II. 218.
Bronson, John, II. 112.
Bronson, John W., site of dwelling house, II. 16 note.
Bronson, Johnson, III. 1066.
Bronson, Joseph, military service, I. 388, 393, 461; mentioned, 374, 695; early resident in Waterville, II. 26; tavern- keeper, 220.
Bronson, Joseph, (2d.) II. 518; III. 883. Bronson, Lieut. Josiah, petitions for winter privileges, I. 398: mentioned, 448; military service, 461; sketch of, 514; children, 514; tavern-keeper, II .! 220.
Bronson, Julia M., III. 1064, 1099.
Bronson, Julius Hobart, treasurer of Oakville Co., II. 375, 376; sketch of, 376; ancestors, 376; mentioned, 484, 485; III. 888, 891, 893, 1126, 1130. Bronson, Mrs. J. Hobart, III. 865, 1102. Bronson, Katharine C., III. 1213.
Bronson, Leonard, II. 37, 312, 443; III. 625; bank president, II. 179. Bronson, Levi, military service, I. 461. Bronson, Louisa Maria (Mrs. Isaac R. Bronson), III. 1213; (Mrs. Samuel M. Crothers), 1213.
Bronson, Lucien S., biography, II. 249; mentioned, 250; III. 604. 1008, 1014 note; erects the Bronson building, II. 250.
Bronson, Marcia (Mrs. John Kingsbury), II. 240; III. 796.
Bronson, Mark, II. 202. Bronson. Mary J. (Mrs. Caleb A. Gran- niss), II. 317.
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Bronson, Mercy (Mrs. John Judd), II. 226. Bronson, Lieut. Michael, military ser- vice, I. 430, 441, 461; mentioned, 226, 448, 449, 491, 167 Ap.
Bronson, Moses, on tax list of 1730, I. 304; mentioned, 322, 358, 695; military service, 391, 392, 395; grave digger, 666. Bronson, Nancy (Mrs. Cyrus Clark), III. 791 note.
Bronson, Nathan S., II. 550.
Bronson, Nathaniel R., II. 250, 486, 530, 553; III. IIOI; sketch of, 816; lawyer, 816. Bronson, Nellie L., III. 1075, IIOI.
Bronson, Noah M., àn incorporator of Waterbury River Turnpike Co., I. 567.
Bronson, O. H., II. 113, 115, 199, 444, 508; III. 710.
Bronson, Phebe, teaches school, (Mrs. William A. Alcott), I. 600.
Bronson, Polly, III. 672.
Bronson, Ralph S., III. 913.
Bronson, Rebecca T. (Mrs. Douglas F. Maltby), II. 462.
Bronson, Reuben, military service, I. 461. Bronson, Richard, secures grant of land in Farmington, I. 120.
Bronson, Roswell, military service, I. 461. Bronson, S. Henry, II. 551.
Bronson, Capt. Samuel, military service, I. 439, 46I.
Bronson, Samuel L., II. 550; lawyer, III. 827.
Bronson, Seba, military service, I. 452; mill owner, 487, 580, 590; mentioned, 687, 688, 695.
Bronson, Selah, military service, I. 461. Bronson, Seth, I. 494.
Bronson, Sherman, I. 586; III. 1069.
Bronson, Silas, founds the Waterbury library, III. 1007, 1013; biography, 1013; business man, 1013; bequests, 1013.
Bronson, Stephen, I. 245; 588, 598; III. 625 and note.
Bronson, Susanna, I. 674; II. 231.
Bronson, Thaddeus, tavern-keeper, I. 486. Bronson, Lieut Thomas, fence viewer, I. 275; lieutenant of train band, 311; town treasurer, 334; mentioned, 299, 360, 368, 373, 374, 383, 384, 669; his residence, II. 242; III. 863.
Bronson, Thomas, his daughter's mar- riage to Roger Conant, I. 79; military service, 384; mentioned, 564; III. 625.
Bronson, Thomas, Jr., I. 377, 449; III. 625; tavern-keeper, II. 218.
Bronson, Rev. Thomas, II. 376; III. 620 and note; biography, 622; abandons the ministry, 622; studies law, 622; returns to Waterbury, 622; children, 622.
Bronson, Rev. Tillotson, I. 653 note; II. 546; III. III2; sketch of, I. 659; verse writer, III. 928; newspaper editor, 928; published sermons, 954.
Bronson, Titus, military service, I. 461. Bronson, William, I. 251.
Bronson, Dr. William A., II. 549; III. 871; president New York Odontologi- cal society, 872.
Bronson, William S., II. 114.
Bronson's Boggy meadow, I. 690.
Bronson's island, location, I. 245
Bronson's meadow, I, 221, 689, 690.
Brooklyn, described, II. 75.
Brooks, Beavers pond, I. 589; city, 581; Fulling mill, 581; Great, 586; Hancock, 591; Hop, 581; Little, I. 588; Long meadow, 580; Park, 590; Sled Hall, 589; Smug, 583; Steel's, 590; Turkey, 591; Turkey Hill, 589.
Brooks, Elisha, II, 21I.
Brooks, Elizabeth (Mrs. John Millings), II. 248.
Brooks, Harriet Emeline (Mrs. Allen B. Wilson), II. 2II.
Brooks, H. P., his invention, II. 475, 479.
Brooks, Isaac R. W., II. 248; III. 627. Brooks, Joseph, III. 786.
Brooks, Peter, his invention, II. 475.
Brooks, Sarah L. (Mrs. Eben Hoadley), III. 627.
Brooks, Thomas, I. 314, 360, 364; pur- chases lands at Poland, 316.
Brooks, W. B., his invention, II. 475; mentioned, 633.
Broomstick ledge, I. 689.
Brosnan, Kate, III. 1152.
Brown, Abraham, leaves Mattatuck and goes to Lyme, I. 150.
Brown, Alexander R., III. 1144.
Brown & Brothers, II. 97; sell a water system to the city, 98, plant destroyed by fire, 128, 343, 437; first in America to use steam power for rolling brass, 343.
Brown, E. & Co., II. 444.
Brown & Dart, hotel proprietors, II. 225. Brown & Elton, factory destroyed by fire, II. 128; organized, 319, 320; site of factory, 319; partnership dissolved, 321.
Brown, Augustus, II, 112, 245, 321, 447, biography, 246; connection with Brown & Brother, 246; with Brown & Elton, 343; military service, III. 1182.
Brown, Charles A., II. 246.
Brown, Dr. Charles H., II. 555; sketch of, III. 853.
Brown, Cornelia (Mrs. Theodore S. Buel), II. 345; III. 801.
Brown, Daniel, military service, I. 485 and note; mentioned, 695.
Brown, David, death of, I. 458; military service, 461.
Brown, Rev. Dominic, assistant pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, III. 760.
Brown, E., II. 444; his inventions, 476.
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Brown, Ebenezer, military service, I. 445, 461.
Brown, Eliza Jane (Mrs. G. S. Parsons), II. 182, 245.
Brown, Elizabeth (Mrs. James Scovil), I. 652.
Brown, Edward, III. 1103.
Brown, Frances E. (Mrs. James B. Hum- phrey), II. 246; (Mrs. John A. Fonda), 246.
Brown, Francis, II. 344.
Brown, Francis D., III. 724.
Brown, Dr. Frank J., dentist, III. 871
Brown, Frederick J., II. 148; III. 891, 1099, II07; sketch of, II. 245; legisla- tor, 245; children, 245.
Brown, George, III. 1141, 1150.
Brown, Giles, I. 696.
Brown, H. K., III. 1023.
Brown, Rev. Harvey, sketch of, III. 719; soldier, 719; inventor, 720; children, 720.
Brown, Lieut. Hezekiah, military ser- vice, I. 393, 413, 414, 458, 688; hostility to American cause, 418; trial of, 419.
Brown, Holmes & Co., II. 447; III. 907.
Brown, Isaac, military service, III. II82.
Brown, James, at Judd's meadow, I. 295, 349, 303; on tax list for 1730, 304; mentioned, 323, 327, 350, 358, 362, 419; tavern-keeper, 324, 348, 695; II. 219; military service, I. 395, 461; the first Episcopalian in Waterbury, 648. Brown, Col. James, blacksmith, I. 569; II. 344 note; mentioned, I. 627; II. 245, 319, 321; III. 625, 1063; sketch of, II. 205; military service, II. 206; III. 1181, 1183; his connection with Brown & Elton, II. 343.
Brown, Dr. James, early site of his resi- dence, I. 453, 525; biography, II. 345; physician, 345; senator, 346; men- tioned, II. 346, 548; III. 1126, II29, II30.
Brown, Dr. James S., II. 246, 554; sketch of, III. 867; physician, 867.
Brown, Jane E. (Mrs. George P. Chap- man), II. 341.
Brown, Jesse, early blacksmith in Water- ville, II. 27; mentioned, III. 702, 1184. Brown, John, I. 336. Brown, Levi, death of, I. 458.
Brown, Mary, II. 344.
Brown, Percy, III. 1231.
Brown, Philo, a first director Waterbury National Bank, II. 176; mentioned, 243, 245, 319, 332; III. 596, 629, 1063, 1069; connection with Brown & Elton, II. 343; an originator of Holmes & Hotchkiss, 344; president of American Pin Co., 344; ancestors, 344; funeral address quoted, 344, 345; his invention, 476; homestead lot, III. 572.
Brown, Mrs. Philo, III. 607.
Brown, Ralph, military service, III. 1182. Brown, Reuben, II. 494.
Brown, Robert K., site of house, I. 234. 236; his building, the Arcade, destroyed by fire, II. 130; business man, 178, 213; biography, 213; real estate owner, 213: holds municipal offices, 213; an expert before legislative committees, 213.
Brown, Samuel, new inhabitant in 1729, I. 300; secures school land in Handcox meadow, 334; mentioned, 310, 326, 336, 361; III. 625.
Brown, Lieut. Samuel, military service, I. 414.
Brown, Samuel, of Westbury, dies from small-pox, I. 437.
Brown, Stephen, II. 205.
Brown, Sophia M. (Mrs. Silas Stuart), II. 246.
Brown, W. & A., manufacturers, I. 587; II. 41 note; site of store, 62.
Brown, Waite J., III. 1206.
Brown, William, I. 574; II. 42, 128, 144, 245, 321; III. 629, 883, 1008; holds municipal office, II. 37; private banker, 178, 181; biography, 244; manufacturer, 244, 245, 343; merchant, 244; senator, 245; real estate owner, 245; children, 245; early site of residence, I. 651; II. 261; and Augustus, purchase land, 224. Brown, William H., II. 112, 121, 343, 444; III. 1064; sketch of, 345; his inven- tions, 476.
Brown, Mrs. William H., III. 607, 1064. Brown, Zera, war record, I. 458.
Brownell, Maria L. (Mrs. Gordon W. Burnham), II. 304.
Brownell, Bishop Thomas C., II. 304.
Browning, Elizabeth H. (Mrs. George A. Bryan), III. 623.
Brownlee, Lizzie, III. 916.
Brownson, Asa, military service, I. 392.
Brownson, John military service, I. 392.
Bruce, George A., II. 553.
Bruce, Walter L., III. 1019.
Bryan, Alexander, I. 138.
Bryan, Andrew, tanner and shoemaker, I. 569; III. 169; sketch of, 623; men- tioned, 1184.
Bryan, Benajah, military service, I. 461. Bryan, Burton G., cashier Fourth Na- tional bank, II. 178; prominent free- mason, III. 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132; men- tioned, 633, 1165.
Bryan, Charles, III. 623.
Bryan, Edward, III. 591; sketch of, 624; military man, 624.
Bryan, Edward R., III. 624.
Bryan, Rev. George A., II. 222 note, 520, 549; III. 620; sketch of, 623; pastor- ates, 623. Bryan, John, III. 1073.
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Bryan, Lucius P., II. 112, II4; III. 623, 1184; and the fire department, II. 116; insurance agent, 183.
Bryan, Martha E. (Mrs. Robert R. Stan- nard), III. 624.
Bryan, Mary A. (Mrs. Charles A. Colley), III. 624.
Bryan, Richard, I. 596 note.
Bryan, Thaddeus, III. 623.
Bryan, William A., III. 624.
Bryant, William, III. 1170.
Bryant, W. E., his invention, II. 476.
Bryant's hill, location, I. 246, 354.
Buchanan, John, his invention, II. 476.
Buchanan, Joseph, III. 1170.
Buck, - , I., 686.
Buck, Amelia H. (Mrs. Alfred North), III. 843.
Buck, D. A. A., invents the Waterbury watch, II. 473, 476.
Buck, David, III. 697.
Buck, F. B., II. 446.
Buck meadow, I. 691.
Buck, Roswell H., III. 1099.
Buck, Roswell H. Mrs., as a musician, III. 1064, 1065.
Buckham, Rev. H. B., principal of High school, II. 510; mentioned, 550; pub- lished writings, III. 956 and note.
Buckingham, David, I. 429; military ser- vice, 461.
Buckingham, Emily V. (Mrs. Frederic E. Snow), III. 624.
Buckingham, Epinetus, military service, I. 417, 461.
Buckingham, John, I. 323; II. 277; III. 657; biography, II. 283; business man, 285; politician, 285; military service, 283; III. 1182, 1I83.
Buckingham, John, Mrs., gift to St. John's Episcopal church, III. 657.
Buckingham, John A., early site of resi- dence, I. 664 note; mentioned, II. 286. Buckingham, Scovill M., holds municipal office, II. 37; mentioned, 84, 112, 116, 277; a first director Waterbury National Bank, 176; director Collegiate Institute, 522 note; III. 1006, 1070; biography, II. 285; the marksman, 285; connection with business corporations. 286; church officer, 286; donation to Trinity college, 545.
Buckland, A. J., III. 1203.
Buckland, Frank C., military service, III. II90.
Buckland, H. W., his invention, II. 476. Buckle Co., New England, II. 436.
Buckle Co., Waterbury, organized, II. 376; officers, 376; mentioned, 437. Buckley, A. H., photographer, III. 1043. Buckley, Chester F., military service, III. II82.
Buckley, Rev. Frederick D., II. 554; III. 575; sketch of, 669; rector Trinity Episcopal church, 669; pastorates, 669.
Buckley, Nancy S. (Mrs. John Deacon), III. 840.
Buckner, Mrs. Jacob, III. 904. Buckner, Rosa, III. 904.
Bucks hill, location, I. 247; its earliest houses, 252; road to Waterville, 555; earliest school, 595; cemetery, 679; men- tioned, 690.
Buck's Hill Peat Co., II. 443.
Bucks meadow, house lot of Isaac Bron- son at, I. 207; location, 241; rent of school land, 249; mentioned, 691.
Bucks meadow mountain, location, I. 246; mentioned, 691.
Buckwheat fan, Alfred Platt's invention of, II. 473.
Buel, Henry N., III. 801;
Buel, Katherine S.(Mrs. John B. Doherty), III. 801, 1232.
Buel, Norton J., I. 144, 176, 436; 167 Ap .;
III. 591, 630, 734, 1198; lawyer, 791,
799, 800; biography, 799; business abil- ity, 800; legislator, 800; funeral ad- dress of, 800 note.
Buel, Philo B., III. 801.
Buel, Theodore S., I. 167 Ap .; and the charter of 1870, II. 42; lawyer, III. 791, 800; sketch of, 800; connection with Brown & Brothers, 800; children, 801. Buel, Mrs. Theodore S., III. 607.
Buell, H. M., his invention, II. 476.
Buik, Robert, III. 1164.
Buffaloes, The Royal Antediluvian Order of, III. III5.
Builders and architects, III. 1046.
Building and Loan association, National Mutual, III. 1170.
Building committee of second meeting- house, I. 296.
Building Co., Waterbury, II. 444.
Bulkley, Cornelia H. (Mrs. S. T. Rogers), III. 840.
Bulkley, Gershom, and the Charter Oak at Hartford, I. 200.
Bulkley, Sarah A.(Mrs. F.B.Field), II. 152. Bulkley, Sarah J., III. 840.
Bulkley, Dr. Sturges, II. 548; sketch of, III. 840; physician, 840.
Bull, Amos, III. 1119.
Bull & Co., A. C., II. 172.
Bull, Dr. Charles S., II. 290.
Bull, Cornelius S., II. 555.
Bull, Frederick, II. 251.
Bullhead pond, I. 691.
Bull, Mary H. (Mrs. William B. Holmes), II. 251. Bull plain, I. 691.
Bull plain rocks, I. 691.
Bull, Deacon Samuel, I. 691, 710.
Bull, Thomas, I. 124.
Bunker hill, I. 691; road, 691; district, II. 75; origin of name, 81; chapel, III. 578; Ladies' Union, 578.
Bunnel, Ebenezer, II. 236.
Bunnel, Joseph, military service, I. 392.
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Bunnel, Nathaniel, military service, I. 439. Bunnel, Parmeneus, military service, I. 392.
Bunnell, A. J., proprietor Cooley House, II. 226.
Bunnell, Isaac, military service, I. 461.
Bunnell, J. A., III. 1023, 1126, 1130.
Bunnell, Mary J. (Mrs. J. M. Burrall), II. 208.
Burcey Chemical Co, II. 445.
Burdon, Jennie P. (Mrs. Theophilus R. Hyde), II. 293.
Burdon. William, II. 293.
' Burge, Dyer, III. 697.
Burges, James, I. 398.
Burgess, Maud W. G., III. 611; parish missionary, 782 note.
Burgoyne, Ida (Mrs. Charles A. Hamil- ton), II. 385.
Burials, the first place of, I. 235.
Burke, Thomas F., III, 1172.
Burkett, Ella A., III. 1138.
Burkitt, Alexander E., III. 1167.
Burnes, J. E., his invention, II. 476,
Burnham, - -- , his school, II. 533.
Burnham & Baldwin, II. 305.
Burnham & Welton, II. 305.
Burnham, Baldwin & Welton, II. 305.
Burnham, Caroline, private school, II. 534.
Burnham, Charlotte, II. 304.
Burnham, Daniel H., and the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893. I. 622 note.
Burnham, Douglass W., II. 304.
Burnham, Rev. Edward, pastor of the Adventist church, III. 776.
Burnham, Edwin, I. 622 note
Burnham, Gordon W., biography, II. 303; president of manufacturing companies, 304, 379; office holder in New York City. 304; philanthropist, 304; gifts to St. John's Episcopal Church, III. 656; gift to Trinity Episcopal church, 667, 1067; description of chimes given by, to St. John's Episcopal church, 1089.
Burnham, John, II. 303.
Burnham, Scott & Co., II. 247
Burnham, Thomas B., II. 304.
Burnham, Welton & Co., II. 247, 305.
Burnishing machine, L. S. White's in- vention of, II. 473.
Burns club, The Waterbury, III. 1163.
Burns, Henry, III. 1161.
Burns, John, III. 732, 733.
Burns, John E., III. 1151.
Burns, Mrs. Stephen M., III. 1132, 1147, I167.
Burnt hill, I. 223; location, 247; houses on, 309; mentioned, 691; II. 228; district, 75
Burpee, C. W., journalist, II. 554; III. 981, 983 note, 1102, 1206, 1230, 1233; his Military History of Waterbury, 966; sketch of, 1233; military service, I233. Burpee, Mrs. C. W., III. 1102.
Burpee, Dr. Henry T., dentist, III. 871. Burpee, Col. Lucien F., and the revision
of city charter, II. 44; and additional water supply, 100; mentioned, 447, 449, 452, 465, 553; III. 1206, 1230, 1231; sketch of, 814; lawyer, 814; city at- torney, 815; military man, 815 and note.
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