The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the aboriginal period to the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. Volume III, Part 77

Author: Anderson, Joseph, 1836-1916 ed; Prichard, Sarah J. (Sarah Johnson), 1830-1909; Ward, Anna Lydia, 1850?-1933, joint ed
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: New Haven, The Price and Lee company
Number of Pages: 946


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DuBois, Constance Goddard, III. 901; sketch of, 966; novelist. 966; editor, 996. Dubois, Eugene, III. 1141.


Dubois, Sarah, III. 114I.


Dubuc, Dr. Godfroi, II. 550; sketch of, III. 850; physician, 850; military ser vice, 850.


Ducharme, David, II. 200.


Dudley, Harvey E., II. 530.


Dudley, Jennie M., III. 918.


Dudley, Mrs. Lucy Bronson, I. 671; opposes use of Grand street cemetery site for use of public library, 673.


Dudley, W. D., II. 124.


Duff, John G., III. 1164.


Duffy, Thomas, III. 1199.


Dugan, Michael E., III. 1228.


Duggan, Rev. John H., II. 551; III. 745, 920; pastor of St. Patrick's church, 753, 759; biography, 759; lawyer. 759; pas- torates, 759; comes to Waterbury, 759; public spirited citizen, 759.


Duggan, Patrick, III. 752.


Dulac, Arthur, III. 1162.


Dullf. Stephen, military service, I. 392. Dumas, G. E., his invention, II. 477.


Dunbar, Aaron, I. 442; military service, 462.


Dunbar, Amos, military service, I.417,462. Dunbar, Butler, military service, III. 1181. Dunbar, Edward, military service, I. 417, 462.


Dunbar, Giles, military service, I.417, 462. Dunbar, James, military service, I. 462. Dunbar, Joel, military service, I. 462.


Dunbar, John, military service, I. 442, 462.


Dunbar, Joseph, military service, I. 462. Dunbar, Miles, military service, I. 462 and note.


Dunbar, Moses, martyr, I. 434; farewell words to his children, 434; his farewell speech, 434, 435, 436; place of his exe- cution, 436; removes his family to Long Island, 438; mentioned, 442, 458.


Dunbar, William B., his invention, II. 477; III. 107I.


Dunbars, The, I. 402.


Duncan, William, III. 915.


Dunham, Cornelius, military service, I. 395.


INDEX.


I28I


Dunham, Sarah F. (Mrs. William Pat- ton), III. 1021, 1029.


Dunham Hosiery Co., I. 580.


Dunn, The Misses, III. 1067.


Dunn, Dr. Martha M. (Mrs. George H. Corey), II. 553; III. 860; physician, 850, 859; sketch of, 859.


Dunnica, Mary (Mrs. Richard W. Micou), III. 669.


Durand, David L , III. 1125, 1I3I.


Durant, Harold R., II. 556; lawyer, III. 819.


Durfee, Annie L. (Mrs. Frederick A. Klobedanz), III. II07.


Durham, founders of, I. 279.


Duryea, John G., II. 183.


Duryee, Redfield, III. 1199.


Dutton, Rev. Aaron, sketch of, I, 639.


Dutton, Aaron Rice, I. 547, 640.


Dutton, Harriet J., kindergartner, II. 536. Dutton, John, builder, II. 465; men- tioned, 327, 466.


Dutton, Mary, I. 640.


Dutton, Mary H. (Mrs. Jay P. Barnes), II. 466.


Dutton, Dr. Osee. I. 449.


Dutton, Samuel William Southmayd, I. 639.


Dutton, Lieut. Thomas, of Watertown, military service, I. 442, 445, 462, 465; II. 327; sobriquet of, 465; noted carpen- ter and church builder, 465.


Dutton, Thomas, of Wallingford, II. 465. Dutton, Thomas R., II. 548.


Dutton, Lieut. Titus, military service, I. 462.


Dwight, Timothy, writes of Waterbury, I. i.


Dwyer, Edward M., III. 1162.


Dye works, original. II. 197 note.


Dyson, Henry L., III. 1144.


Eagle, The, III. 998.


Eames, Henry, III. 697.


Earl, settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.


Earle, Elizabeth E., principal of Colle- giate Institute, II. 522.


Earls, Mary, I. 377.


East branch or Lead Mine brook, loca- tion, I. 119.


East Farms, hog pound brook, I. 221; earliest burial of soldiers, 448; high- way to, 550; cemetery, II.451, 677; some early settlers at, 694; tavern, II. 219; school district, 489; dissenters, III. 696. Eastman, Richard, II. 51I.


East mountain, location, I. 61, 247, 694; brook, II. 97; school district, 489.


Easton, Rev. Joseph G., recorder city court, II. 34 note; mentioned, III. 1022. East woods, I. 309.


Eaton, Almira (Mrs. David Hayden), II. 264. Eaton, Howard C., III. 1076.


Eaves, William, II. 470; III. 704, 705, 706; sketch of, 713; button maker and die sinker, 713; connection with Sco- vills' factory, 714.


Ebert, Emil, III. 1145, II53.


Ebert, Reinhold, III. 1153.


Eccles, John, III. 915, 1167.


Eccles, Mary E., III. 915.


Ecclesiastical condition, 1825, III. 579; evolutions, early, II. 6; denominational history, Waterbury American quoted, III. 561; denominational division, 561, 565, 566; exclusive Congregationalism, 561; territorial disintegration, 561; growth of Protestant church, 563; cooperation, 566.


Echter, Sebastian, III. 1199,


Eddy, Rev. Zachariah, called to the pastorate of First church, III. 598.


Edens, Frank, III. 1199.


Edmunds mountain, I. 266, 274, 694; new mountain, 246, 695, 703; old mountain, 246, 695, 696.


Edmondson, John A., one of first five letter carriers, II. 170.


Edwards, the Misses, of New Haven, donation of, to St. Margaret's school, II. 523.


Edwards, Alfred, I. 455.


Edwards, C., III. 1163.


Edwards, Eliza (Mrs. William Goodrich Fulton), II. 414.


Edwards, Esther (Mrs. Samuel Hopkins), III. 952.


Edwards, F. J., his invention, II. 477.


Edwards, George A., III. 1154.


Edwards, Gershom and Sarah, I. 363.


Edwards, Harry, I. 455.


Edwards, Isaac, military service, I. 462.


Edwards, Dr. Jonathan, quoted, I. 16 note, 49.


Edwards, Josiah, military service, I. 417, 617.


Edwards, Nathan, I. 416 note.


Edwards, Lieut. Nathaniel, military ser- vice, 1757, I. 393, 414, 416, 417, 431, 462.


Egan, George M., chief of police, II. 139,


I42; sketch of, 142; military service, I42.


Egan, Rev. James J., assistant St. Anne's parish, III. 765 note.


Egan, John, III. 1206.


Egan, Mrs. Stephen, III. 735


Eggleston, Rev. Asahel C., II. 550; III. 710.


Eggleston, Charles F., II. 555.


Eggleston, George M., II. 555.


Eggleston, John, military service, I. 417, 462.


Eggleston, John C., his invention, II. 477; military service, III. 1190.


Eggleston, Julius W., II. 555.


Eggleston, Rev. N. H., called to First church, III. 595.


Eggleston, Thomas, II. 464.


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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.


Eggleton, Mrs. David, III. 1157.


Egyptian Star, III. 998.


Ehrlich, Joseph, III. 903.


Eisen, H. J., his invention, II. 477.


Eldridge, B. H., II. 467.


Eldridge, Rev. Gardner S., II. 554; III.


575, 710 ; pastor Methodist church, 710. Eldridge, T. B. holds municipal office, II. 37.


Electrical Appliance Manufacturing Co., The, mentioned, II. 440.


Electric clocks, origin, II. 422.


Electric Co., Connecticut, II. 146; number of lamps, 146; officers, 146; purchased by Waterbury Traction Co., 147.


Electric Co., Waterbury, mentioned, II. 452.


Electric lights, II. 146


Electric Time Co., mentioned, II. 441; organized, 423.


Electric Time Co., Standard, II. 422; evolution of company and plant, 423; organized, 423.


Eliot, John and Lydea, of New Haven, I. 363.


Elks, Order of, Waterbury lodge, No. 265, III. 1157.


Elliot, Hannah (Mrs. Abel Porter), II. 300.


Elliot, Rev. Henry B., II. 549; III. 613; biography, 593; descendant of John Eliot, 593; pastor First church, 593, 594; pastorates, 594; residence, 793.


Elliott, Rev, Charles F., sketch of, III. 773; pastor Universalist society, 773, 774; in business, 774, 775 note.


Elliott, Louis, III. 775.


Elliott, Ralph F., III. 775.


Ellis, Amos, button maker, I. 583.


Ellis, Benjamin, military service, I. 392.


Ellis, Darwin, his inventions, II. 477; mentioned, III. 1130.


Ellis, Flora, III. 1157. Elmore, Col., I. 43I.


Ells, George N., purchases the Book Haunt, III. 1019.


Ells, Mrs. George N., III. 902.


Ells, James E., II. 12I.


Ells, J. L., II. 165.


Ellsworth, Rev. J. W., rector Christ's Episcopal church, I. 664 note.


Elsdon, Rev. William P., pastor First Baptist church, III. 679; biography, 685; Methodist preacher, 685; becomes a Baptist, 686; children. 666; mentioned, 920; published writings, 955.


Elton, Mrs. Betsey, gift to St. John's Episcopal church. III. 657.


Elton, Charles P., II. 329.


Elton, Ebenezer, II. 328 note.


Elton, Ebenezer, Jr., II. 328 note.


Elton, Elizabeth (Mrs. Orville H. Stev- ens), II. 409.


Elton, Dr. James, II. 328 note.


Elton, James S., president Waterbury Automatic Signal Telegraph Co., II. 149; at famous legislative reunion, 303 note; biography, 338; president Water- bury Brass Co., 338; state senator, 339; mining interests, 339; philanthropist, 339; president Waterbury club, 485; mentioned, III. 788, 789, 891, 893, 903, 976, 1072.


Elton, Mrs. J. S., III. 901. 1026.


Elton, John (Ist), of Middletown, II. 328 note.


Elton, Dr. John, military service, I. 439, 462; mentioned, II. 328 and note, 449. Elton, John M., II. 329.


Elton, John P., incorporator Plank Road Co., I. 570; mentioned, II. 112, 243, 319, 328, 332, 416, 436, 485, 530, 554; III. 1027 note, 1038, I198; banking in- terests, II. 176, 177, 178; biography, 328; connection with Brown & Elton, 328; character, 329; presidential elector, 1864, 329; president Waterbury Brass Co., 333; gifts to Trinity college, 545; memo- rial to, III. 657; interest in Civil war, I203.


Elton, John P. (2d), II 339.


Elton, Lucy E. (Mrs. Chandler N. Way- land), II. 329, 360.


Elton, Olive M. (Mrs. John P. Elton), II. 339, 525; III. 658, 788.


Elton, Dr. Samuel, line of descent, II. 328 note.


Elton, W. L., III. 917, 1066.


Elwell, Ebenezer, buys land in 1733. I. 314; petitions for a minister, 319; men- tioned, 340, 663 note; military service, 462.


Elwell, Ozias, military service, I. 462.


Ellwell, Samuel, military service, I. 395, 462.


Ely, E. W., II. 448.


Ely, Isabel L. (Mrs. David B. Hamilton), II. 385.


Ely, Mary E. (Mrs. Thomas L. Scovill), II. 283.


Emery, Nathan, III. 697.


Emonz, Michael, III. 1172.


Empire File Co., mentioned, II. 436.


Enfants de Marie. III. 768.


Engert, Daniel, III. 1158.


Engineering Co., New England, men- tioned, II. 453.


Engineers. American Order of Steam, W. E. Crane council. No. 4, III. 1175; Waterbury association of stationary, 1174; F. Floyd Weld the first city en- gineer. II. 106; Robert A. Cairns ap- pointed engineer, 107.


England, skilled artizans from. II. 296.


English, James E., president Waterbury Lumber and Coal Co., II. 51.


English, John, II. 126.


English, John P., III. 1228.


INDEX.


1283


English, Maria (Mrs. George Gilbert), II. 207.


English colony in 1679, I. 148, 149.


English grass meadow, I. 10I, II9, 224, 695.


Englishmen, first in Waterbury, I. 116. Engravers, earliest silver, II. 198 note.


Ennis, William, III. 1161, II7I.


Ensign, Amelia P., III. 1133, 1206.


Ensign, Erwin W., III. 1146.


Ensign, James N., III. 1130.


Ensign, John N., III. 1126, 1129, II3I, II32.


Entertainments, lecture course, III. 1030, 1091; jugglers, menageries, 109I. See Drama; Music. Ephraim's meadow, I. 695. Ephraim's swamp, I. 695.


Epidemic of 1689, I. 212; II. 132; of 1712-


13, 229, 285; II. 132; of 1749, I. 369, 370. Episcopal parish, the first Episcopalian,


I. 648; first place of worship, 651; early property, 652; first called St. James, 651; Rev. James Scovil, first resident rector, 652; era of prosperity, 652; in the Revolutionary period, 653; second edi- fice, 656; missionaries to, 648, 649, 650; Rev. Jonathan Arnold, 649; Rev. Theophilus Morris, 649; Rev. James Lyons, 650; Rev. Richard Mansfield, 650; Rev. Solomon Blakeslee, 655; Rev. Chauncey Prindle, 655; Rev. David Foot, 655; Rev. Seth Hart, 656. Erixon, Rev. Charles J., Swedish mis- sionary, III. 782.


Erwin, Č. H., II. 149.


Esinhart, A., II. 226.


Eskimo, in the Naugatuck valley, I. 14. Espe, Charles, quoted, II. 196 note; mil- itary service, III. 1190.


Eustace, James, III. 915, 1228.


Evangel, The, III 997.


Evans, Henry, I. 478, 485.


Evans, Luther, military service of, 1758, I. 395.


Evans, Randall, military service, I. 388, 414, 462; mentioned, 402, 413.


Everett & Burgess, photographers, III. I042. Ewe, John, I. 257.


Examiner, III. 993; The Weekly, III. 993. Excelsior Trading Co., mentioned, II. 448


Exchange place, described, II.46; named, 79, 83 note; boundary, 80.


Excise act in 1759, I. 399. Exodus of 1706, I. 278.


Exports from Connecticut, I, 101, 105, 149, 277.


Express companies, Adams begins busi- ness in Waterbury, II. 164; Adams' evolution, 165; American, 165; Erie and New England, 165; Merchants' Union, 165; United States, 165.


Eyman, Jacob, III. 1158.


Eyman, T. J., III. 1064, 1074.


Eyman, Thomas, III. IIII.


" Ezra Hardman, M. A.," a story by a - Waterbury girl, III. 965.


Faber, Edwin N., III. 1144.


Faber, Dr. George L., sketch of, III. 851. Faber, William A., III. 1154, 1155.


Fabrique, Charles, I. 629; II. 492; bio- graphy, 510; connection with academy and high school, 510, 5II, 520; with other educational institutions, 5II; holds municipal office, 511; mentioned, 5II. 549.


Fabrique, William L., II. 510.


Fagan, Edward, II. 128; early site of his residence, III. 730.


Fagan, Frank D., III. 1173, 1174.


Fagan, James, III, 75I.


Fagan, John, III. 75I.


Fahy, Bridget (Mrs. James Russell), III. 817.


Fairclough, Elizabeth, III. 1155.


Fairclough, Joseph, blacksmith shop, II. 72.


Fallendon (Tattendon), John, military service, I. 462.


Fancher, Ebenezer, military service, I. 395-


Fancher, Ithiel, military service, I. 462. Fancher, James, military service, I. 417, 462.


Fancher. John, military service, I. 395,462. Fancher, Sylvanus, sketch of, III. 831. Fancher, Thomas, military service, I. 397. Fanshaw, John and Eunice, of Stamford, I. 364.


Fardon, I. G., Jr., military service, III. II90.


Farmer, - -- , quoted, I. 228 note.


Farmingbury, tax-paying population in 1774, I. 41; society incorporated, 408; incorporated as a town, 493; cemete- ries, 677.


Farmington, people petition for settle- ment, I. 45; established, 105; lead mines, 120; meadows, 120; unrest of her men, 120; grants in Poland, 120; grants at Great Swamp, 121; her best men at Mattatuck, 158; settlers in Waterbury, 159; Indian tribes, III, II8, I85; deeds and title to lands, 185; boundaries in 1640, 185; in 1667, 187; in 1672, 187; road to, 218, 220, 221; in- fluence on First church of Waterbury, 230; highways to, 550.


Farnam, C. H., quoted, I. 75.


Farrel, Almon, II. 169; biography, 412; millwright, 412; constructs extensive mills and manufactories, 412; organizes Foundry Co., 413; establishes Farrel Foundry (Ansonia), 413.


Farrel, Alton, purchases the Scovill House, 225.


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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.


Farrel, Benjamin, saw mill, I. 569, 589; III. 672, 679.


Farrel, Franklin, president Brown & Elton, II. 343.


Farrel, Zebah, II. 412.


Farrel Foundry and Machine Co., An- sonia, II. 412.


Farrel Foundry and Machine Co., Water- bury, II. 412; officers, 412; build metal- making machinery, 412; organized, 413; mentioned, 437.


Farrell, - -, III. 1068.


Farrell Brothers, photographers, III.1043. Farrell, James. II. 115.


Farrell, John, II. 84.


Farrell, Maggie, as a musician, III. 1067, IO68.


Farrell, Terence H., III. 1228.


Farrell, William, III. 1161.


Farrington (Yarrington ?), Rufus, mili- tary service, I. 417, 462.


Farrington, Thomas, III. IIIO.


Fauncher, Thomas, I. 442.


Feldt, Louis, III. 1079, 1158.


Feldt, Rosa. III. 1159.


Felter, Mary, III. 891.


Fence, the common, I.263; burning about, 269; mentioned, 692; making before 1662, 265; in 1691, 269; in 1704, 271; in 1709, 272; mentioned, 270, 275; list of earliest builders, 268.


Fences, minister's, 1686, I. 219; first re- corded, 265; choice of viewers, 265; miles of, in 1709, 273; west side, 274; or boundary line, 276; course of the first section, 266; second divison, 267; fourth division, 267; viewers in 1716, 275; iron, under administration of Mayor Rock- well, II. 72.


Fenn, -, stage driver, II. 155.


Fenn, Aaron, military service, I. 430, 462; mentioned, 688.


Fenn, Asa, axe factory, I. 581.


Fenn, Augustus H., city clerk, II. 46; III. 822; mentioned, II. 390, 551; judge of Supreme court, III. 822, 944; officer in the civil war, 822, 944; poet, 944.


Fenn, Benjamin, Jr., military service, I. 432, 462.


Fenn, David, military service, I. 395.


Fenn, Elliott J., lawyer, III. 822.


Fenn, Mrs. Emeline, journeys to Ohio, I. 513. Fenn, Gamaliel, I. 357, 688.


Fenn, Irwin, I. 119.


Fenn, Jacob, military service, I. 462. Fenn, James, I. 364.


Fenn, Jason, military service, I. 462.


Fenn, Jesse, military service, I. 462.


Fenn, John, military service, I. 392, 462; mentioned, 688.


Fenn, Judah, military service, I. 462.


Fenn, Loammi, military service, III. 1182.


Fenn, Peter, military service, I. 391. Fenn, Rachel V. (Mrs. William Brown), II. 245.


Fenn, Rosetta, of Plymouth, II. 240. Fenn, Samuel, military service, I. 395.


Fenn, Stephen, II. 546.


Fenn, Thomas, military service, I. 391, '414, 439, 450, 462, 483, 516; sketch of, 516.


Fenn, Vienna (Mrs. Samuel Root), III. 818.


Fenn's pool, a boiling spring, I. 688.


Fenton, Anna (Mrs. Richard Welton), I. 514.


Ferguson, Samuel D., III. 704.


Ferris, Rev. Daniel O., III. 708.


Ferris, Lieut. Nathan, military service, I. 462 and note; death of, 462 note.


Ferrotype, the first made in Waterbury, III. 1042.


Ferry, A., his invention, II. 477.


Fick, Christopher, III. 1199.


Field, A. D., II. 441; his invention, 477.


Field, Ambrose, military service, I. 393.


Field, Anetta, III. 837.


Field, C. H., III, 914.


Field, Charlotte A. (Mrs. Samuel G. Blackman), III. 837.


Field, E. L., III. 916.


Field, E. S., his invention, II. 477.


Field, Edward, I. 628; III. 580 note.


Field, Dr. Edward, physician and sur- geon, I. 569, 836; II. 8; first borough treasurer, 15; mentioned, 59, 83, 151, 319; sells land to First church, 61; inocu- lates with small-pox, 133; sketch of, III. 836; naval service, 836; site of his residence, 837.


Field, Dr. Edward G., I. 670; II. 549; sketch of, III. 864; physician, 864; sailor, 864.


Field, Eliza, teacher in Second Acad- emy, II. 520.


Field, Frank B., secretary and treasurer Waterbury Gaslight Co., II. 145.


Field, George L., I. 167 Ap; and the charter of 1870, II. 42; sketch of, III. 807; lawyer, 807.


Field, Henry B., sketch of, II. 151; goes to California in '49, 151; connection with Waterbury Gaslight Co., 152; mentioned, 436, 444.


Field, Rev. Julius, III. 697.


Field, Dr. Julius L., II. 548; sketch of, III. 864; physician, 864.


Field, Mary Margaret (Mrs. C. B. Merri- man), her private school, II. 533; men- tioned, 420; III. 837.


Fields, Edmund, military service, I. 462. Fields, Ezra L., III. 1125.


File Co., Waterbury Re-cut, mentioned, II. 441.


Finch, Annie E. (Mrs. Jared R. Cook), III. 1064.


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INDEX.


Finch, Daniel, I. 458; deserts to the en- emy, 483.


Finch, David, military service, I. 462.


Finch, Jeremiah, military service, I. 462.


--- Finch, Reuben, I. 458.


Finch, Samuel, III. 1184.


Finch, Titus, military service, I. 463, 483. Finch, William, I. 458.


Finkelstein, Louis, III. 786.


Finley, John E., III. 1161, 1173.


Finnegan, John, III. 697.


Finnegan, P. J., III. 752.


Finnegan, Patrick, III. 752.


Finnegan, Thomas, III. 115I.


Finney, Albert G., III. 1146, 1169,


Fire department, forming of first en- gine company, II. 92; organization of 1839, and members, 113; in 1854, offi- cers, II7; expenses, 1854, 39; Board of Commissioners, 43, 117; Mattatuck com- pany, 19, 113, II4, 115, 120; Phoenix company, 115, II6, 117, 120; Protector No. 2, officers, 117, 118; Citizens' En- gine company, 118, 121; Monitor Hose company, 118, 123, 124; Monitor Hook and Ladder company, 125; Mutual Hook and Ladder company, 118, 125; Protector Hose company, 118, 126; Brass City Hose company, 118, 127, I28; Rose Hill Hose company, 118, 127; fire alarm telegraph system introduced, II8; horses first used, 118; Gamewell fire alarm system introduced, 118; aerial truck, 118, 125; alarm bells, 119; manufactories organize fire companies, 119, 126; firemen's ball, 119, 120; chief engineers, II9; publication of Fire Department Guide and Reference book, 120 note; steam fire engine, I21; site of first engine house, 123; list of notable fires, 128; Board of Under- writers, 188; early fires, Judd house burned, III.


Firing of woods forbidden, I. 278. Fire Fly, III. 998.


First selectman, I. 156; commissioner, 251; military captain, 231; inhabitant of Watertown, 251; deacon, 231; new inhabitant, 280; listers, 214; male child born in Mattatuck, 1680, 167, 648 note; meeting-house furnished, 250; house at Bucks hill, 252; at Judd's meadows, 252; at Middlebury, 252; at Water- town, 251; death at Judd's meadows, 278.


Fischer, Henry, III. 1156, 1159. Fischer, Jacob, III. 1064, 1066. Fish, G. B., II. 123.


Fish, Henry F., mayor, II. 44 and note, 49; sketch of, 49; druggist and chemist, 49; children, 50; mentioned, 64, 144.


Fish, Rev. Joseph, of Stonington, L. I., quoted, I. 337 note.


Fish, Lucy H. (Mrs. Levi Hodges), II. 50.


Fisher, Joseph, III. 1103.


Fishing rock, I. 695.


Fish ring, The, III. IIIO.


Fiske, H. P., his invention, II. 477.


Fiske, Dr. Isaac P., sketch of, III. 853.


Fisler, Benjamin, III. 697.


Fitch, James, III. 1I4I.


Fitch, James F , III. 1132.


Fitch, Jarvis, military service, III. 1182.


Fitch, Matthew E., III. 1132.


Fitts, Frederick A., III. 1154.


Fitzachery, Thomas M., III. 1052.


Fitzachery & Rubey, stone yard of, III. I052. Fitzgerald, Edmund, III. 1228.


Fitzgerald, Lizzie, III. 1100.


Fitzgerald, Mary, III. 1027.


Fitzpatrick, B. H., III. 1009.


Fitzpatrick, Daniel E., postmaster, II. I71; III. 1234; mentioned, 1170, 1231; sketch of, 1234; military service, 1234.


Fitzpatrick, Edward M., III. 1151.


Fitzpatrick, J. L., his invention, II. 477.


Fitzpatrick, James, III. 1173.


Fitzpatrick, James F., II. 552; sketch of, III. 813; lawyer, 813.


Fitzpatrick, Jeremiah, III. 752 and note. Fitzpatrick, John, and additional water supply, II. 100; mentioned, III. 1023, IIII.


Fitzpatrick, John F., II. 554; III. 1008, 1009.


Fitzpatrick, Julia A., II. 17I.


Fitzpatrick, M. E., his invention, II. 477.


Fitzpatrick, Mary E. (Mrs. John O'Neill), III. 810.


Fitzsimons, H. A., III. 1206.


Fitzsimons, Joseph E., II. 554.


Fitzsimons, Thomas, I. 695; II. 392; III. 777; holds city office, II. 103; president Novelty Manufacturing Co., 393.


Flag, The, presented to the Waterbury City Guard, III. II91; first celebration of Washington's birthday, II91; on Roman Catholic church, I198; at Bull Run campaign, 1199 note.


Flagstaff, erection of, II. 64; bill for, 64 note; liberty pole, 66. Flaggy swamp, I. 218, 695.


Flaherty, John F., III. 1173.


Flaherty, Keron, III. 1073.


Flanagan, Henry J., III. 1176.


Flask Co., American, of Meriden, II. 333. Flask and Cap Co., American, I. 580; II. 437; fires and explosions of, 128, 129,


334; organize, 333; consolidate with other companies, 333.


Flemming. John, III. 752.


Fletcher, Rev. S. S., pastor Universalist society, III. 775.


Fletcher, William I., I. 629; II. 554; sketch of, III. 1016; librarian, 1009, 1016; his publications, 1016; children, IO16.


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HISTORY OF WATERBURY.


Flint, Edwin, III. 117I.


Flint, Jesse D., II. 115.


Flint, William H., III. 1156.


Flood, Hugh, III. 1116.


Floods, I. 229, 232, 455; II. 56.


Fly, The, III. 998.


Flynn, John, III. 728.


Fogg, C. E., III. 1165.


Fogg, Mrs. Morton J., III. 900.


Fogue, Dr. Francis, incident of his eccen- tricities, III. II20 note; mentioned, II28.


Follansbee, J. S., II. 123.


Folsom, E. N., III. 572, 1170; general secretary Young Men's Christian As- sociation, 572.


Folsom, J. H., photographer, III. 1043.


Folwell, Rev. George W., pastor Baptist church, III. 677.


Fones, Rev. Joseph, sketch of, III. 765; ordained priest, 767; personal charac- teristics, 767.


Fontaine, C. P., II. 446.


Fontine, John, military service, I. 463.


Foot, -, settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.


Foot, Lieut. Aaron, military service, I. 416, 463.


Foot, Abel, military service, I. 463.


· Foot, Abi, I. 676.


Foot, Abraham, military service, I 463.


Foot, Bronson, military service, I. 417, 463.


Foot, Daniel, military service, I. 463.


Foot, David, military service, I. 417, 463. Foot, Rev. David, Jr., military service,


I. 417, 463; sketch of, 655; mentioned, II. 546.


Foot, Ebenezer, lawyer, II. 7; III. 791; military service, I. 463.


Foot, Ira, military service, I. 463.


Foot, John, I. 566, 676.


Foot, Jonathan, I. 323, 359.


Foot, Joseph, military service, I. 392.


Foot, Moses, military service, I 391, 414, 429, 463.


Foot, Nathaniel, military service, I. 393. Foot, Ozem, military service, I. 463.


Foot, Robert, of Branford, I. 363. Foot, Thomas, I. 322, 326, 363.


Foot, Dr. Thomas, physician, III. 829.


Foote, Fannie A. (Mrs. W. R. Seeley), contributes to the " poets' corner," III. 940.


Foote, Mary A. (Mrs. Charles M. Mitch- ell), II. 382.


Foote. Mary B. (Mrs. Henry C. Griggs), II. 392.


Forbes, Jonathan, new inhabitant in 1729, I. 300; new name on tax list in 1731, 310.


Forbes, Samuel, report regarding lead mines of New Canaan, I. 433.


Ford, A. J., III. 1199.


Ford, Amos, military service, I. 463.


Ford, Barnabas, buys land in 1730, I. 315, 330, 663 note.


Ford, Rev. Calvin B., II. 550; III. 710.


Ford, Cephas, military service, I. 395, . 430, 463.


Ford, Ebenezer, I. 382, 653 note.


Ford, Elias, III. 1125.


Ford, Enos, military service, I. 391, 653 note.


Ford, Jennie (Mrs. Irving L. Atwood) II. 364.


Ford, Jesse, military service, I. 396. Ford, Mary, I. 653 note.


Ford swamp, I. 220.


Forest, John, I. 583.


Foresters, Ancient Order of, III. 1148. Court Fruitful Vine, No. 5991, 1148 Court Abraham Lincoln, No. 7974 II49.


Foresters of America, Ancient Order of 1150; Court Fruitful Vine, No. 5991 1150; Court Hancock, No. 7292, 1150 Court Stephen J. Meaney, No. 7635 II51 and note; Court Martin Hellmann No. 8490, 1151; Court Linden, No. 8170 II51; Court Vigilant, No. 8232, 115I Court Falcon. No. 7717, 1151; Cour Wolf Tone, No. 7484, II51; Cour Shields, No. 7487, 1151; Washington conclave, No. 22, 1152; Circle Meany' Pride, No. 73, 1152; Evangeline circle No. 62, 1152; Sanctuary Onward, Nc 7398, II52.




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