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Sewing Machine Co., Waterbury, men- tioned, II. 437.
Sewing machines, the first agent, II. 196 note; Singer, the first used in Water- bury, 196 note; introduction of the Howe, 196 note; first agency for use of, 196 note; introduction of the Wheeler & Wilson, 209; A. B. Wilson's invention, 473.
Seymour, -, settles in Waterbury about 1735. I. 333.
Seymour, Charles H., president at Gris- wold, II, 550.
Seymour, Daniel, military service, I. 417, 466.
Seymour, Eliza (Mrs. Lyman W. Coe), II. 335.
Seymour, Frederick, II. 449.
Seymour, Frederick J., II. 121, 125; his inventions, 476, 482; mentioned, III. I200.
Seymour, G. H., his invention, II. 482.
Seymour (Seamor), Josash, I. 259; mili- tary service, 397, 417, 466, 706.
Seymour, John L., II. 543 note.
Seymour, Kate E. (Mrs. Charles E. Tur- ner), II. 25.
Seymour (Seemor), Richard (Ist), I. 12I, 150; signer petition for plantation, 123. Seymour (Seamor), Lieut., Richard (2d),
I. 259, 323, 377, 402, 706; military ser- vice, 388, 414.
Seymour (Seamor), Stephen, I. 259, 413;
military service, 388, 439, 442, 466. Seymour, Zadock, military service, I. 466. Shafter, Oscar L., lawyer, II. 520; teacher in Second Academy, 520.
Shanley, Thomas, III. 752.
Shannahan, Edward, III. 1161.
Shannahan, Edward J., III. 1165.
Shannahan, Mary, III. 1100.
Shannon, Adella M .. II. 387.
Shannon, Edward W., II. 123; sketch of, · 387; connection with Rogers & Brother,
387; the soldier, 388; his invention, 482. Shannon, Mrs. E W., III. 573.
Shannon, Frederick W., II. 388.
Shannon, Roy Norton, II. 387.
Shannon, William, II. 185, 388; sketch of, 387; connection with Rogers & Brother, 387; children. 387; memorial to, III, 578. Shapiro, Joseph, III. 786.
Sharp (Thorp), Elnathan, military ser- vice, I. 39I.
Sharp, Samuel, I. 80.
Sharp's maneuver, location, I. 708.
Shaw, Michael. II. 128.
Shaw, Victor M., III. 1165, 1169.
Shea, George E., II. 465.
Shea, Mrs. George E., II. 465.
Shear shop, destroyed by fire, II. 129, 416. Sheehan, Jeremiah, one of first five letter carriers, II. 170.
Sheep, laws regarding, I. 276; raising, early, 524.
Sheldon, Col. Elisha, his regiment sta- tioned at Waterbury, I. 452.
Sheldon, Silence (Mrs. Jonathan Judd), I. 637.
Shelton, negro, military service, I. 466. Shelton, Isaac, I. 459.
Shelton, J. H., his invention, II. 482.
Shelton, Mattie (Mrs. E. S. Bartram), III. 1064, 1067.
Shelton, Nancy (Mrs. Sturges Bulkley), III. 840.
Shelton, Sallie (Mrs. John S. Mitchell, Ist), II. 38I.
Shelton, Stevens, military service, III. I18I.
Shepard, Abigail (Mrs. Daniel Hayden), II. 265.
Shepard, Elliott F., II 259 note.
Shepard, Fitch, II. 259 note.
Shepard, Noah, II. 259; on tax list for 1807, 259 note; early clock-maker, 259, 260.
Shepard, Rachel M. (Mrs. Robert C. Man- ville), II. 41I.
Shepard, Sarah E. (Mrs. Theodore I. Driggs), II. 369.
Shepard, Thomas W., III. 1146.
Shepard, Timothy, military service, III. I18I. Shepard, W. W., III. 1067.
Shepard, William, III. 907.
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Shepard, William M., III. 1154.
Shepardson, Arthur O., II. 146, 453; III. 665, 914.
Sheridan, J., III. 75I.
Sheridan, Rev. J. O'R., III. 752.
Sheriffs, list of first city, II. 37.
Sherlock, Patrick, II. 126.
Sherman, , settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.
Sherman, Charles, III. 704. Sherman, Cyrus, II. 215.
Sherman, Edmund, military service, I.466.
Sherman, Ruth (Mrs. Ansel C. Porter), II. 215.
Sherman, Samuel, I. 399.
Sherman, Sarah A. (Mrs. Alfred L. Platt), II. 397.
Sherman, Sarah P. (Mrs. David H. Me- loy), III. 1047.
Sherwood, Samuel, I. 363.
Sherwood, William B., teacher in Second Academy, II. 519; mentioned, 548.
Shields, Patrick F., III. 920.
Silkrig,- -, settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333; see Selkrigg.
Shipley, Alfred J., sketch of, II. 295; master mechanic, 295; holds municipal office, 295; his inventions, 482; men- tioned, III. 574, 575, 1125, II29, II3I, II32.
Shipley, Jennie A., III. 1133.
Shipley, Joseph, II. 114; sketch of, 295; master mechanic, 295; children, 295. Shipley, Minnie, III. II47.
Shipley, Ralph J., II. 295; III. 1147; his invention, II. 482.
Shipley, Mrs. Ralph J., III. 1147.
Shipman, Capt .. I. 422.
Shipman, Rev. James, III. 721.
Shops and stores, earliest, II. 233; an early store bill, II. 234 note.
Shrub plain, location, I. 708. Shugrue, Martin, I. 698.
Shum's orchard, I. 363; location, 708.
Shumway, George, III. 1146.
Shuttock, Miss, teacher in Second Acad- emy, II. 520.
Sidewalks, first mention of, II. 20; men- tioned, 58, 71; improved under admin- istration of Mayor Rockwell, 72; first flag and plank, 72; first concrete, 72; first in front of post office, 72.
Sign-post of 1709, I. 312.
Sigourney, Mrs. Lydia H., author of epi- taph, III. 935 note.
Sigourney, Mary Huntley (Mrs. F. T. Russell), II. 525.
Silber, Isaac, III. 786. Silliman, Cyrus, III. 704.
Silliman, Mrs. Emma, III. 812.
Silverman, Rev. Herman, III. 786. Simonds, James, III. 1150.
Simonds, Sarah J. (Mrs. Nathan Dike- man), III 877.
Simons, Andrew B., II. 64; sketch of, 464; develops Simonsville, 464; pur- chases Gabriel Post farm, 464; connec- tion with the fire department, 465.
Simons, Charles H., II. 465.
Simons, Ida J.(Mrs.George E.Shea), II.465.
Simons, Mrs. K. H , III. 918.
Simons, Noah J., II. 543 note.
Simons, Philip, III. 1126.
Simonson, George M., II. 446; III. 994. Simonsville district, II. 75, 464.
Simpson, G. B., scientist, III. 966, 1028; sketch of, 1028; his art work for United States survey publications, 1028; titles of his published writings, 1028.
Simpson, James F., III. 1200, 1227; biog- raphy, 1219; officer in the Civil war, 1219. Simpson, John, surgeon in Revolution- ary war, I. 479.
Sing, G. L, III. 1108.
Singer, Isaac M., patents sewing ma- chine, II. 210 note.
Singer, Jacob, III. 1156.
Singleton, J. V., II. 449.
Sirois, Elzear, III. 1162.
Sizer, Rev. F. W., III. 707.
Sizer, William, makes light metal goods, I. 589.
Skating rink, Jacques & Fenn, III. 1095. Skelton, Rev. - I. 80.
Skidmore, Henry A .. II. 253; III. 1137. Skinner, Elizabeth, I. 448.
Skinner, Martha (Mrs. Henry B. Elliot), III. 593.
Skinner, Richard, I. 455.
Slade, Annie E. (Mrs. Charles E. L. Holmes), III. 1209.
Slade, F. C , his grist mill, I. 590, 591.
Slason, Eliphalet and Mary, I. 364.
Slate, Orrin, II. 64; III. 907.
Slater, The Misses, III. 1198.
Slater, Annie, III. 1066, 1198.
Slater, John, military service, I. 396, 466; mentioned, 436.
Slater, Henrietta, III. 1066, 1198.
Slauson, Harvey L., III. 1169.
Slavery, the first slave, I. 617 and note; mentioned, III. 794 note.
Slavin, D. J., III. 1142.
Slavin, Patrick, III. 1142.
Slawter (Slaughter), John, military ser- vice, I. 393. Sled hall, location, I. 708.
Sled hall brook, I. 132, 274; its name, 590; location, 708, 709.
Slip, The, location, I. 207, 240, 702; men- tioned, 709.
Sloan, Mrs. Samuel, III. 1157.
Sloan, Stella, III. 1167.
Slocum, Rev. William J , priest of church of the Immaculate Conception, III. 747, IO27.
Sloper, Ambrose, military service, I. 391, 395.
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Small-pox, 1634, I. 193; hospital at Mid- dlebury, 455; regulations, 455; the first inoculation, 455; II. 133; advertisement regarding inoculation, I. 456 note; American quoted, 134; of 1882, 135; of 1893. 135.
Smeaton, William, teacher in Second Academy. II. 520; mentioned, 543 note. Smedley, Thomas, III. 1199.
Smelting and Refining Works, Water- bury, mentioned, II. 442.
Smith, - -, settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.
Smith, A. D., III. 572.
Smith, A. T., his invention, II. 482.
Smith, Alice L. (Mrs. Swift), II. 377.
Smith, Allen, military service, I. 466.
Smith, Anna (Mrs. Bennet Bronson), III. 797.
Smith, Anson, button maker, I. 582.
Smith, Anthony, military service, I. 466.
Smith, Archer J., sketch of, II. 377; sec- retary and treasurer the American Mills Co., II. 377; children, 377; men- tioned, 633.
Smith, Rev. Arthur J., III. 715.
Smith, Asahel, button maker, I. 582.
Smith, Augustus, hotel proprietor. II.226. Smith, Augustus J., sketch of, III. 1050; architect, 1050; studies medicine, 1050; holds public office, 1050.
Smith, Austin, Jr., I. 643.
Smith, Bryan J., II. 553; lawyer, III. 815.
Smith, C. A., III. 1153.
Smith, Carlos, III. 1203.
Smith, Mrs. Catharine, I. 359.
Smith, Clayton B., III. 1152.
Smith, Charles H., II. 189; organist, III. 662, 1065, 1087; sketch of, 1087.
Smith, Clara R. (Mrs. I. Perley Smith), II. 539.
Smith, Rev. Daniel, military service, I. 466; Methodist preacher, III. 697.
Smith, Rev. Daniel, Methodist preacher, 704.
Smith, Capt. David, I. 413; military ser- vice, 416, 431, 437, 442, 443, 466, 482; III. 1180.
Smith, Rev. David, I. 619.
Smith, Delight (Mrs. Edward Perkins, Jr.), III. 702.
Smith, Dwight L., his inventions, II. 482; mentioned, III. 572, 901, 1072; sketch of, 687; connection with Waterbury Buckle Co., 687.
Smith, E. L., his invention, II. 478. Smith, E. T., III. 1203.
Smith, Earl A., and revision of charter 1890, II. 44; holds municipal office, 103, 377; sketch of, 376; comes to Waterbury, 376; secretary and treasurer Waterbury Buckle Co., 377; president American Mills Co., 377; his inventions, 482; men- tioned, 572.
Smith, Ebenezer, I. 398.
Smith, Edward, I. 398.
Smith, Edward S., sketch of, II. 390; connection with Smith & Griggs Manu- facturing Co., 389, 390; his inventions, 482.
Smith, Edward W., II. 124; III. IIII, II36; his invention, II. 482.
Smith, Eldridge, button maker, I. 582. Smith, Elijah. military service, I. 417, 466. Smith, Elisha, blacksmith, I. 569.
Smith, Ellen J., principal Collegiate Institute, II. 522.
Smith, Emily Goodrich (Mrs. Nathaniel Smith), quoted, I. 76; state secretary Chautauqua Literary and Scientific circle, II. 539; mentioned, III. 1237, 1238.
Smith, Eneas, connection with Connec- ticut Indemnity association, II. 185.
Smith, Fanny, III. 897.
Smith, Frank, II. 316.
Smith, Gad, III. 697.
Smith, George, button maker, I. 582.
Smith, George F., stage driver, II. 155.
Smith, Gen. Gerrit, button maker, I 590; mentioned, II. 266.
Smith, H. C., II. 530.
Smith, Harry, button maker, I. 582.
Smith, Henry, military service, III. 1187.
Smith, Hobart, II. 115.
Smith, Horace, button manufacturer, I. 583.
Smith, Rev. I. Perley, his private school, II. 535, 538; sketch of, 538; children, 539; mentioned, 551.
Smith, Rev. Ira H., II. 549; III. 620; bi- ography, 622; pastorates, 622; business man, 623; philanthropist, 623.
Smith, Isaac, military service, I. 466. Smith, J., III. 751.
Smith, Rev. J. G., pastor African Meth- odist Episcopal Zion church, III. 726. Smith, J. H., book store of, II. 167.
Smith, J. K., secretary Board of Trade, II. 486; mentioned, III. 664.
Smith, Mrs. J. T., III. 573.
Smith, James, of Westbury, I. 322, 362, 363.
Smith, James, military service, I. 466, 676; mentioned, 501; III. 1128.
Smith, James, at Simonsville, III. 724; mentioned, III0, 1176.
Smith, Jane E. (Mrs. Cornelius E. Terry), II. 458.
Smith, Job, military service, I. 466. Smith, Joel, military service, I. 466.
Smith, John, of Westbury, I. 322, 326, 362, 363; military service, 466.
Smith, John C., secretary Waterbury Button Co., II. 372; mentioned, 390,553. Smith, John D., III. 1173.
Smith, Rev. John E., assistant rector St. John's Episcopal church, III. 659, 1202.
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Smith, John E., II. 121, 372; III. 1203; biography, II. 389; connection with the button business, 390; removes to New Haven, 390; his invention, 482.
Smith, John H., II. 246; III. 1019.
Smith, John W., II. 123; pioneer fire in- surance agent, 183, 184: president Board of Fire Underwriters, 188; biography, 189; Odd Fellow, 189; his son, 189; gift to St. Margaret's school, 523; connection with the American, III. 979; as a musi- cian, II. 189; III. 662, 1065, 1067, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1082; mentioned, I. 167 Ap .; II. 85, 182, 286; III. 664, 665, 891, 893, 976, II37.
Smith, Jonathan, I. 364.
Smith, J. Richard, treasurer Connecticut Electric Co., II. 146, 372; connection with Waterbury Traction Co., 148, 372; president West Side Savings bank, 178; connection with Steam Boiler Insur- ance Co., 187, 188; sketch of, 372; min- ing interests, 372; interest in municipal affairs and national politics, 372; presi- dent Waterbury Button Co., 372; his invention, 478, 482; president Board of Trade, 486; mentioned, 86, 87, 147, 440; III. 571, 789, 914, 1226.
Smith, Rev. Joseph, legislator, II. 33; III. 706; sketch of, 715; connection with Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co., 715; Methodist preacher, 715, 716. Smith, Joseph (Ist), member sheep com- mittee, I. 276; on tax list for 1730, 308; mentioned, 359. 361, 367; military ser- vice, 393; and Martha, 359.
Smith, Joseph P., III. 1172.
¡Smith, Julius, II. 203, 547.
Smith, Kinner, military service, I. 396. Smith, Lemuel, III. 697.
Smith, Levi, military service, I. 466.
Smith, Dr. Lines, II. 389.
Smith, Lucy L. (Mrs. Carl E. Munger), II. 390; III. 849.
Smith, Lue, military service, I.429 443,466. Smith, M. J., III. 115I.
Smith, Mabel, III. 1075; (Mrs. Bayard Veiller), II. 377.
Smith, Marcia (Mrs. James C. Scovill), II. 283.
Smith, Martha, I. 359; (Mrs. Thomas Stanley), 361.
Smith, Martin B., military service, III. II90; mentioned, 120I.
Smith, Mary F. (Mrs. A. H. Fenn), II. 390. Smith, Matthew J., III. 1114, 1170, 1173. Smith, Newton C., III. 998.
Smith, Orrin, police officer in 1857, II.138. Smith, P. A., III. 75I.
Smith, Perley D., II. 556.
Smith, Philo, photographer, III. 1042.
Smith, Ralph H., connection with Smith & Griggs Manufacturing Co., II. 389; mentioned, 555.
Smith, Rebecca (Mrs. William H. Sco- vill), II. 282.
Smith, Reuben H., editor the American, III. 977, 983 note.
Smith, Richard, of Woodbury, I. 351.
Smith, Robert M., musician, III. 1064, 1078, 1079, 1085, 1086; sketch of, 1085. Smith, Robert R., and the Catholic Apostolic church, III. 778.
Smith, Ruby (Mrs. Nathan Platt), II. 394.
Smith, Mrs. Rufus P., III. 899.
Smith, Rufus P., II. 125; III. 1137.
Smith, Sally (Mrs. Arad W. Welton), II. 305.
Smith, Samuel, military service,I.446,466. Smith, Mrs. Sarah, I. 643.
Smith, Sophia, founds Smith college, II. 189; Smith charities, 189.
Smith, Sylvester, III. 704.
Smith, Tabor, military service, I. 466.
Smith, Rev. Victor C., II. 552; associate rector St. John's Episcopal church, III. 659. Smith, W. H., II. 83.
Smith, Rev. W. S., pastor First Baptist church, III. 676.
Smith, Rev. W. S., Methodist preacher, III. 706.
Smith, Wait, his house, I. 324.
Smith, William, removes to Ohio, II. 203. Smith, William T., III. 1173.
Smith & Griggs Manufacturing Co., the reservoir of, I. 709; mentioned, II. 389, 439.
Smith & Hopkins, button makers, I. 582. Smith & Root, II. 183, 189.
Smith & Son, E. F., manufacture but- tons, I. 583.
Smith, Platt & Co., flax mill, I. 569.
Smug's (Smugse) brook, location, I. 2, 275; mentioned, 275 note, 709.
Smug's swamp, location, I. 709.
Smyth, Rev. James, Roman Catholic priest of 1837-1847, III. 729; sketch of, 731.
Snagg, E. R. III. 1175.
Snagg, Frank L., III. 1145, 1147.
Snagg, H. L., military service, III. 1190; mentioned, I199.
Snagg, Reuben, III. 1073.
Snagg, Samuel C., chief engineer fire department, II. 119, 131; mentioned, II. 124; sketch of, 131; serves in the Civil war, 13I.
Snell, Samuel, I. 183.
Snethen, Nicholas, III. 697.
Snow, Catherine (Mrs. Garry Harrison), II. 22.
Snow, Elbridge G., Jr., sketch of, III, 625; connection with Home Insurance Co., 625; mentioned, 914, 1072.
Snow, Enoch, II. 23.
Snow, Rev. Frederic E., II. 552, III. 620,
III4; sketch of, 624; man of letters, 624, 946; pastorates, 624.
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Snow, Lewis E., serves in Civil war, III. 625; mentioned, 914.
Snow, Patrick, military service, I. 466.
Snow, W. Leslie, III. 1143, 1145.
Snyder, T. D., II. 121.
Snyder, Theodore L., II. 283.
Social activity, early, II. 3.
Societies, French, III. 1162; Roman Catholic, 919, 920; Shop, 1176; German,
Italian, etc., etc .; see under separate entries.
Society, Connecticut Humane, Water- bury organization of, III. 904.
Society, Harmonia Benevolent, III. 1157, 1158.
Society, Hebrew Benevolent, III. +903, 904.
Society, Hibernian and Benevolent, Waterbury. III. 1160.
Society, Holy Angels', III. 765, 759.
Society, Holy Family, organized, III. 768, 769, 770.
Society, Holy Name, of the church of Immaculate Conception, III. 751; of the church of the Sacred Heart, 765; of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, church, III. 759.
Society, The Horticultural, III. 1027 and note. .
Society, The Philosophical, III. 1025.
Societa Principe Ereditario di Savoia, III. 1164.
Society, Scientific, III. 1022, 1023.
Soda water fountains introduced, II. 195. Sol's swamp, I. 709.
Somers, Catherine (Mrs. Stephen E. Har- rison), II. 463.
Somers, D. C., III. 1155.
Somers, F. P., III. 1073.
Somers, George E., his invention, II. 479, 482; mentioned, III. 1023, 1073, 1126, 1130, II3I.
Somers, James P., connection with Brown & Elton, II. 319; mentioned, 462.
Somers, Joseph H., III. 1145, 1199.
Somers, Mary A. (Mrs. D. F. Maltby), II. 462.
Sondermann, Max, III. 1076.
Sons of Herrmann, III. 1159, 1160; Fort- schritt lodge, No. 30, 1160; Freund- schafts lodge, No. 8, 1160.
Sons of St. George, Hawthorn lodge, No. 123, III. 1163.
South farms, I. 349.
Southford (Paper) Manufacturing Co., II. 424.
Southmayd, Daniel, constable, I. 367; on committee for bridges, I. 369; men- tioned, 374, 376, 377, 381; offices held by, 378; death of, 379, military service, 387; auditor colony accounts, 389.
Southmayd, Dr. Daniel, military service, I. 466; mentioned, II. 545.
Southmayd, Dorcas (Mrs. Aaron Dutton), I. 639.
Southmayd, Rev. John, house lot of, I. 168; his lands, 206, 240, 251, 272, 273, 287, 339, 360, 364; town and proprietors' clerk, 21I, 275, 293, 299, 334, 376, 379; 167 Ap .; mentioned, 220, 250, 262, 263, 282, 285, 338, 340, 362, 368, 385, 674 note; pastor of First church, 229, 238, 251, 252, 298, 321; letter quoted re- garding organization of First church, 228, 229, 230; at Harvard, 237; preaches at Waterbury, 1699, 237; marriage of, 251; salary, 253, 289, 310, 3II, 322; house, fortified, 255; agreement with the town, 322; use of the little pas- ture, 322,339; trustee of funds, 339, phys- ical disability 365; proposed statue to, 367; last record made by, 379; sons of, 379; offices, 380; death of, 380; his will, 380 note; record of town meetings, 383; deputy to General Court, 386; influ- ence, 606; gift to St. Peter's parish, Northbury, 662.
Southmayd, John, Jr., I. 362, 364, 376,377; offices held by, 367.
Southmayd, John (3d), sells land, I. 562. Southmayd, Samuel, Jr., I. 455.
Southmayd, Samuel W., II. 547.
Southmayd, William (Ist), mariner, I.251. Southmayd, William (2d), grandson of
Rev. John Southmayd, I. 402; marriage of, 402; military service, 466 and note; mentioned, II. 546.
Southmayd's island, location, I. 245.
Southmayd's mill, I. 585.
Southmayd's pasture, I. 709.
Southmayd home for old ladies, 1895, III. 612.
Spalding, W. A., his invention, II. 482. Spallone, G., III. 1164.
Sparks, Mary G. (Mrs. John Deacon), III. 840.
Specialty Manufacturing Co., mentioned, II. 440.
Speck, The, III. 998.
Spectacle ponds, location, I. 8; descrip- tion, 62.
Speirs, Robert G., II.440,442,477; III. 1109. Speirs, William, III. 1116.
Speirs, William F., III. III2.
Spellman, William, III. 1161.
Spender, Joseph, III. 1163.
Spencer, Ansel, military service, I. 466; mentioned, II. 24.
Spencer, Calvin, I. 646.
Spencer, E. & A., traders, I. 569.
Spencer, Elihu, military service, I. 466; 4 mentioned, III. 1120.
Spencer, Elisha, military service, I. 466. Spencer, Frederick A., II. 24, 82, 86; III. 1126, 1131, 1155, 1205, 1229; health offi- cer, II. 136 and note; military service, III. 1190, 1214; biography, 1214; holds municipal and state office, 1214; officer in the Civil war, 1215; member of the Masonic order, 1215.
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Spencer, Frederick H., III. 1153.
Spencer, G. B., photographer, III. 1043.
Spencer, Gustavus, II. 548.
Spencer, Hannah, I. 168.
Spencer, Henry W., III. 1125.
Spencer, Imri A., II. 125, 532; III. 571, 572, 1165, 1175, 1205.
Spencer, Mrs. I. A., III. 918. Spencer, Isaac, I. 402.
Spencer, Joseph B., II. 24, 550; III. 607, II26; mayor and city clerk, 44, 46, 50; biography, II. 50; business man, 50; an organizer of Steam Boiler Insurance Co., 187.
Spencer, Katharine (Mrs. Walter C.Lang), II. 249.
Spencer, Katherine L., II. 25; III. 1238. Spencer, Marcia B., II. 25.
Spencer, Mary A., II. 24.
Spencer, Peleg, military service, I. 392. Spencer, Selden, I. 430; military service, 466.
Spencer, Susan, II. 24.
Spencer, Willard. Indian relics owned by, I. 60, 167 Ap .; II. 20, 41 note, 50, 81, 264; mentioned, 489; III. 591, 607 and note, 1008, 1009, 1025; site of residence, I. 589; manufactures gilt buttons, 589; II. 24, 261; holds town, municipal and state offices, 22, 24. 37, 508; biogra- phy, 24 and note; warden, 24; president Waterbury Savings bank, 24, 177; pres- ident board of agents Bronson library, 24; and the charter of 1870, 42; and the public schools, 503, 504; chorister, 583. Spencer, Mrs. Willard. I. 588.
Spencer, William A., II. 24; sketch of, 25; serves in the Civil war, 25.
Spenser, Temperance, I. 708.
Sperry, A., his invention, II. 483.
Sperry, Adeline (Mrs. Sharon Y. Beach), II. 164.
Sperry, Ann Ophelia, II. 206; III. 668. Sperry, Amadaus, III. 1184.
Sperry, Andrew, of North Attleboro, Mass., II. 207.
Sperry, Anson (not the cooper), makes clocks, II. 260.
Sperry, Capt. Anson, I. 569; II. 249, 489, 518; III. II25, 1184; lays a sidewalk, II. 20; biography, 206; cooper, 206; town officer, 206; military man, 206; as a musician, III. 583, 1063, 1069.
Sperry, Catharine (Mrs. Seagres), II. 207. Sperry, Charles A., lays a sidewalk, II. 72; soldier in the Civil war, 206.
Sperry, Charles S., II. 551; III. 914, 1022; professor at Annapolis, II. 551; III. 1236; biography, 1235; officer in U. S. N., 1235; naval record, 1236.
Sperry, Charlotte (Mrs. David Abbott), II. 207.
Sperry, Charlotte E. (Mrs. Robert Lang), II. 206, 249.
Sperry, Corydon S., recorder city court, II. 34 note; holds municipal office, 34 note, 37; button manufacturer, 261; mentioned, 264, 291, 437, 548; teacher in Second Academy, 520.
Sperry, E. S., II. 115.
Sperry, Edwin, sketch of, II. 207; a cooper, II. 207; holds municipal offices, 207; sexton of First church, 207; men- tioned, 498.
Sperry, Elijah, blacksmith, I. 486.
Sperry, Emma (Mrs. Ralph J. Shipley), II. 295.
Sperry, Hosmer, II. 207.
Sperry, Helen, sketch of, III. 1018; as- sistant librarian Bronson library, 1009, 1018; library cataloguer, 1018; librarian Carnegie library, 1018; her published papers, 1018.
Sperry, Henry T., his inventions, II. 482, 483; mentioned, 207.
Sperry, Jacob, town agent, I.453; tavern- keeper, 486; his saw mill, 590.
Sperry, Marcus, II. 207.
Sperry, Marcy L., III. 1236.
Sperry, Mark L., sketch of, II. 291; sec- retary Scovill Manufacturing Co., 291; children, 292; president Waterbury club, 484, 485; mentioned, III. 1099.
Sperry, Mary (Mrs. Ransom Holley), her private school, II. 535.
Sperry, Samuel, military service, I. 396. Sperry, Samuel M., II. 207, 295; III. 1073. Sperry, Sarah R. (Mrs. W. C. Palmer), II. 207.
Sperry, Walter N., manager Southern New England Telephone Co., II. 151. Sperry's saw mill, I. 590.
Sphinx, The, III. 998.
Spiers, R. G., his invention, II. 477.
Spindle hill, location, I. 247 ..
Spinning, T. A., III. 1078.
Spinning Squaw's land, I. 54. 55.
Spinning Squaw's wigwam, I. 55.
Spiritualists, III. 784, 785.
Splain, Maurice, connection with the American, III. 982.
Spoke and Handle Co., Waterbury, de- stroyed by fire, II. 130; mentioned, 447. Sprague, David A., early resident of Waterville, II. 27, 30.
Sprague, David E., sketch of, II. 30; manufacturer at Waterville, 30; men- tioned, 186, 449; III. 1126.
Sprague & Boyden, II. 29.
Spring, Edna J. (Mrs. Warren S. Frost), II. 34I.
Spruce, Charles B., III. 1216.
Spruce, Charles E., II. 555.
Spruce, Clifford J., III. 1216.
Spruce, James, his inventions, II.483; III.
I216; chairman of district committee,
II. 508; mentioned, III. 1125; sketch of I216; officer in the Civil war, 1216.
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Spruce, Mabelle A., III. 1216.
Spruce brook, location, I. 709.
Spruce swamp, location, I. 709.
Squantuck brook, location, I. 696.
Squire, Mary B. (Mrs. Horace Hotch- kiss), II. 327.
Squire, first use of name, I. III.
Squire, Israel, military service, I. 392.
Stage, Charles, III. 1159.
Stage coach, the era of the, I. 565, 570; road across the Green, II. 59.
Stage lines, early, II. 153-156; stages stop at Burton's tavern, 60; New Ha- ven and Albany, reminiscence of, 223 and note; New Haven to Litchfield, 153; Broome Brothers, of New Haven, 154; John W. Harris & Co., of Salem Bridge, 154; Harris & Bunnell, 154; Richard P. Moses, proprietor of, be- tween Waterbury and New Haven, 154; Charles Partree, post rider, 154; Samuel H. Judd, post rider, 154; Ben- jamin Judd, post rider, 154; Sturges M. Judd, 154; Waterbury and Meriden, 155; Waterbury and Derby, 155; Water- bury and Woodbury, 155; Waterbury and Watertown, 155; Waterbury and Bethlehem, 156; Tyrrell's, 155; Water- bury and Naugatuck, 156; Waterbury and Waterville, 156.
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