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White, H. L., III. 1075.
White, Harriet S. (Mrs. Lynde Harrison), II. 427; III. 1064, 1099.
White, Henry S., II. 423.
White, Hiram J , II. 425. 583.
White, J. W., water commissioner, II. 95; mentioned, III. 630. 1066.
White, James C., I. 167 Ap ; III. 665.
White, Jennie C., III. 1075; (Mrs. Thomas C. Lane), II. 387.
White, John, III. 1228.
White, Rev. John H., II. 552; assistant rector St. John's Episcopal church, III. 659.
White, J. Watson, water commissioner, II. 95; mentioned, 121, 423; III. 630, 1066; sketch of,II.427; establishes paper- box industry, 427.
White, Leroy S., has early telephone con- nection, II. 149; connection with Brown & Brothers, 343, 386; with Rogers & Brother, 386; mentioned, 383, 441; III. 1023, 1043, 1126, II30; biography, II. 385; mechanical talent, 385, 386; period covering his patents, 474; his inven- tions, 343, 386 473. 484.
White, Lewis, II. 388.
White, Lewis A., II. 440; III, III2.
White, Luther C., I. 63; II. 424, 426, 437, 446; III. 591, 605; biography, II. 425; inventor, 425, 484; president City Manu- facturing Co., 426; president L. C. White Co., 426; manufactures first lamp burners for oil in United States, 426; children, 426.
White, Lyman, his inventions, II. 484.
White, Mary A. (Mrs. Truman H. Bart- lett), III. 1040. White, Mary W., II. 428.
White, Nathaniel, II. 425.
White, Preserved, II. 385.
White, Rev. R. H., III. 721.
White, T. R., II. 440.
White, Thomas, 1732, I. 359, 360.
White, Thomas III. 1228.
White, W. W., II. 530.
White, William, military service, I. 392.
White, William, priest at church of Im- maculate Conception; III. 752.
White, William H., II. 426; III. 1064; memorial to, 657.
White, Rev. William J., pastor Chapel street Methodist church, III. 724.
White, William L., II. 440; III. 1043.
White, William W., II. 388; his inven- tions, 484.
White & Smith, mentioned, II. 425.
White & Wells, II. 423, 424; III. 976.
White, L. C .. Co., site of plant, I. 274, 426. 441; II. 441; succeeds White & Wells, 426.
White Machine Co , mentioned, II. 440.
White deer rocks, location, I. 246.
Whiteman, H. M., III. 1148 ..
Whiteman, Mrs. H. M., III. 1148, 1206.
Whiting, Harriet, II. 355.
Whiting, James C., III. 947, 1149, 1164, I200.
Whiting, Joseph, I. 318.
Whiting, W. S., his invention, II. 484.
Whitley, Mrs. E. B., III. 578.
Whitlock, Frank W., acting city engi- neer, II. 107; mentioned, 553; III. 1113. Whitman, Sarah, I. 327.
Whitney, Lieut. David, military service, I. 391.
Whitney, James, sketch of, II. 235.
Whitney, John, military service, I 467.
Whitney, Marshall, his house, formerly the Porter house, I. 349, 714. Whiton, Ellen J., III. 918.
Whittal, J. W., II. 445.
Whittal, Lefevre & Co .. I. 588.
Whittmore, John, killed by the Indians, I. 106.
Whittlesey, Rev. Elisha, II. 549; pastor Second Congregational church, III. 635; biography, 637; pastorates, 637; takes Episcopal orders, 638; sec- retary Society for the Increase of the Ministry, 638.
Whittlesey, Rev. Joseph, called to pas- torate First church, III. 582.
Whittlesey, Joseph T., II. 281, 551.
Whittlesey, Mrs. Joseph T. (Sarah A. Scovill), II. 281; III. 667.
Whittlesey, Samuel. I. 356, 357.
Wiard, Lydia A. (Mrs. Norman Smith), (Mrs. Silas B. Terry), II. 457.
Wickem, Spencer, military service, III. II82.
Wickham. J. E., II. 123.
Widow's spring, origin of name, I. 245.
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Wiegner, Hattie, III. 1207. Wiegner, Martin L., III. 1206. Wiehn, John, III. 768.
Wightman, Eunice, III. 683 note. Wightman, Sarah, II. 246.
Wigmore, James H., III. 1166.
Wigmore, John W., III. 115I.
Wigwam, The, location, I. 54. Wigwam brook, location, II. 27.
Wigwam swamp, location, I. 54, 125, 220. Wigwam swamp brook, location, I. 275.
Wigwams at Sled hall brook, I. 132.
Wilcox, Carrie, as a musician, III. 1066, I079.
Wilcox, Frederic, sketch of, III. 878; state chemist 878; inventor, II. 484; III. 878: editor, 878; his connection with Apothecaries' Hall company, 878; chil- dren, 878; mentioned, II26.
Wilcox, Jay P., III. 1199.
Wilcox, Leonard, military service, III. II82. Wilcox, Levi, III. 998.
Wilcox, Lucy C. (Mrs. Henry F. Fish), II. 50.
Wilcox, Martha (Mrs. Erastus G. Beck- with), III. 638. Wilcox, Philemon, military service, I. 467. Wilcox, Wealthy H (Mrs. David Prich- ard), III. 862.
Wilcox, William H., II. 556.
Wilcoxson, A., III. 1128.
Wildcat rocks, location, I. 717.
Wilder, Rev. N. W .. III. 721.
Wildman, Dr. Henry S., III. 1153.
Wiley, George A., III. 1144.
Wilkins, Dr. D. G., druggist, III. 875.
Wilkwire, Edwin, III. 1175.
Willard, Elijah, III. 697.
Willard, F., III. 1175.
Willard, Mrs. Livingston (Mary E.Clark), II. 357.
Willard, Maria (Mrs. Lucius Baldwin), III. 819.
Willcox, Rosetta R. (Mrs. Eli B. Clark), III. 621.
Willey, Rev. Junius M., and the public schools, II. 503; mentioned, 550; assist- ant rector St. John's Episcopal church, III. 659; army chaplain, III. 1198.
Willi, John George, engraver, II. 232 note.
Williams, , settles in Waterbury about 1735, I. 333.
Williams, - -. grist mill, I. 591.
Williams, Rev. Mr., teaches school, I 600. Williams, Bartholomew, military service, I. 396, 417, 467; death of, 467.
Williams, Benjamin, military service, I. 392, 396, 397.
Williams, C. G., III. 117I.
Williams, Rev. Christopher S., III. 708, 912.
Williams, Daniel, at Pattaroon hill in 1731, I. 301; on tax list for 1730, 309; mentioned, 325, 370; miller, 328; re- moves from Oakville, 350; military service, 397, 452, 467.
Williams, Edwin H., sketch of, II. 145; connection with the United Gas Im- provement Co., 145.
Williams, Mrs. E. H., III. 1075.
Williams, Fannie E. (Mrs. George E. Terry), III. 809.
Williams, H. N., finds Indian relics, I.60. Williams, Mrs. Huldah (Mrs. Josiah Bronson), I. 514.
Williams, Israel, military service, I. 417; III. 1181.
Williams, James, I. 301,323.363; at Woster swamp, 303; on tax list for 1730, 309. Williams, John, I. 295.
Williams, Rev. John, memorial to, in St. John's Episcopal church, III. 657.
Williams, Obed, military service, I. 417, 467; mentioned, 429.
Williams, Reuben, military service, I.467. Williams, Rev. Robert G., principal Collegiate Institute, II. 522; sketch of, 524; mentioned, 548; III. 917; president Mendelssohn society, 1078.
Williams, Mrs. R. G., principal Collegi- ate Institute, II. 522.
Williams, S. L., III. 1199.
Williams, Samuel, military service, I.467.
Williams, Samuel P., II. 85, 87, 446, 449, 453; III. 664, 665, IIO7, IIII.
Williams, Seneca, III. 1147.
Williams, Susanna, I. 370.
Williams, Thomas, death of children, I. 371; military service, 393; mentioned, II. 437.
William, Williday, military service, I.391. William's grist mill, I. 591.
Willis, F. L., general secretary Young Men's Christian association, III. 570.
Williston, S., I. 617.
Willmott, Mrs. Nellie Lowe, writes fic- tion, III. 965.
Willys, Mr., custodian of charter, I. 114, I95.
Wilmot, L. C., I. 357.
Wilmot, Thomas, military service, I. 396. Wilson, Allen B., finds Indian relics, I.65; estate, II. 75; mentioned, 201; III. 1027 note, 1204; biography, II. 209; patents sewing machines, 209, 210, 473; other patents, 211; inventor, 209, 472, 473, 484; his homestead purchased for Waterbury hospital, III. 888.
Wilson, Annah B., II. 211.
Wilson, D. B., III. 1137, 1138.
Wilson, E. W., III. 1112.
Wilson, Elizabeth, financier, I. 362.
Wilson, H. L., II. 123; III. 1199.
Wilson, Harriet E. (Mrs. Henry Merwin), II. 212.
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Wilson, James S., II. 114.
Wilson, Martha (Mrs. Edwy E. Benedict), III. 1050.
Wilson, Robert W., III. 919.
Wilson, W. S., III. 1228.
Wilson, William, Jr., his invention, II. 484; mentioned, III. 1154.
Wilton, John, proprietor inhabitant, I. 197; his lot, 206; mentioned, 225; builds a fence, 268.
Wilson place, II. 84.
Wine, Liquor and Beer Dealers' associa- tion of Waterbury, III. 1176.
Winkum bridge, location, I. 717.
Winnimaug, location, I. 55 note, 701.
Winslow, G. T., almshouse keeper, III. 885.
Winston, Daniel, military service, I. 39I. Winston, Lucy S., principal Collegiate Institute, II. 522.
Winston, Stephen, military service, I.391. Winter privileges, petition for, I. 311, 399, 400; meaning of, 492, 493.
Winters, Abigail, I. 708.
Winters, Obadiah, military service, I.397. Winthrop, Gov., address regarding char-
ter, I. 113; delivers duplicate of Matta- tuck charter, 195.
Winton; Eben, editor and proprietor The Valley Index, III. 992.
Wire, Samuel, III. 1129.
Wire, the first copper, drawn in Water- bury, I. 582.
Wirt, Lewis, military service. III. 1182. Wiswell, Annie M. (Mrs. William P. Els- don), III. 686.
Witchcraft, indicted for, John Carrington of Wethersfield, I. 164.
Witherspoon, E. W., organist, III. 1067. Witherspoon, Mrs. E. W., III. 1067.
Withey, John, III. 1173.
Witkowsky, Benjamin, III. 1144.
Wochenblatt, The New England, III. 993.
Wochenblatt Co., New England, men- tioned, II. 446.
Wolcott (Woolcot) Alexander, I. 360; and Lydia, 360, 363.
Wolcott, C. W., instructor vocal music in public schools, II. 505.
Wolcott, Caroline A. (Mrs. Ralph Lopez), III. 847.
Wolcott, Frederick, III. 1182.
Wolcott, Oliver, hotel proprietor, II. 226. Wolcott, Wells, III. 704.
Wolcott, I. iv .; original name, 53; made a town, 494; peddlers, 503; library, 1799, III. 1005.
Wolcott hill, first probable settler, I. 300. Wolf, August, III. 1108.
Wolf hill, location, I. 717.
Wolf pit hill, location, I. 354, 717.
Wolf pit meadow, I. 717.
Wolfe, Robert, his invention, II. 484.
Wolff, Alfred J., chairman district com-
mittee, II. 508; mentioned, III. 1231, I233; military record, 1233.
Wolff, Mrs. Lucien, III. 1068.
Women's club, The, III. 1025; its lecture courses, 1026; and the Columbian ex- position, 1026; officers, 1026.
Women's Exchange Co., Waterbury, II. 450, 486, 487.
Wongum road, Indian place name, I. 221; location, 717.
Wonn, Louisa, III. 1159.
Wood, Abner, III. 697.
Wood, Abraham, III. 1103.
Wood, David. his private school, II. 533. Wood, John, III. 1103.
Wood, Leon L., II. 556.
Wood, Rev. Luke, sketch of, I. 626; men- tioned, II. 533, 547; III. 613.
Wood, Porter L., II. 446; III. 920; law- yer, 816; teacher, 817.
Wood, Mrs., Porter L., II. 487.
Wood, S. W., III. 1175.
Wood, Thomsan, I. 377.
Wood, Ursula (Mrs. William Russell), I. 628; II. 525.
Wood carvers, III. 1037.
Woodbridge, Abigail, I. 362.
Woodbury, roads to, I. 355, 553, 554, 565, 569.
Woodcock, Rev. Charles E., II. 27.
Wooding, Aner, military service, I. 467.
Wooding, George L., III. 1147.
Wooding. Theodore S., III. 1147.
Woodruff, - - -, mentioned, II. 210, 421. Woodruff, Abel, military service, I. 467.
Woodruff, Amos C., military service, III. 1182.
Woodruff, Edward, military service, I.467. Woodruff, Eleazer, his house, I. 324; his saw mill, 591.
Woodruff, Eunice (Mrs. Elbridge G. Snow), III. 624.
Woodruff, Frank, II. 118.
Woodruff, George H., III. 1172, 1173.
Woodruff, George W., III. 708.
Woodruff, John, signer of petition for plantation, I. 123; mentioned, 417; military service, 439. 467.
Woodruff, John F., police officer in 1857, II. 138.
Woodruff, Jonah, military service, I. 467. Woodruff, Joseph, I. 590,
Woodruff, Lambert, military service, I. 467.
Woodruff, Matthew, I. 359; and Eliza- beth, 363.
Woodruff, Roderick S., II. 294; drug- gist, III. 875.
Woodruff, Samuel, military service, I. 467; mentioned, 717.
Woodruff, Willard, I. 274.
Woodruff farm, location, I. 717.
Woodruff hill, location, I. 246, 718.
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Woodruff's saw mill, I. 591.
Woods, II. 64.
Woods, firing the, I. 275.
Woodtick, location, I. 718; saw mill, loca- tion, 718.
Woodward, A. C., III. 1184.
Woodward, Lieut. Abel, military service, I. 388, 395, 396, 413, 467.
Woodward, Abel R., mentioned, II. 462. Woodward, David, military service, I. 392,
Woodward, Eliza C.(Mrs. Amos S. Blake), II. 417.
Woodward, Israel, military service, I. 387, 392.
Woodward, Rev. Israel B., II. 546.
Woodward, James M., editor the Amer- ican, III. 976.
Woodward, John, military service, I. 467. Woodward, John, biography, II. 315; and the Second Congregational church, 316; connection with Benedict & Burn- ham Manufacturing Co., 316; men- tioned, III. 633, 635, 1066.
Woodward, Joseph H., II. 248, 316, 530; children, 248.
Woodward, Kate (Mrs. Oscar W. Noble), III. 948.
Woodward, Nathan, I. 392.
Woodward, Samuel, military service, I. 392.
Woodward, Samuel C., I. 167 Ap .; secre- tary and treasurer Savings Bank and Building association, II. 179.
Woodworth, A. C., II. 44I.
Woodworth, Benjamin, military service, I. 392.
Woodworth, Rev. Frank G., II. 553,; III. 620; biography, II. 560; university pres- ident, 552, 560.
Woodworth, Peleg, military service, I. 392.
Woodworth, Reuben, military service, I. 392.
Woodworth, Rev. William W., II. 548, 560; III. 613; pastor the First church, 595, 596, 597, 598; biography, 597; his published writings, 598 note, 955.
Woodworth & White Co., mentioned, II. 44I.
Wool rocks, location, I. 247.
Woollen Manufacturing Co., Waterbury I. 585; II. 183 note.
Wooldridge, George, military service, I. 467.
Woolsey, Elijah, III. 697.
Woolworth, Azariah, sketch of, II. 454; inventor, 454, 472, 473, 484.
Woolworth, Mrs. Azariah (Rebekah Al- len), II. 454.
Woolworth, Frank K., II. 171.
Wooster (Woster), Abraham (Abram), military service, I. 391, 452; his saw mill, 581; mentioned, 696, 698.
Wooster, Rev. Benjamin, military ser-
vice, I. 467, 638; sketch of, 638; men- tioned, II. 546; III. 620.
Wooster, Daniel, joins the enemy, I. 459; local Methodist preacher, III. 700 note; mentioned, 1120.
Wooster, David, military service, I. 452,
467; and Lucien Judd draw the first cop- per wire in Waterbury, 582.
Wooster, Ebenezer, I. 377.
Wooster (Worcester), Edward, Wooster swamp named for, I. 187; mentioned, 189.
Wooster, Else (Woster, Alice), land of, I. 357, 364.
Wooster, F. J., his invention, II. 484.
Wooster, Fanny (Mrs. Alvin Abbott), III. 700, 716.
Wooster (Worster), Herman, military service, I. 392.
Wooster, Hinman, military service, I. 467.
Wooster, Horace B., lays first concrete walks on Green, II. 64; mentioned, I21; III. 710; his invention, II. 484.
Wooster, Jabez, military service, I. 396.
Wooster, James D., III. 1125.
Wooster, Jesse, his grist mill, I. 569; mentioned, III. 672.
Wooster, John, I. 657.
Wooster, Letson T., II. 123; III. 1129.
Wooster, Levi, his saw mill, I. 569.
Wooster, Moses, military service, I. 467.
Wooster, Phebe, I. 363.
Wooster, Samuel and Else, I. 361.
Wooster, Thomas, I. 359.
Wooster, Thomas A., almshouse keeper, III. 885.
Wooster, Wait (Woster, Weight), I. 391, 395.
Wooster, Walter, military service, I. 467; mentioned, 680.
Wooster cemetery, I. 680.
Wooster's saw mill, I. 581.
Wooster swamp, plans for making a So- ciety at, I. 318; earliest school, 595; location, 718.
Worden, Thomas, military service, I. 467.
Worenog (Oronoke) hill, location, I. 706. World's end or Lewis' hill, location, I. 247, 702, 718.
World's end rocks, location, I. 246, 718.
Worsley, Joseph S., III. 1151, 1153. Wortham, Elizabeth, I. 170.
Worthington, Richard, III. 1184.
Wotkyns, Roger S., II. 339, 416, 485; III. II70.
Wright, Mrs. Abigail, I. 360.
Wright, C. E., II. 442; his invention, 484. Wright, Edward A., secretary Connecti- cut Indemnity association, II. 185; men- tioned, 554; editor, III. 996.
Wright, Mrs. Ervis E., III. 1238.
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Wright, James E., military service, III. 1189, 1190.
Wright, John W., II. 12I.
Wright, Jonathan, military service, I. 392.
Wright, Lucy (Mrs. Jacob P. Kellogg), III. 803.
Wright, Minnie S. (Mrs. George B. Ry- der), III. 847.
Wright, Nathan, military service, I. 392. Wright, Robert W., II. 549; lawyer, III.
966; author, 966, 995; sketch of, 995; editor, 99I.
Wyman, Chester L., III. 1147.
Wyllys, George, I. 640
Yager, John, III. 1170.
Yale, Lieut. Job, military service, I. 396, 421).
Yale, Stephen, military service, I. 429, 439.
Yale, Street, military service, I. 396.
Yards for cattle, I. 238.
Yarrington, C. H., his invention, II. 484.
Yarrington, Rufus, military service, I. 397.
Yelles (Yellis), Abraham, military ser- vice, I. 467 and note.
Yerkes, James H., III. 1067.
Yerkes, Mrs. James H., principal Hill- side Avenue school, II. 531.
Yoos, Charles, III. 117I.
York, Mary B., III. 914.
York, Wilbur F., III. 914, 1167.
Yorke, John, Capt. Salvation Army, III. 886.
Young, A. M., secretary Connecticut Electric Co., II. 146; secretary Water- bury Traction Co., 148; connection with
Waterbury Automatic Signal Tele- graph Co., 150, 151; mentioned, 453; his invention, 484.
Young Bronson's boggy meadow, I. 690. Young, Louis, military service, III. 1190. Young America, III. 998.
Young Ladies' Sodality, III. 751.
Young People's Society of Christian En- deavor, III. 611.
Young Women's Friendly league, men-
tioned, II. 453; III. 903, 964; incorpo- rated, 901, 902; advisory board, 902.
Young Men's Aloysius Total Abstinence and Benevolent society, III. 919.
Young Men's Catholic Literary society, organized, III. 1023.
Young Men's Christian association, site of building, I. 525 note; II. 344; III. 572; mentioned, II. 453; III. 569; offi- cers, 568, 570, 572; lecture courses, 569; organized, 570; receives gift of build- ing lot, 571; publication of "Outside and Inside," 572 note; Women's auxil- iary, 573.
Young Men's Christian Doctrine and Lit- erary society, III. 1024; losses by fire, IO24.
Young Men's institute, III. 1022.
Youth's Pastime, III. 998.
Zebris, Rev. Joseph, pastor St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church, III. 772.
Zehnder, Leo, III. 1156.
Ziegler, Lewis D., II. 464.
Ziglatzki, O. A., II. 450.
Zoology, I. 13.
Zubly, Eliza A. (Mrs. Charles Magill), III. 636.
Zwiebel, Kreszenz, III. 1159.
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