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ENCYCLi >PEDIA OF MK >GKAIMIY be found in observing one's own progress holding similar positions in the larj in -kill and comprehension. Later he was able to travel abroad and pursue his studies in Europe. But although .Mr. Went- worth undoubtedly gained much valuable technical experience From these studies, he lias always derived more Urn-tit from his own direct study of nature, which he has pursued with an indefatigable pati- ence and industry possible only to the lover of art. He has painted in all parts of New England and the Adirondack Mountains and many notable canvases have come from his brush to perpetuate the natural beauties of these regions. 1 [is work clearly reflect- his intimate knowledge and love of his great subject, nature, whose various and opposed moods he por- trays with peculiar delicacy and the touch of true understanding. His pictures are full of that elusive element known as atmosphere, which is nowhere more admir- ably shown than in the soft mellow tones of his charming sunsets. He has for many years been prominently associated with the Connecticut Academy
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ENCYCLOPEDIA — OF — CONNECTICUT
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BIOGRAPHICAL ±17o
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Indians made an attack on Agawam an
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organization and development of the
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ather than any course marked out fo
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of glad yet free allegiance, as a r
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ity until 1883, teaching various br
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tion at Northampton, Massachusetts,
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magnetic force arc felt and recogni
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trance f the United States into the
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yi^s* X
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the prominent institutions in finan
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His opinions were carefully formed,
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Treadway. who died in his infancy.
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ture, which have helped to lit him
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peace, and aided materially in the
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OUt his lifetime He was a fanner an
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^f^-^Z^ s&. 3?-^*>£:
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place in the business life of the t
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They were the parents of: Sarah, bo
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handle. In association with Frank F
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his obligations in this profession
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CURTISS, Charles Edson, Manufacture
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the State. He is esteemed as a libe
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Christiana Phelps, July 29, 1783, a
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[863, at the age of forty-three, at
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' citizen, and died February i-\ 18
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ENCYCLOPEDIA ( i.n this road, in wh
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o-?
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stem the current. A man who has ach
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He is a member of Evergreen Lodge,
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Dwnn's Pedigrees, the family herein
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abcth Griffin, his cousin, daughter
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OL^&^C^,
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average of five hundred employees u
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dividual and the existence of the N
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treasured by householders of that s
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elected the first mayor of the city
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is a Republican in politics, and a
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as an exponent of applied art. Some
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the town records. He joined the Bol
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ferment. He is a director of the Ne
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deal, their very existence depends
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follows. 2. Harold Wilbur, a gradua
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Longan are the parents of two child
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his father, and lived there until h
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and eldest son of Joseph Dart, was
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^^T^/^^^f'.
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Matthews, of Baltimore ; ENCYCLOPED
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John Peck, married a Watford, and w
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from the Sheffield Scientific Schoo
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patrons Elsworth Strong, C. R. Dix,
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ticut. He was a builder of chimneys
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Previous to the thirteenth century
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this fact accounts for the origin o
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so much so, that he has not been ve
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school periods He was accustomed to
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of three kindred words, the Gothic
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voted to tobacco growing. General c
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yi^C^C^^n^^ y%^£
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in their section of the State. The
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farming, as his father had clone. H
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Plainville, Forestville, Collinsvil
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wich ; Sphinx Temple, Ancient Arabi
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at Granville, Massachusetts, August
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has been a most successful departme
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siderate of those in his employ, an
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Massachusetts, May 5, 1686. He serv
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mont, of Portland, Oregon. 7. Norma
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arrived May [6, 1634, in New Englan
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Emma J. Treadway, daughter of Enoch
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the progress of the community. In e
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DEWEY, John Stevens, Tobacco Grower
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of the business he buys and packs t
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ENCYCLi IPEDI \ < >F ordained Novem
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^Y^
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vember 7, 1678, Sarah Welles, born
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Mrs. Bidwell became a school teache
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and she died January i8, 1770, at t
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ENCYCD IPEDIA < undertake any new b
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Mr. Backea baa contended as only on
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d,^2v^^
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principles of our Nation. It is wit
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the first family washing business i
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Indian tools; he married Mary Dyer,
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one man's share towards shaping the
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ule is kept very strictly, and exce
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ENCYCU )l'l-:i)l A ( tional Church
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Colton i> a Republican, and in 1909
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^n^y^r^_ TrYô^^rî
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phalet and Ester (Peck) Bristol, se
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ily, and in which the parent was gi
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only spiritually but materially. Fr
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since elapsed, but the association
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1801. His children were: 1. Ann Bro
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the youthful widow of two English k
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tzJt/kfrr?
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nessed. The family of Sylvester Bal
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B°? TH
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shire and Cornwall. He died Novembe
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(VI) Eben Booth, son of Philo and A
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He has been an opponent, also, of g
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line is from two sons of John Whitn
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was in constant demand. She lived t
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members of the Church of England. S
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the American Revolution. He waa als
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the beginning of the eleventh centu
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EXCYCLOIT.DIA OF RIOCKAl'I I V tast
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York, the son of llcndrick and Pheb
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OP BIOGRAPHY Virginia,
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tyur^S. ^tW^,
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; of Manuscripts Relating to the To
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t ents business when about twenty-o
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Focnioa k
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served with distinction in the vari
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the public schools Of the nearby to
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(Wilson) WilcOX, was horn in Siinsh
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There were Other children, record o
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The Pierpont family is of Norman Oi
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the following manors: Manor of Alme
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Ndrth Haven, between New Haven and
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he engaged in business iii that cit
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April 4, 1691, Hannah Heath, of Hav
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phen A. Douglas. In [863 he was the
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ENCYCLOPEDIA I volvcd problems of j
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY length al
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. in ENCYCLI (PKDIA ()!• I'.K >(
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pointed by his successor, F. 15. We
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J^/nÛu-^n^^
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The next eight years he was deputy-
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tahlished a similar business in New
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true knowledge of the West in its u
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eautiful residence, "Iristan," an o
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1753, and died May 25, 1818. He mar
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seed from cotton. It was necessary
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age boy would consider hardships, w
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fessional administrations until his
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Nile, and similarly in the Mediterr
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in Central New York. His education
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of old-fashioned neck stocks. After
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was employed in the woolen mills of
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this number of helpers contributes
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with which he was connected to the
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William de Warrene, Earl of Warren
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C, manager of the Mutual Machine Co
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er of the i < > ii 1 11 1« «ti Co
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in Hartford. 1 1 «.- was a good bu
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with him, and that he suffered what
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ENCYCLl IPED] \ < IF BI< »GR \I'HY
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ENCYCLOPF.D1 \ OF BIOGRAPHY Royal T
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tics have been such t h.-it Father
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HOLLEY, Alexander Hamilton, ENCYCLt
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF i'.IOGRAFI I ping p
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ENCYCLi >PEDIA OF i:i< nIRAI'IIY wi
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was stricken with an illness which
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\^7
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graduated from Yale College, studie
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management of Mr. Rockwell, who hel
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the close of the Van Buren administ
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were Edward Gilman with his wife, w
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parish at Windham, and was afterwar
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modest way and soon was promoted to
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY "The Silv
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wide to him the doors of societies
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ENCYCLl >PED1 \ ( IF BI< iGRAPHY ti
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Photo hv Champlain Stu [ii ^T^ fi^j
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a student in the Theological Depart
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a resident of Thompsonville, Connec
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Scott, was born in Wilsdcn, where h
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for a season he was the director of
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trict, and held the office until 18
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quires the most brilliant intellige
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Page 459: and Warren Doty II., born June 8, 1
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Page 467 and 468: Gordon takes an active part in seve
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Page 479 and 480: CUTTER, Solomon Marcella, Evangelis
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Page 524: did his ancestors. His wife was a d
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Page 544 and 545: England his home, and became the th
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Club, and has always been an active
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dry salters and commission merchant
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JZf^tfiA.OAsl^X '/
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FUNK, George J., Head of Important
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Frances Marguerite, Donald Richard,
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cess gave an impetus to the work wh
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an evident fact from the beginning
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president of the company. His abili
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY John Conw
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T}va\
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Jairus Collins Hildreth, son of Jac
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large plant in Hartford, of which f
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Ward. A genial and courteous gentle
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Bentative in the State Legislature,
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of Somers, whose parentage is not d
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ENCYCLOPEDIA < Chicago now enjoys.
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consistent Republican, Mr. Cooley i
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aterials and shipping were of the b
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-x
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September of that year. He served n
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dciKf at No. 310 West Main street,
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INDEX
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Badmington, Edward F., 234 Leslie E
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William, 71, 72 William, Dr., 72 Co
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John, Rev., 280 Josiah, 280 Samuel,
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Leonard, 77 Robert, 75 Hudson, Char
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L. Hoyt, 410 Mary L., 411 Maurice H
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Lucien W., 255 Minnie B., 257 Nehem
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Whittelsey, Ambrose, 27 Friend, 27
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