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shipping and stock clerk of the Metropolitan
Manufacturing Company in Mid-
dlefield in 1871, and continued three years.
For eight years following he operated a
general store in Middlefield, and afterward
conducted a mercantile business at
Eustis, Florida, eight years, serving as
alderman of the city. In 1891 he became
a stockholder in the Rogers Manufacturing
Company and was made secretary,
treasurer and manager, continuing until
the death of his father in 1895, when he
became president and continued to act as
treasurer until his death, January 17, 1919.
He was a director of the Middlesex
County National Bank, of the Farmers'
and Mechanics' Savings Bank and a mem-
ber of the First Ecclesiastic Society, all of
Middletown, in which city he lived from
1892.
Frederick Weld Terrill, third son of
Moses Weld and Almira O. (Ferrin) Terrill,
born April 30, 1853, in Morristown
and went with the family to Middlefield
when eight years old. He attended the
public schools and Wilbraham Academy
and assisted in the tillage of his father's
farm three years. For some ten years he
was employed by the American Wringer
Company, and was with the Rogers
Manufacturing Company, of which he is
still a stockholder, until 1916, when he re-
tired from active labor on account of the
condition of his health. He is a trustee
of the Middlefield Methodist Church, a
Republican in politics, and represented
the town in the General Assembly, also
in the Constitutional Convention of 1892.
He married, in November, 1872, Mary Ida
Louise Skinner of Middlefield, born
March 8, 1853, died March 19, 1903, daugh-
ter of Albert and Almira (Bailey) Skinner.
All the children of this marriage
are a credit to their parents. They were
I. Ivy L., wife of Selden Johnson of Hart-
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ford, now deceased. 2. Moses, of further
mention. 3. Lily M., residing with her
father. 4. Whitman Earl, foreman of the
Collins Company, Collinsville, Connecticut.
5. Almira A., wife of Harrison
Beamer of Hartford. 6. Paul F., advertising
manager of the Houghton & Button
Company of Boston. 7. Marie Ward,
widow of Harold Cummings, now resid-
ing with her father.
Moses Weld Terrill, eldest son of Fred-
erick Weld Terrill, was born February 18,
1875, in Middlefield, where he attended
the public schools and was later a student
at Wilbraham Academy and Hackettstown
Institute, New Jersey. On attain-
ing his majority he entered the employ of
the Rogers Manufacturing Company,
where he proceeded to learn the details
of the business, under the tutelage of his
uncle, Willis E. Terrill. After eight years
in the shop, he became shipping clerk and,
later, did clerical work in the office. In
time he became the superintendent and
in 1919 became treasurer and manager
of the establishment. Previous to 1915
the establishment was devoted to the
manufacture of bone goods and fertilizer.
In the year named the fertilizer business
was sold to the Rogers & Hubbard Company
and at the same time the latter's
bone novelty business was transferred to
the Rogers Manufacturing Company,
which it continues. His home is in Rock-
fall, and he attends the worship of the
Methodist Church in Middlefield. Polit-
ically he is a steadfast Republican, but is
essentially a business man, with no in-
clination to accept proffered public office.
The record in business, in social affairs of
his forebears is being continued by Mr.
Terrill, and he is an esteemed citizen and
straightforward business man. He has
attained high degrees in the great Ma-
sonic organization, is a member of St.