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W. and Martha Elizabeth (Eddy) Huntington,
of New London, Connecticut. To
Mr. and Mrs. Newton were born three
children, as follows: Florence Hunting-
ton, September 21, 1883, now the wife of
Noyes B. Prentice, of Cleveland, Ohio, to
whom she bore one son, Newton Alden
Arthur Gove, December 28, 1884, who
married Florence M. Griswold, a daugh-
ter of Dr. Gilbert Griswold, by whom he
has had two children, Alice Huntington
and Richard Griswold ; Marjorie Lud-
dington, July 10, 1887, who became the
wife of Raymond M. Burnham, of Southbridge,
Massachusetts, and who has borne
to him one daughter, Jane Newton.
Charles Wesley Huntington, the father
of Mrs. Newton, was born at New Lon-
don, March 13, 1829, and was one of the
most prominent figures in the musical
world in that region. He was engaged in
teaching music, both instrumental and
vocal, for many years, and with a very
high degree of success, making a large
reputation for himself in his profession.
For a long period of years he was the
organist at the South Congregational
Church in Hartford and was the organist
and choirmaster at the Park and Pearl
Street Congregational Church at a later
time. He was also the organist at the
large Baptist church on Main street. Besides
these various positions he was
appointed Professor of Music at the State
Normal School in New Britain. He
lived for some time in New London, but
on August 12, 1856, came to Hartford,
and there made his home until the year
1904. In that year he went to Andover,
Connecticut, and finally, on October 1,
1908, returned to Hartford, where he
is situated at present and has his
musical studio. He was married at New
Britain, October 6, 1858, to Martha Eliza-
beth Eddy, a daughter of Norman and
Maria Warner (White) Eddy. She was
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born January 16, 1839, at New Britain,
and died October 31, 1913. They were
the parents of two children : Alice, now
Mrs. Newton, and Robert Eddy, born December
18, 1873, an d died August 12,
1874.
MULLIGAN, William Joseph,
Counsellor-at-Law.
William Joseph Mulligan, one of the
prominent attorneys of Thompsonville
and Hartford, Connecticut, is a member
of a family which has resided in this State
for the better part of three generations,
and which is of Irish origin, having come
over to this country from Ireland during
the second decade of the nineteenth cen-
tury. His grandfather, Andrew Mulligan,
was born in County West Meath,
who migrated as a young man to the
United States somewhere about the year
1815. He settled at East Windsor, Con-
necticut, and resided there for a time, but
later removed to Rockville, and eventually
to Thompsonville in this State. He
was engaged in business as a stone mason
and was very successful thereat. He
married Margaret Fay and they were the
parents of a number of children among
whom was William Mulligan, of whom
further.
William Mulligan was born at East
Windsor, April 11, 1849, and was the
recipient of a public school education in
his youth. Upon completing his school-
ing he worked in the factory at Rockville,
then engaged in the tinning business at
Manchester. After a few years he
moved to Windsor Locks, where he
engaged in the plumbing and heating
business, and remained there for five
years. Moving to Thompsonville to
become engaged in the furniture and
undertaking business, in which he pros-
pered highly and eventually grew to be