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usiness life of the city, Mr. Williams
takes ;i broad interest in fraternal and
civic matters. He has held every office
in St. John's Lodge, No. 4, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons, of which he has been a
member for many years. He is past
master, and treasures a souvenir of the
esteem of his fellow officers and members
in the form of a magnificent past master's
jewel, presented upon the expiration of
his term of office, lie is a member of
Pythagoras Chapter, and of Wolcott
Council, No. 1, of which he is past thrice
illustrious master; and has filled numer-
ous other chairs. He is past patron of
Ivanhoe Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star; also of Washington Commandery,
No. 1, and of the Scottish Rite bodies up
to and including the thirty-second degree.
He was a member of the board of trustees
of Connecticut Lodge, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and of Midian Encamp-
ment, having held a number of offices in
both organizations. He was also a member
of the Royal Arcanum, the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, and the Order
of Heptasophs. He was a member of the
Governor's Foot Guard for twenty-four
years, and was fourth sergeant under
Major Kinney, under whom he obtained
his discharge in 1890. He joined the
veteran corps after leaving the active
company Foot Guard, and served two
years as captain ;
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then was elected major,
serving four years. He enjoys the dis-
tinction, or rather the honor, for the fact
should be more widely known, of having
been instrumental in the adoption of the
present uniform of the corps, one of the
handsomest uniforms of any used by veteran
organizations of the State. He
served as treasurer for six years. He is
an esteemed member of the Kiwanis Club.
Mr. Williams has been a member of
the Christ Church choir for thirty-eight
years, having a rich bass voice. He has
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been actively interested in the musical
interests of the citv. having done tlO small
amount of unheralded labor fur the advancement
of the art, besides having been
publicly identified with the organization
of a number of quartets which have ap-
peared before the appreciative audiences
of Hartford on many occasions. He has,
of course, assisted materially on musical
committees of the various lodges in which
he holds membership. He plays a brass
instrument in the Sphinx Temple Band,
of which order he is a charter member. In
his church interests he has the support
and sympathy of his wife, both being
members of Christ Episcopal Church.
HENRY, John Milo,
Man of Enterprise.
The family of Henry, of which John
Milo Henry is a worthy representative,
has long been prominent in Connecticut
annals, and was very early in Massachu-
setts.
(I) The first of the name in this c. tun-
try was William Henry, who was born
about 1690 in Ireland, and died sometime
after 1723. The first record of him appears
in the records of Stow, Massachu-
setts, June 24, 1735, on which date he
purchased land there. There is practic-
ally nothing known of his wife.
(II) Robert Henry, son of William
Henry, was born probably in Ireland
about 1720, and he lived at different times
in Groton. Connecticut, Stow and Shirley,
Massachusetts. The Christian name
of his wife was Eleanor, and she died at
Enfield, November 23, 1807, at the age of
eighty-four years. Robert Henry died in
1759-
(III) John Henry, son of Robert
Henry, was born January 8, 1742-43, and
when he attained his majority, removed
from his native town of Stow to Connec-