years president. In 1894 he withdrew from this
connection and formed the Beaver Lake Ice Co.,
of which he is now sole owner, and which he has
ever since conducted successfully. In 1898 he
joined a party on a trip to Alaska, and was gone
one and one-half years, which greatly benefited his
health. Being industrious and enterprising, his af-
fairs are conducted along progressive and modern
lines, and his rewards have been truly earned.
They have not come to him through chance, but as
the just and certain result of persistent attention to
business and the exercise of wise forethought. His
genial nature and pleasant manners make it a ])leas-
ure to do business with him, and he is everywhere
regarded as a good citizen. In 1874 he built his
present home on Hanover avenue, one of the finest
in that section, where a cheerful hospitality and
good cheer are ever found.
Mr. Garlick was married in 1875, at South
Meriden, to Miss Xellie Stevens, who was born in
South ^leriden, daughter of Philander and Eunice
Stevens. Mrs. Garlick is devoted to her home,
husband and family, a good Christian woman and
consistent member of the First Congregational
Church. Of the two children in the family Arthur
is employed at Hartford, and is a useful member
of Meridian Lodge, No. 77, A. F. & A. M., of
Meriden ; and Mabel, the daughter, was educated
in the schools of South Meriilen and was gradu-
ated from the Meriden High School. Miss Mabel
is a lady of much intelligence and good sense, and
as her father's confidential clerk, has fully demon-
strated her business ability, and she is a valued
member of the Congregational Church.
The social and benevolent character of Mr.
Garlick is indicated by his associations. He is a
steadfast member of Hancock Lodge, Xo. 28, I.
O. O. F., of South Meriden ; of Pilgrims' Harbor
Council, Xo. 543, Royal Arcanum, of Meriilen ; and
the Home Club. He is also a faithful member of
the Methodist Church, making the Golden Rule the
test of his actions. As a Republican, he performs
the duty of every good citizen, in voting for his
convictions, but has never .nought any political pre-
ferment. His domestic nature finds pleasure in the
companionship of his family and friends, and his
true worth is best known to his intimates.
JOHX T. HOLIAX, proprietor of "Holian's
Inn," Derby, is one of the most genial, obliging and
popular landlords, and his hotel is a favorite resort
for ])leasure parties of all kinds. He was born in
Granville, Mass., .-\pril 3, 1857, a son of Jeremiah
and Catherine (Hurlihey) Holian. both natives of
Ireland, the former born in County Kerry. Our
subject's paternal grandfather never came to Amer-
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icT but followed farming in Ireland throughout life.
After his death his wife came to the New World,
and died in Granville, Mass., at the advanced age
of ninety-two years. In their family were four
children : Timothy, who engaged in farming in
Granville until his death; John, who still carries on
farming there ; Jeremiah, father of our subject ;
and Nancy, deceased wife of James P'oley. Jere-
miah Holian was a farmer and wood turner by occu-
pation. He died in Springfield, Mass., in 1897, but
his wife is still living. In their family were eight
children, namely: Timothy, who was a blacksmith
of Granville, where he died in 1895 ; John T., our
subject; Annie, wife of Joseph O'Xeil, a wire
weaver of Springfield, Alass. ; Mary; William, who
died in 1891 ; Catherine; Jeremiah, who died at the
age of eight years ; and Julia.
John T. Holian was reared on a farm in Gran-
ville, Mass., until seventeen years of age, and then
learned the cigar maker's trade, which he followed
until he was twenty-two. The following two years
he was employed as a traveling salesman, and then
managed the "Westfield House," at Westfield,
Mass., for the same length of time. In 1881 he came
to Derby, New Haven county, where he clerked in a
shoe store for four years, and on resigning that
position he bought the "Ijirmingham Hotel," which
he successfully conducted, though others had failed
in the enterprise. In 1891 he also embarked in the
livery business, which he still carries on in connec-
tion with his hotel, owning a fine stable, well
equipped with an elegant line of carriages and good
trotting horses. In June, 1897, he purcliased the
property on Elizabeth street, which he has remod-
eled and to which he has given the name of "Hol-
iaii's Inn." It is recognized as headquarters for
parties of all kinds, such as bicycle clubs from the
surrounding cities, and he also entertains the Ma-
sons. Odd Fellows and other lodges, feeding seven
hundred during the reunion of the Connecticut De-
partment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Kind-hearted and generous, he is always willing to
lend a helping hand to those in distress, and his
name has become a synonym for honesty, upright-
ness and generosity.
Mr. Holian married Miss Isabelle \\ Hcaley, the
only daughter of Capt. Hcaley, a native of County
Clare, Ireland, who was bom Dec. 24, 1832, and
died Aug. 12, 1872.
James Healey, grandfather of Mrs. Holian, was
a well-to-do fanner of Ireland, where he spent his
entire life. The son was educated for the priest-
hood, but never entered the Church. At the age
of twenty-one he emigrated to America and located
in Derby, Conn., where he worked as a lalxirer until
going to California during the gold exciteinent, and
there successfully engaged in mining for some
time. On his return to Derby he embarked in the
grocery and liquor business, which he carried on
until after the Civil war broke out. For three years
he was a soldier of the Union army, and for bravery
on the field of battle was promoted to the rank of
captain. After the war he engaged in the liquor
business up to the time of his death. He was a
supporter of the Democratic party and a devoted
member of several societies, being a Knight Tem-
plar Mason and prominent member of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of
Pythias, Sons of Erin, Hibernians and Derby
Pequots. He wedded Miss Mary Monaghan,
who was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in
1832, and died May 27, 1898. She was a most
estimable lady, charitable and highly respected ; in
fact, the Healey family is one of the most prominent
in Derby. Her father was Patrick Monaghan, one
of the early settlers of Derby, who died in Cali-
fornia. Mrs. Holian is the eldest in a family of
three children, the others being James T., a resi-
dent of Derby; and Thomas F., a physician of
Bridgeport, Connecticut.
GEORGE I. PLATT, an enterprising and suc-
cessful business man of Milford village, was born
in the town of Milford Oct. 20, 1863, a son of David
B. and Mary M. Camp Piatt.
The Piatt family has been identified with the
town from an early day, and Richard Piatt, our sub-
ject's grandfather, was born there, and spent many
years in farming in the locality. His death occurred
in West Haven, but his remains were taken back
to Milford for intennent. He married a Miss Al-
len, and they had four children, viz. : Richard, a
farmer in Milford, now deceased; David B., our
stibject's father ; James H., a business man in New
Haven, who died in the spring of 1899; and Caro-
line, who married Richard Plait, a butcher in New
Haven.
David B. Piatt was born in the town of Milford
in 1822, and died tiiere Jan. 17, 1898. He was an
excellent citizen, an active worker in the local Re-
publican organization, and was frequently chosen
to fill town offices. His wife, Mary M. Camp, who
died P"eb. 16, 1893, aged sixty-six years, was a
daughter of Elias Camp, a well-known farmer of
Milford. Of their six children Henrj' died in in-
fancy ; Ella J. married F. H. Woodruff, a farmer
of Milford'; Charles W. is a farmer and meat dealer
in Milford ; David E. is a bookkeeper in Bridge-
port; George I., our subject, is mentioned more
fully below; and Minnie L. married George A.
Law, of New Haven.
The district schools of Milford afforded George
I. Piatt a practical education, and the work of the
homestead trained him to habits of industry. As a
young man he engaged in the milk business, con-
tinuing about ten years, and in 1895 he became in-
terested in the ice business, which he has since car-
ried on. In i8g8 he engaged in the coal and wood
business also, and for some time he has carried on
teaming and contracting, in addition to his other in-
terests. He is a Republican, and takes an active part
in town affairs, and is a member of the fire depart-
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nicnt. Socially he is connected with the I. O. O. F., '
and the Royal Arcanum.
On Oct. 6, 1892, Mr. Piatt married Miss Alice
G. Stowe, daughter of Frederick A. Stowe, a na-
tive and resident of Milford, and two children have
blessed the union : Lizzie M. and Clarence I.
A. CLARK PLATT, a well-known agriculturist
of the town of Milford, was born in that town Nov.
19, 1837, son of Newton Piatt, and grandson of
Fisk Piatt.
The family has been prominent in the locality for
many years, and Fisk Piatt was a fanner there
throughout h'is life. He married Sarah Newton,-
who was born in Milford, a daughter of Capt. Jonah
Newton, and they had seven children, as follows :
Newton, our subject's father; Sarah, who married
Jeremiah Treat, a fanner in the town of Orange ;
Richard, a fanner in Milford; Catherine, deceased,
who never married ; Susan, who married Dr. Hull
Allen, of Milford; Jonah, a fanner in Milford; and
Maria, who married Samuel Miles, a carriagemaker
in the South and later in Alilford, where he died
some years ago.
Newton Piatt was born in Milford in 1792, and
died in 1863. During his active years he was en-
gaged in fanning, and he took an intelligent and
loyal interest in local affairs as a member of the
First Congregational Church, and as a worker in
the Republican party. He married Anna Clark,
who was born in the town, and whose fatlier, Abram
Clark, was a respected farmer. She died in 1863,
and of their nine children only six are now living:
Sarah N. married Enoch Clark, a farmer in the
town of Orange ; Adelia C, deceased, married John
L. Merwin, of Orange; Charlotte, deceased, mar-
ried David N. Clark, of Milford; Susan married
William B.. Smith, a fanner in Milford, both now
deceased ; Henry N., a retired farmer, resides in
New Haven ; Jonah C., a carpenter, is living in re-
tirement in Derby ; George F. is a dentist in Cham-
bersburg, Pa. ; A. Clark, our subject, was the next
in order of birth ; Lenora married David N. Clark,
mentioned above.
A. Clark Piatt has spent his entire life in Mil-
ford, and from early manhood his attention has been
given to general farming. His farm, which con-
tains about 160 acres, is situated three and a half
miles northwest of Alilford village, and under his
able management is one of the best homesteads in
his neighborhood. On Dec. 22, 1863, he married
Miss Mary Gilbert, daughter of Agar Gilbert, a car-
penter in Derby. P'our children have brightened
their home: Emma L., now the wife of Fred D.
Clark, a fanner, seed grower and cattle dealer in
^Milford; Lottie G., who married Herbert B. Clark,
a farmer and seed grower in Orange; Annie C,
wife of Fred ^L Clark a farmer and seed grower in
Orange; and Miss Bertha M., at home. The fam-
ily is prominently identified with the First Congre-
gational Oiurch, and Mr. Piatt is also an influential
member of the local Republican organization. At
present he is a selectman, and he has served many
years as assessor, and for nine years as school
visitor, and at one time was a member of the board
of relief.
ANDREW HAFNER. Many of the most
prominent and influential citizens of Derby are of
foreiign birth, but have become true and loyal Amer-
ican citizens who take a deep interest in public af-
fairs and do all within their power to advance the
welfare of their adopted country. A worthy repre-
sentative of tliis class is Andrew Hafner, who was
born in Cassel, Germany, June 16, 1870, a son of
S. August and Regina E. (Rothamel) Hafner, also
natlives of that place. The grandfather, Andrew
Hafner, was a traveling merchant of Germany and
never came to America. The father followed the
same business in his native land until 1883, when
he emigrated to the United States, and after about
a month spent in Derby, Conn., proceeded to Cali-
fornia, since which time nothing has been heard of
Him. In his family were seven children : Andrew,
our subject; Minnie, now the wife of Alfred Mat-
terfis, of New York; Carrie, wife of Frank Kabisli,
of Derby; Louise, unmarried; and three who died
in infancy.
Andrew Hafner spent the first thirteen years of
his life in Germany and attended the schools of his
native land. On coming with the family to Derby,
Conn., he entered the employ of Dickerman & Bas-
sett, bolt manufacturers, with whom he remained
about nine months, and then was employed by other
concerns for some time. He spent two years with
A. H. & C. B. Ailing, hosiery manufacturers, and
in February, 1887, entered the employ of the
Sterling Company, manufacturers of pianos and or-
gans, with which he has since been connected.
Mr. Hafner is a member of the German singing
society, and of the Lutheran Church, to which his
ancestors also belonged. Politically he affiliates
with the Republican party, and in 1896 was elected
alderman from the First ward of Derby. So credit-
1 ably and satisfactorily did he fill the office that he
was re-elected in 1898, and is the present incumbent.
FREDERICK C. GOLDSTEIN, M. D., an able
and talented physician of Ansonia, has won deserved
prominence in professional circles by his successful
treatment of disease. He was born May 22, 1869,
in Ansonia, and is a descendant of an old and hon-
ored German family which is still numerously rep-
resented in the Fatherland.
Frederick Goldstein, our subject's father, was
born in Germany, and came to .-\merica in early
manhood, locating first in Connecticut, and finding
employment with the Goodyear Rubber Co., as an
expert turner. He worked in Xaugatuck for
a time and then went south, but there he had the
misfortune to get "stranded." On returning to
Connecticut he spent some time lin Birmingham and
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
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\\'atcrhiiry, being employed in different branches
of the phiting biisines?, and tlien went to Ansonia
to take a jjosition with HoUand & Sons. After a
time he engaged in tiie grocery business on r^lain
street, and on retiring he again took up his fomier
work as a turner. Deciding to engage in the nickel
plating and bufttng business on his own account, he
formed a partnership with a son-in-law, who after-
ward purchased his interest, Mr. Goldstein remov-
ing to Shelton to take charge of the dipping and
])lating rooms in the Ciieeseman factory. At present
he is connected with the japanning department of
the Schneller factory. He is a member of the
J^lpiscopal Church, and socially of the German Or-
der Ilarugari, while politically he is identified with
the Republican party. His wife, Sophia (Hilde-
brandt) was bom in his native town. They have
liad six children, of whom five are living, viz. :
Minnie, wife of Carle Schenck, of Ansonia; Will-
iam and Sarah, residents of iXjisonia; Frederick C,
our subject; and Carl, also residing in Ansonia.
The Doctor's education was begun 'in the com-
mon schools of Ansonia, and his professional edu-
cation was secured in the Medical Department of
Vale College and at Berlin, Germany, where he
spent a year taking special courses. Since his re-
turn he has been continuously engaged in general
practice in Ansonia, and he is also medical ex-
aminer for a number of insurance companies. He
and his wife are prominent socially, and both are
active workers in the Episcopal Church, having been
in the choir for a number of years. The Doctor is
also connected wnth George Washington Lodge, F.
& A. M., at Xew Haven, the Knights of the Golden
Cross, the order of Ileptasophs, and w'ith the State
and County Medical Societies.
In November, 1897, Dr. Goldstein married Miss
Martha L. Johnson, and they have one son, Fred-
erick E. Mrs. Goldstein graduated in 1892 from the
normal school at Westfield, and prior to her mar-
riage taught successfully in Massachusetts, and was
employed two years in the rchools of Ansonia. She
•lis descended from good Colonial stock, and her an-
cestors in the paternal line were early settlers at
Ellington, Conn., but removed to Hadley, Mass.
Stephen Johnson, Mrs. Goldstein's great-grandfa-
ther, born at Hadley, followed farming there
throughout his life, and a house which he built on
his homestead in 1792 is still kept in good repair.
Her grandfather, Stephen Johnson (2), and father,
Elliot Johnson, were both born in this house, which
stands in that part of Hadley now known as Hock-
anum. Elliot Johnson is a prominent citizen, hav-
ing held various official positions in the town,
and he and Ms wife are leading members of the
Congregational Church. They have three children.
Martha L.. George and Jennie. The mother, whose
maiden name was Harriet E. Allen, was bom in
Hadley, the daughter of George Allen, a native of
Enfield, Conn., who settled at Hadley in early man-
hood, and became a well-known citizen. Mrs.
' Goldstein's grandmother, Theodocia Smith, attained
the advanced age of eighty years, and reared a large
family of children.
CHARLES ELLIOTT PICKETT was born in
Seymour, Conn., Sept. 3, 1871, a son of Charles
Howard Pickett, who was bom at Danbury, Conn.,
April 8, 1844. Warner Pickett, the grandfather of
Charles E., was a resident of Naugatuck, and his
father. Mason Pickett, married Eunice, a daugh-
ter of Reuben Warner, and a descendant of Eben
Warner, who was born in Scotland.
Warner Pickett married Mary Jane Taylor, who
was bom in Bristol, Conn., lived the most of his
life in Naugatuck, where he taught school, and in
his later years was engaged in the manufacture of
knives.
Charles Howard Pickett was reared in Nauga-
tuck, and in early manhood settled at Seymour,
where he was long engaged in tool making. His
wife, Annie Eliza Culver, a daughter of Aretus
and Betsy (Reed) (Bailey) Culver, was a grand-
daughter of Rhoda Yale, and a great-granddaugh-
ter of Eli Yale. He died in Seymour Aug. 29, 1901,
and his widow, Mrs. Pickett, is still living in Sey-
mour. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Howard Pickett were
the parents of three children: Harold Wamer,
born Sept. 6, 1869, is a bookkeeper in the New Ha-
ven Copper Co., of Seymour; Charles Elliott; and
Sarah Burton, born Sept. 3, 1876.
Charles Elliott Pickett spent his early school
days at home, and was thoroughly prepared for die
legal profession, in which he has already become
prominent. In 1894 he was graduated from the
University of PennsyhTinia, where he was connected
with the Philomathean Society ; and in 1896 from
the Law Department of Yale, where he was asso-
ciated with the Book and Gavel fraternity. On
finishing his school he went into the law office of
Watrous & Townsend, where he soon displayed such
intimate acquaintance with legal procedure and the
forms of law that he was appointed assistant clerk
of the United States Circuit and District Courts in
1898. His friends anticipate for him a brilliant ca-
reer before the Bar if no untoward events interfere.
Mr. Pickett was married in Trinity Church. New
Haven, Dec. 11, 1900, to Henriette G., the daughter
of Edward F. Mansfield, of New Haven, Conn. A
daughter, Dorothy Mansfield Pickett, bom Dec. 6,
1901, at New Haven, has blessed this union.
PAUL B. KENNEDY, M. D., is one of the
bright, progressive young physicians of Derby, be-
fore whom lies a future full of promise. He is of
Irish descent, both his father. John, and his grand-
father, Bernard, having been born in County West-
nieath, Ireland. Bernard Kennedy brought his fam-
ily to America when his son John was a boy of but
five or six years. He settled on a farm in South-
ington. Conn., where he passed the remainder of
his life.
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John Kenned)- yrL-w up in that town, and leariu-l
the trade of a die sinker. He married Miss Cath-
erine McAlenny, who was also a native of Ireland.
After marriage he removed to Plainville, Hartford
county, where he worked at his trade, which he still
follows. He is the father of ten children, all en-
dowed with intelligence of a high order and whose
educat?ion either has been, or is being, carefully
cared for by their parents. Dr. Kennedy is the
eldest; the second son, John, is studying for the
Catholic priesthood; Sylvester, the next in order
of birth is acquiring the profession of a mechanical
engineer; and Edward, the fourth son, is a ma-
chinlist. None of these young men are married.
The younger children — William, Peter, Man,-, Cath-
erine, Margaret and Josephine — are still attending
school. Both John Kennedy and his wife, as well
as their children, are devout meinbcrs of the Cath-
olic Church.
Dr. Paul B. Kennedy was born in Plainville
Oct. 28, 1 87 1. He attended school there while a
child, and in 1881 was sent by his parents to Derby,
wiiere he completed his common-school education.
For two years he was a clerk in the post office, and
spent three years in the works of the Birming-
ham Brass Co. For a year he was a bookkeeper
in the store of D. H. Kelly, but his inclination was
toward a professional career, and the trend of his
mlind led him to choose the practice of medicine as
his life work. He began his studies by reading at
home, and in 1893 entered Bellevue Hospital Med-
ical College, New York, graduating in 1896. After
taking a supplementary course in the New York
Post-Graduate College he went to Bridgeport,
where he reinained from ttecember, 1897, until
May, 1898. In that month he removed to Derby,
where he has since been engaged an practice. He
13 an enthusiast in his profession and a close SJtu-
dent, keeping fully abreast of the rapid advance
constantly going forward in medical science. He is
of a generous, kindly disposition and urbane man-
ners, and is deservedly popular and highly respected.
He is a member of Indian Well Court, Foresters of
America, and of St. Aloysius Catholic T. A. B.
Society. In politics he is a Democrart.
FRANK ELBERT S.A.NDS, treasurer of the
Journal Publishing Co., was bom in New Faiirfield,
Fairfield Co., Conn.. July 17, 1863, a son of Jes-e
and Mary Melvina (Turner) Sands, the former a
native of England.
During his early years Frank E. Sands attended
school in Danbury, Conn., later pursuing his studies
in New Fairfield. In 1879 he went to New Haven,
where his father had engaged in business. After
preparation under private tutors, he entered the
Scientific Department of Yale University, and was
graduated therefrom as a civil engineer in the class
of 1885, with degree of Ph. B. While waiting for
tlic consummatlion of plans by certain capitalists
through which he was to take up the practice of
his profession, he was for a time engaged in the
wholesale produce business, later entering news-
paper work. In 1886, his attention having been at-
tracted to Meriden, he became one of the four men
who formed The Journal Publishing Co., established
the Meriden Daily Journal, and founded the present
extensive publishing business of that very success-
ful corporation. Mr. Sands has since held the office
of treasurer, as well as that of business manager, of
the Daily Journal, and Uic other periodical publica-
tions of the company.
On April 26, 1888, Mr. Sands married Alice
Louise Brasee, daughter of Judge John Schofield
Brasee, of Lancaster, Ohio, the compiler of Ohio's
code of laws, and one of the most emment jurisits of
that State. Two children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Sands: Anna Brasee, bom Dec. 10, 1889; and
Trafford Turner, who died in infancy.
In maternal lines, i^Ir. Sands is connected with
the W.\KEMAN family, whose historj' is very inter-
esting. John Wakeman, the emigrant ancestor, was
bora about 1598-99, at Bewdley, Worcestershire,
England, and baptized there March 29, 1601, a son
of Francis and Anne (Goode) Wakeman. On
Jan. 28, 1628-29, l^e was married at Bewdley, Eng-
land, to Elizabeth Hopkins, daughter of \\'illiam
and Helen (Vickaris) Hopkins, who were married
Oct. 30, 1609. Elizabeth was baptized Oct. 7, 1610,
in Riibbesford Church, England, and she died in
1658, at New Haven, Conn. Jolm Wakeman died
in 1661, at Hartford, Conn. He emigrated to New
Haven, Conn., in 1640-41, living there until within