prevail upon his place, and it is managed in a
manner which reflects great credit upon the owner.

Mr. Warner was born upon his present farm,
Oct. 24, 1862, and there his father, Ilarley Warner,
was also born Sept. 10, 1813, it being the old home-
stead of his paternal grandfather, Jonah Warner,
who resided there throughout a long and useful car-
eer. He was one of the representative farmers of
the community and was an active and prominent
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
married a Miss Sanford, and to them were born
nine children, Albert, Abner, Minor, Harley. Eliza-
beth, Maria, Ahna, Eliza and Litha, all of whom
married and passed middle life.

Harley Warner, the father of our subject, began
life for himself at the age of eighteen years by driv-
ing a team used in hauling wood, and the money
which he saved from his wages, he invested in calves
on his return home. He then had charge of the old
farm, uix)n which he continued to live until 1876,
when he removed to the place now occupied by his
son, Lester, and resided there until liis residence was
destroyed by fire in July, 1898. He then went to
live with his daughter, Mrs. Ella Warner, and at
her home died March 10, 1899. For over sixty
years he was a faithful and consistent member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as class
leader for forty years. He was prominent in town
and church attairs, but never aspired to office. His
])olitical support was given the men and measures
of the Republican party. For a great many years
he was interested in farming and the wood busi-
ness, and though he started out in life for himself a
poor boy, he steadily prospered and ibecame quite
well-to-do. He was twice married, his first wife be-
ing Susanna Dorman, who died leaving no children,
and for his second wife he married Emily Ailing, a
daughter of Isaac Ailing. She is still living and
makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Ella
Warner. Our subject is the oldest of their children,
the others being Rosetta E.. wife of Ellsworth
\Varner, of Wallingford. Conn. : Lester a promi-
i nent fruit grower of Hamden ; and Ella, wife of Ed-
I win X. Warner, of Hamden.

Harley A. Warner, whose name introduces this
review, is indebted to the public schools of Hamden
for his educational advantages, and upon the home
farm he acquired an excellent knowledge of agricul-
tural ])ursuits. He remained with his father until
he attained his majority, and then started out in life
for himself as a farmer, which occupation he has
continued to follow with marked success up to the
present time. He returned to the old homestead in
Xovember. 1896, and upon the place has since made
many modern and substantial improvements which
add greatly to its value and attractive appear-
ance. Having prospered in his midertakings, he
has become the owner of five tracts of land, aggre-
gating 100 acres, and now devotes the greater part
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On Oct. 14, i8y6, Mr. Wanicr married Miss
Lillian Slupard, a daughter of Kdwin U. and Ella
N. (Dornian) Shciiard, of Now Haven, rolitically
he is identified with the Kepublican party, and social-
ly is a nieniher of Yale Conclave, No. 244. Im-
proved ( )Tder of lleptasophs, of New Haven.

A. II. KRLTY, drn^s. Derby, New Haven
County, Connecticut.

IvARLLlSS roRTER ARVIXE, a lawyer of
high standing in New Haven, where he has been
contiiniously engaged in the active practice of the
law for .some thirty years, is one of its substantial
men and citizens.

I'orn April 19, 1846, in Woonsocket, R 1.. Mr.
Arvine is a son of Rev. Kazlett and Mary Aim
(I'orter) Arvine, and is descended on both sides
from an early and sturdy New England ancestry.
His father, a Baptist minister of ability and learn-
ing, the author of "Cyclopedia of Anecdotes of
Literature and Fine Arts/' was a native of Center-
ville, Allegany Co., N. Y., and a descendant of the
Palmers (he bad his name changed by act of Leg-
islature to .\rvine) of that locality, the forerunner
of whom came thither from the State of New Hamp-
shire, and to that State from England. On his
mother's side, Earlliss P. Arvine is a descendant in
the seventh generation from Dr. Daniel Porter, of
Farmingtpn, Conn., who was licensed by the Gen-
eral Court in 1654 to practice medicine, and became
Surgeon General for the Colony. Dr. Porter was
one of the signers of the petition of Oct. 9, 1673.
for thi' planting; of Wattrbury. He died in 1(')9(1.
His wife's Christian name was Mary. From this
Dr. Daniel Porter our subject's lineage is through
Dr. Daniel Porter (2), Dr. Timothy, Daniel (3),
Deacon Timothy and Mary Ann (Porter) Arvine.

(H) Dr. Daniel Porter (2), son of Dr. Daniel
of l'"armington, born Feb. 2, 1652-53. married De-
borah Holcomb. He was one of the original set-
tlers of Waterbury, and for a long period was the
only physician in that town. He was also a land
surveyor and a useful citizen for some fifty years
from the settlement of the town. He died Jan. 18,
1726, and his wife Deborah, on May 4, 1765.

(HI) Dr. Timothy Porter, son of Dr. Daniel
(2), born Jan. 19, 1725, married Margaret Skin-
ner, who was born in 1739, daughter of Gideon
Skinner, of I'.olton, Conn. Dr. Porter was through-
out life a prominent physician of Waterbury, high-
ly esteemed by the community. He appreciated
education and gave his children liberal advantages
in that direction, and they were quite remarkable
in their different callings in life. Dr. Timothy
Porter died Jan. 24, I7<)2, and his wife passed away
in 1813.

(TV) Daniel Porter (3). son of Dr. Timothy,
born Sept. 23, 1768. married June 9, 1789, .\na
Ingham, a granddaughter of Lsrael Clark, of South-
ingtOH; Conn. Mr. Porter was a land surveyor and

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a lawyer of great ability, though he never sought ad-
mission to the Bar. He served the town as select-
man. He became a large land owner.

(V) Deacon Timothy Porter, son of Daniel (3),
born Jan. 20, 1792, died in August, 1864. He niar-
(firstj May 17, 1812, Clarissa, daughter of Eben-
ezer Frisbie. She died Nov. 18, 1821, and on Dec.
30, 1824, he married (second) Polly Ann Todd,
who was i)orn .May 12, 1800. daughter ol llezekiab
Todd, of Cheshire, Conn. Deacon Timothy Porter
was one of the ])r()minent and successful farmers
and manufacturers of Waterbury, in his day. Al-
though agriculture \vas his chief occujialion, he
was active and busy in various lines. In early life
he worked on a farm through the summer season
and taught scIkkjI in the winters. After his mar-
riage he i)urcbased properly. Being very thrifty
he ran a carding machine and i)ro.->pered in the busi-
ness. Selling his machine in 18J9, he for twenty
years thereafter carried on the business of brick-
making, suijplying during that period about all tlie
brick used in Waterbury. Jn 1845 he was instru-
mental in establishing a brass mill on his properly —
owning a fine water power on Mad river— which
became the Ea«t Mill of the Waterbury Brass Co.
He disposed of his interest in this in 1862. As a
Whig Deacon Porter represented Waterbury in the
State Legislature. He left the Whig party about
1840, and afifiliated with the Liberal parly, being a
strong opponent of slavery.

(VI) Mary Ann Porter, daughter of Deacon
Timothy, born Aug. 21, 1815, married Rev. Ivazlett
Arvine.

Earlliss Porter Arvine was prepared for college
at the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Conn., and
at the Coiuiecticut Literary Institute, in Suffiuld.
He then entered Yale Cniversity, from which insti-
tution he was graduated in 1869. Subsequently he
was graduated from Yale Law School, was ad-
mitted to the Bar in New Haven county in 1871,
and located in the practice of law in New Haven.
By his studious habits, energy and ability, he has
won creditable standing in the profession and in
citizenship.

Mr. Arvine is a Democrat. He has been sev-
eral times the candidate of his party for municipal
honors, notably for city clerk and probate judge.
In 1892 be received at the hands of the late Gov.
Luzon B. Morris, the appointment as a member of
the Inter-Slate Commission for the unification of the
laws.

On Sept. 2, 1871, Mr. Arvine was married to
Alice Jane, daughter of Artemus Lcudo Strong, of
South Manchester, Conn., and a descendant in the
eighth generation of Elder John Strong, of Wind-
sor, Conn., who came from England to the American
Colonies in 1630. Her lineage is through John (2),
John (3), Deacon David, libenczer, Ebenezer (2),
and Artemus L. Strong. To Mr. and Mrs. Arvine
have been born three children. Palmer. William B.
and Edward K.



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ULRICH HARING. No better illustration of
llie characteristic energy and enterprise of the typi-
cal Gennan-Anierican can be found than that
alforded by the career of Ulrich Harin^j, who is
living in Naugatuck, New Haven Co., Conn. Com-
ing to this country with no capital, he has made his
way to success through wisely directed effort, and
can now look back with satisfaction upon past
struggles.

A native of Baden, Germany, Mr. Haring was
born July 25, 18O0, a son of Ulrich and Mary (Sta-
tale) flaring, also natives of that kingdom, where
both his paternal and materjial grandfathers fol-
lowed fanning ihroug'hout life. l'h< parents, who
never came to America, died in Gennany, the father
in 1871, the mother in November, 1870. They had
tive children, namely : Casper, now a brewer in
Nebraska; Bibata, still a resident of Germany;
Pierce, deceased ; Mary, who also continues to re-
side in the old country ; and Ulrich.

Mr. Haring grew to manhaod in his native land,
his time being passed in attending the public schools
and working for a farmer until fourteen years of
age. He then served a two-years' apprenticeship at
the bakers' trade, and at the end of that time went
to Switzerland, where he worked at his trade until
his emigration to America, in November, 1880.
Shortly after his arrival in this country he took
up his residence in VVaterbury, Conn., where he
followed his chosen occupation for one year. He
then returned to New York for tlie purpose of gain-
ing a more thorough knowledge of the business,
and after devoting four years to his trade in that
city he again came to Watcrbury, Conn., and had
charge of Thomas Carey's- bakery for three years
and a half. While there he was married to Miss
Helen Kuhn, also a native of Germany.

After his marriage Mr. Haring spent some time
in New Britain, where he at first worked for others
at his trade, and then conducted a bakery of his
own for two years. On disposing of his property
he came to Naugatuck in September, 1891, and was
engaged in the baking business until Feb. i, 1898.
He has met with remarkable success in business and
has made some judicious investments, so that he is
now quite well-to-do, having an income from his
property sufficient to meet all requirements. Pohti-
cally he is an ardent Republican, and religiously is
a member of the Catholic Church. He is a member
of several fraternal organizations, including the
German branches of the Improved Order of Red
Men and the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

EULIUS B. SHELDON, a leading business cit-
izen of the city of New Haven, Conn., the head of
the well-known firm of The E. B. Sheldon Com-
pany, electrotypers, book-compositors, printers and
engravers, located at Nos. 101-103-105 Meadow
street, New Haven, has an honorable ancestral line.

Isaac Sheldon, the founder of the Sheldon fam-
ily in Connecticut, was probably born in England



about 1629, his name being known in Windsor,
Conn., in 1O51-2. In 1653 he married Mary Wood-
ford, of Hartford, Conn., who bore him twelve chil-
dren. She died in 1684. In 1685 he married again,
and by this union had one son. Twelve of his chil-
dren were living when he died, July 27, 1708.

Thomas Sheldon, third son of Isaac, was born in
1661, in Northampton, where his father was the
first settler. He married Mary Hinsdale, and they
moved to Suffield, Conn., and reared a family of
eight children.

Josiah Sheldon, fourth child of Thomas, was
born in Suffield, Conn., in 1695, and on May 30,
1721, married Ann Stanley, of f lartford. Conn. .All
of his children were born, however, in Suffield :
Daniel, born h'eb. 2, 1725; Aslier, born Nov. 16,
1728, died I'eb. 19, 1794; .'Vnn, liorn Dec. 28, 1730,
died Feb. 11, 1731 ; Ann, born June 28, 1732; and
Kuth, born Sept. 4, 1736.

Asher Sheldon, son of Josiah, was born Nov. 16,
1728, and became a hatter by trade. He purchased
land in Bran ford and settled there in 1751. On
Aug. 22, 1751, he married Wealthy Ann Steele, of
Branford, and their children were : Wealthy, born
Sept. 5, 1753, died Nov. 2, 1753; Asher, born Jan.
30, 1756; Wealthy, born Marcii 17, 1758; Daniel,
born Nov. 11, 17O0; Roswell, born June 28, 1763;
Mary, born April 15,1706; Ann, born Dec. 3, 1768,
died Feb. 23, 182O; and Abigail, born Nov. 28,
1771, died April 9, 1773. Asher Sheldon died Feb.
19, 1794, and his wife March 3, 1772.

Asher Sheldon (2), .son of Asher, was born Jan.
30, 1756, mirried Hannah Rogers, March 25, 1778,
and died April 27, 1780.

Jere Sheldon, only child of Asher (2), was born
Feb. 17, 1779, and baptized July 4, 1784. He mar-
ried Caty, a daughter of Capt. Oliver and I'hoebe
(Rogers) Lanfare, born March 2, 1778, and died
I-'eb. 29, 1864. They had a family of eleven chil-
dren: Sophronia, born March i, 1802, married
James Burton, and died July 13, 1868; Truman,
born May 17, 1803, married Almira Apley, of Go-
shen, Conn, (who died May 12, 1871), and died
June 13, 1886; Nicholas, born Oct. 15, 1804; Aus-
tin, born June 20, 1806, married Julia Ann Tuttle,
of Bristol, Conn, (who died July 16, 1872), and
died Jan. 18, 1888; Wilson, born April 9, 1808, mar-
ried Phoebe I^. Mathews, of Bristol, Oct. 17, 1830,
and she died March 25, 1858, while he survived
until Nov. 30, 1890; ApoUas, born May 14, 1810,
died March 20, 1825; Betsey, born Jan. 5, 1812,
married Harvey Frisbie, of Branford, in 1834, her
death taking place on April 7, 1893, he still surviv-
ing; Asher, born March 12, 1814, married first in
1845, 'Sarah Ann Bunnell, who died on Aug. 3,
1848, and in 1849 he njarried second Jane H. Doo-
little, both still surviving; Wealthy Ann, born
March 13, 1816. married Seth Peck (who died la-b.
9, 1887), and died June l, 1865; Roswell B., born
Oct. 24, 181 7, married Mary Louisa Hendricks, in
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1889) ; and Phoebe S., bom Nov. 25, 1820, married
Captain William Cowper Raklwin, Sept. 23, 1842,
in New Haven, and died June i, 1899 (Captain
Baldwin was a native of Middlebury. and died on
Jan. 17, 1858). Jere Sheldon in 1822 moved from
Stony Creek, in town of Branford, to Pine Orchard,
where he and his wife lived to advanced afje, his
death occurring- Nov. 30, 1870, when ninety-one
years old.

Nicholas Sheldon, son of Jere, wa.-; born in Bran-
ford, then went to New Haven, later moving- to
Bristol, Conn. After a few years, in the interests of
his business, which was that of cabinet and clock
case maker, he removed to a better field of opera-
lion, at North Goshen, Conn., where he had a fac-
tory, and added cheese boxes to his output. In
1853 be returned to New Haven, and here followed
his former trade, adding- carriage wood work, at
which he was actively cng.i.ged until within a few
weeks of his death, Sept. is. i860. On Nov. 22,
1830, he was married in North Goshen, by Rev.
George Carrington, to Miss Susan Norval, of Scot-
tish extraction, who was born Sept. 3, 1805, and died
Dec. 26, 1870. Their children v/ere: Mary B., born
Dec. 17, 1831, died Nov. 11. 1833; Newton R., bom
Dec. 19, 1835. died Sept. 14, 184T ; Mary T., born
May ic;, 1838. and married William B. Nichols,
formerly of New Haven, now of Seymour; .\melia.
bom and died Sept. 21, 1841 ; Ellena A., born April
23, 1843, niarried Floward G. Ford, of the town of
Hamden ; and Eulins B., of New Haven. Nicholas
Sheldon was well known in early days as a stanch
Whig, but later became an active Republican. The
family for nianv vwirs have been prominent in the
Concrregational Church.

F.nlius B. .Sheldon, son of Nicholas, was born in
North Goshen, Conn., Dec. 29. 1845, and there spent
his bovhood until the age of seven years, at which
time the family moved to New Haven. Mr. Sheldon
received an excellent common school education, be-
ing a pupil of the Dixwell school, in New Haven,
and then went to work in the Whitney armorv,
where he remained for some time, later going into
the Plant ATanufacturing Co., working on a gov-
ernment contract. Later he was employed in this
same place bv John Marlin, and continued until
i8'')8, when the burning of the establishment caused
him to make a change. In the electrotype business,
with the firm of Arvine & Twiss, he continued for a
short time and then obtained an interest \n the busi-
ness, and some three years later bought the interest
of Mr. Arvine and has remained in this connection
ever since. For some time he conducted the elec-
trotype business on State street, but later formed a
company, admitting C. S. Butler and E. H. Park-
hurst to partnership and the business was continued
on State street. In 1890, a joint stock company was
formed under the name of The E. B. Sheldon
Co.. and this company bought the land and erected
tlie imposing brick block, on Meadow street, which
has been the plant's location, and where a very large



business is carried on. The name is one whicii is
respected in the business world, and ably represents
its line in New Haven.

On Nov. 18, 1868, Mr. Sheldon, the efficient
and capable head of this large company, was mar-
ried to Miss Grace Benton, a native of Woodbridge,
Conn. Six children have been born to this union:
I'eulah, who married Henry Bushnell ; Mary, who
married Frederick Downs ; Everett, who is follow-
ing the trade of clectrotyper ; Emma, who niarried
C. O. Buckingham, of Deep River, Conn.; and Su-
-nn and John, at home. In his political sympathies,
Mr. Sheldon is a Republican, but his business ab-
-orbs him too closely to permit of seeking political
honors. With his family, he is connected with the
Congregational Church, where he is a liberal sup-
porter of its various lines of benevolent work. As
an intelligent and successful man of business, a
lover of law and order, a supporter of charitable
and public-spirited enterprises, Mr. Sheldon may
well be regarded as one of the representative citizens
i>f this city.

EZRA PIERCl".. Thn.uglK.ut the length and
breadth of Southbury and in the neighboring
towns, Ezra Pierce is. widely known as a successful
farmer, and as a man of unusual force of character.
He has been a farmer all his life, and in his person-
ality displays one of the splendid types of this vo-
cation.

Mr. Pierce was born Dec. 4, 1842, on the farm
now occupied by his brother, Charles B., and is the
son of Edwin Pierce, grandson of Benjamin Pierce
and great-grandson of Joseph, who was a farmer
and a native of Southbury. Benjamin Pierce, the
grandfather of our subject, was born in .Southbury,
in 1764. He married, Nov. 29, 1798, Miss Lucy
Beers, of Newtown, and to them were born three
children: Starling, born Jan. 13, 1800; Chloe, born
March 31, 1801 ; and Edwin, born July 9. 1807, on
the farm which our subject now occupies. Ben-
jamin Pierce was for a great many years constable
of the town. He died Dec. 16, 1843. aged seventy-
nine years, and his wife died March 30, 1855.
Starling B., their eldest child, married Sally Hunt,
and had one child, Mary A., who was born Nov.
28, 1825, married Etson C. Chamberlain and died
Feb. 2, 1877, aged fifty-one years, her husband
dying Jan. 26, 1877, aged fifty-five years. Chloe
died April 9, 1878, aged seventy-six years.

Edwin Pierce, the father of our subject, when
thirteen years of age, moved with his parents to a
farm adji)ining the old homestead, and there spent
his entire life engaged in farming. He married
Miss Nancy Mallory, who was born in Soutbburv,
in October, 1815, and to them were born four chil-
dren, namely: Susan, who was born Jan. 28, 1837,
and married John Bryan : Lucian, who was born
Feb. 24, 1839I and died Sept. 30, 1888; Ezra, our
subject; and Charles B., born May 30, 1857, now
a farmer of Soutbburv. Edwin Pierce was a Demo-



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crat in politics. He served as a member of the State
legislature in 1852, and for nine years was selectman
of the town. He died Xov. 2. 1875, his wife sur-
viving him until Dec. 29, 1893.

Ezra Pierce received his e(hication in the public
school in Southbury. and a private school of Wood-
bury, and remained on the farm where he was born
until his marriage, Feb. 24, 1878. to Miss Matilda
Gates, a native of Vermont. In 1882 he built the
house in which he now resides, and there has since
engaged in general farming and dairy business.
He owns about 300 acres of land, and is one of the
most prosperous farmers of Southbury. His well
improved property is located two miles from South
Britain. In jwlitics Mr. Pierce is a Democrat. He
has filled many local offices, including those of
town treasurer one year, constable and school visitor
for several years each. In 1872 he was elected a
member of the State Legislature, serving with satis-
faction to liis constituents and credit to himself. He
is highly esteemed and eminently successful as a
farmer.

l'"Kl':i )F.R ICK MONCK M EYKR, contractor
with the Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co.,
and one of Meriden's respected German-American
citizens, was born Feb. 26, 1843, in the city of
Hanover, Province of Hanover, Germany.

Christian Monckmeyer, father of I-'rederick, was
also born in Hanover, (iermany, and followed the
business of carix'nler and builder, becoming l>cfore
his death a large coTitractor. He si)ent his whole
life in his native country, and died at the age of
eighty-one years, a consistent mcmlK>r of the Luth-
eran Church. He was twice married, his first wife
being named Louise, and the second, Hannah. Both
died in Germany. The five children born to Mr.
Monck-ineyer were as follows: Soi)liia, deceased;
William, a resident of Hanover, Germany ; Chris-
tian, who ilied in Meriden, in i8i)8; Eliza, who lives
in Crermany ; and Frederick, the subject of this
sketch.

|-"rederick Monekinever was very thoroughly in-
structed in the German schools, and then learned
the machinist's trade. He was offered and accepted
a ])osition as assistant engineer on board the S. S.
"Hansa," of the Xorth German-Lloyd line, in 1864,
and held the position for two years, making schedule
trips between New York and Bremen. In 1866 he
gave up the sea and came to Meriden, Conn., which
as a manufacturing center, attracts skilled work-
men from all over the world. He scton became es-
tablished with the Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co.,
with whnm he has remained for the ]«ist Ihirty-si.x
years, during the greater part of this period being
engaged on contract work, in the architectural iron
dc!partmcnt. His skill has won him the confidence
of his employers, while his personal attributes have
made him esteemed and respected by all with whom
business or social life brint^s him into contact.

( )ii May 2, 1869, Mr. Monckmeyer was married



to Sophia Ulbrand. born in Oldenburg. Germany,
daughter of William Ulbrand. who lived and died
in his native home. Mrs. Monckmeyer is a woman
much devoted to her home and family, and has a
host of friends. Her fine home on Cr&wn St.
shows the presence of an excellent housewife. Six
children were l)orn to Mr. and Mrs. Monckmeyer,
namely : Arthur C, a foreman in the Bradley &
Hubbard Manufacturing Co.. married Dora Sta-
mer; Josie C. married Charles H. Beyerle, of Brook-
Ivn. N. v., and they have one son, .Arthur F. :
Charlotte M. is at home: Frederick W. is a student
of architecture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. :
and two died young.

Mr. Monckmeyer is a man of more than ordin-
ary intelligence, has taken a deep interest in edu-
cational matters, and was one of the organizers of
the Gernian-.Vmcrican school, serving as one of its
first trustees. He is well read on many subjects,
and keeps abreast of the times. In national aflfairs.
he supports the Republican party, but in local mat-
ters he prefers an inde]>enflent attitude. His familv
are connected with St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
He has been prominent in fraternal circles and be-
longs to Meridian Lodge, No. jj. A. F. & A. M.;
and Kevstone ('lia])ter. X

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