Watertown, where he died June 14, 1645, it is sup-
posed at an advanced age, as he was excused from
military duty eleven years before. His will is ab-
stracted in the Geneal. Register III, 177. Abigail,
his wife, died May 20, 1687, at the age of eighty-
seven. Children : John, born about 1620, died
Dec. 22, 1706; .Kbigail was born about 1624; Sam-
uel, born about 1628, died in 1669; Mary died
April 10, 1O4O; Joseph was born Sept. 16, 1633;
Joshua, born about 1642, died in 1684; Abel.
(II) Joseph Benjamin, son of John and Abigail
Benjamin, born at Cambridge, ]Mas5., Sept. 16,
1633, married, at Barnstable, ]VIass., June 10, i66i,
Jemima Lambert, daughter of Thomas Lambert
She died there, and he removed to Yarmouth,
where, previous to Dec. 7, 1668, he married (sec-
ond ) .Sarah Clark. He removed to Xew London,
Conn., where he died in 1704. Children: Abi-
gail; Hannah, born in February, 1668; Mary, born
in A])ril, 1670; Josei)h, l>orn in 1673: Mercy, born
March 12, 1674; Elizabeth, born Jan. 14, 1680;
John, born in 1O82, who died Aug. 2, 1716: Jemima ;
Sarah : Kezia.
(III) Joseph Benjamin, son of Joseph and
Sarah Benjamin, born at Yarmouth, Mass., or New
London, Conn., about 1673, married, Aug. 25,
1698. Elizabeth Cook. Children : Obed, lx)rn Aug.
15, 1 70 1 ; Elizabeth, November, 1703 ; Joseph, 1705 ;
Sarah, Jan. 17. 1707; Crace, Jan. 10, 1709; Jede-
diah. July 15. 1711: Daniel, Sept. 7, 1714; John:
.\biel, Dec. 17, 1716.
( 1\') Joseph Benjamin, son of Jose])h and Eliz-
abeth Benjamin, born at Preston,' Conn., in 1705,
was married, at Preston, Conn.. April 3. 1722, to
Deborah Clark. He died about 1803. She died
at Mount Washington, or Egremont, Mass., at the
home of her son Nathan. Children : Joseph, born
Dee. 17, 1723 : Elizabeth, June 8, 1725 : James, .April
3, 1727; Barzillai, March 28, 1730; Deborah, March
26, 1732; Josiah, March 13, 1734; Nathan, Aprd
19. 1737; Mary, June 22, 1739; Isaac, April 15,
1742.
(\") Joseph Benjamin, son of Joseph and De-
borah Benjamin, born at Preston. Conn,. Dec. 17,
1723, married, at Preston, .Vbigail Dibble. He set-
tled at Hampton, Conn. Some of his children re-
moved to Mount Washington. Mass. Children :
William, born June 18, 1748; Samuel, in December,
1749; Peleg, March 5. 1752; Judah, July 8, 1755;
Mary, about 1757. The last four were baptized at
Hampton, Conn., Sept. 3, 1758.
(\"n Judah Benjamin, son of J(ise])h and .\bi-
.gail Benjamin, born at Hampton. Conn., July 8,
'755' removed to Mount Washington, Mass.. about
1760, with his brothers William, Samuel and Peleg,
and his sister Mary. He served as a private in the
Connecticut militia in the Revolutionary war, from
Julv 10, 1778, to July 14, 1779. He was married,
alxiut 1782, and had at least two children. In
1819 he resided in Hamilton. Madison Co., N. Y.
He died Aug. 16, 1834, in Pike township, Bradford
Co,, Pa., leaving a widow, Susan, who might have
been his second wife. Children : Orange, born
Jan. 26, 1784; and Lavinia, who married a Wooden,
The following letters explain themselves:
State of Connecticut.
.\djiitant General's Office.
Hartford, Feb. 16. 1898.
Mr. E. B. B.\ker.
New Haven, Conn.
Sir — This is to certify that Judah Benjamin served
in the Revolutionary war, and the following is said service,
according to the records of this office.
On page ,378. Conn. Men in tlie Revolution :
Judah Benjamin, a private, enlisted July 10. 177S.
Term of service, one year ; from town of Milford ; occupa-
tion, shoemaker ; stature, 5 feet, seven in. : complexion,
dark; eyes, grey; hair, dark: discharged in 5lh Troop, Col.
Elisha Sheldon's Light Dragoons, 177. — 83.
Its field of service during war generally the East side
of the Hudson, along the Westchester front. Occasion-
ally its companies served at different points. In the
spring of 1777 Major Tallmadec joined Washington in
New Jersey with tw'O troops and fought at Germantown,
October 4th. At the same time, Captain Seymour with his
troop was serving under Gates against Burgoyne. The
other troops were under Putnam's conuuand at Peek^kill.
In the spring of 177S, the regiment was on the Hud-
son, and in the fall formed part of Gen. Charles Scott's
Light Corps, on the lines in Winchester.
On page 535. same book, appears the following:
Judah Benjamin: a private in Captain Caleb Mi.x's
Company. .-Xrrived in camp July 17, 1778, in Colonel
Moseley's Regiment.
Two militia regiments were ordered to the Hudson
soon after the battle of Monmouth. June 28. 1778. and were
stationed at diflferent points, such as Fort Clinton, West
Point. They were commanded by Colonel Moseley and
Colonel Enos.
On page 641, same book, the name of Judah Benjamin
appears as a Connecticut pensioner, Act of 1818, and as
residing in New York.
In testimony whereof, we have affixed hereto the seal
of this office. [Signed]
W>r. E. F. Landers.
Col. and Asst. Adjutant General.
Record and Pension Office.
War Department.
Washington, April 4, 1898.
Mr. E. B. B.\ker,
New Haven. Conn.
^iV — The records of this office show that one Jud.ih
Benjamin served as a private in Captain Caleb Mix's de-
tachment of Connecticut militia, commanded by Colonel
Increase Moseley, Revolutionary war. He enlisted July
10, 1778, to serve two months: re-enlisted July 17. 1778.
in Captain John Shcthar's troop, 2d Regiment of Light
Dragoons. Continental troops, commanded by Colonel
Elisha Sheldon, to serve one year, and he was discharged
July 14, 1779.
The following remarks appear on the records : ''State
of Connecticut :" "Town of Milford :" "trade, shoemaker :"
"stature. 5 ft. 7 in. ;" "complex., dark ; eyes, grey : hair,
dark." No further information relative to his service has
been found on record.
In view of the .statement that the soldier was a pen-
sioner, it is suggested as a possibility that additional in-
goS
COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
formation may be obtained from the Commissioner of Pen-
sions. Washington, D. C, who is the custodian of the
pension records of all wars, and whose office is separate
and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the
War Department.
By authority of the Secretary of War,
[Signed] F. C. Ainsworth,
Colonel U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Wasliington, April 15, 1898.
Mr. E. B. B.vker,
New Haven, Conn.
Sir — Replying to your recent communication, you are
advised that Judah Benjamin made an application for pen-
sion on Oct. II. 1819. at which time he was sixty-five years
of age. and residing at Hamilton, N. Y., and his pension
was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in
the Connecticut troops. Revolutionary War: a part of the
time he served under Col. Sheldon. He enlisted at Clare-
mont, N. H.
^'ery respectfully.
[Signed] H. Cl.\y Evans,
Commissioner.
Treasury Department,
Office of the .\uditor for the Interior Department.
Washington, May 5, 1808.
Mr. E._B. Baker, ^ j^
New Haven. Conn.
Sir— In reply to your letter of May .3rd. in case of
Judah Benjamin. Certificate 15762. Xew York and Penna.
Agencies. Revolutionary roll, you are informed that the
records of this office show payment to have been made
at $8.00 per month in September, 1834, to .\ugust 16, 1834,
date of death.
The pensioner died on the above date at Pike town-
ship. Bradford County. Pennsylvania, leaving a widow
Susan Benjamin, to whom the accrued pension was paid
as above stated.
In July. 1820. pensioner resided at Hamilton, Madison
County, New York.
Respectfully, yours,
[Signed] Wm. Youngblood,
Auditor.
(\'II) Orange Benjamin, son of Judah Benja-
min, born at Mount \Vashington, Mass., Jan. 26,
1784. married, at Sheffield, Mass., March 10, i8n,
Clarissa Thorp. He died at Dover, N. Y., Oct.
5. 1846. She died at Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. i,
1852. Children : Joseph Seymour, lx)rn Dec. 3,
181 1, died June 20, 1870; Hiram, born July 26,
1813, died Nov. 11, 1850; Mary, born July 15,
1815; Laura, born June 4, 1817, died June 20,
1859; Harriet Whipple, born July 8, 1819, died
May 20, 1834: Jane, born July 20, 1822; Clarissa,
born July 29. 1824. died Oct. 16, 1890 (the mother
of Eliis 'B. Baker): Orange, born March 8, 1828;
John Peck, born Oct. 10, 1830; Richard Graham,
born Dec. 14, 1833.
The following in regard to Ellis B. Baker ap-
peared in "Telegraphers of To-day" : "Like most
boys who have achieved success in business, he left
home at an early age. His first employment was in
the job rcKDm of the Winsted Herald, where he ac-
quired a thorough knowledge of the trade. At the
age of fifteen years he entered tlie employ of
Beardslcy & .\ivord. a firm engaged in general
business in West Winsted, where he served three
years as a clerk. In 1872 he entered the employ of
Edward Miller & Co., of Mcriden, holding the posi-
tion of paymaster, and also acting as telegraph op-
erator on the firm's New^ York wire.
"In the early part of 1878 Mr. liakcr intro-
duced the first set of telephones into Meridcn. He
soon saw the possibilities of the telephone, and on
January 31st of that year he opened the Meriden
District Telephone Exchange, which is said to be
the second exchange opened in the world.
"Upon the consolidation of the Western Union
and the Bell Telephone interests, in 188 r, he was
oflfered the position of general superintendent of
the Connecticut Telephone Co., with headquarters
at New Haven, which position he has held fo-r the
past seventeen years, during which time the cor-
poration became the Southern New England Tele-
phone Company, with the State of Connecticut as
its territory.
"Mr. Baker is also the superintendent of the
Connecticut Telegraph Company, a corporation op-
erating several hundred miles of telegraph wires
throughout the State of Connecticut. He was, for
several years before his removal to Xew Haven, the
superintendent of the Fire Alarm Telegraph, at
Meriden."
On Sept. 21, 1876, Mr. Baker was united in mar-
riage with Mary Gorham Frost, who was 1)orn at
Bristol, Conn., Nov. 11, 1856. and two children
have been born to them : Ellis Benjamin. July 24,
1877; and Carroll Frost, Jan. 2, 1880. The former
is at Meriden, Conn., the latter at Springfield,
Mass. Mr. Baker is a thirty-second-degrce Ma-
son, belonging to Hiram Lodge, No. i, F. & A.
^I., Franklin Chapter, Harmony Council, New
Haven Commandery, and E. G. Storer Lodge of
Perfection, A. & A. S. R. He is a member of the
Second Company, Governor's Foot Guards, being
a member of Major Clark's staff; of the Old Guard
of New York ; of Putnam Phalanx, Hartford ; of
the Pequot Association. New Haven : and of the
Connecticut Society, Sons of the American Revolu-
tion.
FRANK POTTER, a successful farmer and
market gardener of Waterbury, is a native of that
town, born on the old Potter homestead in what
is now Hopeville, Nov. 19, 1826.
Rev. Samuel Potter, his father, was l>orn Sept.
23, 1778. a son of Len ucl and Rachel (Perkins)
Potter; he was a prominent Ba])tist minister of his
day, and was pastor of the Salem Church in the
town of Waterbury, and also ministered to tl:e
spiritual wants of the people at Woodbridgc, Conn.,
but made his home near Pearl Lake, Waterbury,
where our subject now resides, and there he died
Dec. 5, 1833, being laid to rest in Lirockett cemetery.
In 1799 he married Leva Judd. daughter of Ros-
well Judd. and to them were born two children:
Sanuiel Darius. Ix^rn Dec. 15, 1799, died in June, ,
COMMEMORATU'E BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
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1S03; and Leva Maria, born July 25, 1801, marri/^cl
M. I'.akhvin. The mother of these died, and
; for his second wife Rev. Samuel Potter mar-
ried Chloe Brocket!, March 14, 1803. Our sub-
ject was the younijest cliild born of this union.
The oldest, a son, was born in May. 1804, and died
same month; Roxana, born Jure 2t,, 1805, mar-
ried M. D. Root; Samuel, born April 25, 1807,
died March 7, 1894; Zenas, born Aug. 8. 1809.
wedded Mary Hotchkiss. and died Jan. 11, 1856;
Thomas Perkins, born Xov. 12, 181 1, died May
22, 1822; Miller, born July 27, 1813; Isaac Fuller,
born July 23, 1815; Wilson, born June 19, 1817;
Dr. Gano, born July 19, 1819; Chloe, born Sept.
13, 1821, married W. G. Chase; and Thomas Per-
kins, born June 2, 1824, died March 8, 1848.
On the maternal side Frank Potter is descended
from John Ilrockett, a native of England, who was
line of the earh- settlers of New England, and re-
moved from New Haven to Wallino-ford in 1667
with John Moss. Me was chosen by the i)eople ui
New Haven as one of the committee to manage the
affairs of the settlement. He filled many public
]X)sitions in the village, and represented it in the
General Court after its incorporation. He died in
Wallingford, March 12, 1689, aged eighty years.
His children were John B., who was born in Eng-
land, and became a physician at Muddy River,
North Haven; Benjamin, lx)rn in 1648, who mar-
ried Lydia Elcock, and died May 22, 1679; Abigail,
born March 10, 1649; Samuel, born Jan. 14, 1650;
Jabez, born Oct. 24, 1654, who was married Nov.
JO. 1691, to Dorothy Lyman; Silence, wife of Jo-
M.l)h Bradley ; and Alary, wife of William Penning-
ton, of New Jersey.
Samuel Brockett, son of John, was married,
Nov. 21, 1680, to Sarah Bradley, and they had
seven children, whose names and dates of birth
were as follows: Samuel, Feb. 15, 1682; Daniel,
Sept. 30, i(')84; John, Nov. 8, 1685; Joseph, Oct.
25, 1688; Josiah, July 25, 1691 ; Alice, April 23,
1693; and Josiah. July 25, 1698. The last named
married Deborah Abbott, and John married Huldah
Ells.
Samuel Brockett (2nd), son of Samuel, was
married, April 15, 1699, to Rachel Brown, who died
Jan. 24, 1718, and on Aug. 5, 1718, he married
Elizabeth Howe. In his family were the following
children: Titus, who was born June 28, 1700,
and wedded Mary Turnhand ; Sarah, born Aug.
26, 1702; Isaac, who was born Sept. 3, 1705, and
was married, June 16, 1733, to Marv Sedgwick;
Rachel, born March 20, 1708; Abigail, bom Feb.
II, 1711; and Samuel, born June 21, 1714.
Samuel Brockett (3rd), son of Samuel (2nd),
married and by his wife, Ruth, became the father
of six children, namely: Eunice, born Jan. 15,
1744; Zuer, born March 24, 1746; Joel, born June
14, 1749, died in infancy; Joel, born July 28, 1750,
was a soldier of the Revolutionary war; Zenas,
born July 12, 1752; and Benjamin, born Oct. i,
1760.
Zenas Brockett, son of Sanuiel (,3rd), was born
and reared in Wallingford, and when a young man
came to Waterbury, locating on what is now known
as Brockett Hill, near Pearl Lake, where he pur-
chased a large tract of land from the Indians for
a small consideration. He was a farmer by occu-
pation, and was well known and highly re-
spected as a man of sterling integrity, upright and
true in all his dealings, and he was beloved by ail
who knew him. He was one of the fir.st members
of the Baptist Church in the town of Waterbury,
in which he served as deacon. Before the Baptist
Church in Waterbury was organized, there being
no church of that denomination nearer than Wal-
lingford, he would go sixteen miles to that town
to worship, in the absence of roads finding his way
through the thick forest by marked trees. He
would transact no business on Sunday. He gave
a small piece of land for the cemetery now known
as the Brockett cemetery, and the first bodies buried
there were those of his grandchildren of the Potter
family. He died on his farm on Brockett Hill, and
was also laid to rest there by the side of his wife,
who in her maidenhood was Miss Abigail Johnson,
of Wallingford. They had eight children : Chloe,
born July 15, 1781, was the mother of our sub-
ject: Anna, born June 3, 1783. married Benjamin
Farrell; Peter, born Sept. 17, 1784; Abigail, born
Jan. 21, 1787, died Sept. 16, 1787; Abigail (2nd),
ijorn July i, 1788; Rebecca, born April 30. 1790,
married Loveland Judd in 1812; Rhoda, born Sept.
24, 1792, married Jesse Wooster; and Zenas, born
April 28, 1794, died May 14, 1794.
Frank Potter, whose name introduces this re-
view, received a district school education, and at
the age of fifteen years began his business career as
a buttonmaker, working in the ivory button shops
of Union City, Waterbury and Bridgeport, Conn.,
for over a quarter of a century. Since then he has
given his entire time and attention to farming and
market gardening on the old homestead at Pearl
Lake, where he has made many useful and valuable
improvements.
In Waterbury, Feb. 20, 1850, Mr. Potter was
united in marriage with Miss Lucy Chase, a native
of New Preston, and a daughter of Chauncey and
Clarissa (Clemens) Chase. She died of heart
trouble Aug. 6, 1898, and was laid to rest in the
Brockett cemetery. To them were born three chil-
dren: (i) Edna C. married William Snagg, of
Waterbury, and they have four children, Gertrude,
a stenographer and typewriter ; Anna, a school
teacher; Burton; and Adella. (2) Adella married
John Buchanan, of Simonsville, and they have one
child, Frank, who is studying dentistry in Phila-
delphia. (3) Frank, the youngest child of our sub-
ject, died at the age of two years and a half. Mr.
Potter also had an adopted son, Frederick, now
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
deceased, who married Fanny Lum ; for her sec-
ond husband she wedded Sajiiuel Clark, and they
make their home witli our subject. Their children
are Helen and Marion M.
In early life Mr. Potter affiliated with the Dem-
ocratic party, but since the Civil war has been a
stanch Republican. He is a temperance man and
active member of the Second Baptist Church of
^\'aterbury, in which he has served as deacon for
the past five years. He has been a member of the
school committee, and has always given his support
to those enterprises calculated to advance the moral,
intellectual or material welfare of his town or coun-
ty. He is therefore numbered among the valued
and useful citizens of his community, and by all
who know him he is held in high regard.
JOHN JUSTUS WARNER, a well-known
farmer and highly-esteemed citizen of Cheshire,
New Haven county, was born in the town of
Hamden, this county. Sept. 8, 1840, son of Alonzo
and Ruth Ann (Chatfield) Warner, and grandson
of Simeon T. and Cynthia T. (Tuttle) Warner.
The grandfather was also a native of Hamden and
a farmer by occupation. His children were Alonzo ;
Emma ; James, a sea captain ; Truxon ; \'ina : and
Justus.
Alonzo Warner, father of our subject, was born
iit 1812 in Hamden, and there passed his bo.vhood
and youth. He was married in Bethany, this coun-
ty, but continued to make his home throughout life
in Hamden, where he died in 1892. His widow is
still living, and resides in Birminghaju, Conn. In
their family were seven children, namely: Charles,
who was a member of the loth Conn. V. I. during
the Civil war. and now resides on the old home
farm in Hamden ; John Justus, our subject ; Sarah,
wife of Wales Chatfield, of Oxford ; George Will-
iam, of New Haven, now deceased; Emma, Mrs.
Daniel Holbrook, of Ansonia ; Frank, a resident
of Florida ; and Birdsey, a resident of Ansonia.
In the town of his nativity John Justus \\'arner
grew to manhood and attended school. Later he
engaged in farming there until after the Civil war
broke out, when he enlisted, in September, 1861,
in Company K, 6th Conn. V. I., for three years,
as a teamster. He was appoi!ite
der Gen. Sherman's connnand at Port Royal, S. C. ;
was at City Point, \'a.. ; and later was under Gen.
Grant at Bermuda Hundred, Fort Fisher and Ral-
eigh, N. C. On the expiration of his three years
term of enlistment he was honorably discharged in
\'irginia, in September, 1864, and later served in
the government employ as a civilian wagonmaster
until the close of the war, looking after teams,
having wagons painted, and keeping everything in
order. When hostilities ceased and his services
were no longer needed he returned to Hamden
and resumed farming. For some time he made his
home in Bethany, where he still owns a good farm,
but in 1896 he came to Cheshire and purchased the
Daniel Humiston farm, upon which he has since
successfully engaged in agriculture.
In 1866, in Hamden, Mr. Warner was united
in marriage with Mrs. Mary E. Smith (widow of
Edgar Smith), who was born in Bethany, a daugh-
ter of Kneeland and Ann (Andrews) Down?, na-
tives of Wolcott and Bethany, respectivel) . Mr.
Warner and his wife have four children : John.
who is married and lives in New Haven; Minnie,
now Mrs. Harry Munson, of Cheshire; Burton ; and
Marshall. Socially Mr. Warner is a member of
.\dmiral Foote Post, No. i, G. A. R., of New
Haven, and politically he is identified with the Re-
publican party. He served as assessor in the town
of Bethany, and his duties of citizenship have al-
ways been most faithfully and conscientiously dis-
charged.
HENRY BEVERLY HALL was born May
31, 18.^5. in South Main street, Wallingford, a son
of John Parsons Hall, whose birth occurred Nov.
18, 1808, in Wallingford, where he died June 4.
1894.
The father of our subject was a farmer, and at
one time in his life manufactured razor strops and
combs. A Whig in early life, he became a Re-
publican on the formation of the party, and served
on the school committee. A member of the Con-
gregational Church, he stood well in the comnuuiity.
A home man in every sense of the word, the do-
mestic virtues strongly prevailed in his character,
and to his family he was all a husband and a fa-
ther should be. Mr. Hall and Miss Eunice Hotch-
kiss were married Oct. 20, 1833. Mrs. Hall was
born July 9, 1812, a daughter of Timothy Ilotcn-
kiss, of \\'olcott. To Mr. and Mrs. Ilall were
born the following children: (i) Henry Beverly
is mentioned below. (2) John Randolph, born in
1837, died in Chicago June 4, 1893, while in at-
tendance upon the World's Fair, representing the
William Rogers Mfg. Co. For many years he was
a wholesale dealer in notions and hosiery in New
York. (3) Frederick Hotchkiss, born July 28,
1849, lives in New York City, where he is con-
nected with the wholesale house of Porter Broth-
ers. He married Miss Agnes Hall, daughter of
Joel Hall. (4) Charles S. is mentioned below.
Dr. Rice Hall, the grandfather of the above
named children, was Iwrn in Wallingford May 8.
1784, and followed farming. Me was also exten-
sively engaged in teaming, before the era of rail-
roads, running an express between between \\'al-
lingford and New Haven. A man of strong con-
victions, he was a stanch Whig, and a devout mem-
ber of the Congregational Church. It is said that
he only missed one service in fifty years, and tliat
was caused by an accident which compelled him to
stay at home.
Henry Beverly Hall was born in Wallingford,
where he received his education in the common
school. For one vear he was a student in Rus-
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sell's Military School, New Haven. Leaving school
when nineteen vcars of age, he helped his father on
the farm for about two years, when he went-to the
city of Xew York to take a ])Osition as entry clerk
with the jobbing house of Jolin I. Hinchnian & Co.,
later on becoming a partner in the concern. In
1874 he returned to Wallingford to clerk for Leon-
ard B. Bishop, the proprietor of an agricultural im-
plement store in New Haven, Conn. After a year
with that gentleman Mr. Hall secured a position as
traveling saleman for the R. Wallace & Sons Manu-
facturing Co.. being the first representative of that
company to go on the road. For ten years he re-
mained with them, covering the territory from
:Maine to Kansas City, and from Canada to Ken-
tuckv. Mr. Hall's next engagement was with Simp-
son.'Hall, Miller & Co., and he was their representa-
tive in Xew York, I'hiladelphia, Washington and
Baltimore. After one year spent with that house,
Mr. Hall went on the road in the interest of the
Bristol Brass & Clock Co., continuing with them for
four vears. At the present time he is devoting all
his thought and care to his extensive real estate in-
terests. In i8()3 Mr. Hall was one of the origina-
tor.- of the Biggins-Rodgers Co., manufacturers
of all kinds of hollow ware, and employing about
fiftv hands. Mr. Hall is .secretary of that corpora
tion. ()ur sul)ject is a strong Republican, and ac-
tive in political affairs. He was elected warden in
i8y6. again in 1897, and a third time in 1899. An
attendant of the First Congregational Church, he
takes a deep interest in the welfare of the church,
and is a liberal supporter of its principles.
Mr. Hall and ^liss Susan Parker were married
t. 17, 1866. They had no children. Mrs. Hall