years been identified with the oyster business. He [
has done much to promote the commercial activity,
advance the general welfare and secure the material
development of his town, and is recognized as one |
of the most useful and valued of its citizens.
Mr. Granniss was born Nov. 23, 1821, on the
farm in East Haven where his brother Lyman now
resides, and comes of good old Revolutionary stock,
his grandfather, Samuel Granniss. having aided the
Colonies in achieving their independence. His
great-grandfather was Joseph (jranniss. The
father of our suJjject. wlio also bore the name of |
Jose]ih. was born in the town of East Haven. July
24. i7<;i. and l)v occupation was a farmer and oys-
ter tleakr. being one of the first to establish him-
self in the oyster business in his locality. He was
engaged in the wholesale trade. On Nov. 26. 1812,-
he married Miss Louie Luddington, who was born
July 22. 1794, and they liecame the ])arents of thir-
teen children, namelv : (i) .\lmira. lx)rn Aug. 22,
1813. died .March 11'. 1888. On .\pril 4, 1833, she
married John Lindsey, by wdiom she had three chil-
dren — .Maria, born Oct. 17, 1833. died .April 7,
1878; Olive A., born June 25, 1836, died Oct. 29,
1859: and Hannah A., born June 11, 1838, died
.•\pril II, 1897. ''>' li'-"'' second husband, John
I'oote. she had two — Harriet Emma, born Sept. 2,
1846, living: and Henry H.. l)orn March 16, 1850.
(2) Joseph .\., born May 25, 1815. died May i,
1895, in Blount Carmel, Conn. On May 16, 1838.
he married Eliza Tuttle, daughter of Edward Tul-
tle, and they had three sons and tliree daughters —
Leander C, born May 29, 1841, died Sept. 17, 1847;
Adelia S., born .\]3ril 14, 1843: Cliarlcs \V., born
Aug. 25, 1844, died Eeb. 4, 1845: Almira F., born
Jan. I, 1846: .\nna Eliza, born Sept. 17, 1847; 3^"^'
Charles E., born March 27, 1852. (3) Ebenezer
C, born Feb. 21. 1817, removed in 1846 to Macon,
Ga., and died there Feb. 25, 1890. He married
Huldah E. Ludington, and tliey had five children
— Charlotte .A., born July 22, 1838. died Sept. 5,
1838; Horace ^^., born July iC>, 1839, is li\ing in
Orlando, I'la. ; Edward J., i)orn Jan. 9, 1841, died
July 4, 1863 (he joined the Confederate army, in
which he held the rank of lieutenant, and was killed
while doing his duty") : Emma .\.. born Nov. 22,
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12. 1851, died Sept. 17, 1874. (4) Sylvester M.,
l)orn Jan. 4', 1820. died ^^ay 4. 1882. in Hamden,
Conn. On Oct. Ct. 1847, he wasiniited in marriage
wiili T."i< R. Curtis, and they had one child, Lois
A., born .\i)ril 14. 1854, who died in infancy. Mrs.
Granniss died .\pril 29, 1854. and on Sept. 25, 1854,
he married Lyda L. liradley, by whom he also had
one child, Joseph \V., born July 14, 1857. The
mother died Sept. 24, 1875, her death being caused
by the explosion of a lamp, b'or his third wife Mr.
Ciranniss married Ellen H. Dlatchley, on .Sept. 1.
1881. They had no children. (5) Daniel H., our
subject, is next in the order of birth. (6) Willard^
born March 2. 1823. died May 28, 1850, in (ialves-
ton, Texas. He never married. (7) Henry L.,
born April 10, 1825, died Dec. 17, 1845, unmarried.
(8) Harriet was born .March 4. 1827. (9) Heze-
kiah, born Dec. 16. 1828. died Oct. 4, 1850, un-
married. (10) Collis B., liorn Nov. 13, 1830, is a
])rominent and successful dairy farmer of New Ha-
ven ; he is mentioned elsewhere. (11) Harriet L.,
born I'eb. 10, 1834, died Oct. 4, 1850. ( I2j Ly-
man and (13) Louie, twins, were born March 3,
^^37- The former is now a prominent dairy farmer
and ice dealer, residing on the old homestead in
East Haven. On April 23, 1862, he married An-
toinette M. rhom])son, of East Haven, and tliey had
two children — Henry H., born Nov. 5, i8r)3, died
.\Iarch 30, 1865; and Lou Elizabeth, born Nov. 14,
1868, died May 23, 1874. Louie married Dwiglit
Kellogg, and died in lialtimore, Md., .\pril 21.
1889. Hezekiah and Harriet left home Sept. 28,
1850, with the intention of journeying to Macon,
Ga., to spend the winter with their brother, Ebe-
nezer. Going to New ^'ork they took passage on
the barge "Isaac Meade," Init wdien fourteen hours
out from harbor they encountered a storm, and the-
.ship was lost Oct. 4, 1850, both being drowned.
The father died Feb. 29, 1876, the mother -Vug. 12.
1859.
At the age of eight Daniel H. Granniss was
bound out to Daniel Hinman, of Harwinton. Conn.,
for about two years. He then returned home,
wdiere he remained until seventeen years of age,
and ne.xt learned the joiner's trade with Elbert L.
Munsel, serving a four years' apprenticeship. He
continued to follow that trade until he entered the
service of his country during the dark days of the
Rebellion. On Aug. 12, i8r)2, he enlisted in Com-
pany D, 15th C. \\ : was mustered into the United
.States service at New Haven ; and from there was
ordered to Washington, D. C, where the regiment
w-as stationed in defence of the city for .some time.
He ])articii5atcd in the battles of Fredericksburg,
Suffolk and Yorktown. and after eighteen months
of active service was transferred to the W'nv Depart-
ment at Washington, where he remained imtil hon-
orably discharged, June 29, 1865.
Mr. Granniss married Afiss Abigail W. Broiigh-
ton, who was torn in East Haven April 30, 1822,
and died Aug. 30, 1876. Thev had five children, 1
as follows: (i) George IL, born Nov. 8, 1846,
died July 11, 1891. He married Henrietta White,
who was Ixirn in r.ridgejjort. Conn., .Vjiril 17.
1847, and they had one child, Edward L.. lioni .Sept.
COMMIiMORATIllL BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
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I, 1868. (2) Willard A., born March 16. 1849,
niarricil Parthenia Lavere, and they liavc one son,
Willanl A. (3) Lillian A., born May 13, 1854,
dieil A])ril i, i.Sdi. (4) Nettie I., born March il,
iH.Sw, is the wife of K()l)en C Mart, of I'air Haven.
(5) Harriet A., bom April 11, i8f)2, died April
14, 1864. Each year the (iranniss family has a
reunion, which on Aug. 20, lyoi, was held at the
home of our subject, some sixty being present on
this occasion, the thirty-fifth reunion at which he
presided.
Soon after his return from the war Mr. (iranniss
opened a meat market and grocery store in hair
Haven, which he conducted for about ten years,
and then embarked in the wholesale and retail oys-
ter business, which he has since carried on with
marked success. His son, George H.. was engaged
in business with him until his deatli. I Ic was also
a soldier in the Civil war, enlisting on tlie same day
as his father, and in the same comi)any and regi-
ment, being one of the youngest soldiers from Con-
necticut to bear arms in that struggle. He partici-
pated in all the battles in which his father took part
and was made color-bearer of the regiment. .\t the
l)attle of Kinston he was captured willi his com-
mand. I'or many vcars he was a jjrominent member
of Admiral Foote Post. G. A. R., of Xew Haven,
and also of Polar Star Lodge, L O. ( ). I". In ])oli-
tics he was a Republican. Our subject is also one
of the leading members of both of these orders,
having united with the Odd Fellows Societv in 1854
and filled all the chairs in the local lodge, at present
serving as treasurer, which office he has filled for
fourteen years. Politicallv he is a strong Repulili-
can. and he never withholds liis .-Jcipport from any
enterprise for the public good.
XOYES S. WILMOT was l)om Sei)t. 16,
1830, in that portion of the town of Xaugatuck
which was then a part of W'aterbury. He is a
grandson of \'alentine Wilmot. who was born in
what is now P.ethany (then Alilford), where both
he and his wife died, and was a farmer by occupa-
tion. He was the father of two children, John and
Finnette. The daughter married Eliphalet Tyrrell,
a farmer of Hartland. Connecticut.
John Wilmot, the father of Xoyes S., was Iiorn
in Piethany in 1779. and spent the greater portion
of his life there, engaged in farming. He married
Asenath Clark, who was l)orn .April 29, 1789, in
Old Milford. a daughter of .Andrew and Aimie
(Hark. Tliey were also born in Old Milford, the
father about i/Si. He was a farmer by occupation,
and died in Middlebury, Conn., about 1835. aged
eightv-four years. His wife also died at the age
of eightv-four. She was a grand
niafernal side, of Gov. Treat, of Connecticut. .An-
children. Xancy, X'athan, Asenath, Andrew, Sam-
uel. Julia. Edmund, Susan and Marv. Xathan was
a farmer as well as carpenter, and lived in Middle-
bury. Asenath, as has been said, was the wife of
John Wilmot, and the mother of Xoyes S. Xancy
married Caleb Xettleton, also a farmer, who was
the father of (ieorge Xettleton, of .\augatuck : after
her death he married her sister Mary, who passed
away in 1896, aged ninety-four years. Andrew was
a tailor by trade, and made his home in the .South.
Samuel married, and was a farmer in Middlebury.
Julia became the wife of Almond Clark, of Water-
bury. Edmund, who was a tailor in Troy, X. Y.,
died in Bridgeport aged ninety-two years; he was
twice married, each time to a Miss Fry, his wives
being sisters: he went to California in 1849. Susan
died in infancy.
Andrew Clark served with gallantry and tlis-
tiiiction in the patriot army during the Revolution.
His first experience as a soldier covered a period of
eighteen days under Lieut. Col. Thomas Seymour,
at the time of the "Lc.Kington .Alarm." I'rom Jidy
10, 1776, until Aug. 5. following, lie served in Ma-
jor Skinner's troop of light horse, and from Sept.
7 to Xov. 10, of that year, lie was with the 21st
Regiment of militia in Xew York. Later, from
Alarch 12, 1782, to Jan. 12, 1783. he was a member
of a companv commanded by Capt. Jabez h'itch. He
was a Revolutionary pensioner in Xew Haven
county, where he died. The following \\'ilmots
served in the Revolutionary war: John, Daniel,
Amos. David, Elisha, Francis, Joel, John A.. Jos-
eph, Samuel, Thomas, Timothy, Walter (brother
of the grandfather of our subject) and Zophar.
After their marriage our subject's jiarents set-
tled upon a farm in Bethany, and in .April, 1830,
removed to Xaugatuck. He died in 1837. and his
widow Feb. i, 1887, aged nearly ninety-eight years.
Xoyes S. ^^'ilmot was the youngest and is the only
surviving member of a family of five children.
Lewis, a carpenter in X'^ew Haven, died about 1891.
Lucius died at the age of nineteen. Julanty died
when two years old. Edmimd A., who was a farmer,
died April 6, 1887. The male members of the
famil\- were Whigs, and all of the adults became
members of the Congregational C'lun"ch.
Xoyes S. Wilmot ]:)assed the first seventeen
years of his life in Xaugatuck, but when his school
days were over he went to X'ew Haven to learn
the trade of an iron molder. Tie remained there
six years, when he returned to his native place and
found work in the Xaugatuck Iron Foundry. For
thirtv vears he remained with that concern, mani-
festing such mechanical skill, fidelity, industry and
executive capacity that during twenty-one years he
filled the post of superintenclent. At the age of
fifty-eight he retired, having accumulated a hand-
some competence, which throngh judicious invest-
ment and wise management he has since materially
increased. His home is at I'nion Citv, where he
owns farms comprising 220 acres. During the Civil
war he served one vear in Companv H.. 23d Conn.
V. L
Both sociallv and as a citizen Wv. Wilmot is
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deservedly popular, while his high moral worth
commaiKls respect, llesides being a nieniher of the
G. A. R., he belongs to tlie Masonic fraternitv, the
I. O. (). F. and the 1. (). R. M. As a .Mason he
has attained high rank, being a member of Shep-
ard"s Lodge, No. 78, A. F. & A. M., Allerton Chap-
ter and Waterbiiry Council. He is also an officer
in the I. O. O. l-". Politically he is a Republican,
and in religious faith a Congregalionalist.
On Nov. 24, 1859, Mr. Wilmot married Miss
Mary A. I'.reneiser, a daughter of Henneville and
Lavina (Drinkle) llrenei.ser. She was born in
Reading, I'a., her parents being also natives of that
Slate, although of German extraction. Mr. Wil-
mot's marriage has been blessed with seven chil-
dren: Edmund P.., Louisa R.. I'rank H., Charles
E.. Lewis IL, Benneville X. and Marv T. Louisa
and Charles are deceased, the former dying in 1895,
and the latter in 181)3. PIdnuuul and Mary live at
home. Frank was formerly superintendent of the
Malleal)le Iron Co., of Bridgeport. Lewis H. is a
practicing physician in .Ansonia. Benneville N. is
a clerk in the Xaugatuck .Vational Bank.
IIEXRV WILLIAM ML'lUiARl), well and fa-
vorably known as a leading manufacturer of car-
riages in Branford, was born in Hartford. Conn.,
June 27. 1833, S"" of Richard and Rhoda (An-
drews) Hubbard. The father is supposed to liave
been a native of Durham. Conn., but he lived a
good part of his life in Hartford and Middletown.
where he followed the trade of a shoemaker. He
died at the home of his son, Henrv William, in
Branford, Jan. 27, 1860, at the age of seventy-eight
years. Richard Hubbard was twice married. By
his first wife he had five children. William, Edwin,
Hiram. Frederick and Sara A. He married for his
second wife Rhoda (Andrews) Graham, of Wal-
lingford. New Haven Co., Conn., and they had
four children: Sara A., who married Harvey Bar-
ker; Susan, wife of Edward Spencer: and Henry
W. and H. Cornelia, twins, the latter of whoin mar-
ried Har\'ey Beach.
Henry William Hubbard was reared from the
age of five years in Middletown, where he re-
ceived a limited education in the common schools,
and at the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to
the carriagemaker's trade in Middletown, at which
he served six years, becoming a master workman,
and developing an unusual business capacity. In
1854 ^Ir. llubl«rd located in East Haddam and
engaged in business in partnership with Edward
H. Cheney. This ])artnershi|) was terminated the
following year. In 1855 Mr. Huljbard came to
Branford, and in October of that year began busi-
ness with his half-brother, William E. Graham, un-
der the firm name of Graham & Hubl)ard. This
association continued for many years, and when it
was terminated the business was divided, Mr.
Hubbard taking into bis own hands the blacksmith
and painting dejjartments. Mr. Graham died in 1889
I and Mr. Hubbard has since continued the ])usiness
! in all its branches. (Jin- subject was one of the
incorjjorators of the Branford Savings Bank, and
\ of the lames Blackstone Memorial Library.
' During the Civil war Mr. Hubbard was a mem-
ber of Company B, 27th Conn. C. \'., Capt. C. L.
Ely, enlisting Aug. 22, 1862, for nine months, and
being nuistered into service on Oct. 3, of the same
year.. He ])artici])ated in the desperate battle of
Fredericksburg, and was taken ])risoner at Chan-
cellorsville, being confined in Castle Thunder about
two weeks, after which he was ]>aroled, on May 3,
1863, and for a time was at the parole cam)) at
Annapolis, subsequently at the convalescent camp
at -Vlexandria, Va. From this point' he was hon-
orably discharged July 27, 1863, with the rank of
corporal, to which he was promoted before the l)at-
tle of Chanccllorsville. On his return from the war
he joined Company K, 2d Conn. X. (i., and served
five years. He entered that command as orderly
sergeant, w'as promoted to second lieutenant, and
later to first lieutenant, being discharged with the
latter rank.
IMr. Hubbard was married, June 6. 1858. to
Miss Emma P. Linsley, a daughter of James and
Henrietta (2\Ionger) Linslev, of P-ranford. the for-
mer a native of that place: Mr. Linsley was a car-
penter by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard have three
daughters: (i) Ida married 1-Vank W. Jerrold,
and has three children, Olive M., Gladys L. and
Emma H. (2) Henrietta W. (3) Luella L. is
the wife of Wilfred L. Moore, and has one child,
Ethel. Mr. Hubbard and hi.-; wife are members of
the First Baptist Church of P.ranford, in which he
is deacon. In politics he is a Re])ublican. Though
no politician, he has been delegate to the county
convention, and once was nominated for the Legis-
j lature, but was defeated, the town being Demo-
cratic. In May, 1901, he was elected burgess. Mr.
Hubbard belongs to Mascn Rogers Post, Xo. 7, G.
.•\. R.. and his wife is a member of Mason Rogers
Relief Corps, Xo. 46, which is associated with the
Branford post. They are good people and have a
host of friends.
JOHX LAMBERT FOOTE. Fortunate is he
who has back of him an ancestry honorable and
distinguished, and happy is he if his lines of life
are cast ir. harmony therewith.
Our subject, one of the prominent citizens and
retired business men of Cheshire, is blessed in this
respect, for he si^rings from one of the olde.n and
most prominent families of Connecticut. The first
[ to locate here was Xathaniel l'"oote, who was a
pioneer of Welhersfield, Hartford county. His son,
Roljert I'oote, removed from that town to Xcw
! Haven county, and took up his residence in Walling-
ford, where he remained until 1678. He then went
to Branford, Conn., where he died sud
1681, at the age of fifty-two years, and was buried
there. He was married in 1659. and after his death
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
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his widow, Sarah, married Aaron Blachley, of Bran-
ford, in t686.
Jolui Foote, the sixtii child of Jvobcrt and Sarah
Foote, was born July 24, 1670, and spent his entire
life in Branford, dying in 1713. Seven children
were born to him and his wife Mary.
John Foote, son of John and Mary, was born
in Branford in 1700, and when a young man lo-
cated in North Branford, where he died Jan. 26,
1777. Me was twice married, first Dec. 25, 1733,
to Elizabeth Frisbee, who died Feb. 3, 1737, aged
twenty-two years. On Aug. 16, 1738, he married
.Abigail Frisbee, who died May 17, 1779. l>y the
first union there was one son. Jonathan, who was
born Jan. 23, 1737, and died in North Branford in
i8()[. The only child by the second marriage was
John, mentioned below.
John Foote, grandfather of our subject, w-as
born in North Branford April 2, 1742, and was
graduated at Vale College in 1765. Fie had studieil
in the divinitv school and was ordained a minister
of the Congregational Church, succeeding Rev. Mr.
Hall at Cheshire, where he ministered to the spirit-
ual needs of the ])eople until his death, which oc-
curred Aug. 31, 1813, when he w-as aged seventy-
one years. Flis remains were interred in Cheshire
cemetery. He was beloved and respected by the
entire comnuuiity. He was twice married, his first
wife being Aliigail llall, of Cheshire, a daughter of
Kcv. Samuel Hall, and granddaughter of Gov. Jona-
than Law, of Coin-.ecticiU. .She died Nov. 19, 1788,
at the age of thirty-nine years, and for his second
wife he married Eunice Hall, a daughter of John
Hall. Her death occurred Jan. 31, 1817. .'\11 of his
children were by the first marriage, namely : Abi-
gail Sarah Hall, born Jan. 2, 1769, died Jan. 20,
'775; Mary Ann, born Sept. 21, 1770, died Sept.
-5' 1775; Lucinda, born May 19, 1772, married- Dr.
Thomas T. Cornwall, of Cheshire: John .Alfred,
born Jan. 2, 1774, died -Aug. 25, 1794": Abigail M.
.\., born Sept. 16, 1776, died .\ug. 9, 1778: \Villiam
Lambert, father of our subject, was next in the or-
der of birth; Samuel .Augustus, born Nov. 8, 1780,
died Sept. 16, 1846: Roderick, born Dec. 15, 1782,
died May 16, 1791 ; and Matilda, born Mav 6, 1785,
died Oct. 9, 1787.
William Lambert Foote, father of our subject.
8, and attended
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was born in Cheshire Oct. 10,
the schools of his native town. Subsequently he
was graduated from the Medical Department of
Vale College, and throughout the remainder of his
li^fe successfully followed his chosen profession in
Cheshire and adjoining towns, having built up an
e.Ktensive practice. He was c|uite prominent in pub-
lic affairs, and was one of the first to hold the of-
fice of judge of probate in his town; also served
as town clerk, and represented Cheshire in the -State
Legislature, He was one of the leading and influen-
tial residents of the town, end one of the most high-
ly respected, and always faithfully performed his
duties of citizenship. In politics he was a lifelong
Democrat. Religiously he was a member of the Con-
gregational Church, ile died Aug. 9, 1849, and was
laid to rest in the family cemetery in Cheshire. In
March, 1801, he wedded Mary Scoville, a native
of Berlin, Hartford Co., Coim., and daughter of
Capt. Dar.iel Scoville, later of -Saybrook, Conn. .She,
too, was an earnest memlier of the Congregational
Church, and died in that faith Jan. i, 1861 ; she
was buried in Cheshire cemetery. In their family
were si.x children, of whom John L. is the youngest,
and the others were as follows : ( i) William Sid-
ney, born Nov. 21, 1802, graduated from Yale Col-
lege, and became a physician of Ohio. He was mar-
ried in 1827 to Mary I'.utler. (2) Mary A., born
May 22, 1806, died unmarried .\pril 20, 1888. She
possessed a remarkably sweet voice, and sang for
a number of years in the Congregational Church
of Cheshire. (3) .Abigail, born .April 28, 1808. was
also a singer, and was connected with the choir
of the same church. .She married Edward Doo-
little, who died March 4, 1837, and she died March
29, 1892. (4) Scoville D., born .April 10. 1810,
married Martha Whiting, of Milford, Conn., and
was engaged in merchandising in New Vork, where
he died March 28, 1883. (5) Eliza S., born June
29, 1812, died unmarried Alarch 19, 1892.
John Lambert Foote, whose name introduces
this sketch, was born Sept. 14, 1817, and pursued
his studies in the district andi select schools of
Cheshire. While still quite young he worked in
a store at New Haven for two years. .After his
return to Cheshire he was employed at farm labor
for a time, and from his wages managed to save
$16, with which he embarked in merchandising on a
small scale, although only fourteen years of age.
By close application to business his trade steadily
increased, and from time to time he enlarged his
stock until he had a good general store. For over
forty-eight years he was successfully engaged in
business along that line, and on his retirement, in
1885, had accumulated a handsome fortune, having
become one of the wealthiest men^ of the town. Flis
career seems almost phenomenal, yet his success
has by no means been the result of fortunate cir-
cumstances. It has come to him through energy,
labor and perseverance, directed by an evenly bal-
anced mind and by honoralile businc.-s principles.
From early life he made it his plan to .spend less than
his income. Although economical, he is liberal. In
his religious views and in politics he is indejiendent,
and during President Van Buren's administration
served as postmaster at Cheshire for four years.
Although he is now over eighty-four years of age,
he is still quite active in both mind and body. His
life has been well spent, and he is now enjoying a
well-earned rest, surrounded by a large circle of
friends and acquaintances who esteem him highly
for his sterling worth.
Gov. Samuel Augustus Foote, an uncle of our
subject, was born in Cheshire Nov. 8, 1780, a son
of Rev. John and Abigail (Hall) Foote. He was
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graduated at Yale in 1797, and after studying law-
engaged in practice in liis rativc village. He mar-
ried Eudocia Hull, a daughter of (ien. Andrew and
Elizabeth Mary Ann Hull, of Cheshire, and later
became a partner of Gen. Hull in commercial busi-
ness at New Haven, though he continued to make
liis home in Cheshire, where his mansion is still
standing. He was a member of Congress in 1819:
was re-elected in 1823 and 1834; was Speaker of
the House of Representatives in the Connecticut
Legislature in 1825-26: and was chosen United
States senator in 1827. In. 1834 he was elected gov-
ernor of Connecticut, and while in that office re-
ceived the degree of LL. D. from Yale. He died
Sept. 16, 1846. and was buried in Cheshire. His
wife died at the home of her son, in Cleveland,
Ohio, but her remains were brought back and in-
terred by the side of her husband. In their family
were five children, two of whom died in infancy,
and the others were : Hon. John A. Foote, a promi-
nent lawyer of Cleveland ; Rear Admiral Andrew
H. Foote, of the United States navy, who died ;n
New Haven ; and Augustus E. Foote, of Clevelantl.
CAPT. FREDERICK ALONZO WELD (de-
ceased) was, in his day. one of the best-known
whaling captains along this part of the Atlantic