Eastford, Connecticut Biographies
S. D. Bosworth, born in Eastford, is a son of Allen and Sally
(Hall) Bosworth, and grandson of Ebenezer Bosworth, a soldier in the
revolutionary war, who married Elizabeth Fletcher. Ebenezer was a son of
Benjamin who came from Rehoboth, Mass., and settled about one mile west of
the church in Eastford. Mr. Bosworth represented the town in the
legislature in 1865, and has held various town offices. He married
Elizabeth Badger, and has three children. His only son, Henry A., married
Margaret Buell, and is a farmer in Eastford. Clarissa, only daughter of
Allen Bosworth, married Joseph Dorset, and has one son, Benjamin, in New
York.
Jairus Chapman, born in Ashford, was a son of Roswell, and grandson
of Thomas, a soldier of the revolutionary war. He was selectman and
justice many years, and represented Ashford in the legislature. Jairus
Chapman married Emily Morse, and their children were: Zeviah R., Elvira E.
and Mary J., who is a teacher of long experience.
Darwin Clark is a son of Palmer Clark, who came from Charlton,
Mass., to Woodstock and afterward to Eastford, where he died in 1879. His
son Darwin married Mary, daughter of William Bradway. They have five
children. Mr. Clark is a farmer and stock dealer.
John Holman, son of Thomas, was born in Union in 1778, married
Mary, daughter of Allen Bosworth, in 1808, and moved to Eastford in 1816.
Four of their children are now living. John, Newton and Emily live in
Eastford. Emily married Nelson Clark, son of Palmer Clark, and one of the
most successful farmers in Eastford.
Joseph B. Latham, son of Laban Latham, came from Johnston, R. I.,
to Eastford, Conn., in 1823. He was a millwright. He was justice of the
peace many years, and represented Eastford in the legislature several
times. He married a Bullard, and had six children who-grew to manhood:
Joseph B., Lorenzo B., William H., Eugene E., James E. and Monroe F., who
married Sarah Johns, and has one son, Oliver H. Monroe F. is one of the
selectmen of Eastford, and represented the town in the legislature in
1884. James E. Latham was born in Eastford in 1841, married Elizabeth
Adams, of Eastford, and has two children.
George W. Olds, a native of Maine, came to North Ashford, and
engaged in the business of making staves in company with Silas Simmons. In
1872 he opened a store at North Ashford, which he has continued until the
present time. He has been postmaster since 1874.
Silas Preston, born in 1798 in Ashford, is a son of John and Persis
(Weeks) Preston and grandson of John, a soldier of the revolutionary war.
He was educated at the common schools, and in early life was a farmer. He
represented Ashford in the legislature in 1842, was selectman several
years, also director in the Stafford Bank. Later in life he was president
of the Eastford Savings Bank until eighty-four years of age. He married
Betsey Wright, with whom he lived sixty-three years. They had eight
children. Mr. Preston now lives with his daughter, Mrs. Spaulding, and is
ninety-one years of age.
Freeman Putnam, son of Asa Putnam, was born at Charlton, Mass.,
came to Union when quite young, and to Eastford in 1854. In early life he
was a shoemaker, and later a farmer. He married Huldah, daughter of
Danford Morse, supposed to be a descendant of Anthony Morse, who settled
in Massachusetts in 1635.
Charles A. Rice was born in Springfield and came to Eastford in
1857. He has been twice married; his first wife was Mary Connell, and his
second wife Hannah Carpenter, daughter of Oliver and Mary (Allen)
Carpenter. Mary Allen was a daughter .of Ephraim Allen and granddaughter
of Timothy Allen, who was born in Mansfield in 1748. Mr. Rice is one of
the justices of the town.
John Sherman, born in Eastford in 1818, was one of the nine
children of Zephaniah Sherman and grandson of David Sherman, who came to
Eastford from Fall River. Mr. Sherman was educated at the schools of
Eastford, was in mercantile business in early life in Eastford, also
manufacturing, later in the mercantile business at Brunswick, Me., and at
present a farmer. He has served as town clerk several years, also
selectman. He married Laura L. Edgerton, of Massachusetts. The only
surviving brother of Mr. Sherman, Isaac Sherman, is a clergyman at
Thompson.
Augustus Spaulding, a descendant in the seventh generation from
Edward Spaulding, who came to America about 1630, is one of the most
successful farmers of Eastford. He married Abigail C. Richards, of Dedham,
Mass., daughter of Ebenezer Richards. Their children are: Albert H.,
George R. and Carrie N.
Charles 0. Warren, son of Isaac and Lydia (Sumner) Warren, married
Mary L. Sumner, daughter of Increase Sumner, and a descendant of Benjamin
Sumner, the first of the name in Eastford, who was born at Roxbury in
1724. Mr. Charles Warren is the present town clerk. He has been in the
mercantile business several years.
Benjamin Warren, a son of Isaac, was born in Killingly, and married
Elizabeth, daughter of John Fisher, who was on General Washington's staff
in the revolutionary war. Benjamin was a farmer and auctioneer, and held
several town offices. He had seven children, of whom Edmond W., born in
Eastford, married Emily Edwards of Vermont, daughter of Samuel Edwards.
Mr. Warren is a farmer and marketman. He has served as justice and
selectman.
Robert Wheaton, born at Swansea, Wales, in 1605, settled at
Rehoboth, Mass., between 1630 and 1636, and married Alice Bowen. Deacon
James Wheaton, a descendant in the fifth gen-. eration from Robert, came
from Swansea, Mass., to Pomfret, Conn., in 1778, and to Thompson in 1800,
where he kept a hotel. His son, Levi, succeeded him in the hotel. Simeon
A. Wheaton, son of Levi, was born at Thompson in 1829, came to Eastford
and engaged in mercantile business, which he has continued for forty
years. He represented Eastford in the legislature of 1882, was county
commissioner from 1876 to 1879, and has been one of the most successful
business men of Eastford.
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