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"Julius Catlin (December 14, 1798 – April 23, 1888) was an American politician who was the 49th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1858 to 1861.Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies, Lieutenant Governor Early life Catlin was born on December 14, 1798 and was from Hartford in Hartford County, Connecticut. His sister, Flora Belle Catlin (1794–1878), an artist and a teacher of the arts at the Hartford Female Seminary, lived with him after the death of their father. Career Catlin was a successful dry goods merchant in Hartford, and "accumulated a large property." Catlin was interested in public affairs and after winning election, served as the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1858 to 1861, under the famous "war governor" William Alfred Buckingham. Personal life Catlin was married to Mary Fisher (1803–1888), a native of Wrentham, Massachusetts, a descendant of John Mason "whose ancestors crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower." Together, they lived in Hartford and had a home at Watch Hill in Rhode Island and were the parents of: * Mary Jane Catlin (1830–1836), who died in childhood. * Hannah Maria Catlin (1831–1880), who married Benjamin Kinsman Phelps, the law partner of Chester A. Arthur who served as New York County District Attorney. * Julius Catlin Jr. (1833–1893), who was a dry goods merchant who married Frances Helen Hunt (b. 1839) in 1862. * Charles Catlin (1837–1918), a woolen merchant with Mullen & Co. who married Laura A. Wood of Rouses Point. * Mary Catlin (1839–1839), who died in infancy. Catlin died at his home in Hartford (the former home of Lydia Huntley Sigourney) on April 23, 1888. He was buried at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford. At the time of his death, the principal value of his estate was $726,000. =Descendants= Through his son Julius, he was the paternal grandfather of three girls, Julia Hunt Catlin (1864–1947), Edith Catlin and May Catlin. Julia was married three times; first to Trenor Luther Park (son of Trenor W. Park), second to C. Mitchell Depew (nephew of Sen. Chauncey Depew), and third to Emile Adolphe Taufflieb. ReferencesExternal links * Category:1790 births Category:1888 deaths Category:Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut "
"Benjamin Douglas (April 3, 1816 – June 26, 1894) was an American politician, inventor, and abolitionist who was the 50th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1861 to 1862.Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies, Lieutenant Governor Family Douglas was born in Northford, Connecticut, on April 3, 1816. His paternal grandfather was an American Revolutionary War soldier, William Douglas. His first sixteen years were spent working on his parents' farm. In 1838 he married Mary Adaline Parker (b. 1821), daughter of Elias and Grace Mansfield Parker. The following year his brother William married Mary's sister Grace.Hartford Courant April 4, 1998 In 1850 he bought the former home of Thomas Mather, a Middletown businessman, on Maine Street in Middletown. This home, built between 1811 and 1813, is listed on the Connecticut Freedom Trail as an Underground Railroad stop.Connecticut Freedom Trail He had five children.New England Families Genealogical and Memorial Vol 3 by William Richard Cutter 1913 John Mansfield (1839) Sarah Kirtland (1841) Benjamin (1843) William (1845) Benjamin (1849) Edward (1854-1889) Invention In 1832 Douglas apprenticed to a machinist. Following his apprenticeship, and together with his brother William, he founded a machine shop and foundry in 1839. In 1842 his brother and he patented a hand pump design for use in farms, homes, and businesses.United States Patent Office Patent #us000002895 This was the first of many patents The Douglas Archives relating to pumps that became the basis of their successful manufacturing business W & B Douglas Company.David Rumsey Map Collection They also made fire hydrants and hand fire pumpers.www.firehydrant.org Their Middletown pump works occupied two acres and consisted of twenty one buildings. In 1876 the company employed 300 people and had over 700 products displayed at Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The factory closed around 1923, and the buildings razed in 1940.Hartford Courant April 4, 1998 Many of their pumps remain in operation today.W & B Pump Fountain Political career As an adult, Douglas lived in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He was a Republican and served in the state general assembly for several years. He was Mayor of Middletown from 1850 to 1853. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Connecticut in 1856 and cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln. Later, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut for a single one year term, from 1861 to 1862, during one of the eight years that William A. Buckingham was governor of Connecticut.The Political Graveyard, Index to Politicians: Douglas Douglas succeeded Julius Catlin as Lieutenant governor and his successor was Roger Averill, both of whom also served when Buckingham was governor. Abolition Benjamin Douglas was a founding member of the Middletown Anti-Slavery Society. In 1839 he was one of eleven members and the group met at his factory.Hartford Courant April 22, 1998 His home is believed to have been a stop on the Underground Railway in Middletown.Escape on the Underground Railway During his time as mayor of Middletown, he refused to comply with the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. See also *List of Governors of Connecticut Category:1816 births Category:1894 deaths Category:People from North Branford, Connecticut Category:Connecticut Republicans Category:Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut Category:Mayors of Middletown, Connecticut Category:19th-century American politicians "
"Roger Averill (August 14, 1809 – December 9, 1883) was an American politician who was the 51st Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. Early life Roger Averill was born in Salisbury, Connecticut. Some of his ancestors were among the earliest European settlers of Connecticut. His grandfathers, Samuel Averill and John Whittlesey, were natives of Washington, Connecticut. His parents, Nathaniel P. Averill and Mary Whittlesey, moved to Salisbury in 1805. He was one of seven children reared on a small farm, and his education was mainly of his own earning. He went to the common school and used a public library and prepared for college under the guidance of his brother Chester, who was a professor at Union College, and he graduated from that college with honour in 1832. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He opened his first practice in Salisbury, but attained a more successful practice after moving to Danbury in 1849. He married Maria D. White, of Danbury, in October, 1844. Four of their children survived him and all of his sons also became lawyers. Political career Roger Averill fulfilled many functions in public service, such as member of the Connecticut General Assembly. In the spring of 1861, he was a prominent leader of the Democratic party, which opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln for President. However, the instance that he heard the news of the assault of Fort Sumter, he hastened to raise his flag and refuse any compromise or surrender. From then on, he devoted himself to the success of the Union army. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut along with Republicans on a Unionist ticket (called the "Union Party of Connecticut") in the spring of 1862 "The Connecticut Mass Union Convention", The New York Times (January 9, 1862), and continued in that function throughout the war, during the last four of the eight years in which William A. Buckingham was Governor of the state, until 1866. In both 1862 and 1863, the Republicans and Unionists had two separate conventions each year within days of each other, both of which would endorse the fusion Unionist tickets; in 1864 and 1865, they both merged into the National Union Party, which simply had one convention each year. Later years Averill's wife Maria died in February 1860. In September 1861, he married Mary A. Perry, of Southport, who survived him. After the time as lieutenant governor, Averill was one of the organizers of the American Bar Association, Simeon E. Baldwin, "The Founding of the American Bar Association", The American Bar Association Journal (January 1, 1917), p. 670. and was for many years acting chairman of the bar of his home county. He died in Danbury, December 9, 1883, aged 74. See also *List of Governors of Connecticut *Unionist Party (United States) *National Union Party (United States) References *Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies, Lieutenant Governor *Memorials of Connecticut Judges and Attorneys, Obituary Notice of Roger Averill, As Printed in the Connecticut Reports volume 50, pages 620–622 Category:1809 births Category:1883 deaths Category:Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut Category:19th-century American politicians Category:Founding members of the American Bar Association "