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North describes him as "upright, kind, genial, full of public spirit . . . a leader." He served as a selectman in Berlin in 1854. According to family tradition he planted at age 12 two rows of stately maples on family property (could they be the two rows now in Maple Cemetery?--cataloger's note) Ca. 1812 he build a "fine large house" and later a "great rambling store, once so famoous, that occupied the corner opposite his dwelling." The store carried a large stock of dry goods, groceries, boots, shoes and medicines. He traveled to New York twice a year to replenish his stock. Some of his customers traded their farm products, butter, eggs, etc. for "finery" at the store.
Ca. 1830 he purchased a business property described in North as a south mill on Belcher Brook. He wished to start his son, Jacob, in the business of making silver spoons. He sold South Mill to Justice and William Bulkley who made the spoons, but used the Brandegee stamp (some are marked J.S. Brandegee, others H. Kenea & Co.)
He was one of 130 who joined the Berlin Congregational Church (then the Second Church) on April 9, 1854. He died suddenly the following day "while sitting in his chair."
North. History of Berlin, p. 186, 205, 239
Brandegee, p. 40, 43
Conn. Magazine. 1900, p. 168, 171 |
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