Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-30
Likenesses OF . ncestry.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
If any of our citizens woula like to know
who Judge Gresham of Ohio, one of the late
prominent presidential candidates, rssem-
bles, they have only to lock at the head and
face of DR.. Winchsl of this city to see
likeness of this distinguished man; and such
as would like to know who our presidential
candidate, General Harrison of Indiana, re-
sembles, have only to look at our wholesale
merchant, Mr.. James D. Dewell, to see q
good likeness of that gentleman. And as
to ancestry Connecticut can claim an interest
in another prominent person in she Chi
cago convention in the person of Mr.. Chaun-
cey Mitchell Depew, whose grandmother was
the wife of Rev. Justus Mitchell of New
Canaan, who graduated at Yale in 1776 aud
died in New Canaan after successful min
istry in 1906.
Thareverend minister and scholar sdu-
Gated in his family while preaching young
men for Yale college, and he was noted for
their excellent preparation for college.
Among the young men who were prepared
for college were the late Hon. Ralph I. Inger-
soil Leonard A. Daggett, father of DR.. Dag
and others from New Haven and several
from New York.
A son of the Rev. Mr. Mitchell became .
distinguished lawyer in New York, lived in
White Plains, and died leaving large estate.
The parents of Mr.. Depew In naming him
ing it his middle name. Connecticut there
fore can claim direct interest in him. The
Same house, enlarged and improved, in
which the Rev. Mr.. Mitchell lived, was af-
terward owned by the Rev. Samuel Bon
ney, whose son by the same name after"
wards became China missionary. And in
the same house was brought up the wife of
Mr.. James Olmsted, apothecary, corner of
Broadway and York street, which house
stands and is owned by prominent broker
in New York (Mr. Bond), who has made it
into fine large country home.
Immediately above this fine avenue in New
Canaan was born Samuel st. John, whose
large estate is still held in trust by Mr.. Cur
tiss, president of the City bank.
A nephew of Mr.. st. John, bearing the
name of Samuel st. John, ira part of
whose fathers homestead il now owned by
Mrs. B. Noyes, together with the Old Grena-
der parade ground, recently purchased-the
which property carries with it the historical
fact that st. John, jr., (who was born omit
was the man who advanced to Texas $50, 600,
with which her final independence was &C.
complished, and when the State of Texas was
formed and State bonds were issued, the first
fifty in consecutive numbers were issued to
Samuel st. John, jr., and Mr.. st. John, jr.,
held these bonds, and had them with him
when he spent few weeks at the house of
B. Noyes, known a. t1rving Place." at the
then end Of West Chapel street, in the year
1866 or thereabouts.
As connected with New Haven and Yale
college New Canaan is an historic town, hav-
ing for its size furnished greater list of dis
tinguished nen of the olden time than almost
any other town in the State, and among them
the Rev. Edwin Stevens, the first American
missionary to China, who was graduate of
Yale in 1928.
This year Yale graduates two young men
from New Canaan with high honors.
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