New Britain herald., 1915-12-11

With Thee, dear Lord, with Thee, Ever with Thee!
 Fanny Scovil by Deacon Hart.
 Deacon Samuel A. Hart gave a bio-
 graphy of Miss Fanny Scovil. He
 spoke as follows: "I find by the rec
 ord of the South burying ground that
 Miss Fanny Scovill died July 26,
 1866, aged S3 years. She was a na-
 tive of Kensington and lived here
 most of her life. I knew her woll
 Tn my younger days The house
 where she lived is still standing. It
 has been occupied by a number of
 different families in the last forty
 years, has been kept in good repair
 and is still one of the incest places
 on the street. She left a fund by will
 for the benefit of the poor female
 members of the Conversational
 church. She was a faithful church.
 goer and a generous supporter of ] the church and very charitable in all
 ways.
 Ihe speaker added that Miss Sco-
 VIII was the largest giver toward the l purchase or the church bell in 1S5. Tier nome about mile south of the church IS now owned by the Moore | family
 Miss Dickinson by Mrs. CowIes. Concerning Miss Eliza Dickinson a donor of a fund for the society. Mrs.
 s. M. Cowles made the following re-
 m marks:
 Miss Eliza Dickinson was a mem-
 her of the Kensington church from lh26 to the time of her death in 1882. Her father, Ashbel Dickinson lived m
 the house now occupied by John
 "r1ck the house having been built in
 l"l5 by Friend Street. who lived ir
 the third house further south, and the later addition in 1866 by Ira Kent.
 Ashbel Dickinson was a good far mer, and the products of his farm and dairy were favorably known far
 beyond the limits of this town. He
 was for many years the chorister of the church, and several books. some in manuscript, which he used in tho choir, are now in the possession of the writer of this paper. He had three daughters, Eliza, Lucy, who married Samuel Hart, and Mary Ann. who married Howell Merriman, of Meri- den. father of Mrs. John l.. Billiard.
 Miss Eliza Dickinson became the owner of the farm when her father died, and Eli Winchell worked for her for number of years, his son sherman being born there. Later MT. Upson, who had married Miss Dickinson's niece, went to take care of her farm, and remained during the rest of her life. By the terms of her will he inherited the property except the fund of $1,O0O which she gave to the Ecclesiastical society. Miss Dickinson was a woman of re- fined nature, dignified, graceful, de- voted to her friends, and a true type of the gentlewoman of her time.''
 Jonathan Hart by E. P. Dunham.
 Edward P. Dunham told of the life and work of Jonathan Thomas Hart, a donor of :l fund to the society. MT. Dunham's address follows:
 Jonathan Thomas Hart, Kensing- ton, only son of Era Benton Hart, of the same parish, and his wife Lydia (Gilbert) born December 2, 1918, at kensington, married June 8, 1s42, Maria Woodruff of New Britain, daughter of Norman and his wife, Abigail (Booth) born May 5, 1920.
 He was a brass founder, which trade he learned of his wifes father. He united to the church in New Britain, Aug. 6, 1887, and removed his connection to the Kensington church in 1854. His secod wife was Alice R. Upson, whom he married September 20, 1864. He commenced manufact- uring in a small way in New Britain, near the old Methodist church, re- moving to Kensington about 1854 to a small shop about one quarter mile l east of the American Paper Goods ] company plant. Besides brass goods. 1 he added shovels and tongs and soon | a general line of hardware As busi- | ness increased he bought the property l where the A. P. G. Co. plant is sit uated; formerly known as the Perci- val Mills, where (satinet) cloth was and built large foun- dry. Extensive buildings were erected on both sides of the street Both fac tories were operated by water power To assure supply of water the two large reserviors were built. The first shop was known as the lower shop and the other as the upper shop. Both were destroyed by fire only to be inn rebuilt on larger scale. But with both these plans he was still un- able to handle his business as he would like, being short of power in dry season and a long way to cart the raw material, iron and coal so he looked about for another location and contemplated the purchase of what was known as the Blair Works } little south of Town Clerk Shaw's with the idea of building ] spur track from the main line to hat location. He finally decided to ocate another shop farther up the same stream he was on, and bought he old Grist Mill property, where he manufactured chisels
 ''All this growth and progress was made in the time of the very sharpest ] kind of competition, for in those days here were no trusts. It was every l nan for himself, and several were in he same line of business. The late Philip Corbin, North & Judd, Russel 6 Erwin Peck Stow & Wi1cOx ..,of ]