New Britain herald., 1930-08-05

old grist mill which formerly stood across the street from his dwelling.
 Recalls Population of 5000
 Mrs. Neumann has watched the city grow from a country village of three thousand inhabitants, whose homes were spread over wide ter rtory, to a large, concentrated and fourishing industrial city of 69,o00 people. The division of the township of Berlin took place in 1850 and the present railroad between the two towns was not laid until Is years later. All freight and passenger service previous to this time was cared for by teams. She-reetes many instances when this old fashioned form of conveyance was marooned In the marshy ground of what is now the Beech Swamp road.
 In those days according to her story the factories were small and employed only few men and power for their machines was provided by horse power. This is in the literal sense, as some of the wheels were turned over by horses on treadmills while others were powered by horses which were hitched to vertical cen- ter shaft which revolved large cir cular disc or pulley from which the power was distributed.
 Descendant of Colonists
 Her ancestors were the descend ants of some of the oldest Colonial families. Her father was q direct descendant of Governor William Bradford Of Plymouth colony. Major William Bradford, commander of the Plymouth forces in King Philips wars, and Major John Mason, dep uty governor of Connecticut, and commander of the colonial forces which broke the power of the Pe- quot Indians. Her grandfather fought through all the campaigns of the old French and Indian wars and held commission in the forces of the American Revolution, Many oth- CT of her ancestors. paternal and maternal, were original settlers of Hartford. Windsor. Middletown, Haddam, Saybrook, Lyme, New London. Norwich, Lebanon, Guilford and Milford. Her mother was Miss Lucy Lyon Of Middletown, whose family was engaged in the West h. dian trade of the time.
 Mrs. Neumann was employed be- fore her marriage to her late hus- band, E. F. Neumann, which took place on Oct 25. 1876 at the old knitting factory which was then sit uated on the property now occupied by the present buildings of the Cor bin Cabinet Lock plant of the Amer iCan Hardware corporation. She was made head of one of the com- panys departments shortly after her employment there and came to be known as one of t%c firms ablest executives.
 Kitchen Her "Office"
 After her marriage she devoted her entire energy to the well-being Of her home and children and re- fused many positions of trust and responsibility which she might have filled with distinction. She has al- ways managed her household with the same degree of precision as she dispatched her duties as factory executive and called her kitchen her office"
 Four children were born to Mrs. Neumann and her husband and all are living and will in all probability he present at the celebration of her anniversary. These children are as follows: Carl S. Neumann, president Of the Union Mfg. Co.,. of this city; George B. Neuman, Ph. D., profess sor of sociology at the State Teach CTS college of Buffalo, N. Y: Rev. E. F. Neumann, Jr,, pastor at the Nandeveer Park Methodist church in Brooklyn, N. Y, and Miss Sarah