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(????-2001) minister; pastor, Asylum Hill Congregational Church (1949-1973); wife, Gladys Schwab; son, Richard A. Drew; daughter, Linda Jo Drew (Shaw); member, Christian Activities Council; member, Greater Hartford council of Churches; president, Greater Hartford Children’s Zoo; vice president, Connecticut Humane Society; corporator, Institute of Blind; corporator, Institute of Living; corporator, YMCA of Greater Hartford; trustee, Hartford Seminary Foundation; and president, City Club of Hartford. Second longest serving pastor at Asylum Hill Congregational Church (24 years). (1848-1941) priest, author; born September 5, 1848, in Windham, CT; ordained deacon (1872); assistant rector, Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Meriden, CT (1872-1873); ordained priest (1873); rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Rye, NY (1873-1881); rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI (1881-1885); rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Baltimore, MD (1885-1888); rector, Grace Episcopal Church, Brooklyn Heights, NY (1888-1897); Bishop Coadjutor, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut (1897-1899); Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut (1899-1928); Bishop Emeritus (1928-1941); wives, Susan Huntington Whitney (1849-1885, married 1873-1885), Alice Tucker Stephenson (1856-1932, married 1893-1932); children, Eli Whitney Brewster (1885-1885), Eleanor Longfellow Brewster (1894-1985); died April 9, 1941, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford and Asylum Hill (98 Woodland Street, 1897-1941). Played prominent role in the creation of Christ Church as a cathedral (1919). (1847-1924) lawyer, politician; born August 18, 1847 in Hartford, CT; law clerk, Waldo, Hubbard & Hyde (1872-1876); partner, Waldo, Hubbard & Hyde (1877-1881); partner, Hubbard, Hyde & Gross (1881-1884); partner, Hyde, Gross & Hyde (1884-1894); partner, Gross, Hyde & Shipman (1894-1919); partner, Gross, Gross & Hyde (1919-1922); member, Hartford Board of Park Commissioners; member, Hartford Board of Trade; director, Wadsworth Atheneum; member, Society of the Cincinnati; member, Society of the Mayflower Descendants in the State of Connecticut; governor, Society of Colonial Wars; president, Connecticut Historical Society; director, Hartford Retreat; director and counsel, Aetna Fire Insurance Company; director and counsel, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company; director and counsel, First Re-Insurance Company; vice president, Society for Savings; deacon, Asylum Hill Congregational Church; wife, Ellen C. Spencer (1852-1928, married 1875-1924); children, Charles Welles Gross (1876-1957), William Spencer Gross (1880-1882); and Helen Clarissa Gross (1884-1966); resident of Hartford (1847-1922) and of Asylum Hill (840 Asylum Avenue); died December 31, 1924 in Hartford, CT. Namesake along with Ellen C. Spencer, Gross Memorial Chapel, Asylum Hill Congregational Church. (1832-1917) lawyer; president, Connecticut State Bar Association; president, Hartford County Bar Association; member, Asylum Hill Congregational Church; wife, Lucy M. Adams (1833-1893, married 1855-1893); children, Mary Russell Perkins (1857-1919), Emily Hale Perkins (1861-1940), Arthur Perkins (1864-1932), Lucy Adams Perkins (1865-1930), Thomas Charles Perkins (1837-1945); resident of Hartford (1832-1849 & 1853-1917) and Asylum Hill (49 Woodland Street). With Charles Chapman, assisted in the approval of a state constitutional amendment designated Hartford the sole capital of Connecticut. (1802-1886) author, minister, professor, theologian; born April 26, 1802, in Natick, MA; professor, Dartmouth College (1830-1833), Lane Theological Seminary (1833-1850), Bowdoin College (1850-1852), and Andover Theological Seminary (1852-1864); author, Introduction to the criticism and interpretation of the Bible (1835), Education of Immigrants (1835), The Prussian System of Public Instruction (1836), Elementary Education in Europe (1837), Elementary Instruction in Europe (1838), The Religious Element in Education (1844), The Right Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures (1853), and Origin and History of the Books of the Bible, Part I (1867); wives, Eliza E. Tyler (1808-1834, married 1832-1834), Harriet E. Beecher (1811-1896, married 1836-1886); children Harriet Stowe (1836-1907), Eliza Stowe (1836-1912), Henry Stowe (1838-1857), Frederick Stowe (1840-1871), Georgiana Stowe (1843-1890), Samuel Stowe (1848-1849), and Charles Stowe (1850-1934); died August 22, 1886 in Hartford, CT. Resident of Asylum Hill (Oakholm, 1863-1873, and 73 Forest Street, 1873-1886). Founder, Asylum Hill Congregational Church. (1822-1896) merchant, manufacturer; born November 21, 1822, in Milford, MA; partner, Hunt & Holbrook; partner, Hunt, Holbrook & Barber; partner, Holbrook, Glazier & Company; member, First Baptist Church; member, Court of Common Council Board of Councilmen; wives, Fannie M. Hollister (1826-1855, married 1854-1855), Elizabeth C. Nelson (1825-1873, married 1858-1873), and Annie E. Nelson (1832-1898, married 1875-1896); children George H. Holbrook (1855-1856), Frank N. Holbrook (1860-1874), Grace Holbrook (1863-1921), Minnie Holbrook (1866-1866), and Anne M. Holbrook (1868-1893); died January 10, 1896, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford (ca. 1843-???? & 1852-1896) and of Asylum Hill (340 Farmington Avenue, (????-1896). Sailed on the ship Henry Lee as part of expedition to mine gold in California (1849). (1853-1928) astronomer, industrialist, mechanical engineer; born March 12, 1853, in Hartford, CT; president, James L. Howard & Company, Inc.; member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; died, March 6, 1928, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford and Asylum Hill (116 Farmington Avenue). Considered an authority on the manufacture of telescopes, and published articles on his observations of solar eclipses in Winton, NC, and Burzos, Spain. (1837-1917) educator, author: born, February 5, 1837, in Hartford, CT; teacher, American School for the Deaf (1855-1857); principal, Columbia Institution for the Deaf (1857-1864), president, Gallaudet College (1864-1910); president, Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (1895-1917); trustee, George Washington University; trustee, Howard University; director and president, YMCA; director, American School of the Deaf; wives, Jane Mellissa Fessenden (1837-1866, married 1859-1866), Susan Denison (1847-1903, married ????-1903); children, Katharine Fessenden Gallaudet (1861-1942), Grace Wordon Gallaudet (1863-1942), Edward LeBaron Gallaudet (1864-1865), Denison Gallaudet (1870-1927), Edson Fessenden Gallaudet (1871-1945), Eliza Gallaudet (1874-1875), Herbert Draper Gallaudet (1876-1944), Marion Wallace Gallaudet (1879-1928); died, September 26, 1917, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford (1837-1857 & 1911-1917) and Asylum Hill (128 Woodland Street, 1911-1917). Advocate for the education of the deaf. Considered an authority on international law. (1879-1973) minister – born November 12, 1879, in Kearney, MO; minister, Asylum Avenue Baptist Church (1920-1946); assistant minister, Asylum Hill Congregational Church (1947-1963); chaplain, State Veterans Home and Hospital, Rocky Hill; president, Hartford Council of Churches; trustee, Hartford Seminary Foundation; trustee, Andover Newton Theological Seminary; president, Rotary Club of Hartford; director, Travelers’ Aid; director, Family Service Society. Wife, Carolyn Couchman (1885-1981); children, Paul H. C. Haggard (1910-1977), Elizabeth Haggard (1915-1993), and Barbara Haggard (1922-1983); died June 5, 1973, in West Hartford, CT. (1857-1904) philanthropist: born September 15, 1857, in Hartford, CT; husband, William Converse Skinner (1855-1922, married 1880-1904); children Marjorie Skinner (1881-1968), Roberts Keney Skinner (1886-1963), and William Skinner, Jr. (1888-1962); died August 4, 1904, at Fenwick, Old Saybrook, CT. Resident of Hartford (1857-1904) and Asylum Hill (61 Woodland Street). (1839-1923) priest, real estate magnate, philanthropist – born September 25, 1839, in Hartford, CT; employee, Howe, Mather & Company (1854-1856); employee, Morton & Grinnell (1856-1857); student, Berkeley Divinity School (1860-1863), ordained deacon, May 27, 1863, and priest, December 19, 1863; rector, Trinity Episcopal Church (1865-1871); rector, Saint John’s Episcopal Church (1872); rector, Trinity Episcopal Church, Wethersfield, CT (1874-1875); rector, Church of the Good Shepherd (1876-1877); archdeacon of Hartford (1878-1888); manager, J. J. & F. Goodwin (1878-1923); trustee, Wadsworth Atheneum (1875-1919); trustee, Berkeley Divinity School; trustee, Trinity College; trustee, Watkinson Farm School; director, Aetna Insurance Company; director, Holyoke Water Power Company; director, Hartford Retreat; member, Hartford Board of Park Commissioners (1880-1910); member, Hartford Board of School Visitors; member, Hartford Board of Street Commissioners (1879-1880); trustee, Keney Park; wife, Mary Alsop Jackson (1842-1922, married 1863-1922); children, James Goodwin (1865-1917), William Brownell Goodwin (1866-1950), Sarah Morgan Goodwin (1868-1909), Alice Fenwick Goodwin (1871-1947), Lucy Morgan Goodwin (1873-1884), Charles Archibald Goodwin (1876-1954), F. Spencer Goodwin (????-1953), and Jeanette Goodwin (????-1967); died October 5, 1923, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford and Asylum Hill (103 Woodland Street). Helped draft City Charter adopted by Connecticut General Assembly (1895). Superintended construction of 71 Woodland Street (Goodwin Castle) and 103 Woodland Street. Helped to establish Colt Park, Elizabeth Park, Keney Park, Pope Park, and South Park, which was later named Goodwin Park in his honor. With Mary Alsop Jackson, donated funds for current Trinity Episcopal Church building and Goodwin Hall, named in honor of their daughter, Lucy Morgan Goodwin. (1836-1904) industrialist – born September 11, 1836, in Brooklyn, New York; employee, Howard Brothers, Springfield, MA; treasurer, James L. Howard & Company; member, Park Congregational Church; member, Hartford Board of Common Council; wife, Julia Lisette Cutler (1843-1913, married 1864-1904); children, Julia Cutler Howard (1866-1948), Leland Howard (1868-1890), Frank Edgar Howard (1875-1957), James Leland Howard (1878-1962), and Helen Elizabeth Howard (1882-1906); died September 4, 1904 in Bad Nauheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, German Empire. Resident of Hartford (ca. 1870-1904) and Asylum Hill. (1819-1874) priest, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hartford – born April 16, 1819, Franklin, PA; teacher, Fordham, NY; ordained priest, May 18, 1846; missionary, Watertown, NY; pastor, Saint John’s Catholic Church, Utica, NY; consecrated third Bishop of Hartford, March 14, 1858; died October 12, 1874, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford and Asylum Hill (108 Woodland Street, 1872-1874). Began construction of the Cathedral and Convent of Saint Joseph. (1863-1933) Financier – born November 21, 1863, in New York City, NY; special partner, Francis R. Cooley & Company (1915-1933); vice president & director, Hartford Morris Plan Bank; vice president, Hartford Gas Company; vice president, Hartford Hospital; director, Landers, Frary & Clark; director, American Hosiery Company; director, Whitlock Coil Pipe Company; director, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company; director, Connecticut Fire Insurance Company; director, First National Bank of Hartford; member, executive committee, Connecticut Humane Society; trustee, Kingswood School; member, Hartford Board of Street Commissioners (1905-1908); member, Hartford Board of Finance; wife, Alice Cleveland Browne (1966-1958, married 1890-1933); children, Francis Browne Cooley (1891-1966) and John Cleveland Cooley (1903-1987); died November 15, 1933 in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford and Asylum Hill (31 Woodland Street). One of the first people in Hartford to own an automobile. (1943-2016) minister – ordained (1968), youth minister, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Saginaw, MI; associate conference minister, Florida United Church of Christ; senior pastor, Congregational Church of Algonquin, Algonqin, IL; senior pastor, Coral Gables, United Church of Christ; senior pastor, Asylum Hill Congregational United Church of Christ (1998-2011); interim pastor, Our Saviour’s United Church of Chist, Ripon, WI; interim pastor, Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ, Malone, WI; member, ServCorps; founder, Holyland Food Pantry; president, Artesia Beach Association; member, American Legion Post #75; wife, Elizabeth Ann Schmiechen (1945- , married, 1966-2016); children, Kenny Miller, Mark Miller, and Chris Miller. Trumpet, Celebration Dixieland Band. (1845-1914) physician – born January 16, 1845, in Litchfield, CT; physician, Charity Hospital, Blackwell’s Island, New York City, NY; private physician, Hartford, CT; visiting physician and surgeon, Hartford Hospital; medical director, Travelers Insurance Company; member, Hartford Medical Society; director, Connecticut Humane Society; member, Trinity Episcopal Church; wife, Elise Mitchell (1842-1916, married 1870-1914); children, Elizabeth Mitchell Davis (1871-1950), Arthur Wendell Davis (1874-1904), Louise Pierrepont Davis (1880-1914), and Helen Fitch Davis (1882-1928); died April 1, 1914, in Hartford, CT. Resident of Hartford (1870-1914) and Asylum Hill (30 Woodland Street). Davis Memorial Window at Trinity Episcopal Church funded by his family and named in his honor. (1811-1896) author – born Litchfield, CT, June 14, 1811; published works include An Elementary Geography (1833), The Mayflower (1843), Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852), Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853), Trip to England (1853), Sunny Memories (1854), Dred (1856), Our Charley (1858), Minister’s wooing (1859), Pearl of Orr’s Island (1862), Agnes of Sorrento (1863), House and Home Papers (1864), Little Foxes (1865), Nina Gordon (Dred) (1866), Religious Poems (1867), Queer Little People (1867), The Chimney Corner (1868), Men of Our Times (1868), Oldtown Folks (1869), Lady Byron Vindicated (1870), Little Pussy Willow (1870), The History of the Byron Controversy (1871), Pink and White Tyranny (1871), Old Town Fireside Stories (1871), My Wife and I (1872), Palmetto Leaves (1873), Library of Famous Fiction (1873), We and Our Neighbors (1875), Betty’s Bright Idea (1876), Footsteps of the Master (1877), Bible Heroines (1878), Poganuc People (1878), and A Dog’s Mission (1881); husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802-1886, married 1836-1886); children, Harriet Beecher Stowe (1836-1907), Eliza Tyler Stowe (1836-1912), Henry Ellis Beecher Stowe (1838-1857), Frederick William Stowe (1840-1871), Georgiana May Stowe (1843-1890), Samuel Charles Stowe (1848-1849), and Charles Edward Stowe (1850-1934). Resident of Hartford (1815-1832 & 1863-1896) and of Asylum Hill (Oakholm, 1863-1873, and 73 Forest Street, 1873-1896). Member of the Beecher family that included Lyman Beecher (father), Catharine Esther Beecher (sister), Henry Ward Beecher (brother), and Isabella Beecher Hooker (half-sister). (1793-1880) lawyer, judge, and resident of Asylum Hill (Sumner Street); served as clerk, State Senate; chief clerk, Court of Claims; trustee, Trinity College (1830-1858); trustee, Bishop’s Fund, Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut; married (1825-1832) to Catherine Hutchinson Brinley (1806-1832) and (1835-1876) to Sarah Blair Watkinson (1813-1876); children Catherine Brinley Huntington (1837-1873), Maria Champion Huntington (1838-1911), Robert Watkinson Huntington (1840-1917), Samuel Huntington (1842-1923), Henry Kent Huntington (1845-1897), Elizabeth Adams Huntington (1847-1930), and Sara Blair Huntington (1847-1936). Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery. 