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r 432 A  CENTURY  OF  MERIDKN. man  in  Montana,  who  married  Laura M.  Edwards'  of  BilHngs,  Mont.; Mary  C,  widow  of  the  late  Edward H.  White,  of  Meriden ;  liertha  C, wife  of  Frederick  E.  Bemis.  of  Meri- den ;  Robert  WiUiam  and  Annie  Z., both  of  Meriden. Mr.  Carter,  after  retaininj^  his  fine hold  on  Meriden  interests  for  forty- three  years,  died  September  28.  1893. before  old  age  had  really  claimed  him. He  was  buried  in  West  cemetery. J.  T.  POAHiROY. The  ancestry  of  the  late  James  Tib- bals  Pomeroy  embraces  Connecticut families  who  helped  to  lay  a  solid foundation  for  the  Nutmeg  state's greatness.  Many  of  the  men  were rugged  tillers  of  the  soil  who  derived their  n*»vsical  endurance  and  menta! firmness  among  the  rocks  and  loam where  they  labored  as  in  God's  vine- yarcl. The  Pomeroy  name  is  as  old  al- most as  the  hills  and  its  bearers  have no  cause  to  feel  ashamed  of  their forebears. His  father.  Xoah  Pomerov.  was  b\ turns  a  farmer  and  an  itinerant  tin peddler  in  th<xse  days  when  this  oc- cu])ation  was  lucrative,  highly  honor* able  and  full  of  the  charm  and  s]>icc of  life.  He  was  likewise  a  manufac- turer of  tin  and  again  a  farmer. Th.it  he  was  held  in  the  highest  re- s])ect  by  his  townsmen  is  evidenced by  the  public  offices  he  filled,  all  that were  in  the  gift  of  the  people.  The Universalist  church  of  this  citv  was organized  in  his  house  and  Mr.  Pucn eroy  was  one  of  its  most  able  snp porters.  The  greater  a  man's  nn-na caliber,  the  greater  the  duties  that  ar borne  by  him  ;  it  is  quite  natural,  rhrr* fore,  to  find  Mr.  Pomeroy  one  01  th first  directors  of  the  Meriden  bani and  later  its  president. lames  Pomeroy  was  bom  in  tin city  and  turned  naturally  to  agrkd JA.MliS    TIIUt.M.S  POMEROY. ture.  owning  and  operating  hi*  lafi t-r's  large  stock  estate  in  East  .Men den.  His  knowledge  of  rural  medj ods  and  his  comprehension  of  a  sij nation  which  called  ft>r  unity  <| thought,  pur|)ose  and  action  anwi^ the  farming  element  led  him  to  ot ganize  the  Meriden  (irange.  a  socicB to  which  he  gave  largely  of  his  tiw