Thomas Toothe

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782 COMMEMORATIVE   BIOGRAPHICAL   RECORD. Allen,  born  Nov.  30,  1858,  who,  with  his  mother,  is now  living  at  the  old  home,  which  is  surrounded  by Yale  College.  This  land,  or  allotment,  was  where Yale  College  was  first  founded,  and  for  thirty  years ^v■as  the  only  land  owned  by  the  Yale  Association ; in  fact  it  was  one  of  a  long  series  of  purchases  ex- tending through  a  period  of  one  hundred  years. This  land  has  been  in  the  possession  of  only  five .parties  since  its  original  purchase  from  the  Indians. William  Tuttle  being  the  last  before  it  went  into the  possession  of  Yale  College. Chakles  Allen  Tuttle,  son  of  Charles  F.  Tut- tle, was  born  Nov.  30,  1S5S,  and  educated  at  the Episcopal  Academy,  Cheshire,  Conn.,  from  which institution  he  was  graduated  in  1878.  He  was  a member  of  the  class  of  1884  at  Yale  College.  In 1882  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Xew  Haven Morning  A'cxi's,  and  was  associated  with  that  paper three  years;  then  was  engaged  as  a  general  broker in  New  Haven  from  1885  to  i88g,  after  which  he v/as  associated  with  his  father  in  business.  He is  now  retired. Charles  A.  Tuttle  has  been  twice  married.  On April  I,  1888,  he  wedded  Florence  I.  Graham,  of New  Haven,  who  died  Jan.  12,  1890.  On  Oct.  15, 1893,  Mr.  Tuttle  married  (second)  Juliet  Vibbert Gibbons,  of  Middletown,  Conn.  Mr.  Tuttle  has traveled  extensively,  and  is  of  a  literary  turn  of mind,  very  popular,  and,  withal,  public-spirited  and generous. ALBERT  FORBES,  a  well-known  market  gar- dener and  dairy  farmer  of  East  Flaven.  was  born  in ,  that  town  on  the  farm  where  Alexander  Richmond •now  resides,  July  15,  1825,  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel Forbes,  who  was  also  born  in  East  Haven,  in  1790. The  grandfather,  Samuel  Forbes,  Sr.,  was  a  na- tive of  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and  a  sea  captain, commanding  a  vessel  running  between  this  coun- try and  the  West  Indies.  He  married  Elizabeth Auger,  and  was  lost  at  sea  when  the  father  of  our subject  was  but  eight  years  old.  In  his  family were  three  children,  the  others  being  Amy  and Mary.  Throughout  life  Samuel  Forbes,  Jr.,  fol- lowed the  occupation  of  a  fanner,  and  soon  after his  marriage  removed  to  the  farm  where  our  sub- ject was  'born.  He  married  Betsey  Forbes,  daugh- ter of  EH  Forbes,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of East  Haven,  and  she  was  third  in  order  of  birth in  a  family  of  five  children,  namely:  Morris, Isaac,  Betsey,  Almira,  and  Sally,  who  died  young. She  died  in  1873,  ^t  the  age  of  eighty-three  years, and  her  husband  in  1874,  at  the  age  of  eighty- four.  They  had  five  children:  Albert,  our  sub- ject; Sarah,  wife  of  Isaac  Culver,  living  near  Fair Haven;  Jennette,  who  died  in  1883;  Jemme.  who died  young;  and  Jerome  (2nd),  who  died  in  1884. The  subject  of  this  sketch  attended  the  com- mon schools  of  East  Haven  and  Joseph  Rodgers' private  scliool  on  Townsend  avenue.  He  remained with  his  father  upon  the  home  farm  until  thirty- '  two  years  of  age,  and  in  1854  erected  the  house which  he  still  occupies.  He  has  successfully  en- gaged in  market  gardening  and  dairy  fanning,  and m  1849  was  owner  of  the  sailing  vessel  "Friend- j  ship,"  which  was  destroyed  by  fire  at  sea  while  on a  voyage  to  the  Sandwich  Islands  that  vear. ^Ir.  Forbes  was  married,  April  8,  1857,  to  Miss Harriet  C.  Hemingway,  of  Fair  Haven,  who  was born  in   1832,  and  they  had  two  children:     Eliza- beth  A.,  now  the  wife  of  Clift'ord  Street ;  and  Sarah, I  who  died   in    1882,  at  the   age   of   thirteen   years. !  Politically  Mr.   Forbes   is  a  Jacksonian  Democrat, I  and   has   filled   the   office   of   selectman    in   a   most I  creditable    and    satisfactory    manner.       Honorable 1  and  upright   in   all   his   dealings   he  has  met  with !  well-deserved  success  in  life,  and  can  say  what  few men  can,  that  he  has  never  borrowed  a  dollar  dur- ing  his   entire   life.      He   is   highly   respected   and esteemed   by   all   who  know   him    for  his   sterling worth  and  strict  integrity. I        JAMES  TOOTHE,  foreman  of  the  soldering '  department  of  the  Meriden  Britannia  factory,  is  one ■  of  the  city's  best  known  and  highly  esteemed  citi- zens.    A  native  of  England,  he  was  bom  Feb.  12, 1842,  in  the  great  industrial  city  of  Birmingham, son    of    Thomas  and  Jane    (Ward)    Toothe,   the former  of  whom  was  a  son  of  James  Toothe,  also ;  of  Birmingham,  who  in  turn  was  a  son  of  a  Thom- as Toothe,  who  followed  the  trade  of  shoemakir in  that  city,  where  he  was  known  as  a  respected citizen   and   consistent   member  of   the   Church  of England. Thomas  Toothe,  son  of  James,  was  born  in  1802, and  learned  the  trade  of  metal  spinner,  at  which  he worked  for  a  number  of  years.  In  his  native  city he  married  Jane  Ward,  who  was  born  in  Birming- ham, daughter  of  William  Ward,  a  bricklayer, both  of  whom  died  in  Birmingham.  There  were ten  children  born  to  Thomas  and  Jane  Toothe, namely :  William,  who  is  vice-president  of  the Nathan  ^lanufacturing  Co.,  of  New  York,  whose daughter,  Jennie  Ward  Toothe,  married  Dr.  O.  J. D.  Hughes,  consul  general  at  Coburg,  Germany; Charles,  who  is  a  metal  spinner  and  resides  in \\'allingford;  James,  of  this  biography;  Henry,  a traveling  salesman,  who  resides  in  Brooklyn,  N. Y. ;  Thomas,  who  died  in  infancy;  Thomas  (2), who  diied  in  infancy;  Mary,  who  died  young; Sophia,  who  died  unmarried ;  Sarah  ^Maria  Eliza- beth, who  died  at  the  age  of  eight  vears :  and  Al- fred, who  died  young.  The  mother  of  these  chil- dren was  a  consistent  and  worthy  member  of  the Church  of  England,  and  was  ever  a  devoted  wife and  loving  mother.  After  her  death,  in  her  native city,  Mr.  Toothe  with  his  sons  emigrated  to  Amer- ica and  located  in  Meriden.  Conn.,  where  the  re- mainder of  his  life  was  passed.  Here  he  died  in 1882  after  some  years  of  retirement  from  active life,  and  his  remains  repose  in  West  cemetery.  He was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Established  Church