Alice C. Carter Murdock

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BIOGRAPHIES. 411 but  during  the  last  years  of  his  life supported  the  Democratic  party.  He never  sought  or  accepted  any  political office.  Both  Mr.  Murdock  and  his wife  belonged  to  old  Congregational families  and  were  members  of  that church  but  in  later  life  joined  the Episcopal  church. He  married  Harriet  M.  Bronson* daughter  of  Judge  Bennet  and  An- na (Smith)  Bronson,  of  Waterbury, to  whom  three  children  were  bom: Mary  E.,  October  8,  1843;  George Bronson,  February  25.  1846,  and Charles  Z.,  May  1,  1850.  Mr.  Mur- dock died  January  30,  1874,  and  his wife  survived  him  twenty  years,  pass- ing away  in  1895. George  B.  Murdock,  oldest  son  of Zina  K.  and  Harriet  M.  Murdock,  at- tended the  Meriden  public  schools, Meriden  Academy  and  the  Russell Militar}'  Academy  at  New  Haven. He  grew  to  manhood  on  the  farm where  he  has  always  remained  en- gaged in  general  agriculture. Mr.  Murdock  is  one  of  the  directors of  the  Meriden  Savings  Bank  and  was one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Meriden Grange,  the  first  three  years  of  which he  was  master.  He  was  married  in Meriden  in  1896  to  Harriet  Elizabeth Graves,  of  Xew  Haven.  Their  chil- dren are  George  Peter,  born  May  11, 1897;  Harriet  Josephine,  born  Octo- ber 22,  1898,  and  Bennet  Bronson, bom  January  15,  1901. Charles  Zina  Murdock,  youngest son  of  Zina  K.  and  Harriet  M.  (Bron- son) Murdock,  was  bom  on  his  fath- er's farm  May  i,  1850.   He  attended the  Meriden  public  schools  and  the Meriden  Academy  and  also  the  Rus* sell  Military  Academy  at  New  Haven. He  remained  upon  the  home  fami until  he  was  thirty-eight  years  old, previous  to  which  he  was  engaged  in general  agriculture  and  dairy  farm- ing. In  1888,  by  agreement  with  his mother  and  brother,  he  took  one  hun- dred acres  of  his  father's  estate  on Paddock  avenue,  upon  the  highest  ele- vation of  which  he  has  erected  his present  modern  residence. He  is  a  member  of  the  Meriden Grange  and  belongs  to  no  other  so- ciety; is  domestic  in  his  tastes,  well versed  in  the  topics  of  the  day  and  is an  extensive  reader  of  the  best  lit- erature. He  was  married  March  6,  1889,  to Miss  Alice  C.  Carter,  who  is  remem- bered as  a  woman  of  marked  beauty, a  warm  and  generous  heart  and  cul- tivated mind,  with  a  keen  apprecia- tion of  the  highest  and  noblest  in daily  life,  and  who  died  April  25, 189 1, and  was  buried  in  the  West  cemetery at  Meriden.  But  one  child  was  born to  the  union.  Carter  Z.,  Feb.  12,  1891. REV.  HARVEY  MILLER. One  of  the  clerg^'men  of  the  town who  enjoyed  the  esteem  of  the  com- munity in  a  marked  degree  was  the late  Rev.  Harvey  Miller,  who  was  for eighteen  years  pastor  of  the  First Baptist  church. He  was  born  in  Wallingford,  the son  of  Samuel  Miller.  His  father was  a  preacher  before  him  and  like Digitized  by  Google