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"Lucius Conant was born Sept. 29, 1799, in Mansfield, Conn., where during the earlier part of his life he followed the business of manufacturing steelyards and augers. In his later years he operated a grist mill in Gurleyville, and in 1845 he went into a silk mill as an overseer. His connection with the silk industry continued during the remainder of his active life, and his death occurred in Mansfield, Conn., Nov. 10, 1869. Mr. Conant was a modest man of reserved disposition, and was much respected for his substantial qualities and sterling worth. His religious associations were with the Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Mr. Conant was married Dec. 6, 1821, to Marietta Eaton, who was born in 1801, at Mansfield, Conn., a daughter of Jeduthan and Lydia (Campbell) Eaton. She died in November, 1859, and was buried in the Gurleyville Cemetery. Mr. Conant married for his second wife Mrs. Julia (Hanks) Conant, the widow of John W. Conant and daughter of Rodney Hanks. Lucius Conant was the father of the following children, all born to the first wife: Harriet Marilla, born June 30, 1823, married William H. Atwood, who died in Mansfield in 1878, and she now lives in Stonington, Conn.; Lydia Amanda, born Feb. 27, 1825, is the wife of John E. Atwood, a member of the Atwood-Morrison Co., of Stonington, Conn.; Mary Jane, born April 25, 1827, married Asa P. Squires, and died March 24, 1860; John Ashbel, born Aug. 16, 1829; David Philo, born Aug. 29, 1833, resides in Canton, Mass., where he was several years in charge of a silk mill (he has one son, Lucius); William L., died in infancy; Hiram Ellsworth, born Sept. 13, 1839, was a silk throwster, and died in Contoocook, N. H., in August, 1883, leaving two sons, Frank E. and Dwight E.; and Juliette, born Dec. 7, 1843, married James L. Merrick, and lives in Springfield, Massachusetts."
—Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1903, pp. 468-469.
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"Lucius Conant was born Sept. 29, 1799, in Mansfield, Conn., where during the earlier part of his life he followed the business of manufacturing steelyards and augers. In his later years he operated a grist mill in Gurleyville, and in 1845 he went into a silk mill as an overseer. His connection with the silk industry continued during the remainder of his active life, and his death occurred in Mansfield, Conn., Nov. 10, 1869. Mr. Conant was a modest man of reserved disposition, and was much respected for his substantial qualities and sterling worth. His religious associations were with the Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Mr. Conant was married Dec. 6, 1821, to Marietta Eaton, who was born in 1801, at Mansfield, Conn., a daughter of Jeduthan and Lydia (Campbell) Eaton. She died in November, 1859, and was buried in the Gurleyville Cemetery. Mr. Conant married for his second wife Mrs. Julia (Hanks) Conant, the widow of John W. Conant and daughter of Rodney Hanks. Lucius Conant was the father of the following children, all born to the first wife: Harriet Marilla, born June 30, 1823, married William H. Atwood, who died in Mansfield in 1878, and she now lives in Stonington, Conn.; Lydia Amanda, born Feb. 27, 1825, is the wife of John E. Atwood, a member of the Atwood-Morrison Co., of Stonington, Conn.; Mary Jane, born April 25, 1827, married Asa P. Squires, and died March 24, 1860; John Ashbel, born Aug. 16, 1829; David Philo, born Aug. 29, 1833, resides in Canton, Mass., where he was several years in charge of a silk mill (he has one son, Lucius); William L., died in infancy; Hiram Ellsworth, born Sept. 13, 1839, was a silk throwster, and died in Contoocook, N. H., in August, 1883, leaving two sons, Frank E. and Dwight E.; and Juliette, born Dec. 7, 1843, married James L. Merrick, and lives in Springfield, Massachusetts."
—Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1903, pp. 468-469.
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"Lucius Conant was born Sept. 29, 1799, in Mansfield, Conn., where during the earlier part of his life he followed the business of manufacturing steelyards and augers. In his later years he operated a grist mill in Gurleyville, and in 1845 he went into a silk mill as an overseer. His connection with the silk industry continued during the remainder of his active life, and his death occurred in Mansfield, Conn., Nov. 10, 1869. Mr. Conant was a modest man of reserved disposition, and was much respected for his substantial qualities and sterling worth. His religious associations were with the Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Mr. Conant was married Dec. 6, 1821, to Marietta Eaton, who was born in 1801, at Mansfield, Conn., a daughter of Jeduthan and Lydia (Campbell) Eaton. She died in November, 1859, and was buried in the Gurleyville Cemetery. Mr. Conant married for his second wife Mrs. Julia (Hanks) Conant, the widow of John W. Conant and daughter of Rodney Hanks. Lucius Conant was the father of the following children, all born to the first wife: Harriet Marilla, born June 30, 1823, married William H. Atwood, who died in Mansfield in 1878, and she now lives in Stonington, Conn.; Lydia Amanda, born Feb. 27, 1825, is the wife of John E. Atwood, a member of the Atwood-Morrison Co., of Stonington, Conn.; Mary Jane, born April 25, 1827, married Asa P. Squires, and died March 24, 1860; John Ashbel, born Aug. 16, 1829; David Philo, born Aug. 29, 1833, resides in Canton, Mass., where he was several years in charge of a silk mill (he has one son, Lucius); William L., died in infancy; Hiram Ellsworth, born Sept. 13, 1839, was a silk throwster, and died in Contoocook, N. H., in August, 1883, leaving two sons, Frank E. and Dwight E.; and Juliette, born Dec. 7, 1843, married James L. Merrick, and lives in Springfield, Massachusetts."
—Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1903, pp. 468-469.
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"Lucius Conant was born Sept. 29, 1799, in Mansfield, Conn., where during the earlier part of his life he followed the business of manufacturing steelyards and augers. In his later years he operated a grist mill in Gurleyville, and in 1845 he went into a silk mill as an overseer. His connection with the silk industry continued during the remainder of his active life, and his death occurred in Mansfield, Conn., Nov. 10, 1869. Mr. Conant was a modest man of reserved disposition, and was much respected for his substantial qualities and sterling worth. His religious associations were with the Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Mr. Conant was married Dec. 6, 1821, to Marietta Eaton, who was born in 1801, at Mansfield, Conn., a daughter of Jeduthan and Lydia (Campbell) Eaton. She died in November, 1859, and was buried in the Gurleyville Cemetery. Mr. Conant married for his second wife Mrs. Julia (Hanks) Conant, the widow of John W. Conant and daughter of Rodney Hanks. Lucius Conant was the father of the following children, all born to the first wife: Harriet Marilla, born June 30, 1823, married William H. Atwood, who died in Mansfield in 1878, and she now lives in Stonington, Conn.; Lydia Amanda, born Feb. 27, 1825, is the wife of John E. Atwood, a member of the Atwood-Morrison Co., of Stonington, Conn.; Mary Jane, born April 25, 1827, married Asa P. Squires, and died March 24, 1860; John Ashbel, born Aug. 16, 1829; David Philo, born Aug. 29, 1833, resides in Canton, Mass., where he was several years in charge of a silk mill (he has one son, Lucius); William L., died in infancy; Hiram Ellsworth, born Sept. 13, 1839, was a silk throwster, and died in Contoocook, N. H., in August, 1883, leaving two sons, Frank E. and Dwight E.; and Juliette, born Dec. 7, 1843, married James L. Merrick, and lives in Springfield, Massachusetts."
—Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1903, pp. 468-469.
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