Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . uard,and is a veteran associate of that military organization now. He isa prominent thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the KnightsTemplars, the Pyramid Temple, the Knights of Honor, the Order ofEed Men, and the Order of The Mystic Shrine. He is past eminentcommander of the Washington Commandery, Knights Templars, andpast dictator of Pioneer Lodge, Knights of Honor. He is also amember of the Hartford Club, of the Republican Club, and of theFranklin Gun Club. Home pleasu
Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . uard,and is a veteran associate of that military organization now. He isa prominent thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the KnightsTemplars, the Pyramid Temple, the Knights of Honor, the Order ofEed Men, and the Order of The Mystic Shrine. He is past eminentcommander of the Washington Commandery, Knights Templars, andpast dictator of Pioneer Lodge, Knights of Honor. He is also amember of the Hartford Club, of the Republican Club, and of theFranklin Gun Club. Home pleasures, automobiling, and club lifeare his favorite relaxations from business. His religious connectionsare with the Park Congregational Church, Hartford. On December 17th, 1857, Mr. Davidson married Catharine AnneBartholomew, by whom he has had three children. One son, WilliamBartholomew, the only child still living, is cashier in the UnitedStates Bank, Hartford. Mr. Davidson believes that young peoplewill meet with success by living an honest, temperate, and uprightlife, with strict integrity in all business MILES LEWIS PECK PECK, MILES LEWIS, of Bristol was born in that town July24th, 1849. He is a descendant of Paul Peck, who came fromEngland to Boston in 1635, In 1636 he moved to Hartford,where he owned a farm on Washington Street, near the present StateCapitol, and was a deacon in the First Church of Hartford. WilliamLewis, another ancestor, emigrated from England in 1633. Hisgreat-grandson, Josiah Lewis, and Zebulon Peck, the great-grand-eon of Paul Peck, moved to Bristol in 1748, mainly to receive thebenefit of the ministrations of Rev. Samuel Newell, first pastor ofthe church in Bristol. Their descendants have always been prominentcitizens of Bristol. Other ancestors of Mr. Peck are Josiah Wins-low, a brother of Governor Winslow of Massachusetts; Henry Adams,of Braintree, Massachusetts, whose descendants include John Adamsand John Quincy Adams, presidents of the
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