. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . ibault, who died in October,1904, leaving two sons: David Dillon, born April 11, 1901; and William Thibault, whowas born January 26, 1904. Both are now high school pupils. The family are communicants of St. Josephs Roman Catholic church and Dr. Reidyis connected with the Knights of Columbus and with the Benevolent Protective Order ofElks. He also belongs to the Winsted Club and to the Greenwoods Country Club. His lifehas been one of intense and intelligently directed activity and, holding to the highestprofessional standards, he ra
. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . ibault, who died in October,1904, leaving two sons: David Dillon, born April 11, 1901; and William Thibault, whowas born January 26, 1904. Both are now high school pupils. The family are communicants of St. Josephs Roman Catholic church and Dr. Reidyis connected with the Knights of Columbus and with the Benevolent Protective Order ofElks. He also belongs to the Winsted Club and to the Greenwoods Country Club. His lifehas been one of intense and intelligently directed activity and, holding to the highestprofessional standards, he ranks today among the leading physicians and surgeons not only ofWinsted but of his section of the state. JOHN ALEXANDER. John Alexander was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was born August 14, early life he received a good education and also learned the machine blacksmiths he traveled through England, France and Germany, and in 1844 came toAmerica. The voyage was made on a sailing vessel. On landing in New York he proceeded. DR. DAVID D. REIDY WATERBURY AND THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY 401 at once to Paterson, New Jersey, where he followed his trade until lie joined the forty-niners on their journey to the gold regions of California in their search for gold. The tripwas made by way of Cape Horn and was attended with many dangers. On arriving on thePacific coast he spent three years among the mines, meeting with fair success in the retiirning to the east by way of the Isthmus of Panama he continued to make his homein Paterson, New Jersey, until coming to Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1852. In that year hepurchased a farm at East Farms (Waterbury). The homestead is on Alexander avenue,which bears his name. For several years he owned and conducted a machine blacksmith .shopon the present site of the Poli theatre on East Main street but finally sold out and enteredthf- employ of Brown & Brothers. Later he spent eighteen years with the Benedict &
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