Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . t of the jobbing de-partment, which in 1899 did over $800,000 worthof business. Mr. Watrous is an obliging and kindlydisposed man, considerate of his men, and popularamong them. For many years he has been the sec-retary of the Rogers Manufacturing Co. In his po-litical views he is independent, voting generally forthe man he believes the best for the place, regard-less of politics. In 1850 Mr. Watrous was marri
Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . t of the jobbing de-partment, which in 1899 did over $800,000 worthof business. Mr. Watrous is an obliging and kindlydisposed man, considerate of his men, and popularamong them. For many years he has been the sec-retary of the Rogers Manufacturing Co. In his po-litical views he is independent, voting generally forthe man he believes the best for the place, regard-less of politics. In 1850 Mr. Watrous was married (first) toHannah H. Andrews, of Farmington, Conn., whodied in 1874, and later he married Marv G. Deming,of Hartford. To the first marriage were born chil-dren as follows: Ada married Walter Hart, whois now employed in the cutlery works, at Unionville,Conn., and they have two children, Mabel andWalter A., the latter a dentist in that place. Oliveris practicing dentistry in Middletown. BENJAMIN MYRICK DESJARDINS, a manof srenius, whose inventions at this time are filling a .... v large space in scientific journals, and a mechanicalengineer and manufacturer of his own devices, at. hjpKfrW***- //L t^X4^^*^V^l-^ COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 357 Hartford, is of French origin in both paternaland maternal lines. Born in Tyre, Mich., Oct. 10, 1858, Mr. Des-Jardins is a son of Gregoir and Mary (Trudeau)JJesJardins, and grandson of Zacharie Desjardins,who was a farmer by occupation, at Sainte Theresede Blainville, Quebec. He was prominent amongthe early French settlers, statesmanlike and deter-mined ; he lived during the disturbed period whenmany of the Catholics were becoming Protestants,sympathizing with the latter. Gregoir Desjardins,having joined the Protestant Church, and being ofa quiet and retiring disposition, left his native homein Canada and became a pioneer in the yet unde-veloped country at Tyre, Mich., where the littlefarmhouse with its artistic garden and walksshowe
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