. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . anding desired in Mr. Williams,who was invited to enter the copartnership, and he did so April 1st,1885. Mr. Williams shares in the social distinctions of his town, being amember of New Haven 2, K. T.,and also a memberof the I. O. O. F., and of the Knights of Pythias. Looking back now over this sketch, we observe what native worthand steady industry, with the upward gaze, may accomplish. Giventhe aspiring mind and heart, and the patient toil of years, and theyoung man thrown upon the world with no resources but himself maycome to emin
. History of New Haven County, Connecticut . anding desired in Mr. Williams,who was invited to enter the copartnership, and he did so April 1st,1885. Mr. Williams shares in the social distinctions of his town, being amember of New Haven 2, K. T.,and also a memberof the I. O. O. F., and of the Knights of Pythias. Looking back now over this sketch, we observe what native worthand steady industry, with the upward gaze, may accomplish. Giventhe aspiring mind and heart, and the patient toil of years, and theyoung man thrown upon the world with no resources but himself maycome to eminence in the professions, and to equal esteem in the com-munity where he lives. Colonel William B. Wooster, born in Oxford, Conn., August22d, 1821, was the son of Russel and Avis (Burr) Wooster, of thattown. His birthplace suggests that the occupation of his father wasagricultural, and that the son shared in the experiences of farm education was pursued in the district school and the academy, andat 19 years of age he began to
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