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 . ary, born Sept. 17. 1789, diedMar. 4, 1793; Lucy, born Aug. 22, 1791, (lied 1793; Daniel, born June 21. 1793, died Sept. 8,1862; Asa born Nov. 8, 1795, died June 15,i860; John, born Nov. 18, 1798, died Dec. 15, 1883;Andrew Modock, the grandfather of Fred, is men-tioned later; , born July 16, 1805, diedAug. 13, 1848. Col. Andrew Modock Litchfield, whose exten-sive business enterp
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 . ary, born Sept. 17. 1789, diedMar. 4, 1793; Lucy, born Aug. 22, 1791, (lied 1793; Daniel, born June 21. 1793, died Sept. 8,1862; Asa born Nov. 8, 1795, died June 15,i860; John, born Nov. 18, 1798, died Dec. 15, 1883;Andrew Modock, the grandfather of Fred, is men-tioned later; , born July 16, 1805, diedAug. 13, 1848. Col. Andrew Modock Litchfield, whose exten-sive business enterprises attracted wide attention,was a man of extraordinary talent and remarkablecharacter. Born in Brooklyn, Oct. 28, 1801,he was but fourteen years of age when his parentsmoved to Hampton. Having a natural aptitudefor mechanics, he. after acquiring a good commonschool education, engaged in several mechanicaltrades, among them that of wheel-wriglit. Thisbeginning opened the wav to something better, thelumber business. A great deal of the lumber usedin Danielson, Conn., at that time passed throughCol. Litchfields hands; he also furnished timberfor the Wauregan dam. He made so much money. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 125 that he afterward enlarged the business till heowned and operated a saw, shingle, clover and gristmill in Hampton, employing at one time a largernumber of men than any other man in that large financial returns to himself and^withgreat benefit to his employes Col. Litchfield con-tinued his business for over fifty years. He thensold out and turned his attention to one time he possessed over 500 acres, being thelargest landowner in the town of Hampton; buthe later .«old all but 125 acres which he retained forhis farm and finally eft to his heirs. Havingamassed considerable wealth he spent the last fif-teen years of his long, useful life in leisure. had an iron constitution, was seldom ill,and retained his youth ful
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