Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut

and which in its mutual enjoyment became the gem before which all others grew dim. Mr. Getman is survived by his wife and only son, Frederick Hutton Getman. HON. SMITH P. GLOVER, of Sandy Hook, is one of the most highl}' respected citizens of the county, and worthily represents a family which has long been prominent in this section. Mr. Glover is a descendant of Henry Glover, of England, who came to America in 1O36, and located in the New Haven colony. John Glover, the grandfather of our subject, was born Novem- ber I, 1787, and made his home in Zoar Dis- trict, of the town of Newtown, where he died May 10, 1828. His first wife was Miss Esther Beers, his second being a Miss Curtis, and three children survived him as follows: Maryette, \s'ho married Ira Curtis; Juliette, wife of Harrison Havvley; and William Beach, our subject's father, all born to the marriage with Esther Beers. William Beach Glover was born February 4, 1811, in Zoar District, town of Newtown, and about 1835 went into mercantile business at Sandy Hook in partnership with Samuel B. Peck. After four years in his first location he removed to the store which has since been known as '• Glover's Store. " It was conducted under the name of William B. Glover until 1861, when his son (our subject) and J. Hobart Warner joined him under the title of William B. Glover & Co. After the death of the senior partner in 1864, the two younger members of the firm con- tinued the business under the firm name of Glover & Warner. The present building was erected by William Beach Glover in 1857, and is one of the largest in the locality, the business being still carried on successfully by others on the lines laid down by the founder, who was noted for his sound judgment and foresight. Mr. Glover devoted his attention quite strictly to his business, and while he was a stanch Whig in early years, later becoming an equally firm sup- porter of the Republican party, he never took an active share in partisan work. For many years he was a leading member of the Episcopal Church, belonging to Trir^ty parish in Newtown, and at his death he left a bequest in his will for the purpose of building a church at Sandy Hook, now known as St. John's Church. He died March 16, 1864, sincerely mourned by all classes in the community. His first wife, Harriet A. (Peck), to whom he was married November 7, 1832, was born September i, 1810, a daughter of Zera S. A. Peck, of Brookfield, this county, 20 and died September 30, 1843. On September 25, 1848, for his second wife he married Susan Nichols, who was born December 25, 1817, and died May 18, 1899. He had four children, all by the first marriage: Esther S., born Septem- ber 23, 1833, died January 4, i860; John E., born December 10, 1835, died February 5, 1872; Smith P., our subject, is mentioned more fully below; and Beach Booth, born June 9, 1838, died April 5, 1841. Smith P. Glover, whose name introduces these lines, was born August 16, 1837, and was educated in Sandy Hook and at the academy in Newtown. At the age of fifteen he began his business career as clerk in his father's store, and after becoming fully acquainted with all the de- tails of the management he was admitted in 1 86 1 , as noted above, to membership in the firm. After the death of his father he continued as senior partner of the firm of Glover & Warner until Mr. Clarke entered the firm, when the title was changed to Glover, Warner & Clarke. This arrangement lasted until 1889, when Mr. Glover retired from the firm. He has been connected more or less closely with various business enter- prises at different times, and his ventures have been uniformly successful, as he is one of the keen, far-sighted men whose judgment can be re- lied on. This fact, in connection with his wide- spread knowledge of affairs, has brought him a large amount of business for others, in the settle- ment of estates. For many years he has been prominent in the political work in his locality as a member of the Republican party. In 1872 he was a member of the State Senate from the old Eleventh Senatorial District, and in 1884 and 1885 he represented the Fifteenth District in the same body. During his first term he was chairman of the committee on Sale of Lands, and during the last two years of his service he was chairman of the committee on Finance. On September 30, 1861, Mr. Glover married Miss Maria A. Tomlinson, a daughter of George A. Tomlinson, of Oxford, Conn., and the follow- ing children have blessed the union: William T. , born October 13, 1862, died September 5, 1863; Lorena T. , born May 8, 1865, was married De- cember I I, 1895, to George F. Taylor; and Har- riet P., born May 30, 1870, was married January 12, 1898, to Charles Lawrence Warner, a son of Austin and Belle (Lawrence) Warner, of Vicks- burg, Miss. They have one child, Lawrence Glover Warner, born October 29, 1898. The family is prominent socially, and Mr. Glover is an active member of Hiram Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M., at Newtown, in which he is a Master Mason. He was formerly a member of Trinity Episcopal 306 COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Church at Newtown, but is now identified with St. John's Church of Sandy Hooi<. The Glover Family has been identified with Connecticut from early Colonial times, its various branches tracing their descent from Henry Glover, a native of England, who crossed the Atlantic in 1636, landing at Boston. He is supposed to have been about twenty-four years ■old at the time, and the remainder of his life was spent chiefly at New Haven, where he died September 2, 1689. According to the old rec- ords, he "became reconciled to the Church" in New Haven June 11, 1644, and took the oath of allegiance to the Colony July i, 1644. His wife, Helena, died at New Haven ^tarch i, 1697. They had a family of seven children, as follows: Mary was baptized June 12, 1641; Mercy, bap- tized August 16, 1643, was married May 5, 16G4, to Moses Mansfield; Hannah, baptized May 26, 1646, was married November 24, 1663, to David Ashley; John (i), the ne.xt in the line of descent which we are now tracing, is mentioned mure fully below; Abigail (i) died in infancy; Abigail (2), baptized July 31, 1652, was married Decem- ber II, 1678, to Daniel Burr; and Sarah, born December 3, 1655, was married December 11, 1678, to John Bailer. John Glover (i) was born October 8, 1648, and died January 29, 1679. On December 7, 1671, he married Joanna Daniel, by whom he had the following named children: Hannah, born October 10, 1672; John, who is mentioned below; Elizabeth, born February 23, 1676, who piarried Abram Dickenson, January 6, 1697-98; and Mehitabel, born May i, 1679, who was mar- ried December 18, 1705, to Benjamin Coney, of Stratford. Joanna (Daniel) Glover, widow of John, was married December 28, 1682, to Will- iam Thompson. John Glover (2), son of John and Joanna, was born in New Haven, November 20, 1674, and for about sixteen years of his manhood re- sided at Stratford. He died June 30, 1752, and was buried at Newtown. On November 27, 1700, he married, for his first wife, Margaret or Marjory Hubbard, who died at Stratford, March 14, 1704, leaving two sons, John and Henry, who are both mentioned farther on. On July 14, 1707, he married, for a sectnid wife, Mrs. Bathiah Beach Bickley, by whom he had one son, Ben- jamin, who is mentioned more fully below. John Glover (3), eldest son of John of Strat- ford, was born in New Haven, December 30. 1 70 1, and, although an old man at the time of the Revolutionary war, served from 1777 to 1783 in the Dragoon Artillery, Third Troo(), Connecticut Militia, under Col. Elisha Sheldon. On July 12, 1724, he was married at Norwalk, this county, by Stephen Buckingham, to Eliza- beth Bennett, of Stratford, by whom he had the following children: Marjory, born May 22, 1725, married David Blackman, of Newtown; Sarah, born January 3, i 726; Elizabeth, born January I, 1728, married October 7, 1751, to Joseph Blackman, of Newtown; Bathiah, born February 20, 1730, married October 7, 1757, to John Camp, of Newtown; John and James, of whom mention is made farther on; Isaac; Arnold; and Susannah, who died December 6, 1822, in New- town. Henry Glover, son of John, of Stratford, was born at that place, October 8, 1703, and died February 12, 1784. He was married February 12, 1735, to Prudence Stoddard, by whom he had the following children: Henry, an account of whom is given in the paragraph devoted to the fifth generation; Snneon, born July 2, 1738, died in December, 1755, leaving no heirs; Es- ther, born May 23, 1740, died April 8, 1759; Pru- dence, born June 5, 1742; Silas, born April 8, 1744, died December 18, 1758; Anadine, born May 29, 1746, died in 1753, aged seven years; Elias, born August 9, 1748, died in June, 1832, married (first) Nancy Beers, and (second) Joanna North- rop; Solomon, born December i, 1750, is men- tioned more fully below; Anadine (2), born No- vember 7, 1754, married a Mr. Bradfield and set- tled in Danbury. Benjamin Glover, the third son of John of Stratford, was born at that place September 7, 1708, and was married on October 10, 1732, by Rev. John Beach, of Newtown, to Mollie Bun- nell, from near New Haven. The children of this union were: Glorianna, born August 22. 1734, did not marry; Huldah, born February 6, 1737, married Joseph Prindle; Mary, born April 6, 1739, married William Havvley; Mabel, born January 22, 1741; Bathia, born March 4, 1743, married Joseph Tomlinson, of Brookfield, this county; Rebecca, born May 7, 1745, mar- ried November 17, 1767, Ichabod Fairman; Ala- thea, born October 5, 1747; Christopher, born December 9, 1750; Amelia, born August 28, 1753, married a Mr. Jarvis, and moved to To- ronto; and Benjamin, born May 5, 1756, mar- ried Phoebe Sanford. The lines of descent from this branch of the family are not traced farther in this sketch, and in the following paragraph we will mention only descendants of John and Henry, the sons of John of Stratford, by his first wife.