The Life of Henry Bradley Plant: Founder and President of the Plant System of Railroads and Steamships and Also of the Southern Express CompanySmyth, G. Hutchinson (George Hutchinson)
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The Life of Henry Bradley Plant: Founder and President of the Plant System of Railroads and Steamships and Also of the Southern Express Company
Smyth, G. Hutchinson (George Hutchinson)
Plant family; Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899
1. Edwin P.^{7} Hotchkiss, a manufacturer at Plantsville.
III. Amzi Perrin^{6} Plant, born July 2, 1816; died July 24, 1874;
married (1), A. E. Shipman, who died April 3, 1849; married (2), March,
1850, Cornelia Dakin.
1. Adelia^{7} Plant, born June 22, 1843; died July 1, 1846.
2. Emily C.^{7} Plant, born May 4, 1853; died April 18, 1867.
3. William Perrin^{7} Plant, born February 8, 1857.
IV. Ebenezer Howard^{6} Plant, born February 25, 1821; died January 12,
1891; married, September 28, 1843, Hannah K. Ives, daughter of Samuel
and Abigail (Moss) Ives; born January 6, 1823; died August 17, 1873.
1. Frederick Howard^{7} Plant, born November 15, 1859.
Messrs. Amzi Perrin^{6} Plant and Ebenezer Howard^{6} Plant engaged in
manufactures in the southern part of Southington, which developed into
large industries, giving employment to many people. The village growing
up about these establishments received their name, and is known as
Plantsville.
_Authorities._--Southington Town and Probate Records; gravestones in
Southington; Trumbull’s _History of Hartford County_.
TIMOTHY^{5} PLANT--CHLOE DICKERMAN.
Timothy^{5} Plant, son of Timothy^{4} and Mary Ann (Colberth) Plant
(Timothy,^{3} John,^{2} John^{1}), born January 3, 1773, at Litchfield,
Connecticut; died April 7, 1836, aged 63, at New Haven; married, January
3, 1795, Chloe^{5} Dickerman, of New Haven, daughter of Stephen^{4} and
Eunice (Tuttle) Dickerman (Isaac,^{3} Abraham,^{2} Thomas^{1}); born
July 7, 1773; died May 17, 1850; residence, Litchfield and New Haven.
_See page 323._
I. Mary Ann^{6} Plant, born February 17, 1796; died 1852; married, May
19, 1816, Samuel Westcott, of Providence, Rhode Island, died January 28,
1824.
1. Susan^{7} Westcott.
2. Mary Ann^{7} Westcott.
3. Henry P.^{7} Westcott.
4. George^{7} Westcott.
II. Benjamin Dickerman^{6} Plant, born February 8, 1798; married,
November 6, 1828, Maria Kaigler, of South Carolina; born December 27,
1805. He was a bookseller in Columbia, South Carolina.
1. Caroline Elizabeth^{7} Plant, married Samuel Rumph; residence,
Marshallville, Georgia.
2. George Benjamin^{7} Plant, married Lætitia McGehee; residence,
Marshallville.
3. Emily Maria^{7} Plant, married William I. Greene; residence, Fort
Valley, Georgia.
III. Susan^{6} Plant, born September 19, 1800; died August 30, 1801.
IV. Susan^{6} Plant, born October 21, 1802; died January 20, 1831;
married, November 6, 1828, Timothy McCarthy.
V. Caroline^{6} Plant, born January 27, 1806; died July 14, 1879;
married, February 21, 1830, Fordyce Wrigley, son of Edward Wrigley, of
England; born January 25, 1803; died October 1, 1846; residence, Macon,
Georgia.
1. Benjamin Henry^{7} Wrigley, married, January 12, 1864, Lucy Knott.
2. Julia^{7} Wrigley, married, May 10, 1866, D. H. Peden; residence,
Griffin, Georgia.
3. Lucia^{7} Wrigley, married, October 31, 1888, A. W. Blake.
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