New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV
Author: William Richard Cutter
This is Volume IV of a four-volume set. It has records of achievements of people from England, who have set up commonwealths in New England. About 6000 names included in this record.
Bibliographic Information: Cutter, William Richard. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV. 1913. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996.
Edward Rockwell, son of Eliot (2) Beardsley, was born at Winsted, Connecticut, January 10, 1839. He was educated in the public schools and Yale College, where he graduated in 1859. He was treasurer of the Beardsley Scythe Company from 1859 to 1874. From 1874 to 1877 he conducted a private banking business in Winsted, and in 1877 became secretary and treasurer of the Central New England and Western railroad, which position he occupied for twenty-nine years until his death, May 19, 1906. He removed from Winsted to Hartford in 1881, and passed the remainder of his life in that city. In religion he was a Congregationalist, in politics a staunch Republican. He was a member of the Asylum Avenue Congregational Church of Hartford; secretary and treasurer of the Beardsley Library of Winsted; and a director of The Empire Knife Company of Winsted
