Andrew Jackson Bentley (1827-1895) was born on January 10, 1827 to Rev. David Niles Bentley and Letitia (Gardner) Bentley in Norwich, Connecticut. He married Abby Kinney in December 1848. His father performed the ceremony. Andrew Jackson Bentley died of pneumonia on March 18, 1895 in New London, Connecticut. Andrew started life as the master of a vessel in 1850. By 1880 he was a lumber dealer and by 1891 the proprietor of Columbia Steam Saw Mills on Cemetery Road, later Trumbull Street, New London. He was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives and Mayor of New London. The lumber for his mill came in to New London harbor in schooners from Jacksonville, Florida so it is probable that he was master of a lumber schooner, saw what a good business it was and went ashore to own the saw mill.
Description: Andrew Jackson Bentley (1827-1895) was born on January 10, 1827 to Rev. David Niles Bentley and Letitia (Gardner) Bentley in Norwich, Connecticut. He married Abby Kinney in December 1848. His father performed the ceremony. Andrew Jackson Bentley died of pneumonia on March 18, 1895 in New London, Connecticut. Andrew started life as the master of a vessel in 1850. By 1880 he was a lumber dealer and by 1891 the proprietor of Columbia Steam Saw Mills on Cemetery Road, later Trumbull Street, New London. He was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives and Mayor of New London. The lumber for his mill came in to New London harbor in schooners from Jacksonville, Florida so it is probable that he was master of a lumber schooner, saw what a good business it was and went ashore to own the saw mill. [show more]
Postmasters at Bernard were: George W. Billings (1859-?): Postmaster - 11/26/1906 Hiram H. Condon (1871-1957): Postmaster - 10/17/1914 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Acting Postmaster - 10/31/1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Postmaster - 03/25/1942 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Officer-In-Charge - 06/20/1974 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Postmaster - 10/26/1974 Alice Ann Tracy - Officer-In-Charge: 05/01/1987 Linda (Sawyer) Musson (1949-): Postmaster -10/10/1987 Harriet Hinton was the postmaster - then her son Paul Hinton, had the antique store in this building.
Description: Postmasters at Bernard were: George W. Billings (1859-?): Postmaster - 11/26/1906 Hiram H. Condon (1871-1957): Postmaster - 10/17/1914 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Acting Postmaster - 10/31/1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Postmaster - 03/25/1942 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Officer-In-Charge - 06/20/1974 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Postmaster - 10/26/1974 Alice Ann Tracy - Officer-In-Charge: 05/01/1987 Linda (Sawyer) Musson (1949-): Postmaster -10/10/1987 Harriet Hinton was the postmaster - then her son Paul Hinton, had the antique store in this building. [show more]