Identifier: historyofwaterbu03pape (find matches)
Title: History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873-
Subjects: Waterbury (Conn.) -- History Waterbury (Conn.) -- Biography Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- History Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, New York The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Connecticut Libraries

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AUGUSTUS M. BLAKESLEY WATERBURY AND THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY 383 president of the American Pin Company. He figured prominently for many years inmusical circles, becoming a chorister of the Second Congregational church in 1852, andso continuing through an extended period. He was married on the 5th of September, 1853,to Margaret Johnson, of Washington, Pennsylvania, who passed away July 12, 1885. Theyliad but two children, the daughter being Jennie Elizabeth, who became the wife of Dr.John M. Benedict. The son, Albert Johnson Blakesley, spending his youthful days in Waterbury, ac-quired his education in the public schools. Since putting aside his textbooks he has figuredmost prominently in banking and in musical circles. The Waterbury National Bank, ofwhich he is the cashier, is the second oldest banking establishment of the city. It se-cured a charter from the legislature in 1848 and, inaugurating a safe, conservative policy,it developed its business along substantial lines. In those early

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