Five sons and one daughter were born to the elder Denslows. They were (with years of birth approximated, and Homer and Thomas may have been twins) William Wallace (1826), Dwight (1830), Homer W. (1832), Thomas (1833), Harriet B. (1835) and Ellsworth H. (1838). Dwight, Homer and Thomas went back to Savannah some time after the family had returned to Connecticut in 1835, and Homer served as a sergeant in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
The oldest son, William Wallace, became a tobacco wholesaler in Philadelphia in the mid-1850s, possibly from connections made by his father during their years in Georgia. He and Jane Eva Evans were married 11 Sep 1851 in New York City. If census data can be trusted, they moved to Philadelphia about 1855 and returned to New York City about 1860.
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Colonel Augustus George Hazard was born in Kingston Rhode Island on April 28, 1802. Hazard moved to Connecticut at the age of six, where he lived on the family farm until the age of 15. Colonel Hazard established himself in business in New York City in 1827. His principle endeavors were in the shipping and wholesale businesses. At the time, he also was the general agent of the gun powder business of the Loomis & Denslow Co.
The company was established in 1835 by Allen A. Denslow and three Loomis brothers, Parks, Allen, and Neelands Loomis in Scitico, near Enfield, Connecticut. In 1837 Col. Hazard purchased a 25% interest in this company. The firm was now called the Loomises, Hazard & Co. Eventually Hazard and Denslow bought out the Loomis family and in 1843 a joint stock company was formed under the name of The Hazard Powder Company. Prior to acquiring the powder company, Hazard traveled extensively throughout the south and lived in Savannah, Georgia for a number of years. During thus period he earned the title of Colonel in the Georgia Militia.
Col. Hazard decided to move his family to Connecticut in order to garner better control of the powder business. He built his mansion on Enfield Street. It was here that many prominent individuals were entertained at lavish parties. One of these was the Secretary of War, under Franklin Pierce's administration, Jefferson Davis.
The growth of the Hazard Powder Co. from 1845-1855 was enormous, but not without disaster. On April 4, 1855 Col. Hazard's son, Horace was killed in an explosion. His right arm was shattered and he died of multiple injuries within 12 hours of the blast. Shortly after this, the other son George died of consumption. Another explosion at the plant killed the Superintendent, John A. Garesche, on September 13, 1858. Garesche was engaged to one of Hazard's daughters.
During the early years of the Civil War, Col. Hazard was under suspicion by the federal government as being sympathetic to the Southern Cause. It was well known that he was a good friend of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and that he lived in the South and had developed many business relationships. Shortly before South Carolina seceded from the Union, it bought 80,000 lbs. of powder that was used to propel the first shots fired on Fort Sumter. In fact, much of the powder in the Southern Arsenals at the outset of the war was manufactured by the Connecticut company.
The rapidly increasing demand for powder products compelled Hazard to hurriedly expand their facilities to meet war time production needs. Soon Hazard Powder was supplying the Union Forces with 12,500lbs of powder a day. The mill at Hazardville was in operation 24 hours a day and produced 40% of all the gunpowder used during the Civil War by the Union.
On May 7, 1868, Col. Hazard died suddenly in New York City at the Astor House. On January 13, 1913, the Hazard Powder Company was destroyed in one massive final explosion. The blast was so powerful it either broke or cracked many of the windows in the village of Hazardville (including one of ours!). The explosion was so loud that it was heard in Hartford, CT 20 miles to the south.
GUN POWDER CANS & KEGS - Ted & David Bacyk, Tom Rowe and Richard Hazard - ©1998 - pgs. 117-120
Allen Denslow was listed in New Haven city guides toward the end of his life as a merchant, but his principal claim to fame (and fortune) was The Loomis & Denslow Co., a gunpowder business he established in 1835 in partnership with three Loomis brothers near Enfield, Connecticut.
The New York agent for the firm, Col. Augustus Hazard -- "colonel" by virtue of a commission in the Georgia Militia -- bought into the company in 1837. Within six years he and Denslow had bought out the other partners and reorganized the firm as a joint stock company called The Hazard Powder Co. After an explosive -- the pun is unavoidable -- success as a result of the Mexican War and California Gold Rush, the company went on to supply 40 percent of the gunpowder used by the North in the Civil War.
It is unclear when Allen Denslow ceased to have a direct hand in running the company, but the family was back living in New Haven by 1842.
Five sons and one daughter were born to the elder Denslows. They were (with years of birth approximated, and Homer and Thomas may have been twins) William Wallace (1826), Dwight (1830), Homer W. (1832), Thomas (1833), Harriet B. (1835) and Ellsworth H. (1838). Dwight, Homer and Thomas went back to Savannah some time after the family had returned to Connecticut in 1835, and Homer served as a sergeant in the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
The oldest son, William Wallace, became a tobacco wholesaler in Philadelphia in the mid-1850s, possibly from connections made by his father during their years in Georgia. He and Jane Eva Evans were married 11 Sep 1851 in New York City. If census data can be trusted, they moved to Philadelphia about 1855 and returned to New York City about 1860.
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Colonel Augustus George Hazard was born in Kingston Rhode Island on April 28, 1802. Hazard moved to Connecticut at the age of six, where he lived on the family farm until the age of 15. Colonel Hazard established himself in business in New York City in 1827. His principle endeavors were in the shipping and wholesale businesses. At the time, he also was the general agent of the gun powder business of the Loomis & Denslow Co.
The company was established in 1835 by Allen A. Denslow and three Loomis brothers, Parks, Allen, and Neelands Loomis in Scitico, near Enfield, Connecticut. In 1837 Col. Hazard purchased a 25% interest in this company. The firm was now called the Loomises, Hazard & Co. Eventually Hazard and Denslow bought out the Loomis family and in 1843 a joint stock company was formed under the name of The Hazard Powder Company. Prior to acquiring the powder company, Hazard traveled extensively throughout the south and lived in Savannah, Georgia for a number of years. During thus period he earned the title of Colonel in the Georgia Militia.
Col. Hazard decided to move his family to Connecticut in order to garner better control of the powder business. He built his mansion on Enfield Street. It was here that many prominent individuals were entertained at lavish parties. One of these was the Secretary of War, under Franklin Pierce's administration, Jefferson Davis.
The growth of the Hazard Powder Co. from 1845-1855 was enormous, but not without disaster. On April 4, 1855 Col. Hazard's son, Horace was killed in an explosion. His right arm was shattered and he died of multiple injuries within 12 hours of the blast. Shortly after this, the other son George died of consumption. Another explosion at the plant killed the Superintendent, John A. Garesche, on September 13, 1858. Garesche was engaged to one of Hazard's daughters.
During the early years of the Civil War, Col. Hazard was under suspicion by the federal government as being sympathetic to the Southern Cause. It was well known that he was a good friend of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and that he lived in the South and had developed many business relationships. Shortly before South Carolina seceded from the Union, it bought 80,000 lbs. of powder that was used to propel the first shots fired on Fort Sumter. In fact, much of the powder in the Southern Arsenals at the outset of the war was manufactured by the Connecticut company.
The rapidly increasing demand for powder products compelled Hazard to hurriedly expand their facilities to meet war time production needs. Soon Hazard Powder was supplying the Union Forces with 12,500lbs of powder a day. The mill at Hazardville was in operation 24 hours a day and produced 40% of all the gunpowder used during the Civil War by the Union.
On May 7, 1868, Col. Hazard died suddenly in New York City at the Astor House. On January 13, 1913, the Hazard Powder Company was destroyed in one massive final explosion. The blast was so powerful it either broke or cracked many of the windows in the village of Hazardville (including one of ours!). The explosion was so loud that it was heard in Hartford, CT 20 miles to the south.
GUN POWDER CANS & KEGS - Ted & David Bacyk, Tom Rowe and Richard Hazard - ©1998 - pgs. 117-120
Allen Denslow was listed in New Haven city guides toward the end of his life as a merchant, but his principal claim to fame (and fortune) was The Loomis & Denslow Co., a gunpowder business he established in 1835 in partnership with three Loomis brothers near Enfield, Connecticut.
The New York agent for the firm, Col. Augustus Hazard -- "colonel" by virtue of a commission in the Georgia Militia -- bought into the company in 1837. Within six years he and Denslow had bought out the other partners and reorganized the firm as a joint stock company called The Hazard Powder Co. After an explosive -- the pun is unavoidable -- success as a result of the Mexican War and California Gold Rush, the company went on to supply 40 percent of the gunpowder used by the North in the Civil War.
It is unclear when Allen Denslow ceased to have a direct hand in running the company, but the family was back living in New Haven by 1842.
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