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 1813 - 1873

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• Birth	03 Feb 1813	Winsted, Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	18 AUG 2009 20:29:48 GMT-5
  Died	26 Feb 1873	Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I3313	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Father	Champion Nathan,   b. 05 Nov 1781, East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 13 Jan 1868, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Mother	Bevin Mercy,   b. 03 Mar 1782, Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut ,   d. 23 Aug 1843, Winsted, Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut
  Married	28 Nov 1811	Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut
  Family ID	F1379	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Gillett Mary Ann,   b. 16 Oct 1819, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1854, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Married	19 Oct 1842	Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA   [2, 4]
  Children	1. Champion Alexander Gillett,   b. 19 Jul 1843, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 10 Nov 1843   2. Champion Henry Gillett,   b. 06 Dec 1845, Winsted, Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut ,   d. 29 Nov 1861, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   3. Champion Nathan Alexander,   b. 24 Jul 1852, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA   4. Champion John Seldon,   b. 23 Apr 1854, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 26 Apr 1854
  Family ID	F1381	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Osbon Elizabeth C.
  Married	07 Sep 1858	Worcester, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F1382	Group Sheet

• Notes

  294. Henry Selden Champion (Nathan, Nathan, John, Thomas, Thomas, Henry), born 3 February 1813, in Winsted, Conn.; died 26 February 1873, in Bridgeport, Conn.; married, 1st, in Torrington, Conn., 19 October 1842, Mary Ann Gillett, daughter of Asaph and Elizabeth (Smith) Gillett, born 16 October 1819, in Waterbury, Conn.; died 30 June 1854, in Waterbury. He married, 2d, in Worcester, Mass., 7 September 1858, Elizabeth Cowles Osbon, daughter of Elisha Hubbard and Salome Parsons (Cook) Osbon, born 26 November 1829, in Worcester, who resides in Bridgeport. Henry Selden Champion, like his father, was largely interested in the foundry business. In 1850 he went to Waterbury, in the Naugutuck Valley, thirty miles south of Winsted, and entered the Farrel foundry. He was soon chosen secretary and treasurer of both this and the branch establishment in Ansonia, Conn.; and was connected with this firm for sixteen years. In 1866 he removed to Bridgeport and started up the old Crescent iron foundry under the name of the Bridgeport Iron Works. He continued in this until he established the Champion foundry on Water Street, which he conducted until his death. Mr. Champion was secretary of Harmonic Lodge of Waterbury, and the following is selected from an obituary notice of him published by order of that lodge. "It is entirely needless for me to use any words in displaying his characteristics before you knew him so well. It is entirely superfluous for me to enlarge upon his merits or recite the catalogue ofhis virtues. His were a life and character which won their own commendation. You recall at once the moment you think of him, his sterling qualities-unobtrusive, kind, genial, prompt, reliable, -a manof integrity, and, what is more, a man of true charity." Children - All by the 1st marriage: i. Alexander Gillett, b. 19 July 1843, in Torrington, Conn.; d 10 Nov. 1843 ii. Henry Gillett, b. 6 Dec. 1845, in Winsted, Conn.; d. 29 Nov. 1861, in Waterbury, Conn. iii. Nathan Alexander, b. 24 July 1852, in Torrington; m. Emma A. Loomis iv. John Selden, b. 23 Apr. 1854, in Waterbury; d. 25 Apr. 1854. There is a photo that can be retrieved from page 250a, The Champion genealogy : a history of the descendants of Henry Champion of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, together with some account of other families of the same name V.1.

• Sources

  [S1] Donald C. Vibber Obituary, (Name: Worcester Telegram & Gazette - July 4, 2006,;). [S199] The Champion genealogy : a history of the descendants of Henry Champion of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, together with some account of other families of the same name V.1, 246 (Reliability: 3). [S199] The Champion genealogy : a history of the descendants of Henry Champion of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, together with some account of other families of the same name V.1, 251 (Reliability: 3). [S198] Descendants of Alexander Baker, the Boston ropemaker, 1606-1685, 251 (Reliability: 3).