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     memorable epoch not without serious loss, but paying every dollar of indebted- 
     
     ness, principal and interest; with credit not only exempt from harm, but strength— 
     
     ened by the firmness of his integrity, and the gallantry of his conduct. 
     
    

    
     Colonel Hazard became interested in the manufacture of gunpowder, a business 
     
     which he subsequently pursued with remarkable results. His exertions in this 
     
     field of enterprise culminated, in 1843, in his organizing the Hazard Powder 
     
     Company, a corporation which has become known in all parts of the United 
     
     States. In 1845, realizing the importance of personal residence in the vicinity 
     
     of his establishment, he removed to Enfield, Connecticut, Where he resided the 
     
     remainder of his life. 
     
    

    
     Under his charge and direction the manufactory rose to great proportions. A 
     
     mill in the town of Canton, another in East Hartford, and a third at Scitico, have 
     
     been only aids and adjuncts to the main works lying in the secluded and beau— 
     
     tiful valley of Fair Lawn, in Enfield: the last mentioned extending along the 
     
     Scantic River, more than a mile in length, and covering an area of five hundred 
     
     acres; employing a succession of waterfalls, a motive power of thirty water- 
     
     wheels and four steam—engines, and a variety of machinery whose magnitude is 
     
     shown by thirty—six cast—iron rollers of eight tons each, separated but acting in 
     
     unison. Coming to Enfield with a resolute purpose to excel in his sphere of 
     
     production, he elevated the reputation of his manufacture to a point not sur— 
     
     passed in this or other countries, as acknowledged especially in the calls for 
     
     higher grades of powder coming from individuals and governments, of Great 
     
     Britain as well as of the United States. As an illustration of the great power and 
     
     unerring exactness which this enterprise attained under his direétion, in a single 
     
     instance during the Crimean war, these works promised to the English Govern— 
     
     ment, at short notice, ten thousand barrels of rifle and cannon powder, every 
     
     pound of which was approved and accepted by the British Board of Ordnance. 
     
     Colonel Hazard died May 7, 1868. Cordial were the expressions, both far and 
     
     near, from individuals and the public press, betokening the general sense ofloss. 
     
     Many thousands, comprising persons from all walks of life, assembled at the 
     
     funeral. In all the long—drawn valley of the Connecticut, studded with the 
     
     homes ofthe cultured and the good, rarely has a man passed away whose death 
     
     has been so keenly felt, and so widely mourned. 
     
    

    
     Colonel Hazard married in 1822, Salome Merrill, of West Hartford, Connec- 
     
     ticut. She was born September 12, 1809., and died November 16, 1880. Mrs. 
     
     Hazard was a worthy helpmeet to her husband. She was a Woman of strong 
     
     common sense and correét judgment, and was of a most charitable disposition, 
     
     full ofkindly thought for all about her. Her influence was improving, elevating, 
     
     and inspiring, and her daily example was a blessed heritage to her children. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHILDREN 
     
    
   
   
    
     1894.. ELVIRA HAZARD, born May 15, 1824; married Gov. Alexandtr Hamilton Bit/[mt of Wor- 
     
     cester, Mass. 
     
    

    
     1895. GEORGIANA HAZARD, born July 29, 1827; married 7orepb Sexton, of New York. 
     
    

    
     . 1896.