The Romance of Norwalk

December 3, 1855 — Henry Selleck, Thomas B. Griffith, Carmi Lockwood, Joseph W. Hubbell, Charles Mallory. December 1, 1856 — Joseph W. Hubbell, Charles Olm¬ stead, William T. Craw, Walter C. Quintard, Lester St. John. December 7, 1857 — Joseph W. Hubbell, William T. Craw, LeGrand Johnson. December 6, 1858 — Joseph W. Hubbell, William T. Craw, James L. Benedict. December 5, 1859 — Henry Selleck, Chester F. Tolies, James L. Benedict. December 3, i860 — Henry Selleck, Chester F. Tolies, Martin S. Craw. December 2, 1861 — Same as i860. December 1, 1862 — Joseph P. Hanford, Jr.; Walter C. Quintard, Martin S. Craw. October 5, 1863 — Martin S. Craw, Walter C. Quintard, Joseph P. Hanford, Jr. October 3, 1864 — William S. Lockwood, William T. Craw, Edward K. Lockwood. APPENDICES 461 October 2, 1865 — Martin S. Craw, William T. Craw, Edward K. Lockwood. October 1, 1866 — Martin S. Craw, William T. Craw, Silas P. Tuttle. October 7, 1867 — Same as 1866. October 5, 1868 — Silas P. Tuttle, William T. Craw,, Joseph F. Foote. October 4, 1869 — Silas P. Tuttle, Burr Nash, Joseph F. Foote. October 3, 1870 — Andrew Selleck, William S. Bouton, John P. Beatty. October 2, 1871 — Andrew Selleck, William S. Bouton, Joseph P. Hanford. October 7, 1872 — Joseph P. Hanford, Charles W. Smith, Platt Price. October 6, 1873 — Andrew Selleck, Joseph P. Hanford, Charles W. Smith. October 5, 1874 — Andrew Selleck, James W. Hyatt, Nel¬ son Taylor. October 4, 1875 — Joseph P. Hanford, Platt Prices Charles W. Smith. October 2, 1876 — Joseph P. Hanford, William H. Fer¬ ris, Platt Price. October 1, 1877 — Andrew Selleck, William H. Ferris, Charles W. Smith. October 7, 1878 — Charles A. Burr, Andrew Selleck, Wil¬ liam C. Sammis. October 6, 1879 — Andrew Selleck, William C. Sammis, Nelson J. Craw. October 4, 1880 — Isaac Selleck, Jr.; William C. Sammis, Nelson J. Craw. October, 1881 — Charles A. Burr, William C. Sammis, Nelson J. Craw. October, 1882 — Charles A. Burr, Nelson J. Craw, Wil¬ liam C. Sammis. October 1, 1883 — Charles H. Wheeler, William C. Sam¬ mis, Charles A. Burr. ROMANCE OF NORWALK 462 October 6, 1884 — Same as 1883. October 5, 1885 — Charles A. Burr, William C. Sammis, Charles H. Wheeler. October 4, 1886 — Charles H. Wheeler, Nelson J. Craw, Franklin A. Tolies. October 3, 1887 — Charles IT. Wheeler, Franklin A. Tol¬ ies, William L. J ames. October 1, 1888 — Charles H. Wheeler, Franklin A. Tol¬ ies, Samuel Daskam. October, 1889 — William B. Hendrick, Franklin A. Tol¬ ies, Samuel Daskam. October, 1890 — Samuel Daskam, Oscar W. Raymond, Nelson J. Craw. October, 1891 — Oscar W. Raymond, Samuel Daskam, Tallmadge Baker. October, 1892 — Oscar W. Raymond, Samuel Daskam, Tallmadge Baker. October, 1893 — Oscar W. Raymond, Tallmadge Baker, Samuel Daskam. October, 1894 — Oscar W. Raymond, Ephraim Thornes, Samuel Daskam. October, 1895 — Isaac Selleck, Ephraim Thornes, Frank H. Merrill. October, 1896 — Isaac Selleck, Frank H. Merrill, Eph¬ raim Thornes. October, 1897 — Frank H. Merrill, Ephraim Thornes, Samuel Lynes. October, 1898 — Ephraim Thornes, Samuel Lynes, Frank H. Merrill. October, 1899 — Samuel Lynes, James A. Brown, Frank H. Merrill. 1900 — James A. Brown, Samuel Lynes, Frank IT. Mer¬ rill. MAYORS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH NORWALK Dudley P. Ely, 1870, 1871 and 1872; Walter C. Quin- tard, 1873, 1 874 and 1 875 ; Dudley P. Ely, 1 876 and 1 877 > APPENDICES 463 Winfield S1 Hanford, 1878; Walter C. Quintard, 1879, Christian Swartz, 1880; Edwin Adams, 1881; Christian Swartz, 1882; Peter L. Cunningham, 1883; Richard H. Gol¬ den, 1884; Nelson Taylor, Jr., 1885; John L. Richards, 1886; William B. Hubbell, 1887 and 1888; Frank Com¬ stock, 1889; Edwin Wilcox, 1890; William B. Reed, 1891 and 1892; George Lockwood, 1893; Mortimer M. Lee, 1894, 1895 and 1896; Charles G. Bohannan, 1897 and 1898; J. Milton Coburn, 1899; Charles G. Bohannan, 1900; Mortimer M. Lee, 1901, 1902; John J. Cavanagh, 1903; Charles E. Dow, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907; Francis I. Bur¬ nell, 1908, 1909; Robert M. Wolfe, 1910; Albert M. Pohl- man ,1911; William F. Tammany, 1912 ; Robert M. Wolfe, 1913- gifts TO THE SOUTH NORWALK LIBRARY The first memorial donation was from Jeanette Mathew- son for her brother in the form of 100 juvenile books. Other gifts included: a Century dictionary by the wives of the directors, bought from the proceeds of a New Year’s tea; the Jeypore Portfolios of Architectural Details from H. R. H., the Maharajah of Jeypore, India. Among the later gifts to the library are: collection of stuffed birds and eggs, permanent loan from Wilbur Smith and David Raymond; Mexican relics, Frank Gleason; shells, Mrs. R. J. Sawyer and Mrs. Lottie Munro; stones and Indian relics, Ben Nash; oil paintings, Airs. S. Louise Backster; photo¬ graphs and postcards in albums, Mrs. Laura Hughes. GIFTS TO THE NORWALK LIBRARY During the past few years many gifts have enriched the library’s collection. One of the most important was a series of bound volumes of the Norwalk Gazette dating from the early 1800’s, with but few copies missing. Homer M. By- ington, with the State Department in Washington, son-in- ROMANCE OF NORWALK 464 law of Dr. and Mrs. James G. Gregory, West ave., was the donor. One of the latest gifts came from Charles E. Miller, who established a $1,000 memorial to be known as the “Sarah Miller Beltz Fund for Books,” in honor of his late sister. Many others have donated valuable books to the library among them being Elwin E. Sanborn, W. J. H. Bohannan, Mrs. G. Willis White, Katherine Seyfang Sanborn, Miss Emily A. Lynes. OLD TIME OYSTER MEN Among the old time oyster men in Norwalk should be listed: Captain Gus Raymond, Danny Hoyt, Captain An¬ drew Mills, who owned a boat called “The Sneak,” built by Stanley Lowndes; Theodore Lowndes, father of the present Howard Lowndes, president of the Lowndes Oyster Co., John and Charles Lowndes, Harold Bell, Captain Garrett Wright, Charles Vroome, Alec Egbert, William Reid, Wil¬ liam H. Hoyt, who shipped many oysters to England and also built a number of steam vessels used in this community; John Zeluff, Carman Remson, Captain George Warren, “Blind” David Lloyt, an excellent oysterman in spite of his affliction; David Taylor, Marty Soper, John Conklin, James Hoyt, l orn Smith, Captain David Decker, Captain Peter Decker, Captain Sylvester Decker, Manning and Matavius Decker, Oliver Weed, Captain Corson, Captain “Ike” Stevens of Rowayton, Horace and Victor Saunders. NORWALK ATTORNEYS TODAY Judge John IT. Light practicing lawyer for 46 years, orator, lecturer and Shakespearian scholar and owner of one of the finest private libraries in Connecticut; Edwin Stark Thomas, who was executive secretary to Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin from 1911-1913 and has been U. S. District Judge of Connecticut, appointed by President Wilson, since APPENDICES 465 November 17, 1913; Judge John Keogh, referee in bankruptcy, federal office; Judge Nehemiah Candee, city court; Judge Henry W. Gregory, probate court; Edward J. Quinlan, Leo Davis, John J. Farrell, Louis Goldschmidt, Henry J. Klein, Sidney Vogel, Abraham D. Slavitt, Judge George H. Vosburgh, former city court judge; Richard J. Connor, John J. Cuneo, Rockwell F. Dugan, Joseph A. Gray, William A. Griffin, Cramer C. Hegeman, Judge James T. Hubbell, retired; John T. Dwyer, Brien T. Mc¬ Mahon, Judge William F. Tammany, former judge of citv court; Paul Connery, Judge Joseph R. Taylor, former judge of city court; Minerva Davis, Norwalk’s only woman law¬ yer; Ira Gregory, Daniel Keogh, Richard Ireland, prosecut¬ ing attorney; Judge Freeman Light, city court; Judge Ed¬ ward M. Lockwood, former judge of city court; Frederick F. Lovejoy, Jr., Harry Lessin. Two prominent attorneys who have died during the past few years are Jesse Dun¬ bar, well known lawyer throughout the county, after whom Dunbar Athletic field in Broad River has been named; and Judge John Walsh, judge in the Superior Court, Bridgeport. i NORWALK MEDICAL MEN TODAY The following are among the Norwalk physicians today: Dr. James G. Gregory, dean of local doctors, who in the past, in addition to his extensive practice, has been a repre¬ sentative in the state legislature, a member of Governor Hobart Bigelow’s staff, and a trustee of the Middletown state asylum; Dr. A. N. Clark, Norwalk’s baby doctor with a record of nearly 5,000 births; Dr. Charles G. Bohannan, who has seen many years of service in Norwalk; Dr. Wil¬ liam J. Tracey, former health officer, well known surgeon and member of the Board of Education for 25 years; Dr. George G. Fawcett, chairman of the Board of Education; Dr. Frederick J. Morrison, member of Governor John Trumbull’s staff; Dr. Robert E. Perdue, health officer; Dr. W. W. Tracey, medical examiner; Dr. Mabelle Perry, ROMANCE OF NORWALK 466 woman physician; Dr. Wilbur T. Ledebur, Dr. William McMahon, Jr., Dr. J. Olean, Dr. John W. Vollmer, Dr. Vito Clausi, Dr. Henry Sherer, Dr. Thomas F. Scanlon, Dr. Alvin DeWitt Wadsworth, owner of Wadsworth San¬ itarium; Dr. Theron Bradley, Dr. Frederick A. Patterson, Dr. Robert L. Moore, Dr. Albert Zweben, Dr. Robert M. Wolfe, Dr. A. R. Turner, Dr. Henry K. W. Kellogg, Dr. George Thielcke, Dr. Daniel E. Sullivan, Dr. Edward J. Tracey, Dr. S. W. Sherwood, Dr. Isadore Rosenthal, Dr. John T. Powers, Dr. H. S. Phillips, Dr. William O’Con¬ nell, Dr. John Miller, Dr. Louis Keller, Dr. Edmund Kane, Dr. George Cram, Dr. B. A. Bryon, Dr. Arthur B. Cole- burn, Dr. Geraldine Watson, Dr. Charles W. Perkins. Osteopathic physicians: Dr. Charles Cattaneo, Dr. S. Alice Harvey, woman doctor; Dr. Everett H. Jones, Dr. J. W. Martin, Dr. D. A. Shambaugh, Dr. Everett C. Frey. Chiropractic physicians: Dr. Philip Castellano, Dr. Thomas Francis, Dr. William D. Petty, Dr. Ernest Barthol.