The Romance of Norwalk

Bartram, D. S., 195 Bartram, Job, 150, 170 Bartram, W. S., 391 Bassen, William, 382 Basso, Bela, 238 Bates, Charles, 402 Bates, William, 297 Batterson, John, 291, 298, 299, 301, 303 Battle in Rowayton, 373 Battle of Bridge, 398 Battle of Rocks, see “The Rocks” Baumbach, J. G., 427 Baxter Field, 401 Bayley, Neville, 310, 426 Beach, Howard, 360, 363 Beach, Nelson, 298 Beacham, 49 Beacham or Beauchamp, Robert, 37, 39 Beard, A. E., 198 Beard, Algernon, 419 Beard, Augustus, 116, 443 Beard, Captain, 72 Beard, E., 22 7, 337 Beard, E. Patten, 442, 443 Beard, Gerald, 238 Bearsley, Plum, 205 Beardsley, Sarah, 70 Beardsley, Sidney, 406 Beatty, John, 289 Beaver, Charles, 428 Beaver hats, 271 Beck Hazzard Co., 430 Becker, Frank, 320 Becker, Max, 428 Becker, Michael, 321 Beckwith or Beckett, Stephen, 37, 39, 264 Bedford, E. T., 432, 433 Bedford, Mary A., 433; nurses’ home, 433 Bedient, Jesse, 168 Beebe, James, 100 Beebe, John, 100 Beers, George, 295 Beers, Moses, 206 Belden, Azar, 103, 104 Belden, Daniel, 114 Belden, Esther, 131 Belden, iHenry, 227 ; house, 237 Belden, Hezekiah, 136 Belden, Isaac, home, 165 Belden or Beldin, John, 100, 136; home saved, 165 INDEX 487 Belden, Thomas, 164, 196 Belden’s Point, 25, 65, 146 Belding, John, 82 Belknap, Abel, 187 Bell, Andrew, homestead, 255 Bell,. George, 266, 392, 393 Bell, Hiram, 3351 Bell, Holly, 205 Bell Island, 414, 479 Bell, James, 171 Bell, Thaddeus, 171, 196, 266 Benda, Marion, 438 Benedick, James,. 100 Benedict, Ammon, 205 Benedict, Anna Louise, 314, 316 Benedict, Asa, 205 Benedict, Cyrus, 228 Benedict, Daniel, 82 Benedict, George, 373 Benedict, J., 316 Benedict, James, 100, 265 Benedict, John, 38, 96, 265 Benedict, Nathaniel, 135, 138, 169 Benedict, Nehemiah, 138 Benedict, Raymond, 392 Benedict, Robert, 430 Benedict, Samuel, 100 Benedict, Seth, 323 Benedict, Theodore, 292, 293 Benedict, Thomas, 67 ; deacon, 155, 166 Benedict, Thomas, Jr., 38, 79, 84 (Bennidick and Bennydick) on bridge committee, 392 Benedict, Thomas, Sr., 38, 39, 84, 85 (Bennydick) Benedict’s Point, 265 Bennett, E. A., Mrs., 439 Bennett, Edward, 402 Bennett, Ezra, 439 Bennett, Lewis, 205 Benton, Stacey, 396 Berg, F., 289 Berg, George, 439 Beth Israel Synagogue, 242 Betts, A. A., 381 Betts, C. Fred, 299 Betts, Daniel, 135 Betts, David, 205 Betts, Elijah, 335 Betts, Hezekiah, 168, 175 Betts, Isaac, 168 Betts, Island, 414, 415 Betts, John, 168; hotel, 180 Betts, Juliette, 175 Betts, Le Grand, Mrs., 47, 370 Betts, Mary, 403 Betts, Philo, 205 Betts, Samuel, 103 Betts, Silas, 168 Betts, Squire, house, 176 Betts, Stephen, 131, 150, 153, 158. 161, 168, 170 Betts, Thaddeus, 135, 136, 158, 16L 187, 268, 405, 406, 407 Betts, Thomas, 38, 39, 79, 84 Betts, William, 196, 197, 370; store. 371 Biart, Victor, 442 Bicycling Days, 385 Biddle, J. A., 241 Bigsbee, John, 205 Bigsby, Andrew, 205 Birchard, Joseph, 100 Birdsall, Cortland, 402 Bishop, Edward, 296 Bishop, George, 378 Bishop, Hubert, 330 Bishop, Isaac, 205 Bissa, Samuel, 205 Bissell, Clark, 227, 268, 405, 407 Bissell, Dr., 409 Bissell, Frank Harper, 438 Bissell, Frank, Mrs., 334 Bissell, Governor, 444 Bissell House, 164, 176 Bixbe, Moses, 141 “Black Friday,” 313, 314 “Blackstone of America,” 176 Blake, J. W., 336 Blake, Mortimer, 402 Blanchard, Abiathar, 249, 327, 328 Blanchard, Agnes, 328 Blizzard of 1888, 369 Blockades in War of 1812, 204, 205 Block, Adrien, 7 Bloodletting, 91 Bloom, Charles, 402 Blue Laws, 93, 94 Bluepoints Co., 366 Board of Trade, 430 Boats, see ships. Bodwell, Wilfred, 389 Bodwell, William, 295 Bogardus, George, 306 Bogart, Gilbert, 292, 379, 431 Bogart, James, 350 Bohannan, C. G., 377 Bolt, David, 136 Bolt,. William, 136 INDEX 488 Bond, Anna, 375 Books, for children, 88 ; burned, 164 Boole, Eunice C., 335 Boole, W. H, 335 Borglum, Gutzon, 435 Borglum, Solon, 435 Borough of Norwalk, 244, 381 Boston Carriage Factory, 375 Boston Post Road, see Post Road Boston Store, 179, 180, 181, 329, 430 “Bottom Set,” oysters, 345 Boughton, Joseph, 205 Boult, David, 86 Boult, Ruth, 213 Boundary Disputes, 71-78 Bouten, John, 231 Bouton, Esaias, 148, 216 Bouton, Isaac, 205 Bouton or Bowton, John, 37, 39, 84, 85, 100 Bouton, Joseph, 100 Bouton, Nathaniel, 444 Bouton, Seth, 206 Bouton, William, 169 Bowen, William, 233 Bowers, Robert Hood, 442 “Bowing” of hats, 272 Bowman, Shirley, 332 Boyer, Eugene, 381 Boylston, Francis, 386 Bradley, Thomas, 391, 397 Brady, Allen, 298 Brady, John, 230 Brady, Oliver, 293 Brady, Thomas, 205 Brandegee, Senator, 412 Bray, J. Randolph, 442 Bray, Stephen, 371 Bread saved, 164 Breese, Edmund, 441 Brehm, Worth,. 437 Brendlinger, Margaret, 260, 420 Brennan, 230 Bresnen, Paul, 230 Brewer, Stephen, 244, 245 Brick, first brick house, 178 Bridge, Norwalk, 36; first, 79; arch bridge, 186, 187; stone, 187; wood, 187; new, 392; his¬ tory, 392; draw, 391 to 395 See also “The Bridge” Bridgeport, 210; trains, 220; court¬ house squabble, 268, 269, 292; in Civil War, 298, 299; cars, 313 Brinley, D. Putnam, 436, 439 Brinley, Gorden, 438 British, burn Ridgefield and Dan¬ bury, 144; Tories in Norwalk, 146, 148; burn Fairfield, 151; in Norwalk, 152-160; losses, 162 Britto, Charles, 398 Broad River, 234, 235; school dis¬ trict, 247; school, 251, 256; club, 256; cars, 313 Broad River Comm. Club, 432 Broad River School, 251, 256 Brockway, Misses, 260 Brooks, Lemuel, 135, 170 Brookside; Chapel, 241; school, 254 Brookside School, 251, 254, 255 Brotherton, Sylvester, 311 Brown, Charles, 205 Brown, James, 100 Brown, Lewis, 206 Brown, Thomas, 292, 298 Brown, William, 400 Browne, Porter Emerson, 397, 441 Brown’s Bus. College, 261 Brundage, James, 294 Brundage, John, 309 Brundage, Leeman, 382 Bryan, George, 375 Bryan, Harry, 375 Bryant, 38 Bucket Brigades, 306, 307, 309 Buckingham, Elder, 85 Buckingham Post, see G. A. R. Buckingham, Stephen, Rev., 85, 86, 87, 97, 98, 164 Buckingham, William, 302 Buckley, Frederick, 443 Buesch, F. V., 408 Building permits, 425 Bull Run, 293 Bunce, Alan and Ruth, 441 Bundling, 110 Bunker Hill Races, 385 Burbank, John L., 233 Burgesses, House of, 244 Burke, John, 266 Burke, W. C., 408 Burnell, Francis, 288, 389 Burning of Norwalk, 156 to 157 Burns, Clement, 230 Burns, Francis, 430 Burns, Henry, 298 Burns, Peter, 430 Burns to death, 435 INDEX 489 Burr, Jerusha, 124 Burr, Samuel, 196, 197 Burrall, John, 245 Burritt, Francis, 418 Burton, Frederick, 442 Burwell, John, 402 Burwell, Nathan, 136 Bushnell, Francis, 40, 100 Bushnell, Richard, 38 Business and Prof. Women’s Club, 421 Butler Is., 479 Butler, J. K., 337, 338 Butler, Thomas, 198, 405, 406, 407 Butterworth, 256 Buttery, Fred, 102 Buttery, Homer, Mrs., 235 Butterys, lots of 436 Buttery, Samuel, 206 Buxton, George, 297, 382 Byard, Dorothy, 437 Byard, John, 438 Byington, A. H., 292, 323, 324 Byington, C. Irving, 371 Byington, Homer, 445 Byxbee, John, 187, 293 Byxbee, Louisa, 265 Byxbee, Moses, 417 Byxbee, Stephen, 292 Cables, 340 Caffrey, Thomas, 402 Calf Islands, 77 Calf Pasture, 49, 153, 155; island, ^ 414, 415 Callahan, Mary, 403 Cavalry Baptist Church, 233 Calvert Club, 422 Cameron, Robert, 244 Camp, Isaac, 130 Camp, Jonathan, 198, 268 Camp, Lemuel, 205 Camp Richard, 168, 244 Campbell, Thomas, 419 Campfield Island, 95, 264, 414, 478 Campfield, Mathew, 37, 40, 57, 265 Campfield, Nathaniel, 57 Campfield, Samuel, 38, 84 Caner, Henry, Rev., 98, 236 Canfield, Anthony, 294 Canfield Island, 49 Canfield, Thos., 100 Cannon, Commodore, 170, 216 Cannon dedications, 401; French, 401; German, 402 Cannon, James, home, 176 Cannon, John, 134, 137, 163; Jr., house, 176; War of 1812, 205, 216 Cannon, Samuel, home, 176 Canonicus, Indian chieftain, 10 Cantoni, James, 402 Canty, Thos., 433 Carnegie Committee, 328, 330 Carroll, Richard, 258 • Cars, horse, 311; electric, 313 Carter, Josiah, 268, 405, 406, 407 Casenave, M., 401 > Cash, J. and J., 428 Cash, Sidney, 428 Cash System Introduced, 274 Caspler, Morris, *428 Cassel, John, 437 Caswell, E. C., 379 Catholic Women, 422 Catholics, first, 229; churches, 229 to 231; community house, 231; retreat, 420 Catonah, 64, 100 Cavanagh, Dobbs, 275, 444 “Cavanagh Edge” hats, 275 Cavanagh, John, 275; back on bench, 286; gets help, 287, 328; mayor, 382; 428, 433, 434, 444; ^ Ltd., 444; Cavanagh, John, Mrs., 287, 417 Cavanagh, Willis, 366 Cavanaugh, Mae, 403 Cedar Hammock, 414, 479 Ceed, Roswell, 205 Cellar, first in Norwalk, 87 Cemeteries, 96, 255 Center School Dist., 247, 251; school, 251, 258 Central Fairfield Trust Co., 227, 228 Central Fire Station, 307 Central National Bank, 227, 228 Central Trust Co., 227, 228 Chachoamer, 65 Chancellorsville, 298, 299, 300 Chandler, Elsie W., 444 Chandler, Jean, 330 Charash, Jack, 442 Charleston, 293 Charnok Market, 339 Chashenoes or Cockenoe, 25 Chernitzky, Stephen, 239 Chichester, Mary, 181 Child, C. G., 337 490 INDEX Children; restless in church, 68; in school, 87, 88; at home, 88, 89; on Sabbath, 95 Children, Mary, 422 Children’s Home, Ffd. Cty., 435 Chimney Viewers, 38, 42, 64 Chimons Island, 25, 95, 265, 414, 415, 416 China, Norwalker in, 382 Chinaman invents silk hat, 273 Chinnery, Alfred, 293, 381 Chiropodists, 466 Chiropractic phys., 466 Christ Church, 238 Christian Science Church, 241 Christmas, 106, 107 Church, Ebenezer, 136, 270, 271 Church, Edward, 31, 32, 38 Church, Isaac, 205 Church of Nazarenes, 243 Churches 229; Methodist, 189; Catholic, 229-231; Congrega¬ tional, 231, 232; Baptist, 232- 234; Mormon, 234, 235; Episco¬ pal, 235 to 238; Hungarian, 238; Advent Christian, 240; German Lutheran, 240; Swed. Beth., 241; Christian Science, 241; Brook- side Chapel, 242; West Nor¬ walk, 242; Jewish, 242; Swed. Luth., 243; Nazarenes, 243 Cifatte, Stephen, 402 “Citizen,” 217 City Council, 325 City National Bank, 227 Civic League, 330 Civil War, School here, 260; war, 291-305; “Fighting Seven¬ teenth,” 297; Chancellorsville, 298 to 300; Gettsburg, 298 to 302; monument, 305; route, 480 Clark, A. N., 384, 386 Clark, D. H., 337, 338 Clark, Elbert, 371 Clark, Frank, 26 Clark, George, 439, 440 Clark, Levi, 244, 349 Clark, Samuel, 294 Clark, Theodore, 398 Clarke, E. C., 408 Clarke, William, 296 Clarkson, Lieut., 404 Cleveland, William, 244 Clock, James, 205 Clock, John, 171 “Closed season,” oysters, 348, 349, . 355