The Romance of Norwalk

Fitch Document, 126 Fitch Home, 124; burned, 162 Fitch School, 251, 252, 260 Fitch relics, 162, 163, 166 Fitch, Thomas of Booking, 122, 123 Fitch, Thomas, Governor, 111, 114, 119; in high office, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125; rise, 126; fall, 127, 128; tombstone, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133; home burned, 162 ; relics, 163, 166 ; 407, 444 Fitch’s Point, 124, 133, 153, 155, 158; Mormons, 234 Five Mile River, Landing, 27,. 64, 73, 83, 95, 187 ; school districts, 247, 254; post office, 373, 374 Flaherty, Robert, 438 Flaxhill, 147, 149, 153, 154, 158, 162; monument, 170; school, 245, 252 Fleischer, 242 Flint, John, Mrs., 332 Flynn, G. Fred, 372 Flynn, James, 382 Flynn, John, 391 Flynn, Margy, 404 Foley, John, 230 Foley, Peter, 431 Foot Bridge, 392 Foote, Joseph, 406 Foote, Robert B. B., 238; Mrs. Foote, 334 Ford, Charles, 335 Forks, in style, 90 Fort Cralo, see Rensselaer Fort Point, 28, 37, 83, 90, 124, 2157 392 Foster, Charles, 303 Foster, Warren, Wm., 445 Foster, William, 249, 391 Founders Stone, 36 Fountain, Matthew, 103 Fowler, Douglass, 292, 294, 298, 299, 302 Fox Cycle and Hardware Co., 327 France Street, 36, 151, 157, 158; monument, 169 Francis, Abram, 191 Francis, Vida Hunt, 260 Frank C. Godfrey, post and aux., 404 Frank, Charles, 234 Franklin, Benjamin, 124 Franklin Schools, 251, 252, 253, 254 Fraser, Albert, 391 French and Indian War, 111, 112, 113, 114, 126 French Refugees, 38, 39, 42, 44 Frost, Daniel, 99 Frost, Russell, Jr., 177 Frost, Russell, Sr., 177, 227, 377, 385, 388, 402, 434, 445 Fulton, Robert, boat here, 216 Funerals, gifts at, 109 G. A. R. posts and auxiliaries, 302, 303 Gallaher, Edward, 434 Gardner, Amelia, 442 Garth, General, 151, 152, 153, 154, ^ 155, 162 Garvey, Andrew, 418 Gas Works, 377; gas consumed, 379 Gasoline launch, 218 Gazette, 193, 323 Geddes, Andrew, 303, 304 Geer, Erastus, 337 Geist, Aloysius, 240 “General Lafayette,” 215, 217 Genuth, David, 242 George’s Bakery, 309 Georgetown, 211, 212; school boys saved, 336, 384 Georgetown Wire Mill, 211 German Lutheran Church, 240 Gettysburg, 298, 300, 301, 302 Gewner, J. F., 335 Gibson, Harry, 390 Gifts to libraries, 463 Gilbert and Bennett Mfg. Co., 211 Gilbert, Benjamin, 211 Gilhooly, 230 INDEX 495 Gills, Horace, 205 Girls’ Friendly, 422 Glendening, Percy, 370 Glover, Charles, 249, 382 Glover, John, 403 Godfrey, Frank, 402, 405 Godfrey, Lieut., 398 Goeppinger, Eva, 328, 334 Gold Rush, 266 Goldberg, Max, 427 Golden, James, 322, 393 Golden, John, 322 Golden, R. H., 228, 322, 326, 328, 431 Golding, A., 199, 249, 371 Golding, Ruth, 199 Goldman, H. Co., 290 Goldstein, Peter, 402 Goodchild, Frank, 428 Good Hope Trading Post, 7 Goodrich, Camilla, 178 Goodrich, Charles, 441 Goodrow, Willis, 402 Goodsell, D. A., 192 Goold, Major, 84 Goose Island, 77, 266, 480 Gordon, Roy, 441 • Gorham, A. B., 408 Gorham, E. E., 380, 415 Gorham, John, 389 Gorham, Leslie, 380 Gorman,. John, 382 Government of Norwalk, 468 Governors; Fitch, 121-133; Bissell, 407 Gowen, L. D., 233 Grace Baptist Church, 234 Grace Episcopal Church, 237 Grade Crossings, 224 Grand Central, 221 Grassy Hammock, 414, 478 Grassy Island, 414, 415 Graves, Isacke, 31 Gray, i Ethel, 403 Gray, Henry, 99 Great Hammock, see Wood. Great Marsh, 50 Great Swamp Fight, 13, 14, 15, 16 Gred, Isaac, 205 Greeley, Horace, 333 Green, J. W'., 283 Green, John, 99 Green, William, 297 Greenberg, David, 243 Greens Farms, 13, 92, 99; burned, 151 Greenstein, Samuel, 430 Greenwich, 76 Greggorie, Jakin, 38, 84 Gregory, Alyse, 443; Ezra, 135; Francis, 444'; Frank, 388; Henry, 199, 388, 427; Ira, 408, 409; J. G., 227, 249, 330, 331, 407, 408, 409, 434, 443, 445; Jabez, 135, 168; John, 37, 41, 49, 72, 83, 84, 85; Jr., 38, 84, 205, 264, 265 ; Sr., 265, 418; Judah, 84, 100, 418; Lewis, 198; Mathew, 150; Moses, 245; Nancy, 265; Nathan, 136; Ralph, 385 ; Thomas, 82, 83 Gregory’s Point,, 48, 49, 96, 124, 265, 266, 267 Griffith, John, 205 Griffiths, Lizzie, 439 Grist Mill, see Mills. Groetzinger, Adolph, 328 Gros, Francis, 239 Groton, 17 Gruelle,, Johnny, 436, 437, 442; Jus¬ tin, 436; R. B., 436 Grumman Hill, 155, 157, 165 Grumman House, 165 Grumman, Samuel, 187 Guards, in meeting house, 79; against Tories, 149; mobilize, 153; in Rev. War, 170 Guarnieri, Charles, 398 Guerillas, 304 Guider, Charles, Mrs., 331, 332 Guider’s Corner, 331 Gumbart, E. H., 379 Gunther,. William, 385 Guthrie, Ada, Mrs., 437 Guthrie, Henry, 266 Gutmann, Bernhard, 437 Guyer Hat Co., 284, 285 Guyer, William, 418 Hackley, Charles, 331, 332; Mary, 331, 332 Hadassah, 423 Haies, Nathaniel, 32, 37, 41, 84, 85 Haies, Samuel, 38, 84 Hair cutting, 94 Hait, Daniel, 100 Haite, Walter, 37, 67; Mr. Haite, 85 Hale Memorial Fountain, 143 Hale, Nathan, 141, 142, 143; monu¬ ment, 170 Hales, Samuel, 37, 41 INDEX 496 Hales, Thomas, 31, 32, 37 Half Mile Island, 49, 264, 265, 414, 478 Hall, Edwin, 232, 259; Hannah, 123; Kenneth, 402 Hall, Storrs, 259 Hallock, C. R, 167, 291, 292, 293, 328; William, 349 Hamilton, Hamilton, 437 ; Helen, 437 Hammonassetts, 4 Hancock, John, 124 Hand, Molly, 403 Hanford, Benjamin, 295; Daniel, 168; Edwin, 371 ; Fred, 385; Heze- kiah, 168; John, 187, 196; Levi, 378; Moses, 187; Mrs., 90; R. G., 434; Samuel, 113, 265; Sarah, 41; Thomas, 136, 205, 392. See Thomas, Rev. Hanford, Rev. Thomas, settler, 37 ; ancestors, 41 ; homelot, 47 ; home, 50, 56; given island, 65; died, 83, 86 ; children, 84, 90, 416 Hanlon, John, 230 Hardenbrook, Philip, 266 Harford, William, 223, 309 Hards, Ira, 442 Harris, Charles H., 428; glass works, 428; Commodore, 431; va¬ cation lodge, 434 Harris, Edwin, 379 Harrold, Orville, 442 Harstrom, Carl, 261 ; his school, 261, 400 • 389 397 Hartford, 8, 9, 10, 20, 35, 172, 173, 208; social center, 210 Hason, Seeley, 205 Hat Forming Co., 289 Hathaway, Esther, 241 Hatting, 270 to 290; early, 271, 272; beavers, 271 ; progress, 273 ; silk hat, 273; panic, 274; soft hat, 274; derby. 275 ; yachting, 275 ; C. and Iv., 276; process, 276-278 ; strike of 1884, 279-283 ; hat makers as¬ soc., 283 ; strike of 1909, 284 to 289 ; old hat companies, 289 ; pres¬ ent, 290 Hawes, H. C., 337 Hawley, Mathew, 403 Hawthorne, Ruth, 438, 442 Hay Is., see Grassy. Hayes, Arthur, 402 Haynes, Gov. John, 21 Hayt, Justus, 150 Hayward, 188 Hazzard, Norman, 403 Healy, John F., 370 Hebbard, Elijah, 191 Hebrew School, 243 Hein, A. G., 228 Heinie, Albert, 308 Hemming, Emile, 228, 391, 407, 431 Hempstead, John, 142 Henderson, Martha, 403 Hendrick, Elmer, 117 Hendrick, George, 298 Hendrick, Marcia, 334 Herb growing, 90 Herman, Albert, 403, 404 Hewnompom, 24 Hibernians, Order of, 421 Hickock, Benjamin, 100 Higgins, R. L., 408 High School, Norwalk, 247; strug¬ gles, 247 to 250, 251, Hildebrant, Howard, 436 Hill, Asa, 192; Clara. 165, 190, 410, 411, 412; E., 326; E. J., 165, 312, 330, 397; Eben, 226, 291; Jr., 291, 384 ; Ebenezer, 227, 378, 393, 407, 444; Elsie, see Levitt; John, 408; Moses, 190, 293 Hillside School, 260 Hipson, Anna, 403 Hipson, Henry, 389 “Hiram Bender,” 336 Hitchcock, Dexter, 408 Hockanums, 4 Hodges, Fred, 382 Hodshon, A. A., 289 Hodshon-Berg Co., 290, 444 Hoelscher, Frederick, Mrs., 421 Hoffman, Joseph, 303 Holcolm, Maybelle D., 438 Holley, Edward, 297 Holloway, George, 417 ; John, 31 Holmes or Homes, Richard, 37, 41, 83, 84 Holmes, William, 8 Holmstead, Richard, 32 Holston, Ansley, 402 Holton, George, 336 Home Guard, 398 Home Lawn School, 260 Homelots, 46, 47, 48 Homeopaths, 408 Homes, early Norwalk, 52, 53; in 1750, 104; burned, 157, 162; INDEX 497 some escape, 164; new, after Rev., 176; first brick, 178; in 1929, 425 Home spun, 131 Hoof and Horn Creek, 27, 146 Hooker, Rev. Thomas, 62 Hooper, George, 267 Hooton, James, 293; Thomas, 292 Hope Hose, 307, 310, 381 Hopkins, George, 382 “Horse Path,” 219 Horse Railway Co., 312 Horton, E. A., 321, 322 Hospital, none here, 408; Norwalk, 409, 432 Hospital sewing, 433 Hotchkiss, E. H. Co., 427 Hotchkiss, Mrs., 316 Hotels, see Inns for early hotels; Norwalk Hotel and Connecticut House, 179, 180, 181, 184, 185; other hotels, 180 ; interior of Nor¬ walk hotel, 184; hotel keeper’s, importance, 184, 185 ; meals, 185 ; recreation, 186 ; lotteries, 187 Hour Publishing Co., 323 Housatonic River, 7 How, John, 24 Howard, M. J., 371 Howe, Benjamin, 303 Howell, Louis, 236 Howland, Edward, 335; James, 335, 336 Hoyt, Asa, 168, 170; Bouton, 95; Charles, 265, 431 ; Daniel, 169, 349; Danny, 353; Eben, 216; Ezra, 392; Goold, 136, 165; Gabriel, 335; Henry, 378; Ira, 205; James, 297, 323, 380; John, 84, 100, 169, 419; John Sherman, 331; Nathan, 169; Philo, 206; Ralph, 205; Samuel, 205 ; Stephen, 168, 205 ; Walter, 37, 41, 206, 371; William, 169, 265; William F., 400 Hoyt’s Is., 414, 478 Hubbell, Abel, 206; Carmi, 371; George, Mrs., 421 ; Harry, 373 ; Henry, 437; James, 382; Joseph, 244; Matthias, 244; Nathan, 103; W. B., 377; Wilbur, 371 ; William, 289 Hubbell and Barthol, 289 \ Hubbs, Charles, 374 Hudson River, 3, 76 Huffiington, John, 332 Humphries, Romily, 237 Hungarian Baptist Church, 234 Hungarian Cath. Church, 239 Hungarian Churches Cong., 238 ; Ref., 239; Bap., 234, 239; Catholic, 239 Hungarian Cong. Church, 238 Hungarian Herald, 425 Hungarian Ref. Church, 239 Hunt, Frederick, 402 Hunt, Thomas, 390 Hunter, Harrison, 441 Huntington, 4 Huntington, Dr. Samuel, 26 Hurd, William, 294 Hurlbutt, A. B., 388 ; A. S., 227, 338; James, 216; J., 406; John, 104 Hurley, Denis, 231 Hutchens, Frank T., 437 Huth, Fred, 428 Hyat, James, 337 Hyatt, Charles, 297 ; Ebenezer, 206 ; Henry, 324 ; Stephen, 169 ; Stiles, 293 ; Thomas, 82 Hyer, William, 323 Hyott, Thomas, 100 Ice cream, first here, 165 Ice in August, 207 Improvement Ass’n, West Norwalk, 242 Indian Field, 28 Indians in Connecticut, tribes, 4 ;