Norwalk After Two Hundred & Fifty Years

Officers — Commander, Fletcher Fierce ; Senior Vice-Commander, John F. Lovejoy; Junior Vice-Com- mander, Jarvis Kellogg; Adjutant, Wm. A. KelJogg; Quartermaster, James H. Hoyt ; Surgeon, Horace G. Burr; Chaplain, Wm. A. Ambler; Officer of the Day, Nicholas Kline ; Officer of the Guard, Alfred A. Chin- ery; Quartermaster Sergeant, Henry M. Stanton. 386 BUCKINGHAM WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, No. 30, DEP'T. OF CONN., AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. Objects of the Organization. — Section 1. To spe- cially aid and assist the Grand Army of the Republic and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead. Sec. 2. To assist such Union veterans as need our help and protection, and to extend needful aid to their widows and orphans. To find them homes and employ- ment, and assure them of sympathy and friends. To cherish and emulate the deeds of our army nurses, and of all loyal women who rendered loving service to our country in her hour of peril. Sec. 3. To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America ; to inculcate lessons of patriotism and love of country among our children and in the communities in which we live ; and encourage the spread of universal liberty and equal rights to all. Date of organization — Dec. 19, 1887. Number of Members — 64. President, Mrs. Mary E. Fairchild; Senior Vice- President, Mrs. Clarissa B. Bates; Junior Vice-Presi- dent, Mrs. Delia A. Wilcoxson ; Secretary, Mrs. Emily Alice Pelton ; Treasurer, Mrs. Sarah E. Reynolds ; Chaplain, Mrs. Sophronia P. Perry ; Conductor, Mrs. Ella Faulds ; Assistant Conductor, Mrs. Kate Shre- wood ; Guard, Mrs. Ann M. Canfield ; Assistant Guard, Mrs. Eliza J. Kellogg; First Color Bearer, Mrs. Rose Hoskius ; Second Color Bearer, Mrs. Emma J. Robin- son ; Third Color Bearer, Mrs. Ada Byington ; Fourth Color Bearer, Mrs. Mary F. Decker. DOUGLAS FOWLER POST, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. Objects. — A social organization of veterans of the Civil War. Date of Organization. — Oct. 13, 1879. Members. — 300 on its roll; present number, 70. Present Officers. — Commander, Caleb Wood ; Sen- ior Vice-Commander, Frederick A. Arnold; Junior Vice-Commander, Hiram F. Brundage ; Chaplain, Ste- phen R. Wilcox ; Surgeon, Gould Saunders ; Officer of the Day, Frederick Keating ; Officer of the Guard, John Grant ; Adjutant, D. P. Morrell ; Sergeant-Major, J. H. Stevens; Quartermaster-Sergeant, R. J. Jamerson. 327 DOUGLAS FOWLER WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, No. 15. Objects of the Organization. — To assist the Grand Army of the Republic. Date of Organization. — July 25th, 1885. Number of Members. — 22. Present Officers. — President, Rachel A. Keeler ; Senior Vice-President, Lizzie Delehentv ; Junior Vice- President, Minnie S. Wood ; Secretary, Jennette E. Webb ; Treasurer, Fannie J. Joyce ; Chaplain, Eliza- beth A. Mitchel ; Conductor, Annie M. Brotherton ; First Color Bearer, Annie E. Buttery ; Second Color Bearer, Mary E. Hendrick ; Third Color Bearer, Angie A. Brown; Fourth Color Bearer, Lizzie A. Brotherton. THE O. S. FERRY COMMAND, UNION VET- ERANS UNION, No. 7, DEP'T. OF CONN. Objects of the Organization. — Social body of the veterans of the Civil War and beneficial, to look after the sick and bury the dead. Date of Organization. — January, 1884. Number of Members. — Twenty-eight members in good standing. Present Officers. — Colonel, C. H. Jimmerson ; Lieut.-Co!., Frank Seymour; Major, James La'Hom- medieu ; Surgeon, J. B. Wheeler ; Adjutant, G. S. North ; Quartermaster, Norman HatcEmin. THE NORWALK CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Objects of the Organization. — ''The object of this Chapter shall be to honor the heroic men and women of the Revolution, especially to ascertain and preserve the names of such heroic men and women as lived in Norwalk, and to use all available means to cultivate a spirit of patriotism in the rising generation and to carry out in general the purposes of the National Society.*' — By-Laws of the Chapter. Date of Organization. — December 16, 1892. Number of Members. — Number enrolled, 160; pre- sent membership, 128. Present Officers. — Regent, Mrs. Samuel Richards Weed; Vice-Regent, Mrs. George H. Noxon; Regis- trar, Mrs. Robert Van Buren ; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Lester Hyatt; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Kate Palmer Hunter; Treasurer, Mrs. Edwards G. Wilkinson ; Historian, Miss Angeline Scott ; Curator, Miss Sarah F. Lewis ; Advisory Committee — Mrs. James L. Stevens, Mrs. Jabez Backus, Mrs. Charles Dennis, Mrs. Charles W. Shelton, Mrs. Charles H. Nay- lor; Honorary Vice-Regents, Mrs. E. J. Hill and Mrs. Thomas K. Noble. THE CONNECTICUT CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA. Objects of the Organization. — Section 1. To associate congenial women whose ancestors struggled together for life, liberty, home and happiness in this land when it was a new and unknown country, and whose lines of descent come through patriots who sus- tained the Colonies in the struggle for independence in the Revolutionary War. Sec. 2. To teach reverent regard for the names and history, character, deeds and heroism of the founders of this country and their patriotic descendants and to inculcate patriotism in the present and succeed- ing generations. Sec. 3. To discover and preserve family records and history otherwise unwritten and unknown, of the first Colonists, their ancestors and descendants. Sec. 4. To commemorate events of the history of the Colonies and of the Republic, and in times of war to obtain and forward supplies for field hospitals. Sec. 5. To meet together for debate on current events, criticism of books, historical purposes, and for social enjoyment. Date of Organization. — National Society, June 7, 1898; Connecticut Chapter, June 4, 1901. Number of Members. — Nineteen. Present Officers. — President, Mrs. T. K. Noble; 329 Vice-President, Mrs. C. W. Shelton ; Recording Secre- tary, Mrs. J. B. Gerard; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Frederick Belden ; Treasurer, Miss Cornelia Pomeroy ; Registrar, Mrs. Robert Van Buren ; Historian, Mrs. H. N. Perry; Chaplain, Mrs. Jabez Backus; Color Bearer, Mrs. Chas. W. Rockwell. THE NORWALK HISTORICAL AND MEMOR- IAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Objects of the Organization. — For the promotion and encouragement of historical, antiquarian and genea- logical investigation relating to said town. Date of Organization. — October 5, 1898. Number of Members. — One hundred. Present Officers. — President, F. St. John Lock- wood ; Vice-President, J. H. Ferris ; Secretary, Samuel R. Weed ; Treasurer, John P. Treadwell; Curator, Rev. C. M. Selleck; Executive Committee, F. St. John Lockwood, Samuel R. Weed, Rev. C. M. Selleck, Frank A. Ferris, John P. Treadwell, Robert Van Buren, Nellie S. (Mrs. S. R.) Weed. THE CENTRAL CLUB OF NORWALK. Objects of the Organization. — The object of this club is to promote the welfare of the women of Norwalk, and to provide a central meeting place for the Woman's Clubs of the town of Norwalk. Date of organization. — February 25th, 1896. Number of Members. — One hundred and ten. Present Officers. — President, Mrs. Charles Dennis ; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. H. H. Barroll, Mrs. James Glynn Gregory, Mrs. Frederick Belden, Mrs. W. D. Vernam ; Secretary, Mrs. George Washington Cram ; Treasurer, Mrs. F. S. Lyon, Jr. WOMAN'S CLUB OF NORWALK. Objects of the Organization. — To form an organ- ized center for the intelluctual culture of its members. 330 Date of Organization. — January, 1885. Number of Members. — Two honorary members, twenty-five active members. Present Officers. — President, Mrs. I. S. Jennings; Vice-President, Mrs. C. W. Shelton ; Secretary, Mrs. A. B. Hill; Treasurer, Mrs. L. O. Coolidge. FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB. Objects of the Organization. — An organized center for the literary culture of its members. Date of Organization. — October, 1890. Number of Members. — Sixty. Present Officers. — President, Mrs. C. A. Tucker; Vice-President, Miss Helen Ferris ; Secretary, Miss Sadie Dibble; Treasurer, Mrs. H. N. Dunning. THE NORWALK CLUB. Objects of the Organization. — (Copied from Sec- tion 2 of the Act of Incorporation.) — The purposes and objects shall be to establish and maintain in Norwalk a club-house, buildings and grounds, for the maintenance of a library, art gallery, reading-room and gymnasium, for the mutual pleasure, profit and usefulness of its members, and by means of social and business meetings and by discussion, lectures and other lawful expedients, to develop a healthy public sentiment respecting the social, intellectual, sanitary and commercial needs and interests of Norwalk. Date of Organization. — March 1, 1887. Number of Members. — One hundred and forty. Present Officers. — President, Henry W. Gregory ; Vice-President, Charles F Tristram ; Secretary, Sey- mour Curtis; Treasurer and Collector, Charles E. Curtis; Directors — James G. Gregory, George M. Holmes, Joseph C. Randle, Henry P. Price, William C. Baur, Harvey M. Kent, Robert S. Van Buren, Wil- liam M. Betts; Council — Horace E. Dann, George B. Buxton, John P. Treadwell, Edward Meeker, George L. Woodward, Louis W. Leonard, Allen G. Betts, Frank A. Van Buren, Winfield H. Baldwin, D. Warren Fitch, Fred'k A. Lockwood, Fred'k., A. Ellis; Auditors — Samuel Lynes, Chester S. Selleck. 331 THE SOUTH NORWALK CLUB. Objects of the Organization. — To maintain a Club- House with reading rooms, billiard room and gymna- sium. Date of Organization. — March 30th, 1898. Number of Members. — One hundred. Present Officers. — President, John H. Ferris; Vice- President, James Golden ; Secretary and Treasurer, Fred'k H. Quintard. THE CATHOLIC CLUB. Objects of the Organization. — Social intercourse amongst its members ; to provide them with the con- venience of a club-house, and to afford them an oppor- tunity for moral, intellectual and physical improvement. Date of Organization. — Januaray, 1897. Number of Members. — One hundred. Present Officers. — Moderator, Rev. J. J. Furlong; President, Dr. W. J. Tracey; Vice-President, Dr. T. J. Clune; Treasurer, Wm. J. Howard: Secretary, E. J. Finnegan. THE NORWALK YACHT CLUB. Objects of the Organization. — To encourage and promote the sport of yachting. Date of Organization. — 1894. Number of Members. — One hundred and fifteen, Oct. 1, 1 901.