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Elbert Sherman Adams was born March 4, 1854, in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was educated in the public schools there. Soon after completing his studies, he went into the meat business with his fa- ther, and later in partnership with his brother, Royal W., succeeded his father
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in the business under the firm name of Adams Brothers. In 1902 Mr. Adams withdrew from the firm, and the brother continued alone until 1920, in which year he disposed of his interests. After sever- ing his connections with his brother, Mr. Adams entered into the music business, at the same time taking the agency for the Sonora phonograph for the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island. For two and one-half years Mr. Adams continued this business and then, owing to a serious illness, he was compelled to give up the agency, which he sold back to the com- pany, having built up a splendid business in the comparatively short time he held the territory.
In politics Mr. Adams is a Republican, and has always taken more than a passive interest in public affairs. He served a year as city treasurer, and was a member of the Common Council for two terms. In 1902 he was a member of the Legisla- ture, and served as clerk of the commit- tee on appropriations and was chairman
of the committee on new towns and pro- bate districts. He also served on several other special committees. In 1902 Mr. Adams was appointed postmaster of Nor- walk by President William Howard Taft, which office he held for nine years.
Mr. Adams married (first) Ida Bouton, daughter of John Bouton, and they were the parents of two children: I. Grace Bouton, married Charles L. Wing, and has two daughters, Frances Carolyn and Carol Vida. 2. Spencer S., is assistant treasurer of the South Norwalk Trust Company ; he married (first) Louise Pot- ter, and has two children, Dorothy Dis- brow and Elbert Sherman, 2d ; the mother of these children died in 1901; Mr. Ad- ams married (second), in 1903, Elizabeth Randolph (Meeker) Coleburn, daughter of Silas Barnum and Rosina (Ambler) Meeker, and widow of James C. Cole-
burn, to whom she bore one son, Kenneth Meeker Coleburn. The latter married Emily Eleanor Coley, and has a daugh- ter, Eleanor Stanton. Elbert S. Adams and Mrs. Adams are members of the Con- gregational church, and the former is chairman of the music committee of the church.
CRAM, George Eversleigh, Physician, Served in World War.
One of the surnames that is not so commonly found is that of Cram. It is derived from an ancient word meaning retail shop (kramme), and was probably assumed by an early ancestor from his occupation. In the early records it is spelled Cramme, and its members are mainly found in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In spite of the fact that the name is very uncommon, the ancestor of this family was among the earliest im- migrants to the New World. The latter, John Cram, was born in England, and was a proprietor of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1635. He was one of the early pro- prietors of Exeter, New Hampshire. Two of his sons grew to maturity, and it is through one of these that the line of the Cram family herein described undoubt- edly descends.
(I) Daniel Cram, grandfather of Dr. Cram, was born in South Lyndsboro, New Hampshire, about 1815, and died in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1900. He was a contractor, engaged in railroad work all his lifetime, and resided many years in East Boston. Mr. Cram was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Bos- ton Brass Band, being a cornetist of con- siderable ability. He married, about 1840, in Boston, Mary Hornsbury Mc- Nulty, born in England, about 1815, died in Boston in 1899, daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (Hornsbury) McNulty.
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They were members of the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Cram were the parents of the following children : George W., of further mention; Mary Jane, born about 1843; Elizabeth, 1845; Daniel Henry, August 14, 1847; Sarah Melissa, 1849; Josephine Lily, 1852 ; Adeline, 1854; Ida May, 1856; Benjamin Manley, 1858. All of these children were born in Boston.
(II) George W. Cram, father of Dr. Cram, was born in East Boston, Massa- chusetts, January 25, 1842, and died De- cember 26, 1905. He was educated in the Boston public schools, and then learned the trade of civil engineer, which he fol- lowed for a short time. Then Mr. Cram followed in his father's footsteps and en- tered the contracting business, only of a more general nature. He was awarded a contract in Norwalk, Connecticut, to put in the city water works, and he re- moved to that city where he was a resi- dent until his death. Most of the sewer system of the old city of Norwalk was installed by Mr. Cram, and he also had a contract for construction of that part of the railroad in the vicinity of Roxbury. Mr. Cram was a Republican, a public- spirited citizen, and although he took an active part in the campaigns he was never a seeker for public office. He was a mem- ber of St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; member of the Grolier Club, of New York.
Mr. Cram married Lydia Ann Bartlett, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, July 11, 1841, died April 25, 1919. Her father, Horace W. Bartlett, was born December 2, 1812, in Salem, Massachu- setts, and died in Norwalk, Connecticut, June 11, 1897. He went to sea early in life and became a captain. Later he was in the shoe business in Newburyport as a manufacturer and retailer. He was a member of the Grolier Club, of New York, of Ex Libris, of London, and the Sons of
the American Revolution. Horace W. Bartlett married Ann Maria Currier, daughter of Benjamin Currier, born July 4, 1813, in Newburyport, died September 12, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cram were the parents of : Albert Stevens, died unmarried; George E., of further men- tion ; Alice Bartlett, married Hubert E. Bishop, of Norwalk, sketch of whom ap- pears elsewhere in this work; Clarence Currier, of Seattle, Washington. The family attend Grace Episcopal Church.
(III) Dr. George Eversleigh Cram was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, October 14, 1875. He was educated in the public schools of that city. He tutored for col- lege, and was graduated with the degree of Ph. B. at Sheffield Scientific School in 1897, and in 1901 received his degree of M. D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of New York. The seven months following were spent in a Brook- lyn hospital, thence he went to Tamali- pas, Mexico, as physician for a mining company. During the Yellow Fever Epi- demic in 1903, he was stationed in Tam- pico, Mexico, and in his efforts to min- ister to the sick contracted the fever him- self. After his recovery he spent some time in the State of Durango, and alto- gether was in Mexico ten years. During that time he completely mastered the Spanish language, which is spoken there, and this knowledge made his services even more valuable.
In 1911 Dr. Cram returned to Norwalk and engaged in general practice. He has made that city his residence since and has built up a large clientele. For six years he has been a member of the Board of Health, and is also on the staff of the Norwalk Hospital. He is a member of the Norwalk Medical Association, the Fairfield County Medical Association, the Connecticut Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. Frater-
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nally, he is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of which his father was a member; Our Brothers Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Norwalk Club ; Norwalk Country Club; Norwalk Yacht Club.
On April 2, 1916, Dr. Cram enlisted in the naval militia as a junior lieutenant. When the United States entered the World War, he was sent to Boston and shortly after was transferred into the Na- tional Naval Volunteers. He was or- . dered to New York Navy Yard to go aboard the United States Steamer "Chris- tobal," and from there to Brest. He was stationed at Brest for a year, then sent through Spain to Gibraltar and went aboard the United States Steamer "An- ahma," where he remained seven months. At this time the armistice had been signed, and Dr. Cram was ordered to Constantinople; he was aboard the first American war vessel that had ever passed through the Dardanelles, and was in Con- stantinople when the Allies took posses- sion of that city. They were sent to the relief of the crew of the United States Steamer "Scorpion," that had been in- terned by the Turks during the War, and subsequent to this time Dr. Cram was at- tached to the "Scorpion" for a time as medical officer, and on his release came home on a United States army transport by way of Smyrna. He arrived in this country, July 1, 1918, and was released on inactive duty the following month. Thus through this very creditable record in time of need, Dr. Cram has brought honor to his family name, and proves himself worthy of descent from those courageous and hardy pioneers.
Dr. Cram married Jeanne (Barrett) Hoke, daughter of John Barrett, of Sher- idan, Indiana, and widow of Charles Hoke. By her first marriage Mrs. Cram was the mother of three sons, George, Charles
and William Hoke. Dr. Cram and his wife attend and aid in the support of the Methodist Episcopal church of Norwalk.
TAYLOR, Cornelius G., Agriculturist, Public Official.
Among the surnames of occupational derivation is Taylor, of ancient origin, found in New England at the time of the earliest Colonial settlement. Hall's "His- tory of Norwalk" gives the marriage of Josiah Taylor and Thankful French, Au- gust 2, 1729, and their children: Josiah, born 1730; Jonathan, born 1731; Levi, born 1733; Gamaliel, born 1735; Borak, born 1737; Abijah, born September 22, 1740, of whom further; Paul, born 1741- 1742 ; Sarah, twin of Paul; Thankful, born 1746; Eleazer, born 1749; Deborah, born 1756.
The family records of Norwalk, sup- plementing Hall's "History of Norwalk," have the children of Abijah Taylor and Isabella, his wife, as follows: Robert W., born 1769; Thomas W., born 1772; Gil- bert, born 1775; Dan, born 1778; David, of whom further; Samuel, born 1784; Charles W., born 1786.
David Taylor was born August 2, 1781 ; he married Sally Dykeman. All of the name of Dykeman in America are be- lieved to have descended from William Dykeman, a native of Holland, who was among the early settlers of New Amster- dam. Of his children there is no record. He had grandchildren, among whom was Jacobus. Jacobus Dykeman married a member of the Kesur family, and had children, among them William. William Dykeman, born 1725, died 1787, married Mary Turner. One of their children was Michael. Michael Dykeman was born August 9, 1756, and died in January, 1808, a soldier of the Revolution. He married, about 1778, Sarah Oakley, and had two
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daughters : Sarah, to whom all indications point as the wife of David Taylor, and Maria. Children of David and Sarah [Sally] Taylor : Dykeman; Sandusky, of whom further; Hiram; David; Abigail, married Peter Brower; Jerusha, married Thomas Bird; Sarah Elizabeth, married George Hoyt; and Betty, who died in childhood.
Sandusky Taylor, son of David and Sarah [Sally] Taylor, was born in Pound- ridge, New York, and died in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1864. He took up rail- roading for his life work, and it was while following this occupation he met with a fatal accident. Mr. Taylor married Ore- atha Juliere, daughter of David Juliere, of West Norwalk, of French descent. Their children were: Eva, married Charles Tooker, of Hoboken, and is now deceased ; Cornelius G., of whom further.
Cornelius G. Taylor, son of Sandusky and Oreatha (Juliere) Taylor, was born in White Plains, New York, December I, 1856. He came to New Canaan, Connec- ticut, when he was but a lad of ten years, and with the exception of two years has resided there continuously since that time. He started in life as an apprentice, and through his own unaided efforts carved a recognized place in his community. He lived in Hoboken until apprenticed to Stephen Raymond, of New Canaan, at the age of ten. He was with Mr. Ray- mond for eight years and then went to New York City, where he learned the tinsmith's trade. Not finding this to his liking, Mr. Taylor returned again to New Canaan and purchased his present farm of about one hundred and fifty acres, and has since engaged in general farming. He has about twenty head of cattle.
In politics, Mr. Taylor is a Democrat, and served several terms as a member of the board of selectmen, and also served as assessor. He is a member of Wooster
Lodge, No. 37, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; New Canaan Grange; Pomona Grange, and the State Grange ; and served on the school board.
Cornelius G. Taylor married, in 1877, Nancy E. Tallmadge, daughter of Wil- liam H. and Nancy (Weed) Tallmadge, and they have one daughter, Lorena. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Taylor is a trus- tee of the Tallmadge Hill Union Chapel.
(The Tallmadge Line).
(I) Thomas Tallmadge was of New- ton Stacy, Hants, England. He came to America in 1631, landed at Boston, re- moved to Lynn, later to Southampton, Long Island, and was allotted two hun- dred acres of land. He died about 1653. His wife's name is not mentioned. He had seven children, among whom was Robert.
(II) Robert Tallmadge, son of Thomas Tallmadge, was born in England, and came to America as a young man. It is said he was one of the original purchasers of New Haven in 1639. He married Sarah Nash, daughter of Thomas and Margery (Baker) Nash. Among their six children was Enos.
(III) Lieutenant Enos Tallmadge, son of Robert and Sarah (Nash) Tallmadge, was born at New Haven, Connecticut, October 4, 1656. He was on Bradley's list of proprietors of New Haven in 1685. He went to the defense of Schenectady in command of assistance sent by Connec- ticut, and was killed in the burning of the town, February 9, 1690. He married, May 9, 1682, Hannah Yale, daughter of Thomas Yale. They had four children, among whom was Thomas.
(IV) Thomas Tallmadge, son of Lieu- tenant Enos and Hannah (Yale) Tall- madge, was born in New Haven, Decem- ber 7, 1688, removed to Stamford, and
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died in 1766. He married, in 1715, Su- sanna Weed, who died in 1756. They had six children, among whom was James.
(V) James Tallmadge, son of Thomas and Susanna (Weed) Tallmadge, was born September 10, 1721, and died in New Canaan, in 1797. He was probably the founder of Tallmadge Hill. He married, at Norwalk, in 1741, Mary Seymour. They had five children, among them Sey- mour.
(VI) Seymour Tallmadge, son of James and Mary (Seymour) Tallmadge, was born May 28, 1755, and died July 6, 1840, at Pike, Allegheny county, New York, where he had removed some time after 1816. He was a soldier in the Revolu- tion. He married, April 7, 1774, Sarah Hoyt. They had eight children, among them John.
(VII) John Tallmadge, son of Sey- mour and Sarah (Hoyt) Tallmadge, was born in New Canaan, March 3, 1777, and died May 25, 1852. He married, May 15, 1798, Sarah Bates, of New Canaan, who died December 17, 1856. Children : Polly, born 1799; John L., born 1801 ; Sarah D., born 1803; Seth, born 1809; William H., of whom further ; James H., born 1816.
(VIII) William H. Tallmadge, son of John and Sarah (Bates) Tallmadge, was born May 12, 1810, lived in New Canaan, and died February 3, 1875. He married, January II, 1848, Nancy Weed. Chil- dren: Sarah, born 1849, married D. S. Sholes; Nancy E., born 1852, married Cornelius G. Taylor (see Taylor line) ; Mary, born August 2, 1853.
TAYLOR, Frederick Clark, Attorney-at-Law.
Frederick Clark Taylor was born in Stamford, Connecticut, November 3, 1866, son of Henry F. and Mary E. (Clark) Taylor.
(I) The ancestor of the Taylor fam- ily, John Taylor, was a Puritan. He came from England and settled first in Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1639 he was in Wind- sor, and there received a grant of land in 1640. He was the father of two sons born about 1646. In 1647 John Taylor sailed on a return voyage to England on the ship "Phantom," which was lost at sea together with those aboard.
(II) John (2) Taylor, eldest son of John (1) Taylor, was born in 1641, and was killed by the Indians in 1704. He settled in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was granted a home lot there on Elm street. He was granted permission to set up a saw mill there in 1674. In 1703 he received eighty acres of land, in which section the town of Southampton was later located. He was among the men who contributed to Harvard College in 1672-73. In 1688-90 John Taylor served in King William's War, and also served in Queen Anne's War, and it was during a pursuit of Indians he met his death, May 13, 1704. He married Thankful Woodward, daughter of Henry Wood- ward, who was quartermaster of the Hampshire Troop, of which John Taylor was captain, formed in 1663.
(III) John (3) Taylor, son of John (2) and Thankful (Woodward) Taylor, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1667, and died in 1774. He married (second), January 19, 1726, Hannah Stewart, daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Stewart.
(IV) Seth Taylor, son of John (3) and Hannah (Stewart) Taylor, was born March 30, 1735. He married, March 7, 1765, Martha Gaylord, daughter of Rev. William Gaylord, of Wilton.
(V) Seth (2) Taylor, eldest son of Seth (1) and Martha (Gaylord) Taylor, was born February 4, 1771, and died in 1837. He married Abigail Warren.
(VI) John Warren Taylor, son of Seth
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(2) and Abigail (Warren) Taylor, was born April 8, 1810, in Norwalk, Connecti- cut, and died December 29, 1876, in West- port, Connecticut. Until he was fifteen years of age he attended the public schools and also was a student at the Nor- walk Academy. Until 1832 he was in- structor in a school in Norwalk. In 1834 he purchased a small stock of drugs from Dr. Nash, of Westport, and entered into the drug business, to which he later added books and stationery supplies, continuing this business until his death. Mr. Taylor was one of the most prominent men of Westport; was an old line Whig; served in many public offices; for thirty-seven consecutive years was town clerk, and also served as postmaster and justice of the peace. He married, March 20, 1832, Mary Jerusha Hoyt, born in Norwalk, Connecticut, October 29, 1812, daughter of Uriah Hoyt.
(VII) Henry F. Taylor, son of John Warren and Mary Jerusha (Hoyt) Tay- lor, was born in Westport, Connecticut, where he grew to manhood.' For a num- ber of years he was associated with "Scribner's Magazine." Subsequently he was advertising manager of "The Church- man." In October, 1863, Mr. Taylor mar- ried, in Stamford, Mary E. Clark, daugh- ter of Austin Griswold Clark, of Stam- ford. Their children were: Emily Lou- ise, Frederick Clark, of further mention ; Francis Gilbert, Sarah Howe. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were members of St. An- drew's Episcopal Church, of Stamford, of which for many years he was senior war- den. Mr. Taylor now resides in Seattle, Washington.
(VIII) Frederick Clark Taylor, son of Henry F. and Mary E. (Clark) Taylor, began his education in Stamford, attend- ing the common and high schools there. In 1883 he left school temporarily and entered the employ of the Continental
Insurance Company, of New York City, continuing with them for about five years. In 1888 he entered the real estate and in- surance brokerage business in New York on his own account. Two years later he came to Stamford and engaged in the real estate business there. This continued for several years. In the meanwhile Mr. Taylor took up once more the pursuit of his studies. In 1893 he began the study of law, preparing himself for the law school of Yale University. In 1894 he entered the law school, from which he was graduated in 1896. While there he was chairman of the editorial board of the "Yale Law Journal." In February, 1897, he formed a law partnership with James S. Jenkins, under the firm name of Taylor & Jenkins. Mr. Taylor has always taken an active interest in public affairs, yet is not a politician in the commonly accepted sense of that term. He was elected in November, 1897, to the office of judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford, Fairfield county, on the Repub- lican ticket, and was reëlected for four con- secutive terms of two years each, and de- clined to be a candidate to succeed him- self in 1907. He was chosen the last time as the candidate of both the Republican and Democratic parties, being the first man in the history of the court to be thus honored with a unanimous election. In 1907 he resumed the active practice of his profession, specializing in corporation, estate, trusts and family practice.
Mr. Taylor is a director of the newly consolidated First-Stamford National Bank, and a member of its executive com- mittee, having been one of the vice-presi- dents of the Stamford National Bank at the time of the consolidation. He is an incorporator and director of the Stamford Savings Bank, a director of the Stamford Gas & Electric Company, the Stamford Hospital, the Ferguson Library of Stam-
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ford, the Stamford Home for the Aged, and many other corporations. He is a member of the State Bar Examining Committee, of the grievance committee of the Fairfield County Bar, member of the American Bar Association, the Con- necticut State Bar Association, and vice- president of the Stamford Bar Associa- tion. Mr. Taylor is a director of the Woodway Country Club and of the Sub- urban Club of Stamford, a member of the Stamford Yacht Club, the Wee Burn Golf Club, of Noroton, the Graduates' Club, of New Haven, the Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, and Yale clubs, of New York.
On November 5, 1892, Mr. Taylor mar- ried Elizabeth H. Tilley, daughter of George H. Tilley, of Darien, Connecti- cut, who was for years secretary and treasurer of the Southern Express Com- pany. They have two children: Harriet Dorothy, born December 4, 1894; Fred- erick Heath, born September 15, 1896. The latter left Williams College as a vol- unteer with the American Expeditionary Forces and served in France as a member of the Headquarters Troop of General Hodges, Seventy-Sixth Division. He is now studying the textile industry at the Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta. Mr. Taylor and his family are members of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, of Stamford, of which he is a vestryman.
SHERWOOD, Stuart Wakeman, M. D., Specialist in Mental and Nervous Diseases.
peared at Fairfield about 1648, and was there in 1650. His will was dated July 21, 1655, and probated October 25 of the same year. Among his children was Thomas.
(II) Thomas (2) Sherwood, son of Thomas and Alice Sherwood, was born about 1624, and died at Fairfield, Con- necticut, in 1697. He was a freeman at Hartford in 1664, and was the first miller on Mill river in Fairfield. He married four times; (first) Sarah Wheeler, who died before 1659; (second) Ann Turney ; (third) Mrs. Elizabeth Cable; (fourth) Mrs. Sarah (Hide) Coley. By his second wife he had six children, among them Samuel.
(III) Samuel Sherwood, son of Tho- mas (2) and Ann (Turney) Sherwood, married at Fairfield, Connecticut, and had: Sarah; Samuel (2), of whom fur- ther; Abigail; Anne; Daniel, born April 5, 1708, died 1784.
(IV) Samuel (2) Sherwood, Esq., son of Samuel Sherwood, was born between 1700 and 1702, and was deacon of the Congregational church of Westport in 1747. He married, March 8, 1722, Jane Burr, daughter of Daniel Burr; she was baptized April 17, 1702. Among their children was Samuel (3).
(V) Samuel (3) Sherwood, son of Sam- uel (2) and Jane (Burr) Sherwood, was born between 1722 and 1725. This is probably the Samuel Sherwood (Connec- ticut Soldiers in the Revolution, page II) who served from Fairfield, Connecticut. He married Ann Nichols, and among their children was Samuel Burr Sherwood.
(I) The ancestor of this branch of the Sherwood family was Thomas Sherwood, born in England in 1585-56, traditionally (VI) Samuel Burr Sherwood, son of Samuel (3) and Ann (Nichols) Sher- wood, was born November 26, 1767, and died April 26, 1833. He graduated from Yale College, in 1786, was admitted to the bar in 1790, and practiced at West- in Warwickshire, and who, in April, 1634, with his wife, Alice, and children, Ann, Rose, Thomas (2), and Rebecca, sailed from Ipswich, County Suffolk, England, in the ship "Frances." He was for a time at Wethersfield, Connecticut, ap- port, Connecticut. The Christian name
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of his wife was Charity ; she was born in 1767, died in 1814, and was buried at Westport.
(VII) Henry Sherwood, toward whom all indications point as the son of Sam- uel Burr and Charity Sherwood, was a graduate of Yale College, in the class of 1818. He resided in Westport, Connec- ticut, his death occurring in 1878, and he was always known as Captain Sherwood, drilling the town militia. He married, and was the father of Henry Edgar Sher- wood, of whom further.
(VIII) Henry Edgar Sherwood was born in Westport, Connecticut, in 1841, and died in October, 1903. He was edu- cated in Westport public schools and Westport Academy, and entering the lo- cal bank at an early age, was connected with that institution nearly all of his life. B. L. Woodworth was cashier of the bank, an office he retained for more than fifty years, although during the latter part of that period Mr. Sherwood for several years carried the responsibility and dis- charged the duties of the position. Mr. Sherwood was not strong in his youth. and in addition to his banking work:, for many years conducted a dairy farm, an enterprise that brought him excellent re- turns financially as well as in improved health. Mr. Sherwood was a man of un- usual talents, and developed no mean ability as an artist, although his painting was confined largely to the copy of mas- terpieces. He was also an amateur mu- sician of ability, for many years sang tenor in the choir of Christ Episcopal Church, and took much interest in local music generally. He was also a vestry- man and treasurer of Christ Church, of which his wife was also a member. He was a Republican in political belief, and for a number of years filled the office of town treasurer.
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