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COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
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PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
CITY HALL.
COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
JAIL.
TOWN POOR.
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along the track of the said Brookfield branch easterly to the crossing at White Street, thence through the centre of White Street to the eastern limit of the city, thence following the limits of said city in a northerly and westerly direction to the eastern boundary of said second ward, thence following said eastern boundary of the second and first wards to the point of beginning.
The boundaries of the fourth ward follow the southern bound- ary line of said third ward to the city limits, thence following said city limits in a southerly and westerly direction to the east- ern boundary of said first ward, thence northerly along the east- ern boundary of said first ward to the point of beginning.
The different political organizations are making preparations for the holding of ward and city caucuses for the nomination of officers.
At the annual meeting there will be elected by a plurality of ballots a mayor, a clerk, a treasurer, a city sheriff, and an audi- tor, all of whom shall be voted for upon one ticket, and all of whom when elected shall enter upon their several offices upon the first Monday in May, 1889, and shall hold office two years therefrom, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Thus it will be seen that a city election is held but once in two years, while as heretofore the borough officers were elected an- nually. These candidates will be nominated by each party at a general caucus.
The section providing for ward officers is as follows, and it will be seen that their terms of office differ materially from those of the general offices above mentioned :
" At said annual meeting held on the last Monday of April, 1889, and biennially thereafter, the voters of the first and third wards of said city shall elect from their number one alderman from each ward, who shall be a resident of his respective ward, and who shall hold office for two years from the first Monday of May next succeeding and until their successors are elected and qualified. At said annual meeting, held on the last Monday of April, 1889, the voters of the second and fourth wards of said city shall elect from their number one alderman for each ward, who shall be a resident of his respective ward, and shall hold office for one year from the first Monday in May, 1889, and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the annual meet- ing held on the last Monday of April, 1890, and biennially there-
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after, the voters of said second and fourth wards shall in like manner elect an alderman from each ward, who shall hold office for two years from the first Monday in May next succeeding, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
" At said annual meeting held on the last Monday of April, 1889, the voters of each of the wards of said city shall elect from their number two councilmen, who shall be residents of their respective wards, the one receiving the highest number of ballots to hold office for two years, and the one receiving the next high- est number of ballots to hold office for one year commencing on the first Monday of May, 1889, in case of a tie vote the respec- tive terms being decided by lot by the moderator of said ward, and holding office until their successors are elected and quali- fied ; and annually thereafter on the last Monday of April in each year, the voters of each of the wards of said city shall in like manner elect one councilman, who shall hold office for two years, commencing on the first Monday of May in each year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. All officers elected by the city at large shall be residents of said city, and all officers elected by the several wards shall be residents of said wards, and shall vacate their office by removal therefrom."
Each of these officers is to be nominated by the voters of their respective wards at caucuses held in each ward.
"The presiding officer in each ward shall receive the ballots of all persons whose names are registered on the list in said ward, unless the right of any such person to vote shall be challenged, in which case the presiding officer shall before receiving said vote make inquiry into the right of said person to vote, and hear and determine such challenge, administer oaths to the parties challenged and all witnesses heard in relation thereto, and upon determining the challenge, receive or reject said vote.
" The name of any elector inadvertently omitted from said list by said registrars or by clerical error may be added upon elec- tion day by the presiding officer of the ward in which such elector resides, upon sworn proof of his right to vote. The polls in each ward shall be open from nine o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon on the day of each annual meeting. The registrars of voters of the town of Danbury, who for all the purposes of this act shall be the Board of Registrars for the city of Danbury, shall by agreement if possible, if not by lot,
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appoint some elector from each ward to be the presiding officer in said ward, at said annual meeting. They shall also appoint one or more assistants to relieve said presiding officer in his duties. They shall also appoint some suitable person to check the voting list in each ward, and suitable persons to count the vote at the close of the polls in each ward. The presiding officer shall receive and deposit in the ballot-box the ballots of all per- sons found qualified to vote.
" Immediately at the close of the polls the counters, without removing the box from said polls, shall publicly count the bal- lots therein contained and shall deliver the result thereof to the presiding officer of said ward, who shall publicly declare the same immediately thereafter ; the presiding officers in each of the several wards of said city, except the first, shall transmit to the presiding officer of the first ward of said city a certificate of the result in each of their respective wards ; said presiding officer of the first ward shall forthwith cause said returns to be com- piled and publicly announce the names of the successful candi- dates for the several offices, and shall forthwith transmit a copy of said returns to the city clerk, who shall record the same.
"The presiding officer of the first ward shall give notice of the adjournment of said annual meeting till the next day.
"The voting place of the first ward will be at the City Hall, the second at the rink, the third at the Metropolitan Hall, White Street, and the fourth at the Court House."
The mayors of the city have been L. L. Hopkins, 1889-91 ; Charles S. Peck, 1891-93 ; Charles S. Andrews, 1893-95 ; G. M. Rundle, present mayor.
CHAPTER XLVII.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. *
IN the Republican Journal (formerly Farmer's Journal) of November 11th, 1793, we find the first reference to a fire depart- ment in Danbury in the following advertisement :
FIRE ENGINE
" A subscription has been set forward in this town for the pur- pose of procuring a Fire Engine, and which has met with the warmest approbation of every gentleman to whom it has been presented. The Engine proposed to be purchased will discharge 80 gallons per minute and throw it 100 feet in height.
" As soon as three hundred dollars are subscribed for (about sixty of which are now wanting), a meeting of the subscribers will be held, and a committee appointed to purchase said engine, and for such other purposes as may be deemed necessary.
" To suggest to the enlightened inhabitants of this town the usefulness of a Fire Engine, and to expatiate on the invention of a machine which under Providence has saved the lives and property of millions, would be justly deemed an insult to their understanding.
" The subscription is still to be seen at the store of Messrs. Cunningham & Mygatt, where those who are desirous of sub- cribing are requested to call.
" Danbury, Nov. 11, 1793."
At a borough meeting at the Court House, Monday, July 14th, 1823, a by-law was passed to appoint one or more fire in- spectors, to hold the office until the annual borough meeting, and their duties were defined.
At the annual meeting, May 10th, 1824, it was
* We are largely indebted to the kindness of Mr. Thomas A. Lounsbury for in- formation contained in this article.
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" Voted, That Samuel Tweedy, Johnson Wildman, and Nirum Wildman be a committee to inquire into the probable expense of an engine or engines, and to devise the best method to procure one or more, for the benefit of this borough, and report at a future meeting of the borough all the facts, with their opinion thereon."
At the annual borough meeting, May 8th, 1826, Nathaniel Bishop, E. Moss White, and Jesse Crofut were appointed fire inspectors.
At a borough meeting, October 6th, 1828, it was
" Voted, That Russell Hoyt and Samuel Tweedy be a commit- tee to correspond with the proprietor of the engine built at Canaan, for the purpose of ascertaining on what terms one or more can be purchased, and report at a future meeting."
The meeting was adjourned to December 1st, when it was
" Voted, That the warden and burgesses be directed to send to Canaan for one or more engines to be tried."
At a borough meeting, January 20th, 1829, it was
" Voted, That a tax of two and a half cents on the dollar be laid on the polls and taxable property within the borough on an assessment list lately made out by direction of the borough, payable by the 10th day of February next, to purchase two fire engines.
" Voted, That Elias S. Sanford be and is hereby appointed collector of the above tax at 2 per cent premium, to be paid into the treasury by the 20th of March next.
" Voted, That the warden and burgesses be directed to make such regulations as to the locality of the engines, and also as to forming companies to take care of and manage the engines, and also to lay out the surplus of the tax, if any, after paying for the engines."
At the session of the General Assembly held in 1829 at Hart- ford, upon the petition of Daniel B. Cooke and warden and bur- gesses, the borough was authorized a second fire company not to exceed sixteen men, and at a meeting of the warden and bur- gesses, July 13th, 1829,
" Voted, That two fire companies be formed and organized within said borough, to be denominated Fire Company No. 1 and Fire Company No. 2.
" Also Voted, That Company No. 2 shall consist of twenty-five
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men, including officers, and No. 1, of sixteen men, including officers."
At a meeting of the warden and burgesses, held July 13th, 1829, the following were appointed officers of Fire Company No. 2: E. Moss White, Foreman ; William Patch, Assistant Foreman ; Eli T. Hoyt, Secretary.
The following were the firemen of said company : John Foot, Daniel Anderson, Samuel Barber, Rory Starr, Thomas M. Gregory, Alfred Benedict, John F. Baird, Starr Nichols, Edward Tweedy, Enoch Moore, Sands Perkins, Edward Holmes, Under- hill Nelson, Stephen T. Gregory, David P. Abbott, Samuel J. Downing, Henry C. Lobdell.
The officers of Company No. 1 were : Elias S. Sanford, Fore- man ; John Fry, Assistant Foreman ; Ephraim Gregory, Secre- tary.
The firemen of this company were : Samuel Stebbins, Moses Yale, Lucius H. Boughton, Thomas F. Whittlesey, Timothy B. Hickock, Alfred Gregory, Samuel C. Wildman, Darius Starr, Nathaniel Wood, Gilead G. Taylor, Hubbell Wildman, Fred- erick S. Wildman, Benjamin Smith.
August 22d, 1829, the following persons were added to No. 2 : Samuel G. Boughton, Henry Benedict, Darius Dikeman, Zar Stone, Russell Dobbs.
August 27th Charles A. Jump was added to No. 1, and Sep- tember 3d Emery Shadbolt to No. 2.
On June 17th, 1850, the warden and burgesses were directed to procure the necessary ladders, hooks, and running apparatus for a hook and ladder company, also to erect or procure a build- ing for the same. The company to consist of not more than twelve persons of eighteen years of age or over.
The following officers were elected on July 9th, 1850 : Samuel G. Raymond, Foreman ; Orlando W. Jennings, Assistant Fore- man ; S. C. Wildman, Treasurer ; D. B. Booth, Secretary.
Between 1850 and 1888 the following persons served as officers : Foremen : W. H. Raymond, Luman L. Hubbell, W. A. Anson, J. T. Bartley, Howard P. Stevens, Robert J. Brown, William Rowley, W. F. Hoyt, John W. Newbury.
Assistant Foremen : D. B. Booth, N. L. White, Samuel C. Wildman, O. R. Jenkins, W. K. Patch, Edward K. Patch, F. P. Ferry, M. W. Scott, George Oakley, Jesse Day, J. F. Bartley,
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George St. John, George Stott, Alexander Harkness, J. F. New- bury, R. H. Brady.
Secretaries : Samuel L. Jennings, G. L. Purdy, E. F. Wood, J. T. Robinson, Thomas F. Rowan, Thomas H. Warner, Joseph B. Foot, Samuel L. Jenkins, E. F. Wood.
Treasurers : Frederick A. Norris, J. S. Amsbury, George Wright, H. D. Bradley, J. W. Newbury.
The officers of to-day are : Charles T. Anson, Captain ; Thomas H. Warner, Lieutenant ; Edward J. Lewis, Driver.
Bunkers : Horatio W. Brown, Frank C. Bouton, Joseph Haigh, Chauncey Kane, Charles J. Ray.
Call Men : Frederick D. Fry, Philip Linderbeck, Harry D. Lounsbury, William H. Lake, James E. Stevens, John Shalley.
In November, 1862, the town voted that " the Fire Department shall consist of the following companies : Excelsior Engine Com- pany, 50 men ; Humane Hose Company, 25 men ; Kohanza Hose Company, 25 men ; Washington Hook and Ladder Company, 30 men."
The officers of Excelsior Engine Company No. 1, in 1861, were : E. R. Whittlesey, Foreman ; W. W. Bedient, Assistant Foreman ; F. S. Blackman, Secretary ; W. P. Comstock, Treas- urer ; in 1862 : F. J. Jackson, Foreman ; J. Gibson, Assistant Foreman ; F. S. Blackman, Secretary ; W. P. Comstock, Treas- urer ; in 1863 : Edward T. Brockett, Foreman ; Levi K. Wild- man, Assistant Foreman ; Samuel C. Wildman, Secretary ; W. P. Comstock, Treasurer ; in 1864 : Edward S. Brockett, Foreman ; L. K. Wildman, Assistant Foreman ; W. P. Comstock, Secre- tary ; George Olmstead, Treasurer.
Officers of the Humane Hose Company from 1862 to 1888 :
Foremen : Thomas A. Lounsbury, W. H. Griffing, Welford R. Smith, Thomas F. Fay, P. J. Fisher, W. H. Simmons, George Oakley, Curtis C. Hoyt, Charles F. Anson, Thomas Deakin, Morris Meyer, E. Simmons, Eli M. Bailey, Andrew Williams.
Assistant Foremen : Andrew Williams, James B. Baldwin, L. H. Foster, James Moore, Jr., Lawrence Smith, Morris Jen- nings, Samuel C. Wildman, Philip Simmons, P. J. Fisher, A. Hurgeon, W. H. Simmons, George Oakley, Thomas Deakin, R. Fitzsimmons, A. Parsons, C. C. Hoyt, Ed. Simmons, F. D. Fry, William Coleman, C. T. Anson.
Secretaries : Dwight E. Rogers, John E. Stone (Secretary and
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Treasurer), A. W. Parmalee, George R. Morgan, C. S. Morgan, Lawrence W. Smith, F. D. Fry, John J. Brady, Ed. Acker, H. D. Lounsbury, A. Hurgeon, C. T. Ansno, Ed. Smith, Charles Harris, C. C. Hoyt, A. W. Parmalee.
Treasurers : A. N. Stebbins, Thomas F. Fay, Augustus Par- sons, E. Schoen, Eli Bailey, Howard M. Ives, William Coleman, John Small, F. D. Fry, Morris Meyer, C. S. Andrews.
Officers of the Kohanza Hose Company, No. 2, in 1862 : Charles Lamb, Foreman ; G. M. Southmayd, Assistant Foreman ; F. S. Wildman, Secretary ; John Tweedy, Treasurer.
Since then the following have served as officers :
Foremen : Frederick S. Wildman, C. H. Crofut, Charles H. Hoyt, John A. Green, Harris L. Crofut, J. Amsbury, Edward Lobdell, G. E. Lobdell, J. H. Elwood.
Assistant Foremen : C. H. Crofut, Harris L. Crofut, Charles H. Lamb, Stephen L. Bedient, Samuel C. Holley, C. H. Hoyt, Matthew Murdock, M. L. Dean, J. W. English, B. L. Taylor.
Secretaries : H. L. Crofut, A. N. Wildman, J. Amsbury, George W. Barnum, M. F. Kelly, Augustus Ising, P. S. Norman. Treasurers : J. Amsbury, George W. Barnum, H. L. Crofut, Lester Comes, C. L. Taylor, O. Meade.
Chief Engineers since 1852 : E. R. Whittlesey, W. F. Hoyt, David D. Wildman, John A. Green, Alson J. Smith, Jesse D. Stevens, W. W. Raymond, Dwight E. Rogers, W. W. Bedient, Thomas A. Lounsbury, Luman L. Hubbell, M. W. Scott, Curtis C. Hoyt, P. J. Fisher, Howard P. Stevens, John W. Newbury, John H. Elwood, Morris Meyers.
First Assistant Engineers : D. B. Booth, Henry T. Dann, N. L. White, Samuel C. Wildman, Charles W. Lamb, Stephen S. Bedient, Morris T. Jennings, Samuel C. Holley, Abner Graham, Amos N. Stebbins, Dwight E. Rogers, Charles Crofut, Harris L. Crofut, John A. Green, George C. Comes, Edward K. Patch, F. P. Ferry, M. W. Scott, George Oakley, Jesse Day, Howard P. Stevens, R. H. Brady, P. H. Simmons, Richard Fitzsimmons, John R. Spain, Thomas A. Lounsbury.
Second Assistant Engineers since 1887 : John E. Tivenin, T. F. Fay, D. E. Loewe, Jesse Day, William Hart, Frank P. Ferry, Robert Brady, P. H. Simmons, F. C. Olmstead, F. E. Gallagher, George Stott.
The Independent Hose Company, located at the north end of
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Main Street, in June, 1868, had for its first officers Charles Chase, Foreman ; G. W. Hoyt, Assistant Foreman ; E. J. Partrick, Secretary ; Henry Lowe, Treasurer.
This company merged into Padanaram Hose Company No. 3, and its present officers are as follows : F. A. Hall, Foreman ; John Griffin, First Assistant Foreman ; James Boughy, Second Assistant Foreman ; Frank Beardsley, Recording Secretary ; Frank H. Smith, Financial Secretary ; Frederick A. Brush, Treasurer.
The following have been officers in the Padanaram Hose Com- pany between its organization and the present time :
Foremen : Vernon M. Young, Wilson T. Addis, James W. Boughy.
Assistant Foremen : E. E. Hamilton, C. H. Stone, H. C. Archer.
Secretaries : R. Durgy, Frederick Brush, F. H. Smith.
Treasurers : W. H. Cougle, H. H. Hodge, F. A. Brush.
Independent Hose Company, located at the top of West Street, in May, 1868, had for its first officers : G. F. Bradley, Foreman ; E. W. Gilbert, Assistant Foreman ; D. E. Rogers, Secretary and Treasurer.
This company merged into Citizens' Hose Company No. 6.
Independent Hose Company, located, in 1868, at south end of Main Street, merged into Wooster Hose Company No. 5, with the following officers at the present time : Charles R. Foote, Foreman ; George H. Phillips, Assistant Foreman ; Charles W. Murphy, Recording Secretary ; J. T. McCarthy, Financial Secre- tary, and also Treasurer.
The officers of this company at the time of its organization in 1889 were : G. P. Foote, Foreman ; P. M. Kirk, Assistant Fore- man ; C. W. Murphy, Secretary ; W. B. Sharp, Treasurer.
Citizens' Hose Company No. 6 was organized in July, 1888, with officers as follows: J. C. Beardsley, Foreman ; James Knapp, Assistant Foreman ; James M. Marshall, Secretary ; D. F. Riordan, Treasurer.
The officers to-day are : C. H. Thompson, Foreman ; Robert J. Ray, Assistant Foreman ; Charles H. Hopkins, Secretary ; C. B. Weed, Treasurer.
At a city meeting held September 18th, 1889, it was unani- mously voted to change from a volunteer to a partly paid fire
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department. Of the department as it exists to-day Danbury may well be proud. It has had a steady growth and consists of two branches, a paid and a volunteer department. The paid department consists of four companies, as follows : Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, Hose Company No. 1, Hose Company No. 2, and Steamer No. 2.
Of the volunteer department there are seven companies-viz .: Padanaram Hose Company No. 3, Independent Hose Company No. 4, Wooster Hose Company, No. 5, Citizens' Hose Company No. 6, Water Witch Hose Company No. 7, Phoenix Hose Com- pany No. 8, and Beckerle Hose Company No. 9.
Independent Hose Company No. 4 has for its officers to-day J. Wosley Kirk, Foreman ; Marvin Hyatt, Assistant Foreman ; Thomas J. Hoyt, Secretary ; Caleb M. Purdy, Treasurer.
Officers of Water Witch Hose Company No. 7 : Robert Brown- lee, Foreman ; Charles Harrison, Assistant Foreman ; Edward Madden, Recording Secretary ; William Wooden, Financial Sec- retary ; William Day, Treasurer.
Phoenix Hose Company No. 8 : A. G. Ising, Foreman ; How- ard Lewis, Assistant Foreman ; Matthew L. Barber, Secretary ; Orris Barber, Treasurer.
Officers of Beckerle Hose Company No. 9 : George Tilk, Fore- man ; Henry Hafer, Assistant Foreman ; Arthur Graef, Secre- tary ; Frank Schatzla, Treasurer.
The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department is Thomas A. Lounsbury, who has been a resident of this city for twenty-five years, and a member of the Fire Department for more than twenty-four years.
First Assistant Engineer is Richard Fitzsimmons, who has been of Danbury for thirty-six years, a member of the Fire Department for twenty years, and has filled his present position for five years.
Second Assistant Engineer Peter Beckerle is a native of Dan- bury, and his membership in the department dates back many years.
The cost of maintaining this branch of the city government for the year ending April 15th, 1894, was $15,156.49. The esti- mated value of the property the department has in use at pres- ent is $67,800. The combined membership of the paid and vol- unteer department is about two hundred.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
SOCIETIES.
Masonic.
UNION LODGE, No. 4, F. and A. M., was organized during the troublous times of the Revolution, its charter being issued March 23d, 1780, upon application of twelve members, whose names are given in the same. They were : Sallu Pell, William Joyce, James Clark, Lamberton Lockwood, John Berrien, F. Wain- wright, Christopher A. Babcock, William B. Alger, Joseph Willsea, Christopher Duyckinck, Thaddeus Benedict, and James Scougall.
The officers of to-day are : Frank M. Scott, W. M .; J. H. Welsh, Secretary.
Eureka Chapter, No. 23, R. A. M., was dedicated June 14th, 1857, with the following charter members : Miles Hoyt, Starr Ferry, John Foot, John Gregory, Joel Taylor, George Seeley, D. P. Shepard, Matthew K. Gilbert, Alva Taylor, Frederick S. Wildman, Eleazer Taylor, Ebenezer Nichols, Ira L. Wildman, Daniel Doble, Joseph Hitchcock, John Ferguson, Martin Mead, Charles Dart, James Beebe, Comfort Whitlock, Thomas P. White, Zar Taylor, Oliver Shepard.
The present officers are as follows : J. W. Turner, E. H. P .; J. B. Wildman, Rec.
Wooster Council, No. 28, Royal and Select Masters, was char- tered by the Grand Council of Connecticut, June 6th, 1865, with the following charter members : Edmund Tweedy, Joseph Tread- well, William F. Barnum, L. K. Mansfield, John M. Hart, Charles W. Skiff, Abijah Abbott, Amos N. Stebbins, Charles Benedict, David B. Booth.
The present officers are : W. T. St. John, T. I. M .; J. H. Welsh, Rec.
Crusade Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar, was chartered by the Grand Commandery of Connecticut in March, 1871.
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The present officers are as follows : A. C. Hubbard, E. C .; W. G. Randall, Rec.
Knights of Pythias.
Wooster Lodge, No. 30, K. of P .: C. H. Dickens, C. C .; C. W. Brown, V. C .; W. T. Sherman, K. of R. and S .; H. L. Crofut, M. of E.
Endowment Rank, No. 423 : Alson J. Smith, President ; George E. Brush, Vice-President ; Charles R. Hart, Secretary.
Union Division, No. 6, Uniform Rank, K. of P. G. C. Smith, Captain ; W. H. Beers, Rec.
Odd Fellows.
Samaritan Lodge, No. 7, I. O. of O. F. This lodge was organ- ized on April 14th, 1842. In 1859 it surrendered its charter, but was reorganized on September 1st, 1873, with the following officers : D. B. Booth, N. G .; S. G. Barley, V. G .; Charles Ben- nett, Secretary ; John P. Abbott, Treasurer.
The present officers are : F. A. Beach, N. G .; H. N. Judd, V. G .; H. E. Comes, Recording Secretary ; R. E. Whitcomb, Permanent Secretary ; E. Stone, Treasurer.
Devotion Encampment, No. 5, I. O. O. F .: G. K. Hawley, C. P .; J. T. Whittlesey, Recording Scribe ; J. B. Mallet, Finan- cial Scribe ; F. G. Hawley, Treasurer.
Progressive Lodge, No. 18, I. O. O. F .: Austin Crofut, N. G .; Charles Velie, V. G .; F. G. Hawley, Recording Secretary ; I. R. Wildman, Financial Secretary ; John A. Stannis, Treasurer.
Myrtle Lodge, No. 16, Daughters of Rebecca : Mrs. S. Hoy, N. G .; Mrs. Alice Teller, V. G .; Mrs. L. Pritchard, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. J. B. Freeland, Financial Secretary ; Mrs. J. B. Parslow, Treasurer.
Echo Lodge, No. 30, Daughters of Rebecca : Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, N. G .; Mrs. Alice Richtmeyer, V. G .; Mrs. Ella D. King, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Addie Lewis, Financial Secretary ; Mrs. Mary Stubbs, Treasurer.
Temperance Societies.
Washington Division, No. 1, S. of T. April 10th, 1843, the Grand Division of the State of New York granted a charter for the first division of this order in the State of Connecticut, and
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on April 25th the officers of the Grand Division of the State of New York instituted, at Danbury, Washington Division, No. 1, Sons of Temperance, with the following charter members : Will- iam Adams, Elbert Birdsall, Juda P. Crosby, John T. Earl, Ira Hodges, John D. Raymond, John Scribner, Amos Bishop, Rob- ert Browning, Joel Clark, Joseph P. Foote, Charles Meader, Hiram Sturdevant, Trueman Trowbridge.
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