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Mr. Edwards, who is also an antiquarian, recognizing that Greenwich is rich in Revolutionary lore, has been engaged for a number of years collecting material, consist- ing of old houses, old mills, and old bridges for a book to be published in the near future. His office is a regular curiosity shop of Indian and Revolutionary relics. Among his collections is the old stirrup used by General Putnam when he rode down the hill, shingles from famous old houses, arrow heads, tomahawks, and other rare Indian implements.
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THE GREENWICH NEWS. Established, 1888.
The first issue of The Greenwich News was published on the second day of February, 1888, by the Hon. R. Jay Walsh, proprietor, and Charles H. Lee, editor. Its office was then at No. 173 Greenwich Avenue. On the twentieth day of July, 1889, The Greenwich News was sold by Judge Walsh to Edwin H. Abrams, who later removed it to his building at No. 157 Greenwich Avenue. In the spring of 1906, it was removed to its present home in the Abrams Building at Nos. 221-225 Greenwich Avenue. The present editor and proprietor of the paper, Frederick W. Lyon, pur- ยท chased it from Mr. Abrams on the fourteenth day of May, 1906, since which time it has grown from a six-page, seven- column paper to a twelve-page, seven-column paper. It is issued every Friday afternoon. Mr. Lyon has been con- nected with The Greenwich News since August, 1888, when he began his apprenticeship as a printer.
THE GREENWICH PRESS. Established, 1910.
The first issue of The Greenwich Press was published on the twelfth day of October, 1910, by Norman Talcott, editor and proprietor. Its office is located at No. 175 Greenwich Avenue, and the paper is issued weekly on Fridays. The editorial council consists of George Barr Baker, Irving Bacheller, Richard Lloyd Jones, Lincoln Steffens, Ernest Thompson Seton, Gilman Hall, and Julian Street.
Mr. Talcott commenced his newspaper career as a reporter on The Boston Traveller; later was a reporter on The Worcester Gazette, The Boston Post, and The Boston American; was also associate editor of a small weekly in the State of New York, and also another in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. On the second day of April, 1905, he took a position as reporter on The Greenwich Graphic; on the four-
FREDERICK W. LYON, EDITOR OF "THE GREENWICH NEWS."
NORMAN TALCOTT, EDITOR OF " THE GREENWICH PRESS."
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teenth day of May, 1906, he became associate editor of The Greenwich News, and remained with the latter until the last of September, 1910, when he left to start The Greenwich Press.
GREENWICH SAVINGS BANK. Established, 1870.
The Greenwich Savings Bank was organized by Robert M. Bruce, Mark Banks, Heusted W. R. Hoyt, John Dayton, Benjamin Wright, Willis H. Wilcox, and twenty others during the month of August, 1870, and was first opened for business on the third day of September, 1870. The bank was first located on the northerly side of Greenwich Avenue about midway between Church Street and Lafayette Place, and was removed to its present quarters on the easterly side of Greenwich Avenue in the fall of 1890. Mark Banks was its treasurer for twenty-six years. The present officers (1910) are: Willis H. Wilcox, President; Nathaniel A. Knapp, Ist Vice-President; Benjamin Wright, 2d Vice-President; and Charles E. Merritt, Secretary and Treasurer.
THE GREENWICH TRUST COMPANY, formerly THE GREENWICH TRUST, LOAN AND DEPOSIT COMPANY. Incorporated, 1886.
The Greenwich Trust, Loan and Deposit Company was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly passed in 1886, whereby it was:
Resolved, that Odle C. Knapp, Edwin A. Knapp, Nehe- miah H. Husted, Cornelius Mead, Hanford Lockwood, John G. Reynolds, Edwin L. Scofield, David H. Clark, Isaac L. Mead, George E. Scofield, George G. McNall, Charles E. Wilson, Henry M. Brush, John Voorhis, R. Jay Walsh, Henry Webb, Henry B. Marshall, etc., are created and estab- lished a body politic and corporate by the name of The Greenwich Trust, Loan and Deposit Company, etc.
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The Trust Company, when it was first opened for business on the twelfth day of July, 1887, had its office on the easterly side of Greenwich Avenue in the LaForge Building. It removed into its present quarters on the fifth day of Feb- ruary, 1890. The present officers (1910) are: Robert Jay Walsh, President; Alfred A. Rundle, Vice-President; A. W. W. Marshall, Vice-President and Secretary; Walter B. Todd, Treasurer; and Luther H. Allcorn, Trust Officer.
GREENWICH NATIONAL BANK. Established, 1906.
The Greenwich National Bank was organized by Charles E. Finlay and Josiah W. Place of the City of New York on the fifteenth day of April, 1906, and was first opened for business on the second day of June, 1906, in the Abrams Building, Nos. 221-225 Greenwich Avenue. It removed to its present quarters in the Smith Building on the first day of August, 1907. The present officers (19II) are: Oliver D. Mead, President; William J. Smith, Vice-President; Robert M. Wilcox, Cashier; and Albert F. Rippel, Assistant Cashier.
LAWYERS.
ADAMS, PERCY D., LL.B., son of Samuel Gardner and Sophia Matilda (Demarest) Adams; born in the City of Chicago, Ill .; graduate of Columbia Law School, Class of 1883; admitted to the New York Bar, Nov. II, 1884; removed to Greenwich, Conn., Nov., 1904, and was admitted to the Connecticut Bar, June, 19II; married, Apl. 17, 1895, Alice H., daughter of Charles H. Pinkham.
ANDERSON, WALTER MORGAN, B.S., son of Thomas and Maria (Johnson) Anderson; born in the Town of Stamford, Conn .; graduate of Wesleyan College, Class of 1901; settled in the Town of Greenwich in 1902; took the full course in law at the New York Law School; admitted to the Connecticut
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Bar on Jan. 19, 1909, and at the same time opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law; married, Mch. 29, 1910, Lucretia, daughter of Lyman and Harriet (Mead) Mead.
BRUSH, RALPH E., LL.B., son of Augustus M. and Sarah (Hodgman) Brush; born in the Town of Greenwich; graduate of the New York Law School, Class of 1908; admitted to the New York Bar in Oct., 1908; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in July, 1909; practises law in the City of New York.
BURNES, CHARLES DUDLEY, LL.B., son of Harvey E. and Grace L. (Andrews) Burnes; born in the Town of Kensington, Conn .; took part of the academic course at Wesleyan Col- lege; graduate of Yale Law School, Class of 1893; admitted to the Connecticut Bar on June 28, 1893; settled in the Town of Greenwich in July, 1894, and was for a time in the law office of Hon. R. Jay Walsh; opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law in July, 1898; Judge of the Borough Court of Greenwich since 1897; representative to the General Assembly in 1907 and 1909; married, Feb. 6, 1895, Elizabeth May, daughter of Thomas I. and Elizabeth T. Raymond, of South Norwalk, Conn.
CURTIS, JULIUS B., son of Nichols and Sarah (Bennett) Curtis; born in the Town of Newtown, Conn., Dec. 10, 1825; studied law with Hon. Edward Hinman of Southbury, Isaac M. Sturges, and Amos S. Treat of Newtown, also at the National Law School, Ballston Springs, N. Y .; admitted to the Connecticut Bar on Dec. 27, 1850; commenced the prac- tice of law in the Town of Greenwich in 1851 ; state senator in 1858 and 1860; removed to Stamford, Conn., in 1864. Among the important law cases with which he has been connected was the famous and familiar case of Mead vs. Husted, a civil action for burning the barns of Alexander Mead of Greenwich. He married, Ist, Oct. 30, 1854, Mary, daughter of Peter Acker of Greenwich, who died on Feb. 20,
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1884; married, 2d, May II, 1886, Alice (Kneeland) Grain, daughter of Henry and Margaret Kneeland and widow of Francis H. Grain.
ELLIOTT, RICHARD A., LL.B., son of James and Martha Louise (Armstrong) Elliott; born in the City of Brooklyn, New York; graduate of Columbia Law School, Class of 1898; admitted to the New York Bar in 1898, or 1899; removed to the Town of Greenwich in 1907; admitted to the Connecticut Bar, June, 19II; representative to the General Assembly in I9II.
FAIRCHILD, JAMES B., practised law in the Town of Greenwich from 1826 to 1828.
FAIRCHILD, ROBERT, practised law in the Town of Green- wich from 1824 to 184I.
FERRIS, CLARENCE CLARK, A.B., LL.B., son of Samuel H. and Mary (Clark) Ferris; born in the Town of Greenwich; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1887; graduate of Colum- bia Law School, Class of 1892; admitted to the New York Bar in 1891; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1908; mar- ried, Ist, Jan. 14, 1897, Katherine Dudek, who died on Oct. 17, 1905; married, 2d, Apl. 16, 1908, Bertha Vincent Odell, of New Rochelle, N. Y .; no children by either wife; practises law in the City of New York.
FERRIS, WILLIAM J., LL.B., son of Jacob Wesley and Sarah (Murgatroyd) Ferris; born in the Town of Greenwich; graduate of Yale Law School, Class of 1903; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1903; opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law in 1904; married, Oct. 16, 1907, Lydia, daughter of Oliver D. and Cornelia A. (Scofield) Mead.
HOYT, HEUSTED WARNER REYNOLDS, son of the Rev. Warner and Elizabeth (Reynolds) Hoyt; born in the Town
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of Ridgefield, Conn., Nov. I, 1842; prepared for college at the Greenwich Academy, and entered Columbia College in his seventeenth year; but on account of illness was unable to complete the course; studied law in the office of Henry H. Owen of the City of New York; admitted to the Bar in 1865, and opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law shortly thereafter; state senator in 1870 and 1873; representative to the General Assembly in 1886 and 1887; Speaker of the House of Representativesin 1887; was appointed the first judge of the Borough Court of Greenwich, which was created in 1889, and held the office until his death.
In 1863 he was appointed 2d Lieutenant of Company F., 8th Regiment, Connecticut National Guards; was pro- moted from one office to another until he was appointed Colonel of the 4th Regiment, Connecticut National Guards, which command he held until Mch. 24, 1877.
He married Annie E., daughter of Hon. John T. Waite, and died on Apl. 8, 1894, leaving him surviving his widow, one son, and three daughters.
HUBBARD, FREDERICK A., LL.B., son of Luther P. and Mary (Tenney) Hubbard; born in the Town of Hollis, N. H .; came to the Town of Greenwich when seven years old; was educated at the public schools and the Greenwich Academy ; studied law in the office of Hon. William E. Evarts of the City of New York; graduate of the New York University Law School, Class of 1875; admitted to the New York Bar in May, 1875; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in Septem- ber, 1875, and at the same time opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law; in June, 1909, was appointed deputy judge of the Borough Court of Green- wich; married, Aug. I, 1883, Agnes H., daughter of George P. and Ellen F. (June) Waterbury.
LOCKWOOD, LUKE ADOLPHUS, M.A., LL.D., son of Fred- erick and Mary Ann (Jessup) Lockwood; born in the Town of Greenwich, Dec. 1, 1833; graduate of Trinity College,
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Class of 1855; was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his college fraternity was Alpha Delta Phi; was Junior Fellow of Trinity College, 1877 to 1883, and at the time of his death was one of its trustees; honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Trinity College in 1902.
After his graduation from college, he studied law with Thomas H. Rodman of the City of New York; was admitted to the New York Bar in 1856, and afterwards admitted to the Connecticut Bar; practised law in the City of New York and was for many years the senior member of the well-known firm of Lockwood and Hill.
He was made a mason in Union Lodge of Stamford in 1856, and in 1857 became a charter member of Acacia Lodge of Greenwich; was its first master and held the office for ten years; High Priest of Rittenhouse Chapter, R. A. M., of Stamford in 1863; Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons of the State of Connecticut in 1865 and 1866; published in 1867 his work on Masonic Law and Practice, which is the recognized authority on masonic jurisprudence; Grand Mas- ter of Masons of the State of Connecticut in 1872 and 1873; through his efforts the fraternity is largely indebted for the establishment of the Masonic Home at Wallingford, of which he was the first president, holding that office until his death.
It was through his personal influence and efforts that Saint Paul's Church at Riverside was organized in 1876, of which he was senior warden from its organization until his death, and also conducted the services regularly, as lay reader, until July 10, 1886, when the Rev. Charles Wright Freeland, curate at Saint Andrew's Church, Stamford, took charge.
He was married in Christ Church, Borough of Greenwich, Sept. 11, 1862, to Mary Louise, daughter of Captain William L. and Catherine (Mead) Lyon; died on Nov. 20, 1905, at his home in Riverside, and was buried with masonic honors in Saint Andrew's Churchyard, Stamford. Their children were Theodora Lyon, Gertrude Louise, Luke Vincent, Wil- liam Frederick, and Alfred Whitney.
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McNALL, GEORGE G., born in the City of Utica, N. Y .; came to the Town of Greenwich when nine years old; was clerk in the office of town clerk for seven consecutive years; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1882; elected judge of the Probate Court for the District of Greenwich in 1886, 1888, and 1898; was appointed deputy judge of the Borough Court of Greenwich in 1893; has been attorney for the Borough of Greenwich since 1889; was Grand Master of Masons of the State of Connecticut in 1899; married, Apl. 24, 1899, Mrs. Emma Frances Montells.
MASON, MYRON L., born in the Town of Enfield, Conn., Aug. 9, 1823; was a member of the junior class at Yale Col- lege; taught school for awhile and then entered upon the study of the law; was at one time the law partner of Hon. William W. Eaton of Hartford; about 1851 removed to Westport, Conn., and was judge of probate for that district for seventeen consecutive years; was clerk of the House of Representatives in 1854; removed to the City of New York in 1869; removed to the Borough of Greenwich in 1871, and opened a law office on Putnam Avenue; elected judge of pro- bate for the District of Greenwich in 1873, 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878; designed the seal now used by the Town of Green- wich; died in the Borough of Greenwich on June 8, 1890, leaving him surviving a son and a daughter.
MEAD, DANIEL M., Major, son of Edward and Susan A. E. (Merritt) Mead; born in the Town of Greenwich, June 2, 1834; after a three years' course at Yale College, he entered the Poughkeepsie Law School, from which he graduated in 1855; was admitted to the Connecticut Bar the same year, and opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law; author of the History of the Town of Greenwich published in 1857; representative to the General Assembly in 1860; was made a mason in Union Lodge of Stamford in 1856, and in 1857 became a charter member of Acacia Lodge of Greenwich.
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was commissioned Major in the 10th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry; died in the Town of Greenwich, Sept. 19, 1862, while in the service, and home on sick leave; married, June 16, 1856, Louisa S., daughter of Colonel Thomas A. and Hannah (Seaman) Mead; no children.
MEAD, JAMES R., son of Benjamin C. and Mary E. (Ritch) Mead; born in the Town of Greenwich; studied law in the office of Colonel Heusted W. R. Hoyt; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1882; practised with Colonel Hoyt for three years, and then opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law; town clerk of the Town of . Greenwich from 1887 to 1903 inclusive; assistant prosecuting attorney for the Borough Court of Greenwich from 1893 to 1899 inclusive; deputy judge of the Borough Court of Green- wich in 1900 and 1901 ; representative to the General Assem- bly in 1903; warden of the Borough of Greenwich in 1907 and 1908; married, Nov., 1888, Elizabeth M., daughter of Thomas Stone, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
MEAD, JOSEPH, son of William Mead; born in England in 1630; came to America in 1635; settled in Stamford in 1641; removed to the Town of Greenwich in 1665; died on May 3, 1690, He was the first lawyer who was a resident of the Town of Greenwich.
MEAD, S. CRISTY, A.B., LL.B., son of Solomon and Mary E. (Dayton) Mead; born in the Town of Greenwich; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1890; graduate of Yale Law School, Class of 1892; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1892; admitted to the New York Bar in 1894; has been secretary of the Merchants' Association of New York since 1897; married, June 26, 1890, Frances R. Boss.
QUINLAN, EDWARD J., A.B., LL.B., son of Jeremiah Quinlan, Jr., and Frances (Nugent) Quinlan; born in the
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Town of Branford, Conn .; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1907; graduate of Yale Law School, Class of 1909; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1909; came to Greenwich in 1909, and is connected with the law firm of Walsh and Wright.
RADFORD, STEPHEN L., son of Stephen L. and Julia Sophia (Ritch) Radford; born in the Town of Greenwich; studied law in the office of Michael Kenealy of Stamford, and also at the New York University Law School; clerk in the office of the town clerk of the Town of Greenwich in 1898 and 1899; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1899; opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law on June 1, 1899; has been clerk of the Borough Court of Greenwich since 1905.
RUNGEE, WILLIAM C., LL.B., son of Henry J. and Pau- line F. (Liefeld) Rungee; born in the City of New Britain, Conn .; graduate of the Yale Law School, Class of 1903; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1903; opened an office for the practice of law in New Haven in 1903; continued in practice there until Apl., 1905, when he accepted a position with the law firm of Walsh and Wright of Greenwich, Conn .; remained with them until Sept. 1, 1908; married, Sept. 7, 1908, Adeline S., daughter of Mills H. Husted; then went abroad for two months, and on his return opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law.
RUSSELL, JOSEPH E., LL.B., son of Joseph E. and Sophia A. (Mead) Russell; born in the Town of Greenwich, July 28, 1851; graduate of the New York University Law School, Class of 1873; admitted to the New York Bar in 1874; never applied for admission to the Connecticut Bar; married, Ist, Nov. 13, 1878, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of William E. and Elizabeth (Greene) Stone of Utica, New York, who died Jan. 10, 1898; married, 2d, Sara, daughter of John H. and Ann (Evans) Jones of Utica, New York; was judge of probate for the District of Greenwich for ten consecutive years, 1901
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to 1910; died on the seventh day of April, 19II, and left him surviving his widow and a daughter by his first wife.
TIERNEY, JEREMIAH, born in Ireland; came to America when four years old and settled in the Town of Norwalk, Conn .; at the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in Company K, 69th Regiment, New York National Guard; learned the hatter's trade in Norwalk; was at one time general secretary of the Hatters' National Union and a leading spirit of trade unionism in America; was largely instrumental in the settlement of the hatters' strike, which occurred in Norwalk in 1884; appointed by Governor Andrews as one of the commissioners to investigate prison. labor in the different prisons in the United States; while working at his trade he took up the study of law under L. P. Deming of New Haven and General Nelson Taylor of Nor- walk, and was admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1882; removed to the Town of Greenwich in 1894 and opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law; deputy judge of the Borough Court of Greenwich from 1896 to 1899, and from 1902 to 1909. He is the only lawyer now in the Towns of Greenwich and Stamford who is a member of the Grand Army. He entered upon his duties as judge of probate for the District of Greenwich on the first day of January, 19II.
TIERNEY, WILLIAM L., B.A., LL.B., son of Jeremiah and Mary (Loughlin) Tierney; born in the Town of Norwalk, Conn .; graduate of Fordham University, Class of 1898; graduate of the New York Law School, Class of 1900; admitted to the New York Bar July, 1900; admitted to the Connecticut Bar, December, 1910; first commenced the prac- tice of law in the City of New York, July, 1900, and opened an office for the practice of law in the Town of Greenwich, December, 1910.
WALKER, THOMAS, practised law in the Town of Green- wich from 1800 to 1824.
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WALSH, JAMES FRANCIS, son of James F. and Annie E. Walsh; born in Lewisboro, Westchester County, N. Y .; in 1864 the family removed to the Town of Ridgefield, Conn .; removed to the Town of Greenwich in 1882 and commenced the study of law with his brother, Hon. R. Jay Walsh; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in Jan., 1888, and immed- iately opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law; was appointed prosecuting agent for the county commissioners in 1888, and in 1889 prosecuting attorney for the Borough Court of Greenwich, both of which offices he held until 1905; representative to the General Assembly in 1901; state senator in 1903 and 1907; treasurer of the State of Connecticut in 1905 and 1906; appointed judge of the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in 1905 and has held the office ever since; married, Apl. II, 1893, Emily Gene, daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Moore) Tweedale of Port Chester, N. Y.
WALSH, ROBERT JAY, son of James F. and Annie E. Walsh; born in Lewisboro, Westchester County, N. Y .; in 1864 the family removed to the Town of Ridgefield, Conn .; educated at the High Ridge Institute and the New Britain Normal College; taught school for a number of years; studied law in the office of Colonel Heusted W. R. Hoyt of Green- wich; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in Apl., 1880; prac- tised with Colonel Hoyt until 1882, when he opened an office in the Borough of Greenwich for the practice of law; state senator in 1885 and 1887; was one of the members of the committee to whom was entrusted the revision of the statutes in 1888; secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1889 to 1893; appointed judge of the Criminal Court of Common Pleas in 1889, which position he held until 1901; town counsel since 1882; president of The Greenwich Trust Com- pany since 1890; married, Oct. 7, 1879, Annie E., daughter of Matthew and Julia (Downes) Merritt.
WHITE, HENRY B., son of Thomas C. and Annie E.
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(Walsh) White; born in the Town of Ridgefield, Conn .; studied law in the office of Hon. James F. Walsh of Green- wich and also at the New York University Law School; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1903; clerk of the Bor- ough Court of Greenwich in 1904 and 1905; prosecuting attorney of the Borough Court of Greenwich since 1905; clerk and treasurer of the Borough of Greenwich in 1906, 1907, and 1908.
WRIGHT, WILBUR S., A.B., son of Lieutenant Benjamin and Abigail R. (Mead) Wright; born in the Town of Green- wich; graduate of Yale College, Class of 1893; studied law in the office of Hon. R. Jay Walsh of Greenwich and also at the New York Law School; admitted to the Connecticut Bar in 1899, and during the same year became the junior partner of the law firm of Walsh and Wright; assistant prosecuting attorney of the Borough Court of Greenwich since 1901.
PHYSICIANS.
ALLEN, CHARLES C., M.D., practised medicine in the Town of Greenwich from 1848 to 1869; resided at Cos Cob just west of the schoolhouse; removed to New York.
AUSTIN, ALBERT E., A.B., A.M., M.D., son of Henry C. and Leah Martha (Huddlestun) Austin; born in the Town of Medway, Mass .; A.B., Amherst College, Class of 1899; A. M., Amherst College, Class of 1904; M.D., Jefferson Medical School, Class of 1905; engaged in hospital work in Philadel- phia, Pa .; practised medicine in Medway, Mass .; opened an office in Sound Beach for the practice of medicine on Sept. I, 1907; married, Mch. 29, 1910, Anne T. Christy.
BELCHER, ELISHA, M.D., son of Colonel William Belcher and Desire (Morgan) Belcher; born in the Town of Preston, now Lebanon, Conn., in 1756; took up the study of medicine and at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War entered the
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Continental Army as surgeon's mate; in April, 1780, he was promoted to surgeon and transferred to the 9th Regiment, 4th Brigade, Connecticut Militia, and stationed at Green- wich, Conn .; was made a mason in Union Lodge of Stam- ford in 1780; representative to the General Assembly in 1798, 1803, and 1811 ; married, July 19, 1781, Lydia, daughter of Horton and Lydia (Knapp) Reynolds. After the close of the Revolutionary War he resided at Round Hill, a short distance south of the present Episcopal Church, and prac- tised medicine in the Town of Greenwich until his death, which occurred on Dec. 23, 1825. His children were Clarissa, Alethina (Alice), Lydia K., Mary (Polly), Elisha R., Sarah B., William N., Elizabeth M., and Ann Augusta. Both his sons were physicians, but removed from Greenwich soon after reaching the age of twenty-one years.
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