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Orphans' Asylum and the Ladies' Charit-
able Society. He is a communicant of St.
John's Protestant Episcopal Church, a
member of its vestry and chairman of its
finance committee. He is a member of
the Sons of the Revolution, the Society of
Colonial Wars and the BridgefKirt Scien-
tific and Historical Society. He is affiliated
with all the bodies of the Free and
Accepted Masons up to the 33d Degree,
and is a member of the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. He is a member
of the Contemporary Club, a former
president and honorary member of the Algonquin
Qub, member of the Brooklawn
Country Club and a former president of
that organization, member of the University
Club of Bridgeport, member and
secretary of the membership committee of
the New York Yacht Club, member of the
Yale Club of New York, the Recess Club,
the Hollenbeck Club of Connecticut and
the Metabetchouan Fish and Game Club
of Canada.
Mr. Bishop married, February 6, 1883,
Jessie Alvord, daughter of William E.
Trubee, of Bridgeport. Their children: i.
William Alfred, born 1885, died 1886. 2.
Marguerite Alvord, graduate of Ingleside
School, New Milford, Connecticut; mar-
ried Dr. H. LeBaron Peters, and has chil-
dren, Henry Walker and William Charles
Peters. 3. Henrietta. 4. Henry Alfred,
Jr., educated at the Hotchkiss School and
Yale University ; married Gloria Gould,
youngest daughter of George J. Gould.
The Henry Alfred Bishop residence is
No. 179 Washington Avenue, Bridgeport.
FONES, Hon. CivUian, D. D. S.,
Dental Snrgeon.
Born in the same year that the city of
Bridgeport was chartered by the Connect-
icut General Assembly as an incorporated
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municipality, and of which he was twice
elected mayor. Dr. Civilian Fones, who
became one of the most prominent men in
municipal affairs of his time and one of
the foremost dentists of the State of Con-
necticut, was the father of a distinguished
son, who, following in the footsteps of his
parent, is recognized as without a peer
in his profession. Dr. Alfred C. Fones,
known throughout the country as "The
Father of the Dental Hygienist Move-
ment." During the terms of office of the
senior Fones and his regime as mayor, the
city of Bridgeport and its people became
the beneficiaries of an era of remarkable
progress in municipal improvements and
in the forward movement of her institutions
and the general uplift of the body
politic. It was mainly through his efforts
and influence that Congress was persuaded
to pass a bill and make the appropriation
for the erection of the United State Post
Office and Government Building at Broad
and Cannon streets, on the site of the old
St. John's Church, Bridgeport. Profes-
sionally he rose to the place of very high-
est esteem and confidence in the city of
his immediate activities, and in the State
his abilities were recognized by his appointment
for two terms as a member of
the Connecticut State Dental Commission
by Governor Morris and of which body he
was elected president upon its organiza-
tion. He had also been honored with the
presidency of the Connecticut Valley
Dental Association and of the Connecti-
cut State Dental Society. When he died
in 1907, at the age of seventy-one years,
there passed one of the most remarkable
figures and versatile citizens of his gener-
ation in the city of Bridgeport, and his
death was mourned not only by the mu-
nicipality but also by men prominent in
official walks in the government of the
State, while to the dental profession there