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nership was dissolved and Mr. Peck associated
himself with his cousin, Addison
Peck, under the firm name of E. S. & A.
Peck. This connection was maintained
for a number of years, the firm engaging
in roofing and tinning. Eventually Mr.
Peck purchased his partner's interest and
continued the business alone, continuing
until January, 1919, when it was taken
over by his son. Elias Sherwood Peck
was at that time the oldest man in Greenwich
actively engaged in business. He
took a prominent part in town afifairs,
serving at one time as a member of the
Board of Burgesses. He affiliates with
Acacia Lodge, No. 85, Free and Accepted
Masons, for two years holding the rank
of master. For two or three years he was
commander of Lombard Post, Grand
Army of the Republic, and he now fills the
position of adjutant. He and his family
are members of the Second Congregational
Church.
Mr. Peck married (first) Emma R.
Ritch, daughter of Justus and
(Rodman) Ritch, who died May 20, 1883,
leaving two children: Elizabeth, who died
in childhood ; and Gordon, of New York
City. Mr. Peck married (second) Sarah
Amelia Marvin, born March 15, 1859,
daughter of George Marvin, of Staten
Island, and a cousin of his first wife. The
children of this marriage were : Wilbur
Marvin, of whom further; Walter Sherwood,
a sketch of whom follows ; Martha
Elizabeth ; and Frank R., of Greenwich.
Mrs. Peck died March 10, 1908, and Mr.
Peck died September 3, 1920.
(IX) Wilbur Marvin Peck, son of Elias
Sherwood and Sarah Amelia (Marvin)
Peck, was born December 22, 1887, in
Greenwich. He was educated in the
schools of his native city, graduating from
the Greenwich High School in 1907. For
two years thereafter Mr. Peck was in the
service of the Greenwich Electric Light
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Company, being employed in their testing
and inspecting department. He then
spent a year with Walter Sheldon, an
electrical contractor, at the end of that
time becoming assistant to the manager
of the New England Engineering Company.
A year later he was made manager
of the concern, his promotion being a
notable recognition of the business ability
of a man as young as he then was. This
position was retained by Mr. Peck until
October i, 191 7, when he resigned in
order to accept the presidency and treas-
urership of the Greenwich Electrical
Company, then newly organized. The
concern took over the Greenwich end of
the business, which had previously included
both Stamford and Greenwich, and
under Mr. Peck's efficient leadership has
steadily strengthened and prospered. The
company employs about twenty-two men,
maintaining a store in which a general
line of electrical merchandise is handled
and also carrying on an electrical con-
tracting business.
On March i, 1919, Mr. Peck became
president of the Stamford Electrical Contractor,
Inc., a Stamford concern which
carries on a business in that city similar
to that of the Greenwich company, of
which Mr. Peck is also president. They
give employment to thirty-five men, and
Mr. Peck, as head of this organization,
has accomplished by his energy, aggres-
siveness and skillful management results
fully equal to those which he has achieved
as president of the Greenwich company.
It may well be supposed that business
positions as onerous as those held by Mr.
Peck leave their incumbent little time for
aught else. Never does he fail, however,
in any of the duties of good citizenship,
or abate a jot of his habitually keen interest
in every plan having for its object any
phase of municipal reform. He affiliates
with Acacia Lodge, No. 85, Free and Ac-