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dent of the Greenwich Trust Company,
of Greenwich ; she was the mother of a
son, Robert Jay Walsh Marshall, bom
August 20, 1906; she died February 4,
1910; Roberta Jay, who is the wife of
Lloyd S. Cooney, now living on Middle-
sex road, Noroton, Connecticut, but for-
merl}- of Greenwich. They are leaders in
the social life of the county, and earnest
workers in every movement for the public
welfare, local. State and National.
WILLIAMSON, Charles E.,
Prosecuting Attorney.
One of the acknowledged leaders of the
Fairfield county bar, Charles Ernest Williamson,
is also one of the eminently pub-
lic-spirited citizens of Connecticut. He is
distinguished by his zeal in the public
service, and has several times been called
upon to represent his fellow-citizens in
both the upper and lower house of the
Legislature. Since 1913 Mr. Williamson
has held the office of prosecuting attorney
of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and the man-
ner in which he has discharged the duties
of this office has been one of satisfaction
to the people of that city.
(I) Alanson Williamson, grandfather of
Charles E. Williamson, was born in Bed-
ford, New York, January 7, 1815, and died
at Darien, Connecticut, April 20, 1904.
He married, August 14, 1836, Elizabeth
Hoyt, born September 11, 1815, at Pound-
ridge, New York, and died November 17,
1905, at Darien, Connecticut, daughter of
Jesse and Sarah (Norman) Hoyt. She
was a direct descendant of the immigrant,
Simon Hoyt, one of the first settlers of
Stamford, Connecticut, whose ancestry
follows in detail.
(II) George Henry Williamson, son of
Alanson and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Williamson,
was born December 29, 1843. He
lived at Darien, Connecticut, and mar-
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ried, July 22, 1869, Cynthia Drugen Millspaugh,
born September 12, 1846, daughter
of Erastus Elmer and Elizabeth Ann
(Derrbon) Millspaugh (see Millspaugh
line). George Henry and Cynthia Drugen
(Millspaugh) Williamson were the
parents of three sons: i. Frederick H.,
born October 17, 1876, of Brooklyn, New
York. 2. Charles Ernest, of further mention.
3. Norman Lester, of Darien, Con-
necticut, born there, June 15, 1881.
(Ill) Charles Ernest Williamson, son
of George Henry and Cynthia Drugen
(Millspaugh) Williamson, was born
March 29, 1879, ^^ Darien, Connecticut.
He was educated in the public schools of
Darien and at the Stamford High School,
graduating from the latter in 1898, after
which he spent a year in the Yale Law
School. In 1900 he was employed as a
clerk in the grocery house of Richard J.
Rogers in New York City, where he remained
for two years. On June 16, 1903,
Mr. Williamson was appointed financial
clerk at the Fitch Home for Soldiers at
Noroton, Connecticut, which office he
resigned October 21, 1907. While thus
earning his living, he continued his study
of law at the New York Law School's
evening sessions, and was admitted to the
bar in January, 1907. The same year he
entered the office of John W. Banks, who
is now judge of the Superior Court, and
remained with Judge Banks until 1916.
In that year Mr. Williamson formed his
present association with Spottiswood D.
Bowers, under the firm name of Bowers
& Williamson, and their practice is a
general one.
Mr. Williamson has ever been interested
in all matters of public interest from
a youth. As early as 1908 he was a can-
didate for Representative to the Legisla-
ture and received one hundred and sixty
out of one hundred and seventy-six votes
in the caucus. In the legislative session