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dren, seven of whom grew to matur-
ity: George William, of whom further;
Charles R.; John 1..; Bertha Elizabeth,
now deceased, who married Clarence
Hubbard; Gladys Eleanor; J. Henry;
and E. Clayton. The family arc members
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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i leorge \\ illiam Eddy, si »n
Alonzo L. Eddy, was educated in the
public schools of Schuylerville, New
York. After completing the High School
course there, he went to the University
of Vermont Medical School, from which
he was graduated in [904, with the de-
cree of M. I). He was then associated
for two years with Dr. Navlor, of Hart-
ford. He saw an opportunity to build up
a practice for himself in Collinsville, and
began to practice there in 1909, but until
January. [918, still kept an office in Hartford,
in which city he did a large amount
of insurance work as a side issue.
Dr. Eddy is a member of the Hartford
and the Connecticut Medical societies,
and of the American Medical Association.
He is also a member of the Phi Chi fra-
ternity ;
of the Village Lodge, No. 29,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Columbia
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Lee
Council. Royal and Select Masters; the
Eclectic Lodge, Independent Order of
< )dd Fellows ; the Foresters of America ;
the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, of Winsted; of the Grange in Collinsville;
of the Knights of Pythias, and
Improved Order of Red Men.
Dr. Eddy married Ann, daughter of
John II. Rollins, of Brooklyn. Xew York,
and they have two children: George Rol-
lins and Wycliffe Rollins.
Personally Dr. Eddy is a man of gen-
ial nature, of broad interests and ready
wit. He is much sought, socially, and
enjoys a wide circle of friends who value
him highly as a man as well as a phy-
sician.
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FOX, G. & Company,
Merchants.
Anion- the leading mercantile estab-
lishments in Hartford, and the State of
' ( mnecticut, is the firm 1 if < r. F< « & Com-
pany.
Gershom Fox, the founder of the busi-
ness, was bom in Burglumstadt, Bavaria,
where he learned the trade of weaver.
He came to Hartford, Connecticut, in
1847, a,1( ' started in business on Main
street, just south of Gold street, in a very
small store, handling dry goods and small
wares. This was marly three quarters of
a century ago. The city of Hartford was
then little more than a center for the business
of the surrounding country. It was
twenty-five years before ground was
broken for the present State Capitol, and
it was during this decade that several of
the great factories in Hartford, which
now employ thousands of operatives,
were founded. A mercantile establish-
ment, however small, was an undertak-
ing of consequence in a city of Hartford's
population at that time.
Gershom Fox had faith in the future
and added to his stock until he outgrew
the little store and moved to more commodious
quarters on the corner of Church
and Main streets. Here he continued un-
til the growth of the business compelled
him to seek further opportunity for ex-
pansion. He removed to a store located
where the Miller building now stands,
then finally removed to the large building
on Main street, which was destroyed by
fire on the night of January 2\), 1917. Gershom
Fox did not live to witness that
calamity. In the minds of the public the
marvelous period of reconstruction which
followed will always be associated with
the present firm, but Moses Fox, the son,
would say that the inspiration of his
father's long struggle and hardwon sue-