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about 1913. Mr. Hartwright built two
greenhouses, one 16x65 ^eet an d the other
16x70. He grew a general line of garden
truck for the Stamford market. A few
years ago he disposed of his interests in
Sound Beach to two of his sons, and removed
to Umatilla, Florida, where he is
now engaged in growing oranges. Mr.
Hartwright is a member of Albion Lodge,
No. 202, Sons of St. George, and he has
held all of the offices in the Subordinate
Lodge. He is a Republican in politics,
and a member of the Presbyterian church.
On November 5, 1872, he married Hannah
Brown, daughter of John and Sarah
Brown, of Monmouth, England. Their
children are : Percy, of Stamford ; John
E., of Sound Beach ; Florence E., wife of
George Gisborne, of Sound Beach ; Wil-
liam, of Stamford ; Frances L., wife of
Walter Lucas, of Sound Beach ; George
H., deceased; Frank Sydney, of further
mention.
Frank Sydney Hartwright obtained his
elementary education in the public
schools of Sound Beach, and was em-
ployed in the Stamford Thread Mills for
a year following. For two years he
worked in a grocery store in Sound
Beach, and then spent three years with
his father learning the details of the mar-
ket gardening business. Not feeling
quite ready to settle to any particular occupation,
he went to New Haven and
spent two years in the employ of The
Oven Equipment Company, at the end of
which time he returned to Sound Beach,
and in company with his brother, William
Hartwright, purchased their father's busi-
ness. They were remarkably successful
from the very start, and in November,
1917, Mr. Hartwright purchased his
brother's interest in the business, becom-
ing sole owner. It was at this time that
Mr. Hartwright added flowers to the
trade, making a specialty of sweet peas.
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The principal vegetable crops which he
produces are carrots, beets, lettuce and
celery. He has a natural love for his
work, and is quick to introduce all new
ideas. He is a member of the Stamford
Horticultural Society.
Mr. Hartwright married Mabelle Chavell,
daughter of Charles H. Chavell, mechanical
engineer at the Stamford Extract
Manufacturing Company, a sketch of
which appears elsewhere in this work.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartwright are members
of St. John's Episcopal Church, Stamford.
STEVENS, Earle Pardee,
Oyster Planter, Marine Engineer.
In the city of Norwalk, Connecticut,
there are two special industries that have
been carried on for many years and which
have made the town famous, namely, the
manufacture of hats and the cultivation
of oysters. A pioneer in the latter in-
dustry, and one of the first to plant in
deep water on Long Island Sound, was
William Isaac Stevens, father of Earle
Pardee Stevens, and son of Lorenzo Dow
Stevens. The latter was a long-time
resident of Norwalk, and was a shoemaker
by occupation. He married Sally
Raymond, and they were the parents of
William Isaac Stevens, of whom further.
William Isaac Stevens was born in
South Norwalk, August 13, 1840, died in
Rowayton, in April, 1920. He was edu-
cated in the public schools, and grew to
manhood in South Norwalk. As a boy
he started in the oyster business on his
own account, and was one of the first
oystermen of his section. Mr. Stevens
acquired some of the best pieces of oyster
ground in Long Island Sound. As Mr.
Stevens prospered he acquired several
steamers, and when his business was in-
corporated under the name of the Stevens
Oyster Company, he became president