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ville and moving picture entertainment
for a town the size of South Norwalk.
Mr. Cavanagh is also a member of the
firm of T. H. Canty & Company, which
does a large insurance anrt -eal estate
business. He is a director of the City
National Bank, of South Norwalk.
In politics he is a Republican, and takes
an active interest in public affairs. Mr.
Cavanagh is a member of the South Norwalk
Club, the Norwalk Country Club,
the Norwalk Yacht Club, and the Catholic
Club, of Norwalk.
CAVANAGH, John Joseph,
Manufacturer, Public Official.
This record is concerned with the life
and activity of a member of the Cavanagh
family who has made business his sphere
of influence, John J. Cavanagh, vicepresident
of the Crofut & Knapp Company
of Norwalk.
John Joseph Cavanagh is a son of Lawrence
and Margaret (Murphy) Cavanagh,
whose early ancestry is given in the preceding
sketch. He was born in Norwalk,
Connecticut, January 16, 1864, and his
early education was obtained in the public
schools. At an early age he went to work
for the Crofut & Knapp Company, manu-
facturers of hats, and he is the present
vice-president of this company. Mr. Cavanagh
was an ambitious boy, and he
sought to advance himself; the position
which he holds is proof of his success. He
has filled all of the intermediate positions,
and in 1910 was made general manager,
holding this office nine years, being made
vice-president in 1919.
Mr. Cavanagh has taken an active part
in the public life of Norwalk, and has sev-
eral times been elected to public office.
In these positions he has reflected honor
on himself and his constituents, through
a sane, wholesome and clearly defined at-
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titude on all public questions. He has
the unique distinction of having served
each of the old cities of Norwalk and
South Norwalk as mayor, and further
honor of being the father of the movement
which resulted in the consolidation of the
Twin Cities in 1913.
His interest and activities in behalf of
the Norwalk Hospital constitute one of
the interests most prominently associated
with the mention of his name in Norwalk.
He is vice-president of the Central Trust
Company of Norwalk, and holds the same
office in the Dobbs Company of New
York City. He is also vice-president of
the Central National Bank of Norwalk.
Socially, Mr. Cavanagh is a member
of the following clubs and organ-
izations : The
Friendly Sons of St. Pat-
the Catholic Clubs of New York and
Norwalk
rick ;
Norwalk ; the South Norwalk Club ;
Norwalk Country Club ;
the
Club
Wee Burn Country Club, and the Woodway
Golf Club.
Mr. Cavanagh married Agnes Garvin,
daughter of the late Patrick Garvin, of
Hartford. They are the parents of three
children : John Garvin, Lawrence Dunbar,
and Carroll John.
ANGEVINE, Albert Jay,
Enterprising Citizen.
The name we have just written represents,
as all the good people of Stamford
are fully aware, one of the city's most
successful business men. Mr. Angevine
has had a somewhat varied career, but has
always manifested a spirit of enterprise
and perseverance which has brought him,
through many vicissitudes, to a state of
assured and honorable prosperity.
The Angevine family is an old one of
French origin, the name signifying "a na-
tive of Anjou." It has been variously
spelled Engevin, Eniervin, Langevine,
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