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these offices in a manner which brought
satisfaction to his fellow-citizens. While
at college Mr. Minor became a member of
Chi Phi, and he is also a member of Acacia
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons.
Mr. Minor married Mary E. Pierpont,
daughter of Robert Pierpont, of Morris,
Connecticut, and they were the parents
of a son, Pierpont Langdon, born December
10, 1889. The latter graduated from
Sheffield Scientific School in 191 1, and engaged
in the practice of civil engineering
with his father. In 1920 he was elected
commissioner of highways of Greenwich,
which office he now holds. Mr. Minor
served in the World War as lieutenant of
engineers in the Engineer Corps, and was
in France for about nine months. In the
service his period of enlistment was for
about two years. He married Olive Ad-
ams, of Hastings-on-Hudson. Mr. Minor,
Sr. and his family attend the Congrega-
tional church.
SCOFIELD, Henry Ellsworth,
Honored Citizen.
The life of Henry E. Scofield was a
busy one. He was one of the organizers
and vice-president of the Cove Transpor-
tation Company of Stamford, and for the
space of half a century one of the best
known representatives of the industrial
interests of his community. Mr. Scofield
was officially identified with other busi-
ness organizations, and his standing as a
conscientious and public-spirited citizen
was always, and most deservedly, of the
very highest.
(I) Rufus Scofield, great-grandfather
of Henry Ellsworth Scofield, owned and
operated a mill at the west end of the
bridge over the Mianus river at Cos Cob.
He married Sally Wardwell, whose ances-
tral record is appended to this biography,
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and until May, 1823, they resided near
the Cove Mills, removing then to Kings-
ton, New York, remaining there until the
following October. Their next migration
was to New York City where, on
November 10, 1823, Mrs. Scofield passed
away. The death of Mr. Scofield oc-
curred at Greenwich, Connecticut, on July
28, 1854, aged seventy-five years.
(II) William Scofield, son of Rufus
and Sally (Wardwell) Scofield, was born
September 29, 1816. He was a blacksmith,
following his trade in Greenwich.
He married Cornelia Mead, a member of
an old and honorable family which was
founded in the American colonies by John
Mead, one of two brothers who came
from England in 1642.
(III) Lewis Scofield, son of William
and Cornelia (Mead) Scofield, was born
February 28, 1806, died July 19, 1867; for
many years he was employed in the Cove
Mills, at Stamford. He married Sarah
Ann Palmer, born May 5, 1813, daughter
of Squires and Elizabeth (Thompson)
Palmer, who were married December 14,
1806. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Scofield
were: 1. Henry Ellsworth, mentioned
below. 2. James Theodore, born
March 4, 1834; served in the Civil War
as a member of Company F, Third Regi-
ment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry,
and in Company B, Seventeenth Regi-
ment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry;
was promoted to corporal September 3,
1862, and mustered out at New Haven,
September 3, 1865. 3. George Albert,
born June 14, 1836, at Stamford, as was
his elder brother. His trade was that of
a house painter. On May 11, 1861, he
enlisted in Company F, Third Regiment,
Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and was
mustered out at Hartford, August 12,
1861 ; reenlisted, July 24, 1862, as sergeant
of Company B, Seventeenth Regiment,
Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and was