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daughter of David Hobby, of Banksville,
New York, and they were the parents of
Augustus Hobby, mentioned below.
(IX) Augustus Hobby Raymond, son
of James (3) and Amarintha (Hobby)
Raymond, was born January 3, 1850, in
Greenwich, Connecticut, where his par-
ents were living at the time, and passed
his early childhood there. As a boy he
attended the Greenwich public schools
and later those of Stamford, to which
place the family removed. Upon complet-
ing his studies at these institutions, he
secured a position in a grocery store in
Southport, Connecticut, and worked there
in a clerical capacity for some time. The
owners of this store were the firm of Jen-
nings & Son, who were also engaged in a
trading business with New York City and
operated a line of freight steamers between
that point and Southport. Young
Mr. Raymond was also employed on these
vessels to take charge of the produce of
the local Connecticut farms, which was
thus shipped to New York for disposal in
the Metropolitan markets. He remained
in the employ of Jennings & Son for about
two years, and then became apprenticed
to a carpenter, learning the trade which
he continued to follow as a journeyman
for a few years. At the age of twenty-
three years he determined to engage in
business on his own account, and with
this end in view went to Stanwich and
opened an establishment as a contracting
builder. He also built a mill at that place
and engaged in saw milling and grist
milling, in season also manufacturing
cider. During the warm season he car-
ried on building operations with a high
degree of success, and in the winter time
engaged in lumber dealing, purchasing
the standing timber which he cut, and
after converting it into marketable shapes
and sizes shipped all over the neighbor-
ing region. After a time, however, he
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was compelled to give up this exceedingly
active and arduous life because of failing
health, and nine years after removing to
Stamford he purchased a farm in New-
field. Here he resided for some twelve
years, operating it successfully in the
meantime and also conducting his con-
tracting business at intervals. In the
year 1897 he sold this farm and settled in
Glenbrook, where for a time he followed
contracting and building, but finally
turned his business over to his son, Ev-
erett, by whom it is conducted up to the
present time. During the years of his
residence in Glenbrook, Mr. Raymond al-
so interested himself to some extent in
real estate and at the present time de-
votes his entire attention to this line of
business.
Augustus Hobby Raymond married,
February 27, 1871, Hannah F. Denton,
daughter of Samuel Denton, of Greenwich,
Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
have celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage, their golden wed-
ding, when their family and friends gath-
ered to congratulate them upon a long
union of remarkable happiness and con-
geniality. Children : Everett, now the
head of the contracting and building business
established by his father ; William
M. ; Augustus H., deceased ; Maude P.
Delia E. ; Arthur S., mentioned below
Edna May, deceased; Garrett de G. L.,
mentioned below ; Charles F. ; Frank, de-
ceased.
(X) Arthur S. Raymond, son of Augustus
Hobby and Hannah F. (Denton)
Raymond, was born September 16, 1879.
and died July 3, 1919, his death being
caused by an accident. He was educated
in the public schools of Stamford. He
served in the Spanish-American War, the
company being recruited in Stamford.
Before volunteering for the war. he had
learned the trade of plumber, and in 1899,
;