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Daughters of Liberty; was a charter
member of the old council now bearing
the name of American Men; member of
Women's Relief Corps, Grand Army of
the Republic. He is a member of Samuel
P. Ferris Post, Grand Army of the Re-
public, of New Canaan ; he had been commander
for four years when he was
elected commodore of the National Asso-
ciation of Naval Veterans. He was fleet
commander and chief of staff of the National
Association of Naval Veterans, and
was elected commodore of the National
Association of Naval Veterans of the
United States of America, 1861-65, in 1919,
and was reelected for the third term in
1920, at the convention held in Indianapolis.
He has been captain of the Naval
Veteran Association of Connecticut since
1916.
In 1901, Mr. Scofield was selected as
marshal of the day at New Canaan, when
ten thousand people were assembled to
celebrate the Centennial of the town. He
has been president of the Twenty-eighth
Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, for
about eight years, and felt it to be his
duty to write a history of the regiment as
a means of instilling patriotism into the
minds of the coming generation, the object
of which is to keep alive the memory
of the services of the Twenty- eighth.
One hundred and fifty prominent men of
the State are honorary members of this
association. On Decoration Day, 1917,
Mr. Scofield made the Memorial Day Address
in New Haven, and has made many
similar addresses in other places. He
made the memorial address to the Naval
Veterans of New York City, May 22, 1921,
near Grant's Tomb, New York City. Mr.
Scofield was the organizer of the Soldiers'
and Sailors' Monument Association, and
also was the founder of the New Canaan
Band.
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On February 1, 1866, Mr. Scofield mar-
ried Adeline M. Selleck, daughter of
Sands and Betsey Elizabeth (Austin) Sel-
leck, and they were the parents of three
children: 1. Fred Bennett, a sketch of
whom follows. 2. Harry S., born July 30,
1870, died in 191 1 ; married Lillian Scott,
and their children were : Ethel, Charles,
Stewart, Everett, Ralph ; Stewart and
Everett served in France in Battery F,
from Stamford, and at the close of service
the former held the rank of lieutenant and
the latter that of quartermaster-sergeant.
3. Stewart C, born in 1872, died in 1904;
he married Harriet Lane Scott.
Mr. Scofield and his wife are members
of the Methodist Episcopal church of
New Canaan, and Mr. Scofield has held
the office of steward there for forty or
more years ;
he has also been class leader,
and superintendent of the Sunday school
at Selleck's Corner church in this town.
Mrs. Scofield has taken an active part in
patriotic movements in the district, and
from the time of its organization has been
a patriotic instructor of the Woman's
Relief Corps of New Canaan. She has
caused distribution of large quantities of
patriotic literature, has addressed many
gatherings in the interests of American-
ism, located a flag pole at Center School,
and has conducted valuable work in teach-
ing children the lessons of loyalty to
country. In a time when many sinister
influences are spreading their various
propaganda, the benefits from such in-
struction as this cannot be overestimated.
SCOFIELD, Fred Bennett,
Manufacturer.
Fred Bennett Scofield, son of Loomis
and Adeline M. (Selleck) Scofield (q. v.),
was born in the neighborhood where he
now resides, October 29, 1866. He was