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New York ;
Aneita, who married Charles
Appleyard, of Port Washington, Long
Island ; and two who died in childhood.
William H. Raymond, Jr., son of William
H. and Elizabeth (Marshall) Raymond,
was born March 23, 1886, in Rowayton,
Connecticut, and was nine years
old when his parents removed to South
Norwalk, where he attended the grammar
and high schools. On completing his
course of study he became a clerk in the
office of Coolidge & Lynes.
At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Raymond
found himself financially able to purchase
the business and also possessed of suffi-
cient aptitude and experience to conduct
it with a fair measure of success. At the
end of a year, he formed a partnership
with Herbert O. Pollard, under the firm
name of Raymond & Pollard. About 1914
the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Raymond
devoting all his time to fire insur-
ance field work. The result has been
most satisfactory. During the last six
years Mr. Raymond has done field work
for a number of insurance companies, acting
as special agent and adjuster, and on
January 1, 1921, had rounded out nine-
teen years of service in the fire insurance
business, a truly enviable record. He is
recognized as an authority on all matters
pertaining to insurance throughout the
New England States, and also New York
State, and is considered to be a valuable
and highly trained specialist.
In the sphere of politics, Mr. Raymond
adheres to the Republican party, and has
actively exerted himself in the advocacy
of its principles. He served as registrar
of voters in the old city of Norwalk, and
was one of the most energetic in working
for the consolidation of the twin cities, an
event which took place in 1913. He affili-
ates with St. John's Lodge, No. 6, Free
and Accepted Masons, of Norwalk, and
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belongs to the Craftsmen's, Norwalk, and
Connecticut Field clubs, and is an active
member of the New England Insurance
Exchange. He was reared in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
Mr. Raymond married Elizabeth Chit-
tim, daughter of David and Sarah (Lee)
Chittim, of Norwalk. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Chittim are natives of England. Mrs.
Raymond is a member of St. Paul's Protestant
Episcopal Church.
NOXON, George Henry,
Physician, Public Official.
Among the citizens of Darien, Connec-
ticut, there are very few who occupy so
high a place in the esteem and affection
of their fellowmen as does Dr. George
Henry Noxon, for twenty years past the
health officer of the town, whose long and
successful career has gained him a wide
reputation both for his great technical
knowledge and ability and for the high
standard of professional ethics he has
consistently maintained.
Dr. Noxon was born in Union City,
Pennsylvania, March 12, 1862, a member
of an old New York State family. His
ancestors on both sides of the house participated
in the Revolutionary War. On
the paternal side he is descended from
Pascho Noxon, his Huguenot great-
grandfather, born March 6, 1769, died
January 18, 1828, who was a soldier in
that historic struggle, and a resident of
the region about Troy, New York, his
home being situated at what was known
as Noxon's Four Corners. He enlisted
from Dutchess county, New York. Other
generations of the family lived at the
prosperous town of Watervliet, and the
name became intimately associated with
that region of the State.
On the maternal side Dr. Noxon is de-