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It is the proper application of the lessons
so learned that makes for success in the
hotel business, and it was a knowledge
of this truth which has had much to do
with the success of Mr. Rutledge.
Subsequent to leaving the Waldorf-
Astoria, Mr. Rutledge went to New Orleans
and there became assistant manager
of the St. Charles Hotel, remaining
for two seasons. Thence he went to the
Edgewood Inn, Greenwich, Connecticut,
as assistant manager and manager of the
Edgewood Club. There he continued
very successfully until October 4, 1918,
when he became proprietor of the Clif-
ford Hotel, South Norwalk. During the
time he was in Greenwich, Mr. Rutledge
was also manager of the Indian Harbor
Yacht Club for a year. The fact that he
was able to meet these obligations in the
manner he did is sufficient warrant of his
ability in this direction. On April 4, 1919,
Mr. Rutledge took over the Canfield Hotel,
Canaan, Connecticut, and in his two
ventures he is meeting with splendid suc-
cess. Fraternally, he is a member of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
of South Norwalk.
Mr. Rutledge married Annie Kennedy,
daughter of Frank J. Kennedy; she is a
native of Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland.
They are the parents of two sons : Leonard
James, born October 17, 1910 ; Ken-
neth, born June 3, 1918.
ST. JOHN, Charles Le Grand,
Contractor, Builder.
Charles Le Grand St. John, a prominent
contractor and builder of Norwalk,
Connecticut, is a direct descendant of one
of the first families settled in Fairfield
county. Throughout that county we find
many worthy representatives of that ancient
family, and they are always found
among the enterprising and progressive
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men of affairs. Mr. St. John is a splen-
did example of the type of capable busi-
ness man of which Connecticut has so
many.
(I) The ancestry of the family in
America is traced from Matthias St. John
or Sension, who was among the earliest
settlers of Dorchester, Massachusetts, in
1631-32, and made freeman of the town,
September 3, 1634. In 1640 he took up
his abode in Windsor, Connecticut, where
he was among the earliest planters and
where he acquired land by purchase and
by grant. Between 1636 and 1645 ne was
in Wethersfield. In 1654 he removed
with his family to Norwalk, Connecticut,
where he was prominent in the affairs
of the town government. His will is
dated October 19, 1669, and he died in
Norwalk, in the latter part of October or
the first part of November, 1669.
(II) Matthias (2) St. John, son of
Matthias (1) St. John, was born in Eng-
land, in 1630, and came with his parents
to New England in 1631-32. He died in
Norwalk, Connecticut, December, 1728-
1729. He was a freeman of Norwalk,
Connecticut, and served as selectman and
fence viewer in 1659. The Christian
name of his wife was Elizabeth.
(III) Ebenezer St. John, son of Matthias
(2) and Elizabeth St. John, was
born about 1660, and died in 1723-24. He
was a cooper by occupation. He married
Elizabeth Comstock, born October 7,
1674, daughter of Christopher and Hannah
(Piatt) Comstock. They were mem-
bers of the Norwalk church.
(IV) Daniel St. John, son of Ebenezer
and Elizabeth (Comstock) St. John, was
born in 1693, and died December or January
28, 1757. He followed his father's
occupation of cooper. He was twice married
; his first wife was Grace Sherman,
and his second, Hannah Seymour.
(V) Daniel (2) St. John, son of Daniel