Edwin Adams (politician)
Edwin Adams (March 8, 1829 – May 10, 1908) was a one term mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1881. He was one of the largest hat manufacturers in Connecticut.[2]
Edwin Adams | |
|---|---|
| 7th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut | |
| In office 1881–1881 | |
| Preceded by | Christian Swartz |
| Succeeded by | Christian Swartz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1829 Salem, New York[1] |
| Died | May 10, 1908 (aged 79)[1] South Norwalk, Connecticut[1][2] |
| Resting place | Riverside Cemetery Norwalk, Connecticut [1] |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah E. |
| Residence | 11 Fairfield Avenue South Norwalk, Connecticut[1] |
| Occupation | hatter[1] |
Biography
He was born on March 8, 1829, in Salem, New York. He worked as a country merchant.[1] When he was about forty years old, he moved from New York to South Norwalk, Connecticut, to join his brother, Gehurdus P. Adams in making hats.[1] His brother was a member of the firm of Adams & Holmes.[1] After the death of Mr. Holmes, the firm became known as Adams Brothers.[1] When Edwin retired, he served as treasurer of the Hat Forming Company.[1]
Adams became prominently identified with the affairs of South Norwalk soon after he located there, and in October 1880, he was elected mayor of the city, serving as its chief executive throughout the year 1881.[1]
He served as the South Norwalk, Connecticut postmaster after Charles E. Doty was charged with embezzling in 1892.[3]
Also in 1892, he served without compensation on a city committee with General Nelson Taylor and Joseph A. Volk that led to the construction of a municipally-owned electric power plant, the first such municipally-owned utility in Connecticut.[4]
He died in South Norwalk, Connecticut from a stomach disease after a two-week illness on May 10, 1908.[1][2] He is buried in Riverside Cemetery.[1]
Associations
- Member, Our Brothers' Lodge of Odd Fellows, Norwalk
References
- "Edwin Adams". American Hatter. 1908.
Edwin Adams, former mayor and for many years a prominent hat manufacturer and resident of South Norwalk, Conn., died on May 10th at his residence, 11 Fairfield avenue, to which he had been confined but a few days, though he had been ill for several months from a stomach disease, which gradually ate his life away.
- "Edwin Adams". New York Tribune. May 12, 1908. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
Edwin Adams, a former hat manufacturer and Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1881, died at his home there on Sunday, after two weeks' illness. He was eighty years old. Half a century ago he was one of the largest hat makers in Connecticut.
- "Postmaster Doty Arrested" (PDF). New York Times. June 22, 1892. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
- Albert E. Winchester (January 1915). "South Norwalk's Municipal Electric Works". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 57: 228–231. JSTOR 1013283.
| Preceded by Christian Swartz |
Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut 1881–1881 |
Succeeded by Christian Swartz |