Edwin Adams (politician)

Edwin Adams
7th Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
In office
1881–1881
Preceded by Christian Swartz
Succeeded by Christian Swartz
Personal details
Born (1829-03-08)March 8, 1829
Salem, New York[1]
Died May 10, 1908(1908-05-10) (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]

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]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "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.
  2. 1 2 3 "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.
  3. "Postmaster Doty Arrested". New York Times. June 22, 1892. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
  4. Albert E. Winchester (January 1915). "South Norwalk's Municipal Electric Works" (PDF). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 57: 228–231.
Preceded by
Christian Swartz
Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
1881–1881
Succeeded by
Christian Swartz


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