- George Lounsbury (1838-1904) became the 58th Governor in Connecticut in 1899-1901 after serving as a minister in Suffield. What now defunct church was he a minister of?
a. 1st Baptist Church
b. West Suffield Methodist
c. Calvary Episcopal - In 1869, the Suffield Savings Bank was granted a charter by the State legislature which was approved by the Governor. Which two following statements were written into its charter?
a. It could have no branch banks.
b. No individual or corporation could deposit more than $400 in a year.
c. To make a withdrawal, depositors had to give three months’ notice in writing. - Martin Sheldon (1826-1917) was the first president of the Suffield Savings Bank. Which following statements were used to describe him.
a. He was a penny-pincher.
b. He was “the most cantankerous, independent bastard Suffield ever saw.”
c. A neighbor chided him for strolling down the street in his underwear. - Martin Sheldon’s daughter Lola married into the
a. Armour meat packing family
b. Kennedy family
c. Rockefeller family - Daniel Norton (1799-1874), the second president of the Suffield Savings Bank was:
a. The builder of the Kent Memorial Library on High Street, now the Suffield Academy’s library.
b. The first president of the First National Bank of Suffield.
c. The founder of Riverside Park now known as Six Flags. - In 1873, United States entered an economic depression that lasted until 1879. The Suffield Savings Bank began experiencing trouble in 1877. Did the bank close at this time?
- What family in town had three family members who served as president of the Suffield Savings Bank?
a. The Remington family
b. The Alcorn family
c. The Fuller family - William L. Loomis (1823-1901) was the fourth president of the Suffield Savings Bank. In 1860, after the Town Hall burned, William and his brother Charles beautified the Green by planting trees on it. What kind of trees did they plant?
a. Elms and Maples
b. Dogwoods and Sycamore
c. Spruce and Birch - The Suffield Savings Bank hired a janitor in 1896. What was the salary of the janitor and the Secretary-Treasurer that year?
a. Janitor: $1 per week Secretary-Treasurer: $500 per year
b. Janitor: $10 per month, Secretary-Treasurer: $800 per year
c. Janitor: $100 per year, Secretary-Treasurer: $1,000 per year - In 1902, something occurred at the Suffield Savings Bank. What was it?
a. Robbers stole $10,000 from the fireproof safe which was not a theft proof safe.
b. A woman employee was hired.
c. Teddy Roosevelt came to Suffield and visited the bank.
Answers
1. c. Calvary Episcopal
2. b. and c.
3. All statements described him.
4. a. The Armour meat packing family. Legend is that Lola wheedled $25,000 from Martin Sheldon, her father, to give to young J. Ogden Armour. Although Armour had family money at his disposal, he wanted to fund his patent of a refrigerated railway car by himself. Lola and Armour subsequently married. During Armour’s tenure as president of the Armour Company, it expanded nationwide and overseas, growing from a mid-sized regional meatpacker to the largest food products company in the United States.
5. b. The first president of the First National Bank of Suffield.
6. Yes. From April to August 1877, the bank was shuttered.
7. c. The Fuller family. William Henry Fuller (1825-1890) was the third president of the bank from 1887 to 1890, William’s grandson, William S. Fuller (1885-1975) was president from 1951 to 1961 and William Henry’s great grandson, Sydney F. Fuller (1917-1998) was president from 1963 to 1972.
8. a. Elms and Maples
9. a. Janitor: $1 per week, Secretary-Treasurer: $500 per year
10. b. A woman employee was hired. Emma Newton, the daughter of Dr. Matthew Newton, the president of the bank, was elected the assistant treasurer.