. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. ic coast during the period following the gold discoveriesin the west. At this time he was associated with Sherwood Sterling. Thomas C. Wordin,his father-in-law, and Munson Hawley. During these years Mr. Hawley acquired extensiveholdings of real estate within the ])resent city limits. In 1852 Edmund S. Hawley was appointed a director of tlie Bridgeport Bank and servedas such until 1859, when he became president of tlie Farmirs Bank, now the First-BridgeportNational Bank. As presiilcnt .\lr. Hawley din^cted tlic [poliries of tlic bank for thirty-threeyears.
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. ic coast during the period following the gold discoveriesin the west. At this time he was associated with Sherwood Sterling. Thomas C. Wordin,his father-in-law, and Munson Hawley. During these years Mr. Hawley acquired extensiveholdings of real estate within the ])resent city limits. In 1852 Edmund S. Hawley was appointed a director of tlie Bridgeport Bank and servedas such until 1859, when he became president of tlie Farmirs Bank, now the First-BridgeportNational Bank. As presiilcnt .\lr. Hawley din^cted tlic [poliries of tlic bank for thirty-threeyears. Mr. Hawley had been selected as one of the trustees of the Bridgeport Savings Bank in1851, and in 1870 he was elected vice president of that bank. In 1875 he became presidentof the Bridgeport Savings Bank. He was connected with this bank as trustee, vice presidentand president for over forty years. In 1859, at the time he accepted the presidency of theFarmers Bank, Mr. Hawley had disposed of his commercial interests in order that his. S^(^r/^ CUJ.
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