. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. re he engaged in the draying business on his own account and, althoughhe began with one horse and wagon, as the years have passed he has added to his equip-ment until he now has thirty horses and two automobile trucks and employs from eighteento twenty-five men. He derives a gratifying profit from this Inisiness and also owns afarm near Prospect, Connecticut, on the Old Post Road. The old farmhouse was aplace of historic interest, as for a short time it was General Washingtons headquartersin the Revolution. Mr. Steeves purchased two lots in Bridgeport, whi
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. re he engaged in the draying business on his own account and, althoughhe began with one horse and wagon, as the years have passed he has added to his equip-ment until he now has thirty horses and two automobile trucks and employs from eighteento twenty-five men. He derives a gratifying profit from this Inisiness and also owns afarm near Prospect, Connecticut, on the Old Post Road. The old farmhouse was aplace of historic interest, as for a short time it was General Washingtons headquartersin the Revolution. Mr. Steeves purchased two lots in Bridgeport, which he still owns, fromP. T. Barnuni, and his real estate holdings have proved a profitable investment. His resi-dence is the old l;omestead of Captain C. W. Hall at 1671 Fairfield avenue. In 1882, in Ansonia, Mr. Steeves was united in marriage to Miss Ida G. Milton, anative of Canada. They lost a daughter. Edith Gertrude, when she was ten years old,and have the following living children; Roy; James Elijah; May Ida, who married Ernest. W A. STEEVKS BRIDGEPORT AND VICIXITV 599 A. Patterson, of KiilyolKld Park, New Jersey, ami lia;- lour eliildren. Hazel Jlildreil, .Muriel,Ernest Allen, Jr., and William; Ceeil Aimer, wlio married Miss Charlotte Senger and liastliree cliildien. Mildred CluuUitte, lieatriee and Ceeil Allen; Bertha Elizabeth; lieatrieeAnnabelle, who married Harold .1. Patterson, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and has a son,Harold J., Jr.; Kuth Alice, the widow of George H. Plumb, of Bridgeport; Myrtle, tlie wifeof C. Herbert Lobdell, of Bridgeport, by whom she has a daughter, Kuth Edith; WilliamDwight; Gladys Mildred; and Ernest John. All th<- eliildren received their education inthe graded and high schools of Bridgeport. Mr. Steeves is a republican in his political belief, and has taken an active part inpublic allairs. He served two terms as chairman of the third district during tlie years1900-1f Odd Fellow
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