. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. and Methodist in de-nomination. The school facilities aregood, and are represented by a cen-trally located school edifice, in whichthe grades range inclusively from Pri-mary to High. The hotel acconunodations are un-usually good, and summer visitors tothe village find it a delightful place ofrecreation. (13) 169 Iptcturesque 1Rew Uondon* The water views about Noank arefine, and the sea air is healtliful andbracing. The town numbers in popuh\tionabout fifteen hundred,
. Picturesque New London and its environs : Grofton, Mystic, Montville, Waterford, at the commencement of the twentieth century. and Methodist in de-nomination. The school facilities aregood, and are represented by a cen-trally located school edifice, in whichthe grades range inclusively from Pri-mary to High. The hotel acconunodations are un-usually good, and summer visitors tothe village find it a delightful place ofrecreation. (13) 169 Iptcturesque 1Rew Uondon* The water views about Noank arefine, and the sea air is healtliful andbracing. The town numbers in popuh\tionabout fifteen hundred, ^hiny of itsworking inhaliitantsare employed in theshipyard, many areengaged in fishing,and some haveachieved success inmercantile pui-suits. RoswellBirrowsFitch, of Xoank, wasborn in Groton, Con-necticut, April 19th,1833. His parentswere El is ha andMary P. Fitch. Attwelve years of agehe commenced tobe self-sujjporting, and from then untilhe was fourteen, occupied a clerkshipin a general store. Later his summerswere spent in fishing for a livelihood,and his winters in attending he again l)ecame clerk. ROSWELL B. FITCH. in a store, anil was afterwards engagedto assume the management of a unionstore which was erected for the specialpurpose of being placed under hischarge. In he became an activepartner in the busi-ness, and bought out,o n e - b y - o n e, thetwelve other ownere,until he possessed al>solute control. InMay. 18 90, he sold hisbusiness, and closedan active commercialcareer of thirty-fiveyears duration. In (Jctober, 1854,Mr. Fitch marriedEllen Elizal)eth Wil-bur, who died Fel>ruary 13th, 1874,leavinga son, Walter Wilbur Fitch, whowas born in 1859, and died Decemberititli, 1888. Mr. Fitch married again, in1875. Olive Elizabeth Wilmot. Mr. andMrs. Fitch have a daughter. ElizabethWilbur Fitch, born April 10th, 1884.
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