Evening post annual, Biographical sketches [with portraits] of the state officers, representatives in Congress, governor's staff, and senators and members of the General assembly of the state of Connecticut . received a common school and academic edu- cation. He is now forty years of age, is known asa vigorous Republican, and was elected as such bya majority of thirty in a democratic town. Heis an architect and also carries on a furniturebusiness. He has served two years as Selectmanin his town. CHARLES W. BELL Of Norwalk, has been conspicuously identifiedwith the public discussion of the regu
Evening post annual, Biographical sketches [with portraits] of the state officers, representatives in Congress, governor's staff, and senators and members of the General assembly of the state of Connecticut . received a common school and academic edu- cation. He is now forty years of age, is known asa vigorous Republican, and was elected as such bya majority of thirty in a democratic town. Heis an architect and also carries on a furniturebusiness. He has served two years as Selectmanin his town. CHARLES W. BELL Of Norwalk, has been conspicuously identifiedwith the public discussion of the regulation of theoyster business. He has served on the oystercommittee of his town, and in 1879 was one ofthe commission appointed by Governor Andrewsto examine and report on the oyster interests ofthe State, and on a method for the regulation andencouragement of the business. He was born inCornwall, N. Y., April 6, 1836, and received hiseducation in the public schools. His chief busi-ness has been the planting of oysters, and, in ad-dition to his services on the committee and com-mission already mentioned, he has filled the placeof Justice of the Peace and Grand Juror. Inpolitics he is a Republican. 139. GEORGE R. COWLES Of Norwalk, was a member of the last House,serving on the Insurance Committee, and thisyear was re-elected by the largest majority evergiven a representative of Norwalk. He gradua-ted at Williams college in the class of 1845, andstudied law in the office of Chief-Justice a few years of practice his health failedand he retired for a time from active work. Theinformation in legal science which he has ac-quired by study and observation is most thoroughand profound, and his opinions in such mattersare still extensively sought and highly valued. Subsequently he engaged in the insurance busi-ness, and acted as agent for several Hartford com-panies, including the iEtna, Hartford, Phoenix,Home of New York, and the leading foreign com-panies. In 1860, on the i
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