Connecticut western news., 1909-01-28
OPENING OF THE
 CORNWALL LIBRARY
EXERCISES THERE TOMORROW

Building is Made of Native Stone
 Presented to Town by John C. Cal
 houn-Cornwall Natives who Have
 Won Fame.
 A social gathering will occur in the Calhoun Memorial building, Cornwall, Jan. 29, afternoon and evening to com memorate the gift of the building of native granite hewn from the quarrles of our hills and erected by Mir. John B. Calhoun, as loving monument to the memory of his late father and brother. The people are invited to meet in social converse to express by their presence, the great joy which has come to them through the munifccnt gift by one of their best citizens. There will be tender thoughts exchanged and many remln- i,cences of the good and great men who have claimed Cornwall as their birth place. And the march is going on, and down to the present time, when we have the Reverends Sanford, Pratt, Baldwin and Fennell as laborers in the Masters vineyard and no less Starr to shed a bright light over this commun- ity. Alphabetically going down to G., we have our Andrews and Aliens John and Ira) with the BaldwIns, Benedict, Basset and Bottom and our peerless Buodinot, who. like young Lockinvar, came from his home ill the Cherokee nation and took for hls bride beautiful maiden. For the families of Clarks there is nothing but praise, aud Victor anious Clark who was poet, scholar and gentleman and a notable man of his day. David Carter, who became a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee nation was born in Dudley, town of Cornwall. He was stolen by the Indians from his fathers cabin when years of age, after the family emigrated to Ohio, and later preferred to remain with his adopted people
 
 missionary. We have had for several years the privilege of associatlng with Rev. Frank Ellenwood, late Secretary of the Board of Missions. and we miss his kindly presence. Rev. William Fennell and Ben Foster with his magical brush, and Gold, typical of the name which has never lost it's lustre throughout it's long line to which belonged the late lamented Theodore s. Gold, Secretary of the Connecticut State Board of Agriculture for many years. Samuel J. Gold is most noted as an inventor but greater than all do our hearts go out in fearful memory to Captain Edward F. Gold. who served his country during the four years of Civil War.
 After his return being shattered in health and fortune gone, he devoted his time to setting shade trees beside the village streets. It is to be hoped that the children of the coming generations will be taught to give thanks to Captain Gold. Cornwall has reason to be proud of it's record of military men, who have gone forth to do battle at their country 8 call losing their lives, while protecting g ours, and given us a heritage of these beautiful valleys, remote from all strife. to live i'll sunshine and peace beneath these everlasting hills.
 With few exceptions these men have played as barefooted boys within the limits of this town
 There is Colonel Ethan Allen and General Ira his brother, Ebenezer Dibble Edward Rogers and Matthew Patterson who were officers in comm nd during the Revolutionary War. General He man Swift was staff officer of General Washington and Major John Sedgwick served through the Revolution.
 And to Major John Sedgewick, his grandson, It is needless for me to write, as the historian has given just praise to him as the hero of many battles
 There should be mentioned Colonel Abel 0. Benedict and brave Colonel Warren Andrews, who gave up his brilliant career as preacher, educator and lawyer to suffer all the hardships of camp life at the front in our late civil war. Not less in the scale of our brave men comes in line the young, Lieuten- ants, Dunbar, and Coggswell, Wm and Joseph Payne brothers and great-grand sons of General Heman Swift, Joseph losing his young life on the bloody battlefield of Cold Harbor. Of our men, who have filled judiciary positions were General Charles F. Sedgewick state's at- torney and historian of Sharon, Major Andre Andrews state attorney, John Sedgewick, chief of the Supreme court of New York. David Garter, judge of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee nations, Henry Lewis, mayor of New York, Theo- dore SedgeWick. United States Senator from Massachusetts, Walter Smith, so-