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Edward Dexter

Birth	:	22 Aug 1831
Death	:	25 Apr 1906
Burial	:	Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Windham County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8177986, -71.8891983
Plot	:	Old Westfield
Inscription	:	s/o Jonathan & Sophie
Description	:	“Edward Dexter, only son of Jonathan Dexter, was born on the home place at Elmville. His early education was acquired in the district school, and later he spent five years at Westfield Academy, at a time when at least seventy pupils were in attendance. Until he was eighteen years old, Mr. Dexter passed every winter in school, but after that time he entered upon the regular operation of the farm, continuing until he was thirty-seven years of age. In 1869 he came to Danielson and engaged in teaming for two years, during the first year erecting the first residence on... Read More	“Edward Dexter, only son of Jonathan Dexter, was born on the home place at Elmville. His early education was acquired in the district school, and later he spent five years at Westfield Academy, at a time when at least seventy pupils were in attendance. Until he was eighteen years old, Mr. Dexter passed every winter in school, but after that time he entered upon the regular operation of the farm, continuing until he was thirty-seven years of age. In 1869 he came to Danielson and engaged in teaming for two years, during the first year erecting the first residence on Reynolds street. “In April, 1871, Mr. Dexter bought the furniture and house furnishing business of George D. Bates; in 1873 the furniture business of H. M. Danielson & Co.; in 1876 he added undertaking, at that time buying out Oliver W. Bowen. The store first occupied was located near the depot and there he remained for five years. In the spring of 1877 he moved into the Music Hall building where he remained five years, but in 1881 he erected the handsome and substantial ‘Dexter Block,’ with dimensions 56x85 feet, two stories and basement, and upon its completion, the Library Association gave such a ‘house-warming’ that the sum of $312 was added to that fund. In the spring of 1882 Mr. Dexter moved into his new quarters, occupying the ground floor and basement, two-thirds of the second and all of the third floor. Mr. Dexter latterly added a carpet department, and continued successfully in business until Dec. 5, 1896. Deciding at this time to limit his activity, he sold the business to Walter H. Twitchell, who ten months later disposed of it to its present proprietor, John F. Bennett. “During his twenty-seven years of business life in Danielson, Mr. Dexter has met with well deserved success, for his methods were those of an upright dealer and his judgment such as to recognize and cater to the demands of his trade. In the esteem of his fellow-citizens he stands very high and his services have been in demand as administrator of a large number of estates and at the present time he is trustee and conservator of several persons. Since 1886 he has been president of the Westfield Cemetery Association, and was the first president of the Danielson branch of the Co-operative Savings Society of Connecticut. In politics he is a Republican, but has never mingled in political work. He served as one of the directors of the Davis Park Association before it was turned over to the borough. For the past three years he has been a director of the public library and is now secretary of the building committee of the Edwin H. Bugbee Memorial Building, that gentleman having bequeathed $15,000 in his will, which was to be used for a memorial building for a public library, and the structure is now in course of erection. “In 1864 Mr. Dexter married Margaret Clark, of Colchester, daughter of George and Sophia (Taylor) Clark, the former of whom was a son of Ezra Clark. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dexter are members of the Westfield Congregational Church, and for a number of years he belonged to the Society committee. “Mr. Dexter has been public-spirited and ever anxious for the progress and advancement of his community. In addition to his other business interests he has been active in the sale of real estate, and has done much attractive building in his locality, serving to enhance the value of much property.” —Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1903, pp. 71–72.

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Longitude: -71.8891983

Family Members:

Parent

Jonathan Dexter

(1797 - 1872)

Sophia Foote Dexter

(1800 - 1875)

Siblings

Mary Dexter

(1828 - 1919)

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