Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume III:
“Scofield, Horace Granville, son of Edwin Scofield, was born in Stamford, March 7, 1831. He received his early education in the public schools there, and then attended the New Canaan Academy and pursued his favorite study, mathematics, under a private tutor. At the age of eighteen he began to teach school, and continued to do so for four years, during which time he gained a considerable reputation both as an instructor and as a disciplinarian. While he was teaching, he invented a machine for manufacturing strings for musical instruments, and for four years dealt in patent rights. He then began active work in his chosen profession, as a civil engineer, and followed this until the breaking out of the civil war. During the war he returned to the manufacture of musical instruments, but at its close, became chief engineer for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. In 1868 he was appointed city engineer of Bridgeport, but still retained his former position, which continued until 1878. During that time he had entire charge of the work of the above-mentioned railroad; he changed the road from a single to a double track road from New York to New Haven; made the surveys and had charge of building all the bridges; also the branch lines from New York to New Rochelle. He surveyed for the Eastern railroad from New Haven to the New York state line, a distance of one hundred miles. He surveyed also hundreds of miles of road which were never built. In 1878 he resigned his active management, but continued to do private work for the railroad for the next ten years, and during this time made the surveys and soundings for the bridge across the Thames at New London and a large amount of other work. His position as city engineer of Bridgeport he held for thirty-seven years, up to 1905, doubtless the longest period that this position was ever held by any engineer in any city in Connecticut. He is at present one of the oldest engineers living, having been in the business for forty-three years, and has devoted much of his time since his retirement in giving expert testimony in the courts on the subject. Many of the cases in which he has testified have involved vast sums of money. In 1901 he admitted to partnership Theodore B. Ford, and the firm is now known under the name of Scofield & Ford. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1867-68, represented Stamford in the legislature, and at that time was on the railroad and other committees. He is honorable and upright in all his dealings, and in Bridgeport, 1554 where he has lived for over forty years, is admired and universally respected.
He married, April 20, 1870, Emma Adelia, born in New York, daughter of Edward B. Hobby, of the firm of Hobby & Gillis, for many years well known as the fashionable hatters of New York City. Her mother was Charlotte Horton, died in 1878, and was from Riverhead, Long Island, as was her father. The ancestor of this family built the first house on Long Island. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hobby: Emma Adelia, before mentioned; Edward, Augustus, Theodore, Susan. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Scofield: 1. EDITH E. SCOFIELD, principal of the Newfield School of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 2. FREDERICK HURD SCOFIELD, educated in schools of Bridgeport, then took a two-years' course at Yale Medical School, but gave up on account of his health and removed to Denver, Colorado, and attended Denver University, from which he graduated; he died in 1902, aged twenty-nine years. 3. Charlotte, married Egbert Shepard Marsh, who is employed in the treasurer's office, New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; one child, Charlotte. 4. HORACE BISHOP SCOFIELD, born June 29, 1881, a student in Yale College."
“Scofield, Horace Granville, son of Edwin Scofield, was born in Stamford, March 7, 1831. He received his early education in the public schools there, and then attended the New Canaan Academy and pursued his favorite study, mathematics, under a private tutor. At the age of eighteen he began to teach school, and continued to do so for four years, during which time he gained a considerable reputation both as an instructor and as a disciplinarian. While he was teaching, he invented a machine for manufacturing strings for musical instruments, and for four years dealt in patent rights. He then began active work in his chosen profession, as a civil engineer, and followed this until the breaking out of the civil war. During the war he returned to the manufacture of musical instruments, but at its close, became chief engineer for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. In 1868 he was appointed city engineer of Bridgeport, but still retained his former position, which continued until 1878. During that time he had entire charge of the work of the above-mentioned railroad; he changed the road from a single to a double track road from New York to New Haven; made the surveys and had charge of building all the bridges; also the branch lines from New York to New Rochelle. He surveyed for the Eastern railroad from New Haven to the New York state line, a distance of one hundred miles. He surveyed also hundreds of miles of road which were never built. In 1878 he resigned his active management, but continued to do private work for the railroad for the next ten years, and during this time made the surveys and soundings for the bridge across the Thames at New London and a large amount of other work. His position as city engineer of Bridgeport he held for thirty-seven years, up to 1905, doubtless the longest period that this position was ever held by any engineer in any city in Connecticut. He is at present one of the oldest engineers living, having been in the business for forty-three years, and has devoted much of his time since his retirement in giving expert testimony in the courts on the subject. Many of the cases in which he has testified have involved vast sums of money. In 1901 he admitted to partnership Theodore B. Ford, and the firm is now known under the name of Scofield & Ford. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1867-68, represented Stamford in the legislature, and at that time was on the railroad and other committees. He is honorable and upright in all his dealings, and in Bridgeport, 1554 where he has lived for over forty years, is admired and universally respected.
He married, April 20, 1870, Emma Adelia, born in New York, daughter of Edward B. Hobby, of the firm of Hobby & Gillis, for many years well known as the fashionable hatters of New York City. Her mother was Charlotte Horton, died in 1878, and was from Riverhead, Long Island, as was her father. The ancestor of this family built the first house on Long Island. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hobby: Emma Adelia, before mentioned; Edward, Augustus, Theodore, Susan. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Scofield: 1. EDITH E. SCOFIELD, principal of the Newfield School of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 2. FREDERICK HURD SCOFIELD, educated in schools of Bridgeport, then took a two-years' course at Yale Medical School, but gave up on account of his health and removed to Denver, Colorado, and attended Denver University, from which he graduated; he died in 1902, aged twenty-nine years. 3. Charlotte, married Egbert Shepard Marsh, who is employed in the treasurer's office, New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; one child, Charlotte. 4. HORACE BISHOP SCOFIELD, born June 29, 1881, a student in Yale College."
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Volume III:
“Scofield, Horace Granville, son of Edwin Scofield, was born in Stamford, March 7, 1831. He received his early education in the public schools there, and then attended the New Canaan Academy and pursued his favorite study, mathematics, under a private tutor. At the age of eighteen he began to teach school, and continued to do so for four years, during which time he gained a considerable reputation both as an instructor and as a disciplinarian. While he was teaching, he invented a machine for manufacturing strings for musical instruments, and for four years dealt in patent rights. He then began active work in his chosen profession, as a civil engineer, and followed this until the breaking out of the civil war. During the war he returned to the manufacture of musical instruments, but at its close, became chief engineer for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. In 1868 he was appointed city engineer of Bridgeport, but still retained his former position, which continued until 1878. During that time he had entire charge of the work of the above-mentioned railroad; he changed the road from a single to a double track road from New York to New Haven; made the surveys and had charge of building all the bridges; also the branch lines from New York to New Rochelle. He surveyed for the Eastern railroad from New Haven to the New York state line, a distance of one hundred miles. He surveyed also hundreds of miles of road which were never built. In 1878 he resigned his active management, but continued to do private work for the railroad for the next ten years, and during this time made the surveys and soundings for the bridge across the Thames at New London and a large amount of other work. His position as city engineer of Bridgeport he held for thirty-seven years, up to 1905, doubtless the longest period that this position was ever held by any engineer in any city in Connecticut. He is at present one of the oldest engineers living, having been in the business for forty-three years, and has devoted much of his time since his retirement in giving expert testimony in the courts on the subject. Many of the cases in which he has testified have involved vast sums of money. In 1901 he admitted to partnership Theodore B. Ford, and the firm is now known under the name of Scofield & Ford. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1867-68, represented Stamford in the legislature, and at that time was on the railroad and other committees. He is honorable and upright in all his dealings, and in Bridgeport, 1554 where he has lived for over forty years, is admired and universally respected.
He married, April 20, 1870, Emma Adelia, born in New York, daughter of Edward B. Hobby, of the firm of Hobby & Gillis, for many years well known as the fashionable hatters of New York City. Her mother was Charlotte Horton, died in 1878, and was from Riverhead, Long Island, as was her father. The ancestor of this family built the first house on Long Island. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hobby: Emma Adelia, before mentioned; Edward, Augustus, Theodore, Susan. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Scofield: 1. EDITH E. SCOFIELD, principal of the Newfield School of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 2. FREDERICK HURD SCOFIELD, educated in schools of Bridgeport, then took a two-years' course at Yale Medical School, but gave up on account of his health and removed to Denver, Colorado, and attended Denver University, from which he graduated; he died in 1902, aged twenty-nine years. 3. Charlotte, married Egbert Shepard Marsh, who is employed in the treasurer's office, New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; one child, Charlotte. 4. HORACE BISHOP SCOFIELD, born June 29, 1881, a student in Yale College."
“Scofield, Horace Granville, son of Edwin Scofield, was born in Stamford, March 7, 1831. He received his early education in the public schools there, and then attended the New Canaan Academy and pursued his favorite study, mathematics, under a private tutor. At the age of eighteen he began to teach school, and continued to do so for four years, during which time he gained a considerable reputation both as an instructor and as a disciplinarian. While he was teaching, he invented a machine for manufacturing strings for musical instruments, and for four years dealt in patent rights. He then began active work in his chosen profession, as a civil engineer, and followed this until the breaking out of the civil war. During the war he returned to the manufacture of musical instruments, but at its close, became chief engineer for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. In 1868 he was appointed city engineer of Bridgeport, but still retained his former position, which continued until 1878. During that time he had entire charge of the work of the above-mentioned railroad; he changed the road from a single to a double track road from New York to New Haven; made the surveys and had charge of building all the bridges; also the branch lines from New York to New Rochelle. He surveyed for the Eastern railroad from New Haven to the New York state line, a distance of one hundred miles. He surveyed also hundreds of miles of road which were never built. In 1878 he resigned his active management, but continued to do private work for the railroad for the next ten years, and during this time made the surveys and soundings for the bridge across the Thames at New London and a large amount of other work. His position as city engineer of Bridgeport he held for thirty-seven years, up to 1905, doubtless the longest period that this position was ever held by any engineer in any city in Connecticut. He is at present one of the oldest engineers living, having been in the business for forty-three years, and has devoted much of his time since his retirement in giving expert testimony in the courts on the subject. Many of the cases in which he has testified have involved vast sums of money. In 1901 he admitted to partnership Theodore B. Ford, and the firm is now known under the name of Scofield & Ford. He is a Republican in politics, and in 1867-68, represented Stamford in the legislature, and at that time was on the railroad and other committees. He is honorable and upright in all his dealings, and in Bridgeport, 1554 where he has lived for over forty years, is admired and universally respected.
He married, April 20, 1870, Emma Adelia, born in New York, daughter of Edward B. Hobby, of the firm of Hobby & Gillis, for many years well known as the fashionable hatters of New York City. Her mother was Charlotte Horton, died in 1878, and was from Riverhead, Long Island, as was her father. The ancestor of this family built the first house on Long Island. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Hobby: Emma Adelia, before mentioned; Edward, Augustus, Theodore, Susan. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Scofield: 1. EDITH E. SCOFIELD, principal of the Newfield School of Bridgeport, Connecticut. 2. FREDERICK HURD SCOFIELD, educated in schools of Bridgeport, then took a two-years' course at Yale Medical School, but gave up on account of his health and removed to Denver, Colorado, and attended Denver University, from which he graduated; he died in 1902, aged twenty-nine years. 3. Charlotte, married Egbert Shepard Marsh, who is employed in the treasurer's office, New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; one child, Charlotte. 4. HORACE BISHOP SCOFIELD, born June 29, 1881, a student in Yale College."
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