Edwin Lockwood Explained

Edwin Lockwood
Office:Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut
Order:14th and 17th
Term Start:1865
Term End:1867
Predecessor:Asa Smith
Successor:Edward P. Weed
Term Start2:1869
Term End2:1870
Predecessor2:Harvey Fitch
Successor2:Asa Smith
Birth Date:8 September 1799[1]
Birth Place:Norwalk, Connecticut
Death Place:Norwalk, Connecticut
Restingplace:Mill Hill Burying Ground, Norwalk, Connecticut[2]
Residence:Norwalk, Connecticut
Spouse:Emily Ives Lockwood (m. October 10, 1829, d. 1830), Emily Olmstead Lockwood (m. August 2, 1832)
Children:Emily Ives Lockwood, Elizabeth Augusta Lockwood, Edwin Fitch Lockwood, Eliza Jane Lockwood, Ebenezer Lockwood, Charles Edwin Lockwood, Ellen Elizabeth Lockwood, Elvira Lockwood

Edwin Lockwood (September 8, 1799 – October 14, 1878) was Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1865 to 1867 and from 1869 to 1870.

Early life and family

He was born in Norwalk on September 8, 1799, the son of Ebenezer and Mary Godfrey Lockwoood.

He married twice, first to Emily Ives Lockwood on October 10, 1829, but she died in 1830. Together they had one daughter Emily, who died before twelve years of age.[3] He next married Emily Olmstead on August 2, 1832. Together they had seven children. However, only one lived to adulthood.

He was the uncle of LeGrand Lockwood.

Career

In 1862, he founded the Norwalk Horse Railway Company and served as its president.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sXAbAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Edwin+Lockwood%22+norwalk&pg=PA364 Descendants of Robert Lockwood
  2. http://www.norwalkhistoricalsociety.org/BuryingGround5.html Norwalk Historical Society
  3. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_8661434_000/pages/ldpd_8661434_000_00000328.html?toggle=image&menu=minimize&top=200px&left=70px Columbia University Library