Richard H. Golden Explained

Richard H. Golden
Birth Date:1850
Birth Place:Long Island, New York[1]
Death Date:1934
Restingplace:Union Cemetery
Norwalk, Connecticut
Residence:South Norwalk, Connecticut
Office:Mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
Order:10th
Term Start:1884
Term End:1884[2]
Predecessor:Peter L. Cunningham
Successor:Nelson Taylor Jr.
Party:Democratic[3]
Occupation:Newspaper editor, real estate broker, financier, insurer
Spouse:Josephine A. Newcomb (m. December 6, 1888)[4]

Richard H. Golden (1850–1934) was a one-term Democratic mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut in 1884.

He was the son of John F. Golden and Susan Golden. He was a drummer boy during the Civil War.[1]

He was a real estate broker in South Norwalk in 1885.[1] He founded the Norwalk Building and Loan Association in 1889.[1] He co-founded the South Norwalk Trust Company.[1] He was president in the 1930s before it was merged with City Trust in the 1960s.[1] He was an editor and proprietor of the Daily Sentinel.

He founded Taylor and Golden in 1920 along with Nelson Taylor Jr. Taylor and Golden was purchased by Schoff Darby in 1982.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4ShJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jAYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3998%2C2457653 General, drummer boy began insurance firm
  2. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/7678076/List-of-mayors-of-Norwalk-1913---present List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut
  3. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/10/06/106836268.pdf The Issue In Connecticut
  4. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/12/07/100954643.pdf Golden - Newcomb