• General Notes

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  References:
  -CT State Library  Barbour Collection of CT Newspapers Vol 32 Pg. 1357
  -CT State Library Hartford Times Microfilm dated 12 Dec 1900 Pg. 1 (Obituary)
  -CT State Library Hartford Times Microfilm dated 13 Dec 1900 (Obituary)
  -1900 US Census for CT (Age 69)
  
  -Hartford, CT City Directories dated 1854-1867:
  -1854-1855: Boarded at 14 Park St.; member-Neptune Engine Co. No. 2 (Fire Dept) - married Mary C. Sawtelle 26 Mar 1854
  -1856: Boarded at 521 Main St.; member-Neptune Engine Co.  No. 2 (Fire Dept)  - Mary C. Sawtelle, wife, died 13 Jun 1856
  -1857: Boarded at 67 Main St.; member-Neptune Engine Co. No. 2 (Fire Dept) - married Lavinia Scoville 7 Sep 1857
  -1858: Home at 38 Russell St.; employed as a burnisher; foreman- Neptune Engine Co. No. 2 (Fire Dept) - married to Lavinia Scoville
  -1858: Home at 10 Russell St.; employed as a burnisher; foreman- Neptune Engine Co. No. 2 (Fire Dept)
  -1861-1863: Home at 38 Russell St.; employed as a burnisher; member- Board of Councilmen(Messenger) - married to Lavinia Scoville
  -1864-1867, etc: Home at 38 Russell St.; employed as a burnisher;
  Chief Engineer Assistant-Neptune Engine Co. No. 2 (Fire Dept) - married to Lavinia Scoville
  
  -The following obituary appeared in The Hartford Daily Courant dated 12 Dec 1900 on Page 8:
  "Death of a Well-Known Retired Member of the Police Force"
  
  "Lyman Smith, formerly a sergeant of the Hartford police force, who was retired on half pay last March on account of old age and increasing infirmities, died at his home, No. 42 Russell street, about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  He had been confined to the house for several months, seemingly affected by a general breaking down of the system. Lyman Smith at the time of his retirement was the second oldest member of the police force in term of service, only one other, Captain Cornelius Ryan, having been on the force at the time he was appointed, September 22, 1862.  Sergeant Smith had been in failing health for some time before he was retired and failed rapidly after being relieved from active duty. He began his service for the city under the late Walter P. Chamberlain as chief of police and had served under each  successive chief.  His first duty dates back to the time when Wyatt's Theater was on American Row and he was detailed to keep order around the doorway.      During the Civil War Sergeant Smith did duty at the provost marshal's office on Central Row, where his services were in great demand to arrest deserters and bounty jumpers, and after service as a supernumery he was appointed a regular in appreciation of his capture of a burglar.  He was instrumental in the capture of Johnnie Jordan and another man who broke into the Middletown bank over thirty years ago and secured booty valued at $60,000.  He was considered an excellent protector of the public peace and in addition to good courage, had a good supply of horse sense and considerable detective skill, so essential to a member of the police force if assigned to any important job.  Mr. Smith was born in this city and was 71 years old.  While a boy he lived in New York City, where his father, a policeman attached to the Houston street precinct, was killed in a sailors' riot in 1844. Sergeant Smith was also an old fireman.  He was made a member of old Neptune Hose Company, No. 2, and with the hose when ex-chief Packard and Chief Bill were members.  Horace Billings was fire chief and a policeman at the same time.  Mr. Smith was first assistant engineer for Chief Eaton when he was appointed on the police force.   He had cherished for nearly forty years two silver trophies given to him as evidence of his personal popularity in the company.
  Mr. Smith was one of the most popular members of the Putnam Phalanx, in which he served for twenty-seven years and held the position of captain of one of the companies for six years.  He had been a member of St. John's Lodge, A. F. and A. M., for nearly thirty years was one of the earliest Pythians in the city and was also a member of the Veteran Volunteer Fireman's Association.
  He was thrice married, his last wife, who survives him, having been Mrs. Millie Lamoureaux previous to her marriage to him.  Four children survive him.  Mrs. C. W. Loomis, Mrs. W. L. Rowell and Frederick Smith by the present wife, and Harry Smith of Meriden by a prior marriage.  There are four grandchildren, three who are children of his son, and one the daughter of Mrs. Loomis.  Mr. Smith's first wife was Miss Mary Sawtelle, sister of A. W. Sawtelle of this city, and the second wife was Miss Lavinia Scoville of Middletown.  He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Griswold of Charles City, Ia., and Mrs. Stephan Chaffee of Middletown. Mr. Smith had a fund of anecdotes of his experiences in the early days of the police department and could tell them in a manner which showed no loss of interest in the telling.  He was a genial, good natured man and exercised wise discretion in the performance in his duty to the city.  He was fond of dogs and was regarded an expert in his judgement regarding them.
  Funeral services for Mr. Smith will be held at his late home, No. 42 Russell street at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.  These will be strictly private. Public services will be attended by a large delegation from the police department, will be held at the First Baptist Church at 2:30 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. Harold Patterson, the pastor.  The bearers will be two from each, the police force, the Putnam Phalanx and St. John's Lodge.  It is expected that the Lodge Quartet will sing.  The interment will be in the family lot in the Old North Cemetery.
  There will be a special meeting of the Putnam Phalanx at 8 o'clock this evening in the Phalanx Armory, to take actions on Sergeant Smith's death."
  
  -The following obituary appeared in The Hartford Times dated 12 Dec 1900 on Page 1:
  
  "SERGEANT SMITH'S FUNERAL - IT WILL BE HELD IN THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, THURSDAY AFTERNOON
  
  There will be a special meeting of the Putnam Phalanx in its armory at 8 o'clock this evening, to select two bearers to act at the funeral of Former Sergeant Lyman Smith of the Hartford police department, and to take other actions relating to his death.  He was a captain for six years.
  The funeral will be held from Sergeant Smith's home at 42 Russell street at 2 o'clock, Thursday afternoon, and from the First Baptist church at 2:30.  The services in the house will be strictly private.  In the church the services will be public, and among the attendants will be delegations from the police department and the Volunteer Firemen's Association.  The bearers will be two from the police department, two from St. John's Lodge of Masons. It is expected that the lodge quartet will sing.  Interment will be in the family lot in the Old North Cemetery.
  Upon request of the family of Sergeant Smith, Officers H. A. Hogaboom and William Florence will represent the police department as bearers at the funeral.  Chief Bill has issued orders to the effect that day policemen who wish to attend the funeral may have their beats covered by supernumeries during their absence.  It is expected that about fifty policemen will attend the funeral in a body.
  Sergeant Smith was a member of the Police Mutual Aid Association. His widow will receive a benefit of $750.
  Of the members of the old Neptune Engine Company about the time that Sergeant Smith ran with the machine, there are among the living: E. S. Elmer, Charles Ashwell and Alfred Milton.
  
  -The following obituary appeared in The Hartford Times dated 13 Dec 1900:
  
  "FUNERAL OF SERGEANT SMITH - Policeman, Fireman and Members of Putnam Phalanx Attended
  The funeral of ex-Police Sergeant Lyman Smith was attended at his late home, No. 42 Russell street, at 2 o'clock, this afternoon, and at the First Baptist church at 2:30.  The services at the house were private, consisting of the reading of Scripture and the offering of prayer.
  Acting as escort, the following detail of policemen preceded the hearse on the way to the church: Sergeant James P. Carter, Officers B. G. Schulze, John E. Palmer, J. F. Havens, S. W. Edwards, Frank S. Young, J. F. McDermott, Edward English and Charles F. Nichols.  A squad of about sixty regular and supernumery policemen, led by Chief George F. Bill, Captain Cornelius Ryan and Lieutenant William F. Gunn, marched from the police station to the church in a body.  At the entrance to the edifice they stood in two files at "company front," with heads uncovered while the body was borne into the church.  The policemen wore full dress coats, blue helmets, white gloves, and belts and clubs, with crepe on the left arms.  The policemen occupied front seats on the south aisle, and members of the Putnam Phalanx sat in the rear.
  The bearers represented two organizations and the police department, and were as follows: A. F. Booth, worshipful master, and Dr. Edward Eberle, of St. John's Lodge of Masons; Benjamin W. Edwards and John S. Russell, Putnam Phalanx; Homer A. Hogaboom and William Florence, police department.
  The members of the Putnam Phalanx and the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association attended as organizations.  The funeral was largely attended.
  The Rev. Harold Pattison, pastor of the church, officiated and was assisted by the Rev. H. J. Gillette, the city evangelist.  During the service Selden L. Johnson, William L. Porter, Clarence S. Shumway and Frank G. Burnham, the quartet of St. John's Lodge, sang "Rock of Ages," "My Heavenly Home, Bright and Fair," and "Gathering Homeward."
  The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful, including the following: Pillow of roses, inscribed "Father," from the family of the deceased;  square and compass of roses, St. John's Lodge, F. and A. M.; standing wreath of roses and carnations, inscribed "P. P.," Putnam Phalanx; shield of roses inscribed "Sergeant," Hartford police department; bouquet of lilies, ladies of Putnam Phalanx; wreath of roses, A. E. Brooks, B. W. Edwards, John Russell and W. H. Lockwood, members of Putnam Phalanx; bouquet of lilies, A. L. Foster; spray of roses, John Ahern; bouquet of lilies, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jacobs; wreath of roses, Miss Daisy M. Lutz; spray of pink roses, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Goodrich; bouquet of pinks and ferns, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sawtelle; basket of cut flowers, R. W. Sherman; spray of camellias, Mr. and Mrs. James T. Morris; spray of lilies, Mr. and Mrs. N. Florence and family; bouquet of white roses, Mrs. Robert G. Irwin; wreath of roses, Frank Heines; cut flowers, Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Chaffee.  Burial was in the Old North Cemetery." 

Details of Lyman's family with Mary C. Sawtelle

Details of Lyman's family with Lavinia Scoville

Details of Lyman's family with Malinda E. Lamoureaux