Blickensderfer, William Jacob Davenport, Adelaide Hutchings Davenport, Harriet Grant Chesebrough Dewing, Clark Leonard Dewing, Hiram Duffy, Edward Gildemeister, Clara Parsons Hanrahan, John T. Hoit, Edward B. Hoyt, Joseph Blachley Jones, Cortland Mead Lathrop, The Reverend Edward Lockwood, Judge Charles Davenport Machlett, Raymond R. Palmer, Delos Peters, The Reverend Cyril S. Quintard, Elizabeth Quintard, Mary “Polly” Selleck, Charlotte Gregory Selleck, George Selleck, Harriet Banks Selleck, James Weed Selleck, Captain William Studwell, Theodore Towne, Frederick Tallmadge Waterbury, Captain Marcus Wilensky, Julius Morris Introduction

The Stamford Historical Society Presents

Best Face Forward
Portraits from the Society's Collection
April through September 2009

The Reverend Cyril S. Peters (1892–1987)

Oil on canvas
Dr. Jacob Nemoitin (1880–1963)
N436-54
Gift of Dr. Bernard O. Nemoitin

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Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Reverend Peters came to the United States in 1912 and moved to Stamford in 1922. Shortly after his arrival he joined the Stamford Symphony where he played second violin for five years. Later he studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and was ordained in 1948.

As associate minister of Bethel A.M.E. Church and chaplain of the Stamford Police and Fire Departments, he was actively involved in numerous organizations and recognized with many awards.

He is fondly remembered for his daily visits to patients in St. Joseph and Stamford Hospitals.

Dr. Jacob Nemoitin was born in Suskie, Russia, came to the United States, got his M.D. at Columbia University and met his future wife while doing his residency at Beth Israel Hospital in New York. They settled in Stamford where he practiced medicine for more than 50 years. During this time he delivered 10,000 babies, in addition to caring for a multitude of patients, primarily within the immigrant community.

Painting and writing poetry were his hobbies. Many of his paintings are memories of scenes of his younger years in Russia.

Dr. Jacob Nemoitin