One of the oldest men in business in Stamford is Erastus E. Scofield. It is doubtful whether any of those in business here to-day were so engaged in 1857, when Mr. Scofield first ran a grist mill on land leased from Ambrose Todd, where the woolen mill afterwards stood. Five years later Mr. Scofield opened a feed store at the corner of Main and South Streets. This place was burned a couple of years later, and he occupied a store opposite the Stamford National Bank. Later he built the Star Mills on Canal Street, and for about twelve years has conducted two places – on Pacific Street and Canal Dock. He does a large business, wholesale and retail. Mr. Scofield was born in the north part of this town, and while engaged in business for forty-five years, has filled, at various times, the offices of Selectman, Justice of the Peace, Burgess, and member of the Board of Relief.
Picturesque Stamford, 1892
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