Active Hose firefighters pose by Courthouse in 1902

Posted 23 April 2014 at 12:00 am


By Bill Lattin
Orleans County Historian

ALBION – Members of the Active Hose No. 2 in Albion had this picture taken on the Courthouse steps in 1902.

First row, from left: Homer Galarneau, Walter Brown, Homer Heady, George Dhoman, Jesse English and Dan Dugan.

Second row: James English, John Wilson, Chas. Kippendall, Ed Sullivan and Arthur Nixon.

Third row: Wallace Eggleston, Jay Doolittle, Thos. Neary, Owen Dickson, Robt. Van Stone, Chas Terrill and Jos. Dibley.

Fourth row: Wm. Irleand, Fred Sitzer, Henry Swartz, Ed Slattery, Herbert Hall, Romer Day, Leonard Simpson and Wallace Griswold.