Beacon Falls. Working as a carpenter, he also maintained a 135 acre farm of his own about a mile and a half from the center of the town
    He married Miss Jennie L. Osborn, a native of Bethany.
    A member of the Democratic party, Munson served for 30 years on the Beacon Falls Board of Selectmen. He served in 1884-85 as a member of the Board and again in 1886. He was off the board for a number of years, returning as First Selectman in 1891. In 1892, Herbert C. Baldwin took that office, and Munson served as a member of the board. From 1893 to 1898 he held the post of First Selectman, and from 1899 through 1905 he served as a member of the board. In 1906, he was elected First Selectman, but from 1907 until 1909 he had to be content with simply a membership on the board. From 1910 to 1918, he served as First Selectman, uninterrupted by any political defeats. He also was a member of the local school board and twice represented the town in the State Legislature.
    He was a member of Court High Rock, Foresters of America, of Beacon Falls and a member of the Episcopal Church.

THE CHURCH FAMILY OF SEYMOUR AND OXFORD

    Three generations of the Church family were engaged in local business, and the grandson, S.B. Church is permanently memorialized in Oxford's new town hall, the S.B. Church Memorial Town Hall, having been built in 1976-77 with funds from his estate.
    The grandfather, Shelden Church, was a native of Oxford but lived in Seymour during most of his business career. He was active in the lumber business, his chief business being the sale of ship frames. He cut the timber locally and had it carted as far as Derby. There it was loaded on ships and sent to New York. When Ansonia was built, he provided the frames for many of the buildings, factories and homes. He sold Chestnut timber which was cut on his lands and sawed at his own mills. The mills were driven by water power with the old fashioned up and down saws. He also farmed on a large scale.
    Sheldon's third son was John Church, born in Oxford on