Wood Ford Farm on Nod Road was a 700-acre dairy and tobacco farm owned by Joseph and Corinne Alsop. Honeymooning in 1909 in Italy, they hired about... Show moreWood Ford Farm on Nod Road was a 700-acre dairy and tobacco farm owned by Joseph and Corinne Alsop. Honeymooning in 1909 in Italy, they hired about thirty Italian farmhands for the farm. Pictured are (l-r) Carlo Simonelli, Antonio Nascimbeni, Domanico Gaioni, Francesco Zamperini, Antonio Veronesi, Luigi DalBon, and Domenico Kena. The boy in the white hat is the Alsop’s son, Joseph Wright Alsop V. Joseph Alsop was also an insurance executive, Avon’s first selectman (1920-1953), and a representative and senator in the Connecticut State Legislature (1907-1912). Mrs. Alsop was Avon’s Republican party chairman for 22 years and in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1924-1927 and 1931-1933). Original title in CBH’s list for photograph #167:“Alsop Barn Men & Milk Pails.” Original title on his paper sleeve: “Alsop’s Men at Barn also Men and Milk Pails May 1912. Source: Howard, Avon, pp. 106-107. Joseph and Corinne Alsop owned Wood Ford Farm on Nod Road. In 1902, he purchased what became a 700-acre farm. There was a dairy, cattle raising, and tobacco crops. Alsop served in the state legislature and was an insurance executive. His wife Corinne Robinson Alsop, president Theodore Roosevelt’s niece, also served in the state legislature and was Avon’s Republican Party chairman for 22 years. Captioned by Nora Howard, Avon Town Historian, Summer 2020. Sources: as noted and from online sources such as ancestry.com; the US Census, wikipedia, and pertinent websites. Also see Nora Howard’s essay on the Hadsell Family (also posted on Ct. Digital Archive). If you are inter-ested in conducting more research, be sure to see the collections of the Avon Free Public Library Marian Hunter History Room. These captions were completed the summer of 2020 (except as not-ed) and the library was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Show less