Notes:
1870 census, age 10
1865 census, age 5
1860 census, age 2 months
Helen Culyer Sullivan – oldest
daughter
Employee of the NY Custom House in
lower Manhattan. When Ed’s twin and oldest sister
died, the Sullivans decided that NYC wasn’t a safe
place to live. They moved to Port Chester NY, a
suburb of Westchester, county; 26 miles from
Manhattan.
Sullivan children attended St Mary’s
Parochial School and Port Chester High where Ed did
well in English and was a good athlete. Ed
graduated in 1917 running away to Chicago to enlist
but was turned down because he was too young. He
worked in Ill. Center Railway yards until cold drove
him home. Ed then went to work for the Port Chester
Daily Item covering high school sports. Leading him
eventually to the Hartford Post then the Evening
Mail in NY.
"My father
was Peter Arthur, his brothers Charles, Michael,
Florence and Daniel, the first two brothers, all
handsome. Their father was Florence, their
Uncle, Michael Emmett, whose sons were Emmett and
Earl. ... They were great people our
forebearers. It followed that their
descendents inherited noble standards as well as the
good health. I remember my uncles especially
Uncle Charlie ... so proud of." (Helen
Sullivan Culyer to Judge Sweeney; May 14, 1975)
Was on the Town
of Amsterdam Board of Supervisors, Ward 6, in
