[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] says Baird, tk had its origin in the fact that a spot on Lyon's Point, now part of the Village of Port Chester, was occupied in ancient' times for the building of boats." The present name was adopted in 1837. Port Chester's growth has been rapid, owing to the develop-ment of its manufacturing industries, and, with the exception of New Rochelle, it is now the largest community of Westchester County on the Sound. During the decade 1800-70 two men who, with the late Judge Robertson, are probably to be regarded as the most representative public characters of Westchester County birth and antecedents in our generation — Chauncey M. Depew and James W. Husted, — entered political life. Mr. Depew, born in Peekskill in 1834, began the prac-tice of law in his native village in 1859, and in 1801 was elected mem-ber of the assembly on the Union Republican ticket from the 3d assembly district. He was re-elected in 1802, and in 1803 was elected secretary of state. In 1807 he was appointed county clerk of West-chester County to fill a vacancy, but declined the office. His career since then has been one of great prominence and usefulness in varied connections; and probably no other American of our times has be-come more widely known or enjoys a higher or more distinguished pop-ularity. Mr. Husted (born in Bedford, October 31, 1833) was a class-mate of Mr. Depew's at college, studied law with Edward Wells at Peekskill, and was admitted to the bar in 1857.