Stephen Darley

Steve Darley died peacefully at age 82 at his North Haven home with his wife, Peggy, by his side. Steve was raised in a small farming community in northern Utah and attended undergraduate studies at Utah State University and then attended law school at Geore Washington University. He served for two years in the army, one of which was in Vietnam. Afterwards, he moved to New Haven, Connecticut where he operated a real estate and development company which specialized in affordable housing.

Although he was raised in the west and had written several articles on the west, his latest book, "Miles Goodyear: The Adventures of the Only Connecticut Mountain Man in the Rocky Mountain West," focused on mountain men who were in the west in the first half of the nineteenth century. He also wrote four books on the American Revolutionary War and Benedict Arnold as well as a number of published and unpublished articles on that topic. Steve is a member of the North Haven Historical Society, the Connecticut Society of Genealogists, the Utah Historical Society, the Museum of the Mountain Man, the New Haven Museum and Historical Society and the Arnold Expedition Society.

Steve is survived by his wife Peggy Brennan and son David Picton, his son Eric Darley and his wife Amy Christopher and two amazing and much-loved grandchildren, Angela and Adrian Darley. He was predeceased by his parents, Farrell and Valene Darley, and his sisters Ruth Darley and Linda Huppi (Darley).

No funeral or memorial service is planned. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the Arnold Expedition Historical Society which can be mailed to 86 Murphy's Corner Road, Woolwich, ME 04579 or via www.arnoldsmarch.org    

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