Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, genealogical-memorial; representative citizens, v. 9, Part 46

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Publication date: 1923
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Frank Hezekiah Frissell, one of these children, was born April 26, 1871, in Thompson, and was reared on a farm. He attended the public school in New Bos- ton, North Grosvenordale and Norwich, Connecticut, as well as private schools, and a textile school in Philadelphia. In 1890 he came to Middletown, Connecti- cut, as assistant superintendent of the Russell Manufacturing Company, the largest industrial establishment in Middle- town, and within a short time became superintendent of the shops. This he re- signed on July 1, 1919, having already taken steps to engage in business on his own account, which he did in 1920. He had for some time been president of Alli- son Brothers, a corporation engaged in the manufacture of soap at Middletown, in which he held a controlling interest. He is a director of the Central National Bank, and the Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank, of Middletown. In 1920 he established the Frissell Fabric Com- pany, which is engaged in the manufac- ture of cotton fabric, with mills at Higga- num, Connecticut, with an office in the Central National Bank building of Mid- dletown. Mr. Frissell is president of this company, and a member of the Baptist church, in which he is a trustee. Politi- cally, he is a Republican, but has never cared for public office, though he does not fail to perform the duty of a good citizen in supporting his principles by voice and vote. He is a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Free and Accepted Masons, of Middletown.


He married, November 1, 1893, Edith L. Allison, who was born October II,


1870, in Middletown, daughter of Abel C. and Frances M. (Woodworth) Allison. Frances M. Woodworth was a daughter of Thomas B. Woodworth, long superin- tendent of the Russell Works.


The Allison family is descended from William Allison, a native of County Ty- rone, Ireland, born near Omagh, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Soon after the Revolution, he removed to the United States and settled in Hartford, Connecti- cut, whence he later removed to the Hol- land Patent, in Western New York, and engaged in agriculture, until his death about 1830. His youngest child, Samuel Allison, born about 1786, served his time as an apprentice with a soap manufac- turer named Nichols, in Hartford. In 1810 he settled in Middletown, where he engaged in the manufacture of soap and candles, establishing the first of the exist- ing industries of that town. He continued with much success until his death in 1828. He married Elizabeth Pratt. He first began making soap with his brother-in- law, Francis Pratt, under the name of Pratt & Allison, in Hartford, in 1807. Re- moving to Middletown, as above noted, he there continued until his death, at the age of forty-three years.


Samuel S. Allison, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Pratt) Allison, was born Sep- tember 15, 1809, in New York City, and began at an early age to assist in the con- duct of his father's business, with which he became thoroughly familiar. On ac- count of the poor health of the father, he was early accustomed to aid in the man- agement, and took full charge at the age of seventeen years, following his father's death. He cleared up all the obligations upon the estate and supported his wid- owed mother and brothers and sisters. In 1836 he removed from the former location on South street, to a factory which he erected on Sumner street, where the estab-


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lishment still remains. In 1856 he with- drew from the soap business, and con- ducted a grocery in the vicinity of the fac- tory, retiring from business a few years before his death. He married October 27, 1833, Miss Frances Pilgrim, born Septem- ber 18, 1812, in Lyme, Connecticut, the daughter of a sail maker, who came from England in early life, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, for which he drew a pension.


Abel C. Allison, son of Samuel S. Alli- son, was born July 31, 1836, in a house at corner of Sumner and South streets. He attended the high school and the cele- brated preparatory school of Daniel H. Chase. At the age of sixteen years he laid aside his schools books and for the next two years was a clerk in the Central National Bank. Subsequently, he was a bookkeeper for Jedediah Wilcox & Com- pany, at Meriden. In 1856 the firm of Allison Brothers was formed, which con- tinues to the present time, being now in- corporated. For some ten or fifteen years Abel C. Allison traveled over New Eng- land finding a market for the products of the factory, and built up an extensive trade. Mr. Allison married, November 17, 1858, Frances M. Woodworth, a native of Plainville, Connecticut, one of the four daughters of Thomas B. and Frances (Prior) Woodworth. When she was an infant her parents moved to Middletown, where the father, as previously related, was superintendent of the Russell Com- pany's plant at South Farms. Edith Lil- lian Allison, daughter of Abel C. Allison, became the wife of F. H. Frissell, as above stated.


Mr. and Mrs. Frissell are the par- ents of three sons : 1. Ralph Allison, born November 13, 1896, is now associated with the Frissell Fabric Company; he married Marion C. Curtis, of Middletown, daughter of Charles C. Curtis. 2. Frank


Hezekiah, born January 22, 1902, is now a student of mining engineering at the Arizona University, Tucson, Arigona. 3. Thomas Woodworth, born April 19. 19II, a student at school.


BRAINARD, Charles,


Merchant.


From a very humble beginning in Mid- dletown, Mr. Brainard has developed an extensive and profitable business through his own energy and application.


The Brainard family, early in Middle- sex county, was founded by Daniel Brain- ard, born about 1641, in Braintree, Eng- land, and brought to America when about eight years old. He lived with the Wadsworth family in Hartford, Connec- ticut, until 1662, when he took up land in association with others in the unbroken wilderness, about eight miles below Mid- dletown, thus founding the present town of Haddam. Soon after, he married Han- nah Spencer, daughter of Gerrard and Hannah Spencer, of Lynn, Massachusetts, who were among the settlers of Haddam. She died about 1691, and he died April I, 1715. His tombstone is still standing in Haddam. He was a man of considerable prominence, served in numerous town offices, was deputy to the General Court for many years, and in 1669 was elected by the General Court as a commissioner. His son Daniel, born March 2, 1666, in Haddam, was husbandman like his father, a prominent citizen, deacon of the Congre- gational church from 1725 until his death, January 28, 1743, and was captain of the militia company, or train-band, in East Haddam. He was several times repre- sentative to the General Court. He mar- ried, about 1688, Susanna Ventres, who died January 26, 1754, in her eighty-sixth year. They were the parents of Stephen Brainard, born February 27, 1699, in East


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Haddam, was a farmer in Colchester, where he acquired land and built a home, and died March 30, 1794. He married, December 24, 1730, Susanna Gates, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hun- gerford) Gates, born about 1705, died April 29, 1793, the first person buried in the Southwest Cemetery of Colchester. Captain William Brainard, son of Stephen and Susanna (Gates) Brainard, born August 27, 1746, in the Westchester Society of Colchester, died January 6, 1820, was prominent in the local militia, ensign in Colonel Wells' Regiment, cap- tain of the 5th Company, or train-band, in the 25th Regiment, and in the 24th Regi- ment, Ist Brigade. He married, Decem- ber 31, 1772, Lucy Day, born 1751, died May 20, 1823, daughter of Abraham and Irene (Foote) Day. William Brainard, son of Captain William Brainard, born October 23, 1773, in Westchester, was captain of the home militia, surveyor and collector from 1806 to 1822, and died March 18, 1844. He married, October 31, 1799, Patience Foote, born in 1782, died June 19, 1859, daughter of Nathaniel and Patience (Skinner) Foote.


Asa Brainard, son of Captain William and Patience (Foote) Brainard, born De- cember 24, 1816, in Westchester, was a farmer and filled various township offices, including that of justice, grand juror, assessor, and member of the Board of Re- lief, and died April 25, 1898. He married, March 15, 1846, Susan Elizabeth Buell, born January II, 1830, died June 4, 1914, daughter of David and Octavia (Day) Buell. Mr. Brainard and his wife were active members in the Congregational church, and were the parents of five sons and three daughters: Payson Edward, died, at the age of twenty-three, in 1871 ; Leora B., is the wife of Porter Adams, a farmer in Westchester; Corinne, married Nathaniel Fellows, minister of the Meth-


odist Episcopal church, and died in 1888, in Southbridge, Massachusetts; Lyman B .; Asa, in early life a teacher, is a farmer, residing on the homestead ; Charles is the subject of this sketch; Robert Fellows, possessed of much artistic talent, died in Florence, Italy, while studying art, in 1894; and Mary Elizabeth, died at the age of eighteen.


Charles Brainard, fourth son of Asa and Susan Elizabeth (Buell) Brainard, was born November 9, 1861, in Westchester, and was reared on the paternal farm, at- tending the public school of the distirct and Bacon Academy in the village of Colchester. At the age of nineteen, he laid aside his books and went to Mid- dletown, where at the age of twenty he became a clerk in the shoe store of Bacon & Guy, whom he succeeded as owner of the business in 1891. In 1906 he removed to his present store situated in the same block, and has there continued in business to the present time. In 1910 he admitted Robert S. Logan to a partnership, and the business has since been conducted under the name of Brainard & Logan, and has made a steady growth. Their store is easily the leading establishment of its kind in Middletown. Mr. Brainard par- ticipates in the social life of the town, is a member of the North Congregational Church in which he is now a deacon, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and of the Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation. While a steadfast Republican in principle, he seeks no share in the con- duct of public affairs, preferring to devote his time to his business, and his family.


Mr. Brainard married, February 28, 1894, Lulu May Bidwell, who was born May 4, 1864, in Middletown, Connecti- cut, daughter of Elisha and Anna Cecelia (Bailey) Bidwell, of Middle Haddam. Mr. and Mrs. Brainard are the parents of three sons: Robert Bidwell, born


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February 7, 1896, is associated with the business of the Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford ; Lyman Buell, born November 22, 1899, graduated from Col- gate University in 1922; Harley Edgar, born March 10, 1903, graduated from Suffield Literary Institute in the class of 1921, and now at Colgate University.


The Bidwell family has been traced to John Bidwell, son of Richard Bidwell, who was an early settler of Hartford, where he had a house on the east side of Trumbull street in 1640 (see Connery, James F.). His wife, Sarah, was the daughter of John and Mary Wilcox. Their son, Samuel Bidwell, was born in 1650, settled at Middletown in 1680, and was deputy to the General Court in 1697 and 1705. He married, November 4, 1672, Elizabeth Stow, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Gragg) Stow. Thomas Stow, son of John and Elizabeth Stow, born in England, was a brother of Rev. Samuel Stow, and came to Middletown from Con- cord, Massachusetts, bringing a letter from the church there. Samuel Bid- well, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Stow) Bidwell, born June 10, 1677, in Middle- town, died there April 5, 1715. His sec- ond wife bore the baptismal name of Abigail, but their marriage is not of record. Her eldest child and his second son, Moses Bidwell, was born January 9, 1698, and married, May 20, 1729, Dorothy Ward, born July 25, 1711, fourth daugh- ter of Sergeant William and Abigail (Collins) Ward, granddaughter of John and Mary (Harris) Ward, of Middletown, Connecticut. Samuel Bidwell, eldest child of Moses and Dorothy (Ward) Bidwell, was born March 15, 1730, in Middletown, and was a mariner, having charge of a vessel at Santo Domingo during a rebel- lion of the blacks there. He married, January 10, 1754, Juanna Hubbard, born February 24, 1738, in Middletown, second


daughter of Samuel and Johanna (Judd) Hubbard, granddaughter of Samuel and Martha (Peck) Hubbard. Ashbel Bid- well, second son of Samuel and Juanna (Hubbard) Bidwell, was born June 20, 1757, and died January 7, 1825. He was a soldier of the Revolution, enlisting March 18, 1777, in the 5th Regiment, Con- necticut Line, and serving until 1781, par- ticipating in battles of Germantown, Mon- mouth, Stony Point, and many operations along both sides of the Hudson. He mar- ried, March 10, 1783, Mary White. Their youngest child, Moses Bidwell, was born August 27, 1790, baptized at First Church of Middletown, November 14, 1790. He married Phebe Fairchild.


Elisha Bidwell, third son of Moses and Phebe (Fairchild) Bidwell, was born April 25, 1828, in Middletown, and died September 7, 1880, in that town. He married, July 5, 1860, Anna Cecelia Bailey, born November 10, 1831, in Hig- ganum, Connecticut, daughter of Chris- topher and Anna (Smith) Bailey, and died August 28, 1876, in Middletown. Their daughter, Lulu May Bidwell, born May 4, 1864, became the wife of Charles Brainard, as previously stated.


BUTLER, Dale Dudley,


Insurance Actuary, Legislator.


For several generations the Butler family has been located in Middletown and in recent years has been prominently identified with the business interests of the city. The founder of the family in America was Richard Butler, who was among the pioneers of Branford, Connec- ticut. In 1685, a tract of swamp land was granted him by the town. He was bap- tized in 1640 and died prior to the third Monday of June, 1713, when his son, Sam- uel, was appointed administrator of his will. The will, dated April 13, 1713, gave


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to his wife, Elizabeth, all of his estate, except his oxen, cart, plow and chain, which were given to the son, Samuel. The widow and Samuel were named as execu- tors in the will. Samuel, son of Richard Butler, born about 1690, lived in Bran- ford until after 1713. He was married, March 21, 1712, to Anna Roberts, of East Haven, daughter of William and Joanna Roberts. Their eldest child, Sylvester Butler, was born in Branford, May 21, 1713. Soon after this date, Samuel But- ler removed to Wallingford, where his relative, Jonah Butler, was a land owner. Early in 1729, Samuel Butler removed to Middletown. On January 22nd of that year, he received from Daniel Leavitt, of Wallingford, a deed to thirty-four acres of land in Middletown, for which he paid one hundred and forty pounds. This was formerly the property of Rev. Steven Mix. On October 19th of the same year, Anna, wife of Samuel Butler, was bap- tized and admitted, on profession of faith, to the First Church of Middletown and her children baptized, namely: Sylvester, Joseph, Samuel, Rebecca, Abigail and Ann. She was admitted to full commun- ion in the church August 10, 1731. Joseph Butler, second son of Samuel and Anna Butler, born about 1715, lived in Middle- town and was married there, August 17, 1738, to Patience Horton, born April 2, 1708, second daughter of Benoni and Mary (Freeman) Horton (or Haughton). Haughton Dorne Butler, second son of Joseph and Patience (Horton) Butler, was born June 30, 1743, in Middletown, and lived in the Maromas section of the town. He married, November 17, 1763, Mindwell Clark, who was baptized May 20, 1744, daughter of Francis Clark. On September 7, 1764, Mr. Butler received a deed of twenty-two acres of land adjoin- ing his home lot and subsequently made other purchases. He renewed his cov-


enant with the Middletown church, Au- gust 19, 1764, and died March 24, 1813. His second son, William Butler, born February 17, 1769, was baptized March 12th following, at the Middletown church and lived near Maromas. He married, September 5, 1799, Lois Arnold, and they were the parents of Steven Butler, born February 9, 1802, at Maromas. Through most of his active life, Steven Butler was employed in ship-building yards taking contracts as a caulker. After his marriage he resided at Middle Had- dam, where there was plenty of business in his line, and died April 7, 1852. His widow survived him more than sixteen years, her death occurring June 13, 1868, in Middletown, where she had made her home after the death of her husband. He married Nancy Higgins, born December 28, 1804, probably in Haddam.


Seth Higgins Butler, fifth son of Steven and Nancy (Higgins) Butler, was born March 5, 1829, in the Middle Haddam section of Chatham. He attended school in the Pine Brook district until about fifteen years of age when he started out to maintain himself. During the sum- mer he was employed as a farm hand at a salary of eight dollars per month, and the next year he entered the store in East Haddam, then called Goodspeed's Land- ing, where he continued until March, 1850, when he arrived at his majority. In the store his salary was fifty dollars per annum with board and he was described by Mr. Goodspeed as "the best boy I ever had." During this time he had applied himself diligently to learn various details of the mercantile business, and in March, 1850, became bookkeeper and general as- sistant in Gillett's Insurance Office, at Springfield, Massachusetts. In September of the following year he went to Phila- delphia, where he took a similar position with Alfred S. Gillett, subsequently


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president of the Girard Fire Insurance Company of that city. With the excep- tion of two years in New York City, he continued at Philadelphia until 1864, when he came to Middletown, with which city his subsequent life was identified. He organized the Peoples Fire Insurance Company of Middletown and was its manager from 1865 to 1890, for eighteen years of that period serving as secretary and treasurer, and subsequently for eight years serving as president and treasurer. In 1891, after a successful career of forty- one years, the company was liquidated and every obligation met. For a quarter of a century the shareholders received large annual dividends and when the affairs of the company were wound up, received three dollars for every dollar invested. Mr. Butler was also identified with other leading business institutions of the city ; was several years vice-presi- dent of the First National Bank of Mid- dletown, of which he became president in 1893, continuing in that office until De- cember 1, 1915, and then becoming vice- president, which office he held to the time of his death, March 23, 1916. In Janu- ary, 1897, he became treasurer and man- ager of the firm of W. & B. Douglas, large pump manufacturers, whose busi- ness had been somewhat crippled by the panic of a few years previous. Mr. But- ler succeeded in liquidating every obliga- tion and restoring the credit of the firm. He was recognized generally as an able financier and was often asked by friends to give counsel and financial advice in the prosecution of business undertakings. In January, 1900, he became president of the W. & B. Douglas Company, in which position he was ultimately succeeded by his youngest son. Mr. Butler was a mem- ber of the South Congregational Church, with which he united in 1865; was clerk of the Society for fifteen years and for


thirty-five years a member of the Society's Committee. In this latter capacity he aided in the construction of the present church edifice, erected in 1868. In Mr. Butler's career is illustrated the oppor- tunities afforded to men of industry and ambition and his success was purely the result of his unaided efforts. Starting in life without particularly promising pros- pects, or any external assistance, he made his own way to a leading position among the financiers of Middlesex county. Mr. Butler was married, October 6, 1851, to Emily M. Cooper, of Springfield, Massa- chusetts, born April 15, 1830, died October 25, 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Butler were the parents of three sons: Abbott G., the eldest, who was long in business in Hart- ford and now resides in Florida; Earle Cooper, of whom further ; and Dale Dud- ley, of whom further.


Earle Cooper Butler, second son of Seth H. and Emily M. (Cooper) Butler, was born November 21, 1862, in Phila- delphia, and was two years old when the family settled in Middletown. After attending the schools of that city he was a student for one year at Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, after which he became assistant book- keper for Stiles & Parker, of Middle- town. Within a short time he became a clerk in the First National Bank in Mid- dletown, with which he has since been identified. Passing through various courses of promotion as bookkeeper, teller and assistant cashier, Mr. Butler became vice-president of the bank and on December 1, 1915, succeeded his father as president. Mr. Butler is a director and trustee of the Middletown Young Men's Christian Association and, with his wife, is affiliated with the South Congrega- tional Church, of which he has long been treasurer. Always fond of out-door sports and athletics, in 1896 he won the tourna-


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ment of the National Association of Ro- quet Players at Norwich, Connecticut, thus becoming champion of the United States. In recent years he has found recreation in playing golf, and was a mem- ber and officer of the Arrawanna Golf Club. Though not a politician, he takes an active interest in the conduct of pub- lic affairs and has always given his sup- port to the Republican party.


Mr. Butler married, October 21, 1885, Bertha J. Scranton, a daughter of S. S. Scranton, of Durham, Connecticut, and a descendant of the famous Field family of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Butler have a son, Earle Dudley Butler, born October 9, 1889. He is a graduate of Amherst College and is now associated with an investment house of Hartford.


Dale Dudley Butler, youngest son of Seth H. and Emily M. (Cooper) Butler, was born June 29, 1866, in Middletown. He received his early education in the local high school and the Smith-Patten School ; prepared for college in Willis- ton and Wilbraham academies, and then entered Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1889. In his twentieth year, he entered the in- surance business, in Middletown, and has ever since been most actively engaged in that line. Wide awake and industrious, he has achieved considerable success. The business is now incorporated under the name of Butler's Insurance Office and Mr. Butler is president and treasurer of the organization. He is widely known and has been president of the State Asso- ciation of Insurance Agents, has served as president of the Middletown Board of Trade, and is now a member of its suc- cessor, the Chamber of Commerce. He has served as treasurer of the Middletown Club and has been treasurer of the Mid- dlesex chapter of the Red Cross since the


fall of 1914. During the World War, he was an active member of the State Coun- cil of Defense. Politically, he is a Re- publican. In the fall of 1896 he was elected to represent Middletown, in the State House of Representatives, and in 1920 he was elected to the State Senate, representing the district composed of Middletown, Middlefield and Cromwell. On July 11, 1919, Mr. Butler was elected president of the W. & B. Douglas Com- pany, following a ten year directorship. Keen for out-door sports, he was a pioneer in tennis, bicycling, roque, golf and auto- mobiling. Mr. Butler has been an im- portant factor in the industrial growth of Middletown, devoting time and money to make his home city worth while.


Mr. Butler was married December 19, 1895, to Adele McCrea, of Baltimore, and they live in the Butler homestead, where he was born.


BOARDMAN, Frank Elmer, Farmer, Public Official.


Mr. Boardman was born January 3, 1867, in the house where he now resides in Westfield, son of George F. and Anna E. (Knowles) Boardman. The family is an ancient one and has been traced to William Boreman, of Banbury, Oxford- shire, England, where he was living in 1525. His son, Thomas, called "The Elder" was taxed in Claydon, near Ban- bury in 1546, and died in 1579. His will, proved May 2, 1580, mentions his wife, Isabelle, and Thomas, the younger. Thomas the younger was born about 1560 in Claydon, where he lived, and was buried May 29, 1593; he married, Febru- ary 16, 1580, Dorothy Gregory. Their eldest child, Christopher Boreman, was baptized December 1, 1581, in Claydon ; worked for some time at a trade in Ban- bury, but returned to Claydon and was


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buried there April 1, 1640. He married, November 19, 1604, Julia Carter, bap- tized December 20, 1583, daughter of Felix and Margaret Carter, of Claydon. Their second son, Samuel Boreman, bap- tized August 20, 1615, in Banbury, came to New England and was a resident of Ipswich, Massachusetts, as early as 1639, when land was recorded in his name. He was a cooper. His house lot in Ipswich was in the western part of the town, but this was exchanged for land on the south side of the river. In 1641 he sold this to Francis Jordan, and removed to Wethers- field, Connecticut. In 1645 he purchased a house lot of three acres, with a barn and cellar, situated on the east side of Broad street, a little north of Plain lane, near the great elm, which is still standing there. At various times he owned six other house lots in Wethersfield, and during the last fourteen years of his life lived on a lot of three acres, purchased from Nathaniel Dickinson, on the west side of Broad street, and south side of Fletcher's lane. At his death, in April, 1673, he owned about three hundred fifty (350) acres, in- cluding an Indian grant of two hundred acres on the east side of the Connecticut river, in the present town of Marlborough. He held various important offices in both town and church, was elected deputy to the General Court in 1657 and for eighteen terms thereafter, being present at thirty-four sessions. At one of these, in October, 1662, Connecticut's famous charter was "first publiquely read" to the freemen. He married, Mary Betts, daughter of John and Mary Betts. Their eldest child, Isaac Boreman, born February 3, 1643, was a farmer in Wethersfield, on the west side of Main street, south of the church, held many offices of trust, and died May 12, 1719, three days after the death of his eldest son, Isaac. He married, Abiah Kimberly,




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