History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 103

Author: Burpee, Charles W. (Charles Winslow), b. 1859
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 1390

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Dr. Heublein was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Whipple, who was born April 3, 1875, a daughter of Marcus and Frances (Kincaid) Whipple, of North Pownal, Vermont. They now have two children: Gilbert Whipple, born October 5, 1908; and Frances Louise, born July 25, 1912. The parents hold membership in St. John's Episcopal church of Hartford and Mrs. Heublein belongs to the Daughters of the American Revolution, which indicates her connection with one of the oldest families of New England. In the field of social interest Dr. Heublein has connection with the Hartford, Hartford Golf, Wampanoag and Automobile clubs, but he has never al- lowed anything to interfere with the faithful performance of his professional duties and thus it is that he has gained his high rank in the medical profession. He is serving on the staff of the Hartford Hospital as Roentgenologist and he has member- ship in the Hartford, Hartford County and Connecticut State Medical Societies, in the American Medical Association and in the American Roentgen Ray Society. He is a fellow of the American College of Roentgenology, the American Radium Society, New England Roentgen Ray Society and the Radiological Society of North America, thus keeping in close touch with the advanced thought and discoveries of the pro- fession to which he has himself made valuable contribution in the field to which he has elected to give the greater part of his time and effort.

E. TERRY SMITH, M. D.

Dr. E. Terry Smith, who for nearly three decades has been a prominent repre- sentative of the medical profession in Hartford, was born in Bridgeport, September 2, 1876. He is the son of Caroline McAdams and Orland Smith, the former of Scotch ancestry, both deceased.

Dr. Smith was graduated from the Yale Medical School in 1897. The following year he served as interne in the New Haven Hospital when that hospital was taking care of the disabled soldiers of the Spanish war. Later he followed a postgraduate course in Berlin and received instruction from some of the most distinguished mem- bers of the medical profession in Germany. He began his practice in Hartford in 1900. In 1903 Trinity College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts.

He is opthalmologist at the Hartford Hospital and consulting opthalmologist at St. Francis Hospital, the Municipal Hospital, the Manchester Hospital, the New Britain General Hospital, the Bristol Hospital, and the Johnson Memorial Hospital at Stafford Springs. He is a fellow of the American Ophthalmological Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, The American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society, the American College of Surgeons and the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Hartford County Medical Society, the Hartford City Medical Society, of which he was recently

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president, and at the present time he is the president of the Connecticut Medical Society.

Dr. Smith served in France during the World War and was retired with the rank of major. In 1921 he married Ethel Walker the founder and head of the Ethel Walker School at Simsbury, Connecticut, daughter of Laura Seymour, of English birth, and Colonel John Crawford Walker, of Indiana.

Apart from his profession, Dr. Smith has many and varied interests and activities attested to by his charming home at Dogswood, West Hartford, and Middleburg, Vir- ginia, and by his membership in many clubs, among them the Yale Club of New York, the Graduates Club of New Haven, the Turf and Field Club, Fishers Island Club of New York, the Hartford Club, the University Club of Hartford, the Hartford Golf Club, the Twentieth Century Club of Hartford, the Wampanoag Country Club, the Farmington Country Club, the Metabetchuan Fish and Game Club of Quebec, and the Nictau Fish and Game Club of New Brunswick. He is a thirty-second degree Mason.

WILLIAM JOSEPH SHEA

William Joseph Shea, a successful young attorney of Hartford county, is engaged in general law practice as a member of the firm of Carmody & Shea of South Man- chester. He is a native of Vernon, Tolland county, Connecticut, born April 4, 1900, and a son of Patrick and Mary (Myers) Shea, who were born in Manchester, this state, where they still reside. The father is a retired agriculturist.

William J. Shea began his education as a public school pupil at Vernon and con- tinued his studies in the Rockville high school, while subsequently he matriculated in Trinity College, from which he was graduated in 1922. His professional training was received in the Catholic University of America at Washington, D. C., which in 1925 conferred upon him the degree of LL. B. Following his admission to the bar in January, 1926, he became a member of the law firm of Carmody & Shea at South Manchester, where he has since been engaged in general practice, specializing in corporation law. The partners are accorded an extensive and gratifying clientage, and Mr. Shea has already gained enviable recognition as an attorney of pronounced ability and broad legal learning.

Fraternally Mr. Shea is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus. He played on the baseball team of the Catholic University during his four years' course there and is still very fond of our great national sport. Along strictly professional lines he has membership connections with the Hartford County Bar Association, the Connecticut State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

ALEXANDER DUNCAN MACKINNON

For thirty-five years Alexander Duncan Mackinnon was a resident of Hartford, figuring prominently in financial, public, social and fraternal affairs, and his life record constituted a fine example of manliness, industry and good citizenship. A native of Nova Scotia he was born in Inverness county on the 12th of January, 1865, and was a son of Lauchlan Mackinnon, who was born in Scotland, and Margaret (MacDonald) Mackinnon, a Canadian. Alexander D. Mackinnon spent his early life in Canada, receiving a good education, and in 1892, when a young man of twenty- seven, allied his interests with those of Hartford. For a few years he was con- nected with the Scottish Union Insurance Company and in 1897 entered the old National Exchange Bank, which was later absorbed by the First National Bank. An able financier and tireless worker, he contributed materially to the success of these institutions and remained with them until his death on March 14, 1927, at his home on Deerfield avenue.

Mr. Mackinnon was married October 3, 1893, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Miss Catherine Mackenzie, who proved an ideal helpmate, and for thirty-four years they journeyed together through life. They were the parents of five children. Alexander George, the eldest, a well known broker of Hartford, married Mildred E. Liebe, of this city, and they have one child, Marilyn. The second son, Edmund Alden, is also a broker. The daughters are Margaret Arabella, Florence Christine and Isa-

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belle Ruth. Florence Christine is now the wife of Gerald D. Burnham and the mother of a daughter, Dorothy M. Mr. Burnham is associated with his father and uncle in conducting one of Hartford's leading clothing establishments, which busi- ness was founded by his great-uncle, Edgar F. Burnham, and has been conducted in this city by members of the family for more than fifty years.

Soon after his arrival in Hartford, Mr. Mackinnon united with the First Pres- byterian church, of which he was an elder for twenty-five years, and until the close of his life was a zealous worker in its behalf. In 1907 he was elected councilman from the fourth ward and became president of that civic body in 1910, meeting every requirement of the office. He showed a broad comprehension of the needs of the municipality and worked at all times for its best interests. The Fernleigh Club, Inc., numbered him among its prominent members and for two terms he was chief of Clan Gordon of the Order of Scottish Clans. He was a life member of the Masonic Charity Foundation of Connecticut and took a leading part in the activities of LaFayette Lodge, No. 100, F. & A. M. Mr. Mackinnon was a past patron of Hart- ford Chapter of the Eastern Star and was also identified with the Improved Order of Fraternal Aid Union. By nature he was genial, unselfish and sincere, and his mind and heart were as an open book. Actuated by an earnest desire to do right, Mr. Mackinnon carried his religion into his daily life, in which it found beautiful expres- sion, and his memory is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew him.

ELI HERRUP

It is only force of character that carries the individual out of the hard conditions of life imposed by lack of education and lack of opportunity and brings him eventually into the realms of prosperity, of wide usefulness and of valuable service to his fellow- men. Such was the record of Eli Herrup and in an analyzation of his career it is clearly evident that unfaltering industry led to a recognition of possibilities that grew into broad business vision as the years passed. He utilized these opportunities as they came to him and each step in his career was a forward one, until he came to rank with the prominent and substantial business men of Hartford, where he made his home for more than forty years, and during the greater part of that period gave his atten- tion to the real estate and mortgage loan business.

Mr. Herrup was a native of Brody, Austria, and had reached the ripe old age of eighty years when called to his final rest. He came to the new world prompted by a desire to better his condition. He had had no opportunity to attend school and he was practically penniless, but he looked ahead to the time when persistent labor would carry him and his family into better conditions. He took up the work of peddling and bent every energy toward achieving success in that field. That he progressed is mani- fest in the fact that after two years he was able to send for his wife and four chil- dren, Samuel E., Solomon R., Louis (who has since passed away) and Ida, now Mrs. Feinberg, the family joining him in the new world. His wife's maiden name was Gussie Posaner and she also was a native of Austria.

His peddling business was the initial step that brought Mr. Herrup into the mer- cantile field. He practiced strict economy as well as diligence and in time saved a suffi- cient sum to enable him to open a store on Main street at what is now known as Need- ham's corner. Again his labors brought the desired result. He studied the trade, the wishes of his patrons and put forth every effort to meet the desires of the public along the line of the merchandise which he carried. Thus it was that he was able to open a second store on Morgan street, and from that field he emerged to take his place among the well known realtors and mortgage loan dealers of Hartford. For thirty-five years he continued in that business and at different times he handled considerable property and was for some years the owner of the Buckingham block on Main street. In the school of experience he was continually learning lessons of value which he put to good use.

After some years' residence in the new world Mr. Herrup lost his first wife and later married again. In June, 1922, he formed the Herrup Corporation, into which the greater part of his fortune was placed, and divided all of the shares equally between his children. The business of the Herrup Corporation is managed by his son, Louis Feinberg of the firm of Feinberg Brothers, who married the eldest daughter, Ida, and Isreal Gruber, of the Gruber Furniture Company, who married the youngest daughter,

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Sadie. Nathan Herrup was always his father's right-hand man and with him returned to Austria a few years ago that the father might visit his birthplace.

Mr. Herrup set a splendid example for his children not only in his business affairs, which resulted in the attainment of notable success, but also in his charitable and benevolent work. As he prospered he continually sought to reach out a helping hand to those who needed assistance and few men were more liberal in their donations. He was long identified with the United Jewish Charities, the Hebrew Old People's Home Association and the Hebrew Women's Home for Children. He was likewise treasurer of Shara Torah Lodge, I. O. B. A., was a member of the first Austrian Verbund and the Talmud Torah. He was one of the founders of the Rumanian synagogue on Mar- ket street thirty-three years ago and was its treasurer for several years. He likewise assisted in establishing the Garden street synagogue and at the time of his demise was a member of the Chevra Mishnayes synagogue, loyally adhering to the faith of his fathers.

Mr. Herrup's beneficence may be realized from an observation made by one who is an outstanding figure in this active generation. On the day of his death, December 9, 1927, a considerable number had called to pay their last respects to the dead, all men of the younger generation, who, like the deceased, got their start in life in America through sheer force of industry, perseverance and a denial to themselves of the luxuries of life. This observer remarked: "Look around the room. There's hardly a man here who has not been helped by your father and your father's monetary uplift is very largely responsible for the fact that these beneficiaries have become men who command respect and possess power and are useful citizens."

In addition to the children mentioned above, Mr. Herrup left two sons, Morris and Nathan, and one daughter, Mrs. Gruber.

Eli Herrup was the founder of the family in the new world-a family that, in addition to his surviving children now numbers thirteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. To them he left not only a substantial fortune but also the price- less heritage of a good name. Coming to the new world an emigrant, seemingly with no especially bright outlook for the future, he died a wealthy man, a respected citizen and a beloved friend. Because of his thoughtfulness and consideration for others, as manifested in a practical and helpful charity, the world is better for his having lived and the good work which he instituted is being carried on by his sons, who also figure prominently in the business circles of the city.

SAMUEL E. HERRUP

The eldest of the sons of Eli Herrup is Samuel E., who was born in Austria in 1877. He came to this country when a boy with his mother, two brothers and sister, and at once became his father's assistant in his work as a peddler. He had many unusual experiences in that work, being unable to speak the English language, but learned quickly and soon acquired a good knowledge of the language and the ways of the new world.

Later Samuel entered the real estate and mortgage field which he has found very profitable. In 1897 he married Miss Esther Schwartz and they have four children, Leo, Raymond, Nathan and Abraham. Mr. Herrup is active in the work of the United Jewish Charities. Regardless of his lack of education in youth, he has been very successful in his chosen career.

SOLOMON R. HERRUP

For twenty-one years Solomon R. Herrup has engaged in the practice of law and has an office at 1026 Main street in Hartford. He commands a large clientele, for with the passing years his practice has steadily grown in volume and importance, connect- ing him with many of the leading litigated interests heard in the district and state courts. Born in Brody, Austria, now a part of Poland, on the 15th of October, 1879, he is a son of Eli and Gussie (Posaner) Herrup, who were also natives of Austria. Extended mention of the father may be found on another page of this work.

Solomon R. Herrup pursued a public school education, passing through consecu-

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tive grades until he entered the New York University Law School, from which he was graduated in 1906 with the LL. B. degree. On the 11th of February, 1907, he was admitted to practice at the New York bar and opened an office in New York, where he remained until September, 1910. In 1911 he was admitted to the Hartford bar and through the intervening period has followed his profession in this city, devoting his attention to the general practice of law and winning a gratifying measure of success. He has been retained as counsel in many important cases and in his practice he is seldom if ever, at fault in the application of a legal principle, while his clear statement and logical argument are effective forces in the attainment of desired verdicts. He is also vice president of the Herrup Corporation.

Mr. Herrup was united in marriage in 1914 to Tillie G. Bachrach, of New York city, and they are now well known in Hartford, where they have an extensive circle of friends. Mr. Herrup was one of the founders of Emanuel synagogue, a member of the building committee and the board of directors for four years and was the first secretary of the Emanuel synagogue, serving for about four years. He was a member of the Home Guards during the World war period. He has always been interested in politics and his support is ever found on the side of progress and advancement. The major part of his time and attention, however, is given to his professional duties and he is a member of the Hartford Bar Association, enjoying the warm regard of his professional brethren because of the fact that he always conforms his practice to the highest professional ethics.

MORRIS HERRUP

Morris, fourth son of Eli Herrup, is a native of Hartford, where he was born, March 17, 1892. He secured his education in the grammar and high schools of this city and, after completing his high school course, became associated with his brother Louis, since deceased, in the furniture business, which they carried on together for ten years with much success. Three years ago Mr. Herrup went into business for himself at 89-91 Pleasant street and is still carrying on business there.

In 1917 Mr. Herrup married Elizabeth Feinberg and they have one daughter, eight years of age.

NATHAN HERRUP

Nathan, the fifth son of Eli Herrup, was born in Hartford May 9, 1897. He received his education in the schools of Hartford, graduating from the South school and began his business career in the real estate and mortgage loan business with which he is still identified. He is also treasurer of the Service Mortgage Company and is secretary and assistant treasurer of the Herrup Corporation.

For nearly a year Mr. Herrup was a member of the United States Naval Reserve. He is treasurer of Share Torah Lodge and a member of Emanuel synagogue.

On December 14, 1920, Mr. Herrup was united in marriage to Miss Rhea Noll, a native of Hartford, the date of her birth being May 10, 1899. She is connected with the Sisterhood of Emanuel synagogue and other Hebrew organizations in which she is active. They have one daughter, Jeanne Patricia.

FRANK TAYLOR WHEELER

A man of well balanced capacities and powers and of marked public spirit, Frank Taylor Wheeler has furthered Plainville's development along many lines and is nationally known as a standardization expert. As vice president of the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company of Plainville, Connecticut, with which corporation he has been associated since its organization in 1899, he is actively identified in an executive capacity with the great growth and development of a business which has progressed from a humble beginning into one of the largest concerns of its kind in

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America. He was born July 23, 1874, in Marion, Connecticut, and his parents were James Frank and Sara Ann (Taylor) Wheeler, the former a successful merchant of Plantsville, Connecticut. On the paternal side he comes of English ancestry dating back to Moses Wheeler of Kent, England, born in 1598, who came to America and located in New Haven in 1638, later moving to Stratford, Connecticut, where he died in 1698 at the age of one hundred years. The American progenitor of the Taylor family in America emigrated from England to the United States in 1846.

Frank Taylor Wheeler was educated in the public schools of Plantsville, Connec- ticut, subsequently taking a course for two years at Lewis high school of Southington, this state. At the age of fourteen he went to work for the Union Bag Company and shortly after entered the employ of the Peck, Stow & Wilcox Company at Plants- ville. From there he went with the H. D. Smith Company of Plantsville in the capacity of office boy and assisted in the shipping department, and in 1893 he became an entered apprentice to the machinist trade with the Southington Hardware Com- pany, where he remained for a period of six years, the last three years as foreman. He worked ten hours a day during six days of the week and was eventually placed in charge of the bicycle department, which at that time was a new feature of the busi- ness. He was a young man of twenty-five when in 1899, in association with two Trumbull brothers, he organized the Trumbull Electric Company, later the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company, with plants at Plainville, Connecticut, Trenton, New Jersey, and Ludlow, Kentucky. Mr. Wheeler was chosen as vice president in charge of the mechanical and development work and he has continuously filled that position in an able and efficient manner. A contemporary biographer said of him: "Being a keen student of matters electrical and automotive, he has developed his mind along that channel to such a degree that he is a recognized authority on numer- ous electrical subjects pertaining to that industry and his knowledge of affairs as a student led to his selection as a member of the board of governors of the Associated manufacturers of Electrical Supplies, member of Electrical Council, also member of Standards Committee of A. M. E. S., and various other standardizing committees and sub-committees regulating standardization of electrical equipment, to which work he devotes a great deal of his time and keenly enjoys both the labor required and his association with his colleagues." Liberally endowed with executive force and good judgment, Mr. Wheeler has not only played a conspicuous part in the development of the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company but is also an important factor in the management of other corporations. He is first vice president and a director of the Plainville Trust Company; secretary and a director of the Plainville Realty Company; secretary, treasurer and vice president of the Plainville Water Company; secretary and treasurer of the Masonic Temple Corporations, and a director of the Union Manufacturing Company of New Britain, all of which have profited by his earnest, systematic efforts.

At Southington, Mr. Wheeler was married June 17, 1903, to Miss Bertha Munson Buell, a daughter of Burton T. Buell and a member of one of the prominent families of this locality.

Politically Mr. Wheeler is a stanch republican. He is very much interested in civic affairs, being a director and past president of the Chamber of Commerce, town assessor for six years, secretary of the town plan commission for seven years and chairman of the sewer district. An ardent champion of all projects for civic growth and advancement, he secured for Plainville its beautiful high school building after years of opposition, being chairman of the building committee and chairman of the committee that recommended and secured nine acres of land in the center of the town for school and recreation purposes. He headed the movements for the installation of a thoroughly modern water system, sewers, paved streets and other public im- provements and in fact has been foremost in any and all projects for the civic wel- fare of Plainville during his entire business career. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, belonging to Frederick Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which he is a past master; Washington Commandery, K. T .; and Sphinx Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Hartford. He is also a past noble grand of Eureka Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Southington, Connecticut, and his name is likewise on the membership rolls of the New Britain Club, the Hartford Club, the Automobile Club of Hartford, the Shuttle Meadow Golf Club, the Southington Country Club, the Chip- panee Club of Bristol and the Avon Golf Club. His recreations are golfing and fishing in the Maine woods. During the World war he participated in the various

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drives, being treasurer of most of them. He was a sergeant in Company I, State National Guard of Connecticut, of which Governor Trumbull was captain, serving three years. His career has been conspicuously useful and his prosperity is well deserved, for it has been worthily earned.

CLIFFORD DELMAR PERKINS

A notably successful career is that of Clifford Delmar Perkins, proprietor of the Heublein Hotel, which under his direction has kept abreast with Hartford's develop- ment in commercial and financial fields. The spirit of progress has actuated him at every point in his career and finds expression in a hotel service that cannot be sur- passed even in the hostelries of the metropolis. A steady, consistent and logical development of his powers has brought him to the prominent position which he now occupies among the business men of his adopted city.

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History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 103

Author: Burpee, Charles W. (Charles Winslow), b. 1859 Publication date: 1928 Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Number of Pages: 1390

Author: Burpee, Charles W. (Charles Winslow), b. 1859
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 1390