History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 27

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

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On the 16th of October, 1920, Mr. Albrecht was married to Miss Ann Fox, of New York city, and they have one son, Kenneth. Fraternally he is a Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. He has gained a wide and favorable acquaintance during the period of his residence in Hartford, where he has labored consistently for the welfare of the city as well as for the advancement of his individual interests.

HOUGHTON BULKELEY

In financial circles of Hartford the name of Houghton Bulkeley is well known and since January 1, 1924, he has been a member of the firm of Putnam & Company. He was born in Fenwick, Saybrook Point, Connecticut, August 9, 1896, his parents being Morgan Gardner and Fanny Briggs (Houghton) Bulkeley, to whom extended reference is made elsewhere in this work, his father having been one of the most distinguished citizens of the state. At the usual age the son became a public school pupil, passed through consecutive grades to the high school and afterward attended

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Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut, and the Roxbury Preparatory School of New Haven. He then matriculated at Yale as a member of the class of 1919.

In the meantime Mr. Bulkeley had become interested in military affairs, enlisting in 1916 in Troop B, Fifth Connecticut Cavalry, with which he did duty as a private on the Mexican border. Soon afterward he was inducted in to the federal service and went overseas on the 7th of October, 1917, his command becoming the One Hun- dred and First Machine Gun Battalion, with which he served on the western front, participating in a number of the notable engagements in which American troops played an important part in turning the tide of war. He was raised to the rank of second lieutenant and received his honorable discharge May 1, 1919.

With his return to Hartford, Mr. Bulkeley became connected with Richter & Company, now Putnam & Company, one of the leading securities firms of Connecticut, with membership on the New York Stock Exchange and the Hartford Stock Exchange. Mr. Bulkeley has been a member of the firm since January 1, 1924. His educational training, his inherited tendencies, natural predilection and highly developed powers are constituting strong forces in the success which is rewarding his efforts. He is also a director of the Connecticut Electric Service Company and the Automatic Refrigeration Company.

On the 5th of September, 1917, Mr. Bulkeley was married to Miss Margaret Whitmore, a daughter of William F. and Mary (Lyles) Whitmore, of Hartford. They have become parents of two children: Hope, born February 5, 1920; and Nancy Houghton, born September 18, 1921.

Mr. Bulkeley's social position has always placed him with the leading residents of Hartford and he holds membership in the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, the Wampanoag Country Club, the Fenwick Golf Club, and the Westmore Polo Club. He also has identification with two of the important patriotic societies, including the Sons of the American Revolution and the Military Order of Foreign Wars. Though his business affairs are extensive and important, he has ever found time for public service and as a republican is serving for the second time as alderman of the four- teenth ward, while at the present writing he is president of the aldermanic board. He is also secretary of the Connecticut Bridge and Highway Commission and is active in local political circles because of his recognition of the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship. His love for the city of Hartford, which was the home of his ancestors for several generations, is manifest in effective effort for municipal progress and improvement.

J. HAROLD WILLIAMS

J. Harold Williams, member of the bar, is now a partner in one of the oldest law firms of Hartford and one which throughout all the changes in its membership has upheld the highest professional standards and has most closely followed profes- sional ethics. His life history is in keeping with the record of his partners and of his predecessors in this firm.

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, December 23, 1893, he spent his youth with his parents, John E. and Geneva L. (Porter) Williams. Having mastered the branches of learning taught in the grade and high schools of Waterbury he entered Yale University, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts with honors in June, 1917.

The United States had just entered the World war and eager to see active service Mr. Williams immediately upon graduation joined the Yale Mobile Hospital Unit, which was then being formed in New Haven and was expected to be sent to the front at once. He sailed with the unit in August and after a hazardous trip, due to the presence of German submarines, landed at Liverpool, the unit going from there to Limoges, France, where he spent the winter of 1917-1918 in one of the factories where the famous Haviland china is made, the buildings at that time being used as an army hospital. In the spring the unit went to Paris reaching that city the day of the arrival of the first shells from "Big Bertha," the German rifle which was shelling the city from a distance of about seventy-five miles. After a three weeks' stay waiting for French equipment the unit left Paris and spent the summer and fall of 1918 in active service at the front, being located at the time of the Armistice in territory recently occupied by the Germans. The order to return home came in

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December and the unit sailed in January. Upon their arrival at the home shores the members were honorably discharged from the service and Mr. Williams returned to the Yale Law School, arriving just in time to enroll for the second semester. There he remained until he received the degree of LL.B. in June, 1920, and in the same month was admitted to practice before the courts of the state. The following September he moved to Hartford and became associated with the law firm of Gross, Gross & Hyde. In 1926 he was admitted as a partner, at which time the firm name was changed to Gross, Hyde & Williams.

On the 5th of June, 1926, Mr. Williams was married to Miss Martha Erna Worden von Schultz, a daughter of Carl and Marie (Streuli) von Schultz, of Hart- ford, and moved to West Hartford. Mr. Williams is a member of the Second Church of Christ in Hartford (South Congregational), the University Club of Hartford, the First Company Governor's Foot Guards, and along strictly professional lines enjoys membership in the Hartford County, Connecticut State and American Bar Associa- tions, thus keeping in close touch with the progressive purposes and the high stand- ards of the profession.

HON. JAMES LELAND HOWARD

On the official roster of Connecticut appears the name of James Leland Howard, who at one time was lieutenant-governor of the state. His name also figures on the records of the leading business men and manufacturers of New England and upon the membership rolls of the Baptist church, in which he was a notably distinguished and influential worker. His entire life activity constituted a valuable service to his fellowmen in many and varied fields.

A native of Vermont, he was born in Windsor, January 19, 1818, and was one of the four sons and four daughters whose parents were the Rev. Leland and Lucy (Mason) Howard, the former a prominent clergyman. The mother was a daughter of Captain Isaiah Mason, of Ira, Vermont. The Howard family is of English origin and was established in Massachusetts prior to 1650, since which time representatives of the name have borne helpful and ofttimes distinguished part in the development of New England.

James Leland Howard was the eldest son in his father's family and after being accorded the privilege of obtaining a practical business education he entered upon a mercantile career in New York in 1833, being at that time only fifteen years of age. His residence in Hartford dated from 1838, and at all times actuated by a laudable ambition, he became a member of the firm of Hurlburt & Howard in 1841, the senior partner being Edmund Hurlburt. They conducted a carriage and saddlery hardware manufacturing business on Main street and after a time Mr. Howard acquired the interest of his partner and was joined by his brothers under the name of James L. Howard & Company. This firm was one of the first in the United States to engage in the manufacture and sale of railroad car trimmings and furnishings, along which line they soon built up an extensive and profitable business. They owned a business block and factory on Asylum street, erected in 1846, and gradually their trade ex- panded until theirs became one of the foremost manufacturing and commercial enter- prises of the city. About 1876 the business was incorporated, with James L. Howard as the president, and in that office he continued until his demise. The high standards which he instituted on the establishment of the business were always maintained and the product of the house became known throughout the entire country. Because of the success which he achieved as a manufacturer Mr. Howard was enabled to make large investments and this constituted him a prominent figure in the local financial field through more than a half century. In 1854 he was elected a director of the Phoenix National Bank and in 1864 he aided in the organization of the Travelers Insurance Company, now the largest organization of the kind in the world. At the outset he was chosen one of the directors and so continued throughout his remaining days. His activities and interests extended into still other fields, for he became vice president of the Hartford County Mutual Fire Insurance Company and a director of the firm of Landers, Frary & Clark of New Britain, a director of the Springfield Waste Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, while for many years he was a director and president of the Hartford City Gas Light Company. Various other business con-

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cerns profited by his sound judgment and keen business discernment displayed during his service as a director. He made large investments in Springfield, Massachusetts, and it was in his counting room that the conferences were held that resulted in the organization of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, his interest in that subject dating from the time when he had acted as a life insurance agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, as early as 1846. Mr. Howard was thus instrumental in establishing and promoting some of the chief business interests not only of Hartford but of New England-interests that featured largely in the steady and continuous development of this section of the country.

On the 1st of June, 1842, Governor Howard was married to Miss Anna Gilbert, a daughter of the Hon. Joseph B. Gilbert, at one time state treasurer of Connecticut. They became parents of five children: Alice, who is now the widow of Hon. E. B. Bennett, mentioned at length on another page of this work; Anna, who died at the age of two years; Julia, the deceased wife of Walter R. Bush; Edith Mason and Mary Leland. In 1861 they removed to the Collins Street home which was long the family residence.

From early manhood Mr. Howard was deeply interested in politics and considered it an obligation to support his views at the polls and to labor for those interests which he deemed essential to public welfare. He voted originally with the whig party and in 1856 joined the ranks of the newly organized republican party, of which he con- tinued a firm advocate throughout his remaining days. He was first called to public office in 1850 when elected councilman from the old first ward, thus serving until 1853. He filled the office of alderman in 1854 and again from 1860 until 1862. In 1860 he became one of the original board of park commissioners and remained a member thereof until 1867, doing much to further the park system of the city. He served on the board of police commissioners from 1862 until 1865 and he was a mem- ber of the aldermanic board at the time when Rev. Bushnell started the agitation for a park in the center of the city, which resulted in the establishment of the present Bushnell Park. Mr. Howard strongly advocated the plan and throughout his life he was a loyal supporter of every cause which he believed would prove of public benefit. In 1886 he was elected lieutenant-governor of Connecticut and by virtue of the office became president of the senate, in which he won uniform esteem by his urbanity, fairness and courtesy as a presiding officer. He rendered valuable service as a member of the high school committee and as such selected the site upon which the present high school building now stands. He was made a member of the building committee together with the late Hon. James G. Batterson and they planned and supervised the erection of the first building on the site which he had chosen on Hopkins street. This structure was afterward destroyed by fire, and Governor Howard and Mr. Batterson were again associated as members of the building committee which erected the present building.

It would be an incomplete picture of this man if failure were made to make refer- ence to his active and valuable service as a member of the Baptist church. His opin- ions always carried weight in the councils of the church and his labors were far- reaching and effective. It was in 1841 that he joined the First Baptist church and following his election to the office of deacon in 1857 he continuously served in that capacity until his demise. At the time of his death he was also a trustee of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, which several years before had conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. He was chosen first president of the Con- necticut Baptist Social Union and filled the position for several terms. He presided as president over the Connecticut Baptist Convention from 1871 until 1876, was president of the American Baptist Home Mission Society from 1890 until 1893, of the American Baptist Publication Society from 1881 until 1884 and of the Connecticut Baptist Educa- tion Society. He was likewise one of the managers of the American Missionary Union, and every phase of the church work in its development along constructive lines received his endorsement and support. Furthermore, he was president of the board of trustees of the Connecticut Literary Institution at Suffield, was a trustee of the Shaw University of Raleigh, North Carolina, of the Spellman Seminary at Atlanta, Georgia, and the Newton Theological Seminary of Newton, Massachusetts. At his death one of the local journals characterized him as "a man of genial tempera- ment, kindly in voice, look and manner and with a never-failing sense of humor. His smile was always pleasant and his greeting cordial. One of his marked character- istics was his love for dumb animals and his great interest in nature. He had a

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large acquaintance in the state and was well known in New England." His life reached out along lines of helpfulness and of usefulness into many sections and will not have reached its full fruition until the lives of those who came under his influence and guidance have ceased. Governor Howard had attained the age of eighty-eight years when called to his final rest on the 1st of May, 1906.

TERRY JOSEPH CHAPIN

For twenty-three years Terry Joseph Chapin has been a member of the Hartford bar, and while he had a partnership relation for a time, he has practiced alone since 1912 and his high standing is the direct result of natural and acquired ability. Born in Enfield, Connecticut, June 8, 1881, he is a son of Joseph Terry and Sarah (Barber) Chapin, farming people of that place. The ancestral line is traced back to colonial days, the family being one of the oldest in this section of Connecticut, its repre- sentatives contributing to the substantial development and upbuilding of the state through all the intervening years from the time of the first settlement down to the present.

After attending the schools of Enfield, Terry J. Chapin became a student at Yale, there pursuing the classical course which won him the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1902. Attracted to the legal profession, he entered the New York Law School and is numbered among its alumni of 1904, in which year he won the LL. B. degree. While engaged in pursuing his law studies he taught school in Summit, New Jersey, and thus met the expenses of his college course. In 1904 he was admitted to practice at the bar of New York and in 1905 at the Connecticut bar. In the latter year he took up professional work in Hartford as the associate of the late Joseph L. Barbour and subsequently was connected with the firm of Bill & Tuttle. In 1906 he entered into partnership with James B. Henry, under the firm style of Chapin & Henry, and was thus engaged in practice until 1912, when he withdrew from the firm and has since practiced independently. His ability is recognized by the general public. He has proven his power to cope with intricate and involved legal problems and has won many verdicts favorable to his clients, so that his business has constantly increased and his position at the Hartford bar is now a most creditable one.

On the 1st of January, 1907, Mr. Chapin was married to Miss Jessie Douglass, a daughter of Edward O. and Melvina (Crowell) Douglass, of Suffield, Connecticut, and they now have a son, Douglass, born November 2, 1911. Their social position is an enviable one and Mr. Chapin is furthermore identified with the City Club of Hartford, the Suffield Country Club and the Kiwanis Club. He also has membership in Jeremiah Wadsworth Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and the spirit of loyalty manifested by his Revolutionary war ancestor also finds expression in his relation to the public good. His political endorsement is given to the repub- lican party. He is clerk and treasurer of the First Congregational church of Enfield. That he and his family connections have reason to be proud of their ancestral record and that the family spirit is strong within them is shown in the fact that there exists today a Chapin Family Association, of which Terry J. Chapin is the secretary and treasurer, and, like his forebears, he is leaving a most creditable and commend- able impress upon the history of his native state.

EDWARD W. BRODER

Edward W. Broder, lawyer and lawmaker, has been equally competent in the application of legal principles and in framing the laws which govern the action of the public and regulate the affairs of state. His sense of duty and honor is high, and no hope of personal success can make him deviate from the ethical standards of his profession.

Mr. Broder was born in Rockville, Connecticut, July 23, 1881, and is a son of Thomas and Mary Jane (Nolan) Broder, of that place. In his youthful days Edward W. Broder attended the public schools until graduated from the Rockville high school in 1901. Ambitious to secure a broader education as a preparation for life's prac-

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tical and responsible duties, he then entered Amherst College and is numbered among its alumni of 1905, in which year the Bachelor of Arts degree was conferred upon him. It was three years later when he won his LL.B. degree from the Harvard Law School, but in December, 1907, he had been admitted to the Massachusetts bar, and in June, 1908, to the bar at Rockville. His identification with law practice in Hart- ford dates from October, 1908. He began practicing independently and has always remained alone, so that capability and individual merit have constituted the strong elements in his growing success. He now has a large and distinctively representative clientele and stands very high as a member of the bar. It has ever been characteristic of him that he has prepared his cases with great thoroughness and he never loses sight of any minor point while giving due stress and attention to the more salient points of his argument.

Mr. Broder has also gained distinction in public life. He is a democrat in poli- tics and was nominated and elected by his party to the state senate, representing the first senatorial district in the sessions of 1919 and 1921. No one questioned his devotion to the best interests of the state during his service in the upper house of the general assembly. He was also appointed a member of the state board of arbi- tration and mediation by Governor Baldwin and received two appointments to the office by Governor Holcomb. Thus through his public activities as well as in the field of his profession Mr. Broder has contributed to the welfare and constructive inter- ests of his state.

ROBERT C. GLAZIER

Advancing step by step as the result of his constantly expanding powers and developing strength in business, Robert C. Glazier is now an outstanding figure in financial circles as president of the Society for Savings of Hartford. His broad vision enables him to readily discern between the essential and the non-essential in all business transactions and he has ever held to the highest standards in safeguard- ing the interests entrusted to his care. Hartford numbers him among her native sons, his birth having here occurred May 17, 1870, his parents being Isaac and Clara Safford (Mather) Glazier, the former a native of Willington, Connecticut, and the latter of Suffield, this state.

The Glazier family is of English origin and was established on American soil at an early period in the settlement of this country. The first representative of the name in America was John Glazier, who was born in England about 1600 and was one of the first settlers of Lancaster, Massachusetts. His wife was Elizabeth George, daughter of John George, one of the founders of the Baptist church in Bos- ton, who was likewise one of the original settlers of Lancaster, Massachusetts. In the maternal line Robert C. Glazier traces his ancestry directly back to the Rev Richard Mather, noted divine of Lowton, Winwick Parish in Lancashire, England, who was born in 1596 and sailed for New England in 1635, setting at Dorchester, Massachu- setts. The noted Cotton Mather was also of this line. The Glazier family was repre- sented in the Revolutionary war by Silas Glazier, great-great-grandfather of Robert C. Glazier, who responded to the Lexington alarm as a Minute Man and marched to the relief of Boston. Mr. Glazier also has ancestral connection with the Norton, Porter, Hathaway, Safford, Lawrence, Burnham and Chandler families, all of whom came from England between 1631 and 1641 and settled in New England. Another of his Revolu- tionary war ancestors was Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Safford, who while in command of Colonel Warren's regiment brought his men in a forced march to the second battle of Bennington, and thus through his aid the battle was won.

Isaac Glazier, the father of Robert C. Glazier of this review, was a prominent dealer in oil paintings, conducting his art store where the Hartford Trust building now stands. The public school system of his native city afforded Robert C. Glazier his educational opportunities and following his completion of a course in the Hartford high school by graduation as a member of the class of 1887 he immediately started out in the business world, turning his attention into those channels in which he has always directed his efforts. His initial position was with the old Charter Oak National Bank, and gradually working his way upward, he became assistant cashier of that institution. In 1907 he was made treasurer of the Riverside Trust Company, with

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which he remained for fifteen years, contributing in substantial measure to the development of its business until 1922, when he withdrew from that institution to become the vice president and trust officer of the Hartford-Aetna National Bank. There he continued for five years, since which time he has been associated with the Society for Savings as treasurer and as president, having been elected as chief execu- tive officer on the 15th of June, 1927. In this connection a Hartford paper said: "Mr. Glazier is highly regarded in Hartford business and financial circles and his selection as treasurer of the Society for Savings is looked upon as particularly for- tunate." In every position that he has filled he has measured up to the full require- ments thereof and in the discharge of his duties has manifested unremitting diligence combined with the utmost loyalty. Since 1909 he has been a trustee of the Society for Savings. His sound judgment is recognized in all business affairs and he has ever followed progressive methods and constructive activity.

On the 22d of April, 1912, Mr. Glazier was married to Miss Mary Skinner Chapin, of Greenwich, Connecticut, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Chapin, who was a manufacturer of New York city. In public and civic affairs Mr. Glazier has ever taken a deep and helpful interest and for three years he served on the old board of councilmen and for two years as alderman from the fourth ward. In the latter office he was made chairman of the committee on ways and means, the predecessor of the present finance board. He has also served as treasurer of the Arsenal school district and as a member and treasurer of the high school committee, the cause of education ever finding in him a stalwart champion and one whose ideals find embodiment in practical effort for their adoption. For several years he was a director and treasurer of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce and he is a director of the Hartford Public Library and of the Connecticut Children's Aid Society. In all public affairs, as well as in the conduct of business interests, he has displayed a spirit of marked advancement resulting in the successful accomplishment of his pur- poses, and thus it is that he is numbered among the foremost residents of Hartford.

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History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 27

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