History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 43

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 1st of July, 1911, Mr. Skinner was married to Miss Edith King, of Hart- ford, and their children are: Calvin C., born May 8, 1912; Sally, born September 22, 1915; and Susanne, October 22, 1920.

Mr. Skinner supports the republican party and the military chapter in his life record covers service with the United States army from the 14th of August, 1917, when he joined the cavalry and was stationed at Niantic, Connecticut, until he went overseas with the One Hundred and First Machine Gun Battalion of the Twenty- sixth Division, being on duty in France until discharged as a private on the 26th of January, 1919. It is characteristic of Mr. Skinner that he never falters in the per- formance of any duty or service, whether it be of a patriotic, a civic or a personal nature, and this spirit of loyalty which dominates him is one of the qualities that have brought him strong friendships among the members of the Hartford Club, the Farm- ington Country Club, the University Club and the East Haddam Fishing and Game Club. His association with these organizations, moreover, indicates something of the nature of his interests in his periods of rest and recreation.

FREDERIC ERNST KINGSTON

A modern philosopher has said that "the sources of our power lie within our- selves," and this truth finds verification in the life record of Frederic Ernst Kingston, a man of well balanced capacities and powers who has occupied a central place on the stage of action almost from the time when his initial effort was made in the field of business. His labors have found culmination in the development of an important investment business which he now conducts under the firm name of F. E. Kingston & Company and is thus widely known in financial circles of Hartford.

He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, September 20, 1888, his parents being James and Josina E. (Hersey) Kingston. His educational advantages were those offered in the public and high schools of his native city and in 1910 he became interested in the brokerage business as an employee of the Hayden-Stone Company of New York, with whom he remained until 1914, gaining wide knowledge and prac- tical experience of the business during that period. From 1914 until 1916 he was associated with Kountz Brothers of New York and in 1916 he started in the broker- age business independently in New Haven, since which time he has met with growing success.

In 1921 he established a branch in Hartford, but the continuous and rapid development of the business in this city has since made it the main office of the organization, which now operates branch offices in New Haven, Bridgeport, Water- bury, New London, Danbury, Meriden, Middletown and Willimantic and maintains rep- resentatives in New Britain, Bristol, Winsted and Norwich. The firm is correspondent for Joseph Walker & Sons, New York, members of the New York Stock Exchange. The firm owns its own building in Hartford and its offices on the ground floor at 66-68 Pearl street are among the best equipped and the most attractive in the city of Hartford. All of the offices of the organization are connected by private wire and direct telephones and telegraph with New York city and Boston.

From the beginning, operations have been carried on under the name of F. E. Kingston & Company and they handle government and municipal bonds, public utility, bank, insurance and local securities. Their clientele is now extensive, as indicated by the establishment and development of their many branches, and Mr. Kingston has

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come to be regarded as an outstanding financier in this section of New England, his broad experience enabling him to speak with authority upon the value of commercial paper. Aside from his interests as head of the organization which bears his name, he is also a director of the Arizona Power Company, the Hudson Valley Coke & Prod- ucts Company, a director and treasurer of the New Haven & Shore Line Railway Company and an officer in many other corporations.

On the 4th of April, 1918, Mr. Kingston married Miss Ida Frances Leach, of Wil- inington, Delaware, and they are now parents of four children: Alice, Patricia, June and John D.

In his political views Mr. Kingston is a republican but the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him; yet he is neglectful of no duty nor obliga- tion of citizenship and gives stalwart support to those projects which advance the civic welfare. He belongs to the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce and the New Haven Chamber of Commerce and he finds needed recreation through his club associ- ations, having membership in the Wampanoag Golf Club, the Union League Club in New Haven, the Racebrook Country Club of New Haven, the Pine Orchard Country Club of Pine Orchard, the Fernleigh Club of Hartford, the New Haven Gun Club and the New Haven Yacht Club, being commodore of the last named.

His entire record has been one of steady progress. Possessing broad, enlightened and liberal-minded views, he has been alert to every opportunity that has presented itself and his has been an active career in which he has accomplished important and far-reaching results, contributing in no small degree to the business expansion of districts in which he has operated, and from which he has also derived substantial benefits.

He is a born leader and the strength and efficiency of his organization rest on his forceful personality and on the spirit and loyalty of his men. His decision once made after deliberation, he is aggressive and tireless in achieving his objective.

MAYNARD THOMPSON HAZEN

The name of Maynard Thompson Hazen figures prominently in banking circles in Hartford, where he is widely known as vice president of the Hartford National Bank & Trust Company, one of the largest and strongest financial institutions of New England. His entire business career has been marked by a consecutive prog- ress that now gives him voice in the management of an institution which is the basis of much of the growth and prosperity of Connecticut.

Moreover, he is entitled to representation in this work as one of the native sons of the Charter Oak state, he having been born in Middletown, September 21, 1887, his parents being Azel Washburn and Mary (Thompson) Hazen, residents of that place. In public and private schools of Middletown he mastered the preliminary branches of learning, while his more advanced study was done in Williams College at Williamstown, Massachusetts, in which institution he won his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1908, and in Wesleyan College, which conferred upon him the Master of Arts de- gree in 1909. He next entered the Harvard Law School and gained the LL. B. degree in 1912, being admitted to the bar the same year, for his early manhood's purpose was to devote his life to the legal profession. He entered upon active practice in Boston, where he remained from 1912 until 1917, being associated with the law firm of Matthews, Thompson & Spring. The latter year might be termed a turning point in his career, for it was then that he came to Hartford as attorney for the Security Trust Company and this constituted the initial step toward his active banking career. When the Security Trust Company was merged with the Fidelity Trust Company and United States Bank in the organization of the United States Security Trust Company he continued with the newly formed corporation as vice president, concentrating his efforts more largely upon executive control and administration. When in June, 1927, the United States Security Trust Company and the Hartford-Aetna National Bank were merged to form the Hartford National Bank & Trust Company he continued as vice president of this institution and is now bending every effort to the further devel- opment of the business, which is today scarcely equaled by that of any other financial institution outside of Boston in New England. He forms his plans after due con- sideration, but when once formed he is prompt in their execution and never stops short

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of the successful accomplishment of his purpose. His name is also further known in banking circles through his connection with the Mechanics Savings Bank, of which he is a director, and he is also serving on the directorate of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company.

On the 2d of October, 1913, Mr. Hazen was married to Miss Marjorie F. Howe, a daughter of the late Daniel R. and Henrietta (Collins) Howe, of Hartford. They now have two children: Richard, born October 23, 1919; and Frances, born August 1, 1925.

There is a military chapter in the life history of Mr. Hazen, who became an en- sign in the United States Naval Reserve Corps and was assigned to the aviation de- partment in April, 1918, remaining therewith until the close of that year. His polit- ical allegiance has always been given to the republican party and he keeps well in- formed on the vital questions and issues of the day. He has membership in the Hart- ford, Wampanoag Country, Hartford Golf, University, Twentieth Century, Twilight and Get Together Clubs-which indicates something of the nature of his interests and of his recreation outside of business hours. He is appreciative of the social amenities of life and his circle of friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintance.

ALBERT R. WELLS

In a history of the business development of Southington it is imperative that mention be made of Albert R. Wells, the secretary and treasurer of the Beaton & Corbin Manufacturing Company, which has contributed in substantial measure to the general commercial and industrial development of this region. What he under- takes he accomplishes, allowing no difficulties or obstacles to bar his path if they can be overcome by persistent and determined effort. Mr. Wells was born in Pepin, Wisconsin, June 15, 1856, and is a representative of one of the old families of Con- necticut, his grandfather being Rossiter Wells, whose birthplace was Wethers- field and who devoted his life to the occupation of farming. He was the father of Isaac Newton Wells, who was born in Wethersfield in 1830 and there obtained a common school education, while in vacation periods he devoted his attention to farm work. In young manhood he married Miss Kate Butler and they became the parents of three children: Albert R .; Frank Newton, of New Britain; and Carrie S., who became the wife of E. T. Griswold, of Bloomfield, Connecticut. In the year 1854 Isaac N. Wells left New England to become a resident of Rock Island, Illinois, and afterward went to Pepin, Wisconsin, where he engaged in business as a tinsmith. He remained in the Mississippi valley for fourteen years and returned to Connecticut in 1868, when he resumed the occupation of farming, which he followed successfully in Bloomfield for three decades. His political allegiance was always unwaveringly given to the republican party and he filled various offices, serving for two or three terms as selectman and assessor and also as a member of the board of relief, dis- charging his duties at all times with promptness and fidelity. His wife died in 1876 and he afterward removed to Southington, where his remaining days were passed and where for a number of years he was the treasurer of the Beaton & Corbin Manufacturing Company. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and a man highly esteemed by all who knew him.

Albert R. Wells was a youth of twelve years when the family left his native town of Pepin, where for six years he had been a public school pupil, and returned to New England. He afterward spent two years as a student in the schools of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and in the schools of Bloomfield, pursuing his studies during the winter seasons, while the summer months were devoted to farm work. When nineteen years of age he started out in business by obtaining a position as driver of a seed wagon through the states of New Hampshire and Vermont, repre- senting the firm of Comstock & Ferry of Wethersfield. Subsequently he covered the territory of Delaware and Maryland and in 1878 he established an independent busi- ness as a grain and feed merchant and as proprietor of a mill at Bloomfield, suc- cessfully carrying on the business until 1894, when he became associated with Wal- lace C. Dean under the firm style of Wells & Dean. They purchased the general store of C. D. Strictland and carried on the business in connection with the operation

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of the mill until January, 1898, when Mr. Wells leased the mill to the Daniels Mill Company for a term of five years. He then confined his attention to merchandising, handling not only a general line of goods but also dealing in coal, flour and feed. He and his partner built up a substantial business which grew steadily and became one of the prosperous commercial enterprises of the town. Mr. Wells' identification with the Beaton & Corbin Manufacturing Company dates from 1899. He is now the secretary and treasurer and his capability as an executive is largely furthering the interests of the business, which is now regarded as one of the substantial enterprises of Southington.

On the 19th of March, 1878, Mr. Wells was united in marriage to Miss Estelle F. Gillette, of Bloomfield, a daughter of Amos H. Gillette. She passed away Decem- ber 17, 1895, survived by two of her three children, her son, Albert G., who was born August 10, 1882, having departed this life April 13, 1883. The daughters are: Ethel K., born July 19, 1884; and Nina E., born December 19, 1887. Mr. Wells was again married September 1, 1897, when Miss Jennie E. Coburn, of Carlstadt, New Jersey, became his wife. They are well known socially, having many friends in Southington and this section of the state. Fraternally Mr. Wells is associated with the Masons, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Patrons of Husbandry. His religious faith is that of the Congregational church, to the teachings of which he has ever been loyal, and he has given nineteen years' service as chairman of board of trustees of the Congregational church. His political support is given the republican party and in October, 1896, he became town clerk, being the first republican ever elected to that office in Bloomfield. On the 31st of October, 1897, he was appointed postmaster and efficiently filled that office until his removal to Southington on the 1st of July, 1899, when he resigned as postmaster and as town clerk to enter into active connection with the Beaton & Corbin Manufacturing Company. His public activity has covered service as a member of the board of burgesses, as selectman of the town of South- ington for four years, when he resigned, and two terms in the state legislature, having been elected in 1913 and 1915. His lines of life have been cast in pleasant places because he has always followed a course in harmony with honorable progress and successful achievement. He has many friends who recognize and appreciate his sterling worth, and his strong characteristics are such as have won for him the confidence and good will of all.

MORTON CANDEE TREADWAY

The exercise of effort has developed the latent powers of Morton Candee Tread- way, who is now an influential business man of Bristol and also figures prominently in political and community affairs. He was born January 26, 1887, in this city and attended its public schools. In 1906 he completed a course in the Phillips-Exeter Academy at Andover, Massachusetts, and in 1910 was graduated from Yale Univer- sity. A liberal education prepared Mr. Treadway for the responsibilities of life, and his first position was that of a clerk in the Bristol National Bank. In February, 1912, when a young man of twenty-five he entered the employ of The Horton Com- pany in a clerical capacity and has since remained with the firm, which manufactures sporting equipment. Its products are distributed over a wide area and Mr. Tread- way is now treasurer of the corporation-an important office for which he is thor- oughly qualified. He understands every phase of the business and is devoted to the interests of the firm. His name appears on its directorate, and he also represents the American Silver Company, the Bristol National Bank, the American Trust Company, and the North Side Bank & Trust Company of this city in the same capacity.

Mr. Treadway was married December 27, 1911, in Bristol to Miss Faith Allen Ingraham, and they now have four children: Morton C. Jr., William I., Jean and Lucy Townsend.

Mr. Treadway takes a keen interest in politics and has been chairman of the local republican committee. During the World war he held the rank of second lieu- tenant in the Connecticut National Guard and also acted as vice chairman of the local committee in charge of the third, fourth and fifth Liberty Loan drives. Since its establishment in 1922 he has been president of the Bristol Community Chest and for a year was the executive head of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a director

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of the Boys Club and an ardent champion of those movements which are destined to further the cause of good citizenship. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree and is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

SYLVESTER CLARK DUNHAM

The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave a perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fel- lowmen. Throughout Connecticut Sylvester Clark Dunham was spoken of in terms of admiration and respect. His life was so varied in its activities, so honorable in its purposes, so far-reaching and beneficial in its effects that it became an integral part of the history of Hartford and left its impress upon the annals of the state. He possessed untiring energy, was quick of perception and his close application to business and his excellent management brought to him a measure of success that made him an outstanding figure in the business circles of the capital city.

Mr. Dunham was a native of Mansfield, born April 24, 1846, his parents being Jonathan Lyman and Abigail Hunt (Eldridge) Dunham. From almost the earliest settlement of New England his ancestors abode in this section of the country, his line being traced back on the maternal side to Elder William Brewster and others of equal distinction in New England's annals. Sylvester C. Dunham also sprang from an honored ancestry in the paternal line, tracing back to Richard Dunham, of record in Devonshire, England, in 1294. John Dunham, of the eleventh recorded generation, was founder of the family in America. He was born in 1589, at Scrooby, Notting- hamshire, where was born Elder William Brewster, and where the Pilgrim church was organized. It is claimed by the family historian. that owing to the persecu- tions which drove the Pilgrims hitherward, this John Dunham temporarily changed his name to Goodman, and that he was the John Goodman who came in the May- flower, and was a signer of the famous compact. His son John, born in Holland, was succeeded by another John, and he by an Ebenezer, whose son of the same name was the father of Jonathan Dunham, a soldier in the Revolution in Captain Wales' company of Colonel Latimer's regiment of the Connecticut Line. Ralph Dunham, son of Jonathan Dunham, was the father of Jonathan Lyman Dunham, born at Mans- field, Connecticut, who married Abigail Hunt, daughter of Elijah Eldridge, who traces her ancestry to Elder William Brewster and John Hopkins, of the Mayflower company.

Sylvester C. Dunham obtained a public school education, with one year at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, while his more advanced course was in the university of experience. He early learned lessons of value concerning business management and correctly judged the worth of diligence, perseverance and determination. He started out to provide for his own support as a reporter on a newspaper and his progress in that field was rapid, so that after a time he became editor of the New Britain Record. He turned from journalism, however, to the practice of law, which he followed for twelve years in Hartford, continuing in general practice until 1885, when he became associated with insurance interests through appointment to the position of general counsel of the Travelers Insurance Company. He soon found that his duties in that connection demanded all of his time, so that he no longer remained in the private practice of law. Again the spirit of thoroughness was manifest and he acquired a knowledge of the insurance business that led to his election to the presidency of the Travelers Insurance Company on October 14, 1901. He remained at the head of that corporation until his demise and the Travelers owes much to his capability in management and in control. It is true that he became interested in a business already established, but in enlarging such an enterprise many a man of even considerable resolute purpose, courage and industry would have failed. His career demonstrated the truth of the saying that success is not the result of genius but the outcome of clear judgment and experience. Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose, a genius for devising the right thing at the right time, joined to everyday common sense and guided by resistless will power, were his chief characteristics and the success with which he directed the affairs of the Travel- ers Insurance Company led to his cooperation being sought in various other fields. He served as president of the American Board of Casualty and Surety Underwriters;

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and was a leading figure in the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, of which he was president one year, president of the Travelers Bank and Trust Company, vice president of the National Exchange Bank of Hartford; and was a member of the directorates of the Metropolitan Bank and the American Surety Company, both of New York; the United Gas and Electric Corporation, and the American Hardware Company, both of New Britain; the Glastonbury Knitting Company, the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, the Hartford City Gaslight Company, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, the Underwood Typewriter Company, and the First Reinsurance Company of Connecticut.

On the 18th of October, 1877, Mr. Dunham was united in marriage to Miss Mary Mercy Austin, a daughter of Dr. James H. Austin, of Bristol, and they had one son, Donald Austin, mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Mr. Dunham was fond of travel and he indulged his taste in that direction in his later years, when prosperity had come to him, by various trips to Europe, to Panama and to different points in America. He was a valued member of the leading clubs and social organizations of Hartford, including the Hartford, Hartford Golf, Farmington Country and Twentieth Century clubs, while in New York he had mem- bership in the Union League and the Lawyers' clubs. His social qualities were pro- nounced and made him a favorite in the various organizations with which he was identified. He was always optimistic, looking on the bright side of things, and his good nature and his belief in the ultimate triumph of progress and right were always an inspiration to those with whom he came in contact. In 1903-04 he lectured at Yale University on the science of insurance, giving a course which was subsequently put into book form. He served his city as water commissioner from 1893 until 1895 and as a member of the board of finance during the years 1910 and 1911. In religion he was a Congregationalist, and in politics a republican. His societies were the Society of Mayflower Descendants, being for one year governor of the Connecticut Society, Wadsworth Branch of the Connecticut Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and the Order of Founders and Patriots. When death called him on the 26th of October, 1915, there passed from the scene of earthly activities one who had not only contributed much to the material development of his state but also shed around him much of the sunshine of life.

FRANCIS P. PALLOTTI

Francis P. Pallotti, who is efficiently discharging the duties of deputy sheriff of Hartford county, was born in the capital city September 14, 1895, and is a son of Rocco and Anna Marie (Guerrieri) Pallotti, both of whom were natives of Italy. The son pursued his education in the public schools of his native city and at the present time is a student in the Hartford College of Law, from which he will graduate in June, 1928. After leaving the public schools he entered the theatrical business, tak- ing small parts in stock companies in Hartford. He had devoted about fourteen months to the histrionic art when in 1917 he engaged in the real estate business, but on the 13th of April, 1918, he enlisted for service in the World war, joining the Went- worth Institute Training Detachment in Boston. He then went to Camp Jackson at Columbia, South Carolina, and thence to Camp Zachary Taylor, where he was a mem- ber of the Field Artillery Officers Training Corps. He received a commission as second lieutenant and was honorably discharged on the 26th of November, 1918. Thereafter he returned to Hartford, resuming his real estate business, in which he continued until June, 1922, when he was appointed deputy sheriff, which office he has since filled, discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity. That he is a law student indicates that he has further plans for the future, and those who know Mr. Pallotti and recognize his progressive spirit and laudable ambition predict for him continued success in whatever line of life he follows.

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History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 43

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