History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 44

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 9th of June, 1920, Mr. Pallotti was married to Miss Marion A. Flanagan, of Meriden, Connecticut, and they have two children, Frances R. and Lorraine M.

Mr. Pallotti is a member of the American Legion and is filling the office of state treasurer of the Connecticut Reserve Officers Association. He is likewise identified with other military organizations and holds a commission as a captain in the Reserve Corps of the United States Army, being in command of Battery F, Three Hundred

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and Fifty-fifth Field Artillery Reserves and is a member of several fish and game clubs. He helped to organize the Manchester Rod and Gun Club and also the Hart- ford Fish and Game Association and he finds his chief recreation along those lines. He has ever taken an active and helpful interest in the public welfare of the city and is widely and favorably known in its business and social circles.

WALTER E. MALLORY

Walter E. Mallory, agency secretary of The Travelers Insurance Company, was born in Woodsfield, Ohio, November 11, 1885. He is a son of Wickliffe and Rosena (Schumacher) Mallory, and grandson of Benjamin R. Mallory, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, who left this city with his parents in 1810 to locate in Wheeling, Vir- ginia.

Walter E. Mallory was educated in the public schools of Woodsfield, and at- tended Ohio Wesleyan University. His business career started in 1905, when he became connected with the Oil Well Supply Company of Pittsburgh. His insurance experience commenced in 1907, when he became a representative of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, at Woodsfield, Ohio.

On June 10, 1908, he contracted with The Travelers as local representative at Woodsfield, Ohio. On January 1, 1909, he was appointed special agent for The Travelers, with headquarters at Cleveland. Six months later he was transferred to Boston, Massachusetts, and on January 1, 1912, he was called to the home office at Hartford as agency assistant, life and accident departments. In 1917 he was made assistant superintendent of agencies, and in 1927 he was elected to the newly created office of agency secretary.

His wife was formerly Miss Gertrude Mooney of Woodsfield, Ohio. They have four children: Esther Rosalind, Walter E., Jr., John Wickliffe, and Elizabeth. Mr. Mallory is a member of the Hartford Club, the Hartford Golf Club, the Wellesway Fish and Game Club, and Ohio Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta. After a lapse of over a hundred years, he has again established a Mallory homestead in Hartford, at "Rosemary," Albany avenue, West Hartford.

SAMUEL COLT DOTY

With firm purpose and unfaltering energy Samuel Colt Doty has pushed for- ward to the goal of success, directed by a laudable ambition that has enabled him to overcome difficulties and obstacles and work his way steadily upward until his name is now well known in connection with real estate and insurance activities in Hartford. Moreover, his record shows what can be accomplished through individual effort, intelli- gently guided, and should serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration to others.

Mr. Doty was born in East Hartford, March 12, 1867, and is a son of Alexander Hamilton and Mary Elizabeth (Dusenberry) Doty, the father having been a promi- nent brick manufacturer of that place. While spending his youthful days under the parental roof the son pursued a public and high school education in Hartford and in early life devoted his attention to several lines of business. For four years he was associated with the Hartford Post as secretary during the ownership and manage- ment of John Addison Porter of Pomfret. It was in 1894 that he turned his attention to the real estate and insurance business and through the intervening years his close application, thoroughness and reliability have been effective forces in the attainment of prosperity. There is no phase of the business with which he is not thoroughly familiar and few men can speak with equal authority upon either real estate or insurance problems. A third of a century's experience along this line, however, has given him a knowledge concerning realty values and insurance opportunities that cannot be called into question. He has, too, that pleasant approach so essential in business and his record shows that thorough reliability has continuously been one of the strong elements in his success.

On the 7th of September, 1887, Mr. Doty was united in marriage to Miss Helen Ballou, a daughter of Loren and Helen (Dewer) Ballou, of Hartford. They now have

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two children, Marjorie B. and Helen Arline. The family is well known in connec- tion with the social activities of the city and the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them.

Mr. Doty has membership in various leading social and patriotic organizations. He belongs to the Hartford Club, was one of the founders and the first treasurer of the Sequin Golf Club, occupying that position for many years, and is a charter member of the Rotary Club. He is also a member of the Municipal Art Society and is interested in all those activities and forces which contribute to the city's cul- tural progress. He belongs to the Society of Mayflower Descendants of the State of Connecticut, to the Sons of the Revolution and to the City Club. Fraternally he is a Scottish Rite Mason and a Mystic Shriner. His military record covers seven years' service as a member of Company F, Connecticut National Guard, known as the Hartford City Guard, while later he served for thirty-six years as a member of First Company, Governor's Foot Guard. Subsequentliy he was made a captain on the staff of Major Wilcox of the Foot Guard and his interest in the military affairs of the state is pronounced. Politically he has always been a republican and on the party ticket was elected councilman and alderman. He was twice chosen to repre- sent the first senatorial district in the upper house of the general assembly, serving in the senate sessions of 1923 and 1925. For three terms he was president of the Republican Club of Hartford and still retains his membership therein. In the field of business, too, he has been honored with various official positions. For seven years he was president of the Landlords and Taxpayers Association of Hartford and was honored by being made the first president of the State Association of Landlords and Taxpayers. He also became the first president of the Hartford Real Estate Boards, of which he is now a director. He was also the first president of the Connecticut Association of Real Estate Boards and is serving at the present writing on its direc- torate. He is always approachable, genial and tolerant and his unfeigned friendli- ness and cordiality have made him not only a prominent but a most popular resident of the capital city.

STARR L. BECKWITH-EWELL, D. D. S.

Dr. Starr L. Beckwith-Ewell, an oral surgeon in Hartford, with offices at 750 Main street, and keeping at all times in touch with the most advanced methods and with the most thorough research work of the profession, is numbered among the sub- stantial citizens that Boston has furnished to Connecticut's capital. He was born in the Hub city December 13, 1891, his parents being Dr. Glover C. and Susie Starr (Beecher) Beckwith-Ewell, of New Haven. The father was a graduate of the Vermont Medical College and was a grandson of George Beckwith, who was one of the best known mathematicians of his day and was also widely known as one of the stanch abolitionists and prohibitionists of the state of Connecticut. He died very suddenly while making a prohibition address in New Haven. For many years he had published Beckwith's Almanac, personally making all the forecasts. His daughter, Martha Lewis Beckwith, followed in his footsteps as a public speaker and enjoyed wide repute in that connection. She became the wife of John Jones Ewell, of Scitu- ate, Massachusetts, a representative of the Ewell family numbered among the founders of Scituate. In a well on the original homestead of the Ewells at that city hung the bucket that led to the composition of the well known song, "The Old Oaken Bucket," the composer having married a daughter of the Ewell family. Dr. Glover C. Beck- with-Ewell engaged in practice in various cities, including Boston, Denver, Phila- delphia, Syracuse and New York, and in 1912 he established his home in Hartford, where he passed away in 1924. His wife, who in her maidenhood was Susie Starr Beecher, was a daughter of Edward C. Beecher, of New Haven, Connecticut, and a cousin of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. She was also a direct descendant of Thomas Hooker.

The various removals of his parents led Starr L. Beckwith-Ewell to pursue his education in the public schools of Denver, Toronto, Canada, Syracuse, New York, and Bridgeport, Connecticut, after which he became a student in the Mount Pleasant Military Academy at Ossining, New York, which he attended for three years. He was afterward graduated from the Berkeley School of New York in 1909 and in

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preparation for his professional career he attended the College of Oral and Dental Surgery of New York city, which numbers him among its alumni of 1912. The same year he came to Hartford, where he established himself in practice on Pratt street in association with Dr. Mary L. Warren. The partnership was terminated a year later and Dr. Beckwith-Ewell then concentrated his efforts upon the general practice of dentistry until 1918, at which time he withdrew from the general field to limit his practice to oral surgery and X-ray work. In 1918 he went to Columbia Univer- sity for postgraduate work in oral surgery and at all times he has kept abreast with the trend of modern professional thought, wide reading keeping him informed con- cerning the latest methods and researches. He is a member of the Hartford Dental Society, the Connecticut State Dental Assoication, the New England Dental Associa- tion, the Interstate Association of Anesthetists and the Psi Omega, a dental fraternity, of which he was state secretary for several years.

On the 1st of December, 1915, Dr. Beckwith-Ewell was married to Miss Myra Lillian Livermore, a daughter of Elliott Prouty and Carrie (Goodwin) Livermore, of Bridgeport. They have two children, Glovette and Starr.

During the World war period Dr. Beckwith-Ewell enlisted in the Sanitary Train- ing Detachment No. 2 at Hartford and was gradually promoted until when he re- ceived his discharge he was the highest ranking non-medical officer in the local de- tachment. He became a first lieutenant in the Dental Reserve Corps and subsequently accepted a commission as captain in the Dental Corps, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Infantry, Connecticut National Guard. During his college days he was treasurer of the Gamma Lambda Chapter of the Psi Omega and after coming to Connecticut he filled the position of state secretary for several years. In Masonic circles he is widely known, having been raised in St. John's Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M., in May, 1920. He entered the line by becoming marshal in 1921 and in 1928 was made worshipful mas- ter. He also belongs to Pythagoras Chapter, R. A. M .; Wolcott Council, R. & S. M .; Washington Commandery, K. T .; Charter Oak Lodge of Perfection; Hartford Council, Princes of Jerusalem; and Cyrus Goodell Chapter of the Rose Croix, all of Hartford, and also to Connecticut Consistory, S. P. R. S., of Norwich; and Sphinx Temple of the Mystic Shrine. His political endorsement has been given to the republican party since he attained his majority. He is a member of the City Club of Hartford and his interests are broad, covering those activities which are the measure of a man's value in citizenship and in all public relations.

ERNEST JUSTUS EDDY

Ernest Justus Eddy, chairman of the board of directors of the Capitol National Bank & Trust Company of Hartford, has long been an active and outstanding figure in financial circles in the east. He has ever been actuated by a laudable ambition, a persistent purpose and unfaltering determination, and thus he has been able to overcome the difficulties and obstacles which always feature to a greater or less extent in business life, and has worked his way steadily upward until he occupies a place of leadership among those who control important financial interests in Hartford and New England. He is a native son of Massachusetts, born in Worcester, November 13, 1879. While spending his youthful days in the home of his parents, William Justus and Martha (Prescott) Eddy, he attended the public schools and after leaving high school continued his education in Dartmouth College at Hanover, New Hampshire, which conferred upon him the Bachelor of Arts degree. His close connection with financial activities dates from 1899, when, at the end of his sophomore year in college, he entered the banking business in the employ of the old Worcester Safe Deposit & Trust Company. It was twelve years afterward when in 1911, at a reunion of the class of 1901, the trustees of Dartmouth College voted him his degree of Bachelor of Arts, as in course, in recognition of what he had accomplished. He remained with the bank until 1906, being employed in its various departments, and then went to Portland, Maine, where he became treasurer of the Fidelity Trust Company, which at that time was in process of organization. There he continued through the succeed- ing decade as chief executive officer and he was president of that bank when he resigned in 1916 to become associated with Kidder, Peabody & Company, investment bankers of New York, as their Hartford correspondent. In January, 1923, he was

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instrumental in organizing the corporation known as Eddy & Leavenworth, Incorpo- rated, a company that continued to act as local correspondents for Kidder, Peabody & Company, Dana T. Leavenworth becoming the partner of Mr. Eddy. On the 1st of May, 1927, the affairs of this company were liquidated, the business being carried over to the Capitol National Company, which continues to act as Hartford corre- spondents for Kidder, Peabody & Company. It was on the 27th of March, 1927, that the Capitol National Bank & Trust Company of Hartford was organized, Mr. Eddy becoming chairman of the board of directors, as he is also chairman of the board of directors of the Capitol National Company. Throughout his entire business career he has been associated with banking and financial interests, his experience being of a comprehensive character, bringing him wide knowledge, and that his skill has been developed to a high point of efficiency is shown in his notable standing in business circles as well as in the success which has attended the organizations which he has helped to promote and direct. In addition to his service as chairman of the board of the two corporations just mentioned he is serving as a director of the Parker-Bridget Company of Washington, D. C., as a director of the Charles Forster Estate of Farmington, Maine, as director of the C. M. Bailey's Sons Company of Winthrop, Maine, and as director of the Irving Safety Razor Company of Torring-

ton, Connecticut. His plans have ever been carefully formulated and promptly executed and he has ever displayed keen insight into business affairs, while the development of his interests has made him an outstanding figure in financial circles.

On the 19th of April, 1919, Mr. Eddy was married to Miss Helen Sholes, a daughter of De Ver and Delphina (Clarke) Sholes, of Omaha, Nebraska. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has been an earnest republican but without political ambition. As a clubman, he has wide acquaintance, holding mem- bership in the Hartford, Wampanoag Golf and University clubs of Hartford, the University Club of Boston, the Dartmouth Club of New York and the Dartmouth Club of Hartford. His friends, and they are many, find him a congenial companion to whom business has been but one phase of life and who has ever found time for those friendships which add so much to the world's happiness. At the same time his career in the field of finance has been one of notable achievement.

GEORGE HENRY GABB

George Henry Gabb, vice president of the Merchants Bank & Trust Company, with offices at 983 Main street, in Hartford, was born in Bloomfield, Connecticut, August 5, 1880, and is a son of William John and Kate A. (Parsons) Gabb. William John Gabb was a son of Thomas Gabb, who came from Bristol, England, and settled in Connecticut about 1828, here devoting his life to blacksmithing, while his son, William J. Gabb, was a farmer and one of the pioneer breeders of Jersey cattle in this section, and also conducted a profitable business as a tobacco grower and packer, coming to rank with the foremost residents of his section. He served as representative from Bloomfield in the general assembly in 1870 and he also held all the town offices and was selectman for several years. He died in 1911 and his widow is now residing in Hartford in her seventy-eighth year.

George H. Gabb attended the grammar schools of Bloomfield and of Hartford and has always remained a resident of Connecticut. He became timekeeper for the Acme Screw Machine Company, and when this concern moved its plant to Cleveland, Ohio, he joined his father in the tobacco business, continuing until 1914. He next engaged in the automobile business in Hartford until 1919, and was then elected sheriff, taking the office in June, 1919, for a term of four years. On the expiration of that period he became connected with the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Association, being thus engaged until August, 1927, and on the 9th of January, 1928, was elected vice president of the Merchants Bank & Trust Company.

In March, 1902, Mr. Gabb was united in marriage to Miss Antoinette Goodwin, of Bloomfield. They are the parents of three children, as follows: Eunice Ethelwyn, now the wife of Dr. Louis H. George, Jr .; Kathryn Antoinette, now Mrs. Kenneth H. Simmons, of Bristol, and the mother of one child, Janet; and William John (II), who is a student in the Noah Webster school.

In the public life of his community Mr. Gabb has been a prominent and influential

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figure. He organized the town board of finance at Bloomfield and was chairman for several years. This was the first town to have a trust company as tax collector and town treasurer and was the first to abolish the statutory auditors and employ public certified accountants. He represented Bloomfield in the general assembly in 1909 and was a candidate for state senator in 1912. He managed all of the Liberty Loan cam- paigns in Bloomfield and all of the drives put forth during the World war for the benefit of the country. He is a prominent figure in Masonic circles, holding member- ship in Hiram Lodge, No. 98, F. & A. M., of Bloomfield, of which he was master in 1907 and 1908, while in 1920 and 1921 he was district deputy grand master of the fifth district. He also belongs to Pythagoras Chapter No. 17, R. A. M .; to Wolcott Council No. 1, R. & S. M .; and to Washington Commandery No. 1, K. T., and served as its commander in 1918. He is also a member of the consistory, having taken the thirty- second degree of the Scottish Rite, and is a member of Sphinx Temple of the Mystic Shrine of which he was potentate in 1925. He belongs to Winterbury Chapter of the Eastern Star and is a member of the Hartford County Past Masters Association, of which he served as president in 1922. He was major commandant of Putnam Phalanx in 1920.

RICHARD T. O'CONNELL

Richard T. O'Connell, judge of the probate district of East Hartford and a member of the Connecticut bar since 1908, was born in Colchester, this state, August 17, 1878, a son of Michael T. and Ann (Smith) O'Connell, natives of Ireland. During the Civil war period they crossed the Atlantic, taking up their abode in Montreal, Canada, where they were married, and subsequently they established their home in New London county, Connecticut, where the father engaged in business as a farmer and mill worker. He died in Colchester and his wife has also passed away.

At the usual age Richard T. O'Connell became a public school pupil in Colchester and subsequently attended Bacon Academy, from which he was graduated with the class of 1896. For a number of years he engaged in teaching school and proved a capable educator, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge that he had acquired. He next entered Mount St. Mary's College at Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he pursued his classical course, winning his Bachelor of Arts degree at his graduation in 1903. He remained in the college for two years longer as a teacher and the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him. In 1905 he matriculated as a student in the New York Law School and completed the course in 1907, being admitted to practice at the Connecticut bar in January of the following year. He then located in East Hartford, where he has since followed the profession, and for about two years he filled the office of assistant prosecuting attorney of the town court. In November, 1910, he was elected probate judge and has been continuously reelected to the present time, so that he is now serving for the eighteenth year.

On the 9th of August, 1922, Mr. O'Connell was married to Miss Sarah J. O'Cal- laghan of Hartford. They have two children, Geraldine Smith and Sallie W. They are communicants of St. Mary's Catholic church and Judge O'Connell is interested in all that makes for intellectual, social, civic and moral progress in his community. No higher testimonial of efficient judicial service can be given than the fact that he has been so long retained on the bench, where his fair and impartial rulings have gained him the strong endorsement of all who hold themselves amenable to law.

FRANK ANDREW HAGARTY

Frank Andrew Hagarty, vice president and general counsel of the City Bank & Trust Company of Hartford, was born in this city, January 29, 1870. He attended St. Peter's parochial school and received additional training in the evening schools of Hartford and under private instruction. When a youth of thirteen he was employed in the plant of the Atlantic Screw Corporation, and his faithfulness and diligence were the means of bringing him promotion after but a brief period. He was ad-

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vanced to a position in the office of the company, later being given charge of the stock and shipping departments, and he remained with that company for twelve years or more. When he had reached the age of twenty-eight he determined to study law and pursued a course of reading under the direction of William F. Henney, then one of the leading lawyers of Hartford. After three years he had gained legal knowl- edge sufficient to procure his admission to the bar, and as he had had no college train- ing, the board of legal examiners also required him to pass a literary examination. He made a good record in both examinations and in 1902 was admitted to the bar.

With his advent into legal circles Mr. Hagarty also became an active factor in the political life of Hartford, for the seventh ward elected him as one of its repre- sentatives in the common council, to which he was reelected in 1903. In 1904 he was chosen alderman. The same year he was a candidate for state senator in the third district and again in 1906, but that district has always been strongly democratic, while Mr. Hagarty has been a stanch republican. While thus active in politics he was making a creditable and notable record as a lawyer and in 1905 was appointed special prosecuting attorney, while in 1906 he received appointment to the board of park commissioners, filling both positions until 1907, when he resigned to accept ap- pointment to the office of postmaster of Hartford. He served eight years as post- master, retiring in 1915 after the advent of a democratic national administration un- der President Wilson. He it was who inaugurated the parcel post and the postal savings bank departments in Hartford, and he also was instrumental in establishing an all-night service in the sale of stamps. Under his administration and as a result of his efforts with the post office department at Washington the Hartford office became one of the earliest post offices to install motor-driven belt conveyors and other labor- saving devices designed to expedite the handling of the mails. His work brought Mr. Hagarty prominently before the public and led to his selection as mayoralty candi- date in the spring of 1916. He had not sought the nomination and in fact in this instance, as on the other occasions when he was called to public office, it was the wish of his friends rather than his own wish that he should hold official position. How- ever, he consented to become the republican nominee for mayor and following his election the Hartford Courant said: "He is the possessor of attributes which may be described as the 'big four' of the letter 'S' for he is safe and sane and sound and sincere." As chief executive of the municipality Mr. Hagarty gave evidence that the faith of his friends and supporters was not misplaced. He introduced needed reforms and progressive measures, which were far-reaching and beneficial. He prac- ticed economy but not useless retrenchment in money matters, and municipal expend- itures were always wisely made and brought valuable returns. His mayoralty serv- ice covered the period from 1916 to 1918 and involved many additional duties occa- sioned by the fact that America was then involved in the World war.

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History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 44

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