History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 68

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

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Mr. Macauley was married to Miss Alice Connerton, a native of New Britain, and by a former marriage had a daughter, Beatrice, who is now attending the Gray Court preparatory school at Stamford, Connecticut. In his political views Mr. Macauley is an earnest republican, taking a very active interest in local affairs. He was chairman of the city planning commission for a number of years and his aid and cooperation can at all times be counted upon to further any project which has to do with the improvement and benefit of the city. He is a director of the Chamber of Commerce and a loyal member of the Rotary Club, and he also belongs to the Trinity Methodist church. Fraternally he is a Mason, holding membership in the lodge and in the chapter, having been high priest in New Britain. He has also attained the thirty- second degree of the Scottish Rite, is a member of the Mystic Shrine and served on the building committee at the time of the erection of the Masonic Temple in New Britain. He likewise belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and to the Putnam Phalanx. His connection with organizations strictly social in intent is in- dicated in the fact that his name is on the membership list of the Shuttle Meadow Coun- try Club, the New Haven Yacht Club and the Shelter Harbor Country Club. A resident of New England for three decades and of New Britain for twenty-three years, he is thoroughly loyal to the interests of community, commonwealth and country and is regarded as a valuable addition to the citizenship of Hartford county.

CHARLES EDWARD CHASE

Charles Edward Chase was born in Dubuque, Iowa, March 29, 1857, his parents being George Lewis and Calista Mendall (Taft) Chase, of whom mention is made else- where in this work together with the ancestral record of the family, traced back to an early period in the history of Buckinghamshire, England.

Becoming a resident of Chicago, Illinois, in his early youth, Charles E. Chase there entered the Haven grammar school, which he attended between 1863 and 1867. In the latter year he became a pupil in the West Middle grammar school of Hartford,

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and afterward pursued pursued the high school course until graduated with the class of 1876, of which he had the honor of being chosen president. The following year he started out upon his business career, then a young man of twenty, by becoming an employe of the local agency of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. His diligence and fidelity won recognition and after three years he entered the home office of the corporation, which he represented in various clerical capacities through the following decade and was then called to official position, being made second assistant secretary in July, 1890. From that time forward he was steadily advanced until he became vice president and in 1908 was elected to the presidency of the company, remaining its chief executive officer until 1913, when he resigned and was elected chairman of the board of directors, which office he still fills, covering a period of fifteen years. He is further known in insurance circles by reason of his service as president of the Hartford Board of Fire Underwriters from 1894 until 1907 and as a director of the- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Hartford National Bank & Trust Company, of which bank he was president from January 8, 1915, to April 27, 1915, when he resigned to accept the position of chairman of the board of directors of the Hartford-Aetna National Bank, a merger of the Hartford National Bank and the Aetna National Bank, which position he filled until his resignation in February, 1926. He is a director and chairman of the board of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, the Hartford Live Stock Insurance Company, the New York Underwriters Insurance Corporation and the Sanborn Map Company of New York. He is a director of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Hartford National Bank & Trust Company, the Stan- dard Screw Company of New York, the Hartford Machine Screw Company of Hart- ford, Arrow-Hart & Hegeman, Inc., and the Collins Company of Hartford and is a trustee of the Society for Savings in Hartford as well as The Bankers Trust Company of Hartford. His business interests have therefore been of wide scope and have con- tributed in notable measure to the upbuilding and material development of Connecticut.

On the 9th of June, 1886, Mr. Chase was married to Miss Helen Smith Bourne, who was born in Hartford, January 10, 1860, her parents being Benjamin Alger and Mary (Stannis) Bourne. Their family numbers one daughter and one son: Gene- vieve, who was born March 4, 1887, and completed her education at Dana Hall, Wellesley; and Porter Bourne, born May 27, 1896.

Mr. Chase was a young man of twenty-two years when in February, 1879, he enlisted as a charter member of Company K, First Regiment of the Connecticut Na- tional Guard, and held successively the ranks of corporal, sergeant and first sergeant, receiving his honorable discharge in February, 1888. His political opinions have always been in accord with the principles of the republican party and he has rendered effective service in municipal affairs, having been a member of the council from the first ward in 1892 and alderman from 1893 until 1895. He was likewise clerk of the West Middle school district and the cause of education has ever found in him a stal- wart champion. He belongs at the present writing to the Hartford, Hartford Golf Farmington Country, Twentieth Century, Ekwanok Golf Club, Equinox Links Club and Bolton Fish and Game Club. He has membership in the Asylum Hill Congrega- tional church and in its teachings are found the basic principles of his conduct. In every phase of life he has measured up to the highest standards of manhood and citizenship, mindful ever of his responsibilities and obligations in civic life and to his fellowmen. His record has exemplified the truth of the Emersonian philosophy that the way to win a friend is to be one, and the circle of his friendship is now most extensive.

ELMER A. JACKMAN

Early in his career Elmer A. Jackman realized that hard work constitutes the basis of all advancement and his earnest, systematic efforts have placed him with Hartford's prominent lumbermen. His connection with local business activities covers a period of thirty-five years and he has also found time for civic affairs, proving his public spirit by word and deed. He was born in Garland, Maine, in 1861, and is of English lineage. His forbears came to America about 1636 and settled in the vicinity of Newbury, Massachusetts. His parents, John L. and Julia (Bates) Jackman, were

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also natives of the Pine Tree state and spent the latter part of their lives in Massa- chusetts. They had six children four sons and two daughters.

Elmer A. Jackman was reared on his father's farm and received his education in rural schools. In 1881, when a young man of twenty, he severed home ties and went to Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, where he secured a position with the Richmond & Merriam Lumber Company, doing general mill work. He next went to North Adams, that state, becoming a foreman for Bartlett Brothers, a firm of builders. For five and a half years he remained with them and in 1893 came to Hartford as superintendent of the mill of Andrews & Peck. In 1904 the business was incor- porated under the style of the Andrews & Peck Company, of which he was elected vice president, and acted in that capacity until the death of Mr. Andrews in 1906. Mr. Jackman then became president of the company and has since filled that office. Endowed with initiative, mature judgment and executive force, he has insti- tuted well defined plans for the expansion of the business, keeping the firm not only in line but also in the lead of its competitors. He knows every phase of the lumber industry and broad experience enables him to readily solve the difficult problems which are constantly arising in connection with his duties. The firm handles lumber and building material of all kinds and the plant is located at No. 155 Charter Oak ave. In 1893 only six men were required in the factory and the extent of the industry today is indicated by the fact that the company now has one hundred and twenty-five em- ployes.

In 1881 Mr. Jackman was married in Massachusetts to Miss Henrietta Goodnow and they became the parents of three children: Blanche, who died when a young woman of twenty-three; Kenneth, who is a druggist; and Ralph, who died at the age of twenty-five years. The parents are Baptists and closely observe the teachings of the church. Mr. Jackman served for six and a half years in the Second Massachu- setts Regiment and was made first sergeant of his company. For eleven years he has been active in the affairs of the blue lodge of Masons and is a past regent of the Royal Arcanum. In 1916 he formed the State of Maine Club, which now has about three hundred members. He is also identified with the Masonic Club, the Hartford County Automobile Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Sons of the Revolution. His wife is connected with the Eastern Star, the Order of the Amaranth and the Pythian Sisters, also taking an active part in church and social affairs. In politics he is a republican and for five years was one of the aldermen of Hartford, working at all times for the best interests of the municipality. Mr. Jackman has conscien- tiously discharged life's duties and obligations and his career teaches the world the ever valuable lesson that true success comes only through tireless industry, guided and inspired by singleness of purpose. He has a wide acquaintance in Hartford and the years have strengthened his position in public esteem.

FRED E. BELOIN

Fred E. Beloin is now living retired from active business in New Britain. He is essentially a self-made man, for from the age of eleven years he has depended entirely upon his own efforts and resources, and while he started out at a wage of forty cents per day, he is now numbered among the men of affluence in his community. A native of Canada, he was born June 18, 1876, and is a son of Eli and Florence (Gomarsh) Beloin. At the usual age he entered school, but when a lad of only eleven years he had to put aside his textbooks and provide for his own support, securing employment in the old tack shop at New Britain, where he earned but forty cents per day. When a lad of twelve years he became an employe in the Corbin box shop, where he was accorded a wage of two dollars and forty cents per week, of which he paid two dollars per week for board, leaving him only forty cents weekly for clothes and other necessary expenses. When a youth of fourteen he obtained a situation in the plant of the Stanley Rule and Level Company and when he had managed to accumulate a capital of twenty- five dollars he borrowed an equal amount and with that sum opened a recreation room on Main street, where he continued for eight months. His next investment made him the owner of the Half Dime restaurant and later he removed to Bristol, Connecticut, where he established business as a dealer in eggs. Three months later he opened a lunch counter and then subsequently conducted various enterprises before becoming pro- prietor of the Depot restaurant, which he carefully, systematically and successfully

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managed for six years. His well directed industry during that period brought him sufficient capital to enable him to purchase the Beloin Hotel on Church street, ad- jacent to the railroad depot. This he wisely managed until some years later he sold out to the Delaney brothers. As the years have passed success in substantial measure has rewarded his labors and brought him to a position of affluence. When he retired from the hotel business he became vice president of the Commercial Trust Company and he made further investment of his fortune by erecting a handsome modern four- story brick garage upon the site of the Corbin box factory, in which he had worked as a boy for the meager salary of two dollars and forty cents per week. This garage cost a quarter of a million dollars and is the only garage in New Britain that has no mortgage or fire insurance. The major part of his prosperity has been won since 1900, at which time he purchased the Depot restaurant, conducting it continuously until 1921, when he acquired ownership of the Beloin Hotel, which he sold in 1927.

In New Britain, in 1897, Mr. Beloin was married to Miss Margaret Driscoll, who passed away three years later. They had two children: Margaret, who died at the age of one year; and Mary. Having lost his first wife, Mr. Beloin married Phelenise Thebarge. Their children are: Fred, Jr., who is a graduate of the Catholic Univer- sity at Washington and is now in Beloin Motor Sales business; and Harold, who is a student in Dartmouth College. Such in brief is the life record of Fred E. Beloin, who certainly deserves great credit for what he has accomplished. With but limited edu- cational advantages and with none of the opportunities that usually fall to the lot of the American youth, he has worked his way steadily upward, wisely using his time, talents and opportunities, practicing economy and industry and accomplishing his purposes through sheer force of character and of perseverance. His life story may well serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration to others showing what can be accomplished through individual effort.

JOHN S. WINIALSKI

Making thorough preparation for his chosen line of work, John S. Winialski has wisely continued therein, steadily progressing toward the goal of success, and is now the owner of one of Hartford's finest bakeries. He is an acknowledged leader of its Polish-American colony and a strong force for civic growth and advancement. He was born in Torin, Poland, November 18, 1879, and his parents, Stanley and Mary (Walenski) Winialski, were also natives of that country. In 1892 they came to the United States, first settling in Collinsville, Connecticut, and in 1901 removed to Hart- ford. In this city they spent the remainder of their lives, the father devoting his attention to the occupation of gardening.

John S. Winialski attended the schools of his native city until he reached the age of thirteen and continued his studies in Hartford. After learning the English lan- guage he decided to become a baker and took a course in a school of that character in Boston, Massachusetts. He also received a diploma from the American Institute of Bread Making at Chicago, Illinois, and worked at his trade for several years, acquiring valuable experience. In 1910 he ventured in business for himself, starting a small shop at No. 1851 Park street, Hartford, a district which then contained but two or three houses, and has since remained at this location. The original structure which he erected has been remodeled and he now has an up-to-date establishment which is a model of neatness and efficiency. It is conducted under the style of the Royal Baking Company, of which he is the owner, and reflects his progressive spirit and high standards. Mr. Winialski has made an intensive study of the business and recently introduced a new variety of bread, known as the Soderholm Swedish rye loaf, for which there is a large demand. Scientifically based upon inflexible economic rules, the products of his bakery are unexcelled, and a large and constantly widening patronage is conclusive proof of their popularity. Mr. Winialski enjoys his work and has a highly specialized knowledge of the business, with which he has been identified from the age of eighteen years. At first he performed all of the tasks in connection with the conduct of the bakery and he now has fifteen employes and operates eleven delivery wagons. He also owns the store in which his goods are sold and has materially advanced the standards of the trade in Hartford. He is a director of the Park Street Trust Company and an officer in a number of Polish organizations.

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Mr. Winialski was married July 10, 1908, to Miss Helen Bogdanski, who was born in Toledo, Ohio, and passed away March 25, 1927. She had become the mother of seven children: Cornelia, Helen, Kasmier, George, Marion, John and Robert.

Mr. Winialski has always manifested a deep interest in civic affairs and was appointed a member of the aviation commission by Mayor Batterson. For five years he served on the Hartford police force and at the same time continued his business. He is vice president of the New England Bakers Association and also belongs to the Hartford Chamber of Commerce and the local lodge of Elks. For a considerable period he has been a member of the advisory board of the Polish Republican Club and a power in state politics. Mr. Winialski has received many valuable tokens as a mark of appreciation of his untiring efforts in behalf of the Polish societies with which he is affiliated and he has served the city of Hartford with equal fidelity and honor, thus winning the strong and enduring regard of his fellowmen.

CLIFFORD B. MORCOM

Clifford B. Morcom, vice president since 1923 of the Aetna Life Insurance Com- pany, the Aetna Casualty & Surety Company and the Automobile Insurance Com- pany, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 29th of May, 1885. He was only a year old when his parents, James J. and Mary A. (McKay) Morcom, became residents of Hartford, where his father was connected with the Travelers Insurance Company, occupying the position of chief adjuster for many years. He passed away here February 15, 1907.

Reared in this city, Clifford B. Morcom attended the public schools until he had completed the high school course and in 1902, when a youth of seventeen years, he became associated with the Aetna Life Insurance Company as an office boy. Ad- vancement came to him from time to time and in 1913 he was appointed assistant secretary, while in May, 1921, he was advanced to the position of secretary and in February, 1923, was made vice president of this company, at the same time becom- ing vice president of the Aetna Casualty & Surety Company and the Automobile Insurance Company. In addition to the offices which he is already filling he is a director of the Dime Savings Bank.

On the 18th of June, 1912, Mr. Morcom was united in marriage to Miss Hazel Moore, a daughter of C. Howard and Sadie (Marvel) Moore, of Hartford. They now have a family of three sons: Clifford B., Jr., born October 29, 1913; Richard James, born December 20, 1918; and William Moore, born June 16, 1921.

In his political views Mr. Morcom is a republican and his social connections are with the Hartford and Hartford Golf clubs.

CLIFTON MATHER COOLEY, M. D.

Taking up his abode in New Britain on the 1st of October, 1911, Dr. Clifton Mather Cooley has since engaged in practice here and is recognized today as one of the strong and able representatives of the profession. He was born at East Norwalk, Connecticut, July 31, 1881, his parents being Henry M. and Eliza (Cooper) Cooley, the former a son of Cotton Mather Cooley, who was a direct descendant of Cotton Mather, the Puritan ancestor and noted New England divine of early colonial days.

Dr. Cooley acquired his early education in the schools of Norwalk, Connecticut, and after leaving high school entered Yale University for a medical course, there pursuing his studies until 1908, when he was graduated with the M. D. degree. He received valuable practical training as an interne in the New Haven General Hos- pital from June, 1908, until October, 1909, and he likewise spent a year in the Provi- dence Lying-In Hospital and for two years was assistant superintendent of the Worcester General Hospital. With his removal to New Britain he opened an office for the general practice of medicine, in which he has since continued, while at the same time he has rendered valuable service as a member of the surgical staff of the New Britain General Hospital since 1914.

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Ethel (Stone) Woodruff and they have one son, Clifton, Jr. During the World war period Dr. Cooley was active as a member of the draft board of the New Britain dis- trict and as vice chairman of the appeal board. He is always interested in any pro- posed project for the public welfare and gives helpful support to measures that he deems of vital interest to the community. He is associated with the leading pro- fessional societies and through broad reading and study keeps abreast of modern thought as related to the practice of medicine and surgery.

ALFRED E. HONCE

Energetic, resourceful and capable, Alfred E. Honce has long been recognized as one of Hartford's leading business men and is equally well known because of his public service, which was prompted by an unselfish devotion to the general good. A native of Monmouth county, New Jersey, he was born in 1864, a son of Cornelius and Eliza- beth (Stryker) Honce. He received a public school education and traveled westward in 1886, working for about two years on a stock farm in Illinois. In 1888 he went to New York city and for some time was in the employ of a contracting firm. Later he was identified with construction activities in Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois, also following that line of work in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1895 he started in the livery business here and was thus engaged until 1911, prospering in the undertaking. He then became a trainer, buyer and seller of saddle and commercial horses and for eighteen years has successfully engaged in this business, operating under the style of A. E. Honce & Company, of which he is the executive head. His establishment is located on Jefferson avenue, which was named after "Thomas Jefferson," a famous trotting stallion. Mr. Honce is an expert judge of horses and knows the best methods of training them. His business is managed with system and efficiency and at one time he was a dealer in coal, serving as president of the Charter Oak Coal Company.

In 1894 Mr. Honce married Abbie Anderson, of Hartford, and they became the parents of à son, Gilbert, who died in infancy. Mr. Honce is a director of the Kenney Park Riding Club and for years was secretary of the Driving Club. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a strong republican and was fire and police commissioner and one of the councilmen of West Hartford. As a public official he displayed rare qualities, exerting his best efforts in behalf of his community, and throughout life he has followed the course dictated by conscience and honor, thus winning the confidence and respect of his fellowmen.

FRANK LIVINGSTONE GROSVENOR, M. D.

Dr. Frank Livingstone Grosvenor, now occupying a position of large responsibility and importance as medical director of the Travelers Insurance Company and widely and prominently known not only in business circles of Connecticut but throughout the east, comes to this state from Lebanon. New York, where he was born July 15, 1875, his parents being George Griffin and Sarah (Mackin) Grosvenor. He is descended from one of the old New England families, the ancestral line being traced back to John Grosvenor, who with eleven other men founded the town of Pomfret, Windham county, Connecticut.

His parents having removed from Lebanon to Hamilton, New York, Frank L. Grosvenor there pursued his preliminary public and high school education, while later he continued his studies in Colgate Academy of Hamilton, thus acquiring that broad literary training which served as an excellent foundation upon which to build the superstructure of professional learning. Having determined upon the practices of medicine as his life work, he next entered the University of Buffalo and won his M. D. degree at graduation with the class of 1900. He served as an interne in the Erie County Hospital of Buffalo, New York, for a year, thereby gaining broad and valuable experience, and in 1901 he became associated with the Manhattan State Hos- pital on Ward's Island, New York, acting as assistant physician in that institution until 1904. In the latter year he concluded arrangements whereby he became medical

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examiner for the Travelers Insurance Company in New York city but in November of the same year was called to the home office of the company in Hartford, where he has since remained, acting as medical examiner until 1907, when he was advanced to the position of associate medical director, while three years later, in 1910, he was made medical director and has so continued to the present time. He is thus direct- ing a most important branch of the service and his thoroughness and enterprise, as well as his comprehensive knowledge of medical science, are proving of great benefit to the corporation. He belongs to the Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut State and American Medical Associations, thus keeping in touch with the trend of profes- sional thought and progress, and also to the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors.

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History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1928. Volume III, Part 68

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