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Yale University Obituary Record
Father, William Elmer Seeley, president
First National Bank, Bridgeport, son of
Seth and Chanty (Wilson) Seeley. Mother,
Jane Ehzabeth (Sterling) Seeley, daughter
of Sherwood and Jane Elizabeth (Hawley)
Sterling Yale relatives include a nephew,
Frederick S Seeley (Class of 1913 S )
University School, Bridgeport Mechanical engineering course, two-year honors in
all studies Senior year, Freshman Baseball
Team, University Hockey Team
With New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad Company 1899-1905 (special apprentice 1901-2, assistant supervisor of
shops 1902-3, engine house foreman, Dover
Plains, N Y, 1903, supervisor of shops,
West Albany, 1903-4, engine house foreman, Chatham, N Y, 1904-5), successively
assistant general superintendent and general superintendent Bryant Electric Company and Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport, 1905-16, vice-
president and assistant treasurer Standard
Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport,
1911-16, works manager Abendroth
Brothers, Port Chester, N Y, 1916-17, general manager 1917-23, treasurer and vice-
president 1923-29, vice-president and general manager 1929 until early 1930s, treasurer Central Foundry Company, manufacturers of cast iron pipes, New York City,
about 1940 until retirement 1947, and
American Radiator Company, New York
City
Married October 17,1903, in Albany, Mabel, daughter of Henry Townsend and Lydia Stringer (Lush) Martin Daughters
Janet (BA Bryn Mawr 1927), Marjone
(Mrs Lee Franklin Mann), and Barbara
(Mrs Fredenck Kniffin)
Death due to coronary thrombosis Ashes
interred in Mountain Grove Cemetery,
Bridgeport. Survived by wife (died 1949),
daughters, and six grandchildren
HORACE [SPALDING] BROWN, ph b
1900 Born October 23,1876, Rockford, 111 ,
died April 15, 1949, New York City
Father, William Thayer Brown, treasurer
A G Spalding & Brothers, sporting goods,
New York City, son of Horace and Mary
Augusta (Thayer) Brown Mother, Mary
Lorette (Spalding) Brown, daughter of
James Lawrence and Harriet Irene (Goodwill) Spalding. Yale relatives include:
Charles F Robbins, '07, Robert Clement,
*io (brothers-in-law); Keith Spalding, '02,
H Boardman Spalding, '08 S. (cousins);
John A Knowles, Jr (Class of 1934 S.),
William Field, '32, William Thayer Brown,
Jr, '44, Charles F Robbms, Jr., '44, Alexander T. Brown, '45, Horace Spalding
Brown, '49, and Walter S Robbins (Class
of 1951) (nephews)
The Hill School and Armour Institute of
Technology Select course; Yale Record
board Senior year; Class deacon, Class Book
committeee, The Cloister and Book and
Snake
Salesman wholesale department A. G.
Spalding & Brothers 1901-2, secretary Chicago office 1902-4, manager tennis factory
Chicopee, Mass, 1904-8, assistant treasurer,
New York City, 1908-12, summer school
Art Students League, Woodstock, NY.,
1912, and thereafter devoted himself to
painting in Spnngfield, Vt.; his works are
hung in Philadelphia Academy of Fme
Arts, Wood Galleries (Montpeher, Vt.),
Middlebury College, and in municipal collections in Orange, N J, and Oak Park, 111;
winner Allied American Artist Landscape
Prize 1936 and honorable mention Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 1937, founder Kendall Hall School, Peterborough,
NH, 1926 and Roadside Beauty Council
in Vermont; president Vermont Association for Billboard Restrictions 1935-49
(elected member Vermont legislature 1939
and largely responsible for the enactment
of the billboard law); on board of trustees
Saint-Gaudens Memorial, Cornish, NH.,
1936-48 (treasurer 1942-45, president 1945-
48); a collector of early historical maps,
and custodian Vermont Historical Society
(vice-president 1938); honorary curator of
maps Yale University 1948-49
Married June 1, 1914, in Rutland, Vt.,
Caroline Hinman, daughter of Percival
Wood and Maria Hinman (Goodwin) Clement Mrs Brown died 1943.
Death due to a heart attack Ashes scattered at Northmowing, Spnngfield. Survived by a sister, Mrs Charles F Robbins
of West Orange, N J, and a brother, William Thayer Brown, '16 S
Mr. Brown bequeathed his collection of
Object Description
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1945-1950 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1945-1950 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
Description
| Title | Page 102 |
| Transcript | 102 Yale University Obituary Record Father, William Elmer Seeley, president First National Bank, Bridgeport, son of Seth and Chanty (Wilson) Seeley. Mother, Jane Ehzabeth (Sterling) Seeley, daughter of Sherwood and Jane Elizabeth (Hawley) Sterling Yale relatives include a nephew, Frederick S Seeley (Class of 1913 S ) University School, Bridgeport Mechanical engineering course, two-year honors in all studies Senior year, Freshman Baseball Team, University Hockey Team With New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company 1899-1905 (special apprentice 1901-2, assistant supervisor of shops 1902-3, engine house foreman, Dover Plains, N Y, 1903, supervisor of shops, West Albany, 1903-4, engine house foreman, Chatham, N Y, 1904-5), successively assistant general superintendent and general superintendent Bryant Electric Company and Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport, 1905-16, vice- president and assistant treasurer Standard Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport, 1911-16, works manager Abendroth Brothers, Port Chester, N Y, 1916-17, general manager 1917-23, treasurer and vice- president 1923-29, vice-president and general manager 1929 until early 1930s, treasurer Central Foundry Company, manufacturers of cast iron pipes, New York City, about 1940 until retirement 1947, and American Radiator Company, New York City Married October 17,1903, in Albany, Mabel, daughter of Henry Townsend and Lydia Stringer (Lush) Martin Daughters Janet (BA Bryn Mawr 1927), Marjone (Mrs Lee Franklin Mann), and Barbara (Mrs Fredenck Kniffin) Death due to coronary thrombosis Ashes interred in Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport. Survived by wife (died 1949), daughters, and six grandchildren HORACE [SPALDING] BROWN, ph b 1900 Born October 23,1876, Rockford, 111 , died April 15, 1949, New York City Father, William Thayer Brown, treasurer A G Spalding & Brothers, sporting goods, New York City, son of Horace and Mary Augusta (Thayer) Brown Mother, Mary Lorette (Spalding) Brown, daughter of James Lawrence and Harriet Irene (Goodwill) Spalding. Yale relatives include: Charles F Robbins, '07, Robert Clement, *io (brothers-in-law); Keith Spalding, '02, H Boardman Spalding, '08 S. (cousins); John A Knowles, Jr (Class of 1934 S.), William Field, '32, William Thayer Brown, Jr, '44, Charles F Robbms, Jr., '44, Alexander T. Brown, '45, Horace Spalding Brown, '49, and Walter S Robbins (Class of 1951) (nephews) The Hill School and Armour Institute of Technology Select course; Yale Record board Senior year; Class deacon, Class Book committeee, The Cloister and Book and Snake Salesman wholesale department A. G. Spalding & Brothers 1901-2, secretary Chicago office 1902-4, manager tennis factory Chicopee, Mass, 1904-8, assistant treasurer, New York City, 1908-12, summer school Art Students League, Woodstock, NY., 1912, and thereafter devoted himself to painting in Spnngfield, Vt.; his works are hung in Philadelphia Academy of Fme Arts, Wood Galleries (Montpeher, Vt.), Middlebury College, and in municipal collections in Orange, N J, and Oak Park, 111; winner Allied American Artist Landscape Prize 1936 and honorable mention Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 1937, founder Kendall Hall School, Peterborough, NH, 1926 and Roadside Beauty Council in Vermont; president Vermont Association for Billboard Restrictions 1935-49 (elected member Vermont legislature 1939 and largely responsible for the enactment of the billboard law); on board of trustees Saint-Gaudens Memorial, Cornish, NH., 1936-48 (treasurer 1942-45, president 1945- 48); a collector of early historical maps, and custodian Vermont Historical Society (vice-president 1938); honorary curator of maps Yale University 1948-49 Married June 1, 1914, in Rutland, Vt., Caroline Hinman, daughter of Percival Wood and Maria Hinman (Goodwin) Clement Mrs Brown died 1943. Death due to a heart attack Ashes scattered at Northmowing, Spnngfield. Survived by a sister, Mrs Charles F Robbins of West Orange, N J, and a brother, William Thayer Brown, '16 S Mr. Brown bequeathed his collection of |
