Frank Hilliard Whittelsey
1842 - 1908 (66 years)
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Name Frank Hilliard Whittelsey Birth 28 Apr 1842 Clinton, Middlesex, CT 
Gender Male Death 12 Nov 1908 Hartford, Hartford, CT - FRANK HILLIARD, b. April 28, 1842, at Clinton, Conn.; paper-mill owner, Hartford, Conn. "Mr. Whittelsey bought the old paper mill at Windsor Locks, Conn., in 1878, which was in a very dilapidated condition, and by a liberal expenditure of money transformed it into what is now one of the most attractive and prosperous paper mills in the State. He knew nothing of the manufacturing of paper, and the public predicted that it would be a waste of money and time; but business skill and tact, with push, made it turn out handsome profits each year."
Feb. 1, 1865, Mr. Whittelsey m. at Port Chester, N. Y., Rebecca Maria Van Scoy, b. Nov. 14, 1843, at North Salem, N. Y., dau. of Timothy and Angeline (Holley) Van Scoy, of Port Chester, N. Y. Mrs. Rebecca Whittelsey d. at Hartford, Conn., Oct. i, 1889. Mr. Whittelsey m. Dec. 10, 1 891, at Middletovvn, Ohio, Laura Viola Whittelsey, No. 1285, b. April 4, i860, at Mendon, III, dau. of William and Elizabeth Ann (Drullinger) Whittelsey, of Middletown, Ohio. Their daughter: Nellie Elizabeth, b. Jan. 2, 1897, at Hartford, Conn.
Obituary: Hartford Courant, Fri, Nov 13, 1908 Page 6
[Genealogy of the Whittelsey-Whittlesey family, by Whittelsey, Charles Barney, page 262]
Burial Hartford, Hartford, CT - Burial Cedar Hill Cemetery
Plot Sec: 5, Lot: 176
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
Person ID I17783 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 14 Aug 2024
Family Laura Viola Whittelsey, b. 4 Apr 1860, Loudon Twp, Fayette County, IL d. 19 Dec 1932, Kilbuck Twp, Allegheny, PA (Age 72 years) Family ID F6022 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Aug 2024
- FRANK HILLIARD, b. April 28, 1842, at Clinton, Conn.; paper-mill owner, Hartford, Conn. "Mr. Whittelsey bought the old paper mill at Windsor Locks, Conn., in 1878, which was in a very dilapidated condition, and by a liberal expenditure of money transformed it into what is now one of the most attractive and prosperous paper mills in the State. He knew nothing of the manufacturing of paper, and the public predicted that it would be a waste of money and time; but business skill and tact, with push, made it turn out handsome profits each year."
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Birth - 28 Apr 1842 - Clinton, Middlesex, CT 
Death - 12 Nov 1908 - Hartford, Hartford, CT Burial - - Hartford, Hartford, CT = Link to Google Earth
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