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majority of both town and city is Republican.
In 1921 and 1923 he was nomi-
nated by both parties, being elected with-
out opposition. Mr. Stow is a life trustee
of his father's estate and of the Middletown
holdings of his deceased uncle,
James P. Stow, formerly of Meriden. He
continues as director of the Middletown
Electric Light Company and is also interested
in various social organizations. He
is a member of Holy Trinity Church of
Middletown, of which he was some years
treasurer, is now secretary of Middletown
Lodge No. 2341, New England Order of
Protection, is a member of Central Lodge
No. 12, Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, and Souhegan Encampment No. 6,
of the same order ; of Middletown Lodge
No. 771, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks ; of Arawana Tribe No. 17, Improved
Order of Red Men and of Matabesset
Council No. 12, Order of United
American Men. He is a member of Middletown
Yacht Club and also of the
Chamber of Commerce and is ever ready
to favor any movement calculated to
benefit the interests of the community in
general.
Mr. Stow was married, October 17,
1883, to Mary Dyas Stevens, a native of
Louisiana, reared in Middletown, daugh-
ter of Frederick Stevens. She died Janu-
ary 8, 1910. Mr. and Mrs. Stow were the
parents of two sons and two daughters
James P. Stow, Jr., born July 12, 1884,
is superintendent of construction for a
large contracting firm in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania ; Frederick Stevens, born
October 9, 1886, is assistant superintendent
of the Baker Dunbar Allen Company
of Pittsburgh ; Dorothy Mary, born November
6, 1890, is the wife of James P.
Hasselman, an instructor in the college
at East Lansing, Michigan ; Sarah Nan-
nette, born April 14, 1897, was married.
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October 5, 1922, to Rev. Lloyd Young
Graham, 3d., rector of Grace Church, New
York City.
SMITH, ClifTord Burr,
Engineer.
A native of Middletown, born June 13',
1879, second son of the late Herbert E.
Smith, the subject of this sketch is a member
of the well known English family
which brought the art of jappanning to
this country. James O. Smith, father of
Herbert E., introduced this business to
Middletown, and founded a business that
is still in successful and growing oper-
ation.
Herbert Edgar Smith, fifth son of James
O. and Mary A. (Smith) Smith, was born
January 28, 1849, i" the Westfield sec-
tion of Middletown, where he attended
the public schools until fourteen years of
age, when he accompanied his parents to
New York City. There he was a student
in the public schools and the College of
the City of New York, graduating from
the latter institution in 1871. After a
post-graduate course in civil engineering
at Yale Scientific School, in 1872 he was
employed in railroad construction at Ft.
Wayne, Indiana, and later in Ohio, on the
Continental Railroad, now part of the
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Line
known as the '"Nickel Plate." In 1873 he
returned to his native place and became a
part of the working force of the J. O.
Smith Manufacturing Company, with
which he continued to be identified until
his death. May 11, 1904. On the reorganization
of the concern in 1878 he became
secretary and treasurer, and was treasurer
and manager many years, aiding no little
in building up the business.
Mr. Smith married, April 21, 1874, Ella
Julia Burr, who was born April 15, 1849