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ticut. They were the parents of four
children : Adelaide Hortense, born January
i, 1885, became wife of Harris Mini-
kin, of South Manchester, Connecticut;
Hazel Adele, born September 19, 1888;
William Post, Jr., born June 4, 1892;
Julia Rebecca, born January 8, 1895. Mrs.
Robertson died in giving birth to her
youngest child at the early age of thirty-
four years. Mr. Robertson married (sec-
ond) May 20, 1896, Mary Agnes Beardsley.
She died February 23, 1902. Mr.
Robertson married (third) October 27,
1903, Olive M. Allen, daughter of Frank
N. and Mary Abbe Allen, of Hartford,
Connecticut. The family are members of
Emmanuel Congregational Church.
THOMPSON, Charles E.,
Man of Many Activities.
For over half a century Colonel Thomp-
son has been a resident of the city of
Hartford, that residence broken only by
two years spent in Providence, Rhode
Island. Forty-two years of that period
have been in the service of the Connecticut
Mutual Life Insurance Company
in a responsible position. He has been
active, influential and useful to a high de-
gree in the social and religious work of
the community. He is a member of the
Twentieth Century Club, and in 1916 was
president of the Connecticut Congrega-
tional Club. He is a descendant on the
maternal side of Roger Wolcott, a Governor
of Connecticut, and of Governor
William Bradford, of the Plymouth Colony,
and now holds the office of Deputy
Governor of the Society of Mayflower
Descendants in the State of Connecticut.
Charles E. Thompson was born Feb-
ruary 26, 1847, in Rockville, Connecticut,
and there he resided until 1863. He
attended the public schools, finishing at
High School, and at the age of sixteen
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left home to accept a position in the office
of the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing
Company, at Hartford. He remained
in that position for ten years, 1863 to
1873, and then spent two years in Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, returning to Hart-
ford in 1875. He entered the service of
the Connecticut Mutvial Life Insurance
Company, January 24, 1876, and from
that time has been continuously in that
employ, rising through various promo-
tions to his present responsible position
in the financial department. In his youth
and young manhood Mr. Thompson was
actively interested in the National Guard
of Connecticut. On August 16, 1865, he
enlisted as a private in Battery D, Light
Artillery, which was attached to the First
Regiment, National Guard of Connecti-
cut. On January 20, 1868, he was ap-
pointed corporal, and was discharged July
24, 1871. He was the originator of Company
K, of the First Regiment, enlisting
in the command, February 10, 1879, and
on that same date was elected to the first
lieutenantcy, and on January 31, 1883, he
was chosen captain of Company F, Hartford
City Guard, of the First Regiment.
He was advanced to the lieutenant-
colonelcy of the regiment, January 22,
1890. He is now on the retired list. During
the period that Captain Thompson
commanded the City Guard the company
stood at the head of the brigade in fig-
ures of merit. The credit and distinction
which he won as a line officer were
accorded to him without dissent through-
out the entire National Guard, as a field
officer of the First. In personal honor,
instinct and training, Lieutenant-Colonel
Thompson is the ideal military leader.
In March, 1890, he was elected major
commanding the Veteran City Guard ; in
1889, he was captain commanding Company
K, Veteran Corps ; for one year he
was the military instructor at the West