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equirements, and in good place in the<br />
class <strong>of</strong> 1906, was granted the medical<br />
degree. He then, by competitive exam-<br />
ination, obtained appointment to the<br />
house staff <strong>of</strong> St. Francis' Hospital, Hart-<br />
ford, where an interneship <strong>of</strong> fifteen<br />
months furnished him with extensive<br />
practical knowledge <strong>of</strong> his pr<strong>of</strong>ession. He<br />
had undertaken special research in the<br />
gynecological branch <strong>of</strong> surgery, and to<br />
further the study he, after having com-<br />
pleted his interneship, took a special<br />
graduate, or post-graduate, course in sur-<br />
gery in Harvard Medical School. In 1908<br />
Dr. Outerson opened an <strong>of</strong>fice for general<br />
practice in Hartford, and in 1909 was<br />
appointed assistant surgeon <strong>of</strong> St. Fran-<br />
cis' Hospital, where two years ago his<br />
knowledge <strong>of</strong> gynecology brought him<br />
the staff appointment as gynecologist.<br />
Dr. Outerson does not enter into public,<br />
municipal, or State affairs ; he, like most<br />
men <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional achievement, places<br />
his pr<strong>of</strong>ession before all else, and at present<br />
it occupies almost all <strong>of</strong> his time. He<br />
is a member <strong>of</strong> the Board <strong>of</strong> Police Sur-<br />
geons, and holds membership in the City,<br />
State and County societies, and also in<br />
the American Medical Association ; and<br />
is affiliated with the Alpha Kappa Kappa<br />
fraternity.<br />
ARNOLD, Frederick W.,<br />
Corporation Executive.<br />
A native <strong>of</strong> <strong>Connecticut</strong>, and a family<br />
for many generations identified with con-<br />
sequential affairs within the State, Fred-<br />
erick W. Arnold has spent most <strong>of</strong> his<br />
life within it, his industry and public<br />
endeavor bringing material advantage to<br />
himself and to the city <strong>of</strong> Hartford, in<br />
one phase <strong>of</strong> its requirements. Frederick<br />
W. Arnold, as president and treasurer <strong>of</strong><br />
the Trout Brook Ice and Feed Company<br />
<strong>of</strong> Hartford, directs a useful public utility,<br />
with pr<strong>of</strong>it and ability.<br />
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY<br />
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Mr. Arnold <strong>genealogical</strong>ly connects<br />
with Elder William Brewster, <strong>of</strong> Scroosby<br />
Manor, Yorkshire, England, he being<br />
tenth in descent. His father, Edwin<br />
Hopkins Arnold, was born at East Hampton,<br />
<strong>Connecticut</strong>, November 27, 1830, and<br />
married for his second wife Harriet<br />
Maitland Wadsworth, mother <strong>of</strong> Fred-<br />
erick W. Arnold. The Wadsworth fam-<br />
ily has a prominent place in the annals <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>Connecticut</strong> colony, and in the early<br />
history <strong>of</strong> the nation. The American progenitor<br />
was William Wadsworth, who<br />
came to America in 1621 ; a distinguished<br />
descendant was the poet, Henry Wadsworth<br />
Longfellow ; and there was Captain<br />
Joseph Wadsworth, whose name was<br />
famous for hiding the <strong>Connecticut</strong> char-<br />
ter.<br />
William Wadsworth was one <strong>of</strong> the<br />
ap-<br />
pioneer settlers <strong>of</strong> the State ; was<br />
pointed collector <strong>of</strong> the Hartford Settlement<br />
in 1637, and later held other responsible<br />
<strong>of</strong>fices. Frederick W. Arnold was<br />
<strong>of</strong> the ninth generation <strong>of</strong> descent from<br />
William Wadsworth, the American grand<br />
ancestor.<br />
Mr. Arnold was born in Hartford, July<br />
25, 1863. His father in early manhood<br />
followed agricultural pursuits, but about<br />
1880 entered commerce, establishing the<br />
Trout Brook Ice and Feed Company,<br />
Edwin H. Arnold and Son. Proprietors.<br />
In course <strong>of</strong> time, the firm secured cor-<br />
porate powers, with Edwin H. Arnold as<br />
its president, a capacity he held until his<br />
death, when his son, Frederick W., suc-<br />
ceeded to his <strong>of</strong>fice. He has since con-<br />
tinued in the business, and aided its development<br />
from an insignificant beginning<br />
to a present business <strong>of</strong> considerable<br />
importance. Mr. Edwin H. Arnold died<br />
October 13, 1905, in his seventy-fifth<br />
year. Mr. Arnold is director and treas-<br />
urer <strong>of</strong> the Hartford Ice Company, the<br />
oldest ice company in the city; he also<br />
organized the Metropolitan Storage and