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name of the former owner. Mr. Belden
is also president and treasurer of this
coal company, conducting a wholesale
and retail business ; Mr. Belden is affiliat-
ed with the same Masonic Lodge as his
father was, St. John's Lodge, No. 4,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of
Hartford ; the Wolcott Council, Royal
Arch Masons; the Hartford, Hart-
ford Golf, Farmington Country, East
Haddam Fish & Game and The Twentieth
Century clubs ; he is also a member
of the Hartford Employer's Association
; an adherent of the Republican
party, but in no sense of the word a
politician ; Mr. Belden married Sydney B.,
daughter of Stephen Hanson, of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and they have two
children, Kathleen and Ruth. 2. Caroline,
became the wife of James E. Brooks,
and they are residents of Orange, New
Jersey. 3. Louise M., became the wife
of William C. Hill, residing in Sunbury,
Pennsylvania.
ULRICH, George,
Banker, Public Official.
A descendant of an old and honorable
family, who have furnished many eminent
men to different nations, George
Ulrich, was born in New York, August
13, 1856, the youngest son of Conrad and
Margaret (Viel) Ulrich. The Ulrich
family is of very acient origin. One
branch of this family settled in Bale,
Switzerland, and another in Alsace,
France. The founder and defender of the
famous Chateau St. Ulrich, General Ul-
rich, who defended Strassburg against
the Germans in 1870, belonged to the
Alsatian branch, and the present commander
of the Swiss Army (1917) is a
descendant of the Bale branch. The
coat-of-arms of the Ulrich family was
granted in 873 A. D., and is as follows:
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Argent and or, in chief a vulture proper in the
attitude of the heraldic eagle, wings inverted, in
base palletts sable each charged in chief by a
trefoil vert. Crest : The Vulture mantling or and
sable. Motto: Per Fesse.
Conrad Ulrich came from Cassel in
185 1. The city is one of the handsomest
in Germany, and is noted for the manu-
facture of mathematical and physical in-
struments. Mr. Ulrich followed his trade
as instrument and tool maker for many
years. He married Margaret Viel,
daughter of the Rev. Peter Viel, and
ganddaughter of Pastor Stamm. They
were the parents of five sons and two
daughters.
George Ulrich, the youngest son of
Conrad and Margaret (Viel) Ulrich, was
born in New York, August 13, 1856.
When a boy he removed to Hartford
with his parents. After passing through
the various grade schools, he took a
special course at Bonn, where he re-
ceived his degree of B. A. Afterwards
he entered the banking business, which
has been practically his life's vocation.
Mr. Ulrich, accompanied by his wife,
spent three years in foreign travel and
visited practically every country on the
Globe. After spending two more years
in this manner, they made an extensive
tour of their own country. Mr.
Ulrich then returned to business life, with
the broadminded vision and experience
travel alone can give. In 1912 he was
appointed vice-president of the newly
formed American Industrial Bank &
Trust Company, an office he is now ably
filling. In political affiliations Mr. Ulrich
is a Democrat, and has for many
years been active in the party and in-
fluential in its councils. For years he
served as selectman of the town of Hartford,
and was for twelve years a member
of the Board of Fire Commissioners,
a member of both branches of the City