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department, and the value <strong>of</strong> his service<br />
is best attested by the rapid growth <strong>of</strong><br />
that department. In 1902 he was chosen<br />
to fill the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> secretary, and in 1905<br />
promoted to the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> vice-president <strong>of</strong><br />
the accident department, which <strong>of</strong>fice he<br />
most efficiently fills at the present time<br />
(1917). In 1908 he became a director <strong>of</strong><br />
the /Etna Casualty and Surety Company.<br />
Mr. Faxon has been president <strong>of</strong> the<br />
International Association <strong>of</strong> Accident<br />
Underwriters, which later became the<br />
International Association <strong>of</strong> Casualty and<br />
Surety Underwriters. In 1915 he was<br />
chairman <strong>of</strong> the Bureau <strong>of</strong> Personal Accident<br />
and Health Underwriters. He is an<br />
ex-governor <strong>of</strong> the Order <strong>of</strong> Mayflower<br />
Descendants in the State <strong>of</strong> <strong>Connecticut</strong><br />
member <strong>of</strong> the Society <strong>of</strong> Colonial Wars<br />
Sons <strong>of</strong> the American Revolution, <strong>of</strong><br />
which he is treasurer; and ex-registrar<br />
general <strong>of</strong> the General Court <strong>of</strong> the Order<br />
<strong>of</strong> Founders and Patriots <strong>of</strong> America, <strong>of</strong><br />
which he is an ex-governor <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Connecticut</strong><br />
Society ; member <strong>of</strong> the Order <strong>of</strong><br />
Colonial Governors, the <strong>Connecticut</strong> His-<br />
torical Society, the Hartford Club and the<br />
Hartford Golf Club. Mr. Faxon has<br />
proved the worthy twentieth century rep-<br />
resentative <strong>of</strong> those courageous spirits<br />
who from the first awful winter at Plymouth<br />
down through the generations<br />
fought the wild foes <strong>of</strong> the forest, human<br />
and animal, endured the privations <strong>of</strong> the<br />
pioneer in many localities, and through<br />
great tribulation established the colony<br />
upon which was erected the Common-<br />
wealth and later the Nation. In all these<br />
experiences his ancestors bore a part, and<br />
while his part has been to preserve that<br />
which was committed to him, he has<br />
borne a full share in the commercial development<br />
<strong>of</strong> his city and in increasing<br />
the usefulness <strong>of</strong> the great financial cor-<br />
porations with which he is connected.<br />
Mr. Faxon married. May 23, 1877, Nel-<br />
;<br />
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY<br />
286<br />
lie A. White, born in Somers, <strong>Connecticut</strong>,<br />
June 25, 1857, daughter <strong>of</strong> Josiah and<br />
Hannah (Pease) White (see White).<br />
Her lines <strong>of</strong> Revolutionary ancestors<br />
entitle her to eight bars upon her emblem<br />
worn as a Daughter <strong>of</strong> the American Revolution,<br />
an order in which she is very<br />
active. She was one <strong>of</strong> the earliest mem-<br />
bers <strong>of</strong> the Ruth Wyllys Chapter, <strong>of</strong> that<br />
order, was a member <strong>of</strong> its board <strong>of</strong> man-<br />
agers for many years, and was a delegate<br />
to its convention held in Washington, D.<br />
C. She is an ex-president <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Connecticut</strong><br />
Society <strong>of</strong> Daughters <strong>of</strong> Founders<br />
and Patriots, and has been a prominent<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the Civic Club <strong>of</strong> Hartford. In<br />
the spring <strong>of</strong> 1917 Mrs. Faxon was<br />
appointed chairman <strong>of</strong> the comforts com-<br />
mittee <strong>of</strong> the Admiral Bunce Section at<br />
Hartford <strong>of</strong> the Navy League <strong>of</strong> the<br />
United States. She at once began to<br />
organize relief work for the navy and<br />
soon had over five hundred women knit-<br />
ting to add comfort to the boys <strong>of</strong> the<br />
navy. Many thousand articles, helmets,<br />
mufflers, wristlets and sleeveless jackets,<br />
are the result <strong>of</strong> their labor. These<br />
articles have gone to those serving in our<br />
navy. Mrs. Faxon gave all <strong>of</strong> her time to<br />
the management <strong>of</strong> this work at the Hartford<br />
headquarters. Mr. and Mrs. Faxon<br />
are members <strong>of</strong> the Asylum Hill Congre-<br />
gational Church.<br />
(The White Line).<br />
Mrs. Nellie A. Faxon is a lineal de-<br />
scendant <strong>of</strong> Robert White, who was a<br />
yeoman, appears to have lived in Shalford,<br />
Essex, from the time <strong>of</strong> his marriage,<br />
June 24, 1585, to Bridget, daugh-<br />
ter <strong>of</strong> William Allgar. He was a<br />
wealthy man. The death <strong>of</strong> Robert<br />
White occurred in the year 1617. Elder<br />
John White, youngest child <strong>of</strong> Robert and<br />
Bridget (Allgar) White, was a passenger<br />
in the ship '"Lyon" which left Eng-