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spent his youth in his native town, there
obtaining his earlier education. He pre-
pared at the Episcopal Academy, Che-
shire, Connecticut, then entered Sheffield
Scientific School, Yale University, class
of '78. Inclination led him to that school,
for he possessed decided mechanical and
inventive genius which the technical
training obtained at Sheffield developed,
particularly in the then not so well under-
stood science of electrical development.
He was one of the prominent athletes of
his class, specializing in aquatic sports,
making the freshman crew in 1876 and
rowing "bow" in the "Varsity" in 1877.
After graduation he entered the employ
of the Thompson Houston Electric Company
in New Britain as their first em-
ployee, and from 1880 until 1887 con-
tinued with that company. With the thorough
training in mechanical engineering
received at Sheffield, reinforced by those
seven years of practical experience with
one of the strong electrical companies of
the country, he was fairly established in
the electrical world, his name even at that
early day not an unfamiliar one. In 1890
the Hart & Hegeman Manufacturing
Company was organized, and in 1897,
upon the death of Mr. Hegeman, Mr.
Hart withdrew and organized his present
company, the Hart Manufacturing
Company. In 1887 he accepted a call
from Kansas City, Missouri, and resigning
his position in New Britain, became
superintendent of the Edison Electric
Light and Power Company, also assist-
ant general manager of the Kansas City
Electric Light Company. He remained
in the West during the next three years,
returning in 1890 to Connecticut, where
for twenty-five years he has been success-
fully engaged in the manufacture of Elec-
trical Supplies. His inventive genius has
been directed along electrical lines, and
many patents have resulted, his most
noted inventions being in connection with
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electrical switches. In 1898 the Hart
Manufacturing Company was organized
for the manufacture of switches and elec-
trical supplies. He is fond of yachting
and sports of the open, indulging in his
favorite recreations as a member of the
Hartford Yacht and the Farmington
Country clubs. His social club is the
Hartford, other local organizations also
claiming his interests. He is a Repub-
lican in politics, but has never taken
active part in public affairs, further than
to register his preferences at the polls.
He is a member of the Society of Found-
ers and Patriots.
Mr. Hart married Lucie I. Janes, a
lineal descendant of William Janes, who
came to Connecticut with the John Davenport
Company.
HUNTTING, Charles H.,
Merchant.
From the County of Norfolk, in the
eastern section of England, the progenitor
of the Huntting family in America
came in the summer of 1638, and located
in Dedham, Massachusetts. At the same
time that the Rev. John Allen was or-
dained minister there, he was ordained a
ruling elder of the church. The follow-
ing year he was made a freeman by vir-
tue of his having been one of the found-
ers the previous year. Before coming to
America he had married, in England,
Esther Seaborn and they were the par-
ents of John Huntting, Jr., who married
Elizabeth, a daughter of John (or
Thomas) Payne, of Dedham.
Rev. Nathaniel Huntting, third son and
child of John and Elizabeth (Payne)
Huntting, was born November 15, 1675,
and died September 21, 1753. He was a
graduate of Harvard College, and settled
in 1696, in Easthampton, Long Island,
where he was the beloved minister of his
people until the time of his death. He