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the Board of Relief of the town. In
1897 he represented the town in the
Lower House of the General Assembly,
and in 1912 represented his district in
the State Senate. He is a member of the
Congregational church of Cromwell, in
which he has filled several positions, and
is a member of Central Lodge, No. 12,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Middletown. He is a member of the Mid-
dletown Yacht Club ;
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succeeded his father
as trustee of the Middlesex County Bank;
one of the corporators and a director of
the Cromwell Savings Bank ; a trustee of
the Connecticut School for Boys at Meri-
den. Mr. Frisbee's home is one of the
most handsome and substantial in Crom-
well, and there the spirit of hospitality
finds permanent abode.
He married, May 21, 1873, Emma M.
Roberts, born September 21, 1852, a daughter
of Abner and Mary Stocking (Hub-
bard) Roberts, the last named a twin sister
of George S. Hubbard, of Middletown. Mr.
and Mrs. Frisbie are the parents of three
children :
mention ;
Mattie
Russell Abner, receives further
May, born January 22,
1882, died February 27, 1903 ; Harry
Copeland, born December 7, 1885, died
September 2, 1903.
FRISBIE, Russell Abner,
Manufacturer.
Russell Abner Frisbie, eldest child of
Charles Brown and Emma M. (Roberts)
Frisbie, was born February 21, 1874, in
Middletown, Connecticut. He came to
Cromwell at the age of four years, and
there passed his boyhood and youth. He
received his elementary education there,
and subsequently was a student at the
Wesleyan School at Wilbraham, Mas-
sachusetts. Possessing much aptitude
for drawing, immediately after leaving
school, he engaged in the service of vari-
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ous firms in New Jersey and Connecticut
as draftsman and designer. In 1902 he
founded the Frisbie Motor Company of
Middletown, Connecticut, and engaged in
the manufacture of motors and station-
ary engines designed by himself. In this
business thirty-five skilled mechanics are
employed, and the product is distributed
over the world. In 1917 the factor) -
the company had increased to about double
its original size in order to accommodate
its ever increasing business. Mr.
Frisbie seems to have inherited the mechanical
genius of his grandfather, and
he has achieved a remarkable success for
one of his years. He makes his home in
Middletown, where he participates in the
social life of the community, and is
esteemed as a business man. He has
made no effort to share in practical poli-
tics, but is a sound Republican in prin-
ciple and is ever ready to support his
opinions. He is an active member of the
Masonic Order, affiliating with Washington
Lodge, No. 81, Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons, of Cromwell, Connec-
ticut ; of Washington Chapter, No. 6,
Royal Arch Masons, of Middletown;
Cyrene Commandery, No. 8, Knights
Templar; of Sphinx Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, of Hartford. He is also a mem-
ber of the Congregational church.
He married, June 4, 1895, Harriet
Esther Coe, daughter of Orren and La-
vinia (Bacon) Coe, and granddaughter of
Osborn Coe, of Middletown.
FENNELL, Rev. William George, D. D.,
Clergyman, Lecturer.
Contemporary opinion rarely errs in its
estimate of a man's character and ability,
much as it may differ with him in doc-
trine or belief. To have lived in the light
of publicity as an eminent minister of the
of