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trict, and held the office until 1871. He
was originally a Whig in politics, later
uniting with the newly formed Republi-
can party. In religious faith he was a
Presbyterian, and was an elder in the
church. He married (first) May 16, 1844.
Caroline King, born January 3, 1824,
daughter of Colonel Jabez and Rebecca
(Terry) King, of Enfield; she died January
9, 1859. He married (second) May
3, i860, Henrietta King, sister of his first
wife, born January 3, 1820, died December
2, 1902. Children, by first wife: Da-
vid King, died in youth ;
of whom further ; Charles King.
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Horace
King,
(VIII) Horace King Brainerd, son of
David and Caroline (King) Brainerd, was
born in Thompsonville, October 8, 1848.
He conducted a grain, flour and feed business
in that city, and also a department
for the sale of agricultural implements.
Pie was also interested in fire and life in-
surance, and was highly regarded as a
business man and citizen. He was an
elder in the Presbyterian church. He
married, May 19, 1869, Frances Bright,
born in Thompsonville, July 17, 1849,
daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Wallace)
Bright. Benjamin Bright was born
in England, October 24, 1823, son of
James Bright, who died in England in
1836. Benjamin Bright married Rachel
Wr
allace, born in County Armagh, Ire-
land, October 29, 1820, died July 6, 1914,
in her ninety-fifth year. Horace King
and Frances (Bright) Brainerd were the
parents of five children : Caroline, born
July 10, 1870, died in childhood; Horace
Bright, of whom further ; Bessie Louise,
born November 29, 1878
; Leslie Carlton,
born May 8, 1880, married Nellie Calderwood
; Marjorie Wallace, born October
17, 1890, married Willard C. Fuller of
Springfield, Massachusetts, and has a
daughter, Barbara Brainerd.
(IX) Horace Bright Brainerd, son of
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Horace King and Frances (Bright) Brainerd,
was born in Thompsonville, Connecticut,
August 9, 1874. After completing
public school studies, he entered the
Styles School at Ithaca, New York, and
there finished preparatory work. He then
entered the Lawrence Scientific School of
Harvard University, there remaining until
1895, when he became his father's busi-
ness associate. He continued in the grain
and insurance business in Thompsonville
for ten years, and in 1905 accepted a posi-
tion as purchasing agent for the Bigelow-
Hartford Carpet Company, with offices
in New York and at Thompsonville. Mr.
Brainerd is a member of the First Presbyterian
Church of Thompsonville.
Mr. Brainerd married, in Thompsonville,
November 16, 1898, Edith Campbell,
born February 6, 1875, daughter of William
Alexander and Ella (Morrison)
Campbell. William A. Campbell, born
in Jaredstown, West Virginia, January
14, 1849, was a druggist in Thompsonville
for five years, then moved to New
York, but later returned to West Virginia.
His wife, Ella Morrison, was born
in Thompsonville, October 19, 1848. Mr.
and Mrs. Brainerd are the parents of two
Dorothy Hobart, born Feb-
daughters :
ruary 5, 1900; and Louise Campbell, born
August 12, 1901, died July 22, 1912.
GRIFFING, Louis Sherwood,
Electrical Contractor.
In the harnessing of one of the greatest
forces of nature the first experimental
ventures required sublime courage. In
these days the multiplicity of uses to
which this force is applied demand of the
producer the utmost ingenuity. Further-
more, the practical application of elec-
tricity, from the power that lights the city
and moves the street cars to the delicate
utensils that makes the morning toast, re-