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26, 1869; William Patton, born December
17, 1882; and Mary Williams, now the
wife of George E. Bardwell. As a child,
Normand Francis Allen was keenly interested
in the world outside the farm home,
and its splendid breadth of fertile soil.
He was an assiduous student, but always
persisted in knowing the why and the
wherefore of every problem, and he
formed the habit of arriving at his own
conclusions regarding the things of which
he read and studied. As a young man, he
followed his own bent towards the world
of business. In 1889, Mr. Allen formed
a partnership with Jerome E. Sage, and
the firm of Sage, Allen & Company began
its career. From the first it was success-
ful, much of the active management of
the business coming to the hands of Mr.
Allen. With the rapid development of
the Capital city of the State, the business
kept pace, growing with the city's
growth, and measuring up to ideals of
business integrity which have always
been upheld by the merchants of Hart-
ford. This first partnership was dis-
solved in 1902, and Mr. Allen continued
the business alone for a number of years.
Mr. Allen married, January 12, 1887,
Carrie White, born in Enfield, Connecti-
cut, August 6, 1863, daughter of Erastus
and Aurelia (King) Olmstead. Mrs.
Allen is an alumnus of Mount Holyoke
College, and is a member of the Ruth
Wyllys Chapter, Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution. The children are: 1.
Edward Normand, born April 18, 1891 ;
associated with his father in business, and
is an alert and able assistant in the wide-
reaching activities of the store ; he served
with honor in the Home Guard during
the World War, receiving the commis-
sion of lieutenant ; he was indefatigable
in all the drives and public agitation tend-
ing toward the final victory ; he is one of
the coming men of the city, and it would
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be only stating the obvious to prophesy
for him a brilliant future ; married Ruby,
daughter of Judge Joseph Tuttle, of Hart-
ford, and has one child, Jane Tuttle Al-
len. 2. Carlotta May, born March 19,
x 893- 3- Norma, born February 4, 1895,
who at present resides at home.
SHIPMAN, Arthur Leffingwell,
Lawyer, Man of Affairs.
A worthy son of an honored father and
a descendant of one of the oldest and
most prominent families of New England,
Arthur Leffingwell Shipman was born
in Hartford, Connecticut, November 19,
1864. He is a scion of a family long noted
in legal circles, both on his paternal and
maternal sides. His early upbringing and
environment were such as to instill into
him the desire for a legal career at a very
early age, and which as might be expected
has been one of great success.
(I) Edward Shipman, the immigrant
ancestor of Mr. Shipman, is said to have
come from England, sailing from Hull, in
1639. In the early records of Saybrook,
Connecticut, where he first settled, his
name is spelled Shipton, later being
changed to Shipman, and all the family
follow the latter spelling. Edward Shipman
married (first) January 16, 1651,
Elizabeth Comstock, who died about the
middle of July, 1659. He married (second)
July 1, 1663, Mary Andrews. In
October, 1667, he was admitted a freeman,
and died September 15, 1697. In the will
of the sachem, Uncas, February 29, 1676,
Edward Shipman was one of the three
legatees to whom Uncas gave three thou-
sand acres of land within sight of Hart-
ford.
(II) John Shipman, son of Edward and
his second wife, Mary (Andrews) Shipman,
was born in Saybrook, April 5, 1664
married, May 5, 1686, Martha Humphries.
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