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creasing the scope and importance of his
work, until he had about eighteen horses,
and employed at different seasons from
six to twenty men. In 1900 he sold out
to Henry Drinkwater. He then went into
the life insurance business, becoming
associated with the Metropolitan Insurance
Company, with whom he remained
for ten years. After he had been with
the company for eight months he was
promoted and sent to Frankford, Pennsyl-
vania, where he remained for fourteen
months. This work he found quite congenial,
but with his natural independence
and his previous experience in the business
world, he was not satisfied to remain
permanently in a subordinate position.
In 1910 he embarked in the real estate and
insurance business on his own account
in Greenwich. Since that time he has
been a significant factor in real estate
and insurance circles in this section. He
handles all kinds of insurance—life, fire,
accident, and compensation, in fact every
branch to which the insurance idea has
been applied. Mr. Duff is an influential
member of the Loyal Order of Moose.
At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Duff
married Nellie Campbell, daughter of
William Campbell. Mr. Campbell was a
native of Glasgow, but his daughter was
born in Coldrain, Ireland. James Francis
and Nellie (Campbell) Duff are the parents
of ten children, and they also have
an adopted daughter. The children are
as follows : Ralph ; Harry, a resident of
Bridgeport, who served in Company A,
301st Supply Train, Motor Transport
Corps, American Expeditionary Forces,
who married Lillie Broderick, of Stamford,
and has two children : Harry, and
James Francis ; George, who married
Mabel Woodworth, and has two children
Catherine, and Mae; Frank J., who enlisted
in the navy, serving on the "Lake
Blanchester" and later on the "Dupont ;"
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James, who enlisted in the navy, but was
discharged at the end of twelve months;
William, who served two years in the
navy, on the "Seattle," making about
twenty trips across ; Howard, deceased
May, who died in 1902; Helen; and Margaret.
The adopted child, Annie Kiernan,
was a native of Brooklyn, New York. She
married John Kerner, of Greenwich,
where they now reside. They have two
children : Evelyn and John.
CLARK, Frederick Burton,
Active Business Man.
A life of action is a life of interest. To
bear a share in the work of the world
makes any life worth while. The prog-
ress of industry has created vital need of
dependable men in every line of endeavor.
The wonderful advance of science has
evolved entire new industries, at once
adding to the comfort and convenience of
the people and placing new means of live-
lihood in their hands. Thus the man of
skill, the man of cool head and steady
hand, is the man of highest importance
in the world of industry. Frederick Bur-
ton Clark, of Stamford, Connecticut, is
one of these men.
George Kelley Clark, father of Frederick
B. Clark, was born in Higganum,
Connecticut. He was an active, high-
strung lad, impatient of restraint. He left
school early, and at the age of fourteen
or fifteen years went to sea. After some
years of adventure, during which he visited
many interesting points, he gave up
the seafaring life, returned to his native
State, and became a resident of New
Haven, living to the age of sixty-eight
years. He married Helen McDonald.
Frederick Burton Clark, son of George
Kelle}- and Helen (McDonald) Clark, was
born in New Haven, Connecticut, July
29, 1870. He received his education in
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