Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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BIOGRAPHIES. 6 7 railways, the construction of its power plants and the development of its water power. His travels have been principally between Spokane and New York, with the exception of a limited amount in connection with engineer- ing matters in his care. Bz,zsz'11.ess cIdd1'ess.' Vlfashington Wfater Power Co., Spokane, VV ash. Home address: 2515 Second Ave., Spokane, lfVash. MILTON CLEAVELAND ISBELL was born Novem- ber IO, 1870, in Seymour, Conn. The Ansonia CConn.D High School prepared him for college, which he entered in the beginning of Freshman year, taking the Select course. In college he was an Appointment man. His father, Miledon Cleaveland Isbell, was born February 13, 1842, in New I-Iaven QXVestvillej Conn. His parents descended from New England stock in every branch. He was married in March, 1868, and died February 22, 1878, in Old Fort, N. C. He resided in Westville, Conn. His mother, whose maiden name was Alice Louise Sperry, was born February 8, 1846, in Bethany, Conn. I-Ier parents and antecedents descended from Elder VVilliam Brewster of the Mayflower, and various other New England worthies. I-Ie has one brother, john A. He is unmarried. In january, 1904, Isbell took up the practice of law in Ansonia. He was graduated from the Yale Law School in 1893. In politics he was a Cleveland Democrat in 1892, Gold Democrat in 1896, Republican in 1902 and 1904. I-Ie was Superintendent of Charities in 1899-1901, a member of the General Assembly from Ansonia, session of 1905, and served as Chairman of the Committee on Education, and is still a Republican. I-Ie is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, is vestryman of Christ church, Ansonia, and was also Superintendent of the Sunday school for many years. I-Ie is a mxember of many orders, including George

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66 CLASS or 1891 s., YALE coLLEG12. the United States Army in March, 1862, and remained till his death. As physician, he held the rank of ,Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps. He was married September 21, 1869, and died in Rome, Italy, December 20, 1899. His mother, whose maiden name was Gertrude Elizabeth Shoemaker, wfas born December 9, 1834. She is the daugh- ter of Willian1 Rawle Shoemaker, of Pennsylvania, an officer of the Ordnance Corps, U. S. Army. He has one sister, Gertrude Lea, born March 9, 1873. He married, December 8, 1896, Helen Longacre, daugh- ter ot james M. Longacre, a graduate of Philadelphia High School, in Philadelphia, Pa. They have one child, Helen, born November 2o, 1897. Huntington became connected, October 18, 1894, with the Wfashington VVater Power Co., in the management of electric light and power and street railway properties, and in March, 1896, he was promoted to Second Vice President and General Manager of the company. He was a Democrat when Cleveland was in office, but has been a Republican since the first Bryan campaign. He is a member ot the Chi Phi fraternity, American Institute of Electrical Engi- neers, Spokane Country and Spokane clubs. After leaving Yale he entered the shops ofthe Thomson-Hawston Electric Co. at Lynn, Mass., remaining there until June, 1892, when, after its consolidation with the Edison Co. to form the General Electric Co., he was sent to the Philadelphia office, where he remained as assistant engineer. He was engaged in equipping and constructing electric plants of various kinds until October, 1894, when he resigned to take a posi- tion as Treasurer of the VVashington Wfater Power Co. at Spokane, VV ash. He became General Manager of that company in March, 1896, and later was made Second Vice President. He has been engaged ever since in its manage- ment, the business comprising quite an extensive system of power distribution into the country within IOO miles of Spokane, and the operation of its urban and interurban

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68 CLASS or 1891 s., YALE COLLEGE. VVashington lodge, No. 82, F. Sz A. M., Mt. Vernon Chapter, No. 35, R. A. M., Union Council, No. 12, R. 81 S. M., and has held all the offices in each. He was also Past Grand Patron of the order of the Eastern Star of Connecticut, and is a member of the Graduates club, New Haven. He was in Wiscoiisiii in the fall and winter of IQO3-4, and was examined and admitted to the bar in Milwaukee in january, 1894. He was examined and admitted to the Connecticut bar in June, 1894, and has been in Ansonia ew-if since. P6I'7fIlGI107lf 7'lZClZ'If7Zg add1'ess.' Ansonia, Conn. FREDERICK WILLIAM JONES-, JR., was born Qctober 3, 1869, in New York City. Forest School of Waltliamstoxve, Essex, England, prepared him for college, which he entered in the beginning of Freshman year, pursu- ing the Mechanical Engineering course. Before entering Yale he attended Dresden Polytechnic, Dresden, Saxony. He was educated in England and Germany, and returned to this country in 1888. His father, Frederick VVilliam jones, was born june 3, 1836, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, S. A. His parents were VVilliam F. Jones, born in England in 1801, and Anna Max- well QScotchD, born in Brazil, daughter of joseph Maxwell, of the Hrm of Maxwell, VXfright Sz Co., of Rio de Janeiro. His mother, whose maiden name was Eliza Gardner Lotti- mer, was born in 1846, in Brooklyn, N. Y. Her father was Wfilliam Lottimer, of Lottimer 81 Co., subsequently Williain Lottimer Sz Co. He married Florence G. Snydam, daughter of James Schoonmaker Snydam, deceased, August 30, 1900, in Brook- lyn, N. Y., and has one child, Frederick VV. 3d, born in 1902. Jones is now in fthe real estate business, and is also a broker, in business for himself. He has had quite a mili- tary record, serving two years in the volunteers of Essex, England, and seven years in the National Guard, New