Men of mark in Connecticut Volume 3 ; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...one whose indomitable persistency, optimism, breadth of view, and concern for the general welfare made him a citizen in the fullest sense. At one time he was a member of the City Council of Newton. During the Civil War, he served in the Thirty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, and for his zeal and courage in the different campaigns was promoted through all grades to the rank of major, with brevet of lieutenant-colonel of volunteers for distinguished services. His name to-day is best known the world over, perhaps, as head of the long-established and progressive Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, with its varied products of great worth and its many branches in various portions of the country and abroad. His wife was Abby Linder. The son, Albert Linder Pope, spent his early childhood at the country home, where he indulged in yachting and all healthful sports, developing a robust constitution. A thorough, practical education was acquired in the Chauncey Hall School of Boston, in King's School of Stamford, Conn., and in Phillips Exeter Academy. The wonderful industries his father was building up had a 208 ALBERT LINDER POPE. 6trong attraction for the young man. His ambition, however, in emulation of his father, was to gain success on his own merits and to be his own master. With that object in view, he entered the mammoth concern of the Pope Manufacturing Company as an ordinary laborer with only the development of his own abilities to aid him The stern, practical training he there received, in the various departments, fitted him to hold the important offices to which he has since been elected. He is vice-president, director, and member of the executive committee of the Pope Manufacturing Company; vicepresident and director of the Pope Motor Car Comp...