Henry Trumbull

Trumbull, Henry

Manufacturer

Henry Trumbull, one of the seven sons of Hugh H. and Mary Ann (Harper) Trumbull, and brother of John H. Trumbull, was born at Burnside, Connecticut, January 12, 1875,. He began life among country environments and the wholesome atmosphere of rural surroundings. He attended the local schools and there first developed a keen interest in the foundation of systematically arranged operations, which later brought him unlimited success in the various lines of work to which he devoted his time prior to his final connection with the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Company, of which he is secretary and treasurer.

For a number of years the two brothers, John H. and Henry, have worked side by side, making their business and social interests mutual, and therefore much that is written in the sketch of John H. Trumbull applies also to Henry Trumbull, the second brother, both having worked diligently in an endeavor to place the town of Plainville on an equal basis with other towns of its size and help it along the road to success and prosperity.

Considered a deep thinker and a man of few words, many of the townspeople have received substantial evidence of a warm heart and sympathetic tendencies, of which the public have heard but little. The brothers are men of the greatest public spirit, having taken an active part in town matters in general, placing their time and influence at the disposal of the people with the object of accomplishing satisfactory results and a better source of convenience for the public. Not satisfied with their own success, they have placed others on the road to advancement, giving a helping hand on all occasions when the objects to be gained were ultimate improvements and the betterment of the community.

During recent years Mr. Trumbull has spent considerable time and study in research work on agricultural problems, and has taken unlimited interest in local farms and facilities for increasing the capacity of their output. He has learned the great need for a systematically conducted farm, and is very enthusiastic in his efforts to place his statistics and finding before the local farmers, with the object of inaugurating better management and systems in handling their products with the ultimate object of operating their farms on a more productive basis than has been done in the past. While but very slow progress can be made along these lines, Mr. Trumbull has taken the work up with untiring patience, and considered the usual tenacity which is characteristic of the members of the Trumbull family, he will undoubtedly win out eventually. The same spirit has prevailed in many directions, and in connection with many different enterprises, but in none more typically than in their own business, which has attained its present large proportions due to these facts and gives promise of a still more brilliant future.

An excellent example of the kind of work which has been accomplished by Mr. Trumbull may be found in a record of Frederick Lodge No. 1, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He became a member in December, 1904, which office he held for two terms. Shortly after he became a member it was re-established on a firm foundation, an dis now one of the most prosperous lodges of its size in the country. He holds membership in the various Masonic bodies in his section of the country, and has attained the thirty-second degree in the order. He holds membership in the Congregational church of Plainville.

Mr. Trumbull married, October 21, 1903, Nettie Northrop, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a daughter of George W. and Julia A. Northrup, old and highly respected residents of that city. They are the parents of one child, Esther.

It needs no great prophecy to predict for Mr. Trumbull, now in the prime of his active life, with power and faculties at the highest point of efficiency, a long future of high achievement and notable public service.

Second published story:

Henry Trumbull

HENRY TRUMBULL, treasurer of the Trumbull Electric manufacturing Company, Plainville Conn, for 26 years permanently and actively identified with the growth and development of that corporation in associating with his brother, the Governor of Connecticut, was born January 12, 1875, at East Hartford, Conn. He is a son of Hugh Trumbull, who was an agriculturist, and of Mary A. (Harper) Trumbull, both of Scotch-Irish ancestry.

After receiving an education in the public schools of Plainville, he started out in business life with the Eddy Electric Company at Windsor, Conn., where he served his apprenticeship in the electrical field with which line has been connected during his entire business career. He next went with the Crocker-Wheeler Company, at Ampere, NY, as journeyman in their motor building department, where he remained for two years, and for the next four years was connected with New England Engineering Company at Waterbury Conn, in construction work. Then with the Reynolds Construction Company at Hartford, Conn., for two years and in 1989 in association with his brother, started organizing the Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Co., at Plainville. He began in the manufacturing department, later became secretary of the company and then treasurer, having held the later position for the last 25 years. He is also president of the Plainville Realty Company, a subsidiary of the Trumbull Electric Mfg., Co, vice-president of the Plainville Trust Company, president of the Connecticut State Agricultural Society; vice-president of the Hartford County Farm Bureau, and vice-president of National manufacturers Association.

Mr. Trumbull is also a member of the Plainville Chamber of Commerce, serving as its president for 1925. He is also president of the Connecticut State Chamber of Commerce. He is vice-president of the New England Council which comprises 16 members from each state. He is a 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner, and is a member of the Farmington Country Club, Shuttle Meadow Country club, and Satbett’s Head Yacht Club. He has emphasized the value of natural unpasteurized milk as a food when it is scrupulously prepared from healthy cows and delivered to customers in first class condition. He has shown that good milk can be sold at a reasonable price and that the public will pay enough to compensate for the care and expense needed to produce it.

He maintains that when a farm sells direct to the consumer milk that is as good as it can be made, it leaves with the purchaser a distinct impression of what good milk is, and this in turn leads to the exacting of higher standards by the public in all milk that is offered them for sale. It also encourages other farmers to produce milk of better quality o account of the higher price that they can obtain.

Herds of cattle such as that at Pinnaclerox farm serves as a source of supplying for breeding stock from which commercial farmers can draw to improve their own herds, and the methods used on such farms are valuable object lessons for the farming and livestock breeding industry.

Mr. Trumbull was married October 21, 1903, to Miss Nettie B. Northrop of Bridgeport, Conn., and they are the parents of one daughter, Esther Trumbull.

In politics, he is Republican.

Residence, Plainville, Conn.; Summer home, Guilford, Conn.