Frank Cheney

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Frank Cheney, Jr. (born August 14, 1860 in Manchester , Hartford County , Connecticut , † March 31, 1957 ) was an American silk manufacturer .

Life

Family and education

Frank Cheney, son of the co-founder of the Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company, Frank Cheney Sr. (1817-1904) and Susan Jarvis Cushing Cheney (1827-1914), graduated in 1882 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge .

Frank Cheney married Florence White Wade (1860–1930) on January 6, 1897. The marriage was the daughter of Frances Virginia. Cheney died in his hometown of Manchester in late March 1957 at the age of 96. He found his final resting place in the local East Cemetery.

Professional background

After completing his studies, Cheney joined the Cheney Brothers, which until the Great Depression of the 1930s were one of the leading companies in the United States in the field of silk product manufacture and processing, and most recently held the position of Chairman of the Board . Cheney also served as President of Savings Bank of Manchester and Director of Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company in Hartford , Phoenix State Bank & Trust Company of Hartford, and Hartford Electric Light Company.

The Republican Party member was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1905 to 1909 .

literature

  • The Insurance Almanac and Encyclopedia. : Volume 12. Underwriter Print. and Publishing Company, New York, 1925, p. 276.
  • Connecticut. General Assembly: Public Documents of the State of Connecticut. : Volume 2. Printed by order of the General Assembly, Hartford, Conn., 1952, p. 52.
  • The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Molding the Thought of the Present Time . : Volume 19. JT White Co., New York, 1967, p. 76.
  • Who was who in America. : Volume V, 1969-1973 with world notables. Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ., 1973, p. 128.

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personal data
SURNAME Cheney, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cheney, Frank Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American silk manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester , Hartford County , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1957
Place of death Manchester , Hartford County , Connecticut