Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . There he could indulge his tastefor law books and there he laid the foundation of a legal learningwhich assured him advancement at the outset. Admitted to the Barin Vermont in 1865, he could have remained in Burlington to takecare of Senator Edmunds practice; the offer was very gratifying andin striking evidence of the Senators appreciation of his worth, but hismind turned toward Connecticut and hither he returned, to open anoflBce in Torrington in 1866. Success attended hi
Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . There he could indulge his tastefor law books and there he laid the foundation of a legal learningwhich assured him advancement at the outset. Admitted to the Barin Vermont in 1865, he could have remained in Burlington to takecare of Senator Edmunds practice; the offer was very gratifying andin striking evidence of the Senators appreciation of his worth, but hismind turned toward Connecticut and hither he returned, to open anoflBce in Torrington in 1866. Success attended him from the first,and the esteem in which he was held was attested by his election to theresponsible oflSce of judge of probate. In 1869, he removed to New Britain to become partner with theHon. Charles E. Mitchell, late Commissioner of Patents, the firmname being Mitchell and Hungerford. Some twenty years later P. Bartlett was taken into the firm and the name was changed toMitchell, Hungerford & Bartlett. For a period of nearly thirtyyears. Judge Himgerfords business life in New Britain covered the 372. ?i^^lr-cl_. LODIS 876 period of the growth of a email town to one of the foremost manu-facturing communities in New England, and his was no email part inthe upbuilding. At dilTorent tinieri he was judge of probate, city at-torney and corporation counsel. He is to-day a director of the Husscll& Krwin Manufacturing Company, the Stanley Kule & IavcI Com-pany, the New Britain National Hank, the lUirritt Savingrt Hank andthe New Britain Institute. Interested also in the moral welfare of thecitv, he chosen deacon of tiie First Church of Christ in 1874, andwas president of the Young Mens Christian Association for twelveyears from 1889. In 1897, the New Britain partnership dissolved and became the head of the widely known Hartford firm ofHungerford, Hyde, Joslyn & Oilman. While not especially interestedin politics, he has given freel
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