Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . Institute. Since coming to mans estate Mr. Lilley has been engaged inthe real estate business and in the provision and produce business inWaterbury, and his prosperity has been as rapid and as great as hisearly ability and success promised. His value to his community andto the Republican party has been especially shown by his election tothe State Legislature in November, 1900, and in 1902 by his electionto Congress as Representative at large from Connecticut, and stillfurth
Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . Institute. Since coming to mans estate Mr. Lilley has been engaged inthe real estate business and in the provision and produce business inWaterbury, and his prosperity has been as rapid and as great as hisearly ability and success promised. His value to his community andto the Republican party has been especially shown by his election tothe State Legislature in November, 1900, and in 1902 by his electionto Congress as Representative at large from Connecticut, and stillfurther by his re-election to the latter office in 1904. In addition tohis business interests and public services Mr. Lilley has many socialand fraternal interests. He is a member of the Union League Club ofNew Haven, of the Waterbury Club, of the Masons, the Elks, and theForesters. He is also a member of the State Republican Committee,and director of the Torrington National Bank. He is a memberof the Protestant Episcopal Church. His favorite amusements arehorseback riding and automobiling. On June 17th, 1884, Mr. Lilley. GEORGE LEAVENS LILLET 75 married Anna E. H. Steele. All of the three children who have beenbom to Mr. and Mrs. Lilley are now living. In summing up the causes of his success in life Mr. Lilley saysthat the first impulse to win that success came in those early hours ofthe early days of his life, when he first experienced mercantile life anddeveloped the merchants instinct. Contact with other men has beenthe chief influence upon his success in later life. As to the results hesays, No man has ever accomplished all he hoped. The best he cando is to keep everlastingly at it, trying with all his might; and forthe further guidance of those coming after him he emphasizes theimportance of cultivating unadulterated honesty, frankness, andpoliteness, coupled with a will to do and to dare—a determination topermit no obstacles to stand in the way of achieving the goal of anho
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