Edgar Thaddeus Welles

1843 - 1914  (70 years)

• Name	Edgar Thaddeus Welles  [1]
  Birth	29 Aug 1843	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Aug 1914	New York City, New York, New York   [1, 4]
  Burial	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I63756	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Gideon Welles
  Mother	Mary Jane Hale
  Family ID	F29867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Brainard,   b. 16 May 1846, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 22 Jan 1901 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1870  [1, 5]
  Children	1. Alice W. Welles,   b. 19 Nov 1880, Connecticut d. 2 Jan 1959, New York City, New York, New York (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F29866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  New York Times August 23, 1914 Edgar T. Welles, Vice President of the Wabash Railroad, and the son of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy in Lincoln's Cabinet, died yesterday at his residence, 550 Park Avenue, in his seventy-second year. He was born in Hartford, Conn., and was graduated from Yale University with the class of 1864. Shortly after this Mr. Welles was admitted to the bar but never practiced. In 1866 he was appointed Chief Clerk of the United States Navy Department and held this post until 1869, when he resigned to become manager of the Gatling Gun Company of Hartford. Following this Mr. Welles held a number of important positions, among them being President of the Ganby Mining and Smelting Company, President of the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, reciever of the National Bank of the State of Missouri in St. Louis, President of the International Company of Mexico, the Mexican Steamship Company and their subsidiary companies; Vice President of the National Heating Company, and he was a Director in the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company, the Peoria & Pelkin Railroad Company, the Wabash Railroad Company, and the United States Trust Company of Hartford, Conn. Mr. Welles was a member of the University, The Union, the Lawyers, the New York, and the Down Town Clubs. He was also a member of out-of-town clubs, among them the University Club of St. Louis, the Chicago Club, of Chicago, the Hartford club of Hartford, and the Yale Akumni Association. In September, 1870, Mr. Welles married Miss Alice Brainard, the daughter of Charles H. Brainard of Hartford. _____ Hartford Courant August 25, 1914 The funeral of EDgar T. Welles formerly of Hartford and son of Gideon Welles, secretary of the navy at the time of the Civil War, will be held at 10:30 o'clock this morning at his home, No. 550 Park avenue, New York; and the body will be brought to this city for burial this afternoon in the family lot in Cedar Hill cemetery. ____ American Civil War Soldiers Name: Edgar Welles RESIDENCE: Hartford, Connecticut Enlistment Date: 6 Aug 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Connecticut Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 6 August 1862. Enlisted in Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment Connecticut on 24 Aug 1862. Received a disability discharge from Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment Connecticut on 28 Nov 1862.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S11333] Cemetery inscriptions, Cedar Hill cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut. [S42018] Passport application, Edgar T. Welles. [S37549] Obituary, New York Times, Edgar T. Welles, (August 23, 1914). [S27807] LDS - International Genealogical Index, (Family History Center Files, Church of Latter Day Saints).