| 词条 | William Porter Burrall |
| 释义 |
| name = William Porter Burrall | image = | caption = | order1 = Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives | term1 = 1861–1862 1846–1846 1836–1836 | governor1 = | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | order2 = Member of the Connecticut State Senate for the 10th District | term_start2 = 1851 | term_end2 = 1851 | president2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut | term_start3 = 1841 | term_end3 = 1842 | predecessor3 = Charles Bostwick | successor3 = James C. Loomis | birth_date = {{birth date|1806|9|18}} | birth_place = Canaan, Connecticut | death_date = {{death date and age|1874|3|3|1806|9|18}} | death_place = Hartford, Connecticut | resting_place = | alma_mater = Yale College Litchfield Law School | party = | parents = William Morgan Burrall Abigail Porter Stoddard | spouse = {{marriage|Harriet Holley |1831|1874|reason=his death}} | children = 6 | relations = | profession = Politician, lawyer }} William Porter Burrall (September 18, 1806 – March 3, 1874) was an American politician and railroad executive. Early lifeBurrall was born on September 18, 1806 in Canaan, Conn. to Hon. William Morgan Burrall (1779–1856) and Abigail Porter Stoddard (1783–1813),[1] who had married November 4, 1803.[2] His siblings were Elizabeth Burrall (b. 1804), who married Edmond S. Belden, Edward Burrall (1809-1814), and Abigail S. Burrall (1811–1813), who both died young.[1] His paternal grandparents were William Burrall (1748–1825) and Elizabeth Morgan (1755–1829), of the Morgan family, who married in October 1774.[2] His mother was the only child of his maternal grandparents, Maj. Luther Stoddard (1746–1804) and Abigail Porter (1763–1797), who married in 1781. His grandmother's father was Dr. Joshua Porter (1730–1825), a 1754 graduate of Yale, fought in the Revolutionary War as a Colonel. He was at the head of his regiment in October 1777 when John Burgoyne surrendered his 6,000 men after the Battles of Saratoga. After the war, he was elected to various official positions for forty-eight consecutive years.[3] His maternal grand-uncles included Augustus Porter (1769–1849), a member of the New York State Assembly, and Peter Buell Porter (1773–1844), the United States Secretary of War.[4] After his grandmother's death, his grandfather married Mary Wheeler (1765–1853).[5] He graduated from Yale College in 1826.[6] CareerIn 1826, immediately upon graduation he began the study of the law with his father,[7] who had served in the Connecticut House of Representatives and Connecticut State Senate.[8] After one year, be entered the office of Hon. Samuel Church (afterwards Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court), in Salisbury, and subsequently attended a course of lectures at the Litchfield Law School, and was admitted to the bar of Litchfield County in April 1829.[9] He practiced law in his native town until October 1838, when he moved to Bridgeport, Conn., to undertake the Presidency of the Housatonic Railroad Company, then just organized. He held this office until 1852 or 1853, when he resigned in consequence of the pressure of other engagements. He was also connected with the N. Y. and N. H. Railroad during its construction and the earlier years of its operation, and at the same time, and later, with the Illinois Central Railroad, first as Treasurer, and afterwards as President.[6] In 1862, he was chosen Vice-President of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, and at the death of the President in 1868, succeeded to the vacant office, and finally became Vice-President of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, upon the consolidation of the companies. This position he retained with distinguished credit until his sudden death, from apoplexy, in Hartford, March 3, 1874. Public officeBurrall served as the Mayor of Bridgeport from 1841 until at least 1842.[10][11] He also served as a member of the Connecticut State Senate, representing the 10th District, in 1851 alongside Dwight Loomis.[12] After moving from Bridgeport to Salisbury, in 1859, he subsequently represented that town several times in the Connecticut General Assembly,[6] where he had served as Clerk of the Connecticut House of Representatives under Speaker Chauncey Fitch Cleveland.[13] Personal lifeIn May 9, 1831, he married his cousin, Harriet Holley (1808–1876), daughter of Sarah "Sally" Porter (1778–1816) and John M. Holley (1777–1836), of Salisbury, Connecticut. Harriet's maternal grandfather was his great-grandfather, Dr. Joshua Porter. They were the parents of six children:[4]
He died on March 3, 1874 in Hartford, Connecticut and was survived by his wife and five of his six children.[18][19] DescendantsHis grandson, through his daughter Sarah, was Henry Burrall Anderson (1863–1938), who attended St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, Yale University and Harvard Law School, and who became a prominent lawyer and partner at Anderson, Gesser, Ferris & Anderson.[20][21] References
1. ^{{cite book|last1=Hinman|first1=Royal Ralph|title=A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut: With the Time of Their Arrival in the Country and Colony, Their Standing in Society, Place of Residence, Condition in Life, where From, Business, &c., as Far as is Found on Record|date=1852|publisher=Case, Tiffany & Co.|location=Hartford, CT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KTkBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA421&lpg=PA421|accessdate=10 May 2017|language=en}} 2. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Morgan|first1=Nathaniel H.|title=Morgan Genealogy: A History of James Morgan, of New London, Conn., and His Descendants; from 1607 to 1869 ... With an Appendix Containing the History of His Brother, Miles Morgan, of Springfield, Mass.; and Some of His Descendants ...|date=1869|publisher=Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=itMxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49|accessdate=10 May 2017|language=en}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=The Late Col. Porter. Funeral of Col. P.A. Porter Sketch of his Life and Character |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1864/06/18/news/the-late-col-porter-funeral-of-col-pa-porter-sketch-of-his-life-and-character.html|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=18 June 1864}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Welles|first1=Albert|title=History of the Buell Family in England: From the Remotest Times Ascertainable from Our Ancient Histories, and in America, from Town, Parish, Church and Family Records. Illustrated with Portraits and Coat Armorial|date=1881|publisher=Society Library|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ma4aAAAAYAAJ&dq=Joshua+Porter+and+Abigail+Buell&source=gbs_navlinks_s|accessdate=10 May 2017|language=en}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Patterson|first1=David Williams|title=John Stoddard of Wethersfield, Conn., and His Descendants, 1642-1872: A Genealogy|date=1873|publisher=E.W. 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