Dupee, Henry E.
HENRY E. DUPEE

     Henry E. Dupee has for a number of years been actively and successfully engaged in speculative building in New Haven and through that avenue has contributed much to the improvement of the city, while at the same time as the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well.
     A native son of Connecticut, he was born at Stratford, January 22, 1872, a son of George H. and Loretta (Washburn) Dupee. He comes of French ancestry that was early established in New England, representatives of the name arriving in the early part of the seventeenth century. In early life George H. Dupee learned the machinist's trade, which he followed successfully both in New Haven and in Waltham, Massachusetts, up to the time when he retired from active life. He was a son of George H. Dupee, Sr., who was a department superintendent with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company for fifteen years. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Dupee are living in New Haven. There were four children of that marriage: Henry E.; Edward T., who is with the Winchester Arms Company of New Haven; Frank C., who is a foreman with the Winchester Arms Company; and Emma, wife of Jesse Whitmore, also of New Haven.
     In his boyhood days Henry E. Dupee was a pupil in the public schools of New Haven and later learned the builder's trade with the firm of Johnson & Company. Subsequently he entered the employ of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, with which he con-tinued until 1904, when he embarked in the real estate and building business on his own account. He turned his attention to speculative building, purchasing vacant property and erecting homes thereon, disposing of these for the most part to interested parties. However, he still has large holdings in valuable income-bearing properties and his investments are written in large figures. Today as the result of his industry and thrift he is in very comfortable financial circumstances and his prosperity is the more creditable as it has been acquired entirely through individual effort.
     On the 29th of June, 1892, Mr. Dupee was married to Miss Anna S. Fleming, of New Haven, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fleming, of this city. They have become the parents of three children. Raymond H., who was born in New Haven October 1, 1895, was graduated from the grammar schools and Stone Business College and is associated with his father. He married Edith Minson, of New Haven, by whom he has a son, Raymond Henry Eugene. Laura Anna Dupee, the second of the family, was born in New Haven on April 12, 1899, and is a graduate of the Hillhouse high school and Stone Business College. Evelyn Eugenie was born February 20, 1917, and completes the family.
     In politics Mr. Dupee is a stalwart republican and belongs to the Young Men's Re-publican Club. He has served on the board of relief in New Haven and he was appointed by the late Mayor Rice chairman of the independent state committee. He belongs to the Second Regiment of the Governor's Foot Guard, serving under Major John B. Kennedy, and his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Episcopal church. He is a progressive man in all that he undertakes, and in all of his relations and in his business career he has made an excellent record as one who has wisely used his time, his talents and his opportunities and has thus advanced from a comparatively obscure position to one of considerable prominence. His place in building circles is an enviable one and the financial results which accrued have placed him with the substantial citizens of New Haven.
 
 

Modern History of New Haven
and 
Eastern New Haven County

Illustrated

Volume II

New York – Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 
1918

pgs 596 - 597 

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