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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