Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-07-06
AN OLD RESIDENT GONE.

AN~VAD HSxDHNA ~ONH ]
Death OF Albert Il. Mallory Yesterday
"A Man of Sterling Enterprise and |
Andomttable Perseverance-ASk Sketch |
or His Career-Iis Strong and Res
olute Character and other Personal
ira1ts-T1mes Long Before the War
Recalled.
Mr.. Albert B. Mallory of this city, after
an illness of several months, died Wednes-
day afternoon. He was born in Westville |
In 1914, and afterwards moved to this
city with the family of Mr.. George Morse
and resided on Crown street. He attended
Mr.. Lovell's school when it was first
opened, under the old Methodist church.
After becoming of age he married Miss
Grace Sherwood, and was engaged by
Messrs. Charles and William Shelton to 20
out to Wilmington, N. G., as clerk in
general store they owned in that city.
After remsining there several seasons as
clerk and collector, travelling through the
state, he was upon the withdrawal of Mr..
Charles Shelton taken into partnership by
Mr. William Shelton, and remained there
another year, when their sffairs were set
tied up.
After returning north they decided to
buy the mill privilege above where the
Diamond Match company are now located,
and paper mill was built by the firm, but
the building was soon after destroyed by
fire. Mr.. Shelton then withdrew from the
enterprise and Mr.. Mallory rebuilt the mill
and conducted 1t alone. Fire again de.
stroyed his business, but with the energy
and pluck born in one raised in the 'Nut-
meg state" the mill WAS once more rebuilt
and successful business again was estab.
lished.
He at this time bought another paper
mill at Madison, and conducted both fac
tories, about this time the war broke out
ald crippled all kinds of business, and his
brother who was the manager of Burton
Mallory the well known firm of Daven-
port, Mallory & Co., lock manufacturers,
induced Albert to enter the firm ss
partner In the firm. His part of the bust
ness was as mechanical superintendent,
and his management and Judgment was
often referred to by his brother as being
wise, judioious and fsr-sighted. Mr.. A.
B. Mallory often narrated an incident
| which happened at the time in the bust
/ ness. which was quite interesting. When
in New York city on business he stopped
over night at French's hotel in Park row,
/ seated in the reading room when John
Hotchkiss of Westville entered and after
| joking and talking about various subjects
pulled out of his pocket what he said was
| and which appeared to be door knob of
| wood. He asked the men present what
| kind of wood it was and to cut it lat that
period all knobs were of brass) Several
| tried and turned the edge of their knives,
| to his Amusement. It was a clay knob,
| now called mineral door knob, which has
| become world wide in use. Millions of
these knobs have been made since and the
| firm made large amount of money from
| the invention.
| Albert Mallory remained with the lock
| business until the close of the war in 1865,
| when he resumed the manufacture of ps-
per in Westville, at one time with great
| success, but by combination of adverse
| circumstances and influences his business
diminished and he lost considerable prop
erty. About this time he was thrown
from his buggy and for several years was
unable to attend to any business, his in
6rmities finally obliging him to remain in
! doors, and although being a cripple and
blind his patience and cheert dlness were q
constant source of pleasure to his friends
| and relatives.
Mr.. Mallory was one of the early mem
bers of st. Thomas Episcopal church, hay
ing been one of the first Yestry elected
in that parish.
He was life long resident Of Whalley
avenue and did much toward improving
and identifying that part of the city.
Many of the present citizens can remem
Der the skating pond at Hamilton parl
which through Mr.. Mallory's zeal and en-
ergy was fine success for several seasons
He leaves a widow, who was recently
| stricken by paralysis and who is now very
Ill.
His children are two sons, A. B. IT., ant
George H., and four daughters, Mrs. E
Littlejohn, Mrs. E. s. Barber, Mrs. G.. W
Hutohins and Miss Laura S. Mallory.
The funeral services will be at the hous
of Mr.. Elliott L,ttlejohn, No 81 Lax
Place, Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
When Mr.. Mallory was in business il
Wilmington his trips back and forth wer
t | made by weasel from New York, as Their
were no steamers plying between the tw
: cities. In the fall of 1910 after the cleo
j, ton of President William 81. Harrison, Mr.
. Mallory drove team of horses from New
Haven south, and although it Was a montl
after the election no one on the route knew
{ | who had been elected and they were great
| ly surprised in the south to hear that 1t wa
believed in the north that Harrison hat
been elected. One southerner offered t.
, bet large sum that Van Buren, had beef
elected, and came to Mr.. Mallory for ad
vice, but he told him that he had bette
not bet, as from the evidence Of the peopl
on his route from the north there WASH
any doubt but that General Harrison hat
been elected president.
Can we at this time imagine waiting
month for the presidential returns to com
ina
OF to milwaukee,.
Nine members of the New Haven Turl