Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
FORMER THOMPSON
MAN HONORED
Hartford Bar Association PAYS
Tribute to Late George o.
Brott
His Mother Was Daughter of Jere-
miah Olney

A meeting of the Hartford County
Bar was held last Friday to take &C
tion on the deaths of Stanley w. Ed
wards and Charles o. Brott, who died
during the summer. Mr.. Brott was
formerly of Thompson.
Mr.. Brott was born at Calhoun,
Miss, on March 4, 1867. descending.
on his fathers side, from one of the
earliest Dutch settlers of New York,
Aarandt Van Bradt, and his mother,
Lucy E. olney. daughter of jeremiah
Olney of Thompson, came from a
well-known and sturdy New England
family. He prepared for college at
Deans Academy, Franklin, Mass.
from which he graduated in 1884 He
received his B. A. from Yale in 1883,
and for Yale, throughout his life, he
had great enthusiasm and interest
and sincere affection. His legal ed
ueation was acquired at the Columbia
Law School of New York. where he
was admitted to the, bar in 1890. AT
ter praeticing for four years in New
\ ork city he went to Hartford and
became a member of this bar in 1894
Since then he had been an active
practitioner in Hartford until the very
moment of his death. August 4, 1919,
the end coming suddenly when he was
oh -
1904 until 1909 he was associated
with Edward B. Bennett under the
firm name of Bennett & Brott, and
upon the retirement of Judge Bennett
from active practice he formed CO.
partnership with George j. Stoner,
which continued until Mr.. Brott's
death.
He was a competent and conscien-
tious lawyer, and as practitioner
was ever the quiet, courteous gentle
man-thoughtful and studioys in be-
half of his clients. They attested his
good qualities and his devotion to
their interests by their loyalty and
continued clientage. His qualities
were such that he was particularly
successful as an advisor and counsel
lor and was very skillful and effective
in inducing litigants to compromise
their difficulties, his saneness and
cheerfulness doing much to dispel the
rancor that so often actuates a con-
troversy He had an analytical mind
and was much interested in mathe-
MATES, and he enjoyed solving
mathematics. While he was firm in
his convictions, and honest to them,
in his own behalf and in behalf of
clients, he possessed the unusual abil-
ity of stoutly holding his stand with
out exciting animosity or argument;
thus he escaped many of the unpleas-
ant incidents of active practice, and
retained the regard of his adversaries.
Mr.. Brott was active in Masonic
fraternal orders and was much de-
voted to the same He was mem
Der of all the local affiliated Masonic
organizations, and they all placed MN
in positions of honor and trust The
| master of his lodge and eminent com
| mander of Washington Commandery,
| he was distinguished by being at some
time the head of each Masonic organ
| ization of which he was member He
| took an active part in civic and point
| zeal affairs, was member of the
| Board of Aldermen of the city of
| Hartford from 1897-1899, and coun-
Gilman from 1896 to 1867. In politics
| he was an ardent republican, and for
a number of years was member OF
the republican town committee, rep
| resenting the Eighth ward effectively
! and satisfactorily.