death_place death_date religion birth_place children title relatives article_title parents birth_date spouse employer education birth_name occupation
deal , new jersey 30 june 1922 christian scientist orange , new jersey marie josephine hartford george huntington hartford ii founder and president george ludlum hartford john augustine hartford edward v. hartford
 george huntington hartford marie josephine ludium 28 may 1870 henrietta guerard pollitzer hartford suspension company stevens institute of technology edward vassallo hartford inventor
edward v. hartford

edward vassallo hartford -lrb- may 28 , 1870 - june 30 , 1922 -rrb- was the founder and president of the hartford suspension company who perfected the automobile shock absorber .
the middle son of a&p owner george huntington hartford and marie josephine ludium , edward was the only son not involved in day-to-day operations of the food chain .
however , starting in 1903 , he was secretary of the a&p corporation and along with his brothers george and john , he was also one of the three trustees who controlled the company 's stock after his father died .
hartford was married to henrietta guerard pollitzer -lrb- january 4 , 1881 - june 3 , 1948 -rrb- and had two children : marie josephine hartford -lrb- august 20 , 1902 - june 8 , 1992 -rrb- and huntington hartford -lrb- april 18 , 1911 - may 19 , 2008 -rrb- .
a christian scientist , he refused to see a doctor and died at age 51 .
