Oliver J Thrall

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Chaiman of the Zoning Commission, and of the Town Planning Board
• Occupation: Farmer
• Occupation: President of the Windsor Shade Tobacco Company
• Religion: Congregationalist

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Occupation:
Began his career in tobacco just before the turn of the century. They were raising Havana Seed tobacco then. He had attended business college in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. OLIVER has been a very active business man and not only has, with his son, a large tobacco raising operation, but one of the country's finest herds of Holstein cattle. The Thralls should be counted among the pioneers in growing the Connecticut shade tobacco, which has proven the finest cigar wrapper
of today. OLIVER brought to the ancestral farm, a heard of the finest available dairy cattle. In 1965 the two large cow barns and great silos were models of perfection in the dairy industry.

Oliver married Mammie L Clark on 2 May 1908 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Mammie (daughter of ? Clark) was born on 22 Apr 1889; died after 1965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph and his father are partners in a large tobacco farm. He attended The Loomis School and graduated from Yale. Joseph is tall, lean and perhaps what we picture as a typical Yankee. He knows the tobacco business and has done well with it, being a large producer of Shade Grown wrapper tobacco. His wife, Marian, takes real interest in both tobacco and cattle and keeps the records. Joseph and Marian have a place in Florida where they spend some time in the winter, but the farm is so beautifully located on the Fannington River, one never needs leave in sunnier. The house overlooks Hoyts Meadow where the first Thrall in America tilled the soil that Joseph is tilling today. The movie "Parrish" depicting the life and growth of Shade Tobacco, was made on the Thrall farm (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0055279/?fr=c2l0ZT11a3xteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9cGFycmlzaHxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=122;fm=1).

Joseph married Marian H Gilman on 25 Apr 1936 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Marian was born on 1 Jul 1917 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Election: 1943

Notes:

Election:
The first woman to be elected to the Connecticut General Assembly from Windsor in 1943.

Hazel married Francis J Sullivan on 7 Nov 1937 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Francis and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Shirley married Francis Hugot on 2 Apr 1958 in Paris, Rhône-Alpes, France. Francis and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]