Sperry Park Genealogy - Person Sheet
Sperry Park Genealogy - Person Sheet
Notes for Milton Cleveland Isbell
Milton Cleveland Isbell
BIRTH
10 Nov 1870
Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH
21 Jul 1940 (aged 69)
Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL
Pine Grove Cemetery
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1st of 2 children of MILEDEN CLEAVELAND ISBELL & ALICE LOUISE SPERRY
Occupation: Judge (city court), Attorney at Law
Married (1): Nov 4, 1906, CORA AMANDA WAKELEE, Ansonia, New Haven, Connecticut
No children
Married (2): Jul 17, 1936, LOUISE (PECK) HIGBY, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
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Milton Cleaveland, son of Mileden Cleaveland Isbell, was born in Seymour, Connecticut, November 10, 1870. He attended the public schools of Ansonia in that state, and graduated from the Ansonia high school in the class of 1888. He then entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University and was graduated with the degree of Ph.B. in 1891; he was on the honor list of his class. He entered the Yale Law School in 1891 and graduated with the degree of LL.B. in 1893. He was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in January, 1894, and practiced in Milwaukee for a time. He returned to Connecticut and 1915 passed the bar examinations there in 1894, locating at Ansonia, where he has continued in general practice to the present time. He has been honored with various offices of trust and responsibility. He was house chairman of the committee on education in the general assembly, session of 1905, and a member of the committee on judiciary in the session of 1911. He has been presiding officer in the various Masonic bodies, including the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter, Council, and also in the Order of the Eastern Star and Amaranth. He was grand patron of the Grand Chapter of Connecticut, Order of the Eastern Star, in 1906. He has been president of the Ansonia High School Alumni Associations ince its organization in 1901, a member of the vestry of Christ Church since 1902, and belongs to several clubs. He was appointed in 1911 as deputy judge of the city court of Ansonia for two years.
He married, November 14, 1906, Cora Amanda Wakelee, born at Ansonia, January 16, 1875, daughter of Frank Watrous and Fannie (Platt) Wakelee, and granddaughter of William and Sarah (Oviatt) Platt, of Milford, and of Eli Hawkins and Eunice (Chatfield) Wakelee, of Ansonia. Watrous Clark Wakelee, father of Eli Hawkins Wakelee, was of Derby, Connecticut. His father was Freegift Wakelee, of Ripton Parish, Connecticut
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV
Family Members
Parents
Mileden Cleaveland Isbell
1842–1878
Alice Louise Sperry Ellis
1846–1908
Spouses
Cora Amanda Wakelee Isbell
1875–1935 (m. 1906)
Henrietta Louise Peck Higby Isbell
1873–1954 (m. 1936)
Siblings
John Alfred Isbell
1873–1965
BIRTH
10 Nov 1870
Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH
21 Jul 1940 (aged 69)
Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL
Pine Grove Cemetery
Ansonia, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
MEMORIAL ID
55402429 · View Source
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PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 2
1st of 2 children of MILEDEN CLEAVELAND ISBELL & ALICE LOUISE SPERRY
Occupation: Judge (city court), Attorney at Law
Married (1): Nov 4, 1906, CORA AMANDA WAKELEE, Ansonia, New Haven, Connecticut
No children
Married (2): Jul 17, 1936, LOUISE (PECK) HIGBY, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
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Milton Cleaveland, son of Mileden Cleaveland Isbell, was born in Seymour, Connecticut, November 10, 1870. He attended the public schools of Ansonia in that state, and graduated from the Ansonia high school in the class of 1888. He then entered the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University and was graduated with the degree of Ph.B. in 1891; he was on the honor list of his class. He entered the Yale Law School in 1891 and graduated with the degree of LL.B. in 1893. He was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in January, 1894, and practiced in Milwaukee for a time. He returned to Connecticut and 1915 passed the bar examinations there in 1894, locating at Ansonia, where he has continued in general practice to the present time. He has been honored with various offices of trust and responsibility. He was house chairman of the committee on education in the general assembly, session of 1905, and a member of the committee on judiciary in the session of 1911. He has been presiding officer in the various Masonic bodies, including the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter, Council, and also in the Order of the Eastern Star and Amaranth. He was grand patron of the Grand Chapter of Connecticut, Order of the Eastern Star, in 1906. He has been president of the Ansonia High School Alumni Associations ince its organization in 1901, a member of the vestry of Christ Church since 1902, and belongs to several clubs. He was appointed in 1911 as deputy judge of the city court of Ansonia for two years.
He married, November 14, 1906, Cora Amanda Wakelee, born at Ansonia, January 16, 1875, daughter of Frank Watrous and Fannie (Platt) Wakelee, and granddaughter of William and Sarah (Oviatt) Platt, of Milford, and of Eli Hawkins and Eunice (Chatfield) Wakelee, of Ansonia. Watrous Clark Wakelee, father of Eli Hawkins Wakelee, was of Derby, Connecticut. His father was Freegift Wakelee, of Ripton Parish, Connecticut
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Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV
Family Members
Parents
Mileden Cleaveland Isbell
1842–1878
Alice Louise Sperry Ellis
1846–1908
Spouses
Cora Amanda Wakelee Isbell
1875–1935 (m. 1906)
Henrietta Louise Peck Higby Isbell
1873–1954 (m. 1936)
Siblings
John Alfred Isbell
1873–1965