Name/Title
W.J.H. Pollard Estate Papers, 1895-1898Entry/Object ID
2016.035Scope and Content
Collection of papers relating to the Estate and investment activities of William John Henry Pollard, 1895-1898.
W.J.H. Pollard (the son of William Pollard and Harriet Haskell) was born May 26, 1824 in Preston, and died in Stonington, February 24, 1897. He married Ann Eliza Chesebrough in Stonington, November 1848.
Folder 1 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from Loan Brokers Bacon & Ells, 1896-1898
Folder 2 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from Law Firm Brandegee & Noyes, 1898
Folder 3 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from Bankers James N. Brown and Co., 1897
Folder 4 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from Investment Bankers Burnham, Trevitt & Mattis, 1897-1898.
Folder 5 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from the Concordia Loan and Trust Company, 1895-1898
Folder 6 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from Morton County Attorney, Kansas, 1897
Folder 7 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from Bankers R.L. Day & Co., 1897
Folder 8 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from the Equitable Securities Company, 1897
Folder 9 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from the Home National Bank (Meriden, CT), 1897
Folder 10 - correspondence regarding stock investments and insurance policies of W.J.H. Pollard, 1896-1897
Folder 11 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from the Lombard Debentures Trustees (Kansa City, MO), to Ann Eliza Pollard, 1897-1898
Folder 12 - correspondence regarding the Pollard Estate sent from investment banker Henry C. Wilson, 1897-1898
Folder 13 - miscellaneous correspondence and papers regarding the Pollard Estate, 1897
William John Henry Pollard, born in Preston 26 may 1824 died in Stonington 24 Feb 1897. Son of William Pollard and Harriet Haskell Pollard (later Mrs. Samuel B. Chesebro), both of Preston. Married Ann Eliza Chesebrough 16 Nov. 1848 and had one child, Fannie (wife of Capt. O. C. Griffin).
Pollard was the cashier of the Ocean Bank from 1851-1852, and its President 1882-1897. He was also a trustee of the Stonington Savings Bank, and Treasurer of the Town of Stonington from 1876-1896. Charles Phelps Williams, the first President of the Ocean Bank, so trusted him that he named him the sold executor of his estate, without bond.
In Wheeler's book "History of the Town of Stonington" - 'After a life of the most distinguished and eminent integrity and usefulness he d. Feb. 24, 1897, universally lamented by all who ever knew him, not only for his honesty, but also for his benevolence and liberal bestowal of the same without regard to sect or race.Collection
William John Henry Pollard Estate