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| Name |
Henry Hanson Brigham |
| Born |
31 Aug 1868 |
Sharon, Walworth, Wisconsin  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biographical Information |
From the Historical encyclopedia of Illinois with commemorative biographies Chicago, Munsell publishing company, 1933.
Henry H. Brigham was born at Sharon, Wisconsin, August 31, 1868, a son of George F. and Aurilla (Douglass) Brigham. His is a very old family in America, dating back to Thomas Brigham who settled in Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1637.
George F. Brigham was a highly-respected resident at Sharon, Wisconsin. He was with the Chicago and North Western Railroad there for many years, and then became a minister of the Episcopal Church.
Henry H. Brigham attended public school at Sharon, and then entered the employ of the Chicago and North Western Railroad as a telegraph operator and local agent there. In 1893 he came to Chicago, where he was engaged in commercial railway and industrial traffic work until 1908, gaining in this field a very valuable experience.
In 1908 Mr. Brigham founded the North American Car Company of which he continued to be president as long as he lived. This business, under his strong and careful administration, became nationally recognized and very successful.
Mr. Brigham was married November 27, 1894, at Burlington, Wisconsin, to Miss Belle
Hanna, a daughter of Adams J. and Frances (Lane) Hanna, both of whom were members of old substantial families there. Mr. and Mrs. Brigham became the parents of three children: Erwin Risley Brigham, Edith Margaret (Mrs. James D. Swan, Junior), and Henry Hanna Brigham. The family residence has been maintained at Glencoe, Illinois, for nearly thirty years, and their summer home is at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Mr. Brigham also owned a large farming property in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
Mr. Brigham was senior warden of Saint Elizabeth's Church at Glencoe. He also belonged to the Union League Club, Traffic Club, Skokie Country Club, Big Foot Country Club, Rotary Club, and the Church Club of Chicago.
Deeply interested in civic affairs, he served on the school board in Glencoe, and, during the World War, was general chairman of the Glencoe War Emergency Union. He was a member of the Illinois Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, and a life member of the Chicago Historical Society.
Henry H. Brigham died January 4, 1930, in his sixty-second year. In all points of Christian character and business success his life was a most distinguished one.
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Henry Hanson Brigham
(left to right) (sitting) Richard Kinsella, John J. McGraw, Charles H. Stonehaw, Hugh Jennings, (standing) Henry H. Brigham, Assistant State's Attorney, and Hartley Replogle gathered in a large room, possibly in a courthouse, in Chicago, |
| Census |
1910 |
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1910 Brigham 7.
1910 US census, Cook, Illinois, enumeration district 57, Family Number 130, Brigham. |
| Library book: History of the Brigham Family |
750 |
| Occupation |
Founder of the North American Car Company. |
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North American Car Company
The Official Railway Equipment Register, October 1917, page 920. Issued by G. P. Conrad, Agent, New York. Henry is listed here as the company's president. |
| Died |
4 Jan 1930 |
Wisconsin |
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Henry Hanson Brigham Obituary.
Henry Hanson Brigham Obituary. From "The Minute Man". Newsletter of the Sons of the American Revolution in the State of Illinois. February 1930 pages 7 & 8. |
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Henry Brigham Car Company's President, Dies.
The Chicago Tribune, Sunday, January 5, 1930 page 16. |
| Buried |
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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Henry Hanson Brigham Headstone.
Henry Hanson Brigham Headstone. |
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Henry Hanson Brigham Family Plot.
Henry Hanson Brigham Family Plot. |
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Henry Hanson Brigham Family Plot.
Henry Hanson Brigham Family Plot. |
 Siblings |
5 siblings |
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| Person ID |
I4622 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2016 |
| Father |
Reverend George French Brigham, b. 18 Nov 1827, Fredonia, Chautauqua, New York , d. 15 Mar 1914, Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin (Age 86 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Aurilla E Douglass, b. 14 Jun 1829, Genesee County, New York , d. 7 Aug 1904, Sharon, Walworth, Wisconsin (Age 75 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Married |
13 Jun 1853 |
| Family ID |
F1490 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ethelyn Belle Hannas, b. 15 Dec 1872, Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin , d. 11 Jun 1957, Evanston, Cook, Illinois (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
27 Nov 1894 |
Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin |
| Children |
| | 1. Frances Elizabeth Brigham, b. 22 Jan 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois , d. 9 Oct 1896 (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Erwin Risley Brigham, b. 9 Apr 1897, Chicago, Cook, Illinois , d. 18 Mar 1933, Glencoe, Cook, Illinois (Age 35 years) [Birth] |
| | 3. Edith Brigham, b. 10 Jan 1902, Chicago, Cook, Illinois , d. 12 Feb 1902, Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Age 0 years) [Birth] |
| + | 4. Edith Margaret Brigham, b. 21 Jan 1903, Chicago, Cook, Illinois , d. 17 Nov 1976, Elkhorn, Walworth, Wisconsin (Age 73 years) [Birth] |
| | 5. Robert Hanna Brigham, b. 2 Jul 1907, Chicago, Cook, Illinois , d. 4 Jul 1907, Chicago, Cook, Illinois (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. Henry Hanna Brigham, Jr, b. 17 Aug 1909, Chicago, Cook, Illinois , d. 24 Oct 1959, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 50 years) [Birth] |
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| Last Modified |
11 Mar 2017 |
| Family ID |
F1784 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 31 Aug 1868 - Sharon, Walworth, Wisconsin |
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 | Married - 27 Nov 1894 - Burlington, Racine, Wisconsin |
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 | Died - 4 Jan 1930 - Wisconsin |
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 | Buried - - Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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