Married Julia Elizabeth (Clark) Farrel 30 Oct 1894 Savoy Chapel, London, England (She was widow of Alton Farrel, Sr.)
NOTE: Image of this article found on line was very difficult to read.CHARLES BROOKER COPPER MAGNATE, DIES IN FLORIDA
Ansonia Man Was Father of American Brass Company -- Active in Politics
Mr. Brooker who ... more copper than any other individual in the world died in his suite in a hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida yesterday. ...he went to Florida November 17 in the hope the climate would benefit him.
About a week after his arrival he suffered a slight stroke and a few days later collapsed into unconsciousness, Last Friday he rallied somewhat and his physicians believed he might recover, but early yesterday his condition grew worse and death came shortly after.
With him when the end came was Alton Farrel, stepson who was ..., two nephews and two nieces all of whom ... in Connecticut. Mrs. Booker died in 1917.
... Mr. Brooker was Connecticut born, bred and educated. His native place was Litchfield in the lower Berkshire hills and his natal day was March 4, 1847. His schooling was at Litchfield and Torrington, and in 1911 Yale university [sic] on him the honorary degree of Master of Aris in recognition of his prominence in the metal industry. He married Mrs. Julia E. Clarke Farrel, of Ansonia, in London, Oct. 30, 1894. ...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, CT - 21 Dec 1926
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Special Train Brings Heads of Industries to Ansonia for Last Rites
Ansonia. Dec. 21 -- (AP) -- Attended by scores of men prominent in business and political circles both in Connecticut and outside its boundaries, the funeral of Charles F. Brooker, chairman of the board of directors of the American Brass company, was held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at Christ church. Mr. Brooker died in Daytona, Fla., Monday.
The officiating clergymen at the church were Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster and Bishop Coadjutor E. Campion Achesus of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut. Rev. Dr. George A. Barrow, rector of Christ church and Rev. J. C. Linsley of Torrington. Burial will be in the family plot in Torrington tomorrow morning.
Never before in the history of this city has so large a body of distinguished men from various parts of the country paid tribute to a citizen as that which attended the funeral of Mr. Brooker.
The services at the church were of a simple but impressive nature there being no eulogy. The body of Connecticut's great copper magnate which was brought from New Haven this morning following its arrival there from Daytona, Fla., rested in a metallic casket finished in gray. Magnificent floral tributes from friends of Mr. Brooker in all parts of the country covered the casket on which rested an especially beautiful spray of rare orchids. The wealth of flowers included many tributes from New York, Chicago and other cities.
The special train conveying friends of Mr. Brooker from New York and points south and west reached Ansonia at 12:45 o'clock and attached to it was as special coach in which rode John D. Ryan and Cornelius Kelly of the Anaconda Copper company and their guests.
A fleet of automobiles was in waiting at the station and the visitors were taken to the Masonic Temple, where a repast was served them. Besides those who arrived by train were many friends of Mr. Brooker from New Haven, Hartford and other Connecticut cities and neighboring states who arrived by auto.
Interment In Torrington.
Fifteen police officers were on duty at the Brooker residence and at Christ Church and vicinity. Streets over which the funeral cortege passed were closed to traffic.
The funeral cortege proceeded to the church from the Brooker residence, where the body was taken after its arrival. The large stone edifice was filled nearly to capacity by the distinguished assemblage, which included many of the leading business men and manufacturers of the associated towns as well as from other parts of the Naugatuck valley.
Following the services the remains of Mr. Brooker were taken by auto to Torrington, where interment will be made tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the family plot in Hillside cemetery. Only the immediate friends and relatives of the deceased accompanied the remains to Torrington.
The special train from New York left Ansonia on its return immediately after the conclusion of the funeral service at 3:30.
The Union League club of New York of which Mr. Brooker was a member yesterday named a committee of [sic] members to attend the funeral service of Mr. Brooker. The members included ...
This city's main streets were decorated with many fags at half staff today in tribute to the memory of the its first citizen. During the funeral hour all mills of the American Brass company were closed. Many of the city's stores and other places of business also ceased their activities from [sic] to 4:30 this afternoon.
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, CT - 26 Dec 1926
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CHARLES FREDERICK BROOKER
Charles Frederick Brooker, former president and chairman of the board of directors of American Brass Company, was born March 4, 1847, at Litchfield, Conn., the son of Martin Cook Brooker and Sarah Maria (Seymour) Brooker. His death occurred December 20, 1926. The Brooker family came from England near the end of the 17th century. John Brooker was an important figure in the history of the town of Guilford as early as 1695.
Charles F. Brooker received his education in the common schools at Litchfield and Torrington. In 1911, Yale University conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in recognition of his prominence in the metal industry.
Mr. Brooker entered the manufacturing business in 1864, when but 17 years if age, as bookkeeper for The Coe Brass Manufacturing Company of Torrington, and he probed so useful there that in 1870 he was made secretary of the company. The great success of the brass industry in the Naugatuck valley is a story of surpassing interest, and Mr. Brooker played a leading part in its vast development. His uncle, Hon. Lyman W. Coe, devoted his life to upbuilding the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company, and at his death, in 1893, Mr. Brooker succeeded him in the presidency, stepping naturally into a position whose duties and responsibilities had largely fallen upon him during Mr. Coe's later years. It was Mr. Brooker who brought together the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company of Torrington and Ansonia, of which he was president, the Waterbury Brass Company, Benedict and Burnham Manufacturing Company and Holmes, Booth and Hayden Company, all of Waterbury; the Ansonia Brass and Copper Company of Ansonia, under one organization, which became the American Brass Company.
He was president, and retained the office 20 years, when he became chairman of the board of directors. He kept the latter office after the company had been purchased by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. He was director in many corporations, including Anaconda Copper Mining Company /chili Copper Company, Chile Exploration Company and US Smelting and Refining Company. The family interests were also in the Farrel Foundry and Machine Company of Ansonia, in which his Stepson, Colonel Alton Farrel, was interested.
In the course of his very interesting career, Mr. Brooker also became a factor in Connecticut politics and from 1900 to 1916 he was Connecticut member of the Republican National Committee, serving on its executive committee from 1904 to 1908. He was a member if the Republican State Central Committee for some time and was usually a delegate to the republican state convention.
He was also a member of the constitutional convention in 1902. Mr. Brooker was in the state legislature twice, in the House in 1875 and in the Senate in 1893. His views in legislation relating to the brass and copper industry frequently were sought in Washington. For many years Mr. Brooker was a director of the New Haven Railroad.
Mr. Brooker was a former governor of the New England Society of Colonial Wars in Connecticut; a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce; the American Geographical Society; the New England Society of New York; Royal Society of Arts of London; the National Geographic Society; and the Sons of the American Revolution. His clubs included the Union League, Bankers, Engineers, Yale Club, Railroad, New York. For many years he was a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church, Ansonia.
Mr. Brooker had many philanthropies to which he gave freely of time and money, including he New Haven Anti-Tuberculosis Society, better known a Gaylord Farm Sanatora, at Wallingford, one of the first open air institutions for treatment of adults in this country; the Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial of Torrington, in memory of his mother, and others.
Mr. Brooker married Mrs. Julia E. Clarke Farrel of Ansonia, in London, October 30, 1894.
Tercentenary pictorial and history of the lower Naugatuck Valley; pp. 248, 249.
NOTE: Image of this article found on line was very difficult to read.CHARLES BROOKER COPPER MAGNATE, DIES IN FLORIDA
Ansonia Man Was Father of American Brass Company -- Active in Politics
Mr. Brooker who ... more copper than any other individual in the world died in his suite in a hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida yesterday. ...he went to Florida November 17 in the hope the climate would benefit him.
About a week after his arrival he suffered a slight stroke and a few days later collapsed into unconsciousness, Last Friday he rallied somewhat and his physicians believed he might recover, but early yesterday his condition grew worse and death came shortly after.
With him when the end came was Alton Farrel, stepson who was ..., two nephews and two nieces all of whom ... in Connecticut. Mrs. Booker died in 1917.
... Mr. Brooker was Connecticut born, bred and educated. His native place was Litchfield in the lower Berkshire hills and his natal day was March 4, 1847. His schooling was at Litchfield and Torrington, and in 1911 Yale university [sic] on him the honorary degree of Master of Aris in recognition of his prominence in the metal industry. He married Mrs. Julia E. Clarke Farrel, of Ansonia, in London, Oct. 30, 1894. ...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, CT - 21 Dec 1926
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Special Train Brings Heads of Industries to Ansonia for Last Rites
Ansonia. Dec. 21 -- (AP) -- Attended by scores of men prominent in business and political circles both in Connecticut and outside its boundaries, the funeral of Charles F. Brooker, chairman of the board of directors of the American Brass company, was held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at Christ church. Mr. Brooker died in Daytona, Fla., Monday.
The officiating clergymen at the church were Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster and Bishop Coadjutor E. Campion Achesus of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut. Rev. Dr. George A. Barrow, rector of Christ church and Rev. J. C. Linsley of Torrington. Burial will be in the family plot in Torrington tomorrow morning.
Never before in the history of this city has so large a body of distinguished men from various parts of the country paid tribute to a citizen as that which attended the funeral of Mr. Brooker.
The services at the church were of a simple but impressive nature there being no eulogy. The body of Connecticut's great copper magnate which was brought from New Haven this morning following its arrival there from Daytona, Fla., rested in a metallic casket finished in gray. Magnificent floral tributes from friends of Mr. Brooker in all parts of the country covered the casket on which rested an especially beautiful spray of rare orchids. The wealth of flowers included many tributes from New York, Chicago and other cities.
The special train conveying friends of Mr. Brooker from New York and points south and west reached Ansonia at 12:45 o'clock and attached to it was as special coach in which rode John D. Ryan and Cornelius Kelly of the Anaconda Copper company and their guests.
A fleet of automobiles was in waiting at the station and the visitors were taken to the Masonic Temple, where a repast was served them. Besides those who arrived by train were many friends of Mr. Brooker from New Haven, Hartford and other Connecticut cities and neighboring states who arrived by auto.
Interment In Torrington.
Fifteen police officers were on duty at the Brooker residence and at Christ Church and vicinity. Streets over which the funeral cortege passed were closed to traffic.
The funeral cortege proceeded to the church from the Brooker residence, where the body was taken after its arrival. The large stone edifice was filled nearly to capacity by the distinguished assemblage, which included many of the leading business men and manufacturers of the associated towns as well as from other parts of the Naugatuck valley.
Following the services the remains of Mr. Brooker were taken by auto to Torrington, where interment will be made tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the family plot in Hillside cemetery. Only the immediate friends and relatives of the deceased accompanied the remains to Torrington.
The special train from New York left Ansonia on its return immediately after the conclusion of the funeral service at 3:30.
The Union League club of New York of which Mr. Brooker was a member yesterday named a committee of [sic] members to attend the funeral service of Mr. Brooker. The members included ...
This city's main streets were decorated with many fags at half staff today in tribute to the memory of the its first citizen. During the funeral hour all mills of the American Brass company were closed. Many of the city's stores and other places of business also ceased their activities from [sic] to 4:30 this afternoon.
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, CT - 26 Dec 1926
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CHARLES FREDERICK BROOKER
Charles Frederick Brooker, former president and chairman of the board of directors of American Brass Company, was born March 4, 1847, at Litchfield, Conn., the son of Martin Cook Brooker and Sarah Maria (Seymour) Brooker. His death occurred December 20, 1926. The Brooker family came from England near the end of the 17th century. John Brooker was an important figure in the history of the town of Guilford as early as 1695.
Charles F. Brooker received his education in the common schools at Litchfield and Torrington. In 1911, Yale University conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in recognition of his prominence in the metal industry.
Mr. Brooker entered the manufacturing business in 1864, when but 17 years if age, as bookkeeper for The Coe Brass Manufacturing Company of Torrington, and he probed so useful there that in 1870 he was made secretary of the company. The great success of the brass industry in the Naugatuck valley is a story of surpassing interest, and Mr. Brooker played a leading part in its vast development. His uncle, Hon. Lyman W. Coe, devoted his life to upbuilding the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company, and at his death, in 1893, Mr. Brooker succeeded him in the presidency, stepping naturally into a position whose duties and responsibilities had largely fallen upon him during Mr. Coe's later years. It was Mr. Brooker who brought together the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company of Torrington and Ansonia, of which he was president, the Waterbury Brass Company, Benedict and Burnham Manufacturing Company and Holmes, Booth and Hayden Company, all of Waterbury; the Ansonia Brass and Copper Company of Ansonia, under one organization, which became the American Brass Company.
He was president, and retained the office 20 years, when he became chairman of the board of directors. He kept the latter office after the company had been purchased by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. He was director in many corporations, including Anaconda Copper Mining Company /chili Copper Company, Chile Exploration Company and US Smelting and Refining Company. The family interests were also in the Farrel Foundry and Machine Company of Ansonia, in which his Stepson, Colonel Alton Farrel, was interested.
In the course of his very interesting career, Mr. Brooker also became a factor in Connecticut politics and from 1900 to 1916 he was Connecticut member of the Republican National Committee, serving on its executive committee from 1904 to 1908. He was a member if the Republican State Central Committee for some time and was usually a delegate to the republican state convention.
He was also a member of the constitutional convention in 1902. Mr. Brooker was in the state legislature twice, in the House in 1875 and in the Senate in 1893. His views in legislation relating to the brass and copper industry frequently were sought in Washington. For many years Mr. Brooker was a director of the New Haven Railroad.
Mr. Brooker was a former governor of the New England Society of Colonial Wars in Connecticut; a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce; the American Geographical Society; the New England Society of New York; Royal Society of Arts of London; the National Geographic Society; and the Sons of the American Revolution. His clubs included the Union League, Bankers, Engineers, Yale Club, Railroad, New York. For many years he was a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church, Ansonia.
Mr. Brooker had many philanthropies to which he gave freely of time and money, including he New Haven Anti-Tuberculosis Society, better known a Gaylord Farm Sanatora, at Wallingford, one of the first open air institutions for treatment of adults in this country; the Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial of Torrington, in memory of his mother, and others.
Mr. Brooker married Mrs. Julia E. Clarke Farrel of Ansonia, in London, October 30, 1894.
Tercentenary pictorial and history of the lower Naugatuck Valley; pp. 248, 249.
Married Julia Elizabeth (Clark) Farrel 30 Oct 1894 Savoy Chapel, London, England (She was widow of Alton Farrel, Sr.)
NOTE: Image of this article found on line was very difficult to read.CHARLES BROOKER COPPER MAGNATE, DIES IN FLORIDA
Ansonia Man Was Father of American Brass Company -- Active in Politics
Mr. Brooker who ... more copper than any other individual in the world died in his suite in a hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida yesterday. ...he went to Florida November 17 in the hope the climate would benefit him.
About a week after his arrival he suffered a slight stroke and a few days later collapsed into unconsciousness, Last Friday he rallied somewhat and his physicians believed he might recover, but early yesterday his condition grew worse and death came shortly after.
With him when the end came was Alton Farrel, stepson who was ..., two nephews and two nieces all of whom ... in Connecticut. Mrs. Booker died in 1917.
... Mr. Brooker was Connecticut born, bred and educated. His native place was Litchfield in the lower Berkshire hills and his natal day was March 4, 1847. His schooling was at Litchfield and Torrington, and in 1911 Yale university [sic] on him the honorary degree of Master of Aris in recognition of his prominence in the metal industry. He married Mrs. Julia E. Clarke Farrel, of Ansonia, in London, Oct. 30, 1894. ...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, CT - 21 Dec 1926
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Special Train Brings Heads of Industries to Ansonia for Last Rites
Ansonia. Dec. 21 -- (AP) -- Attended by scores of men prominent in business and political circles both in Connecticut and outside its boundaries, the funeral of Charles F. Brooker, chairman of the board of directors of the American Brass company, was held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at Christ church. Mr. Brooker died in Daytona, Fla., Monday.
The officiating clergymen at the church were Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster and Bishop Coadjutor E. Campion Achesus of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut. Rev. Dr. George A. Barrow, rector of Christ church and Rev. J. C. Linsley of Torrington. Burial will be in the family plot in Torrington tomorrow morning.
Never before in the history of this city has so large a body of distinguished men from various parts of the country paid tribute to a citizen as that which attended the funeral of Mr. Brooker.
The services at the church were of a simple but impressive nature there being no eulogy. The body of Connecticut's great copper magnate which was brought from New Haven this morning following its arrival there from Daytona, Fla., rested in a metallic casket finished in gray. Magnificent floral tributes from friends of Mr. Brooker in all parts of the country covered the casket on which rested an especially beautiful spray of rare orchids. The wealth of flowers included many tributes from New York, Chicago and other cities.
The special train conveying friends of Mr. Brooker from New York and points south and west reached Ansonia at 12:45 o'clock and attached to it was as special coach in which rode John D. Ryan and Cornelius Kelly of the Anaconda Copper company and their guests.
A fleet of automobiles was in waiting at the station and the visitors were taken to the Masonic Temple, where a repast was served them. Besides those who arrived by train were many friends of Mr. Brooker from New Haven, Hartford and other Connecticut cities and neighboring states who arrived by auto.
Interment In Torrington.
Fifteen police officers were on duty at the Brooker residence and at Christ Church and vicinity. Streets over which the funeral cortege passed were closed to traffic.
The funeral cortege proceeded to the church from the Brooker residence, where the body was taken after its arrival. The large stone edifice was filled nearly to capacity by the distinguished assemblage, which included many of the leading business men and manufacturers of the associated towns as well as from other parts of the Naugatuck valley.
Following the services the remains of Mr. Brooker were taken by auto to Torrington, where interment will be made tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the family plot in Hillside cemetery. Only the immediate friends and relatives of the deceased accompanied the remains to Torrington.
The special train from New York left Ansonia on its return immediately after the conclusion of the funeral service at 3:30.
The Union League club of New York of which Mr. Brooker was a member yesterday named a committee of [sic] members to attend the funeral service of Mr. Brooker. The members included ...
This city's main streets were decorated with many fags at half staff today in tribute to the memory of the its first citizen. During the funeral hour all mills of the American Brass company were closed. Many of the city's stores and other places of business also ceased their activities from [sic] to 4:30 this afternoon.
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, CT - 26 Dec 1926
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CHARLES FREDERICK BROOKER
Charles Frederick Brooker, former president and chairman of the board of directors of American Brass Company, was born March 4, 1847, at Litchfield, Conn., the son of Martin Cook Brooker and Sarah Maria (Seymour) Brooker. His death occurred December 20, 1926. The Brooker family came from England near the end of the 17th century. John Brooker was an important figure in the history of the town of Guilford as early as 1695.
Charles F. Brooker received his education in the common schools at Litchfield and Torrington. In 1911, Yale University conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in recognition of his prominence in the metal industry.
Mr. Brooker entered the manufacturing business in 1864, when but 17 years if age, as bookkeeper for The Coe Brass Manufacturing Company of Torrington, and he probed so useful there that in 1870 he was made secretary of the company. The great success of the brass industry in the Naugatuck valley is a story of surpassing interest, and Mr. Brooker played a leading part in its vast development. His uncle, Hon. Lyman W. Coe, devoted his life to upbuilding the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company, and at his death, in 1893, Mr. Brooker succeeded him in the presidency, stepping naturally into a position whose duties and responsibilities had largely fallen upon him during Mr. Coe's later years. It was Mr. Brooker who brought together the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company of Torrington and Ansonia, of which he was president, the Waterbury Brass Company, Benedict and Burnham Manufacturing Company and Holmes, Booth and Hayden Company, all of Waterbury; the Ansonia Brass and Copper Company of Ansonia, under one organization, which became the American Brass Company.
He was president, and retained the office 20 years, when he became chairman of the board of directors. He kept the latter office after the company had been purchased by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. He was director in many corporations, including Anaconda Copper Mining Company /chili Copper Company, Chile Exploration Company and US Smelting and Refining Company. The family interests were also in the Farrel Foundry and Machine Company of Ansonia, in which his Stepson, Colonel Alton Farrel, was interested.
In the course of his very interesting career, Mr. Brooker also became a factor in Connecticut politics and from 1900 to 1916 he was Connecticut member of the Republican National Committee, serving on its executive committee from 1904 to 1908. He was a member if the Republican State Central Committee for some time and was usually a delegate to the republican state convention.
He was also a member of the constitutional convention in 1902. Mr. Brooker was in the state legislature twice, in the House in 1875 and in the Senate in 1893. His views in legislation relating to the brass and copper industry frequently were sought in Washington. For many years Mr. Brooker was a director of the New Haven Railroad.
Mr. Brooker was a former governor of the New England Society of Colonial Wars in Connecticut; a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce; the American Geographical Society; the New England Society of New York; Royal Society of Arts of London; the National Geographic Society; and the Sons of the American Revolution. His clubs included the Union League, Bankers, Engineers, Yale Club, Railroad, New York. For many years he was a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church, Ansonia.
Mr. Brooker had many philanthropies to which he gave freely of time and money, including he New Haven Anti-Tuberculosis Society, better known a Gaylord Farm Sanatora, at Wallingford, one of the first open air institutions for treatment of adults in this country; the Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial of Torrington, in memory of his mother, and others.
Mr. Brooker married Mrs. Julia E. Clarke Farrel of Ansonia, in London, October 30, 1894.
Tercentenary pictorial and history of the lower Naugatuck Valley; pp. 248, 249.
NOTE: Image of this article found on line was very difficult to read.CHARLES BROOKER COPPER MAGNATE, DIES IN FLORIDA
Ansonia Man Was Father of American Brass Company -- Active in Politics
Mr. Brooker who ... more copper than any other individual in the world died in his suite in a hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida yesterday. ...he went to Florida November 17 in the hope the climate would benefit him.
About a week after his arrival he suffered a slight stroke and a few days later collapsed into unconsciousness, Last Friday he rallied somewhat and his physicians believed he might recover, but early yesterday his condition grew worse and death came shortly after.
With him when the end came was Alton Farrel, stepson who was ..., two nephews and two nieces all of whom ... in Connecticut. Mrs. Booker died in 1917.
... Mr. Brooker was Connecticut born, bred and educated. His native place was Litchfield in the lower Berkshire hills and his natal day was March 4, 1847. His schooling was at Litchfield and Torrington, and in 1911 Yale university [sic] on him the honorary degree of Master of Aris in recognition of his prominence in the metal industry. He married Mrs. Julia E. Clarke Farrel, of Ansonia, in London, Oct. 30, 1894. ...
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, CT - 21 Dec 1926
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Special Train Brings Heads of Industries to Ansonia for Last Rites
Ansonia. Dec. 21 -- (AP) -- Attended by scores of men prominent in business and political circles both in Connecticut and outside its boundaries, the funeral of Charles F. Brooker, chairman of the board of directors of the American Brass company, was held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at Christ church. Mr. Brooker died in Daytona, Fla., Monday.
The officiating clergymen at the church were Bishop Chauncey B. Brewster and Bishop Coadjutor E. Campion Achesus of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut. Rev. Dr. George A. Barrow, rector of Christ church and Rev. J. C. Linsley of Torrington. Burial will be in the family plot in Torrington tomorrow morning.
Never before in the history of this city has so large a body of distinguished men from various parts of the country paid tribute to a citizen as that which attended the funeral of Mr. Brooker.
The services at the church were of a simple but impressive nature there being no eulogy. The body of Connecticut's great copper magnate which was brought from New Haven this morning following its arrival there from Daytona, Fla., rested in a metallic casket finished in gray. Magnificent floral tributes from friends of Mr. Brooker in all parts of the country covered the casket on which rested an especially beautiful spray of rare orchids. The wealth of flowers included many tributes from New York, Chicago and other cities.
The special train conveying friends of Mr. Brooker from New York and points south and west reached Ansonia at 12:45 o'clock and attached to it was as special coach in which rode John D. Ryan and Cornelius Kelly of the Anaconda Copper company and their guests.
A fleet of automobiles was in waiting at the station and the visitors were taken to the Masonic Temple, where a repast was served them. Besides those who arrived by train were many friends of Mr. Brooker from New Haven, Hartford and other Connecticut cities and neighboring states who arrived by auto.
Interment In Torrington.
Fifteen police officers were on duty at the Brooker residence and at Christ Church and vicinity. Streets over which the funeral cortege passed were closed to traffic.
The funeral cortege proceeded to the church from the Brooker residence, where the body was taken after its arrival. The large stone edifice was filled nearly to capacity by the distinguished assemblage, which included many of the leading business men and manufacturers of the associated towns as well as from other parts of the Naugatuck valley.
Following the services the remains of Mr. Brooker were taken by auto to Torrington, where interment will be made tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the family plot in Hillside cemetery. Only the immediate friends and relatives of the deceased accompanied the remains to Torrington.
The special train from New York left Ansonia on its return immediately after the conclusion of the funeral service at 3:30.
The Union League club of New York of which Mr. Brooker was a member yesterday named a committee of [sic] members to attend the funeral service of Mr. Brooker. The members included ...
This city's main streets were decorated with many fags at half staff today in tribute to the memory of the its first citizen. During the funeral hour all mills of the American Brass company were closed. Many of the city's stores and other places of business also ceased their activities from [sic] to 4:30 this afternoon.
The Bridgeport Telegram - Bridgeport, CT - 26 Dec 1926
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CHARLES FREDERICK BROOKER
Charles Frederick Brooker, former president and chairman of the board of directors of American Brass Company, was born March 4, 1847, at Litchfield, Conn., the son of Martin Cook Brooker and Sarah Maria (Seymour) Brooker. His death occurred December 20, 1926. The Brooker family came from England near the end of the 17th century. John Brooker was an important figure in the history of the town of Guilford as early as 1695.
Charles F. Brooker received his education in the common schools at Litchfield and Torrington. In 1911, Yale University conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in recognition of his prominence in the metal industry.
Mr. Brooker entered the manufacturing business in 1864, when but 17 years if age, as bookkeeper for The Coe Brass Manufacturing Company of Torrington, and he probed so useful there that in 1870 he was made secretary of the company. The great success of the brass industry in the Naugatuck valley is a story of surpassing interest, and Mr. Brooker played a leading part in its vast development. His uncle, Hon. Lyman W. Coe, devoted his life to upbuilding the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company, and at his death, in 1893, Mr. Brooker succeeded him in the presidency, stepping naturally into a position whose duties and responsibilities had largely fallen upon him during Mr. Coe's later years. It was Mr. Brooker who brought together the Coe Brass Manufacturing Company of Torrington and Ansonia, of which he was president, the Waterbury Brass Company, Benedict and Burnham Manufacturing Company and Holmes, Booth and Hayden Company, all of Waterbury; the Ansonia Brass and Copper Company of Ansonia, under one organization, which became the American Brass Company.
He was president, and retained the office 20 years, when he became chairman of the board of directors. He kept the latter office after the company had been purchased by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. He was director in many corporations, including Anaconda Copper Mining Company /chili Copper Company, Chile Exploration Company and US Smelting and Refining Company. The family interests were also in the Farrel Foundry and Machine Company of Ansonia, in which his Stepson, Colonel Alton Farrel, was interested.
In the course of his very interesting career, Mr. Brooker also became a factor in Connecticut politics and from 1900 to 1916 he was Connecticut member of the Republican National Committee, serving on its executive committee from 1904 to 1908. He was a member if the Republican State Central Committee for some time and was usually a delegate to the republican state convention.
He was also a member of the constitutional convention in 1902. Mr. Brooker was in the state legislature twice, in the House in 1875 and in the Senate in 1893. His views in legislation relating to the brass and copper industry frequently were sought in Washington. For many years Mr. Brooker was a director of the New Haven Railroad.
Mr. Brooker was a former governor of the New England Society of Colonial Wars in Connecticut; a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce; the American Geographical Society; the New England Society of New York; Royal Society of Arts of London; the National Geographic Society; and the Sons of the American Revolution. His clubs included the Union League, Bankers, Engineers, Yale Club, Railroad, New York. For many years he was a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church, Ansonia.
Mr. Brooker had many philanthropies to which he gave freely of time and money, including he New Haven Anti-Tuberculosis Society, better known a Gaylord Farm Sanatora, at Wallingford, one of the first open air institutions for treatment of adults in this country; the Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial of Torrington, in memory of his mother, and others.
Mr. Brooker married Mrs. Julia E. Clarke Farrel of Ansonia, in London, October 30, 1894.
Tercentenary pictorial and history of the lower Naugatuck Valley; pp. 248, 249.
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