Charles E. Gross
Status: Upcoming
(1847-1924) lawyer, politician; born August 18, 1847 in Hartford, CT; law clerk, Waldo, Hubbard & Hyde (1872-1876); partner, Waldo, Hubbard & Hyde (1877-1881); partner, Hubbard, Hyde & Gross (1881-1884); partner, Hyde, Gross & Hyde (1884-1894); partner, Gross, Hyde & Shipman (1894-1919); partner, Gross, Gross & Hyde (1919-1922); member, Hartford Board of Park Commissioners; member, Hartford Board of Trade; director, Wadsworth Atheneum; member, Society of the Cincinnati; member, Society of the Mayflower Descendants in the State of Connecticut; governor, Society of Colonial Wars; president, Connecticut Historical Society; director, Hartford Retreat; director and counsel, Aetna Fire Insurance Company; director and counsel, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company; director and counsel, First Re-Insurance Company; vice president, Society for Savings; deacon, Asylum Hill Congregational Church; wife, Ellen C. Spencer (1852-1928, married 1875-1924); children, Charles Welles Gross (1876-1957), William Spencer Gross (1880-1882); and Helen Clarissa Gross (1884-1966); resident of Hartford (1847-1922) and of Asylum Hill (840 Asylum Avenue); died December 31, 1924 in Hartford, CT. Namesake along with Ellen C. Spencer, Gross Memorial Chapel, Asylum Hill Congregational Church.
