DANIEL SEYMOUR BRINSMADE, son of Captain DanielStyles and Catherine (Mallette) Brinsmade, was born February 17, 1845, at Trumbull, Conn. He was fitted forcollege at the Gunnery School, Washington, Conn, andtook the Engineering course in the [Yale College] Sheffield ScientificSchool.

Immediately after graduation [Class of 1870] he became assistant engineer
on the construction by the Ousatonic Water PowerCo of a dam across the Housatonic River, furnishing water power for Derby and Shelton, Conn. In the fall of 1870 he was made chief engineer of the same company, treasurer in 1871, and since 1900 had been its president. In 1891 he rebuilt this dam. He had charge of laying out the borough of Shelton and its sewer and water systems, and was identified with many of the enterprises of Shelton and Derby, resulting from the development of the water power there. He was vice-president of the Home Trust Co, and a director of the Birmingham National Bank and of several manufacturing companies.

For thirty years he was a member of the Huntingtonboard of education and much of the time its president, was president of the board of directors of the Plumb Memorial Library of Shelton, treasurer of the town of Huntington, and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1882, and of the Senate in 1909.

Mr Brinsmade died after a long illness from ulcers in the stomach, at his home in Shelton, September 7, 1912, at the age of 67 years. He was a member of the Second Congregational Church of Derby.

He married at Trumbull, December 28, 1870, Janette S , daughter of Dr. John H. and Sarah Caroline (Edwards) Pardee. She survives him with two sons (PhB 1896 and 1908, respectively) and two of their three daughters. The eldest daughter, wife of Clifford C Gilbert (LLB Yale 1896), died in 1912.

SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.

DANIEL SEYMOUR BRINSMADE, son of Captain DanielStyles and Catherine (Mallette) Brinsmade, was born February 17, 1845, at Trumbull, Conn. He was fitted forcollege at the Gunnery School, Washington, Conn, andtook the Engineering course in the [Yale College] Sheffield ScientificSchool.

Immediately after graduation [Class of 1870] he became assistant engineer
on the construction by the Ousatonic Water PowerCo of a dam across the Housatonic River, furnishing water power for Derby and Shelton, Conn. In the fall of 1870 he was made chief engineer of the same company, treasurer in 1871, and since 1900 had been its president. In 1891 he rebuilt this dam. He had charge of laying out the borough of Shelton and its sewer and water systems, and was identified with many of the enterprises of Shelton and Derby, resulting from the development of the water power there. He was vice-president of the Home Trust Co, and a director of the Birmingham National Bank and of several manufacturing companies.

For thirty years he was a member of the Huntingtonboard of education and much of the time its president, was president of the board of directors of the Plumb Memorial Library of Shelton, treasurer of the town of Huntington, and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1882, and of the Senate in 1909.

Mr Brinsmade died after a long illness from ulcers in the stomach, at his home in Shelton, September 7, 1912, at the age of 67 years. He was a member of the Second Congregational Church of Derby.

He married at Trumbull, December 28, 1870, Janette S , daughter of Dr. John H. and Sarah Caroline (Edwards) Pardee. She survives him with two sons (PhB 1896 and 1908, respectively) and two of their three daughters. The eldest daughter, wife of Clifford C Gilbert (LLB Yale 1896), died in 1912.

SOURCE: "1912-1913 Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University"... presented at the annual meeting of the alumni of Yale University, Published, 1915.