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'''Spouse:''' [[Bessie Gwillim Law]] (m. June 25, 1912) | '''Spouse:''' [[Bessie Gwillim Law]] (m. June 25, 1912, Portland, ME) | ||
'''Child:''' [[Reed Gwillim Law]] | '''Child:''' [[Reed Gwillim Law]] | ||
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'''Parents:''' [[George Law]] and [[Sarah Ann McCall Law]] | '''Parents:''' [[George Law]] and [[Sarah Ann McCall Law]] | ||
'''Siblings:''' [[Jessie Law]], [[Rose Law]], [[Sarah Law]], | '''Siblings:''' [[Jessie Law]], [[Rose Law Burrows]], [[Sarah Law]], Mrs. Howard G. Brown, five others | ||
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Gramp (Harry) was like a father to me up until his death. I haven't been able to establish a clear timeline of when I lived with him. My father was demobilized from the Air Corps around July 1945. He went into a Ph.D. program at Yale soon afterward. My mother was my primary caregiver, and by mutual inclination, I think she let me spend a lot of time with Grammy (Bessie) and Gramp. I know for sure that I lived with them full time through first grade, Sept. 1951 to June 1952, probably starting sooner. Gramp sometimes took me to his office to show me around and let me use his equipment. One time I used his mechanical adding machine to add all the whole numbers from 1 to 100, and found it interesting that the total was 5050, which I always remembered and learned to understand better. | Gramp (Harry) was like a father to me up until his death. I haven't been able to establish a clear timeline of when I lived with him. My father was demobilized from the Air Corps around July 1945. He went into a Ph.D. program at Yale soon afterward. My mother was my primary caregiver, and by mutual inclination, I think she let me spend a lot of time with Grammy (Bessie) and Gramp. I know for sure that I lived with them full time through first grade, Sept. 1951 to June 1952, probably starting sooner. Gramp sometimes took me to his office to show me around and let me use his equipment. One time I used his mechanical adding machine to add all the whole numbers from 1 to 100, and found it interesting that the total was 5050, which I always remembered and learned to understand better. | ||
He liked to spend time sitting with me in the evenings, and we would sit on the | He liked to spend time sitting with me in the evenings, and we would sit on the half-screened-in front porch summer evenings, wait for the Good Humor ice cream truck, and buy ice cream bars. | ||
Much of what I knew about his life I learned years later when Grammy talked about their life together. She said that when they had company in, they never had any alcoholic drinks in the house. He had bad memories of his father's alcohol abuse and didn't want anything related to that in his life. | Much of what I knew about his life I learned years later when Grammy talked about their life together. She said that when they had company in, they never had any alcoholic drinks in the house. He had bad memories of his father's alcohol abuse and didn't want anything related to that in his life. | ||
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== Faith == | == Faith == | ||
Member of the board of Asbury Methodist Church, district steward, lay reader | |||
Latest revision as of 01:21, 1 January 2016
Born: ♂ Harry Nathan Law
- April 10, 1882
- Albany, NY
Died: August 6, 1952
- Bristol, CT
Spouse: Bessie Gwillim Law (m. June 25, 1912, Portland, ME)
Child: Reed Gwillim Law
Parents: George Law and Sarah Ann McCall Law
Siblings: Jessie Law, Rose Law Burrows, Sarah Law, Mrs. Howard G. Brown, five others
Early Life
[edit]Education
[edit]Completed high school and spent some time at a vocational school.
Career
[edit]- American Silver Co.: office manager
- Peck, Stowe & Wilcox
- C.J. Root
- Bristol Brass (subsidiary of American Silver): chief stenographer, cost accountant, corporate secretary
Accomplishments
[edit]- According to Bessie, "he was one of the leaders for" establishing the Forestville Boys' Club.
- Bristol city councilman, 2 years
- Knights of Pythias: secretary (?-1912)
- Freemasons: secretary; 32nd degree
Reminiscences
[edit]Reed Gwillim Law Jr. says: Gramp (Harry) was like a father to me up until his death. I haven't been able to establish a clear timeline of when I lived with him. My father was demobilized from the Air Corps around July 1945. He went into a Ph.D. program at Yale soon afterward. My mother was my primary caregiver, and by mutual inclination, I think she let me spend a lot of time with Grammy (Bessie) and Gramp. I know for sure that I lived with them full time through first grade, Sept. 1951 to June 1952, probably starting sooner. Gramp sometimes took me to his office to show me around and let me use his equipment. One time I used his mechanical adding machine to add all the whole numbers from 1 to 100, and found it interesting that the total was 5050, which I always remembered and learned to understand better.
He liked to spend time sitting with me in the evenings, and we would sit on the half-screened-in front porch summer evenings, wait for the Good Humor ice cream truck, and buy ice cream bars.
Much of what I knew about his life I learned years later when Grammy talked about their life together. She said that when they had company in, they never had any alcoholic drinks in the house. He had bad memories of his father's alcohol abuse and didn't want anything related to that in his life.
Health
[edit]Died of Paget's disease.
Faith
[edit]Member of the board of Asbury Methodist Church, district steward, lay reader