Background
Mansfield, Burton was born on April 4, 1856 in Hamden, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jesse Merrick and Catharine Betsey (Warner) Mansfield.
Mansfield, Burton was born on April 4, 1856 in Hamden, Connecticut, United States. Son of Jesse Merrick and Catharine Betsey (Warner) Mansfield.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Yale, 1875, Bachelor of Laws, 1878. Doctor of Civil Law, Trinity, 1924, Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Connecticut, 1925.
Admitted to Connecticut bar, 1878, and began practice at New Haven. President Connecticut Savings Bank, since 1896. Director Merchants National Bank, Security Insurance Company, New Haven Water Company, West Haven Buckle Company, Pilot Reinsurance Company of New New York Connecticut state insurance commissioner, 1893-1895, 1911-1923.
Trustee Morgan Memorial, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford New Haven Colony History Society Chairman State communications of Sculpture, Connecticut, and Municipal Art Commission, New Haven. Member of national council Protestant Episcopal Church. Vice president American Church Building Fund.
Member: American Historical. Society; Wadsworth Art Museum (Trustee). National. Academy, of Design.
New Haven Colony Historical. Society Clubs: Lotos, Century.
Spouse Anna Rosalie Mix, October 16, 1900, New Haven, Connecticut.