Oliver Gildersleeve

Background

Gildersleeve, Oliver was born on March 6, 1844 in Portland (now Gildersleeve), Connecticut, United States. Son of Henry and Emily (Finette) Gildersleeve.

Education

And descendant of a noted line of ancestors and shipbuilders, extending in America to Richard Gildersleeve, Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1636. High school education.

Career

Apprenticed in father’s shipyard at 17. In shipping commission business with brother, Sylvester, New York, 1881-1884, and actively identified for many years with South. Gildersleeve & Sons. Has organized and conducted many large business enterprises.

President Portland (Connecticut) Water Company, since 1889, Portland Saint Railway Company, 1893-1896, Portland Electric Light Company, 1890-1892, Middletown Saint Railway Company, 1902-1905, Gildersleeve & Cromwell Ferry Company, 1887-1891, Middlesex Quarry Company, since 1904, Phœnix Lead Mining Company, Sliver Cliff, Colorado, since 1900, Brown Wire Gun Company, New York, 1903-1905, Gildersleeve Shipbuilding Company, since 1909, Oliver Gildersleeve & Son, since 1909.

President treasurer Portland Manufacturing Company, organized 1908. Vice-president and treasurer Maine Produce Company, since 1905.

Trustee Freestone Savings Bank, Portland, Connecticut, since 1887, et cetera An incorporator and trustee Connecticut College for Women, New London.

Member Rivers, Harbors and Bridges communications of Connecticut.

Candidate for Congress, 1900.

Achievements

• Oliver Gildersleeve has been listed as a noteworthy shipbuilder by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Rivers, Harbors and Bridges communications of Connecticut.

Connections

Married Mary Ellen Hall, November 8, 1871.

Father:

Henry Gildersleeve

Mother:

Emily (Finette) Gildersleeve

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Hall