Charles Ethan Billings

CHARLES ETHAN BILLINGS, HARTFORD: President of the Billings & Spencer Company.

Mr. Billings was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Dec. 6, 1835, and was educated in the common schools at Windsor in that State. He acquired the profession of a mechanical engineer, and is at present a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. President Billings formerly resided in Utica, N.Y.  His business life, however, has been spent for the most part in Hartford, where he has been instrumental in establishing an extensive and prosperous industry.