James F. Dissell (1890-1976)

James F. Dissell was a resident of town and assistant secretary of the Automobile Insurance Company.

Dissell was born in Canton, Ohio to Henry C. Dissell and Anna M. Simpson and was educated at Maine Central Institute, entering the insurance business in 1910, when he became connected with the Scottish Union. He subsequently became connected with the National Fire and later the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, joining the Automobile Insurance Company on September 3, 1918 as an examiner. He was promoted to special agent in 1923, returning to the home office as agency superintendent in 1937.

Dissell died sometime after 1970 in Boca Raton, Florida.

Family
Dissell married Helen Scarborough after their engagement in August 1917. She died of carbon monoxide poisoning in her car at 33 Sedgwick Road in October 1939. Dissell married second to Dorothy L. Ramsey on January 31, 1942.
 * Diane Dissell - m. George H. Brinley
 * James S. Dissell - m. Betty A. Hunnicutt