Henry C. Dissell (1863-1909)

Henry Clay Dissell (1863 - December 7, 1909) was a law book publisher and prominent in democratic politics.

Dissell was born in 1863 in New York and received his education in the common schools of the city. In early life, he entered the employ of the Denber-Hampton Watch Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, and later removed to Canton, Ohio. Subsequently, he lived in Jersey City. In 1893, he removed to Waterbury, Connecticut, where he took up the study of law, reading law in the office of C. F. Carmody with the intention of beginning practice. Instead, his attention was directed to the publishing and sale of law books. In 1899, Dissell removed to West Hartford, purchasing the home of Ida Raynsford on Sedgwick Road.

He was also active in democratic politics as a member of the state central committee in 1904.

On December 7, 1909, Dissell died in West Hartford at the age of 46.

Family
Dissell married Anna M. Simpson.
 * Edward E. Dissell - m. Dorothy Geer
 * James F. Dissell - m. (1) Helen Scarborough (2) Dorothy Ramsey
 * Richmond Dissell
 * Christine Dissell
 * Henry C. Dissell, Jr.
 * Ethel H. Dissell

Organizations

 * Nominated as State Democratic delegate in September 1902; March 1904
 * Resigned from the Democratic state committee in September 1904 after they frowned upon his ambition to be the nominee for comptroller in New Haven.
 * He did not attend the State Democratic convention in September 1906, claiming they left him in the cold.