Lucius Seymour Storrs, financier and railway official, who has advanced in orderly progression to a place of prominence in the business circles of New England, holding important relations with organized interests that have much to do with the upbuilding and development of this section of the country, was born in Buffalo, New York, on the 4th of January, 1869, and is a son of Origon Seymour and Janet (Rankin) Storrs.

On the paternal side he is descended from an old Mansfield, Connecticut, family of English lineage, while on the distaff side he traces the line back to Scotch ancestors who early settled in New England. His father was a Civil war veteran, serving as a non-commissioned officer in a New York regiment until physically disabled by wounds which he sustained on the battlefield. He was then honorably discharged and returned to his native state.

An eminent American statesman has said that the most forceful men of the country are those who have back of them the New England ancestry and have received the training of the virile west. Such is the record of Lucius Seymour Storrs, who completed his education in the University of Nebraska, which in 1890 conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Science, and fourteen years later honored him with the Master of Arts degree. Throughout almost his entire life he has been actively connected with railway operation and manage-ment. He held technical positions with the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and for a time was connected with the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. Since coming to New England he has been a prominent factor in railway and financial circles and he was president of the New England Investment & Security Company which held electric railways acquired by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Street Railway Company from 1907 until 1911. On the 1st of July, 1912, he was elected to the vice presidency of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and he is also president of the Connecticut Company and a director of the Union Trust Company of Springfield, Massachusetts.

On the 24th of June, 1894, Mr. Storrs was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Cooper, a daughter of Governor J. A. Cooper of Denver, Colorado. His religious faith is that of the Congregational church and he holds membership with the Sigma Psi, with the American Academy for the Advancement of Science and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. The wise utilization of his time and talents has led to the development of his powers which have, in the natural course of events, brought him to the position which he now occupies.