Risk & Business Magazine F.A. Peabody Insurance Magazine Fall 2017 | Page 26

TIMELINE
1931 - 33
1887
1931 - Carter’s interest is
sold to Harvey Tompkins
and immediately within
one month, Tompkins sells
to Lewis P. Bither. Bither
serves as Secretary
Treasurer and Clerk of the
corporation.
William Donnell opens
insurance office in
Houlton, Maine to provide
fire and casualty insurance
policies to the people
of the Southern Aroostook
County, Maine area.
1918
Donnell retires. Peabody
partners with Alton E.
Carter operating as The
Peabody-Carter Company
Frank Allen Peabody
moves to Houlton from
North Esk, New
Brunswick, Canada and
joins Donnell, locating
their office in the Houlton
Trust Company Block of
Market Square. They
name the business, The
Donnell & Peabody
Company.
1906
1933 – The Peabody Carter
Company corporate charter
is officially changed to The
F. A. Peabody Company.
Oscar Percival Benn joins
the firm.
1956
FAPCO hires the first
dedicated Life, Health
& Benefits producer
further diversifying the
agency.
1st Branch office location
established in Sherman
Mills, Maine.
1942 – Bither resigns and
Benn is elected Clerk and
Secretary Treasurer of the
corporation.
The Peabody & Carter
Company incorporates the
business in the State of
Maine. Frank A. Peabody
becomes its president and
board chairman.
*1927*
1946 - Frederick Sylvester
joins the firm and becomes
its Clerk and Secretary
Treasurer.
1947 – Oscar Percival Benn
elected president of F.A.
Peabody Company
(FAPCO).
1942 - 47
1960 –FAPCO diversifies into
real estate brokerage under
the direction of Sylvester
under the trade name,
F. A. Peabody Real Estate.
1961 – Robert Eugene
Anderson joins the firm.
1967 – Benn retires, R. E.
Anderson is elected
president and chairman
of the board.
1968 - Walter Ervine Burlock
joins the firm
F.A Peabody Company - Today
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1979
Property Casualty Insurance Office Locations 9
Life & Benefits Office Locations 3
Insurers Represented >50
States Licensed 12
Number of Insurance Division Employees 77
Number of Internet Service Employees 15
Number of Administrative Services Employees 3
Employees with Professional Designations 64
1972 – Fred Sylvester retires.
1973 - Walter Burlock elected
Secretary/Clerk/Treasurer of
the company.
1960 - 73