History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 98

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1317

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1757-58 .- Capt. Gershom Buckley, Capt. Elijah Worthington, Jonathan Kilborn.

1759-60 .- Capt. Elijah Worthington, Dudley Wright.

1761 -Capt. Elijah Worthington, Dudley Wright, Capt. Henry Cham- pion.

1762-63 .- Capt. Elijah Worthington, Dudley Wright, Daniel Foot, Jolın HIopson.

1764 .- Daniel Foot, Capt. Dudley Wright.

1765 .- Capt. Dudley Wright, Daniel Foot. (Names of deputies not re- corded.)

1766 .- Daniel Foot, Capt. Peter Bulkley.

1767-68 .- Capt. Henry Champion, Capt. Peter Bulkley.

1769 .- Capt. Henry Champion, Daniel Foot.

1770-71 .- Capt. Henry Champion, Daniel Foot, Elias Worthington.

1772-73-Maj. Henry Champion, Daniel Foot.

1774 .- Maj. Henry Champion, Daniel Foot, John Waterhouse.

1775 .- Maj. Henry Champion, Dr. John Watrous.

1776 .- Daniel Foot, Peter Bulkley, Henry Champion, John Watrous. 1777 .- Elias Worthington, Houry Champion.

1778 .- Henry Champion, John Watrous.

1779 .-- Elias Worthington, Henry Champion.

1780 .- E. Bulkley, Joseph Isham.

1781 .- Dudley Wright, Pierpont Bacon, Ilenry Champion, Elias Worth- ington.

1782 .- 1'. Bulkley, Asa Foot, Daniel Foot.

1783 .- P. Bulkley, E. Worthington, Daniel Foot, Henry Champion.

1784 .- P. Bulkley, E. Worthington, J. Watrous.

1785-86 .- Thomas Skinner, J. Isham, Jr., J. Watrous.

1787 .- P. Bulkley, J. Isham, Jr., J. Watrous.

1788 .- J. Watrous, E. Worthington.

1789 .- E. Bulkley, J. Watrous, Henry Champion.

1790,-E. Bulkley, Henry Champion.

1791-92 .- E. Bulkley, John Isham, Henry Champion.

1793 .- E. Bulkley, II. Champion, Jr., John Isham, J. R. Watrous.

1794 .- E. Bulkley, II. Champion (2), John Isham (2).

1795 .- H. Champion, Jr., J. R. Watrous.

1796 .- John Isham, J. R. Watrous.

1797 .- II. Champion (2), Joseph Isham (2).

1798 .- Roger Bulkley, II. Champion (2), Joseph Isham (2).

1799 .- Joseph Isham (2), J. R. Watrous.

1800 .- Roger Bulkley, Il. Champion (2), Joel Fort, J. R. Watrous. 1801 .- Roger Bulkley, John Isham, Joseph Isham.

1802 .- Ilenry Champion, D. Watrous.

1803 .- Henry Champion, D. Watrous, J. R. Watrous.

1804 .- Henry Champion, John Isham, J. R. Watrous, Joel Worthington. 1805 .- llenry Champion, John Isham, J. R. Watrous, D. Watrous.

180G .- R. Bulkley, J. Worthington, D. Watrons.

1807 .- R. Bulkley, J. Worthington, S. A. Peters, Benjamin Trumbull.

1808 .- R. Bulkley, J. R. Watrous, Joel Worthington, John Isham.

1809 .- B. Trumbull, D. Watrous.

1810 .- S. A. l'eters, J. R. Watrous, Joel Worthington.

1811 .- 1). Deming, J. R. Watrous.

1812 .- J. R. Watrous, John Isham, Jr.

1813 .- D. Deming, J. R. Watrous, D. Watrous, Benjamin Trumbull.

1814 .- D. Deming, D. Watrous, B. Trumbull.

1815 .- D. Deming, J. R. Watrous, D. Watrous, B. Trumbull.

1816,-J. R. Watrous, John Isham. B. Trumbull.

1817 .- D. Deming, J. R. Watrous, John Isham.

1818 .- B. Trumbull, J. R. Watrous, S. A. Peters.

1819 .- J. R. Watrous, S. A. Peters.

1820 .- Henry Champion, S. A. Peters.

1821 .- J. R. Watrous, John Isham.

1822 .- S. A. Peters, C. Cone ..

1823 .- S. A. Peters, D. Deming.

1824,-S. A. Peters, D. Watrous.

1825 .- E. Goodrich, Jr., Samuel Kellogg.

1826 .- J. R. Watrous, Bela Robbins.

1827 .- S. A. Peters, Benjamin Trumbull,

1828 .- M. Bradford, Benjamin Trumbull. 1829 .- S. A. Peters, A. Brainard.

1830 .- S. Brainard, A. Brainard.

1831 .- S. A. Peters, B. Trumbull.

1832 .- J. Clark, John C. Cowe.

1833 .- J. Clark, John Isham.

1834 .- S. A. l'eters, Ralph Isham.

1835 .- Samuel Kellogg, John Isham.

1836,-J. B. Rogers, A. Skinner.

De. Bigeloy,

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1837-38 .- J. B. Wheeler, N. Taintor. 1839,-A. Morgan, J. Day. 1840 .- A. Otis, John Packer. 1841 .- J. B. Rogers, J. Staples. 1842 .- S. A. Peters, D. Sperry. 1843 .- E. Brown, R. Tracy. 1844 .- Daniel Taylor, Asahel Brown. 1845 .- F. Morgan, A. E. Emmons. 1846 .- J. B. Rogers, A. R. Park. 1847 .- A. B. Pierce, A. J. Loomis. 1848 .- J. R. Dow, D. Taylor. 1849 .- Henry Burr, S. B. Day. 1850 .- G. II. Rogers, A. W. Lord. 1831 .- S. A. Kellogg, W. E. Tracy. 1852 .- Russell Dutton, Russell Gillett. 1853 .- George Langdon, E. Adams. 1854 .- Guy Bigelow, E. Clark. 1855 .- L. L. Dickinson, E. Day. 1856 .- Joseph Foote, T. L. Bnell. 1857 .- A. O. Standish, S. Wick wirc. 1858 .- D. Kellogg, A. E. Emmons. 1859 .- E. Carpenter, S. A. Peters. 1860 .- H. Smith, E. Adams. 1861 .- C. D. Strong, E. Beckwith. 1862 .- J. N. Fellon, E. S. Day. 1863 .- J. N. Felton, D. S. Bigelow.

1864 .- E. S. Day, E. H. Strong. I865 .- J. C. Hammond, A. E. Emmons. 1866 .- J. C. Wightman, J. L. Gillett. 1867 .- L. L. Dickinson, D. Carrier. 1868 .- Wm. II. Hayward, H. N. Lce. 1869 .- J. N. Adams, J. D. Watrous. 1870 .- Charles Clark, William Carver. 1871 .- Charles Taylor, Wm. B. Otis. 1872 .- G. G. Wickwire, N. Footc. 1873 .- A. R. Bigelow, F. L. Carrier. 1874 .- E. S. Day, W. H. Hayward. 1875 -J. Dinsmore, W. H. Hayward. 1876 .- L. Chapman, J. A. Dinsmore. 1877 .- E. H. Strong, Henry Foote. 1878 .- J. W. Holmes, F. B. Taylor. 1879 .- Hoxie Brown, Wm. B. Olis. 1880 .- Russell Gillett, E. H. Strong. 1881 .- John Shea, W. E. Jones.

CHAPTER XXXIII. COLCHESTER-(Continued).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

The Bigelow Family. - The changes through which the name has passed are very curious, viz. : Baguley, Bigullah, Biggullangh, Bigalow, Bigelow, and later Bigeloe, Bigelo, and Biglow. This family was early in this country, and may be traced to a re- mote period in England, even to the reign of Henry III. (1206), when the name was written Baguley, and was derived from the place where they dwelt. Rich- ard, at that time, was Lord of Baguley, and his de- scendants took the name of the place. In the reign of Henry VII. (1485), Ralph de Baguley was Lord of Allerton Hall. He died in 1540, leaving Randall and Nicholas. Randall died in 1556, and his sons Philip and Robert divided his estate. Robert died in 1582, leaving a son Randall, who moved to Wrentham, Suffolk County, England, and died in 1626, leaving two sons, Francis and John. Francis

died in 1657, and gave in will a portion of his prop- erty to his brother John, then residing at Watertown, Mass.

JOHN BIGELOW was a blacksmith in Watertown, Mass., as early as 1636. He was baptized Feb. 16, 1617, by the hand of Rev. John Philip, the rector, who came to this country two years after Bigelow did, and lived at Dedham, but finally returned to England. John Bigelow married, Oct. 30, 1642, Mary, daughter of John Warren, of Watertown, Mass., which was the earliest marriage recorded there. They had twelve children, of whom Joshua, born Nov. 5, 1655, was the sixth child. His wife died Oct. 19, 1691, and he mar- ried again. He died July 14, 1703. His inventory shows a good estate.

His son Joshua married, Oct. 20, 1676, Elizabeth Flagg, and had twelve children, of whom John was the third son, born Dec. 2, 1681. Mrs. Bigelow died Aug. 9, 1729. In June, 1742, Joshua removed to Westminster, Mass., and died, with his youngest son, Eliezer, Feb. 21, 1745. He was wounded in King Philip's war, and received a grant of land at Worces- ter, Mass., for military services.

John Bigelow was four times married : first, to Hannah who died March 31, 1709 ; second, to Sarah Bigelow, Nov. 4, 1709, who died Oct. 13, 1754; third wife, Abigail, died Aug. 1, 1760; and the fourth wife was Hannah

He had two children by his first wife and three by his second. He lived at Colchester, Conn., where he died March 8, 1770. A gravestone marks his resting- place in the rear of the Congregational church at Col- chester, One of his sons was David, born in 1706; married Editha Day, Dec. 11, 1729. She was born Sept. 10, 1705, and died Jan. 19, 1746. He married Mercy Lewis, Jan. 21, 1747. He had eight children by his first marriage and four by his second. He lived at Marlboro', Conn., and died June 2, 1799, and was buried in the village yard. His fourth son, Daniel, by his first wife, was born May 25, 1738, mar- ried Mary Brainard, July 8, 1761, and died Nov. 11, 1822, aged eighty-eight years. His second wife was Sarah Ingham, who died Oct. 3, 1820, aged seventy- two ycars. He had seven children by his first wife, one of whom was Stephen, born Jan. 18, 1762; and seven children by his second wife.

Stephen Bigelow married Deborah Gates Smith, March 5, 1793. They had three children, viz. : Mary B., wife of Edmund Bailey, who went West and settled in Racine, Wis., and their descendants are among the substantial citizens of that county ; Nancy M., wife of Ichabod L. Skinner, and their descendants lived on the Western Reserve, in Ohio; Jonathan Gates Bige- low, born Dec. 15, 1798. Stephen died March 20, 1832, and his wife April 28, 1842.

Jonathan Gates Bigelow married Hope 'Skinner, daughter of Deacon David Skinner, of Marlboro', Conn., Sept. 13, 1827, by whom one son, David S., was born, April 3, 1829. Mrs. Bigelow was born July 27,

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1798, and died Dec. 13, 1870. Mr. Bigelow died March 23, 1874. This family of Bigelows have been farmers for six generations on the farm now (1881) owned and occupied by David S. Bigelow, and for many generations before.

David Skinner Bigelow, only son of Jonathan Gates and Hope (Skinner) Bigelow, was born in that part of the town of Colchester known as Westchester, Conn., April 3, 1829. He prepared for college at Phillips' Academy, Andover, Mass., and entered Yale College in 1848, from which he graduated with honor in the class of 1852. He has always lived in his na- tive town, where he owns and carries on an extensive grazing farm. His fellow-townsmen have repeatedly elected him to important local offices. In 1863 he represented the town in the Legislature ; he has been for twenty-nine years an efficient member of the town school board, and in various ways is active in pro- moting the best interests of his community. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow are mem- bers of the Congregational Church at Westchester, Conn. He married, at Westchester, Nov. 9, 1852, Abby M., daughter of Revilo C. Usher. She was born June 7, 1833, in Colchester, Conn. They have four sons, viz. : Amatus R., born Sept. 18, 1853 ; a son, not named (deceased) ; Jonathan C., born May 24, 1862; and David Skinner, born Sept. 6, 1868.

Amatus R. Bigelow married Lina C. Brown, daugh- ter of Deacon Samuel Brown, June 7, 1877, and have one daughter, Abby E., born March 2, 1878. Mrs. Amatus R. Bigelow was born in Colchester, May 13, 1857.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

FRANKLIN.1

IN May, 1659, the General Assembly authorized the planting of a colony in the Mohegan country, and the following month Uneas and his brother Wawequa, for the consideration of seventy pounds, ceded a portion of their domain nine miles square, and including within its limits the present towns of Norwich, Frank- lin, Bozrah, Lisbon, and Sprague, with small portions of adjoining towns.

The first settlement was made at what is now known as Norwich Town, but in 1663 the meadows and up- lands of West Farms, as Franklin was then called, were portioned out among the occupants of the town, to be improved by them, or, if they saw fit, passed over into other hands. Soon after settlements were made on the hillsides and up and down the streams, and in a short time a thriving community occupied the most desirable portions of the territory.

In 1710 the West Farms contained nearly fifty fami- lies, who all felt that the burdens of maintaining a connection with a society whose centre was so remote

were far greater than those growing out of a separate organization. They petitioned the town for leave to organize a separate society, and alleged that the flour- ishing of religion was their only motive, as they were too far away to attend regularly the public services in Norwich.

On the 19th of September, 1716, the inhabitants of the town of Norwich agreed in general town-meeting that " the West Farmers be allowed to be a society by themselves." They next petitioned the General As- sembly for an act of incorporation, and their petition was readily sanctioned. The new society embraced most of the present town of Franklin, the western half of the town of Sprague, and the eastern part of New Concord, now known as Bozrah.

The first meeting was held Nov. 1, 1716, and a com- mittee being chosen, it was voted to proceed to the erection of a church edifice, to call a minister, and until the building was ready to meet for divine wor- ship at private houses. The people were poor, and the building of the church progressed but slowly, but in October, 1718, they ordained their first minister, Rev. Henry Willes.

One of the first acts of the society was to provide for a society school. It was kept on Meeting-house Hill, and open for six months in the year. The in- convenience experienced by those who resided upon the outskirts of the settlement led, in 1727, to the establishment of four school districts,-Portipaug, Upper Windham Road, Lower Windham Road, and Lebanon Road. But the population was too scanty for the maintenance of separate schools, and the di- vision remained inoperative till in 1729 the difficulty was obviated by a school which traveled from district to district, keeping six weeks in each. This migra- tory school proved a great success.

The society early took care to provide a suitable cemetery, and the ground, twice enlarged, is the one in use at the present day. A few graves were, how- ever, dug upon a sandy knoll jutting into the Great Pine Swamp, which place is now commonly called the Indian Burying-ground.

In 1734 the General Assembly permitted the people of New Concord (the western part of the society) to procure preaching by themselves, and two years later incorporated them into a distinct society. The parent society was deprived thereby of a fifth of their terri- tory, and they resisted the movement vigorously, but could they have foreseen the endless trouble destined to follow in its train, they would doubtless have staked their all upon the issue, for this secession proved the first cause of twenty years of the most turbulent commotion, and of a second more vital change. The society had by that time outgrown the first church, probably a rude affair, and were nearly agreed concerning the propriety of building a new one, when the withdrawal of New Concord gave an unexpected turn to the matter. Before her with- drawal the church had stood in the exact centre of

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the society, but then it was thrown a mile to one side. About half the society contended for the original lo- cation, and the other half strenuously maintained that the church ought to stand farther east, in the new centre. After several years of constant agitation, during which time the society was at a standstill, as the only egress, a majority petitioned the General Assembly for a committee to come and settle the dis- puted point. The committee visited West Farms in the fall of 1741, and reported that it would "tend most to peace and best accommodate the greater part of the people" to have the new church built on the hill where the old meeting-house stood. The church was finished in 1747, but the discord and dissension were by no means at an end. The pastor, Rev. Henry Willes, stood upon the Cambridge Platform of 1608, in which he had probably had the support of his people, but the old division started up in a new form. Half the society attacked their pastor for his adherence to the Cambridge Platform, while the other half were zealous in his defense. In 1748 the Gen- eral Assembly was petitioned to divide West Farms into two societies, one to be planted on the Cambridge, the other on the Saybrook Platform. A committee was sent out, but recommended no change. Four years later another committee was sent out for the same object, and with the same result. The society had for fifteen years been engaged in uninterrupted strife, during which the arbitration of the Legislature had been continually invoked, but always with un- satisfactory results, and both parties wisely concluded that their troubles, if ever settled, must be settled by themselves, and not by the interference of a higher power. After a few years the majority became con- vinced that separation alone could restore peace and tranquillity, and in March, 1758, they consented to the formation of a new society. These proceedings received the ready sanction of the Legislature, and the new society was incorporated as Norwich Eighth, or Portipaug Society.

During these twenty years there was a display of feeling unparalleled for bitterness and persistency in the ecclesiastical annals of Connecticut. The issue was doubtless best for all concerned, for the existing breach was too wide ever to be healed, yet the loss to West Farms in territory and numbers was a serious one. New Concord and the Eighth Society combined stripped her of over half of her territory and quite half of her grand list.

In 1749, Mr. Willes' pastorate closed. He was suc- ceeded by the Rev. John Ellis, who retained his charge twenty-seven years. Mr. Ellis was the only chaplain who remained in the Revolutionary war from its beginning to its close. Mr. Ellis hastened to join the army at Roxbury, in the fall of 1775, and faithfully followed it through all its vicissitudes, es- pecially doing much to cheer the drooping spirits of his comrades during the long and gloomy winter at Valley Forge. West Farms had then no political

existence ; her deeds were swallowed up in those of the larger community to which she was attached, and hence receive little mention in the local histories, but her men met manfully the duties of those trying days. We can point with pride to particular individuals. Here Lieut. Jacob Kingsbury began his long and honorable military career, serving with distinction during the entire seven years of the war. Capts. Asa Hartshorne, Ebenezer Hartshorne, and Joshua Barker were also in the army for different periods, while upon the water West Farms was well represented by the exploits of Capt. James Hyde. Dr. Luther Water- man was attached as surgeon to the forces under Col. Knowlton in the campaign of 1776.

The close of the Revolution left the society in a greatly embarrassed condition. During its progress she had contributed freely of her men and means, entering into the contest with such absorbing enthu- siasm as left no room for the consideration of private or local interests, and at its close she found herself utterly prostrated, her school-houses decayed, the ed- ucation of her sons neglected, her farms run to weeds, and her people heavily loaded with debt. At no time in her history had her prospects been more wretched. A fortunate concurrence of circumstances, however, soon placed her upon her feet, and restored her wonted prosperity. In 1782, Rev. Samuel Nott, at the unani- mnous request of both church and society, was settled as their pastor. Mr. Nott was a wise, judicious man, eminently fitted to harmonize any discordant feeling which might exist, and fitted by his energy to infuse fresh life into the prevailing stagnation. Another happy event was the incorporation of the West and Eighth Societies as a separate town, which severed the connection of West Farms with Norwich, and insured a more efficient management of local affairs than they had before received. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the efforts of Rev. Mr. Nott to ameliorate the condition of his people. Scrupu- lously faithful in the discharge of pastoral duties, he also did a vast deal towards the education of the younger members of his parish, affording them op- portunities of which they gladly availed themselves. During his long ministry more than forty young men were fitted for college under his care, twenty of whom belonged to the town, and between two and three hundred gentlemen, ladies, or children were educated in whole or in part.

Dr. Nott, by means of his teachings and wholesome counsels, wielded a power for good in the land which it has been the privilege of few to surpass. It was mainly due to his influence that the Franklin Library was established in 1794, an institution which flour- ished for forty years, and furnished for the time a good collection of miscellaneous works. Under these different salutary influences the society rapidly re- trieved her lost ground, and by the beginning of the present century was perhaps as flourishing as ever.

As an independent, organized township, receiving

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the name of Franklin from that of the great Ameri- can philosopher, its history takes date from May, 1786. The separation from the parent town was per- feetly amicable. The new town at that period con- tained 133 families, 111 dwelling-houses, and 875 in- dividuals. Its population remained nearly the same till the village of Baltic grew up upon its eastern border, when it attained to a population of 235S souls, in 1860. In 1861 the town of Sprague was incorpo- rated, including a portion of our territory, so that in 1870 we numbered but 731.

There is no village in the town of Franklin. The people are eminently an agricultural people, as were most of the early settlers of New England. A former resident of the town bequeathed funds for the estab- lishment of a library, and these were augmented by voluntary subscriptions. The library has been well stocked with useful and instructive works, and is a source of great pleasure and profit to the people.

The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Congregational Church of Franklin, Conn., was cele- brated with appropriate ceremonies on the second Wednesday (the 14th) of October, 1868. The two hun- dredth anniversary of the settlement of the town had but shortly elapsed, and it was thought proper to in- clude the history of the town within the scope of the historical address. This was delivered by Ashbel Woodward, M.D. The day appointed opened with threatening clouds and damp, cutting winds, but not- withstanding the inauspicious weather the church was crowded at an early hour with the returning sons and daughters of Franklin, some of whom had jour- neyed from beyond the Mississippi to join in the fes- tivities of the day, while others had come back gray- haired men to once more grasp hands with the playmates with whom they had parted half a century before.

The town history and the ecclesiastical history are so intertwined that it is almost impossible to separate them. Years of prosperity are usually uneventful years, and as it is tragedy that makes history, the people of Franklin have reason for thanksgiving that their local history is so barren of event.

Representatives from 1786 to 1881.1

1786, Barnabas Huntington ; 1787, John Barker; 1788, Eli Hlyde; 1789, John Gager; 1790, Eli ITyde ; 1791, Nathan Lord; 1792, Eli lyde ; 1793, Thomas Hyde; 1794, Eli Ilyde ; 1795, Salis Hartshorn ; 1796, Silas Hartshorn, David Mason ; 1797, David Mason, Thomas ITyde; 1798, Thomas Hyde; 1799, Nathan Lord; 1800, John Gager, Eleazer Tracy ; 1801, Eleazer Tracy ; 1802, Nathan Lord; 1803, Elisha Ed- gerton ; 1804, Eleazer Tracy ; 1805, Nathan Lord; 1806, Oliver John- son ; 1807-9, Eleazer Tracy; 1810, Nathan Lord; 1811, Benjamin Ilyde, Joshua Hyde ; 1812, Joshua Hyde, Eleazer Tracy; 1813, Ele- azer Tracy, Dudley Tracy ; 1814, Dudley Tracy (seat vacated) ; 1815, Daniel Hastings; 1816, Eleazer Tracy, Eli Hartshorn ; 1817, Eli Hartshorn, Joshua Tracy ; 1818, Joshua Tracy, Andrew Hyde; 1819 Ira Abel ;2 1820, Alvin Abel; 1821, Burrell Woodworth ; 1822, Henry Hagen ; 1823, Alvin Abel ; 1824, Simon Loomis ; 1825, Burrell Wood-

worth ; 1826, Alvin Abel; 1827, Dyer McCall ; 1828, John Armstrong ; 1829, Alvin Abel; 183C, Henry Hagen; 1831, Gilbert Lamb ; 1832, Burrell Woodworth ; 1833, Comfort D. Fillmore ; 1834, Oliver Tracy, Jr .; 1835, Burrell Woodworth; 1836, Henry Hagen; 1837, Gilbert Lamb; 1838, Alvin Abel; 1839, JJoshua Tracy ; 1810, Oliver Johnson, Jr .; 1841, Charles Dunlap ; 1822, Elihn M. Kingsley ; 1843, Darius Frink ; 1841, Joshua Tracy ; 1815, - ; 1846, Backus Smith ; 1847, Asa B. Tracy ; 1818, Charles T. Hazen ; 1819, Dwight Bailey ; 1850, Aaron Bailey ; 1851, Elihn M. Kingsley ; 1852, Tourny Ilyde; 1853, John P. Smith ; 1854, George S. Hartshorn ; 1855, Solomon A. Frink ; 1856, Ilerman M. Willes; 1857, Daniel Hastings; 1858, Henry W. Kingsley ; 1859, Thomas G. Kingsley ; 1860, Charles T. Ilazen ; 18G1, Samnel J. P. Ladd; 1862, Bela T. Hastings; 1863, John Frink ; 186.1, William M. Converse; 1865, Prentice O. Smith ; 1866-67, William M. Converse; 1868, James C. Woodward ; 1869, T. II. C. Kingsbury ; 1870, William M. Converse; 1871, Bela T. Hastings ; 1872-73, T. II. C. Kingsbury; 1874, William C. Smith; 1875-76, Heury Bellows : 1877, Charles A. Kingsley ; 1878, Amos F. Royco; 1879, Joseph 1. IIyde; 1880, Ezra B. Bailey ; 1881, Austin Ladd.

CHAPTER XXXV.

FRANKLIN-(Continued).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCITES.

Ashbel Woodward, M.D., son of Abner and Eu- nice (Fuller) Woodward, and the eighth by lineal descent from Richard Woodward, the emigrant an- cestor of the family, was born at Wellington, Conn., during the first decade of the present century. After receiving a thorough preparatory course of education, he graduated at the Medical Department of Bowdoin College in May, 1829, and two months later he com- menced his professional career at Franklin, Conn., at which place, after a period of unusual continuance, he is still engaged in active practice.3 He early mar-

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History of New London county, Connecticut : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 98

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1317

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1317