This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...Litchfield Biography, Register, 219. 313-14. Woodruff, Litchfield Geneal. John Thomas, son of John Thomas, of that part of Woodbridge which is now Bethany, Connecticut, was born in Woodbridge on January 27, 1792, and was prepared for College by the Rev. Dr. David Ely (Yale 1769), of Huntington. He did not complete the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...Litchfield Biography, Register, 219. 313-14. Woodruff, Litchfield Geneal. John Thomas, son of John Thomas, of that part of Woodbridge which is now Bethany, Connecticut, was born in Woodbridge on January 27, 1792, and was prepared for College by the Rev. Dr. David Ely (Yale 1769), of Huntington. He did not complete the college course, but was admitted to a degree in 1814. After leaving Yale he studied law in New Haven, and practiced here for several years. He married on December 3, 1815, Caroline, daughter of Elias and Jerusha (Fitch) Beers of New Haven. In 1824 he removed to Cortlandville, in Cortland County, New York, where he attained prominence in his profession. He was a member of the State Assembly in 1837, and became earnestly identified with the abolition party, and a frequent contributor to some of their publications. He is said to have been editorially connected with a paper in this interest, which was published in Syracuse. In 1860 he removed to the residence of his only surviving child, a son, in Galesburg, Illinois. He died in Galesburg on March 5, 1866, in his 75th year. His widow died on March 20, 1867. Joseph Va1ll, the seventh of eight children of the Rev. Joseph Vaill (Dartmouth Coll. 1778), of Hadlyme, Connecticut, and a brother of William F. Vaill (Yale 1806), was born in Hadlyme on July 28, 1790, and was prepared for College by his father. For the first six months after graduation he acted as principal of Morris Academy in Litchfield South Farms, and for the next six months taught in Salisbury in the same county. Meantime he began to study theology, and pursued the study during a second year with his father and brother. He was licensed to preach by the Middlesex Association of Ministers on June 1, 1813, and began to supply pulpits as he ...
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