Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . ime, at the printers trade in New Haven. NewYork and Hartford. After marriage he settledupon the farm of his father-in-law, Capt. JamesBlinn, devoting his energies chiefly to tobacco cul-ture, and being one of the earliest growers of thisplant in the county. He was held in high respectby his fellow townsmen, who, recognizing his soundbusiness sense and high moral worth, elected himselectman for several years,
Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . ime, at the printers trade in New Haven. NewYork and Hartford. After marriage he settledupon the farm of his father-in-law, Capt. JamesBlinn, devoting his energies chiefly to tobacco cul-ture, and being one of the earliest growers of thisplant in the county. He was held in high respectby his fellow townsmen, who, recognizing his soundbusiness sense and high moral worth, elected himselectman for several years, member of the Legis-lature, and justice of the peace. In religious faithhe was a member of the Congregational Church;in politics he was an Old-line Whig, and after-ward one of the original Republicans of Wethers-field. His wife was Mary A. Blinn, who was adaughter of Capt. James Blinn, a notable sea cap-tain of his day, and was born in Woodhouse married her at that place, and totheir union were born three daughters and oneson: Hannah, who married Capt. Lewis Williams,of Oakland, Cal.; Harriet wife of Stephen , of the Wells farm; Catherine S., widow of. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 099 David L. Robbins; and Samuel N. Mrs. Wood-house was a devoted wife and a tender mother, asincere Christian, whose life was dominated andcontrolled by her religious faith. She rests byher husbands side in the old cemetery at Wethers-field. Samuel N. Woodhouse received an excellent ed-ucation in his youth at the district schools andacademy of his native town, at the Waterbury HighSchool, and at McGill University. While a youngman he traveled for two years for the seed firm ofJohnson & Robbins, of Wethersfield, his route cov-ering all the New England States. Since then hehas been engaged in general and dairy farming,as well as in fruit and tobacco culture. His peachand apple orchard covers more than ten acres. Sev-eral years ago he discovered upon his farm a springo
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