The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . tford, wher6 he died in 1864 Horatio Gridley, a native of Kensington, was another member of theclass of 1815. He practised as a physician for many years in Wojthing-ton, ranking high in his profession. He was a fellow of Yale College,and at one time State senator. He died in Hartford in 1864. Dr. Charles Hooker, another descendant of Thomas Hooker, wasborn in Kensington in 1799, graduated at Yale in 1820, and receivedhis degree of in 1823. He became Professor of Anatomy andPhysiology in Yale College. He died in New Haven i
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . tford, wher6 he died in 1864 Horatio Gridley, a native of Kensington, was another member of theclass of 1815. He practised as a physician for many years in Wojthing-ton, ranking high in his profession. He was a fellow of Yale College,and at one time State senator. He died in Hartford in 1864. Dr. Charles Hooker, another descendant of Thomas Hooker, wasborn in Kensington in 1799, graduated at Yale in 1820, and receivedhis degree of in 1823. He became Professor of Anatomy andPhysiology in Yale College. He died in New Haven in 1863. One^who knew him well says of him: He was an eminent physician andsurgeon, and was distinguished not less for his professional skill thanfor his active piety and benevolence. The Rev. Charles A. Goodrich was not a native of Berlin, but he wasa son of one of the pastors of the Worthington church, and he spent a ^ Mr. Edward W. RoLbins, of Kensington, to whose manuscript History of Kensing-ton the writer of this sketch acknowledcres his great (p^a^^^L-t^^ ^^/>^^ ^ //^^ ^>C^Jcr^ jLTiQ^l-^ zlB SjiJXs Scm BERLIN. 27 large part of the most active portion of his life in Berlin. He wasborn in Riclgefield in 1790, graduated at Yale in 1812, and was or-dained pastor of the South Church in Worcester, Mass., in 1818. Aftera few years he resigned his charge on account of failing health, and r^>^^<—» O? • d--^ ^y-^i^C ^^-^ ^ removed to Kensington, where he taught a school for boys. Afterhis fathers death he removed to Worthington, where he was eno-ao-edmainly in Avriting books for publication. He was the author of a num-ber of Avorks which enjoyed a high degree of popularity. His Historyof the United States, for schools, went through many editions, and isstill in use. His Bible History of Prayer was one of the latest andmost useful of his books. He was at one time State senator, andalways a public-spirited citizen and a fervid Christian. In 1847 heremo
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