Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography, Genealogical-Memorial: Representative Citizens New England and the father of Senator Platt was engaged in this Occupation all his life at Washington, Connecticut. He was a man of parts and in addition to his farming was active in the affairs of his community, serving as deputy sheriff of the county and judge of probate and at times exhibiting the versatility of his talents by teaching school. He was mar ried to Almyra Hitchcock in 1817 and Orville Hitchcock Platt was the second son and child of this union. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.