Suggested edit: NATHANIEL BENEDICT SMITH, only child of the Hon. Nathaniel Smith, Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, was born in Woodbury, Dec. 7, 1795. His mother was Ruth Benedict, only daughter of the Rev. Noah Benedict, third pastor of the First Church in Woodbury. He studied law in the office of his uncle, the Hon. Noah B. Benedict (Yale Class 1788), of Woodbury, and at Judge Reeve’s Law School in Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1818. He began practice in New Haven, but was soon obliged by his father’s infirm health to return to Woodbury, and after two or three years found his time so much engrossed by the care of his father’s large land property that he withdrew from his profession. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1828, and again in 1847. For four years from May, 1838, he held the office of Judge of Probate. But his inclination and ambition did not lead him to seek public honors, and for the remainder of his life he was content to be interested in his family, and to rest in the sincere esteem of his fellow-citizens. He died suddenly at his house in Woodbury, February 4, 1881, in his 86th year. He was married, February 22, 1819, to Mary Ann W., daughter of Rev. Samuel Goodrich (Yale Class 1783), of Berlin, Conn., who died Jan. 20, 1872. Their children, two daughters and one son, are also deceased. (Yale University Graduates Obituary Records, 1880 – 1890).
Contributor: Ward Clemence White (47177094) • [email protected]
Contributor: Ward Clemence White (47177094) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: NATHANIEL BENEDICT SMITH, only child of the Hon. Nathaniel Smith, Judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, was born in Woodbury, Dec. 7, 1795. His mother was Ruth Benedict, only daughter of the Rev. Noah Benedict, third pastor of the First Church in Woodbury. He studied law in the office of his uncle, the Hon. Noah B. Benedict (Yale Class 1788), of Woodbury, and at Judge Reeve’s Law School in Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1818. He began practice in New Haven, but was soon obliged by his father’s infirm health to return to Woodbury, and after two or three years found his time so much engrossed by the care of his father’s large land property that he withdrew from his profession. He represented the town in the General Assembly in 1828, and again in 1847. For four years from May, 1838, he held the office of Judge of Probate. But his inclination and ambition did not lead him to seek public honors, and for the remainder of his life he was content to be interested in his family, and to rest in the sincere esteem of his fellow-citizens. He died suddenly at his house in Woodbury, February 4, 1881, in his 86th year. He was married, February 22, 1819, to Mary Ann W., daughter of Rev. Samuel Goodrich (Yale Class 1783), of Berlin, Conn., who died Jan. 20, 1872. Their children, two daughters and one son, are also deceased. (Yale University Graduates Obituary Records, 1880 – 1890).
Contributor: Ward Clemence White (47177094) • [email protected]
Contributor: Ward Clemence White (47177094) • [email protected]
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