Betts, Thaddeus b. February 4, 1789 d. April 7, 1840 US Senator, Connecticut Lieutenant Governor. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1807, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1810 and returned to Norwalk to commence practice. After membership in the State House of Representatives (1815, 1830) and State Senate (1831), he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and served three terms, under Governors John Samuel Peters (1831 to 1833) and Samuel A. Foot (1834 to 1835). A Whig, Betts was elected to the US...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Butler, Thomas Belden b. August 22, 1806 d. June 8, 1873 US Congressman. From 1832 to 1846 he was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives and served in the State Senate, 1847 and 1848. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress and served one term, 1849 to 1851. Butler was appointed Connecticut judge of the Superior Court in 1855, associate justice of the State Supreme Court in 1861 and Chief Justice of the same court in 1870. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Curtis, Dr. Winterton Conway b. November 4, 1875 d. September 15, 1966 Scopes Trial Figure. Dr. Curtis was a zoologist at the University of Missouri. Chairman of the Dept of Zoology. Expert witness for the defense in 1925 for the John Scopes trial. The defense believed he would make a good witness because he tended to emphasize the spiritual rather than the material influences of science. Curtis said in his affidavit that evolution should be defined as the doctrine of how things have changed in the past, and how they are changing in the present. Dr. Curtis claimed...[Read More] (Bio by: Zoe Jane) Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Ferry, Orris Sanford b. August 15, 1823 d. November 21, 1875 Civil War Union Brigadier General, US Congressman, US Senator. A successful Connecticut lawyer, he was a member of the State Senate, 1855 to 1856 and was prosecuting attorney for Fairfield County, 1856 to 1859. In 1859, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving until 1861. At the start of the Civil War, he joined the Union army as Colonel in command of the 5th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry and saw action in the Shenandoah Valley. He was promoted to Brigadier General...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Norwalk Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
b. February 4, 1789 d. April 7, 1840
b. September 7, 1782 d. September 15, 1857