About Simeon B. Chittenden
Lived 1814 – 1889 (aged 75). Simeon B. Chittenden was an American politician.
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (March 29, 1814 – April 14, 1889) was a United States representative from New York.
Early life Chittenden was born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut on March 29, 1814. He was the son of Abel Chittenden (1779–1816) and Anna Hart (née Baldwin) Chittenden (1784–1845). His siblings included Henry Baldwin Chittenden and Sarah Dudley Chittenden, both of whom died young.
He attended Guilford Academy.
Career From 1829 to 1842, he engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Haven as a clerk with McCracken & Merriman.
Mary Hartwell Chittenden (1840–1871), who married Dr. William Thompson Lusk (1838–1897), an Adjutant-General in the United States Volunteers during the Civil War. After his death, he was eulogized by Seth Low. In his will, after bequests to charity, he directed the establishment of two trusts, one for his son and one for his late daughter.
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American politician (1814–1889)
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Simeon B. Chittenden was born on 29 March 1814 in Guilford.
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Simeon B. Chittenden died on 14 April 1889 in Brooklyn.
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