History of Plymouth, (Litchfield County) Connecticut United States of America

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Hiram Camp, inventor, was born at Plymouth, Conn., April 9, 1811; son of Samuel and Jennette (Jerome) Camp. He was educated at the common school, and at the age of eighteen entered the employ of his uncle, Chauncey Jerome, in the manufacture of clocks in Bristol, Conn. In 1845 the shop was destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt in New Haven. He made numerous improvements and designed an ingenious clock intended for the use of schools, for calisthenics or military exercises. In 1851 he began the manufacture of clock movements. Two years later he organized the New Haven clock company, of which he was made president. He served in the city council, as selectman of the town, as a member of the state legislature, and in numerous local offices. His philanthropic work included: supporting two missionaries in Nebraska, a city missionary in another state, founding the Mount Hermon boys' school at Gill, Mass., under the auspices of D. L. Moody the evangelist, and co-operating with Mr. Moody in establishing the Northfield seminary for young ladies. His donations to the Moody institution amounted to nearly one hundred thousand dollars, and in his will he left a like sum to various charitable organizations. He died at New Haven, Conn., July 8, 1893.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Henry Dutton, jurist, was born in Plymouth, Conn., Feb. 12, 1796; grandson of Thomas Dutton, an officer in the Revolutionary army. He was graduated from Yale in 1818, studied law, 1818-21, and was tutor at Yale, 1821-23. In 1823 he was admitted to the bar and practised at Newtown, Conn., whence he was sent to the legislature for two terms. In 1847 he removed to New Haven to accept the Kent chair of law at Yale, which he held until his death. He was a state senator, 1849-50, a member of the general assembly in 1850, judge of the New Haven county court in 1852, and governor of the state in 1854. He was also judge of the superior court and supreme court of errors, 1861-86. Yale conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. in 1822. He published: Digest of the Connecticut Reports (1883) ;and Swift's Digest Revised (1848). He died in New Haven, Conn., April 12, 1869.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor