Person:Charles Sedgwick (4)

BIOGRAPHY: A Sedgwick Genealogy Descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick Compiled by Hubert M. Sedgwick New Haven Colony Historical Society New Haven, Connecticut 1961 Page 55 - 56 Charles Frederick Sedgwick, N.E.H.G.R. -36-334, oldest child of Colonel John Andrews Sedgwick (B21) and Nancy (Buel) Sedgwick, was born at Cornwall Hollow, Conn., September 1, 1795, and died at Sharon, Conn., March 9, 1882. In October, 1821, he married Betsey Swan, daughter of Cyrus Swan and Rachel (Gould) Swan of Sharon. He graduated at Williams College in 1814 and after study of a year and a half in the office of Elisha Stirling of Salisbury went to Sharon in 1817 and continued the study of law with the Hon. Cyrus Swan, for a time engaged in conducting Sharon Academy. He soon took up the practice of law and was admitted to the bar in March, 1820, and in 1822 was made Brigadier General of the Sixth Brigade, Connecticut Militia, and in 1831 was promoted to be Major General of the Third Division. He was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly as representative in 1830 and as senator in 1832. In 1856 he was appointed State Attorney for Litchfield County, Conn., and held the office 18 years. He many offices of public trust. He prepared and published a valuable history of Sharon. He mad frequent contributions to the New England Historical and Genealogical Quarterly. He retired to Sharon about 1874 where his children were born.