1814.
ANSOK SETH ATWOOD died at his residence in East Hartford, Conn., July 22,1866. aged 76 years. He was the oldest son of Nathan and Susanna (Minor) Atwood, and was born at Woodbury, Conn., Aug. 1, 1790.
He studied divinity chiefly under the direction of Rev. Dr. Porter, of Catskill, N. Y., and was settled over the Congregational Church in South Mansfield, Conn., Sept. 1,1319, having previously spent some time in missionary labor in Southern Central New York and Northern Vermont, and in teaching a select school in Ashford, Conn. He remained pastor of this Church until April 22, 1862, a period of nearly forty-three years, when, on account of a failure of health, he was dismissed at his own request. Shortly afterward he removed to East Hartford.
He was married in Nov. 1819, to Sarah, only daughter of Joseph Palmer, M. D., of Ashford, who died but a few weeks before him. One of their three children survives them.
