Reuben BOOTH
Biography

YALE COLLEGE, CLASS OF 1816

REUBEN BOOTH, son of Reuben H. and Sarah Booth, was born in Newtown, Connecticut, on November 26, 1794. The family removed to Kent in his boyhood, and he entered Yale at the opening of Sophomore year. In 1814 his father, who was a wool-carder, was drowned in the Housatonic River, leaving him dependent on his own exertions.

On graduation he began the study of law in New Milford with Judge David S. Boardman (Yale 1793), and after one year continued his studies with Moses Hatch (Yale 1800), while teaching in the Danbury Academy. In 1818 he was admitted to the bar, and opened an office in Danbury, where he remained through life. His practice was large and remunerative, and he also became one of the leading politicians of the State.

In 1822 he represented the town in the General Assembly, and from that date to 1835 he was the Judge of Probate for the Danbury District. In 1830 he was a member of the State Senate, and in 1844 and 1845 Lieutenant Governor.

He died in Danbury on August 14, 1848, in his 54th year, after an illness of two or three days.

He married Jane, daughter of the Rev. David Belden (Yale 1785), of Wilton, who died on February 18, 1844, at the age of 45.

Their children were three daughters and two sons.

Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College (New Haven, CT, 1913), p. 1.



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