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Ward Woodbridge
Gender:
Male
Born:
March 1771
Died:
October 31, 1856
Home Town:
East Hartford, CT
Later Residences:
Hartford, CT
Marriage(s):
Hannah Bigelow Woodbridge (July 5, 1793)
Mary Strong Woodbridge (March 4, 1809)
Mary Strong Woodbridge (March 4, 1809)
Biographical Notes:
Ward Woodbridge was born in March 0f 1771 to Ward and Sarah Olcott Woodbridge. After his first wife, Hannah Bigelow passed away, he remarried Mary Strong. Together they had nine children and educated most of them at Sarah Pierce's Litchfield Female Academy.
Ward Woodbridge was a successful merchant in Hartford, Connecticut. He is recognized as one of the first founders of the first "American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb" in Hartford. He also contributed to the creation of the "Asylum for the Insane."
He passed away on October 31, 1856.
Ward Woodbridge was a successful merchant in Hartford, Connecticut. He is recognized as one of the first founders of the first "American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb" in Hartford. He also contributed to the creation of the "Asylum for the Insane."
He passed away on October 31, 1856.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Business
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Sarah Woodbridge
Daughter
LFA (1823-1825) - Eliza Woodbridge Hudson
Daughter
LFA (1809) - Mary Woodbridge
Daughter
LFA (1827-1828) - Harriet Woodbridge Barry
Daughter
LFA (1819-1825) - Hannah Bigelow Woodbridge
Wife - Mary Strong Woodbridge
Wife
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