| HERMAN ATWOOD, Postmaster of
Stonington, Conn., was born in Brooklyn, Windham County, this State, June
12, 1862, son of L. S. and Elvira (Cooley) Atwood. His father was born
in Mansfield, Conn., July 22, 1812. He died on October 10, 1888, in Brooklyn,
where for a number of years he kept a grocery. He was twice married, his
first wife being Elvira Cooley, of Brooklyn. She died in 1862, leaving
three children: Juliet, wife of Frank L. Martin, of Providence, R.I.; Arvilla,
who married Charles G. Williams, of Providence; and Herman, who was only
six weeks old at the time of her death. The second partner of the father's
joys and sorrows was Margaret Fuller, by whom he had one son — Oscar F.
Atwood, of Brooklyn, Conn.
Herman Atwood, the elder of the two sons of
L. S. Atwood, was reared in his native town, and there acquired a common-school
education. At the age of nineteen he learned the machinist's trade, which
he followed twelve years in this place, being employed by the Atwood Machine
Company, whose leading members are cousins of his father. In politics he
is a sound-money Democrat, like his father before him. He was appointed
Postmaster by President Grover Cleveland on January 21, 1895, and has since
continued to discharge efficiently the duties of his position. He has many
warm friends.
On December 24, 1891, Mr. Atwood was united
in marriage with Clara Belle Pendleton, an accomplished pianist and music
teacher of this place. Her parents are B.F. and Mary Jane (Oliver) Pendleton,
of Stonington, Conn. They have seven children, including five sons, who
are in New York City, and another daughter, who resides in Stonington.
Mrs. Atwood has a large music class, with whom she is very successful and
popular. Mr. and Mrs. Atwood are highly respected members of the First
Baptist Church.
Biographical Review Volume
XXVI
Containing Life Sketches of Leading
Citizens of New London County Connecticut
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
- 1898
pg 438
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