Nathan Daboll (politician)

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Nathan Daboll
Member
Connecticut General Assembly
In office
1832 – 1833
Senator
Connecticut Senate
In office
1833 – 1835
Judge
State of Connecticut,
County of New London,
Probate District of Stonington
In office
1843 – 1845
Born 14 November 1780(1780-11-14)
Groton, Connecticut
Died 28 August 1863
Groton, Connecticut
Spouse Elizabeth
Profession Almanac publisher
Textbook author

Nathan Daboll (November 14, 1780—August 28, 1863), born in Groton, Connecticut), was a Connecticut politician, judge, textbook author, and almanac publisher.[1]

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[edit] Personal life

He was the son of Elizabeth (1742–1813) and Nathan Daboll (1750-1818). He had a younger sister, Lydia (born c. 1782).

Daboll married Elizabeth in 1804. They had a son, David Austin Daboll (1813-1895).

He received an Honorary Degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 1835.[2]

[edit] Career

Daboll served in the Connecticut General Assembly 1832—1833, and the Connecticut Senate 1833—1835.[3]

He was Clerk of the Court of Probate for the State of Connecticut, County of New London, Connecticut, Probate District of Stonington before serving as a probate judge 1843—1845.[4]

Daboll assisted his father, the notable American Revolution period almanac publisher, with the publication of the New England Almanac. With his son David, he developed Daboll's New Arithmetic, a revision of his father's textbook, Schoolmaster's Assistant.

[edit] Works

  • Daboll, N. (1819). The New-England almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1820. New London, Conn.: Samuel Green. OCLC 15454145. 
  • Daboll, N. (1821). Nathan Daboll arithmetic book. OCLC 63938517. 
  • Green, S.; Daboll, N. (1824). The practical accountant, or, Farmer's and mechanic's best method of book keeping for the easy instruction of youth. Designed as a compainion (sic) to Daboll's arithmetic. OCLC 5463222. 

[edit] References

  1. ^ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard (1904). The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans. Boston: Biographical Society. OCLC 6182270. 
  2. ^ Nicolson, F.W. (1883). Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. Hartford, Conn.: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 322. OCLC 20477237. 
  3. ^ Members of the Connecticut General Assembly. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
  4. ^ Declaration. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.