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with whose career we are here especially
concerned. -. John S., who now resides
at Waltham, Massachusetts, where h<
a salesman. 3. William H., deceased. 4.
Matthew \\\, deceased. 5. Charles, who
died in infancy. 6. Eliza, who became the
wife of Charles S. Morrison, of Thomp-
sonville, Connecticut. 7. Isabella L. 8.
Mary, who became the wife of James
Patterson, of Thompsonville, Connecticut,
i). Emma.
Bora September 21, (867, at Thomp-
sonville, Connecticut, Thomas Grant Al-
corn passed the early years of his life in
his native town. There he gained his
education, or the early portion of it, and
then attended the Connecticut Literary
Institute at Suftield, Connecticut, and here
he was prepared for college. In the mean-
time, however, the young man had de-
cided to follow medicine as his career in
life, and with this end in view matricu-
lated at the Medical School connected
with the Columhian University of Wash-
ington, D. C. Here he was graduated,
taking the degree of M. D. In the year
1S97, he came to Enfield, Hartford county,
and has heen practicing in this region
ever since. From the outset he was
highly successful, and built up a very
large and high-class practice here. He is
recognized among his professional col-
leagues as a most skilled and capable phy-
sician and surgeon, and a leader of his
profession in this region, and he is not
less well thought of by the community-at-
large.
While the demand made upon his time
and energies by his professional duties
has been great, Dr. Alcorn has not found
it impossible to devote considerable at-
tention to other more general aspects of
the affairs of his adopted community. He
has indeed, from early years, always been
keenly interested in political questions
and issues, and has been a strong sup-
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porter of the principles and policies of
the Republican party. It has been in
connection with the local organization of
this party that Dr. Alcorn has heen SO
active since his coming to Enfield. In-
deed, he soon made himself felt as a
leader in this region, and in the years
from km 1 to [914, was a member of the
State Legislature from the town. In [OJ 5
he was elected State Senator from tin-
Seventh Senatorial I >i- 1 rict and con-
tinue- to hold this responsible post at the
present time. Dr. Alcorn is also a prom-
inent figure in the social and fraternal
circles of the region, and is affiliated with
the local lodges of the Masonic Order,
the Order of .Modern Woodmen, and
other similar organizations. He is also
a member of County, State and National
Medical societies. In his religious belief,
Dr. Alcorn is a Presbyterian. He is un-
married.
HALL, John Henry,
Man of Affairg.
The life of John Henry Hall is a good
illustration of all those sterling qualities
of mind and character which have made
the name of a New Englander a proud
possession. Energetic and ambitious, he
united hard common sense with that
imaginative faculty which sees an oppor-
tunity in a rather unpromising opening,
and persevering and progressive, he
adapted his method of attack to the na-
ture of the problem before him. Success-
ful in business, he was generous of his
time and of his means to the community
of which he felt himself a part, and cheer-
fully fulfilled the duties as well as accepted
the privileges of citizenship. He was
an exemplar of all that was worthy and
fine in the American business man. and
left a memory that will always be held in
reverent esteem. In Portland, where he