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associated politically with the Democratic
though often urged to do so he
party ;
has never consented to accept a public
office. He is active in promoting the
interests of his party in both national and
local politics. Mr. Lamberton is a member
of Washington Lodge, No. 70, An-
cient Free and Accepted Masons, of
Windsor; a charter member of Palisado
Lodge, No. 23, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of that town ; a member of
Eureka Chapter, No. 56, Order of the
Eastern Star ; and Charter Oak Council,
United American Mechanics, of Hart-
ford. His religious affiliations are with
the Spiritualist church of Poquonock.
Mr. Lamberton married, April 7, 1874,
Eliza A. Clark, daughter of Salmon and
Laura (Thrall) Clark, of Windsor. Mr.
and Mrs. Lamberton had a daughter,
Laura Ellura, born March 28, 1880, lived
only one day.
JOHNSON, Marcus Morton, M. D.,
Physician.
One of the most distinguished among
the prominent physicians of Hartford,
Connecticut, was Dr. Marcus M. John-
son, who was born April 21, 1843, anc^
died at Hartford, March 15, 1914. He
was a lineal descendant of Sir John Johnson,
Sr., who was a sea captain in command
of an English vessel, and who set-
tled in the State of Connecticut in the
latter part of his life.
John Johnson, Jr., his son, was an early
settler of Rutland, Vermont, in 1773, and
was a soldier of the Revolutionary War,
where he served in the company of Captain
John Burt, a company which was
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drafted from the regiment of Colonel
Samuel Fletcher. His wife was Mehitable
(Sperry) Johnson, who lived to the great
age of one hundred and two years, her
death at that time being accidental ; she
perished in a fire which occurred in 1836.
They were the parents of three sons, the
youngest of whom was Silas, mentioned
below.
Silas Johnson, who removed from the
homestead in Rutland, Vermont, to Ma-
lone, New York, where he was one of
the pioneer settlers. As might be assumed
from one who had the courage to go
forth into a strange country, which was
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largely a wilderness at that time, Silas
Johnson was a man possessed of much
force and energy of character and undaunted
by the ordinary obstacles which
confronted him. He was a believer in the
maxim that if you cannot surmount ob-
stacles plough around them. He was the
father of Marvin L., mentioned below.
Marvin L. Johnson married Polly
Chapman, a daughter of Joshua Chapman,
Jr., and granddaughter of Joshua Chapman,
Sr. The Chapmans were early set-
tlers in Norwich, Connecticut, and the
elder Joshua Chapman served in the Revolution
in a company commanded by Cap-
tain Chapin. Marvin L. Johnson was the
father of Marcus Morton, mentioned be-
low.
Marcus Morton Johnson attended the
public schools of Malone, and prepared
for entrance to college at the Franklin
Academy of that town. He was gradu-
ated from Brown University with the
degree of Ph. B. in 1870, and subsequently
became connected with the faculty of the
Connecticut Literary Institute of Suffield,
Connecticut, as professor of mathe-
matics and sciences, where he continued
for five years. After severing his con-
nection with the institution as an instruc-
tor, he was identified with its interests
as a member of the board of trustees,
serving at one time as president of the
board.
The medical education of Dr. Johnson
was received at the University of New