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descendant of John Fuller, of Ipswich.
Their second son, Asa Burnham, born
August 28, 1802, was a member of the
Connecticut Legislature in 1856, and died
January 19, 1857. He married, May 3,
1831, Mary Eliza Burnham, born November
20, 1812, daughter of Ebenezer and
Eunice (Holt) Burnham, descendant of
deacon John Burnham, of Ipswich. Their
second son, Patrick Henry Burnham, was
born October 31, 1838, and married,
March 24, 1864, Martha Carter. Their
daughter, Mabelle Burnham, became the
wife of Edward R. Rogers Woodhouse,
as previously noted.
WOODHOUSE, David Robbins,
Lawyer.
As shown in the preceding sketch, the
Woodhouse family is an old one and one
of good standing in Wethersfield, where
it flourished for many generations. His
great-grandfather, Samuel Woodhouse,
was a Revolutionary soldier whose record
appears above ; his grandfather was
Samuel Woodhouse, and his father was
Samuel Newton Woodhouse.
David Robbins Woodhouse was born
September 15, 1884, on the Woodhouse
homestead in the village of Griswoldville,
Wethersfield, Connecticut, son of Samuel
Newton and Phoebe Elvira (Dudley)
Woodhouse, and there his boyhood was
spent. He was educated in the local
schools, giving his time in vacation periods
to the labors of the home farm, and
after spending two years in the Hartford
High School, he was for two years a stu-
dent in the Stearns School of Hartford,
preparing for college. In 1908 he entered
Trinity College, Hartford, and in the
following year entered the University of
Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated
in 191 1, in the law course. On
account of the illness of his father, he was
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obliged to cut short his studies, but in
1912 received from Georgetown Univer-
sity the degree of LL.D. For two years
Mr. Woodhouse engaged in practice in
Meriden, Connecticut, in association with
Judge Frank Fay, of that city, and in
1914 removed to Hartford, where he became
associated with the Hartford Acci-
dent and Indemnity Company as claim
examiner. He continues in this capacity,
has made himself extremely useful in the
business, and has gained many friends in
Hartford. Mr. Woodhouse is a member
of the Congregational church of Wethersfield,
is affiliated with the leading Ma-
sonic bodies of Hartford, including St.
John's Lodge, No. 4, Free and Accepted
Masons, Pythagoras Chapter, No. 17,
Royal Arch Masons, Wolcott Council,
No. 7, Royal and Select Masters, and
Washington Commandery, No. 1, Knights
Templar. He is also identified with the
college fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
He is a member of the City Club of Hartford
and the Country Club of Wethersfield.
He has made no effort to mingle
in public affairs, but entertains settled
opinions and is a staunch Republican in
principle.
Mr. Woodhouse married, December 30,
1913, Mabel Burwell, daughter of J. C.
and Elizabeth (Kirk) Burwell, of Winsted,
Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Woodhouse
are the parents of two daughters
Barbara, born January 4, 1915, and
Phoebe Dudley, April 4, 1917.
OSBORN, Newton,
Retired Business Man.
The Osborn family is of English ancestry,
and several immigrants of the name,
which is spelled either Osborn or Os-
borne, settled in America, among the
earliest of which was Richard Osborne,
who sailed from London in 1634, was in
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