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the Hartford Hospital, 1896, until his
death ;
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
Consulting Surgeon to St. Francis
Hospital in 1897 until his death. In addition
he was a member of Hartford County
Medical Society, Hartford Medical Society,
American Otological Society, New
York Academy of Medicine. He was a
member of the board of directors of the
Hartford Public Library, and was its first
president.
Dr. St. John contributed many papers
to medical literature, mainly on subjects
pertaining to Ophthalmology. In 1872 he
contributed a paper to the "American
Journal of the Medical Sciences" on "Plas-
tic Apparatus in Surgery," which estab-
lished the fact that he was the first to use
plaster apparatus for fracture of the clavicle,
and of the ribs and other bones. This
proved to be the initial step toward the
development of the plaster jacket. An-
other valuable paper, entitled "Restora-
tion of the Upper Lid by a Pedicle Flap
taken from below the Lower Lid," was
read before the American Ophthalmologi-
cal Society in 1893.
Dr. St. John married, October 11, 1882,
Mary Harris Morgan, born July 21, 1850,
daughter of Nathaniel and Harriet E.
(Saxton) Morgan. They were the parents
of two daughters: 1. Elsa Morgan,
born August 10, 1883; wife of Leonard
Welles Frisbie ; they have one child, Elsa
Morgan Frisbie. 2. Helen Curtis, born
June 15, 1893; w i ie OI Winthrop Alden
Haviland ; they have two children, Winthrop
Alden, Jr., and Mary Morgan.
COOLEY, Francis R.,
Capitalist, Enterprising Citizen.
Recognized among the leading capital-
ists and business men of the State, Mr.
Cooley exemplifies in his character and
career those valuable qualities which
characterized the pioneers of New Eng-
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land, from many of whom he is descended.
The Cooley family has long been conspic-
uous in New England, and has many rep-
resentatives found in nearly all sections
of our country.
(I) The founder of the family in Amer-
ica was Benjamin Cooley, who came from
England accompanied by his wife Sarah,
and settled in that part of Springfield,
which is now known as Longmeadow.
He appears to have been the progenitor
of nearly all bearing that name in the
country, and was evidently a man of
wealth and ability. For thirteen years he
served as selectman of Springfield, associated
with Miles Morgan and John Pynchon.
There he died, April 17, 1684, and
was survived six days by his widow, who
passed away on the 23d of the same
month.
(II) Lieutenant Joseph Cooley, fifth
son of Benjamin Cooley, was born March
6, 1661, in Springfield, and died May 20,
1740. He married, January 22, 1684, Mary
Griswold, born April 19, 1661, in Wind-
sor, and died July 13, 1739. She was the
daughter of George and Mary (Holcomb)
Griswold, and granddaughter of Edward
Griswold and his wife Margaret, who
were pioneers in the settling of Windsor.
George Griswold was born about 1607 in
England.
(III) Joseph (2) Cooley, eldest son of
Lieutenant Joseph (1) and Mary (Griswold)
Cooley, was born January 31, 1687,
and died October 19, 1741. He married,
April 28, 1713, Mary Dorchester, daughter
of James and Sarah (Parsons) Dor-
chester, of Springfield.
(IV) George Cooley, second son of
Joseph (2) Cooley, was born October
17, 1717, in Springfield, and settled in
Somers, Massachusetts, now in Connecticut,
a part of the town of Enfield. He
married, April 31, 1738, Hannah Pease,