Ninth Generation

931. Russell Goodrich TALCOTT³²⁶ was born on 15 Aug 1818 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. He died on 3 Mar 1863 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Russell Goodrich, son of Russell Talcott and Harriet Kingsbury, was born in Hartford, Ct., Aug. 15, 1818, married Mary, daughter of Charles and Catharine (Perkins) Seymour, Oct 28, 1846.
Russell Goodrich Talcott died in Hartford, March 3, 1863, ae. 44 years. He entered the Hartford Bank as clerk, in 1840. During the years 1844 and 1845, he traveled in Europe. After his return he engaged in the iron business under the firm of Ripley & Talcott, at the same time holding various offices of trust. He was first vice-President and then President of the Young Men's Institute; a Director of the Hartford Bank; Clerk of the Pearl Pearl street Church and Society; a Life Director of the American Tract Society, and the Secretary and Manager of the Retreat for the Insane, at Hartford. His widow and daughter reside (1876) in Hartford Ct.
The following tribute to his memory was written by his life long friend, Mrs. L. H. Sigourney:
Fair was the mansion where he lay,
Enwrapped in snowy flowers,
The last fond offering love could shed,
Before the tomb embraced its dead
Within her darkened bowers.

They'll miss him 'neath the hallow'd dome
Upon the Sabbath day;
They'll miss him in the thronging mart,
Where with pure mind, and upright heart
He held his quiet way.

And thopse who trace the record through,
Of all his earthly time,
Remember naught of wrong or blame,
Or folly that might cloud his name,
Even in his boyhood's prime.

Amid the circle where his soul
Its home and solace made,
Intensely is his absence wept,
And sacredly his image kept
From Morn till midnight shade.

For there with ever gentle hand,
Affection's links he wove,
And works of taste around him drew,
And friendship of the chosen few,
And plants that bloom above.

Then to the Saviour whom he loved,
With perfect trust he went;
And Praise should on Heaven's altar glow
When life, through every risk below,
Fulfills its great intent.
L. H. Sigourney.

Russell Goodrich TALCOTT and Mary SEYMOUR were married on 28 Oct 1846 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Russell Goodrich TALCOTT and Mary SEYMOUR had the following children:

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Mary K. TALCOTT was born on 3 Nov 1847 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.