Timothy Dimock

Timothy Dimock (April 17, 1799 – April 29, 1874) was an American physician and politician who was the father or prominent lawyer and businessman Henry F. Dimock.[1]

Timothy Dimock
Member of the Connecticut Senate
In office
January 1, 1846 – December 31, 1846
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1838 – December 31, 1838
Personal details
Born(1799-04-17)April 17, 1799
Coventry, Connecticut
DiedApril 29, 1874(1874-04-29) (aged 75)
South Coventry, Connecticut
Resting placeNathan Hale Cemetery
Spouse(s)
Mary Ann Moody
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(
m. 1826; died 1838)

Laura Farnam Booth
​
(
m. 1839; died 1872)
Children4
Alma materYale Medical School
Military service
UnitConnecticut Militia

Early life and career

Dimock was born on April 17, 1799 in Coventry, Connecticut to Daniel Dimick (1765-1833) and Anna Wright (1766-1832).[2] He had eight siblings.[1] Dimock graduated from Yale Medical School in 1823.

He practiced medicine in Coventry since taking his degree. In 1846, he was a member of the Connecticut State Senate, and ex officio one of the Corporation of Yale College.[3]

He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1838 and the Senate in 1846.[4] During the 1850s and 1860s, he served as surgeon for parts of Connecticut's militia, empowered to grant medical waivers for exemption of duty.[1]

Personal life

On June 29, 1826, Dimock married Mary Ann Moody (1810–1838).[1] Together they had a daughter.

After Moody's death in 1838, he married Laura Farnam Booth (1819-1872) on May 8, 1839.[1] Together they had:

He died in South Coventry, Conn., April 29, 1874 and is buried at the Nathan Hale Cemetery in Coventry, Connecticut.[6]

Honors

The Booth & Dimock Memorial Library in Coventry is named for him and Reverend Chauncey Booth.[7] His son, Henry, who died on April 10, 1911, left $40,000 (equivalent to $1,098,000 in 2019) to the South Coventry Library Association to build the Booth and Dimock Memorial Library, named for his father and grandfather.[1]

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References
  1. Johnston, Robert. "Timothy Dimock Papers, 1809–1887". chs.org. Connecticut Historical Society. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. "Timothy Dimock Papers, 1809-1887". chs.org. Connecticut Historical Society. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  3. Bradley, Jr., Charles W. (1846). The Connecticut Register: Being a State Calendar of Public Officers and Institutions in Connecticut, for ... Hartford, Connecticut: Brown and Parsons.
  4. Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Dimock, Timothy". politicalgraveyard.com. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. "HENRY F. DIMOCK DEAD.; Financier and Yale Corporation Director and Former Dock Commissioner". The New York Times. April 11, 1911. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. University, Yale (1915). Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut: The University.
  7. "Our History". Booth & Dimock Memorial Library. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

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