Noah Webster Sr.
(1722–1813)
BIRTH
March 25, 1722
PLACE
West Division, Hartford, Connecticut
DEATH
November 9, 1813
PLACE
Unknown
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Noah Webster Sr. was a Connecticut farmer and father of the lexicographer Noah Webster. He and his wife Mercy Steele raised five children in West Hartford; the family house is now the Noah Webster House museum.
EARLY LIFE
Noah Webster Sr. farmed and wove cloth in Connecticut. He served in the French and Indian War, was a militia captain during the Revolution, and was appointed a justice of the peace from 1781 to 1796. He also served as a Congregational deacon.
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DEATH
Noah Webster Sr. died November 9, 1813 at age ninety-one. The Noah Webster House reports that he was buried in Center Cemetery, now Old Center Cemetery in West Hartford, alongside his first wife Mercy. His cause of death is not stated.
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