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, MD
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
(m. 1826; died 1838)

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

Early life and career

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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

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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

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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 $1,308,000 in 2023) to the South Coventry Library Association to build the Booth and Dimock Memorial Library, named for his father and grandfather.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f 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.

  This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.

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