Orrin Kirtland Todd of Connecticut
Orrin Kirtland Todd7, (William6, Simeon5, Joel4, Ithamar3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Dec. 6, 1833, died March 14, 1879, married Ellen Jane, daughter of Elhanan and Ellen (Kelly) Dewey, who was born June 23, 1840, died Oct. 23, 1908. Mr. Todd was born under the friendly shelter of the ancestral roof at the middle-eastern slope of Mount Carmel not many miles from New Haven, Conn. Several generations of the family had succeeded to the same spot of ground, and three had used the same dwelling with its broad doors, easy ascending staircases and immense fire-places, its fine breadth of exterior and its … Read more