predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office birth_date article_title name alma_mater
clark bissell charles marvin 28 january 1864 greenwich , connecticut greenwich , connecticut member of the connecticut senate 09 july 1787 darius mead
 darius mead yale college -lrb- 1807 -rrb-
darius mead

darius mead -lrb- july 9 , 1787 -- january 28 , 1864 -rrb- was a member of the connecticut senate representing the 12th district from 1844 to 1846 .
mead was the son of joshua and rachel -lrb- knapp -rrb- mead , of round hill , greenwich , conn. , was born in that town , july 9 , 1787 .
he was fitted for college under the tuition of rev. i. lewis , d.d. he graduated from yale college in 1807 .
after pursuing a course of study under dr. benjamin rush , in philadelphia , he received a medical diploma in 1809 .
he practiced medicine for a few months in new york city , but returned to his native town in 1810 and there continued to reside , still engaged in practice .
in 1845 and 1846 , he represented the 12th senatorial district in the senate of connecticut , being nominated without his knowledge of the intentions of his fellow-citizens .
for one year he was a member of the corporation of yale college .
his death occurred in greenwich , january 28 , 1864 .
a funeral sermon , by rev s. b. s. bissell , of norwalk , connecticut was published .
-lrb- n. y , 1864 , 8vo .
19 pp -rrb- dr. mead was married in 1809 , to lydia k , daughter of elisha belcher , m. d , of round hill , who died in 1848 .
