Nathan Daboll | |
Member Connecticut General Assembly | |
Term Start: | 1832 |
Term End: | 1833 |
Office2: | Senator Connecticut Senate |
Term Start2: | 1833 |
Term End2: | 1835 |
Title3: | Judge State of Connecticut, County of New London, Probate District of Stonington |
Term Start3: | 1843 |
Term End3: | 1845 |
Birth Date: | 14 November 1780 |
Birth Place: | Groton, Connecticut |
Death Place: | Groton, Connecticut |
Spouse: | Elizabeth |
Profession: | Almanac publisher Textbook author |
Nathan Daboll (November 14, 1780 – August 28, 1863), was an American politician, judge, textbook author, and almanac publisher.[1]
He was the son of Elizabeth (1742–1813) and Nathan Daboll (1750–1818). He had a younger sister, Lydia (born c. 1782).
Daboll married Elizabeth in 1804. They had a son, David Austin Daboll (1813–1895).
He received an Honorary Degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 1835.[2]
Daboll served in the Connecticut House of Representatives 1832–1833, and the Connecticut Senate 1833–1835.[3]
He was Clerk of the Court of Probate for the State of Connecticut, County of New London, Connecticut, Probate District of Stonington before serving as a probate judge 1843–1845.[4]
Daboll assisted his father, the notable American Revolution period almanac publisher, with the publication of the New England Almanac. With his son David, he developed Daboll's New Arithmetic, a revision of his father's textbook, Schoolmaster's Assistant.