Ebenezer Mattoon (August 19, 1755 – September 11, 1843) was a

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. He was born in North Amherst in the

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on August 19, 1755. He attended the common schools and received private instruction. He graduated from

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in 1776. Mattoon served in the

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. He taught school and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the

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, was a justice of the peace 1782-1796, and served in the

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. He served from the rank of captain to that of major general of the Fourth Division, State militia. He was appointed

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of Hampshire County and served twenty years. Mattoon was elected as a

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to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

Samuel Lyman Samuel Lyman (January 25, 1749 – June 5, 1802) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Early life He was born in Goshen, Connecticut, Goshen in the Connecticut Colony on January 25, 1749. He was the son of Moses Lyman, III (17 ...

. He was reelected to the Seventh Congress and served from February 2, 1801 – March 3, 1803. He again served as a state representative in 1812. He also served as adjutant general of the Massachusetts Militia with the rank of major general from 1816 to 1818. He was elected captain of the

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in 1817 and served a one-year term. He became totally blind in 1818 and retired from active public life. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1820. Mattoon died in Amherst on September 11, 1843. His interment was in West Cemetery.

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