Weld, Lewis Ledyard, 1833-1865.

Mason Cogswell Weld, son of Lewis and Mary A. (Cogswell) Weld, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 18, 1829. He graduated from Yale in 1852 and studied chemistry in Europe. In 1862, Weld enlisted in the 25th Connecticut Regiment and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. After the war he devoted himself to scientific agriculture, especially diary-farming. Weld died near Closter, New Jersey on September 25, 1887.

MASON COGSWELL WELD, 1829-1887

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