Huntington, Selden, 1786-1846.

Joseph Selden Huntington was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut and entered Yale College in 1885, but did not graduate. Following a brief career in journalism and travel in the western United States, he returned to Old Lyme, where he farmed on the family property and become active in local politics. He died in 1929.

Joseph Selden Huntington was born on November 24, 1820. He attended school in Kents Hill, Maine and was a merchant in Springfield, Massachusetts and New York City. In 1846 he returned to Old Lyme, Connecticut to manage family property. His date of death is unknown.

Selden Huntington was born in Higganum, Connecticut on March 24, 1786. He was engaged in shipping and commercial pursuits in New England and was active in religious and temperance work. His son Joseph Selden was born of Huntington's marriage to Anna Lord Johnson. A daughter Emily was born to his second wife Jeanette Stewart. Huntington died in Higganum in June, 1846.

From the description of Selden Huntington family papers, 1762-1914 (inclusive), 1831-1847, 1886-1889 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702165724

Selden Huntington was born in Higganum, Connecticut on March 24, 1786. He was engaged in shipping and commercial pursuits in New England and was active in religious and temperance work. His son Joseph Selden was born of Huntington's marriage to Anna Lord Johnson. A daughter Emily was born to his second wife Jeanette Stewart. Huntington died in Higganum in June, 1846.

JOSEPH SEMEN HUNTINGTON, d. 1929/ JUDGE JOSEPH SELDEN HUNTINGTON

He was born at Old Lyme and prepared for college at the Hartford High School. He Boulé, Delta Kappa Epsilon.

He left the Class at the end of Junior year. He was reporter on the Florida Times-Union 1889-1890, and on the New York Sun 1891-1892, and on the New York Herald 1892-1893. He spent nearly a year in the Northwest, and served as United States deputy marshal in North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana during the railroad strike of 1894. He was engaged for some time in the newspaper advertising business with E. N. Blanke in New York City. He spent a year at home on account of the illness of his father, and then traveled for a considerable time in the West, after which he settled down as a farmer in Old Lyme. He represented that town in the Connecticut Legislature in 1901 and in the Constitutional Convention in 1902. Again in Legislature in 1911. In 1904 he was elected judge of probate for the district of Old Lyme. Although offered renomination by both parties, his ill health forced his retirement at the conclusion of one term of office.

Served two years during the War in France and Italy with A. E. F., Y. M. C. A. One of the most interesting talks we ever had at a Class Dinner was his account of his work abroad, where he seemed to have endeared himself so that he was everywhere known as "Uncle Joe".

Decorations: Italian Line Service and Merito de Guerra.

Married, March 3, 1921, Mrs. Grace Carleton Oram, daughter of Carleton Wiggins, N.A. They have no children. Spent part of 1923-1924 in France, Italy and England.

( Thirty-fifth Reunion History of the Class of 1889, "Biographies of Non-graduates," page 212-213.)

From the guide to the Selden Huntington family papers, 1762-1914, (Manuscripts and Archives)