Talk:Henry Leavitt Ellsworth

Profession (title)

This piece begins by identifying Henry Ellsworth as an 'administrator.' Surely even in encyclopedia-speak, we ought to be able to come up with something better. Ellsworth was briefly mayor of Hartford, basically founded the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was commissioner of Patents, during which time he made several decisions on new technologies and inventions that would shatter prior assumptions and change the direction of the country. He also travelled across the west, was an early president of a major life insurance company and was a major donor (for the time) to Yale University. Calling him an 'administrator' makes him sound like a paper-shuffler at the local social security office.MarmadukePercy (talk) 12:22, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Familial relationships

The article is unclear with regard to the parentage of Nancy Goodrich, as are sources. Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale college calls her daughter of Elizur Goodrich (Yale 1779), and sister of her husband's classmate. Our Chauncey Goodrich article states that Nancy was his daughter. Muddying the waters, I think, is the fact that it is not always clear if Elizur Goodrich (Sr) or Elizur Goodrich (jr), and sometimes, Chauncey Goodrich vs Chauncey Allen Goodrich, is being referred to. - Nunh-huh 10:15, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I think I've clarified it: the problem was sentence structure rather than a wrong relationship. The relationships seem to be as follows:

David Goodrich

Elihu Chauncey

Elizur Goodrich

Catherine Chauncey

Noah Webster

Rebecca Greenleaf

Chauncey Goodrich

m1. Abigail Smith m2. Mary Ann Wolcott both marriages childless

Elizur Goodrich

Anne Willard Allen

William Wolcott Ellsworth

Emily Schotten Webster

Julia Webster

Chauncey Allen Goodrich

Henry Leavitt Ellsworth

Nancy Allen Goodrich

Roswell Smith

Annie Goodrich Ellsworth

George Inness Jr.

Julia Goodrich Roswell Smith

The Chauncey Goodrich article was wrong in identifying Nancy as his daughter; both his marriages were childless. I have fixed that article. -Nunh-huh 17:56, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

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