Background
He was the son of Dan and Euth (Conant) Storrs, and was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, December
He was the son of Dan and Euth (Conant) Storrs, and was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, December
He graduated from Yale College in 1801.
During his long life he several times represented his native town in the Connecticut State Legislature, was for a period of six years Judge of Probate for the district of Mansfield, for twenty years Postmaster at Mansfield Center, and for thirty-five years Justice of the Peace, holding the latter office until he reached the age of seventy years, the limit fixed by the law of the State. He died at Mansfield, Connecticut, February 17, 1867, aged 87 years. He was the last survivor of the Yale Class of 1801.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.