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  AllRefer.com - David Wooster (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Wooster resigned his commission upon the outbreak of the American Revolution, was one of the promoters of the Ticonderoga expedition (1775), and was made brigadier general in the Continental army.
After the death of Richard Montgomery, Wooster was put in command (1776) of American forces at Quebec, but he was soon recalled by the Continental Congress because of his ineptitude.
Wooster, commanding the Connecticut militia, was mortally wounded in battle near Danbury, Conn., against Tory raiders.
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 David Wooster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
David Wooster (1710–1777) was an American military leader from Connecticut.
His memory is commemorated in New Haven by and Wooster Square.
The city of Wooster (home of The College of Wooster), in northeastern Ohio (once part of Connecticut's "Western Reserve"), was also named after David Wooster.
danbury.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/David_Wooster   (278 words)

  
 30 Decades of Distinguished Graduates
David Wooster reached a much riper age than Hale, as well as a higher military rank.
Major General Wooster, commander-in-chief of the Connecticut militia, personally led an attack on the departing invaders between Ridgebury and Ridgfield, undeterred by cannon fire and the superior enemy numbers.
Turning in the saddle to shout encouragement to his troops, Wooster was struck by musket fire that left him paralyzed.
www.yalealumnimagazine.com /issues/01_03/popup/profiles/1738Wooster.html   (258 words)

  
 Paul Locher's Article re David Wooster
After the capitulation, Wooster was ordered to take charge of the cartel which was sent to France to negotiate the exchange of prisoners from the conflict.
The Wooster Street Cemetery is indeed the oldest cemetery in Danbury, dating back to 1684, but General Wooster is buried in the Wooster Cemetery on Mount Moriah, which dates from the middle of the nineteenth century.
The picture of the Wooster Monument was from an article dated April 16, 1996.
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 Encyclopedia: David Wooster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His memory is commemorated in New Haven by Wooster Street and Wooster Square.
Wooster Square is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut.
Wooster School is a private K-12 school in Danbury, Connecticut, in the U.S..
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/David-Wooster   (620 words)

  
 Wooster (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bertie Wooster a character in the Jeeves and Wooster series of novels by P.
David Wooster, a brigadier-general in the Continental Army
"Wooster" is also a common misspelling of Worcester.
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 David Wooster
WOOSTER, David, soldier, born in Stratford, Connecticut, 2 March, 1710; died in Danbury, Connecticut, 2 May, 1777.
He was graduated at Yale in 1738, and when war between England and Spain began in 1739 he entered the provincial army as lieutenant, and was subsequently made captain of a vessel that was built and equipped by the colony for the defence of its coasts.
Wooster's great-grandnephew, David, physician, born in Jasper, Steuben County, New York, 10 June, 1825, served as acting assistant surgeon in the United States army during the Mexican war, being stationed in La Puebla.
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 David Wooster's
Wooster was that morning engaged in threshing in his barn, accompanied by William Seeley, who was often employed by him as a help on his farm.
The good cheer of the table, the genial warmth of the fire, and the success thus far attending their expedition, combined to elevate their spirits, and make them forget for the moment the critical circumstances in which they were placed.
Wooster sent an ample plate of food to the young man in confinement, and even added a glass of liquor, but the poor lad's heart was too heavy for an appetite, and the refreshment was left untasted.
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 David Wooster -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
David Wooster (1710–1777) was an American military leader from (A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies) Connecticut.
While repelling (additional info and facts about William Tryon) William Tryon’s attack on (additional info and facts about Danbury, Connecticut) Danbury, Connecticut on April 26, he fell mortally wounded, and died in Danbury on May 2, 1777.
His memory is commemorated in (A city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale University) New Haven by Wooster Street and (additional info and facts about Wooster Square) Wooster Square.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/david_wooster.htm   (230 words)

  
 David E. Wooster and Associates, Inc. - our team
Wooster obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in December, 1983, and joined David E. Wooster and Associates, Inc. in a full-time role immediately thereafter.
Wooster has expanded his experience in traffic engineering and management with emphasis on traffic signal design, signal systems, coordination, traffic signs and markings management, roadway geometric design, and parking, as well as in the maintenance and protection of traffic during construction.
Wooster has extensive experience in computer applications of traffic engineering and planning, and in assessing the impact of new or revised land use on transportation networks.
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 Biographical Review - The Leading Citizens of Delaware County, NY - 8th Section
DAVID WOOSTER STEARNS, an extensive lumber merchant of Hancock, was born at Mount Pleasant, Wayne County, Pa., March 21, 1826.
He married Rowena Wooster, daughter of David and Polly (Church) Wooster, the former of whom was a pioneer of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and a nephew of David Wooster, of Revolutionary fame.
David Manzer enlisted in his country's service in the Civil War, served for seven months as a private, and died while in the army, though he was never called upon to engage in active battle.
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 My Teacher Site
Wooster is located in Stratford, Connecticut and houses grades 7 & 8.
"The Wooster Family is committed to excellence in education.
To develop a community of learners in which all students acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence to meet the challenges of a changing and increasingly div
www.stratford.k12.ct.us /our_schools/wooster_middle_   (98 words)

  
 Letters of General David Wooster
To David Wooster Esq., Brigadier-General in the Army of the United Colonies, and Commander of the Connecticut Forces at Harlem.
In Wooster's case, there was a manifest endeavor to lay upon him the blame of their own misconduct, in Congress, in embarrassing and starving the war in Canada.
General Wooster, to whose memory a monument was not long since erected in Danbury, Conn., was killed at Ridgefield, by an English bullet, in 1777.
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 General David Wooster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
David Wooster was a General in the American Army during the Revolutionary War.
When the British were burning Danbury, General Wooster marched from New Haven to Ridgefield and had a battle with General Tryon, the commander of the British troops.
General Wooster was shot in the battle and soon died.
www.danbury.k12.ct.us /elemweb/danburyhistory/wooster.html   (117 words)

  
 David Wooster's
As David had predicted, he and his comrades were received at his father's with cordiality.
Wooster sent an ample plate of food to the young man in confinement,
He jeered at their scruples, he ridiculed their soft-heartedness, as he called it, declaring they were milk-sops and jelly-bags, with numerous other epithets far from complimentary, and set off with expletives of the choicest Satanic vocabulary, till at last, silenced, if not convinced, they desisted from their opposition, and yielded their assent to his proposal.
www.our-oxford.info /c_judd-book-text/chapter15.html   (1553 words)

  
 General David Wooster
Was a son of Gen. Wooster slain at Ridgefield?
The Wooster Monument as depicted on the seal of the City of Danbury
Charles Whiting Wooster, Rear Admiral of Chilean Navy and grandson of the General
skaneateles.org /gen_wooster.html   (194 words)

  
 Wooster, David on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Publication: Artforum International; Author: Frankel, David ; Source: MAGAZINES
Publication: Salon.com; Author: David Gates ; Source: MAGAZINES
Everybody was there: the wrong guide to New York in 2004.
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 Carrington and Wooster
92 David Wooster (Walter43, Sarah9, Peter1) was b 28 Feb 1790 in Waterbury, New Haven Cty, CT [5]; d 4 Apr 1865 in Waterbury, New Haven Cty, CT [5]; bur Wooster Family Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven Cty, CT [7].
123 Hollis Wooster (David92, Walter43, Sarah9, Peter1) b 1829 in Waterbury, New Haven Cty, CT [10]; d 13 Aug 1917 in Torrington, Litchfield Cty, CT [10]; bur Center Cemetery, Torrington, Litchfield Cty, CT [12].
143 Estella B. Wooster (Hollis123, David92, Walter43, Sarah9, Peter1) [13,14,15] b 31 Dec 1861 in Naugatuck, New Haven Cty, CT [16,17,18,19]; d 26 Nov 1934 in Willimantic, Windham Cty, CT [20,21]; bur Mansfield Cemetery, Storrs, Tolland Cty, CT [36,37] She m Prof.
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 American Volunteers in the French Foreign Legion, 1914-1917: David Wooster King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
American Volunteers in the French Foreign Legion, 1914-1917: David Wooster King
David Wooster King, from Alan's own class at Harvard, came to Paris from Profidence, Rhode Island, to write a novel.
Actually, he spent more time at cafe sidewalk tables drinking Pernod than he did at his desk, writing.
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 David Wooster
Frito-Lay Granted Tax Abatement for Distribution Center in Wooster, Ohio.
Closure of Rubbermaid Factory Tears at Fabric of Hometown Wooster, Ohio.
Newell Rubbermaid to Announce Relocation of Wooster, Ohio, Facility Workers.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0852702.html   (200 words)

  
 David E. Wooster and Associates, Inc. - Traffic Engineering Consulting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
David E. Wooster and Associates, Inc. - Traffic Engineering Consulting
The efforts of David E. Wooster and Associates, Inc. are directed toward providing logical, factually based solutions to the main varied problems involved in the movement of people and goods.
Included in our services are plans development, inter-agency liaison, identification of development impacts and development of implementation procedures to address identified impacts.
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 David Wooster/Anna Doolittle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Name: David Wooster Born: 2 NOV 1762 at: Married: at: Died: at: Spouses:
Name: Daniel Wooster Born: 31 AUG 1774 at: Married: at: Died: at: Spouses:
Name: Abigail Wooster Born: 27 JUN 1780 at: Middlebury, New Haven, Connecticut Married: 24 JUL 1803 at: Prospect, New Haven, Connecticut Died: 3 AUG 1845 at: Byron, Ogle, Illinois Spouses: Jared Sanford
users.cwnet.com /~jerise/dolitle/fam00013.htm   (144 words)

  
 Pane-Joyce Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On 7 Jan 1762 Ann married David Wooster (35334), son of Thomas Wooster (18 Feb 1691/2-2 Feb 1777) and Sarah Hawkins (33101) (23 May 1695-10 Dec 1785).
Born on 4 Jan 1734/5 at Derby, CT.
David died at Naugatuck, CT, on 14 Jan 1812.
aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr11/rr11_176.html   (97 words)

  
 David Wooster Sanford/Harriet Neve   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The descendants of Jared Sanford & Abigail Wooster
Name: David Wooster Sanford Born: 20 JUL 1875 at: Died: 20 JUL 1882 at:
THOMAS SANFORD THE EMIGRANT TO NEW ENGLAND, by Carlton E. Sanford, The Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1911; pp 1132-1133, #9559 DAVID WOOSTER SANFORD, b.
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 Antique Botanical Prints - Alpine Wildflower Prints from David Wooster
Antique Botanical Prints - Alpine Wildflower Prints from David Wooster
These prints are from a guide to Alpine plants published in response to an increased interest in Great Britain in this species in the late 1800s, due in large part to the plants brought back by plant hunters.
The accompanying text, authored by David Wooster (?1824-1888), included a botanical description of each plant, together with details when it was first discovered or introduced into Great Britain, and instructions on its cultivation.
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 David E. Wooster and Associates, Inc. - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PA) - US
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