Todd, Eli
physician, was born July 23, 1769, in New Haven, Conn. He was principally instrumental in founding the Retreat for the Insane at Hartford, Conn., one of the earliest of the kind, was elected its superintendent, and presided over it till his death. He died Nov. 17, 1833, in Hartford, Conn.
TODD, JACOB lawyer, was born Beaver county, Pa.
JEFFERSON, soldier, March 12, 1843, in He received his education in the common schools of Indiana and in Roanoke seminary and Fort Wayne college, and for several terms he was engaged in educational work.
During the civil war he served as a soldier in company D, one hundred and thirty-seventh regiment Indiana volunteer infantry. On his return from the service he began the study of law; in 1896 he was admitted to the bar, and two years later opened a law office in Bluffton, Ind., where he has since resided and is known as a prominent member of the legal fraternity. In 1880 he was a delegate to the Chicago convention and took an active part in securing the nomination of General Garfield for president. In 1886 his party tendered his name as a candidate for lieutenant-governor but he declined the use of his name. In 1894 he was the nominee for judge of the twenty-eighth judicial circuit and in 1896 his name was put forward as a candidate for gov- In 1890 he was appointed one of the commissioners to construct and furnish the hospitals for the insane at Logansport, Richmond, and Evansville. In 1895 he was appointed a member of the board of trustees of the hospital for the insane at Logansport, and was elected president of the board. He has filled numerous public positions of honor; and was grand master of Masons for Indiana in 1890-91. ernor.