Thomas Tallman

Thomas Tallman was an American minister and politician from Connecticut.

Early life

Thomas Tallman was born on June 12, 1815, in the parish of Middle Haddam, Connecticut, to Susan and Eleazar Tallman. He graduated from Yale College in 1837. He studied theology in Yale Theological Seminary for three years after leaving college.

Career

Tallman was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church in Scotland, Connecticut, on March 20, 1844. From this charge he was dismissed on June 26, 1861. From July 1861 to November 1863, he worked at the Congregational Church in Groton.
In 1864, Tallman moved to Thompson. He worked there until his death, preaching in Westminster from 1864 to 1865 and in East Putnam from April 1868 to November 1869.
Tallman served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1866 to 1867.

Personal life

Tallman married Frances M. Hazleton, daughter of Simon Hazleton, of Haddam on May 17, 1842. They had a son and a daughter. His wife died in 1860. He married Hannah C. Graves of Thompson on April 27, 1864. They had a son and a daughter.
Tallman died of a cartilaginous tumor in his abdomen on October 9, 1872, in Thompson.