Simon Larned

Simon Larned (August 3, 1753 – November 16, 1817) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Key Information

Simon Larned
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 12th district
In office November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805
Preceded by	Thomson J. Skinner
Succeeded by	Barnabas Bidwell
Sheriff of Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1791–1791
Treasurer of Berkshire County, Massachusetts
In office 1792–1812
Personal details
Born	(1753-08-03)August 3, 1753 Thompson, Connecticut Colony, British America
Died	November 16, 1817(1817-11-16) (aged 64) Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S
Resting place	Pittsfield Cemetery
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Spouse(s)	Ruth Bull,[1][2] m. 1784[2]
Children	Charles Larned, (1792–1834);[2] Sylvester Larned, born Pittsfield, Massachusetts, August 23, 1796.[1]
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	Continental Army United States Army
Rank	Captain Colonel
Unit	Colonel Shepherd's regiment Ninth United States Infantry
Commands	Adjutant and Captain in Colonel William Shepard's regiment from January 1, 1777, to December 31, 1780, being aide-de-camp to General Glover, from October 1, 1779.
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Siege of Boston[2] War of 1812 Battle of Plattsburgh
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Born in Thompson in the Connecticut Colony, Larned attended the common schools. Larned served as Sheriff of Berkshire County. He served in the Revolutionary War^[2] as Adjutant and Captain in Colonel William Shepard's regiment from January 1, 1777, to December 31, 1780, being aide-de-camp to General Glover, from October 1, 1779. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1784. He was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1791. County treasurer 1792–1812. He served as colonel of the Ninth United States Infantry in the War of 1812 and was engaged in action at Plattsburg, along the Mohawk River.

Larned was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Massachusetts when it was established in 1783.^[2][3][4][5]

Larned was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomson J. Skinner and served from November 5, 1804, to March 3, 1805. He served as president of the Berkshire Bank. He died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on November 16, 1817. He was interred in the Pittsfield Cemetery.

• The Society of the Cincinnati
• The American Revolution Institute

• Dolliver, Louise Pearsons (1907), Lineage book, Volume XXIII, Washington, DC: Daughters of the American Revolution, p. 43.
• Wiley, Edgar J. (1917), Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont and Others Who Have Received Degrees 1800-1915, Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College, p. 27.

• United States Congress. "Simon Larned (id: L000097)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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