Overview
George Tod (December 11, 1773 – April 11, 1841) was an American politician, jurist and soldier who was a senator in the Ohio State Senate, and an Ohio Supreme Court Judge (1806-1810). He who fought in the War of 1812.
Early life
Tod was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale in 1797. He taught school, studied law at Litchfield Law School, and was admitted to the bar in Connecticut. He married Sallie Isaacs in 1797. She was sister in law of Governor Ingersoll. Children Charlotte and Jonathan were born in Connecticut. In 1808, he took on as an apprentice, the young Jesse Root Grant, the future father of Ulysses S. Grant, for four years.
The West
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