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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSimon LARNED
(1753-1817)
LARNED, Simon, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Thompson, Conn., August
3, 1753; attended the common schools; sheriff of Berkshire County;
served in the Revolutionary War with rank as captain in Colonel
Shepherd’s regiment; engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Pittsfield, Mass., in 1784; was a representative in the general
court in 1791; county treasurer 1792-1812; 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; elected as a
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; president of the Berkshire Bank; died in
Pittsfield, Mass., on November 16, 1817; interment in the
Pittsfield Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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