Khipha zonke izindawo embhalweni
Context:UTodd, indodana yesithathu ka-Ira noSally (Hmman) Todd, wazalelwa eHartwick, eNew York, ngoMashi 4, 1813. Wayechithe unyaka owodwa e-Amherst College, ngaphambi kokungena njengeSophomore e-Yale College, lapho aphothula khona ngo-1836. Wafundisa esikoleni esiphakeme eKhanani, eConnecticut, kwaze kwaba entwasahlobo ka-1837, lapho aqala khona izifundo zomthetho neJaji u-Arphaxad Loomis, waseLittle Falls, eNew York. Lapho evunyelwa ukuba abe ummeli ngo-1839, wanquma ukuthuthela eNtshonalanga. Wakhetha iSt. Louis futhi wafika lapho ngoNovemba, 1839, eqala ukusebenza ngoMashi, 1840. Wanaka ngokukhethekile izindaba ezithinta impahla engenakuthengiswa, futhi waphumelela kakhulu emacaleni alolu hlobo. Ngenxa yokwesaba impilo yakhe, wathatha umhlalaphansi ngo-1860, esemncane, kusukela ekusebenzeni okusebenzayo, wazinciphisa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ukuya ezifundweni zasehhovisi. Wenqaba konke ukuqokwa kwezombusazwe kwaze kwaba ngo-1854, lapho akhethwa khona ukuba abe yilungu leNdlu Yabamele yaseMissouri. Ngo-1860 wayengumuntu ongaphumelelanga ukhetho lwe-US Congress ku ithikithi likaBell no-Everett. Ngo-1875, wayeyilungu lomhlangano owabuyekeza uMthethosisekelo waseMissouri. Wayengumqondisi weWashington University, eSt. Louis, futhi wakhonza mahhala iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu eMnyangweni Wezomthetho njengomfundisi. Phakathi kwabafundi bakhe kwakunoLemma Barkaloo, owesifazane wokuqala owaba ngumfundi wezomthetho e-United States. Ngemva kokugula inyanga yonke, washona ekhaya lakhe eSt. Louis, ebulawa isifo sezinzwa nemenenja, ngo-April 30, 1885, eneminyaka engu-73 ubudala.
IHartwick, eNew York IKhanani, eConnecticut ILittle Falls, eNew York ISt Louis