Source: History of Litchfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers…… Published: Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1881. REUBEN ROCKWELL Reuben Rockwell was born at Colebrook in August, 1818, and has always resided in the town; was elected to the Legislature in 1857, and to the State Senate in 1858; was appointed by President Lincoln, in 1862, assessor of internal revenue for the Fourth District of Connecticut. Submitted by: Linda Pingel