MATTOON, Ebenezer, patriot, born in Amherst, Massachusetts, 19 August, 1755; died there, 11 September, 1843. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1776, joined the army in Canada, was a lieutenant in an artillery company at the battle of Bemis Heights, 7 October, 1777, and left the service with the rank of major. He served several terms in the legislature after the Revolution, was state senator in 1795-'6, from 1797 till 1816 was major-general of the 4th division, and in 1800 was elected to congress in place of Samuel Lyman, who had resigned, serving from 2 February, 1801, till 3 March, 1803. He was sheriff of Hampshire county twenty years, became adjutant-general of Massachusetts in 1816, and the next year commanded the Ancient and honorable artillery, he became blind about this time, but served in the State constitutional convention of 1820. General Mattoon was a scientific and practical farmer.