Roswell L. Colt in Paterson on November 22, 1856. Roswell L. Colt Roswell Lyman Colt (1779-1856) was an American businessman who made a fortune in the shipping industry, served for decades as governor of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, and was an early railroad executive. Colt's parents were Peter Colt (1744-1824) and Sarah Lyman. (Peter's brother was Benjamin Colt (1740-1781), whose grandson would be gunmaker Samuel Colt (1814-1862).) A graduate of Yale University, Peter founded a shipping business that traded with the West Indies, served in the Revolutionary War, served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1790 to 1794, and went on to
Songs for the Living Embodyment discarded a large part of its past in favor of a brighter future with the slickly-produced, chart-rock of "Songs for The Living". Although the band has done little to distinguish itself from, say, Creed and its many doppelgangers, ten years down the road finds Embodyment still reaching for the stars, adding various disparate elements to their sound, and seeing what works." Songs for the Living Songs for the Living is the fourth album by the Christian metal band Embodyment. The album was the biggest departure from the band's original Death metal/deathcore sound, the album being more of an Alternative