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SKINNER, Richard, LL. D., (brother of the preceding,) was born in Litchfield, May 30, 1778 ; graduated at the Law School in his native town, and settled in Manchester, Vermont in 1800. He became State's Attorney, Speaker of the House, Judge of Probate, member of Congress, Chief Justice of the State, and Governor. He received the degree of LL. D. from Middlebury college. Governor Skinner died in Middlebury, May 23, 1833, aged 55.
TALLMADGE, Frederick A., (son of Colonel Benjamin Tall- madge,) was born in Litchfield, August 29, 1792 ; graduated at Yale College in 1811 ; and settled as a lawyer in New York city-his present residence. From 1834 to 1836 he was an Alderman ; from 1836 to 1840, a member of the State Senate, of which body he was elected President ; from 1840 to 1845, and from 1848 to 1853, he was Recorder of the City, and Chief Justice of the Police Court ; and from 1846 to 1848, he was a member of Congress .. For two or three years past, Mr. Tallmadge has held the office of Superinten- dent of Police in New York-a very important and responsible post.
TRACY, General Uriah, a native of Norwich and a graduate of Yale College, settled as a lawyer in Litchfield in 1780, and here spent his entire professional life. He was a Representative at nine ses- sions, member of Congress three years, and U. S. Senator eleven years ; and rose to the rank of Major General of militia. He was one of the most brilliant men of his day. General Tracy died in Wash- ington city in 1807, and was the first person buried in the congress- ional cemetery.
WELCH, John, (son of Major David Welch,) was born in Litch- field, September 23, 1759 ; graduated at Yale College in 1778 ; set- tled as a merchant in his native town, fand continued to reside here until his death, which took place December 26, 1845. He was suc- cessively a Justice of the Peace, Representative, Senator, member of the Constitutional Convention, Associate Judge of the County Court, and a candidate for Congress. He was successful in business, and left a large estate.
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WOLCOTT, Oliver, Jr., LL. D., was born in Litchfield, January 11, 1760 ; and died in New York, June 2, 1833. He graduated at Yale College, and was successively Comptroller of this State, Auditor and Secretary of the United States Treasury, Judge of the United States Circuit Court, President of the Bank of America, President of the Constitutional Convention of Connecticut, and Governor of his native State from 1817 to 1827. He was one of the most illustrious statesmen of the early days of the republic - the intimate friend and adviser of Washington, Adams and Hamilton; and, for some time previous to his decease, he was the last surviving member of Wash- ington's Cabinet.
WOLCOTT, Frederick, (brother of the preceding,) was born in Litchfield, November 2, 1767; graduated at Yale College in 1787, and died in his native town May 28, 1837. For more than forty years he was constantly in public life-as Clerk of the Courts, Judge of Probate, Representative, member of the State Council, Senator, &c. No man ever lived in the town who enjoyed more implicitly the confidence of the public. There was a dignity and nobleness in his person and manner which left their impress on all who came within the sphere of his influence.
WOODRUFF, General Morris, (son of Mr. James Woodruff,) was born in Litchfield, September 3, 1777; educated at Morris Academy, and was bred a merchant. He commenced his mercantile life with Messrs. David Leavitt and Simeon Harrison ; and after his con- nection with them was dissolved, he prosecuted the business chiefly on his own account for many years. He was through life much em- ployed as Executor, Administrator, and Commissioner, in settling estates, and as Arbitrator, Auditor and Committee appointed by the Courts. He was an active and influential member of the church and ecclesiastical society, and of the community generally to which he be- longed; repeatedly discharged the duties of various public offices ; represented the town of Litchfield in the Legislature fourteen sessions, and was a magistrate of the county twenty-six years. In 1818, he was appointed Brigadier General of the Sixth Brigade ; and in 1824, the Legislature appointed him Major General of the Third Division. From 1829; until his death-a period of eleven years-he held the office of a Judge of the Couny Court, and that of Commissioner which succeeded it ; and in November, 1832, he was chosen by the voters of the State at large, an Elector of President and Vice President of the United States. In all the affairs of life, General Woodruff was distinguished by great activity, energy, perseverance, accuracy and fidelity to whatever trust he assumed. Of high integrity himself, he was stern in requiring from others observance of its dictates. Ready to do justice to others ; keenly alive to every sense of wrong ; pene- trating in his scrutiny into the conduct and motives of others; con- vincing rather than persuasive in his intercourse with men, he impelled their concurrence in his views by producing confidence in the sound- ness of his judgment and the correctness of his purposes. He was
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steadfast in his friendships, and few men retain with equal warmth the intimacies begun in early years. The associates of his boyhood were through life his most confiding and devoted friends. The de- pendance of his neighbors and friends on him for advice and assistance was very great, their confidence was never abused, their reliance nev- er failed ; and so his means of usefulness among them were large, and liis influence extensive. In his domestic relations he was affectionate and kind-inflexible in retaining a high standard of both filial and parental duty-and never failed to show that the highest good of those who were dependent upon him, was his invariable motive in all his intercourse with them. General Woodruff was nearly six feet in height, stout, erect, active, and of more than ordinary physical strength. Of robust aud vigorous frame and sound constitution, his health was rarely interrupted, and promise of a green old age seemed singularly certain. But in the spring of 1839, his system received a shock followed by an affection of the liver, under which he declined, and on the 17th of May, 1840, he died -- illustrating in his dying hour the peace and consolation of the Christian's hope and con- fidence in the Saviour in whose church on earth he had been num- bered for many years. His remains are interred in our East Bury- ing-Ground, where a handsome monument has been erected to his memory. General Woodruff married Candace, eldest daughter of Lewis Catlin, Esq., of Harwinton. Their children were -- 1 George C., who still resides in Litchfield, and is well known to our readers as a prominent member of the Bar of Litchfield county. 2. Lucy M., m. Hon. O. S. Seymour, of Litchfield. 3 Lewis B., Judge of the Superior Court for the city of New York. 4. Reuben M., M. D., a physician of high attainments, died young in 1849. 5 James, died in infancy.
WOODRUFF, Clark, (brother of the preceding,) was born in Litchfield, August 23, 1791, and was educated at Morris Academy. In 1810, he left his native town, and, passing down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, he soon established himself as a lawyer in St. Francisville, in the present State of Louisiana. For many years he was reputed one of the ablest, most eloquent and successful advocates at the bar; and in the spring of 1828, he was appointed Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of the State of Louisiana. He also held the office of State Auditor, and Commissioner charged with the subject of Public Improvements in that State, in which he took an active interest. He was also a Trustee af Louisiana College. On resigning his judgeship, he removed to New Orleans, where lie resi- ded until a short time previous to his death. He departed this life at his country seat at Carrollton, on the Mississippi, about six miles above that city, on the 25th of November, 1851. Judge Woodruff was a polished, courtly gentleman, of fine address, pleasing manners, and cultivated mind. He married Matilda Bradford, of St. Francis- ville, a highly accomplished lady, by whom he had three children. The only survivor, Mrs. Octavia Besançon, now lives at Carrollton at the late residence of her father.
APPENDIX.
Colonial and State Officers of Connecticut.
[Complete, from 1635 to 1859.]
First chosen. No. years.
Allyn, John, Secretary of State
1664
31
Andros, Sir Edmund, Governor
1687
2
Backus, Thomas, Lieut. Governor
1849
Baldwin, Roger S., Governor
1844
2
Baldwin, Edward Law, Executive Secretary,
1844
2
Beardslee, Cyrus H., Executive Secretary
1827
4
Beers, Seth P.,* Supt. Common Schools
1845
4
Betts, Thaddeus, Lieutenant Governor
1834
1
Birge, Alonzo W., Treasurer
1846
1
Bissell, Clark, Governor
1847
2
Bissell, George A., Executive Secretary
1847
2
Billings, Noyes, Lieut. Governor
1846
17 1
Booth, Reuben,f Lieut. Governor
1844
Boyd, John,* Secretary of State
1858
2
Brown, Jeremiah, Treasurer
1835
3
Bradley, Charles W., Secretary of State
1846
1
Buckingham, William A., Governor
1858
Buell, William H., Comptroller
1858
2
Burnham, Alfred A., Lieut. Governor
1857
1
Burr, Peter, Deputy Governor
1723
2
Calef, Arthur, Treasurer
1855
1
Camp, Daniel W., Treasurer
1854
1
Carrington, Abijah, Comptroller
1844
2
Catlin, Abijalı,* Comptroller
1847
3
Catlin, Abijah,* School Fund Commissioner
1851
1
Catlin, George S.,f Executive Secretary
1831
2
Catlin, Julius .¡ Lieutenant Governor
1858
2
Clarke, Daniel, Secretary of State
1658
8
Clarke, Thomas, Treasurer
1851
1
1
Barnard, Henry, Supt. Common Schools,
1849
5
Beers, Seth P.,* School Fund Commissioner
1825
24
Bishop, James, Deputy Governor
1688
Camp, David N., Supt. Common Schools
1857
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HISTORY OF LITCHFIELD.
Cleveland, Chauncey F., Governor
1842
2
Cleveland, Mason, Comptroller
1846
1
Cleveland, Mason, Sch. Fund Commissioner
1854
1
Coe, Frederick P., Treasurer
1856
1
Colt, Elisha, Comptroller
1806
13
Colt, Peter, Treasurer
1789
5
Cullick, John, Secretary of State
1648
10
Day, Albert, Lieutenant Governor
1856
1
Day, Thomas,* Secretary of State,
1810
25
Dunham, John, Comptroller
1854
1
Dutton, Henry,¡ Governor
1854
1
Edwards, Henry W., Governor
1833
4
Ellsworth, William Wolcott, Governor
1838
4
Ellsworth, Pinckney W., Executive Secretary 1838
1850
3
Field, William, Comptroller
1836
2
Field, William, Lieut. Governor
1855
1
Fitch, Thomas, Deputy Govornor
1750
4
Fitch, Thomas, Governor
1754
12
Foote, Samuel A., Governor
1834
1
Foote, Joseph F., Executive Secretary
1854
2
Gilbert, Joseph B., Treasurer
1844
4
Gold, Nathan, Deputy Governor
1708
16
Goodrich, Chauncey, Lieut. Governor
1813
2
Graves, Henry B.,* Executive Secretary
1854
1
Griswold, Matthew, Lieut. Governor
1769
15
Griswold, Matthew, Governor
1784
22
Griswold, Roger, Governor
1811
1
Hawley, Charles, Lieut. Governor
1838
4
Haynes, John, Deputy Governor
1640
5
Haynes, John, Governor
1639
8
Hillhouse, James, School Fund Commissioner
1810
15
Hitchcock, William R., Executive Secretary
1834
1
Hinman, Royal R.,* Secretary of State
1835
7
Hoadly, Charles J., State Librarian
1856
3
Holabird, William S ..* Lieut. Governor
1842
2
Holley, Alexander H.,* Lieut. Governor
1854
1
Holley, Alexander II.,* Governor
1857
1
Hopkins, Edward, Secretary of State
1639
1
Hopkins, Edward, Deputy Governor
1643
6
Hopkins, Edward, Governor
1640
· 7
Hovey, James A., Executive Secretary
1842
2
Huntington, Jabez W, .* Executive Secretary
1820
7
Huntington, Jedediah, Treasurer
1789
1
Huntington, Samuel, Lieut. Governor
1784
2
Huntington, Samuel, Governor
1786
10
Huntington, Roger, Comptroller
1834
1
Ingersoll, Jonathan, Lieut. Governor
1816
7
Griswold, Roger, Lieut. Governor
1809
4
Erving, R. Augustus, Executive Secretary
203
COLONIAL AND STATE OFFICERS.
Jones, William, Deputy Governor
1692
5
Kendrick, Green, Lieut. Governor 1851
1
Kilbourn, Henry, Comptroller
1838
Kilbourn, P. K.,* Executive Secretary
1857
1
Kimberly. Eleazer, Secretary of State
1696
13
Kingsbury, Andrew, Comptroller
1791
Kingsbury, Andrew, Treasurer
1794
24
Lamb, Joseph G., Comptroller
1857
1
Law, Jonathan, Deputy Governoz
1724
17
Law, Jonathan, Governor
1:41
9
Lawrence, John, Treasurer
1769
19
Leet, William, Deputy Governor
1669
7
Leet, William, Governor .
1676
7.
Ludlow, Roger, Deputy Governor
1639
3
McCurdy, Charles J., Lieut. Governor
1847
2
Mason, John, Deputy Governor
1660
9
Mather, John P. C., Secretary of State
1850
3
Merrill, Alexander, Comptroller
1855
1
Mills, Roger H., Secretary of State
1849
1
Minor, William T., Governor
1855
2
Mix, Silas, Executive Secretary
1833
4
Palmer, John C., School Fund Commissioner 1850
1846
1
Perry, Oliver H., Secretary of State
1854
1
Peters, John S., Lieut. Governor
1827
4
Peters, John S., Governor
1831
2
Phelps, Elisha, Comptroller
1830
4
Phelps, Noah A., Secretary of State
1842
2
Philbrick, John D., Supt Common Schools
1855
2
Pinney, Rufus G., Comptroller
1850
3
Pitkin, William, Treasurer
1678
1
Pitkin, William, Deputy Governor
1754
12
Pitkin, William, Governor
1766
3
Plant, David, Lieutenant Governor
1823
·
1
Platt, Orville H.,t Secretary of State
1857
1
Pomeroy, Ralph, Comptroller
1789
2
Pond, Charles H., Governor
1853
1
Porter, John, Comptroller
1794
12
Prentis, Edward, Treasurer
1856
1
Rider, Hiram, Treasurer
1838
4
Robertson, John B., Secretary of State
1847
2
Robinson, L. F., Executive Secretary
1849
1
Saltonstall, Gurdon, Governor
1707
17
Sedgwick, Albert,* School Fund Commiss'r
1854
5
Seymour, Thomas H., Governor
1850
3
Smith, Henry D., Treasurer
1850
1
Smith, John Cotton,* Lieut. Governor
1811
2
Smith, John Cotton,* Governor
1813
4
3
Pond, Charles H., Lieut. Governor
1850
2
Pardee, Dwight W., Executive Secretary
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HISTORY OF LITCHFIELD.
Spencer, Isaac, Treasurer
IS18
16
Sperry, Nehemiah D., Secretary of State
1855
2
Stanley, Caleb, Secretary of State
1709
3
Stanley, Nathaniel, Treasurer
1749
6
Stoddard, Ebenezer, Lieut. Governor
1833
4
Stearns, Edwin, Treasurer
1852
2
Talcott, John, Treasurer
1652
7
Talcott, John, (Jr,) Treasurer
1659
19
Talcott, Joseph, Deputy Governor
1724
Talcott, Joseph, Governor
1724
17
Talcott, Joseph, Treasurer
1755
14
Thomas, James, Comptroller
1819
11
Tomlinson, Gideon, Governor
1827
4
Toucey, Isaac, Governor
1846
1
Treadwell, John, Lieut. Governor
1798
11
Treadwell, John, Governor,
1809
2
Treat, Robert, Deputy Governor
1676
17
Treat, Robert, Governor
1683
13
Trumbull, Jonathan, Depaty Governor
1766
3
Trumbull, Jonathan, Governor
1769
15
Trumbull, Jonathan, (Jr,) Lieut. Governor
1796
2
Trumbull, Jonathan, (Jr,) Governor
1798
11
Trumbull, Gurdon, Sch. Fund Commissioner
1850
1
Trumbull, Joseph, Governor
1849
1
Trumbull, J. Hammond, State Librarian
1854
2
Tyler, Daniel P., Secretary of State
1844
2
Wadsworth, James, Comptroller
1786
2
Warner, Samuel L., Executive Secretary
1853
1
Waldo, Loren P., Sch. Fund Commissioner
1852
1
Webster, John, Deputy Governor
1655
1
Webster, John, Governor
1656
1
Weed, Hiram, Secretary of State
1850 (died)
Welles, Thomas, Treasurer
1669
5
Welles, Thomas, Secretary of State
1640
8
Welles, Thomas, Deputy Governor
1654
4
Welles, Thomas, Governor
1655
2
Welles, Gideon, Comptroller
1835
3
White, Jabez L., Treasurer
1842
2
Whiting, William, Treasurer
1641
7
Whiting, Joseph, do.
1679
3
Whiting, John,
do.
1718
21
Wildman, Frederick S., Treasurer
1857
1
Winthrop, John, Deputy Governor
1658
1
Winthrop, John, Governor
1657
9
Winthrop, Fitz John, Governor
1698
9
Wolcott, Roger, Deputy Governor
1741
9
Wolcott, Roger, Governor
1750
4
Wolcott, Oliver,* Lieut. Governor
1786
10
*
205
JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Wolcott, Oliver," Governor
1796
2
Wolcott, Oliver, (Jr,)* Comptroller
1788
1
Wolcott, Oliver, (Jr,)* Governor
1817
10
Wyllys, George, Deputy Governor
1641
1
Wyllys, George, Governor
1642
1
Wyllys, Hezekiah, Secretary of State
1712
23
Wyllys, George, do.
do.
1735
61
Wyllys, Samuel, do.
do.
1796
14
* Chosen from Litchfield co.
Natives of the co. but residing elsewhere.
Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors. CHIEF JUSTICES.
[Previous to 1784, the Deputy Governors were the Chief Justices. ]
First chosen.
No. years.
Samuel Huntington, Norwich
1784
1
Richard Law, New London
1785
4
Eliphalet Dyer, Windham
1789
4
Andrew Adams, Litchfield
1793
5
Jesse Root, Coventry
1798
9
Stephen Mix Mitchell, Wethersfield
1807
7
Tapping Reeve, Litchfield
1814
1
Zephaniah Swift, Windham
1815
4
Stephen Titus Hosmer, Middletown
1819
14
David Daggett, New Haven
1833
1
Thomas S. Williams, Hartford
1834
13
Samuel Church, Litchfield
1847
7
Henry M. Waite, Lyme
1854
2
William L. Storrs, Hartford
1856
in office.
ASSOCIATE JUDGES.
First chosen. 1711
No. years
William Pitkin, Hartford
Richard Christophers, New London
1711
21
Peter Burr, Fairfield
1711
7
Samuel Eells, Milford
1711
29
John Haynes, Hartford
1713
1
Jonathan Law, Milford
1715
9
John Hamlin, Middletown
1716
6
Joseph Talcott, Hartford
1721
1
Matthew Allyn, Windsor
1723
9
John Hooker, Farmington
1723
9
.
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HISTORY OF LITCHFIELD.
. James Wadsworth, Durham
1725
27
Roger Wolcott, Windsor
1732
9
Joseph Whiting, New Haven
1732
13
Elisha Williams, Wethersfield
1740
3
William Pitkin, Hartford,
1741
13
Ebenezer Silliman, Fairfield
1743
23
John Bulkley, Colchester
1745
8
Samuel Lynde, Saybrook
1752
3
Daniel Edwards, Hartford
1753
10
Roger Wolcott, Jr. Windsor
1754
5
Jonathan Trumbull, Lebanon
1754 (declined)
Joseph Fowler, Lebanon
1754
6
Benjamin Hall, Wallingford
1759
7
Robert Walker, Stratford
1760
12
Matthew Griswold. Lyme
1765
4
Eliphalet Dyer, Windham
1766
23
Roger Sherman, New Haven
1766
23
William Pitkin, Hartford
1769
20
Wm. Samuel Johnson, Stratford
1772
1
Samuel Huntington, Norwich
1773
11
Richard Law, New London
1784
1
Oliver Ellsworth, Windsor
1785
4
Andrew Adams, Litchfield
1789
4
Jesse Root, Coventry
1789
9
Charles Chauncey, New Haven
1789
4
Erastus Wolcott, East Windsor
1789
3
Jonathan Sturges, Fairfield
1792
13
Benjamin Huntington, Norwich
1792
6
Ashur Miller, Middletown
1793
2
Stephen Mix Mitchell, Middletown
1795
12
Jonathan Ingersoll, New Haven
1798
8
Tapping Reeve, Litchfield
1798
16
Zephaniah Swift, Windham
1801
14
John Trumbull, Hartford
1801
18
William Edmond, Newtown
1805
14
Nathaniel Smith, Woodbury
1806
13
Jeremiah G. Brainard, New London
1806
23
Simeon Baldwin, New Haven
1806
12
Roger Griswold, Lyme
1807
2
John Cotton Smith, Sharon
1809
2
Calvin Goddard, Norwich
1815
3
Stephen Titus Hosmer, Middletown
1815
3
James Gould, Litchfield
1816
3
John T. Peters, Hartford
1818
16
Asa Chapman, New Haven
1818
7
William Bristol, New Haven
1819
7
James Lanman, Norwich
1826
3
David Daggett, New Haven
1826
7
Thomas S. Williams, Hartford
1829
5
207
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Clark Bissell, Norwalk
1829
10
Samuel Church, Litchfield
1833
14
Jabez W. Huntington, Litchfield
1834
6
Henry M. Waite, Lyme
1834
20
Roger M. Sherman, Fairfield
1839
3
William L. Storrs, Hartford
1840
16
Joel Hinman, New Haven
1842
in office.
William W. Ellsworth, Hartford
1847
"
David C. Sanford, New Milford
1854
Thomas B. Butler, Norwalk
1855
Origen S. Seymour, Litchfield
1855
John D. Park, Norwich
1855
"
Loren P. Waldo, Tolland
1855
"
Charles J. McCurdy, Lyme
1856
"
COMMISSIONERS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.
[ Appointed by the Court for the term of two years. This office was created in 1854 |
Birdsey Baldwin, Cornwall.
J. H. Beach, Plymouth.
Seth P. Beers, Litchfield.
Frederick D. Beeman, Litchfield.
Merritt Bronson, New Hartford.
Edward Carrington, Colebrook.
William Cothren, Woodbury.
George L. Fields, Watertown.
Wait Garrett, New Hartford, Joseph I. Gaylord, Goshen.
Albert N. Hodge, Roxbury.
Carlos Holcomb, New Hartford.
John H. Hubbard, Litchfield. P. K. Kilbourn, Litchfield. Leister Loomis, Barkhamsted.
Charles P. Lyman, Barkhamsted.
Stephen D. Mann, New Hartford.
John G. Mitchell, Salisbury. William L. Ransom, Litchfield. John G. Reid, Kent.
Jhon H. Russell, Salisbury.
Henry S. Sanford, New Milford. Edward W. Seymour, Litchfield. Nathaniel Smith, Woodbury. Oliver A. G. Todd, New Milford. John S. Turrell, New Milford. George Wheaton, Cornwall. Walter R. Whittlesey, Salisbury.
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HISTORY OF LITCHFIELD.
Justices of the Deace for the County of Litchfield, RESIDING IN THE TOWN OF LITCHFIELD.
[Complete Roll, from the organization of the County to the present time. Uu- til 1851, all Justices of the Peace in Connecticut were appointed annually by the Legislature. They are now elected by the People for the term of two years.]
First chosen.
First chosen.
1774 Andrew Adams
1753 Timothy Collins
1796 John Allen
1812 Levi Catlin .
1828 Joseph Adams
1836 Dan Catlin
1836 E. S. Abernethy
1838 Edward Camp
1847 Charles Adams
1838 Edward Cowles
1762 Isaac Baldwin
1839 Ralph G. Camp
1803 Nathan Bassett
1846 Samuel Church
1810 Asa Bacon
1846 Garner Curtis
1847 Phineas W. Camp
1817 Jonathan Buel
1847 Walter Coe
1819 James Birge
1858 John Catlin
1820 Isaiah Bunce
1798 Julius Deming
1828 Joseph Birge
1842 Stephen Deming
1835 Joseph Birge, Jr.
1838 Samuel H. Dudley
1836 Samuel P. Bolles
1858 Orson Emons
1839 William Bassett
1849 Amos Farnsworth
1840 Ozias B. Bassett
1854 Henry Frisbie
1840 Francis Bacon
1858 Royal A. Ford
1845 Samuel G. Braman
1818 Nathaniel Goodwin
1846 Frederick D. Beeman
1832 Leonard Goodwin
1846 Samuel Brooker, Jr.
1838 Chester C. Goslee
1838 Julius Griswold
1847 Philip S. Beebe
1850 Charles O. Belden
1849 Albin Guild
1850 David Benton
1849 Henry B. Graves
1851 Chester G. Birge
1851 Edward Garnsey
1851 Junius Burgess
1856 George Garnsey
1854 Charles C. Buel
1752 Thomas Harrison
1856 William Bissell
1808 Uriel Holmes
18 18
18 18
18 18
1835 1838 1843 1845 1846 1852 1854 1854 1830 1835 184 1858 180 181 183 185 178 180 180
184 184 185 185 18. 18
184
1781 Abraham Bradley
1840 Cyrus Catlin
1817 Seth P. Beers
1847 Frederick Buel
1841 John Garnsey
First cho 1808 1817 1820 1820 1828
209
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
First chosen. 1808 Uriel Holmes
First chosen. 1838 Manly Peters
1847 Leonard Pierpont
1820 Ephraim S. Hall
1849 Ithamar Page
1820 Elihu Harrison
1844 Frederick W. Plumb
1828 Asa Hopkins
1846 Prentice Parkhurst
1835 William Harrison
1851 Christopher C. Palmer
1838 Edward Hopkins
1783 Tapping Reeve
1843 G. H. Hollister
1819 Stephen Russell
1845 Norman Hall
1858 William L. Ransom
1846 Alanson Hall
1754 Elisha Sheldon
1852 John H. Hubbard
1772 Reuben Smith
1854 Levi Heaton
1779 Jedediah Strong
1797 Moses Seymour
1830 Truman Kilbourn
1808 Aaron Smith
1835 Putnam Kilbourn
1808 Peter Sherman
1846 Homer Kilbourn
1823 Enos Stoddard
1858 P. K. Kilbourn
1824 David C. Sanford
1802 Seth Landon
1826 Simeon Sanford
1819 Ozias Lewis -
1829 Origen S. Seymour
1836 Abner Landon
1840 Henry Skilton
1852 A. S. Lewis
1843 Wm. L. Smedley
1788 James Morris
1827 Truman Smith
1803 Roger Marsh
1847 Daniel B. Stoddard
1809 Phineas Miner
1850 George A. Smith
1842 Augustus Morey
1856 Abraham C. Smith
1846 Lemuel O. Meafoy
1856 Edward W. Seymour
1849 Samuel A. Merwin
1858 Newton Smith
1854 Garry H. Minor
1792 Uriah Tracy
1858 Jacob Morse, Jr.
1807 Benjamin Tallmadge
1843 Isaac Newton
1844 Stephen Trowbridge
1847 William Norton
1845 Uri Taylor
1849 William Newton
1848 Oliver A. G. Todd
1847 John A. Oviatt
1759 Jacob Woodruff
1804 Mark Prindle
1768 David Welch
1836 A. J. Pickett
1793 John Welch
1837 Edward Pierpont
1838 James M. Pierpont
1800 Frederick Wolcott . 1804 Roger N. Whittlesey
27
1854 George A. Hickox
1817 Jabez W. Huntington
210
HISTORY OF LITCHFIELD.
First chosen.
First chosen.
1814 Morris Woodruff
1840 Jason Whiting
1826 Hugh P. Welch
1845 James B. Woodruff
1832 George C. Woodruff
1845 Douglas Watson
1837 Enoch J. Woodruff 1847 Isaac B. Woodruff
1840 Charles L. Webb 1850 Tomlinson Wells
Court of Hrobate. DISTRICT OF LITCHFIELD. JUDGES.
[District organized in 1747. Judges appointed annually by the Legislature until 1851. Since elected annually by the People.]
Ebenezer Marsh, of Litchfield
Appointed. 1747
25
Oliver Wolcott
66
1772
24
Frederick Wolcott
66
1796
41
Elisha S. Abernethy
66
1837
1
Phineas Miner
66
1838
2
Ralph G. Camp
66
1840
2
Elisha S. Abernethy
66
1842
2
Ralph G. Camp
6.6
1844
2
Elisha S. Abernethy
66
1846
1
Charles Adams
66
1847
3
Oliver A. G. Todd
66
1850
1
Henry B. Graves
66
1851
1
Oliver A. G. Todd
66
1852
1
George C. Woodruff
66
1853
1
Charles Adams
66
1854
3
George C. Woodruff
66
1857
1
Charles Adams
65
1858
in office.
CLERKS.
Isaac Baldwin,
Litchfield
1747
25
Hosea Hulbert
66
1772
2
Nath'l Brown Beckwith 66
1774
1
Samuel Lyman
66
1775
4
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
66
1779
2
Thomas Gold
66
1781
5
Ju
Ass
thex
.
No. years.
211
COUNTY COURT JUDGES.
First appointed. No. years.
Frederick Wolcott
66
1786
10
Roger Skinner
66
1796
10
Aaron Burr Reeve
€6
1806
2
Elijah Adams
66
1808
1
Jabez W. Huntington 66
1809
20
Phineas Miner
66
1829
8
George C. Woodruff
66
1837
3
Francis Bacon
66
1840
2
Reuben M. Woodruff
66
1842
2
Douglas Watson
66
1844
1
William E. Dickinson
66
1845
1
Philip Wells
66
1846
1
George C. Woodruff
66
1847
4
Buel Sedgwick
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