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Mitchell, Louis Connecticut
1813
Mitchell, Stephen M . Connecticut
1800
Moffit, Thomas . Georgia
1816
Morris, Henry New York
1826
Moore, Robert
Georgia
1822
Morrison, James
. New Hampshire
1809
Morse, Sidney E . Mass .- Founder N. Y. Observer . 1814
Morson, Arthur 1 Virginia
1823
Moseley, Charles Connecticut 1806
Mumford, William
. New York 1815
Munger, Warren . Connecticut 18II
Mills, Roger .Connecticut
Miller, Charles . Connecticut
ANJON
Purchased the Judge Reeve Homestead
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Nash, Lonson Massachusetts 1803
Neill, George P. Pennsylvania 1829
Nesbit, Eugenius A . Georgia-M. C .: Judge Sup. Ct. 1823
Nichols. Joseph H New York 1827
Nichol, Edward New York 1813
Nicoll, John C.
Georgia-Judge: U. S. District Judge 1814
Nixon, Henry G.
South Carolina 1820
Nelson, Armstead
Maryland 1814
Newcomb, Isaac M
New York 1828
Norton, Marcus
Mass .- Judge: Gov. Mass 1806
Norton, James C
New York
1819
North, Theodore . Connecticut 1808
Nutall, William B. North Carolina 1823
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Oakley, Jesse .New York 1814
Ogden. Matthias B New Jersey 1813
Olcut, Theophilus New Hampshire 180I
Oliver, Henry Maryland 182[
Oliver, Samuel W Georgia
1820
Olmstead, Charles C 18IO Connecticut
Ormsbee, Edgar S.
Vermont
1824
Orne, Henry Massachusetts 1811
Overton, Thomas B. Pennsylvania 1813
O'Hara, Arthur H North Carolina 1814
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Page. Benjamin
Rhode Island 1805
Page, Henry . Rhode Island 1816
Painter, Alexis Connecticut 1817
Parker, Amasa Connecticut 1 800
Parker, Aurelius D.
Massachussetts 1826
Parker, Charles T
Massachusetts 1828
Parker, William M 1820
Parrott, Abner B. Georgia 1821
Parson, Anson V. Mass .- Judge Sup. Court Penn 1825
Pasteur, Edward G. North Carolina 1823
Patterson, Chris. S Pennsylvania 1821
Patton, Robert 1814
Payne, Elijah, Jr. Vermont 1815
Peck, William \
Connecticut-Judge, Ohio 1824
Pell, Duncan C. New York 1826
Penney, Samuel New York 1828
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Perkins, Charles .Connecticut 1813
Perkins, Thomas S. . Connecticut 1812
Pettibone. Sereno .Connecticut 1802
Petet, Joel T.
. Connecticut
1800
Petet, William W
Ohio
1815
Phelps. Charles B New Hampshire 1806
1828
Phelps, Elisha Conn .- Mem. of Congress. 1801
Phelps. Jedediah .Massachusetts 1810
Phelps, Samuel S .Conn .- U. S. S. : Judge S. C. Vt. 181I
Pickett, Reuben North Carolina
1825
Pickett, William D North Carolina-Judge Sup. Ct. Alabama
1826
Pierce, James .Connecticut
1798
Pierce, Levi
Maryland
1815
Pierce, William Georgia
1809
Pierpont, John
Connecticut-Rev. ; poet
1809
Pierpont, John . Conn .- Chief Justice Vermont. .1825
Pierson, George New York 1830
Pillsbury, William Massachusetts 1813
Pitcher, John New York-Lieut .- Gov. 1815
Pitcher, Phillip New York 1828
Pitt, John R.
Georgia
1816
Player, Thompson T South Carolina 1826
Poe, Washington . Georgia-Member of Congress 1823
Polk, Thomas G.
North Carolina
18II
Porter, George B
Penn .- Gov. of Michigan 1812
Porter, Timothy H New Hampshire-M. Congress 1807
Porteus, John
South Carolina 1800
Post, Albert L
1832
Potter, Ansel
.Connecticut
1805
Potter, Asa
Rhode Island IS26
Prentice, Henry E.
1832
Preston, Isaac T Virginia-Judge S. C. Louisiana . 1812
Price, Benjamin Maryland 1820
Pumpelly, George J
New York 1826
Putnam, Austin New York 1828
Putnam, Charles Massachusetts 1814
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Rankin, Robert G New York 1827
Raymond, Daniel . Connecticut ISIO
Raymond, David H. Connecticut 1810
Raymond, James . Connecticut 1820
Raynor. Benj. L.
.Connecticut 1824
Read, John, Jr Delaware 1824
Phelps, Edward A
Connecticut
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Read. John D.
Delaware 1823
Read. William T
Delaware 1812
Reed. George Delaware 1808
Reed. John H.
South Carolina
1809
Reeve. Aaron B. Connecticut
1802
Reynolds, Walter. New York
1822
Richards, George H. Connecticut
1800
Richards, Henry S. New York 1826
1829
Rideley, Greensburg Kentucky
1816
Ridgate. Benjamin Maryland
1814
Ridont, Addison
Maryland 1813
1817
Robbins, Silas
. Conn .- Judge, Kentucky 1808
1823
Rogers, Artemas
. Connecticut
1811
Rogers, Charles W
Georgia
1829
Rogers, Edward
Delaware
1810
Rogers, Henry A.
. Rhode Island
1821
Rogers, Henry B.
Massachusetts
1823
Rogers, Henry W
. Connecticut 1810
Rogers, Henry
Pennsylvania 1823
Rogers, John
. Delaware
1813
Rogers, Moulton C.
. Delaware-Judge, Pennsylvania. 1807
Rogers, William M. Georgia
1829
Ross, Thomas
Pennsylvania 1827
Ruggles, Heman . Connecticut 1803
Ruggles, Henry J New York 1832
Rutledge. Benj. H.
South Carolina
1817
Rutherford, John Georgia 1829
Rutherford. Robert . Georgia 1806
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Samuel, Beverly South Carolina 1819
Samson, John P. C. New York 1817
Sankey. Joseph S. . Georgia 1826
Sanford, Rollin
. Connecticut
1831
Sargent. William F. W
Mississippi
1817
Saunders, Curtis H. Tennessee
1833
Schley, John T Maryland 1828
Schell, Augustus . New York
1831
Schuyler. Robert . New York 1818
Scott, John Ray New York 1 807
Scott. Jessup W . Connecticut 1822
Scudder. Phillip J New Jersey 1813
Sedgwick, Harry Massachusetts 1807
Richards, Robert K. New York
Robbins, Samuel H
. Connecticut
Rogers, Archibald G. New York
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Sedgwick. Philo C. Connecticut 1831
Selden, Ulysses
Connecticut 1802
Sewall, William H Maryland 1816
Seymour, Henry
Conn .- M. of C. ; Gov. of Conn. . 1829
Seymour, Horatio
Conn .- L.L.D ; U. S. Senator Vt. 1798
Seymour, Isaac G. . Georgia
1825
Seymour, Origen S. Conn .- M. of C. ; Judge and Chief
Justice 1824
Seymour, Osias
.Vermont
1821
Shaffer, Joseph L.
Georgia
1825
Shaumburgh, Charles W
. . Louisiana
1827
Shaw, Henry
New York-Mem. of Congress
. 1810
Sheldon, Daniel . Connecticut
1798
Shelden, William .Connecticut
1822
Sheldon, Isaac
Connecticut
1810
Shelton, Stephen Connecticut
1 809
Shepard, Samuel 1799
Sherman, Elkanah C
New York 1825
Sherrell, Joseph
Massachusetts
1815
Sill. Theodore Connecticut
1798
Simkins, Eldred
South Carolina-M. C .; Lt .- Gov. S. C.
1 803
Sims, John G.
Pennsylvania
1812
Simons, Moses
South Carolina 1810
Simmons, Edward P
South Carolina
1815
Skinner. John B
Connecticut
1820
Skinner, Oliver
Connecticut
1800
Skinner. Richard
Conn .- Chief Jus. and Gov \'t. 1798
Skinner, Roger S.
Connecticut
1815
Sloan. Douglass W
Massachusetts 1804
Slosson, Barazilli
New York 1830
Smith, Archibald New York 1814
Smith, Charles Massachusetts 1810
Smith, Henry B. Massachusetts 1 809
Smith James H
North Carolina
1818
Smith, Joseph I
Conn .- Judge Florida : U. S.
1800
Smith, Junius Conn .- L.L.D; Ist ocean steam-
ship, Tea grower 1802
1 800
Smith, Lemuel
Massachusetts 1817
Smith, Levi B.
Pennsylvania
1825
Smith, Nathaniel B
Connecticut
1817
Smith, Perry Conn .- U. S. Senator 1 807
Smith, Truman Conn .- M. of C. ; U. S. Senator . 1817
Smallwood, William A District Columbia 1824
Spaulding, Richard B Georgia 1800
Sparks, William H Georgia 1820
Smith, Ira Connecticut
ORIGEN S. SEYMOUR
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Spaight. Charles G. Georgia 1822
Spires, Bracney T North Carolina 1832
Sprague. Peleg Massachusetts-U. S. Senator 1813
Speed, Robert H. Virginia 1827
Spencer. Alexander ()
New York
1818
Spencer. Oliver M.
. Ohio
1829
Spooner. William Massachusetts 1813
Stagg, Peter New York 1823
Stansbury, G. A. . New York 1827
Stanley, Henry New York 1801
Stark, Caleb, Jr Vermont 1823
Stark. Wyatt
South Carolina 1811
Starr. Ephraim. Jr . Connecticut 1803
Starr. Henry
Connecticut
1809
Steele, William F Maryland 1814
Sterrett. John
Pennsylvania
1822
Sterrett, William P
Georgia
1821
Stewart. Charles S
New York
1817
Stiles, Joseph C. Georgia 1817
Stiles, Richard Georgia 1822
Stone, Gregory D.
New Hampshire 1823
1813
Storrs, Juba 1806
Stevens, Henry W
Connecticut
1801
Stevens, John L New York
Stevens, Thomas
Georgia
1823
Strobel, Martin
. South Carolina
1806
Strong, Elisha B
Conneticut
1810
Strong, Martin
Connecticut
1801
Strong. Moses M
Vermont
1830
Strong, Theron Connecticut
1822
Stuart, Francis
South Carolina 1800
Stuart, Josephus B
Massachusetts
1812
Sullivan. James . Massachusetts 1822
Sutherland. Josiah. Jr New York-M. C. : Judge Sp. Ct . 1825
Sweezy. Thomas Massachusetts 18II
Swift. Benjamin Vermont-U. S. Senator 1801
Swift, William Vermont 1817
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Tabor, William J.
Connecticut 1813
Tallifero, William F Virginia 1813
Tallmadge, Frederick Conn .- M. C. from N. Y. 18II
Tatnall, Edward F Georgia-Member of Congress. . 1810
Taylor, Edwin M Massachusetts 1832
Stoddart, John T
Maryland
Connecticut
1823
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Taylor. Hubbard Kentucky 1810
Taylor, James S.
. Virginia 1818
Taylor, John Gilman Massachusetts 1803
Taylor. William South Carolina 1828
Teakle, James D.
Maryland
1817
Tellfair, Josiah . Georgia 1804
Tellfair. Thomas
. Georgia
1806
Tenney, William
. New Hampshire-M. of C.
1809
Terry, Alfred
. Connecticut 1823
Thayer, James
Massachusetts
1815
Thweat, Uriah
Georgia
1802
Thomas. Alexander
Georgia
1810
Thomas, Charles, Jr
Delaware
1812
Thompson, Henry
Massachusetts 1814
Thorndike, Larkin Massachusetts 1809
Todd, Charles Kentucky 1810
Tolman, Thomas . Kentucky 1813
Torrey. Charles Massachusetts 1814
Tracy, George H New York
1830
Treat, Selah B
. Connecticut
1825
Trescott, Henry . South Carolina 1815
1800
Troup. Robert R New York
1809
Tucker. George J 1824
Tuthill, Cornelius
New York 1815
Twining, Thomas, Jr
Massachusetts 1814
Tyler. Nathan Connecticut 1825
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Vandusen, William Connecticut 1803
Vanderheyden, Samuel . New York 1820
Vandyke, Kensey J. New Jersey 1818
Vanmeter. John J. . Virginia 1821
Van Wagener, Gerritt G. New York
1823
Verplank. James D. New York 1827
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Wager, John. .Virginia 1823
Wakeman, Jonathan Connecticut 1807
Waldo. William B New York 1828
Walburg. George M Georgia 1815
Walker, Charles Massachusetts 1822
Walker, George J. S. Georgia 1826
Wallace, James W
Pennsylvania 1829
Waring, Nathaniel F New York 1827
Trotter, James G. Kentucky
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Ward, Isaac New Jersey 1813
Ward, Richard R New York 1817
Ward, Solomon Massachusetts 1802
Warner, Eli
Connecticut
1808
Warner, Thomas
Massachusetts
1809
Waterhouse, Andrew O
Massachusetts 18II
Watson, John B Connecticut
1815
Watson, Samuel Massachusetts
1826
Watson, William
. Connecticut
183I
Webber. Sumner
A
Massachusetts
1823
Weeks, Alfred
New York
1823
Wells, Ralph Connecticut
1812
Welles, Thomas 1 .. New York
1823
Weems, James J.
District Columbia
1820
Wetmore, William
Connecticut
1815
Wheeler, Justice P Massachusetts 1804
White, John P Connecticut
1799
White, Thomas Georgia
1816
White, William New Hampshire 1818
Whiting, John C.
Massachusetts
1823
Whitman, John 1808
Whitman, Lemuel Connecticut-Mem. of Congress. 1805
Whittlesey, Elisha D. .Connecticut-Mem. of Congress . 1813
Whittlesey. Frederick Conn .- M. of Congress: Judge Sup. Court N. Y. 1819
Whittlesey, Thomas T . Connecticut-Mem. of Congress . 1818
Wight, John L Virginia 1824
Williams, David Louisiana 1816
Williams, Henry F
Louisiana
1818
Williams, Jared W 1820
Williams, Lemuel Massachusetts 1806
Williams, Thomas S Connecticut 1797
Williams, William G Massachusetts . 1799
Wilkins, Edmond
North Carolina
1817
Wilkins, John L. North Carolina 1820
Wilson, Andrew P. . Pennsylvania
1825
Winslow, Edward D North Carolina
Winship, John C. M
Massachusetts
1810
Wittich, Lucius L.
Georgia
1824
Wolcott, Oliver S. Connecticut
1818
Wood, James
1798
Woodbridge, William Ohio-U. S. Senator 1802
183I
Woodbury. Levi New Hampshire-Gov. of N. H. : Sec. of Navy and Treas. ; Judge of U. S. Sup. Court. 1809
Woolridge. Thomas
South Carolina
1815
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Woodruff, George C. Connecticut-Mem. of Congress . 1825
Woodruff, Lewis B. . Conn .- L.L.D .; Judge Sup. Ct. Ct. of Appeal N. Y. and Judge of Circuit Ct. N. Y., Conn. and Vermont 1830
Worthington, Perry Maryland 183I
Wright. Augustus R Georgia-Judge Sup. Court. 1833
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Yates, Metcalf New York 1821
Yates, William
New York 1824
Young. Charles C. New York 1827
Young. Ebenezer Connecticut-Mem. of Congress. 1809
Number on Catalogue .. 805
Students previous to 1798 210
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
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LITCHFIELD COUNTY
BENCH, BAR
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COUNTY OFFICERS
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
In the following sketches the compiler has endeavored to give in most cases only a very brief account of the legal history of the person with no attempt at genealogy, or comments upon the life or character. The information has been drawn from a great variety of sources and is believed to be in the main correct. It is, however, merely an index of the names of those who have contributed their lives and energies to make our Mountain County deserve its high and noble record of the past and to incite our present and future attorneys to uphold and maintain the lofty standard that their sires have bequeathed them.
"The lines of great men all remind ns That we can make our lines sublime And dying leave behind ns Footprints on the sands of time."
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ELISHA S. ABERNETHY, was a son of General Russell Aber- nethy, of Torrington, born October 24. 1805. He entered Yale C'ollege when sixteen years old and graduated in 1825. Admitted to the bar and practiced in Waterbury, removed to Torrington and afterwards to Bridgeport, where he was the Clerk of the Superior Court of Fairfield County from 1859 to the time of his death in 1869.
ANDREW ADAMS, LL.D., was born in Stratford in 1736 and graduated at Yale College in 1760, settled in Litchfield. He rose to the rank of Colonel in the Revolutionary War, was a member of the Council of Safety two years, of the State Council for nine years, a member of the Continental Congress three years and Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1779 and 1780. He was an associate Judge of the Superior Court for four years and the Chief Justice from 1793 to the time of his decease, November 27, 1797.
The Litchfield Monitor mentions it as a sad and singular coin- cidence that Governor Wolcott and Chief Justice Adams ( the two highest official dignitaries of the State), both residing in the same village and on the same street should be lying apparently at the point of death at the same time. Governor Wolcott survived his distinguished neighbor only three days.
Upon a rapidly crumbling marble slab in the West burying ground in Litchfield, is the following epitaph of this eminent man :
" In memory of the Hon. Andrew Adams, Esq., Chief Judge of the Superior Court, who died November 27, 1797, in the 63d year of his age. Having filled many distinguished offices with great ability and dignity, he was promoted to the highest judicial office in the State, which he held for several years, in which his eminent talents shone with uncommon lustre, and were exerted to the great advantage of the public and the honor of the High Court in which he presided. He made an early profession of religion, and zealously sought to promote its true Interests. He lived a Life and lied the Death of a Christian. His filial Piety and paternal tender- ness are held in sweet Remembrance."
ELIJAHI ADAMS, was a son of Chief Justice Adams. He studied law with Judge Reeve and was admitted to this bar in 1795. practiced his profession a few years in Litchfield and then moved to Geneva, New York.
SAMUEL ADAMS, was a native of Milford. Conn., but in early life went to Stratford, where he married Mary Fairchild. He became a prominent lawyer and a Judge of the Fairfield County Court. A few years before his death, which occurred November 12, 1788, in his 85th year, he removed to Litchfield and assisted his son, the Hon. Andrew AAdams, in his extensive practice. His
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widow died August 29. 1803. in the 106th year of her age, having lived in three centuries.
JOHN Q. ADAMS, born in Cornwall. November 2, 1837. Was admitted to this bar in 1864, and located at West Cornwall, where he practiced until April, 1872, when he removed to Negaunee. Michigan, where he made a fortune by his practice and successful mining investments. He has held many and important political and executive positions and is widely known.
JOHN ADAMS, was born in Canaan June 22. 1785. He was admitted to this bar in 1825. He carried on a very large business in the iron industry at Woodville, in the town of Washington, and was interested in other iron works. It does not appear that lie ever practiced law. He removed to Litchfield and from thence to Falls Village in the town of Canaan, where he died about 1871.
J. HENRY ADAM, only son of John Adams, was born at Wood- ville, town of Washington, December 29, 1822, graduated at Yale College 1842, and was admitted to this bar in 1844. Soon after he removed to New York City and began the practice of his profes- sion, which he relinquished and became interested in the lighting of the city; was president of the gas company and acquired much wealth.
JOHN F. ADDIS, is a native of New Milford, Connecticut. Studied law with his uncle John S. Turrill, Esq., and was admitted to this bar in 1882. Resides and practices in his native town, and is Judge of Probate for the district of New Milford.
EDMOND AIKEN, was admitted to this bar in 1790 from Nor- tolk, Connecticut. He practiced in that town and was also engaged in keeping a country store. He died in 1807.
JOHN AIKEN was admitted to the bar in 1800 from Sharon.
JOHN A. ALBRO was admitted to this bar in 1821. He abandoned this profession and became a clergyman.
JOHN ALLEN .- A long biography of this eminent attorney will be found in Boardman's sketches, page 45 of this book.
On a simple headstone in the East Cemetery in Litchfield ap- pears the following epitaph :
To the memory of JOHN ALLEN, Eso.
Many years during a life of eminent usefulness, highly distinguished for his integrity and patriotism as a member of the Council and Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut, and no less distinguished during a period interesting and critical to his country as a mem- ber of the Congress of the United States.
Born June 12, 1763. Died July 31. 1812. Aged, 49 years.
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HENRY J. ALLEN, Sheriff 1884-1895. He was born in Man- chester, Connecticut, May 26, 1831. He came to Litchfield County in 1859, and engaged in the hotel business in the then village of " Wolcottville " as the proprietor of the well known " Allen House," which he kept until 1880. During much of this time he was em- ployed as an agent or trustee in the management and settlement of large estates, and was very successful therein. He was also a constable and especially noted from his skill in collecting doubt- ful claims. He enjoyed political life and was a shrewd worker. In 1884 his party elected him Sheriff, which office he held until 1895, when he was defeated.
He had the unpleasant duty of carrying into effect the first and only execution of the death penalty of the century. Ilis great executive ability was fully felt throughout the County. After his retirement he was active in the interests of the New York Mutual Life Insurance Company, of which he had been an agent for many years, and also in the management of various trust estates. He lied October 9, 1899. and his funeral at Torrington on October II was remarkable for the attendance of many prominent citizens of the State. See picture, page 164.
CHARLES B. ANDREWS, LL.D., was born in Sunderland. Massa- chusetts, in 1834. Graduated at AAmherst College in 1858. Ad- mitted to the bar of Fairfield County in 1861, and began his practice in the town of Kent.
In 1863 he removed to Litchfield and formed a partnership with Hon. John 11. Hubbard, then a member of Congress. He was elected Senator from the Fifteenth District in 1868 and 1869, and was chairman of the Judiciary committee in 1869. a member of the House of Representatives in 1878, and again chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Was elected Governor of the State of Con- necticut in 1879, which office he held two years. Became a Judge of the Superior Court in 1882 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1889, which office he resigned October 1, 1901. He was unanimously elected by the electors of Litchfield member of the Constitutional Convention of 1902, of which body he was the presid- ing officer.
He died suddenly at Litchfield September 12, 1902. His legal obituary is in the seventy-fifth volume of Connecticut Reports, from which we quote the tribute paid to him by his successor, Chief Justice Torrance :
" This Court is fully sensible of the distinguished services rendered to this State by Chief Justice Andrews, and expresses its obligation to the Attorney General for the appropriate manner in which he has called the attention of the bench and bar to them on this occasion.
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CHARLES B. ANDREWS.
" The Practice Act was enacted with the warm approval of Governor Andrews in 1879. Three years later, it became his duty, as a judge of the Superior Court, to aid in its administration,-a work which he continued on the bench of that and of this court for nearly twenty years. But the regulation of legal practice, however important, is but a small part of judicial labor. Chief Justice Andrews was an earnest student of law as a science,-of its fundamental principles, and philosophical development. Only such an one could have written such an opinion, for instance, as that from his pen, in the case of Wildman vs. Wildman, 70 Conn., 700, in which he analyzes with so much clearness and precision the nature of a cause of action.
" He was the seventeenth in the line of Chief Justices who presided in this court during the first hundred and seventeen years of its history, and of this number, only Judges Hosmer, Williams and Park held the office for as long a period.
"In a review of a history of the courts of Connecticut, on a public occasion, he once said this. ' In every government of laws, the courts hold the most important place. The legislature may be nominally higher than the judiciary, but in the actual experience
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of life, the courts touch the citizen more frequently and more nearly than the lawmaking power.'
" Acting under his conviction, he was deeply impressed by the responsibility which attaches to a judicial station. It was his ambition to discharge it with fidelity, and none of his associates on the bench failed to remark the earnestness of his convictions and the force and perspicuity with which he was able to set them forth. On the pages of our reports they have become interwoven with the jurisprudence of the State and of all the States."
CHARLES W. ANDREWS, only son and child of Judge Charles B. Andrews, was born in Litchfield November 21, 1874. Was ad- mitted to the bar in 1902. He located in Hartford.
EDWARD WARREN ANDREWS, born at Windham, Connecticut, July, 1811, a son of Rev. William Andrews. Was at Union College but did not graduate, studied law and was admitted to this bar in 1834. He was for a time partner of the Hon. Truman Smith at Litchfield. He gave up the practice of law, studied theology and was settled in 1837 over the Congregational Chruch at West Hartford. About 1841 he went to New York to be pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church. After some years he went to Troy as the pastor of a Presbyterian church. He gave up preaching and established a school at Cornwall, Connectient. Ile was sent to the Legislature in 1851. lle then gave up teaching and resumed the practice of law in New York City. In the war of 1861 he was a captain and was made assistant adjutant general under General Morris at Fort McHenry, Baltimore. After the war he practiced law for a short time in West Virginia. He then returned to New York but soon left his profession. He died September, 1895, at Chicago, Illinois.
SAMUEL JAMES ANDREWS, son of Rev. William Andrews, born at Danbury, Connecticut. July, 1817. Graduated at Williams College in 1839. Studied law in Hartford and Boston and was admitted to this bar in 1842, was also admitted in New York City and removed to Ohio and was re-admitted there. In 1844 he left the law and studied theology, and was settled as pastor of the Con- gregational Church at East Windsor, Connecticut, 1848. Dismissed 1855. He became an author and student for some years, and in 1868 took charge of the "Catholic Apostolic " congregation in Hartford. He died in Hartford October, 1906. James P. Andrews the present reporter of the Supreme Court of Errors, is one of his sons.
CURTISS B. ATWOOD was born in Bethlehem in 1845. Was educated at Stamford Academy. New York, and at Brandon Sem- inary, Vermont. Studied law with Webster and O'Neil in Water-
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bury, and was admitted to the bar at New Haven in 1879. Now resides at Watertown but is not in active practice. Represented his town in the Legislature of 1905.
RALSAMON C. AUSTIN, was a son of the Hon. Aaron Austin, born in New Hartford, graduated from Vale College in 1801, and was admitted to this bar in 1808. He practiced a short time at Litchfield and then located in Peekskill, New York. He died at Washington, D. C .. September 19, 1840.
ROGER AVERILL, born at Salisbury, August 4, 1809. Graduated at Union College. 1832. Admitted to this bar in 1834 and practiced at Salisbury until 1849, when he removed to Danbury, where he had a successful practice and held many important offices and was Lieutenant Governor of the State during the four years of the Civil war. He was one of the organizers of the American Bar Asso- ciation. He died in Danbury, December 9, 1883. ( Obituary in 50th Conn. Report.) See Warner's Reminiscences.
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