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WILLIAM W. SWAN was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1879.
SAMUEL COOPER Was admitted to the Suffolk bar December 22, 1862.
JOHN W. JAMES was admitted to the Suffolk bar July 2, 1822.
H. L. JUDSON was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1875.
WILLIS ALBERT KINGSBURY graduated at Harvard in 1873, and was admitted to the bar in Middlesex county in 1881. He was at the Suffolk bar in 1882.
BENJAMIN HICHBORN graduated at Harvard in 1768. He was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1779, and barrister in 1786. He died in 1817.
JONATHAN BELCHER 2d, son of Governor Jonathan Belcher, was born in Boston, July 28, 1710, and graduated at Harvard in 1728. He studied law at the Temple in London and practiced for a time in England with success. He was one of the first settlers of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was senior councillor in 1760, and lieutenant-govern- or after the death of Governor Lawrence.
PERCY E. WALBRIDGE was admitted to the Suffolk bar in May, 1880, and is now at the bar.
HENRY W. WALKER Was admitted to the Suffolk bar in March, 1856, and is now at the bar.
EDGAR ALPHONSO WALLACE graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1867, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar June 4 in that year.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS WALLEY graduated at Harvard in 1864 and at the Harvard Law School in 1866. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in October, 1866.
AARON EDWARD WARNER graduated at Amherst in 1861 and at the Harvard Law School in 1864. He was at the Suffolk bar in 1864.
HENRY E. WARNER was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1885, and is now at the bar.
HERMAN JACKSON WARNER graduated at Harvard in 1850 and at the Harvard Law School in 1852. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar July 5, 1853.
OWEN WARLAND graduated at Harvard in 1804, and was at the Suffolk bar in 1811. He died in 1816.
LUCIUS HENRY WARREN graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1862, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in August of that year.
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WEBSTER FRANKLIN WARREN graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1866, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar May 30, 1867. He is now at the bar.
C. EVERETT WASHBURN Was admitted to the Suffolk bar in July, 1886, and is now at the bar.
WILLIAM TUCKER WASHBURN graduated at Harvard in 1862, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar March 10, 1865.
ANDREW OLIVER WATERHOUSE graduated at Harvard in 1810, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar May 16, 1814. He died in 1832.
RICHARD WATERMAN graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1866, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar April 25, 1868.
DAVID THOMPSON WATSON graduated at the Washington Pennsylvania College in 1864 and at the Harvard Law School in 1866. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar June 6, 1866.
HENRY S. WEBSTER was admitted to the Middlesex bar in October, 1877, and is now at the Suffolk bar.
SIDNEY WEBSTER graduated at Yale in 1848 and at the Harvard Law School in 1850. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar November 25, 1851.
SAMUEL FARRELL WEBB graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1869, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar January 26, 1869.
FRANCIS C. WELCH was admitted to the Suffolk bar August 3, 1872, and is now at the bar.
JOHN HUNT WELCH graduated at Harvard in 1835 and at the Harvard Law School in 1850. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar June 30, 1851. He died in 1852.
WILLIAM E. WELCH was admitted to the Suffolk bar in May, 1879, and is now at the bar.
THOMAS WETMORE graduated at Harvard in 1814, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar October 21, 1817. He died in 1860.
JESSE FRANKLIN WHEELER graduated at Harvard in 1868, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar August 19, 1871. He is now at the bar.
GEORGE R. WHEELOCK was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1885, and is now at the bar.
BENJAMIN WHEATLAND graduated at Harvard in 1819, and was admitted to the Suf- folk bar March 2, 1825. He died in 1854.
DANIEL WHEATON graduated at Harvard in 1791, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar. He died in 1841.
ANDREW CUNNINGHAM WHEELWRIGHT graduated at Harvard in 1847, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar in February, 1853.
EDWARD WHEELWRIGHT graduated at Harvard in 1844, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar April 17, 1849.
MOSES P. WHITE was admitted to the Suffolk bar in November, 1875, and is now at the bar.
NAAMAN LOUD WHITE graduated at Harvard in 1835, and was admitted to the Stif- folk bar September 27, 1838.
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WILLIAM H. WHITE was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1884, and is now at the bar.
ZECHARIAII GARDNER WHITMAN graduated at Harvard in 1807, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in October, 1810. He died in 1840.
FREDERICK S. WHITWELL was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1887, and is now at the bar.
MARTIN WHITING graduated at Harvard in 1814, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar May 5, 1818. He died in 1823.
EDWARD A. WILKIE was admitted to the Suffolk bar in February, 1881, and is now at the bar.
JOSEPH WILLARD graduated at Harvard in 1855 and at the Harvard Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar January 29, 1863.
PAUL WILLARD graduated at Harvard in 1845, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar August 17, 1848. He died in 1868.
DAVID W. WILLIAMS was admitted to the Suffolk bar in February, 1877, and is now at the bar.
HENRY M. WILLIAMS was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1888, and is now at the bar.
THOMAS HALE. WILLIAMS graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1843, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar July 1, 1845.
DANIEL WEBSTER WILDER graduated at Harvard in 1856, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in November, 1857.
FRANCIS HENRY WILLIAMS graduated at Harvard in 1820, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar January 13, 1824. He died in 1840.
W. T. WILLEY, son of Tolman Willey, was admitted to the Suffolk bar October 28, 1873, and is now at the bar.
CHARLES FREDERICK WILLIAMS graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1869, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar March 8, 1869. He is now at the bar.
WILLIAM CROSS WILLIAMSON graduated at Harvard in 1852 and at the Harvard Law School in 1855. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar January 22, 1856, and is now at the bar.
ALEXANDER E. WILLSON was admitted to the Suffolk bar in November, 1875, and is now at the bar.
ARTHUR P. WILSON, son of Joseph H. Wilson, of Boston, was admitted to the Suf- folk bar in June, 1871, and is now at the bar.
JOHN THOMAS WILSON graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1868, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar in April, 1867. He is now at the bar.
THOMAS STANLEY WILSON graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1867, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in January of that year.
ABEL THEODORE WINN graduated at Harvard in 1859, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in September, 1863.
JAMES ANCRUM WINSLOW graduated at Harvard in 1859, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in September, 1861.
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HENRY THOMAS WING graduated at Harvard in 1864 and at the Harvard Law School in 1867. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar May 2, 1867.
ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP, jr., son of Robert Charles Winthrop, graduated at Har- vard in 1854, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in October, 1857. He is living in Boston.
THOMAS LINDALL WINTHROP graduated at Harvard in 1807, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in February, 1811, and died in 1812.
HENRY WOODRUFF graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1853, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar March 24, 1853.
GEORGE HENRY WOODS graduated at Brown in 1853 and at the Harvard Law School in 1855. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in July, 1855. He died in 1884.
WINSLOW WARREN WRIGHT graduated at Harvard in 1826, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in April, 1830. He died in 1835.
JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHT graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1861, and was ad - mitted to the Suffolk bar May 22, 1862.
SMIT11 WRIGHT graduated at Harvard in 1855 and at the Harvard Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in June, 1858.
JAMES HOLDEN YOUNG graduated at Harvard in 1872 and at the Harvard Law School in 1875. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in June, 1876.
C. C. ANDREWS was admitted to the Middlesex bar in October, 1850, and was at the Suffolk bar in 1854.
SIDNEY C. BANCROFT was admitted to the Essex bar in 1852, and was at the Suf- folk bar in 1870.
STEPHEN BEAN was admitted to the Middlesex bar in March, 1844, and was at the Suffolk bar.
IV. LOCK BROWN was admitted to the Middlesex bar in June, 1850, and was at the Suffolk bar in 1852.
ALPHEUS R. BROWN was admitted to the Middlesex bar in September, 1839, and was at the Suffolk bar in 1866.
GEORGE F. CHOATE was admitted to the Essex bar in 1848, and was at the Suffolk bar in 1866.
CHARLES B. FELCH was admitted to the Middlesex bar in December, 1869, and was at the Suffolk bar in 1871.
JOSEPH ST. LAWRENCE was an attorney of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, and came to Boston about 1737. In that year he was admitted an attorney in the Supe- rior Court and opened an office in "Wing's Lane, near the Town Dock in Boston."
JOSEPH PROCTOR, son of either Peter or Josiah Proctor, was born in Littleton, Mass., February 11, 1766, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1791. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar and practiced in Athol, where he died August 6, 1822. He married Mary Humphrey, daughter of Jonathan Orcutt, of Athol, January 15, 1811.
AUGUSTUS OLCOTT BREWSTER, son of Gen. Amos Avery and Susan (Boudinot) Brewster, was born in Hanover, N. H., May 17, 1823, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1843. He read law with Ira Perley, of Concord, N. H., and William Henry Dun-
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can, of Hanover, and was admitted to the New Hampshire bar. He began practice in Hanover, N. H., but removed to New York in 1850, and to Boston in 1854, where he was admitted to the Suffolk bar, October 16 in that year. He was appointed assist- ant district attorney for Suffolk county in 1856, and served until 1862. He married Georgiana Augusta, daughter of Major George B. Bibby, of the United States Army, of Paterson, N. J., at Parsippany, N. J., in August, 1846. He now holds a govern- ment office in New Jersey.
RUSSELL JARVIS, son of Samuel Gardner and Prudence (Davis) Jarvis, was born in Boston in 1791. His early life was spent in Claremont, N. H., to which place his parents removed when he was an infant, and he graduated at Dartmouth in 1810. He studied law at the law school in Litchfield, Conn., and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1823. He practiced in Boston until 1828, when he removed to New York and devoted himself to journalism. He married Eliza, daughter of Thomas Cordis, of Boston, in November, 1824, and his whole family, consisting of his wife and two children, were lost by the burning of the steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound, January 13, 1840. He died in New York, April 17, 1853.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HAYES, son of Frederick and Sarah (Hurd) Hayes, was born in Berwick, Me., July 3, 1834, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1859. He studied law with Wells & Eastman, of Somersworth, N. H., and at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar March 18, 1861. He soon after settled in Medford, and was for a time associated with Elihu C. Baker. Though having his office in Boston, where he is engaged in extensive practice, he has thoroughly identified him- self with his adopted town, and is ever active in promoting its interests and welfare. In 1862 he was appointed trial justice, and served in that capacity till 1873. From 1864 to 1867 he was assistant United States assessor under Phineas J. Stone, of Charlestown. In 1868 he was a member of the Medford School Board, and in 1870 was chosen chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners after the introduction of water into the town, in the promotion of which he had taken an active part. He was a representative from 1872 to 1875, State senator in 1877 and 1878, and after acting thirty years as attorney for Medford as a town was, on its incorporation as a city, chosen its first city solicitor, January 24,,1893. He married, November 7, 1843, Mary Hall, daughter of Thomas S. and Lucy (Hall) Harlow, of Medford.
AUGUSTUS PEABODY, at first named Asa, was the son of John and Mary (Perley) Peabody, and was born in Andover, Mass., May 17, 1779. He graduated at Dart- mouth in 1803, and read law with Timothy Bigelow, of Medford. He began prac- tice in Boston in 1810. He was a representative and held other offices of honor and trust. He received the degree of Master of Arts from Harvard in 1809. He married Miranda, daughter of Thatcher Goddard, of Boston, October 26, 1815, and died in Roxbury, Mass., October 2, 1851.
HENRY DOANE, son of John and Mary (Eldridge) Doane, was born in Orleans, Mass., January 22, 1834, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1857. He studied law at the Harvard Law School and with Hutchins & Wheeler, of Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in December, 1858. He practiced in Boston until 1862, when he was commissioned a captain in the Forty-third Massachusetts Regiment, and went to the war. At the close of his term of service he resumed practice in Boston, and died there September 2, 1865.
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FRANKLIN WEBSTER, son of David and Betsey (Kimball) Webster, was born in Haverhill, Mass., June 27, 1824, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1845. He studied law at the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Suffolk bar July 21, 1854. He settled in Chicago, and while consul at Bavaria died at Munich, May 4, 1865.
JAMES BOWDOIN ALLEN, son of Samuel Clesson and Elizabeth (Halsey) Allen, was born in Northfield, Mass., July 5, 1824, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1845. He studied law at the Harvard Law School, graduating in 1847, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar July 23, 1849. He practiced in East Boston, where he died December 23, 1853.
SAMUEL AYER BRADLEY, son of John and Hannah (Ayer) Bradley, was born in Con- cord, N. H., November 22, 1774, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1799. He studied law with Judge Samuel Green, of Concord, and John Heard, of Boston, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar in 1805. He began practice in Fryeburg in 1805, was regis- ter of probate for Oxford county from 1805 to 1810, was representative from 1813 to 1818, and in 1825 removed to Portland. He returned to Fryeburg in July, 1841, and there died, unmarried, September 23, 1844.
SAMUEL M'GREGOR BURNSIDE, son of Thomas and Susannah (M'Gregor) Burnside was born in Northumberland, N. H., July 18, 1783, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1805. He was the principal of a Female Academy in Andover, Mass., from 1805 to 1807, and read law with Artemas Ward, of Boston. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in March, 1810, and began practice in Westboro', Mass. He soon after moved to Worcester, where he died July 25, 1850. He married Sophia D., daughter of Dwight Foster, of Brookfield, Mass., November 8, 1816. He received the degree of Master of Arts from Harvard in 1817.
REDFIELD PROCTOR, son of Jabez and Betsey (Parker) Proctor, was born in Proc- torsville, Vt., June 1, 1831, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1851. He read law in Proctorsville and at the Law School in Albany, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1860, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in March, 1861. He began practice in Boston in February, 1861, associated with Judge Isaac Fletcher Redfield, but soon entered the service, becoming an officer of high rank and merit among Vermont vol- unteers. He was secretary of war under the recent administration of President Harrison, and is now United States senator from Vermont. He married Sarah Jane, daughter of Salmon Dutton, of Cavendish, Vt., May 26, 1858.
ASA COTTRELL was born in Freehold, N. J., in November, 1825. He studied law with Judge Vredenburg, of Freehold, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1846. He practiced in Red Bank, N. J., until 1853, when he moved to Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar June 11 in that year. In 1863, while still pursuing the practice of law in Boston, he moved his residence to Lexington, Mass., where he died in July, 1889. He was deeply interested in the prosperity of his adopted town and took a leading and active part in the introduction of water and in the establish- ment of street lighting there. He married, in 1850, Maria Louisa, only daughter of Jesse and Catherine A. Hanford, of Red Bank.
DANIEL W. PEABODY, son of John Tarbell and Mercy Ingalls (Burbank) Peabody, was born in Gilead, Me., March 11, 1836, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1859. He studied law with Robert Ingalls Burbank, in Boston, and was admitted to the Suf- folk bar November 26, 1862. After practicing for a time in Boston, he removed to Nashville, Tenu.
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SAMUEL HILLIARD FOLSOM, son of Samuel and Anna (Lovering) Folsom, was born in Hopkinton, N. H., February 23, 1826, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1851. He studied law with Dean & Dinsmoor, of Lowell, and afterwards in Boston. He began practice in East Cambridge, but as early as 1881 was at the Suffolk bar. He married Catherine Abbott, daughter of Nehemiah Porter Cram, of Hampton Falls, N. H., October 18, 1857.
NATHAN JAMES CLIFFORD, son of Judge Nathan and Hannah (Ayer) Clifford, was born in Newfield, Me., January 12, 1832, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1854. He studied law with his father, and was admitted to the Maine bar. He was for a tinie elerk of United States customs in New York, and afterwards removed to Boston and became clerk of the United States District Court. He married Sarah A. Gilman, of New York, April 2, 1861.
B. H. CURRIER was admitted to the Suffolk bar March 5, 1853, and is now at the bar.
JOHN A. DAY was admitted to the Suffolk bar January 30, 1861.
JOHN W. DAVIS was admitted to the Suffolk bar April 8, 1848, and settled on Cape Cod.
CHARLES FRANKLIN DUNBAR graduated at Harvard in 1851, and was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1859. He was at one time the editor of the Boston Daily Adver- tiser, and has been many years professor of political economy at Harvard.
A. W. EDGERLY was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1876.
H. A. FOLSOM was admitted to the Suffolk bar June 6, 1874.
D. S. GILCHRIST, a brother of Judge John James Gilchrist, of New Hampshire, was admitted to the Suffolk bar December 8, 1846, and practiced some years in Boston.
A. J. GRAY was admitted to the Middlesex bar in June, 1840, and was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1849.
WILLIAM H. WILSON was admitted to the Suffolk bar October 7, 1868.
MELVILLE E. INGALLS has within a generation practiced at the Suffolk bar, chiefly in the United States Courts.
JOHN KNAPP was practicing at the Suffolk bar in 1848.
WILLIAM LOMAX, jr., was admitted to the Suffolk bar September 3, 1863.
HENRY D. LORD was admitted to the Suffolk bar in September, 1851.
JOSEPH LVMAN was practicing at the Suffolk bar about 1800.
JOHN MASON was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1883.
GEORGE OTIS was admitted to the Suffolk bar in May, 1826.
BENJAMIN PARSONS was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1798.
WILLIAM PITT DENTON, son of William and Sarah (Foster) Denton, was born in Boston, November 21, 1823, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1844. He studied law at the Harvard law school and in the offices of John H. Clifford in New Bedford and W. R. P. Washburn in Boston, and began practice in Boston in 1847. He married in New Bedford, February 24, 1848, Elizabeth Howell, daughter of George Randall, and died in Boston, April 12, 1855.
ELAM PORTER was admitted to the Suffolk bar March 7, 1865.
ISAAC G. REED was admitted to the Suffolk bar April 27, 1869.
CHARLES W. SMITH was admitted to the Suffolk bar October 1, 1851.
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ASA SPAULDING was admitted to the Middlesex bar in April, 1846, and was an at torney at the Suffolk bar in 1849.
W. G. SPRAGUE was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1866.
ASAHEL, STEARNS was born in Lunenburg, Mass., June 17, 1774, and graduated at Harvard in 1797. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar about 1800, and soon settled in Chelmsford, Mass., where he practiced many years. He was a member of Con- gress from 1815 to 1817, and in the latter year was appointed professor of law at Harvard, continuing in office until 1829. He received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard in 1825. While living in Chelmsford he was for several years county attor- ney for Middlesex. In 1824 he published a volume on "Real Actions," and was subsequently one of the commissioners for revising the statutes of Massachusetts. He died in Cambridge February 5, 1839.
HENRY BREWSTER STANTON was born in Griswold, Conn., in 1810, and studied law at Lane Seminary, Ohio. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar October 5, 1842, and after praetieing in Boston removed in 1845 to Seneca Falls, N. Y. He published in 1849 a volume entitled " Reforms and Reformers." He married Elizabeth, daughter of Judge Daniel Cady, of Johnstown, N. Y., in 1840. While he was an anti-slavery orator his wife became an active advocate of women's rights, and as early as 1848 ealled a convention at Seneca Falls, which made the first publie demand for woman's suffrage.
PETER THACHER was admitted to the Suffolk bar before 1807.
JAMES SULLIVAN 2d was admitted to the Suffolk bar in the Common Pleas Court in July, 1826, and in the Supreme Court January 1, 1829.
RICHARD N. PIERCE was a native of Bristol county, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in September, 1839. He was a representative at one time, and served in the war. It is believed by the writer that he died soon after the war.
GEORGE P. MONTAGUE was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1888.
ELIJAH HUNT MILLS was born in Chesterfield, Mass., December 1, 1776, and gradu- ated at Williams in 1797. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar before 1807, and settled in Northampton. He was at one time district attorney for Hampshire county, State senator in 1811, member of Congress from 1815 to 1819, and United States senator from December 1, 1820, to March 3, 1827. He received the degree of LL.D. from Williams College in 1824.
JOHN MILLS was appointed United States district attorney by President Van Buren in 1837, and for a time had an office in Boston.
JOHN G. LOCKE was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1858.
E. W. MCCLURE was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1883.
SEBEUS C. MAINE was admitted to the Suffolk bar February 3, 1845, and was ap- pointed a justice of the Boston Police Court November 3, 1858. The writer thinks that he remained on the bench until the court was abolished, May 29, 1866. He has been dead some years.
GEORGE W. MCCONNELL was an attorney at the Suffolk bar in 1881.
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ABRAHAM W. FULLER was admitted to practice in the Common Pleas Court in Suffolk county in May, 1812, and in the Supreme Court in 1814. He died in Cam- bridge.
THEODORE U. THACHER was admitted to the Suffolk bar in October, 1832.
ROBERT MCNEIL MORSE, son of Robert and Sarah Maria (Clark) Morse, was born in Boston, August 11, 1837, and graduated at Harvard in 1857. His rank in college was good in a class which included among its members many who have won high positions in the various occupations of life. Among these were Franklin Haven, jr., Solomon Lincoln, John D. Long, John C. Ropes, Robert D. Smith, Arthur J. C. Sowdon, Joseph Lewis Stackpole, James J. Storrow, Charles F. Walcott and Samuel Wells. Of those of his class who entered the walks of law none have attained a higher position in the profession or met with greater success. He studied law at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in January, 1860. His practice long since attained a size which demanded the most assiduous labor and the exertion of all his powers. In the courts of the State and of the United States his presence is a familiar one and the suits in which he has acted as counsel have included some of the most important which in recent years have engaged the attention of the Suffolk county courts. The Armstrong will case in which he was associated with William G. Russell, and the Codman will case in which he was leading counsel, both involving large amounts, furnish abundant evidence of the general estimate of his standing and ability. In the early days of his career he was a member of the Massa- chusetts Senate in 1866 and 1867, and there introduced and advocated a bill for the repeal of the usury laws, which through his efforts in the Senate, and those of Richard H. Dana in the House, became a law. In 1880 he was a member of the House of Representatives. With these exceptions he has resisted the attractions of public life, which can only be followed by the neglect of professional duties, and often, too, by the enslavement of the mind under the influence of party dictates and a blind obedience to party clamor. Engrossed as he is in the labors of his profession, he nevertheless finds time to study important public questions, and in his political action he follows no party longer than its platform and principles commend them- selves to his judgment and conscience. He married Anna E. Gorham, of Boston, November 11, 1863, and has a winter residence in Boston and a summer residence at Falmouth.
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS SOMERBY, son of Samuel and Hannah (George) Somerby, was born in Newbury, Mass., November 2, 1821. He was descended from Anthony Somerby, who was clerk of the courts in Essex county in the days of the Massachu- setts Colony. He attended school in Wayland, in which town he read law in the office of Edward Mellen, who was appointed in 1847 one of the judges of the Common Pleas Court and chief justice in 1854, and who remained on the bench until the Court was abolished in 1859. After his admission to the bar he practiced in Wayland until 1852, when he removed to Waltham and associated himself with Josiah Rutter for the practice of law in that town. In 1858 he removed to Boston and remained in practice there until his death, which occurred at South Framingham, Mass .. July 24, 1879. His early practice was at the Middlesex bar, where he came in contact with a class of lawyers, peculiar at that time to that county, at whose hands treatment of the most considerate character was not to be expected, and from whom lessons of
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