History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 54

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100

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The European & North American also leased the Bucksport & Bangor Railroad, upon its completion in 1874, but did not renew after the expiration of the lease in 1879. The Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad was also leased by it, from 1873, to December 1, 1876. The trustees therefore operate only the main line from Ban- gor to Vanceboro, 114.2 miles, with sidings of 17.55 miles. Its cost was about $40,000 per mile.

It runs seventy miles in Penobscot county, from Ban- gor, through Veazie, Orono, Oldtown, Milford, Green- bush, Passadumkeag, Enfield, Lincoln, Winn, Matta- wamkeag, Kingman, and Drew Plantation, with seventeen miles in Aroostook county, and the rest in Washing- ton county, to its terminus. The road there connects with the St. John & Maine Railway, to St. John, New Brunswick, and the New Brunswick & Canada Railway, to Houlton on the north, and St. Stephen, New Bruns- wick, and Calais, Maine, on the east.

THE BANGOR AND PISCATAQUIS.

The company to build this road was chartered March 5, 1861. Operations under it were not begun, however, until eight years afterwards, in the spring of 1869, and then proceeded slowly, so that its present line, from Old- town to Blanchard, was not completed until May, 1877. April 1, 1869, the city of Bangor issued in aid of the enterprise $600,000 in 6 per cent. bonds; April 1, 1871, $322,000 in 7 per cent. bonds ; December 1, 1874, $99,000; and October 1, 1876, $101,000. The city holds $200,000 of the capital stock of the company in exchange for its bonds, for which it has also a mortgage on the property of the road.

When the track reached Abbott, in 1873, the line was leased to the European & N. A. Co. On the Ist of October, 1876, however, this corporation defaulted in its payment of interest to the Bangor & Piscataquis, and the latter resumed possession.

In Penobscot county this road passes through Old- town, Alton, and Lagrange, fifteen miles. The remain- der of the line is in Piscataquis county. Connection is had at Oldtown for Bangor, over the rails of the Euro- pean & N. A. Co. The present terminus of the track is Blanchard, but steps are being taken to complete it to Vooschead Lake. Its cars already bear the designation

of the famous sheet of water. The road has cost about $1,500,000. It has 62.8 miles of track, with 2.9 more of sidings and other tracks. By the last report we have seen it had 4 locomotive engines, 3 passenger cars, 2 baggage, mail and express cars, 39 box, 30 platform, and 12 service cars. During the year ending September 30, 1879, its trains were run a total of 78,876 miles, with an engine service of 82,636. It had carried that year 23, 142 passengers-675,854 carried 1 mile. The freight moved amounted to 27,664 tons-moved 1 mile, 904,- 195. The gross earnings of the year were $71,188.00; operating expenses, including taxes, etc., $46,281.54; net earnings $24,906.48. Interest on funded debt accrued, $72,540.

Moses Giddings, of Bangor, is President of this road. Its general offices are in that city.

THE BUCKSPORT AND BANGOR.

This short line-18.8 miles, with .1.88 miles of side- tracks-was chartered March 1, 1870. Its route was surveyed in the fall of 1872; construction began the next spring; and trains commenced to run regularly to Bucksport December 12, 1874. It was then leased to the E. & N. A. R.R., to the Ist of October, 1879. Be- fore the lease expired, however, the company was sold out at sheriff's sale (March, 1879), and bought by the mortgage trustees. Its gauge was changed from the standard (4 feet. 81/2 inches) to the narrow, or 3 foot, gauge, upon which its trains are now run. The road was operated for a time by Mr. L. L. Lincoln, of Bucksport, under a ten-year lease; but the organization of the com- pany was still maintained, and a change in the running arrangements of the road was effected in the summer of 1881. Mr. S. T. Hinks, President, and Parker Spof- ford, Treasurer, conduct the general offices at Bucksport.

Nine and a half miles of the route of this road are in Penobscot county, passing from Bangor, by bridge across the river, through the towns of Brewer and Orrington. The rest of the line is in Hancock county. Its original cost was $693,755.95.

PROJECTS NOT CONSUMMATED.

At the Legislative session of 1860-61, an act was passed making a liberal grant from the public lands in Penobscot and Aroostook counties, with the reservation of certain townships designed for actual settlers, and some other but slight exceptions, together with the pecuniary claims of the State upon the United States, as a foundation for the construction of a railroad from Mattawamkeag to Houlton, and on to the eastern boundary of the State, to the amount of $5,000 per mile. At that time no railway was running to Mattawamkeag. On the 20th of March, 1860, the Legislature gave authority to the city of Bangor to contribute her credit to the building of a road to that point, to the total amount of $850,000, or $14,000 a mile, in instalments as each section of ten miles' length should be constructed. A vote of the citi- zens of Bangor, upon the question of granting such aid, was taken March 19, 1862, and was adverse to the pro- posal. Nevertheless, a similar vote afterwards suc-

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ceeded ; and the road to and beyond Mattawamkeag is a fixed fact, while that from this place to Houlton is yet a thing of the future.

Charters have also been granted to a company for building a railway from Bangor to Winterport, down the west side of the Penobscot, and another for a road from Bangor to Machias; but both schemes still await the developments of the future.

TELEGRAPHS.

The Maine Telegraph Company, the first in the State, was incorporated in 1848, and the line from Bangor to Belfast was completed in the summer of that year. The first telegraphic dispatch from Bangor was sent over this line November 23, 1848. A week later communication was had with East Thomaston (now Rockland); and be- fore the year closed the line to Portland was completed. The lines from Portland to Calais, and from Portland to Boston, were connected with it in 1852-53. In 1855 the American Telegraph Company leased the line, and in 1866 it was purchased by the Western Union Company. Communication by telegraph is now had to all points. The dispatches from Europe, by the Atlantic cable, pass through Bangor.

CHAPTER XVI. THE BENCH AND BAR OF PENOBSCOT.

BY HON. JOHN E. GODFREY, OF RANGOR.

The Supreme Judicial Court-Attorney-Generals for the County-The Circuit Court of Common Pleas-The Court of Common Pleas of the State of Maine-The District Court-Clerks of the Courts- Probate Court-Names of Judges and Registers of the Court-The Court of Sessions -- County Commissioners' Court-Names of Com- missioners-Bangor City Courts: Municipal-The Police Court- Municipal Court again-And again the Police Court-County At- torneys-Sheriffs-Roll of Members of the Penobscot Bar-Gover- nor Washburn's Eulogy-Some Good Stories-Hon. John Apple- ton, LL. D .- Hon. Joshua W. Hathaway-Hon. Jonas Cutting, LL. D .- Hon. Edward Kent, LL. D .- Hon. John A. Peters-Hon. David Perham-Hon. Frederick H. Allen-Hon. Samuel E. Dut- ton-Hon. William D. Williamson-Hon. Dauiel Sanbon-Hon. Enoch Brown-Hon. John Godfrey-James Godfrey-Hon. Thomas A. Hill-Hon. Thornton McGaw-Hon. Charles Stetson-Charles P. Stetson-Hon. Samuel F. Humphrey-Hon. Henry C. Goode- now-Hon. Israel Washburn-Hon. Harris M. Plaisted-Hon. Elisha H. Allen-Hon. Albert G. Jewett-Hon. Allen Gilman- Peleg Chandler-Hon. William Abbot-Hon. Hannibal Hamlin -- Hon. Elijah L. Hamlin-General Charles Hamlin-Hon. Albert G. Wakefield-Hon. Henry E. Prentiss-Hon. Josiah Crosby- Hon. Lewis Barker-Hon. Thomas W. Vose-Oliver Leonard- Jacob McGaw-George Starrett-Charles Gilman-James S. Rowe -Jonathan P. Rogers-Samuel Garnsey-Theophilus P. Chandler -- George B. Moody-George W. Ingersoll-William T. Hilliard- Nathaniel Wilson-William H. McCrillis-Moses L. Appleton- Frederick H. Appleton-Albert W. Paine-Frederick Hobbs-Na- than Weston, jr .- Thomas J. Copeland-William C. Crosby-David

Barker-Ichabod D. Bartlett-Matthias Weeks-Marcellus Emery- Henry L. Mitchell-Charles A. Bailey-John A. Blanchard-T. F. McFadden-General John F. Appleton-William A. Blake -- John H. Hilliard-Joshua Hill-Francis Eugene Bond-Colonel Jasper Hutchings-Horace B. Chamberlain-George W. Whitney-James W. Donigan-James H. Burgess-Abraham Sanborn-Franklin A. Wilson-Joseph C. Wilson-Lewis A. Barker-Louis C. Stevens.

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.

As originally constituted, in 1820, this court consisted of one chief justice and two associates. The term of the office of the judge was during good behavior, but not beyond the age of seventy years. . Under the Constitu- tion and law, as it then stood, the judges appointed were: Hon. Prentiss Mellen, LL. D., of Portland, chief justice; Hons. William P. Preble, of Portland, and Nathan Weston, jr., of Augusta, justices.

Judge Preble resigned June 18, 1829, and on June 25, 1829, Hon. Albion K. Parris, of Portland, was ap- pointed.

On the IIth of October, 1834, Chief Justice Mellen's term of office ended by constitutional limitation, and October 22, of the same year, Hon. Nathan Weston was appointed chief justice, and the Hon. Nicholas Emery, of Portland, was appointed associate.

Judge Parris resigned August 20, 1836, and on Sep- tember 23, 1836, Hon. Ether Shepley, of Saco, was ap- pointed associate.

Under an amendment of the Constitution, pursuant to a resolve of the Legislature of March 14, 1849, the term of all judicial officers was limited to seven years.

Judge Emery's term expired October 21, 1841, and on October 23, 1841, John S. Tenney, of Norridgewock, was appointed associate; C. T. Weston's term having ex- pired on October 21, 1841.

On December 10, 1841, Ezekiel Whitman, of Port- land, was appointed chief justice.

July 22, 1847, by an act of the Legislature, the num- ber of associate justices was increased to three, and on September 28, 1847, Samuel Wells, of Portland, was ap- pointed associate justice.

The court, as then constituted, consisted of Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, LL. D., chief justice; Hons. Ether Shepley, John S. Tenney, Samuel Wells, justices.

Judge Whitman resigned October 23, 1848, and on the same day Ether Shepley was appointed chief justice, and Joseph Howard, of Portland, associate. The court then was: Hon. Ether Shepley, LL. D., chief justice; Hons. John S. Tenney, LL. D., Samuel Wells, Joseph Howard, justices.

April 9, 1852, the Legislature passed an act abolishing the district courts, and transferred their jurisdiction to the Supreme Judicial Court, adding to that tribunal three more justices. The three additional justices were ap- pointed May 11, 1852, and were Richard D. Rice, of Augusta; Joshua W. Hathaway, and John Appleton, of Bangor. The court then stood: Hon. Ether Shepley, LL. D., chief justice; Hons. John Sewall Tenney, LL. D., Samuel Wells, Joseph Howard, Richard D. Rice, Joshua W. Hathaway, John Appleton, justices.

March 31, 1854, Judge Howard resigned, and on

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April 20, 1854, Jonas Cutting, of Bangor, was appointed to the vacancy.

March 16, 1855, an act was passed providing for the appointment of an additional justice, and, on May 6th, Seth May, of Winthrop, was appointed. By this act it was provided that four justices, including the chief jus- tice, should be designated from the members of the court, for the purpose of hearing and determining all questions of law and equity, and for the trial of capital offenses. The members designated were: Hon. Ether Shepley, LL. D., chief justice; Hons. John S. Tenney, LL. D., Richard D. Rice, John Appleton.

Judge Shepley's term expired October 22, 1855, and Judge Tenney was appointed chief justice. The court, as then organized, was: Hon. John S. Tenney, LL. D. chief justice; Hons. Richard D. Rice, Joshua W. Hath- away, John Appleton, Jonas Cutting, Seth May, Daniel Goodenow, associates.

April 9, 1856, this law was repealed as to its main fea- tures, and the number of justices was to be reduced to seven in all, when a vacancy should occur. The number of eight justices, however, was retained by an enactment in 1857, which was incorporated into the Revised Statutes.

The justices appointed, since the appointment of Judge May, have been Woodbury Davis,* of Portland; Daniel Goodenow,t of Alfred; Edward Kent, of Ban- gor, appointed May 11, 1859, and re-appointed May 11, 1866; Jonathan G. Dickerson,¿ of Belfast; Edward Fox,§ of Portland; Charles W. Walton, of Portland; William G. Barrows,|| of Brunswick; Charles Danforth, I of Gardiner; Rufus P. Tapley, ** of Saco; William Wirt Virgin, tt of Portland; John A. Peters, of Bangor, ap- pointed May 20, 1873, re-appointed in May, 1880; Artemas Libbey, ¿¿ of Augusta; and Joseph W. Sy- monds, §§ of Portland.

Judge Shepley held the office of chief justice until October 22, 1855, when Judge Tenney was appointed chief justice. He held the office until October 23, 1862, when Judge Appleton was appointed chief justice ; and the court as now constituted is: Hon. John Apple- ton, LL. D., chief justice; Hon. Charles W. Walton, Hon. William G. Barrows, LL. D., Hon. Charles Dan- forth, Hon. William Wirt Virgin, Hon. John A. Peters, Hon. Artemas Libbey, Hon. Joseph W. Symonds, justices.

All the justices have, at different times, attended the courts in Bangor; but the nisi prius terms in Penobscot county have been mainly held since Judge Appleton came upon the bench, by either himself, Judge Hatha- way, Judge Cutting, Judge Kent, or Judge Peters. Occa- sionally some other judge has presided.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERALS OF THE STATE, from Penobscot county have been:

1832-Jonathan P. Rogers, of Bangor.

1844-Wyman B. S. Moore, of Bangor.

1848-Samuel H. Blake, of Bangor.

1860-George W. Ingersoll, of Bangor. 1864-John A. Peters, of Bangor.

1873 -- Harris M. Plaisted, of Bangor.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

This court was organized by the Massachusetts Legisla ture in 1811, as the "Circuit Court of Common Pleas." There were three circuits, the third comprising the coun- ties of Hancock and Washington. The judges appointed for this circuit by Governor Gary were: Hon. William Crosby, of Belfast, chief justice; Hon. Martin Kinsley, of Hampden, and Hon. James Campbell, of Harrington, justices. Only the chief justice of this court was a lawyer.

The members of the Bar in Hancock county in 1811 who practiced in this court were:

Abbot, William, Castine. Angier, Oakes, Belfast.

Brown, Enoch,. Hampden. Chapman, George T., Hampden.

Crosby, William, Belfast. Deane, John G., Ellsworth,

Dutton, Samuel E., Bangor. Field, Bohan P., Belfast.

Gilman, Allen, Bangor.

Godfrey, John, Hampden.

Hale, Thomas E.

Herbert, George, Ellsworth.

Jones, Archibald, Frankfort.

Leonard, Oliver, Orrington.

Little, Samuel, Bucksport.

McGaw, Jacob, Bangor.

Nelson, Job, Castine.

Pike, John.

Samuel M. Pond, Bucksport .* Washburn, Philo H., Frankfort.

Whiting, Samuel K., Bangor. Williamson, William D., Bangor. Wilson, John, Belfast.

After the county of Penobscot was incorporated, February 15, 1816, this court held sessions in Bangor. The first session was held in the old court-house, at the corner of Hammond and Columbia Streets, on the first Tuesday of July, 1816; the next on the second Tuesday of November; the third on the second Tuesday of March, 1817; the fourth on the first Tuesday of July, 1817. After this the courts were held on the third Mon- day of September, first Monday of January, and second Monday of May, annually, until January, 1822, inclu- sive, when there was a new organization of the court, as the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Maine. At the sessions of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, Chief Justice Crosby was always present, the other jus- tices not always. After September, 1819, Judge Kinsley was not present at any of the sittings of the court. The Clerk of the Court was Thomas Cobb, Esq.

Governor King appointed to the Bench of the Court of Common Pleas for all the State: Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, of Portland, Chief Justice; Hon. Samuel E. Smith, of Wiscasset, and Hon. David Perham, of Brewer, Justices.

The first session of the court in Bangor was held on the third Tuesday of June, in the year 1822. Judges Smith and Perham were present. The court continued to exist until its session in January, 1839, which was its last. Judge Perham presided at much the larger part of the sessions. It was seldom there was more than one

*Appointed October 10, 1855; removed April, 1856; re-appointed February 25, 1857; resigned 1865.

+Appointed October, 1855.

#Appointed October 24, 1862; re-appointed 1869. §Appointed October, 1862; resigned 1863.

||Appointed March, 1863; re-appointed 1870, 1877. TAppointed January, 1864; re-appointed January, 1871.

** Appointed December 21, 1865, ++Appointed December, 1872. ++Appointed April 24, 1875.

§§Appointed October 16, 1878.

*Then Buckstown,

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Judge upon the Bench at the same session. Occasion- ally the Chief Justice presided, sometimes with another Justice. When Judge Smith held the office of Gover- nor, in 1831 to 1834, Judge John Ruggles, of Thomas- ton, was appointed to the vacancy. In 1834 Judge Rug- gles went to the United States Senate, and Judge Smith was re-appointed.

THE DISTRICT COURT.

By an act of the Legislature passed February 25, 1839, the Court of Common Pleas was abolished, and the Dis- trict Court established with similar jurisdiction, though the number of Justices was enlarged, and the State was divided into three judicial districts, the Western, Middle, and Eastern. To the Eastern District, embracing the counties of Penobscot, Waldo, Hancock, Washington, and Piscataquis, were assigned two judges; to each of the other districts, one. All of the Judges, however, were authorized to hold the courts in any of the coun- ties. The Judges appointed were: Hon. Daniel Good- enow, of Alfred, for the Western District; Hon. Asa Redington, jr., of Augusta, for the Middle District; Hon. Frederick H. Allen, of Bangor, and Hon. Anson G. Chandler, of Calais, for the Eastern District.

The first term of the District Court was held by Judge Chandler, on the fourth Tuesday of May, 1839. Judge Allen retired from the Bench in 1843, and Hon. Joshua W. Hathaway, of Bangor, was appointed Judge of that court, and held the last term in January, 1852. After the District Court was abolished Judge Hathaway was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, May II, 1852.

CLERKS OF COURT.

The Clerks of the Courts in the county since 1816 have been:

Thomas Cobb from 1816 to January 3, 1821, inclusive

Isaac Hodsdon, of Corinth ... to October, 1836, inclusive

Elliot Vaughan (pro tem.). to January, 1837.

Charles Stetson, of Bangor. .

to January 3, 1838, inclusive

James Adams, of Exeter.

to October 3, 1838, inclusive to January 3, 1841, inclusive

Charles Stetson, of Bangor ....

to January 3, 1842, inclusive

Nathan Weston, jr., of Orono .. to October 3, 1858, inclusive

Augustus S. French, of Dexter .. to October 3, 1864, inclusive

Ezra C. Brett, of Oldtown ..... to October 3, 1876, inclusive

James H. Burgess, of Winn .... to October 3, 1879, inclusive Ruel Smith, of Bangor ...... elected for three years from January, 1880

PROBATE COURT.

The Probate Court for the county of Penobscot was established in 1816. The first term was held June 24th of that year; the last, July 3, 1820. After the separation of Maine from Massachusetts the court was re-organized. The following were the officers of the court:

Judges .- Hon. Samuel E. Dutton, of Bangor, from 1816 to 1820; Hon. David Perham, of Brewer, from 1820 to 1822; Hon. Martin Kinsley, of Hampden, from 1822 to 1825; Hon. William D. Williamson, of Bangor, from 1825 to 1840; Hon. Samuel Coney, of Oldtown, from 1840 to 1847; Hon. Ebenezer Gilman Rawson, of Ban- gor, from 1847 to, and including, 1854; Hon. Daniel Sanborn, of Bangor, from 1854 to, and including, 1856;

Hon. John E. Godfrey, of Bangor, from 1856 to, and including, 1880; Hon. Elliot Walker, of Newport, from 1880 to this time.

Until 1840 the tenure of the office of judge, under the Constitution, was limited (during good behavior) by the seventieth year of the age of the incumbent. From 1840 to 1856 the tenure of the office was for seven years. After 1856 Judges and Registers of Probate held their offices for four years, and were elected by the people on the second Monday of September prior to January, when the tenure of the office commenced.

Judge Dutton's term was limited by the re-organiza- tion of the court; Judge Perham's by his appointment as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; Judge Kins- ley's by the age of seventy years; Judge Williamson's by an amendment of the Constitution limiting the tenure to seven years; Judge Coney's by the limitation of seven years; Judge Rawson's by the same limitation; Judge Sanborn's by the amendment of the Constitution mak- ing the office elective; and Judge Godfrey's by the expi- ration of the term succeeding his sixth election by the people. Prior to 1857 the offices of judge and register were held by executive appointment.

Probably no court ever had a more efficient and valu- able clerical officer than Mr. Flint. Being a good writer, his records are clearly, correctly, and systematically kept; all his duties are faithfully attended to. In office hours always at his post, always diligent, always pleasant and accommodating, and always ready to give assistance and information, whether it comes within the scope of his duty or not. He is a universal favorite with all hav- ing business in the probate office, of whatever complex- ion in politics or religion. He is an officer in regard to wbom the civil service rule should be held strictly inviolate.

Mr. Robinson very wisely continues Mr. Flint in the office.

THE COURT OF SESSIONS.

Prior to the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, this court, which had general jurisdiction in regard to highways and other county matters, was held in the county of Penobscot, beginning in July, 1616. It was designated as the Court of Common Pleas, sitting as a Court of Sessions. At this session, held on the first Tuesday of July, and at all subsequent sessions until 1819, the court had associated with it two justices of the peace of the county. The first session was held by Hon. William Crosby, chief justice ; Hon. Martin Kins- ley, justice; Moses Patten, Esq., Moses Greenleaf, Esq., sessions justices.

After the session held on the last Tuesday of June,

Isaac S. Whitman, of Bangor .. William T. Hilliard, of Oldtown

to October 3, 1853, inclusive

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1819, under the Commonwealth, the court was organized simply as the Court of Sessions, and the justices were : Hon. Enoch Brown, chief justice; Moses Patten, Esq., Moses Greenleaf, Esq., justices.

This organization continued until the first term, in September, 1820, when Hon. Enoch Brown, chief jus- tice, and Isaac Hodsdon, Esq., held the court, which con- tinued thus constituted until the May term of 1831, when Hon. Enoch Brown, chief justice, and Ephraim Goodale, Esq., Seba French, Esq., associates, constituted the court. The court thus continued until September, 1822, when Seba French, Esq., and Ephraim Goodale, Esq., held the court. In March, 1823, the court was: Hon. John God- frey, chief justice ; Seba French, Esq., Ephraim Good- ale, associates ; and thus continued through the Decem- ber term, 1824. At the April term, 1825, the court was: Hon. Amos Patten, chief justice ; Ephraim Goodale, Esq., Seba French, Esq., associates ; and so continued through December, 1826. At the April term, 1827, the court was: Hon. Edward Kent, chief justice ; Ephraim Goodale, Esq., Seba French, Esq., associates ; and so continued through the December term, 1828. At the April term, 1829, the court was : Hon. Thomas A. Hill, chief justice; Seba French, Esq., Ephraim Goodale, Esq., associates ; and so continued through the Decem- ber term, 1830. At the April term, 1831, the court was: Hon. Thomas A. Hill, chief justice, and Ephraim Good- ale; Esq., associate.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT.

An act was passed by the Legislature March 10, 1831, substituting for the Court of Sessions three suitable per- sons as County Commissioners-one to be designated as Chairman by his Commission-and all to hold their offices for four years, unless sooner removed hy the Gov- ernor and Council. They were commissioned by the Governor, with the consent of the Council. The act went into effect May 16, 1831. The Commissioners ap- pointed were: Hon. Thomas A. Hill, Chairman; Hons. Ephraim Goodale and Joseph Kelsey, associates; and they held the September term, 1831, and continued until the April term, 1833, when the Court was: Hon. Thomas A. Hill, Chairman; Hons. Joseph Kelsey and George Waugh, associates; and continued until the April term, 1834, when the court was: Hon. Thomas A. Hill, Chair- man; Hons. George Waugh and William R. Lowney, as- sociates; and continued until 1835, when the court was: Hon. Thornton McGaw, Chairman; Hons. George Waugh and William R. Lowney, associates; and continued until 1837, when Hon. Ebenezer G. Rawson, Chairman; Hons. William R. Lowney and Joshua Chamberlain, jr., asso- ciates, composed the court, and continued until 1838, when Hon. Samuel Butman, Chairman; Hons. Ebenezer Webster and William C. Hammatt, associates, composed the court, and continued until 1839, when Hon. Fred- erick A. Fuller, Chairman ; Hons. Joshua Chamberlain, jr., and Edmund Pilsbury, associates, composed the court, and continued until 1841, when Hon. Samuel Butman, Chairman; Hons. William C. Hammatt and Aaron A. Wing, associates, composed the court, and continued

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History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 54

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co. Number of Pages: 1100

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100