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1851-37
Thomas Chandler.
1778-79
1823-29
Asa O. Aldis.
1857-65
John Throop.
1778-82
James Fisk 1815-17
William A. Palmer. 1816-17
James Barrett 1857-80
Increase Moseley
1780-81
ELISHA PAYNE
1781-82
Joel Doolittle 1817-23
Asahel Peck 1860-74
Simeon Olcott 1781-82
1824-25
Herman R. Beardsley. . 1865-66
Jonas Fay 1781-83
William Brayton. 1817-92
Peter Olcott
1782-85
Thomas Porter 1783-86
Nathaniel Niles. 1784-88
NATHANIEL CHIPMAN 1786-87
1789-91
1796-97
TITUS HUTCHINSON 1825-33
STEPHEN ROYCE 1825-27
Luke Knowlton. 1786-87
Stephen R. Bradley 1788-89
Noah Smith 1789-91
1798-01
Nicholas Baylies 1831-33
William H. Walker.
.1884-87
James M. Tyler.
1887-1908
Loveland Munson .. ... .1889
Henry R. Start. ... . . 1890-1905
Laforrest H. Thompson. 1890-00
John H. Watson .. . .1899
JONATHAN ROBINSON. .1801-07
ROYAL TYLER 1801-13
William Hebard 1849-43
Seneca Haselton.
1902-06
1908
Stephen Jacob 1801-03
1844-45
Theophilus Harrington .. 1803-13
Daniel Kellogg 1843-44
George M. Powers
1904-06
Jonas Galusha 1807-09
1845-51
1909
David Fay 1809-13
Hiland Hall
1846-50
Willard W. Miles.
1905-06
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES. 1906-1912
SENECA HASELTON. 1906-08
Alfred A. Hall ..
1906-12 |Zed S. Stanton 1905
GEORGE M. POWERS. 1906-09
Eleazer 1 .. Waterman. .. 1906
Fred M. Butler
1909
WILLARD W. MILES 1906
William H. Taylor. .1906
Frank I. Fish.
1912
William C. Wilson .
1865-70
Benjamin H. Steele ..
1865-70
John Prout 1867-69
Hoyt H. Wheeler 1869-77
HOMER E. ROYCE. 1870-90
SAMUEL PRENTISS
1825-30
Timothy P. Redfield 1870-84
JONATHAN ROSS
1870-99
H. Henry Powers
1874-90
Walter C. Dunton 1877-79
Wheelock G. Veazey . 1879-89
RUSSELL S. TAFT. 1880-1902
JOHN W. ROWELL 1882
SAMUEL KNIGHT 1786-94
Elijah Paine. 1791-94
Isaac Tichenor 1791-96
Jacob Collamer 1833-42
John Mattocks. . 1833-35
ENOCH WOODBRIDGE 1794-01
ISAAC F. REDFIELD 1835-60
Milo L. Bennett 1838-50
1852-59
Wendell P. Stafford ..
. 1900-04
ISRAEL SMITH 1797-98
1829-52
Bates Turner 1827-29
Ephraim Paddock. 1828-31
John C. Thompson. 1830-31
Samuel S. Phelps 1831-38
Lot Hall 1794-01
CORNELIUS P. VAN NESS. 1821-23
CHARLES K. WILLIAMS. . . 1822-24 1899-46
Asa Aikens 1823-25
1813-15
Daniel Farrand ... 1813-15
Charles Davis 1846-49
JOIIN PIERPOINT 1857-82
PAUL SPOONER.
1779-89
DUDLEY CHASE 1817-21 | Loyal C. Kellogg
1859-67
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ROBINSON. MOSES. Chief justice 1778-84 and 1785-9. See page 28.
SHEPARDSON. JOHN. Judge 1778- SO. Born Attleboro, Mass .. Feb. 16, 1729; died Jan. 3. 1802. Came to Guilford soon after its first settlement 1761; first town clerk. Guilford. 1772; was a leader against the New Yorkers; elected second judge of the superior court 1778 and 1779.
FASSETT. JOHN. Judge 1778-86. Born Hardwick. Mass., June 3, 1743; son of Capt. Fassett. who came to Bennington 1761. and was the town's first representa- tive in the Legislature; died April 2, 1803. Lieutenant in Warner's first regiment 1775; captain in Warner's second regiment 1776; represented Arlington in the Gen- eral Assembly 1778 and 1779, and Cam- bridge 1787, 1788, 1790, and 1791; coun- cilor 1779-95, with the exception of 1786; judge of the superior court from its or- ganization in 1778 to 1786; chief judge of Chittenden county court 1787-94.
CHANDLER, THOMAS, JR. Judge 1778-9. Born Sept. 23, 1740; son of Thomas Chandler, one of the most influ- ential settlers on the east side of the mountains; date of death unknown. Was for nine years assistant judge of the in- ferior court of common pleas, under New York authority; beeame, however, active among the Vermont leaders; delegate to the Westminster conventions of Oct. 30, 1776. and Jan. 15, 1777; elected to the first General Assembly March, 1778, and chosen clerk; was for a few months Ver- mont's first secretary of state; re-elected to the General Assembly in the fall of 1778, and until 1781, and was speaker for nearly three years; a member of the coun- cil 1779-80; elected a judge of Windsor county court 1786; represented Chester in the General Assembly 1787; fell into dis- credit, and died in poverty and obscurity.
THROOP. Joux. Judge 1778-82. Born Lebanon. Conn .. Sept. 11. 1773 ; died Jan. 25. 1802. Lived in the town of Pomfret; delegate to the Windsor convention June, 1777. and to the conventions which framed the state constitution in July and Decem- ber of that year; represented Pomfret in the General Assembly 1778; judge of the superior court 1778-81. and February to
October, 1782; member of the couneil 1779-86; again represented Pomfret in the Assembly 1787-8; judge of probate 1783- 92.
SPOONER, PAUL. Judge 1779-89. Born Dartmouth, Mass., March 20, 1746; son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Ruggles) Spooner; died Sept. 4, 1789. Studied medicine in Massachusetts; came to Ver- mont 1768, settling at Hartland, then called Hertford. In 1769 married Ase- nath Wright; his second wife was Mrs. Ann (Cogswell) Post. Delegate to West- minster conventions of Oet. 19, 1774, and Feb. 7, 1775, and to the Cumberland County congress, June 6, 1775, and chosen delegate to represent that county in the New York provincial congress; chosen sheriff of Cumberland County 1777, but declined; was a member of the council of safety; member of the council 1778-82; judge of the superior, and supreme courts 1779 until his death, with the exception of 1781, and chief justice 1784-5; agent of Vermont to the continental congress 1780 and 1782; judge of probate for Windsor County 1781-2; lieutenant-governor 1782- 7.
MOSELEY, INCREASE. Judge 1780-1. Born Norwich, Conn., May 18, 1712; died May 2, 1795. Represented Woodbury in the Connecticut Legislature from 1751 al- most continuously until his removal to Ver- mont; eame to Vermont about 1779, set- tling at Clarendon; judge of the superior court 1780, but served only one year ; chief judge of Rutland County 1781-7; repre- sentative from Clarendon and speaker of the General Assembly 1782; president of the first council of censors 1785. In 1735 married Deborah Tracy of Windham, Conn.
PAYNE, ELISHA. Judge 1781-2. Born Canterbury, Conn., 1731; died Lebanon, N. H., July 20, 1807; a resident of New Hampshire, and prominent in its politics ; served in the French war; was colonel and deputy-surveyor-general of the king's woods; in the short-lived East Union of New Hampshire towns which came tem- porarily under Vermont sovereignty he represented Cardigan, N. H., in the Ver- inont General Assembly 1778; was elected councilor ; lieutenant-governor 1781; chief
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justice of the superior court 1781-2. On the dissolution of the East Union, Judge Payne adhered to New Hampshire.
OLCOTT, SIMEON. Judge 1781-2. Born Bolton, Conn., Oct. 1, 1735; died Feb. 22, 1815. Graduated from Yale College 1761; studied law ; moved to Charlestown, N. H., 1764; admitted to the Bar 1774. During the East Union was elected judge of the Vermont superior court 1781; resigned 1782; appointed chief justice of the New Hampshire court of common pleas 1784; appointed a judge of the New Hampshire superior court 1790, and chief justice 1795; U. S. senator from New Hampshire 1801-5. In 1783 married Tryphena Terry.
FAY, JONAS. Judge 1781-3. Born Hardwick, Mass., Jan. 17, 1737; son of Stephen Fay; died Bennington, March 6. 1818. Served in the French war; came to Bennington 1766; engaged in the prac- tice of medicine; clerk of the convention of settlers March, 1774; clerk of the Dor- set convention January, 1776; secretary of the convention of July, 1777, which framed the state constitution; a member of the council of safety; several times an agent to the continental congress; member of the governor's council 1778-85; judge of the supreme court 1781-3; judge of the pro- bate court 1782-7; moved to Charlotte 1800, and later returned to Huntington. He accompanied Allen's expedition to Ti- conderoga as surgeon, and served for a time in the same capacity with the Green Mountain Boys and with Warner's Regi- ment which was organized for the invasion of Canada.
OLCOTT, PETER. Judge 1782-5. Born in Connecticut ; died Sept. 12, 1808. Said to have been a graduate of Harvard Col- lege ; came to Norwich about 1768 ; a mem- ber of the Windsor convention June, 1777, and also of the conventions of July and December, 1777, which adopted the con- stitution ; commanded a regiment in Glou- cester County 1777, and was summoned to Bennington, to reach there after the bat- tle ; member of the council 1779 and 1781- 90; judge of the supreme court 1782-5; lieutenant-governor 1790-4, declining fur- ther renomination.
PORTER. THOMAS. Judge 1783-6. Born Farmington, Conn., 1734 ; died Gran-
ville, N. Y., August, 1833. Served in the French war; was many years a member of the Connecticut Legislature; moved to Tinmonth 1779; represented that town in the General Assembly and was speaker of the House 1780-2; member of the council 1782-95; judge of the supreme court 1783- 6; was a farmer by occupation.
NILES, NATHANIEL. Judge 1784-8. See page 63.
CHIPMAN, NATHANIEL. Judge 1786- 7, 1789-91, 1796-7, and 1813-15. Sce page 56.
KNOWLTON, LUKE. Judge 1786-7. Born Shrewsbury, Mass., November, 1738; died Newfane, Nov. 12, 1810. Served in the French war; came to Newfane, 1773; took the New York side in the controversy with that province; town clerk Newfane for 16 years ; a member of the Cumberland County committee of safety; sent by the Yorkers of Cumberland County as an agent to Congress 1780; changed his views in the same year and became a loyal Ver- monter; represented Newfane in the Gen- eral Assembly 1784, 1788, 1789, 1792, 1803, and 1806; member of the council 1790-1800; judge of the supreme court 1786-7; judge of Windham county court 1787-93. In 1760 married Sarah Holland of Shrewsbury, Mass.
BRADLEY, STEPHEN R. Judge 1788- 9. See page 55.
SMITH, NOAH. Judge 1789-91 and 1798-1801. Born Suffield, Conn .. 1755; died Milton, Dec. 23, 1812. Graduated from Yale College 1778; came at once to Bennington; delivered the address on the first anniversary of the battle; admitted to the Bar 1779; states attorney and county clerk of Bennington County for some years; judge of the supreme court 1789- 91; appointed U. S. collector of internal revenue 1791 ; elected member of the coun- cil 1798, but resigned to become again judge of the supreme court, serving 1798- 1801; moved from Bennington to Milton 1800.
KNIGHT. SAMUEL. Judge 1789-94. Born about 1730; died' Brattleboro, July 23. 1804. Admitted to the Bar 1772; took the York side but finally cast in his alle-
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giance with Vermont; represented Brat- tleboro in the General Assembly 1781, 1783-5; judge of Windham county court 1786, 1794, 1795, and 1801; judge of the supreme court 1789-94, and chief justice 1791-4.
PAINE. ELIJAH. Judge 1791-4. See page 56.
TICHENOR. Isc. Judge 1791-6. See page 29.
HALL, LOT. Judge 1794-1801. Born on Cape Cod, Mass .; died May 17, 1809. Was a sailor in the early days of the Revolution; engaged in a naval expedi- tion for the protection of South Carolina; was captured by the British while acting as a lieutenant in charge of a prize and carried to Glasgow, Scotland; released but recaptured on his way home; this time Patrick Henry secured his release; began the study of law at Barnstable, Mass., 1782; came that year to Bennington; re- moved to Westminster 1783; married Mary Homer of Boston, Mass., 1786; repre- sented Westminster in the General Assem- bly 1788, 1791, 1792, and 1808; judge of the supreme court 1794-1801 ; presidential elector 1792; member of the council of censors 1799.
WOODBRIDGE, ENOCH. Judge 1794- 1801. Born Stockbridge, Mass., Decem- ber. 1750; died July 14, 1805. Gradu- ated from Yale College 1774; was commis- sary in the Continental army, and was present at the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington. and at Burgoyne's surrender ; studied law; came to Vermont and began practice at Manchester, removing later to Vergennes; represented Vergennes in the General Assembly 1791-4; first mayor of Vergennes 1791; judge of the supreme court 1794-1801. and chief justice 1798- 1801 ; was a member of the constitutional convention 1793. In 1774 married Nancy Winchell.
SMITH, ISRAEL. Judge 1797-8. See page 30.
ROBINSON. JONATHAN. Judge 1801- 7. See page 56.
TYLER. Rovs. Judge 1801-13. Born Boston. Mass .. July 18, 1757; son of
Royal Tyler; died Aug. 16, 1826. Gradu- ated from Harvard College 1776; served on the staff of General Lincoln of the Con- tinental army; studied law at Cambridge, Mass .; was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar 1779; practiced law at Falmouth (now Portland), Me., two years; removed to Braintree, Mass .; again served on Gen- eral Lincoln's staff in Shay's rebellion 1786-7; wrote "The Contrast," the first American play ever staged, which was acted at the old John Street Theatre in New York 1786; came to Guilford 1791, and practiced law; judge of the supreme court 1801-13, and chief justice 1807-13; register of probate from Windham County 1815-21; compiled Tyler's Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court. Married Mary Palmer, and was the father of Judge Royal Tyler of Brattleboro.
JACOB, STEPHEN. Judge 1801-3. Born Sheffield, Mass .; died Jan. 27, 1817. Grad- uated from Yale College 1778; came to Bennington that year; married Pamela Farrand 1779; removed to Windsor 1780; was adimtted to the Bar; represented Windsor in the General Assembly 1781, 1788, and 1794, and was clerk of the House 1788-9; member of the council of censors 1785; delegate to the constitution- al convention 1793; chief judge of Wind- sor county court 1797-1801; member of the council 1796-1802; judge of the su- preme court 1801-3; had been one of the commissioners to settle the controversy with New York 1789; was a strong Fed- eralist ; when he came to Vermont brought several slaves with him, who of course be- came emancipated on reaching Vermont soil.
HERRINTON, THEOPHILUS. Judge 1803-13. Born in Rhode Island; died Nov. 27, 1813. Came to Vermont 1785 and became a farmer in Clarendon; rep- resented Clarendon in the General Assem- bly 1795 and 1798-1803; speaker of the House 1803; chief judge of Rutland coun- ty court 1800-3; judge of the supreme court from 1803 until his death. He him- self wrote his name Herrinton; but he is generally known as Judge Harrington.
GALUSHA, JONAS. Judge 1807-9. See page 30.
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FAY, DAVID. Judge 1809-13. Born Hardwick, Mass., Dec. 13, 1761; son of Stephen Fay, and brother of Judge Jonas Fay; died June 5, 1827. Was a fifer at the battle of Bennington, where he then resided ; admitted to the Bar 1794; mem- ber of the council of censors 1799; states attorney Bennington County 1797-1801; U. S. district attorney throughout Jeffer- son's administrations; judge of the su- preme court 1809-13; was a Republican, and failed of re-election 1813, the Feder- alists having carried the state that year; a member of the council 1817-21; judge of probate 1819-20.
FARRAND, DANIEL. Judge 1813-15. Born Canaan, Conn., about 1760; died Oct. 13, 1825. Graduated from Yale Col- lege; came to Windsor and began the prac- tice of law; soon removed to Newbury; represented that town in the General As- sembly 1792, 1793, and 1796-8, being speaker of the House 1798; was twice states attorney of Orange County; re- moved to Bellows Falls 1800; states attor- ney Windham County 1801-3; represented Rockingham in the Assembly 1802; de- feated for Congress by James Eliot 1803; member of the council of censors 1813; judge of the supreme court 1813-15; was a Federalist and failed of re-election in the latter year, when the Republicans re- turned to power. Was chairman of the committee of arrangements on the occasion of the visit of President Monroe to Bur- lington 1817. He was a brother-in-law of Judge Stephen Jacob.
HUBBARD, JONATHAN HATCH. Judge 1813-15. See page 66.
ALDIS, AsA. Judge 1815-16. Born Franklin, Mass., about 1770; died St. Al- bans, Oct. 16, 1817. Lost his mother when three years old and his father when five, and was brought up by an aunt; gradu- ated from Brown University 1796; stud- ied law in Providence, R. I., and began practice at Chepachet in that state; re- moved to St. Albans 1802; when the Re- publicans returned to power in 1815 was elected supreme court judge and served one year, declining a re-election.
SKINNER, RICHARD. Judge 1815-17 and 1823-9. See page 32.
FISK, JAMES. Judge 1815-17. See page 57.
PALMER, WILLIAM A. Judge 1816- 17. See page 34.
CHASE, DUDLEY. Judge 1817-21. See page 57.
DOOLITTLE, JOEL. Judge 1817-23, and 1824-5. Born in Massachusetts about 1773; died March 9, 1841; graduated from Yale College 1799; came to Middle- bury in the fall of 1800 as the first tutor. in Middlebury College; admitted to the Bar 1801; practiced law till 1817; mem- ber of the council 1815-18; judge of the supreme court 1817-23 and 1824-25; rep- resented Middlebury in the Assembly 1824; president of the council of censors 18344; was several times an unsuccessful candidate for governor.
BRAYTON, WILLIAM. Judge 1817-22. Born Lansingburgh, N. Y .; died Aug. 5, 1828. Entered Williams College but never graduated; admitted to Franklin County Bar 1807 and began practice in Swanton; chief judge of Franklin county court 1815; represented Swanton in the Assem- bly 1817; supreme court judge 1817-22; while on the bench moved to St. Albans, and after leaving the bench to Burlington.
VAN NESS, CORNELIUS P. Judge 1821- 3. See page 32.
WILLIAMS, CHARLES K. Judge 1822- 4 and 1829-46. See page 37.
AIKENS, Asa. Judge 1823-5. Born in Barnard; the first native Vermonter on the supreme bench; died Hackensack, N. J., July 12, 1862. Studied three years at Middlebury College and one year at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point : returned to Middlebury and studied law with Judge Joel Doolittle; removed to Windsor 1812; represented that town in the Assembly two years; states attorney for Windsor County ; supreme court judge 1823-5; published two volumes of reports of supreme court decisions; was the au- thor of "Aikens' Forms" for writs, etc .. and "Aikens' Tables."
PRENTISS, SAMUEL. Judge 1825-30. See page 57.
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HUTCHINSON, TITUs. Judge 1825- 33. Born Grafton, Mass., April 29, 1771; son of Rev. Aaron and Margery (Carter) Hutchinson ; died Aug. 24, 1857. Came with his father's family to Pomfret 1776; graduated from Princeton College; studied law with his brother Aaron at Lebanon, N. H .; admitted to the Orange County Bar 1798 and settled at Woodstock; ap- pointed U. S. district attorney for Ver- mont 1813, holding the office 10 years; supreme court judge 1825-33, and chief judge 1830-3; defeated for re-election 1833. In 1800 married Clarissa Sage.
ROYCE, STEPHEN. Judge 1825-7, and 1829-52, and chief judge 1846-52. See page 39.
TURNER. BATES. Judge 1827-9. Came from Connecticut to Fairfield 1796; re- moved to St. Albans 1804; returned to Fairfield and set up a law school, having had during his life about 175 law stu- dents; removed to Middlebury 1812, later to Fairfield and still later to St. Albans again; supreme court judge 1827-9; died April 30, 1847.
PADDOCK, EPHRAIM. Judge 1828-31. Came from Massachusetts to Vermont; for two or three years an instructor at Peach- am Academy; began practice of law at St. Johnsbury; represented that town in the Assembly 1821-6; member constitutional convention 1828; supreme court judge 1828-31; member council of censors 1841; died July 27, 1859.
THOMPSON, JOHN C. Judge 1830-1. Born in Rhode Island; died June 27, 1831; studied law in Hartford, Conn., and admitted to Bar about 1813; came to Windsor; removed to Hartland 1818, and to Burlington 1822; member of the coun- eil 1827-30. in which latter year the coun- cil was abolished; supreme court judge 1830 until his death. In 1816 married Nancy Patrick.
BAYLIES, NICHOLAS. Judge 1831-3. Born Oxbridge, Mass .; son of Dea. Nich- olas Baylies; died Aug. 17, 1847. Gradu- ated Dartmouth College 1794; read law and was admitted to the Bar at Wood- stock; removed to Montpelier 1809, but was "warned out" the following Novem- ber; was the author of "Digested Index
to the Modern Reports," 1814; states at- torney Orange County 1813-14 and 1825; supreme court judge 1831-3; removed to Lyndon 1835. Married Mary, daughter of Prof. Sylvanus Ripley.
PHELPS, SAMUEL S. Judge 1831-8. See page 58.
COLLAMER, JACOB. Judge 1833-42. See page 59.
MATTOCKS, JOHN. Judge 1833-5. See page 35.
REDFIELD, ISAAC FLETCHER. Judge 1835-60, and chief judge 1852-60. Born Weathersfield, April 10, 1804; son of Dr. Peleg and Hannah (Parker) Redfield; died Charlestown, Mass., March 23, 1876; removed to Coventry 1805; graduated from Dartmouth College 1825; admitted to Orleans County Bar 1827; began prac- tice at Derby ; states attorney continuous- ly until elected judge; supreme court judge 1835-60, and chief judge 1852-60; moved to Montpelier, to Randolph Center 1846, then to Windsor, and finally to Bos- ton, Mass., 1861. He wrote many valu- able legal works, notably treatises on the law of wills and of railroads.
BENNETT, MILO L. Judge 1838-50 and 1852-9. Born in Connecticut; studied in Williams College and graduated from Yale College 1811; studied law at the Litchfield Law School; came to Benning- ton, and soon went to Manchester; went to Mainc 1836, and spent two years in lumber business, losing his property; moved to Burlington 1838; supreme court judge 1838-50; elected one of the four judges of the newly established circuit court 1850 and served one year; supreme court judge 1852-9; was commissioner to revise the state statutes; and this revision was published in 1863 as the "General Statutes"; was the author of Bennett's "Justice."
HEBARD, WILLIAM. Judge 1842-3 and 1844-5. See page 73.
KELLOGG, DANIEL. Judge 1843-4 and 1845-51. Born Amherst, Mass., Feb. 10, 1791 ; died Brattleboro, May 10, 1875. Graduated from Williams College 1810; studied law at Newfanc; began practice
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at Rockingham 1814; judge of probate 1819-20; secretary of the governor and council 1823-8; states attorney and mem- ber of the council 1827; U. S. district at- torney for, Vermont 1829-41; president of the constitutional convention 1843; elected supreme court judge 1843 but did not serve; again elected 1845, served six years ; presidential elector 1864; moved to Brattleboro 1854.
HALL, HILAND. Judge 1846-50. See page 40.
DAVIS, CHARLES. Judge 1846-48. Born Connecticut; died in Illinois, Nov. 21, 1863. Came when a boy to Rockingham; removed to Middlebury 1806; graduated from Middlebury College; studied law with Daniel Chipman ; admitted to the Bar 1814 ; edited a newspaper for a short time ; moved to Barton, to Waterford, and in 1828 to Danville; states attorney 1828- 35 and 1838-9; U. S. district attorney for Vermont 1840-5; was probate judge; su- preme court judge 1846-8; represented Danville in the Legislature, although he was a Whig and the town was strongly Democratic; chairman of the judiciary committee.
POLAND, LUKE POTTER. Judge 1848- 50 and 1857-65. See page 60.
ISHAM, PIERPOINT. Judge 1851-7. Born Manchester ; son of Dr. Ezra Isham; died May 8, 1872. Studied law with Gov- ernor Skinner; admitted to the Bar and settled at Pownal, but soon moved to Ben- nington ; supreme court judge 1851-7; the circuit court having been abolished in 1857, and the supreme court judges being again charged with the duty of presiding at the county courts, he declined further re-election.
ALDIS, ASA OWEN. Judge 1857-65. Born St. Albans; son of Judge Asa Aldis; died Washington, D. C., June 24, 1891. Graduated from the University of Vermont 1829; studied law and became his father's partner ; judge of the supreme court 1857- 65; resigned on account of ill health in the summer of 1865; U. S. consul at Nice, France, for a few years; president of the Southern claims commission 1871-80; a member of the French and Alabama claims
commissions; removed to Washington, D. C., 1871.
PIERPOINT, JOHN. Judge 1857-82, and chief judge 1865-82. Born Litch- field, Conn., Sept. 10, 1805 ; son of Daniel and Sarah (Phelps) Pierpoint; died Jan. 7, 1882. Came to Rutland 1815; admitted to the Rutland County Bar 1827; began practice in Pittsford; removed to Ver- gennes 1832; represented Vergennes in the Legislature 1841; register of probate 1836-57; state senator from Addison County 1855-7, and chairman of the judi- ciary committee two years; supreme court judge 1857 until his death in 1882, and chief judge 1865-82. In 1838 married Sarah M. Lawrence of Vergennes.
BARRETT, JAMES. Judge 1857-80. Born Strafford, May 31, 1814; son of Martin and Dorcas (Patterson) Barrett; died April 21, 1900. Graduated from Dartmouth College 1838; studied law ; be- gan practice in Woodstock 1840; moved to Boston, Mass., 1848; returned to Wood- stock 1849; state senator two years; states attorney two years; supreme court judge 1857-80; after retiring from the bench moved to Rutland and practiced his pro- fession. In 1844 married Maria Lord Woodworth of Coventry, Conn.
KELLOGG, LOYAL CASE. Judge 1859- 67. Born Benson, Feb. 13, 1816; son of John and Harriott (Nash) Kellogg; died Benson, Nov. 26, 1872. Graduated from Amherst College 1836; admitted to the Rutland County Bar 1839; represented Benson in the Legislature 1847, 1850, 1851, 1859, and 1870; president of the constitutional convention of 1857, and member of that of 1870; supreme court judge 1859-67; was elected for another term but declined ; while judge he removed to Rutland, but later returned to Benson.
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