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Daniel Coffin
1864-1866
David Trull.
1866-1868
Nathan Pike, Jr
1868-1870
Charles F. Weeks
1870-1872
Isaac M. Smith.
1872-1874
Wm. H. Preston.
1874-1878
Lorenzo Sulloway, Jr., 1878 to pres- ent time.
Thomas Wason
1858-1860
Sereno Montgomery
1860-1862
Ezra A. Parks ..
1860-1862
John C. Tebbetts
1862-1864
Jonathan D. Abbott
1862-1864
Adolphus Holton . .
1864-1866
William B. Palmer
1864-1867
F. R. Carpenter
1866-1868
Peter Buchanan.
1867-1869
Charles Rogers, Jr
1868-1870
Jonathan R. Darling
1869-1872
Harvey Perley .
1870-1873
John Bacon, 2d
1872-1875
N. P. Bowman
1873-1875
C. T. A. Humphrey
1875-1878
M. R. Gray. .
1875-1878
E. W. Church
1878-1882
Joel Trull .
1878-1880
Charles D. Brainard
1880-1882
Jabez Smith
1882-1884
John H. George.
1882-1886
Jacob G. Hovey
1884-1887
Cloud Harvey
1886-1887
T. Jefferson Cree
1848-1851
Walter Harvey
1849-1850
Jas. D. Bell. . 1849-1850, 1856-1858
Alden E. Judevine
1850-1852
Andrew McMillan
1851-1852
Orra Crosby .
1852-1854
Harry Moore.
1854-1856
Daniel W. Aiken
1854-1856
Charles C. Newell
1856-1858
William Chase.
1858-1860
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COURTS AND COUNTY BUILDINGS.
STATE'S ATTORNEYS.
William Mattocks .. . . 1797-1803
Wm. A. Griswold .. 1804,* 1808-1813
William Mattocks. . 1814
George W. Cahoon 1860-1862
Jonathan Ross
1862-1865
Isaac Fletcher
1820-1828
Charles Davis .
1829-1834
George C. Cahoon . . 1835-1837, 1848
Charles Davis
1838
Elisha May.
1872-1874
Thomas Bartlett, Jr 1839
Theron Howard. 1842-1845
Bliss N. Davis . . 1843-1844, 1848-1850
Mordecai Hale
1846-1847
Joseph Potts .
1850-1852
H. S. Bartlett. 1852-1854
Marshall Montgomery 1884-1886
Alexander Dunnett.
1886 to pres-
ent time.
PROBATE JUDGES.
John W. Chandler 1797-1800
Samuel Chamberlin 1801-1804
Reuben Blanchard. 1805-1806
S. B. Mattocks 1840-1845
Charles Davis 1846
William A. Palmer 1808
Charles S. Dana 1847-1848
John W. Chandler 1809-1810
William A. Palmer 1811-1817
John W. Chandler 1818-1821
Benjamin F. Deming 1822-1833
Samuel Sias. 1834-1836
Walter P. Smith, 1882 pres't incumbent
REGISTERS OF PROBATE.
The duties of this office, as far as they appertain to recording the business transacted, have been for the most part performed by the judge of probate, but for special purposes a register has been appointed. The following com- prises the list as far as obtained :-
Lemuel Dana . 1797 -- 1798
Reuben Blanchard. . .. 1799, 1807,
. . . . 1810, 1815, 1818, 1819, 1821 David Dunbar . 1801-1803
Wm. A. Griswold. 1804-1817
John W. Chandler 1805-1806
Caleb Fisk. 1808
George Rich. 181I
George B. Shaw 1822 George C. Cahoon. 1823-1825
Samuel B. Mattocks, 1826-1831,
Amos Paul
1833-1836, 1839
1832
Theron Howard.
1837, 1840, 1849
Henry Mattocks 1838
Henry W. Palmer
.1843
Charles J. Davis
1845
Norman Davis
1846-1847
Pliny N. Moore
1848
Henry French acted as register during the term of Asa L. French as judge, and Andrew E. Rankin now acts when the services of a register are neces_ sary.
*We are unable to learn to a certainty who was state's attorney in 1805, 1806, 1807, ยท 1815, 1840, 1841.
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Andrew I. Willard 1865-1867 Henry C. Belden 1867-1869 Charles H. Davis 1869-1872
Walter P. Smith. 1874-1876
H. C. Ide.
1876-1878
Heman E. Carter
1878-1880
H. C. Bates.
1880-1882
Harry Blodgett ..
1882-1884
Edward A. Cahoon.
1854-1856
Samuel B. Mattocks 1837-1838
George B. Chandler . 1839
John W. Chandler 1807
George B. Chandler. . 1849
Theron Howard
1850-1851
Charles S. Dana .
1852-1857
Asa L. French.
1858-1882
Samuel W. Slade 1856-1857
Oliver T. Brown. . 1858-1860
William A. Griswold. 816-1819
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CALEDONIA AND ESSEX COUNTIES.
TREASURERS.
Samuel C. Crafts 1797-1798 | Joseph Morrill, 2d, . . .. 1814-1822,
John W. Chandler 1799-1800
Asa King. .. 1801-1805
Ephraim Paddock 1806-1807
Isaac A. Porter 1808-1811
Joshua Beede 1812-1814
David Boynton
1874-1877
Wm. S. Boynton, 1877 to present time
COUNTY CLERKS.
David Dunbar 1797-1804
Samuel B. Mattocks. 1835-1848
Elkanah Phelps. 1804-1807
William A. Palmer 1808-1816
Curtis Stanley . . 1816-1818
Benjamin F. Deming 1819-1833
Amos Paul 1833-1834
COUNTY SENATORS.
William A. Palmer
1836-1837
Isaac N. Hall.
William A. Palmer
1837-1838
T. Jefferson Cree.
1862-1864
Robert Harvey
1838 -- 1840
Charles S. Dana.
1864-1865
Walter Harvey.
1840-1841
Jonathan D. Abbott. . George Ide.
1865-1866
Thomas Bartlett, Jr
1841-1843
George Ide.
William Sanborn
1867-1868
William Sias
1845-1846
Gates B. Bullard
1868-1869
James D. Bell
Harley M. Hall
1869-1870
Samuel B. Mattocks
Jonathan Ross.
1870-1872*
Sewall Bradley.
John M. Martin
Samuel B. Mattocks.
Calvin Morrill
1872-1874
Ephraim Chamberlain.
1849-1850
Charles Rogers, Jr. .
David Goss, Jr.
S. S. Thompson
John McLean
H. C. Belden Elijah D. Blodgett.
1880 -- 1882
George H. Page
1854-1856
Asa L. French
Charles D. Brainard. . .
Edward A. Cahoon
1856-1858
Henry Walker
Charles A. Bunker
Bliss N. Davis.
1858-1860
Albert G. Chadwick .. .
1850-1851
Joshua Stevens
1852-1854
Mordacai Hall.
1848-1849
Isaac N. Hall.
Charles Rogers, Jr.
P. N. Granger. .
1874-1876
John McLean
1843-1845
Gates B. Bullard.
Harley M. Hall
Welcom Bemis
1846-1847
Welcom Bemis
Horace Fairbanks
1866-1867
Daniel W. Aiken.
George C. Cahoon
John Phillips
Alden F. Jeudevine.
1860-1862
John Beckwith .
George Cowles .
Joseph H. Ingalls.
Jonathan D. Abbott.
Andrew McMellen
Elias Bemiss, Jr .
William Sanborn
Gustavus A. Burbank . 1848-1856
Charles S. Dana. . . 1856-1865
Andrew E. Rankin, 1865 to present time.
1824-1849
Augustine Clarke
1822-1824
Samuel B. Mattocks. 1850-1856
Barron Moulton 1856-1874
Jonathan R. Darling . Henry C. Ide.
1882-1886
Henry C. Bates.
1886-
1847-1848
1876-1880
*Since 1870 the general assembly meets in the even years, on the first Wednesday in October.
ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR.
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ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR. *
(From official records.)
Asa King.
Samuel A. Chandler.
Mar., 1832
William Mattocks
Isaac W. Tabor
John Mattocks.
Sept., 1799
John R. Skinner
Mar., 1834 Bliss N. Davis.
Samuel B. Goodhue Jonathan Ware.
Joseph A. Swett
Mar., 1835
William A. Griswold ..
Sept., 1800 Sept., 1802
John Beckwith.
Mar., 1842
Barnes Buckminster .
Sept., 1805
William Mattocks, 2d. . David Chadwick.
Mar., 1845
Nathaniel Goodhue.
Sept., 1806
Edward A. Cahoon.
Andrew M. Blair.
Mar., 1846
Ezra Carter
Sept., 1808
Ephraim Paddock
Sept., 18II
Oliver T. Brown.
Azor Wetherbee
Sept., 1812
Andrew J. Willard.
Augustus Young
Sept., 1813
Jonathan Ross.
Aug., 1858
Isaac Fletcher
Sept., 1814
B. B. Clark.
Peter Burbank.
Sept., 1816
Edwin Harvey
Humphrey Bennett. .. Moses Hall.
Feb., 182I
George W. Cahoon. . Gustavus A. Burbank . . Henry C. Bates
Aug., 1863
Charles Story
Sept., 1821
Henry C. Ide.
May, 1880
George B. Shaw
Sept., 1824
George C. Cahoon ...
Jan., 1826
Charles H. Willard. .
Oct., 1880
Samuel B. Mattocks ..
March, 1829
Joseph P. Fairbanks. .
George B. Chandler. .
Theron Howard.
March, 1830
Mordecia Hale
N. H. Joy.
Mar., 1840
Cyrus Ware
Charles B. Fletcher.
Mar., 1844
William A. Palmer . . Augustine Clark .
Samuel Prentiss
Timothy P. Fuller . May, 1848
George W. Roberts
Aug., 1851
John M. Foster
James Bell. .
David Gould.
Hemon E. Carter
Alexander Dunnett . .
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*Previous to 1822 there seems to have been no established rule governing the admission of individuals to practice law before the county court, and some were allowed to practice who had never pursued the regular course of legal study, but at the December term of the county court, 1822, a series of rules was adopted, the tenth rule being that "any person applying for admission as an attorney of this court, having devoted three years if he have had college, and five years if an academical education, exclusively to the study of the law, the last year of which having been in this county, in such case the court will appoint a com- mittee of the members of the bar to assist in the examination of the qualifications of such candidate, and if qualified he shall be admitted."
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CALEDONIA AND ESSEX COUNTIES.
PRESENT MEMBERS CALEDONIA COUNTY BAR.
L. P. Poland . St. Johnsbury
C. H. Hosford. St. Johnsbury
* Benjamin B. Clark
E. C. Hoyt. . Danville
A. J. Willard.
L. D. Hathway. Hardwick
*A. E. Rankin
W. A. Dutton
Elisha May.
George C. Cahoon Lyndon
Walter P. Smith
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George W. Cahoon
Henry C. Ide.
*Samuel B. Mattocks
66
Harry Blodgett 66
C. M. Chase. "
H. C. Bates
*J. T. Gleason 66
M. Montgomery.
E. H. Hoffman
66
Alex. Dunnett .
66
A. F. Nichols.
66
J. P. Otis. West Burke
ESSEX COUNTY.
Essex county was fully organized by the appointment of county offices by the legislature of 1800. On the third Monday in December, of that year, the Essex county court came together at Lunenburgh. It was held in the house of Samuel Gates, which was the first framed house built in that town, and was recently torn down by John M. Lucas, who erected a modern cot- tage on the former site. Daniel Dana, of Guildhall, was chief judge ; Sam- uel Phelps, of Lunenburgh, and Mills De Forest, of Lemington, assistants ; Joseph Wait, of Brunswick, first sheriff ; Haynes French, of Maidstone, first clerk.
There were seven cases on the first docket, and the first case was that of John Hugh and Anna Hugh vs. James Lucas and Nancy Lucas, for slander, and was continued : John Mattocks, attorney for plaintiffs, and Elijah Foote, of Guildhall, for defendants. The second case was also continued, and the third, Abner Woodsum vs. Joab Hugh, is the first in which a judgment was rendered -- and that by default, by which the plaintiff recovers the sum of $46.86 damages, and $8.63 costs ; and execution was issued thereon Janu- ary 1, 1801. At this term but two verdicts were rendered, the second being No. 5-Isaac Bundy vs. Levi Fay, which was the first trial by jury in the county, and in this case the defendant recovers his cost, $7.00 Two tavern licenses were granted at this term,-to Ithiel Cargill, of Brunswick, and Nathan Cass, of Guildhall ; assessment in each case $1.00; court fees $0.67.
On the third Monday of June, 1801, Daniel Dana, as chief judge, and Samuel Phelps and Mills DeForest as assistant judges, called the Essex county court again to order, at Brunswick; and the case of slander before mentioned was called up and set for the jury. After the usual amount of sharp talk among the lawyers, Nathaniel Wait, Joshua Lamkin, Gordon Smith, Simon Howe, Robert McKoy, Samuel Gates, Woodward Berry, Thomas
*Not practicing.
F. M. Page . Groton
W. P. Stafford.
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EARLY CAUSES.
Lamkin, Abraham Williams, Zerubabel Eager, Samuel Howe and William Hewes, were duly sworn as freeholders of said county, being thus impaneled as jurors according to law. It appeared in evidence that Mrs. Anna Hugh was a reliable woman, well to do in the world, beloved and respected by all as a good wife and neighbor. It seems that Mr. Hugh had at least two daughters, Dorcas and Sally, and through some reason which does not appear they lived at home after marriage. It seems further that one of these daugh- ters had a child which died very suddenly, and Mrs. Lucas said that Mrs. Hugh killed it ; and at several places where a number of people were collected together, it seems she stated that "Old Anna Hugh," as she called her, was guilty of murder. It seems she further stated that this was the child of Dorcas, and at other times that it was the child of Sally. This, however might have been discrepancy in the testimony. The result of those bold assertions in that early time was to isolate the Hugh family from their neigh- bors, as they seemed to believe that statements so boldly made must have some foundations. After Mrs. Lucas had several times repeated those false remarks the suit for slander was brought by John and Anna Hugh against James and Nancy Lucas, as first mentioned.
The case was closely contested with able counsel, and after long arguments committed to the hands of the jury. It seems there was conflicting opin- ions among them, and after many hours of talking and dividing damages, they brought in for the plaintiffs the sum of $14.41, and judgment was accordingly given for that, with costs amounting to $60.70. J. Mattocks, Lucas's lawyer, at once endeavored to have that judgment set aside by the court. claiming that he could show that two of the jurors, William Hewes and Thomas Lamkin, were not freeholders, and consequently perjured. It seems he failed to prove his assertion, as the judgment was not set aside, and an execution was immediately issued ; but the amount could only be collected in part, and an alias execution was issued in September of the same year, before the hard feelings engendered by this suit were overcome. In fine, the case was so closely contested and the amount claimed, being $2,000.00, while they recovered but $14.41, it seemed the divided feeling in the county might indicate that, notwithstanding Mrs. Lucas could not prove her assertions, there was at least suspicions of foul play.
There were twenty-three new entries at this term, but only the above case was tried. The third term was holden at Lunenburgh, in December, 1801. Meanwhile Guildhall had been made the county shire, and the fourth term of the court was holden there, commencing on the third Monday of June, 1802. There was but one panel of jurors at this term, and but four jury trials. The jurymen were Tim. Ladd, Jedediah House, Moses Quimbe, Aaron Ames, Joseph Berry, Zephaniah Perkins, Lemuel Cook, Royal Cutler, Jacob Rich, Ithiel Cargill, Asa Gaskell and Joseph Merrill.
In September, 1797, Eben W. Judd granted to the county land on which to build a court-house, jail, and for a common. This grant included the hill
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back of the commnon, on which hill the first court-house was built. The first building used for a jail was Col. Ward Bailey's old block-house. We are not certain in what year the first jail and court-house were built, probably soon after the appointment of the shire town ; and, near as we can learn, the jail was built about 1808 or 1809. In 1831 the court-house was removed down upon the common, in front of the hill on which it was first erected, and re- built, and was for many years used for the triple purpose of holding courts, a church and district school. The present court-house was built in 1850. A new jail was built in 1834, which was burned in 1864. The destruction was complete. It was, however, rebuilt in 1866, to be set on fire by the pris- oners and burned in 1878. It was almost immediately rebuilt by the county clerk, under the directions of the county judges. It has been repaired sev- eral times, and was enlarged in 1885, by an addition ; and the jail was en- closed by an outside wall which makes it one of the strongest and most se- cure jails in the state. It is lined with boiler plate iron and the windows secured by steel gratings. The supreme court holds its sessions at Guildhall on the fourth Tuesday in August, and the county court sits on the third Tues- day in September and March. The following lists give the principal officers of the county from its organization to the present time, with the years in which they served :---
CHIEF JUDGES.
Daniel Dana. 1801-1807
Micajah Ingham. 1808
Daniel Dana. . 1809
Micajah Ingham. 1810-18II
David Hopkinson 1812
Daniel Dana
1813-1814
David Hopkinson. 1815
Oliver Ingham 1816-1820
Benj. Hunkins 182I
Joseph Berry.
1822
William Gates
. 1823-1824
CIRCUIT JUDGES.
Stephen Royce. 825
Samuel Printice 1826
Stephen Royce. 1827
Samuel Printice 1828
Ephraim Paddock . 1829-1830
Stephen Royce 1831 Nicholas Bailis 1832 Stephen Royce 1833
Jacob Collamer. 1834
Isaac R. Redfield
1835-1836
Stephen Royce.
. 1837
Isaac R. Redfield.
1838-1842
Charles K. Williams. 1843
Isaac R. Redfield 1844-1845
Daniel Kellogg. 1846
Charles Davis 1847
Hiland Hall . 1848
Luke P. Poland. 1849-1855
A. Peck. 1856
Luke P. Poland. 1857-1866
Benj. H. Steel. 1867-1870
Jonathan Ross 1871-1884
J. W. Rowell
. 1885-1886
SENATORS.
William Gates. 1836
William Heywood, Jr. 1837-1838
George E. Holmes. . 1839
Stephen Howe. . 1840
Moody Rich. . 1841
Warner Bingham
1842-1843
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
George Marshall . 1844-1845
David Hibbard, Jr. 1846-1847
George N. Dale 1866-1869
Oramel Crawford 1848-1849
John W. Hartshorn 1870-187I
John Dewey. 1850-1851
John M. Bartlett.
1872-1873
Henry S. Walter.
1852-1853
Charles E. Benton.
1874-1875
William H. Hartshorn 1854-1855
R. C. Benton 1856-1857
N. W. French. .
1858
Myron S. Chandler. 1859
Thomas G. Beattie. 1860-1861
Samuel D. Hobson.
1884-1885
STATE'S ATTORNEYS.
Elijah Foot 1801-1802|
William T. Barron.
1845-1846
Levi Barnard. :
. 1803-1805
William H. Hartshorn
. 1847
Seth Quishman
1806-1810
William Heywood, Jr.
1848-1849
Joseph Berry
1811-1812
William H. Hartshorn
. 1850
Elijah Foot.
1813-1814
William Heywood, Jr.
1851-1852
Joseph Berry
1815-1818
R. C. Benton
1853-1855
William H. Hartshorn
1856
Seth Cushman
1820
George N. Dale
1857-1859
Oscar F. Harvey
I 860-1861
Seth Cushman
1822
Henry Heywood
1862-1863
Joseph Berry
1823-1824
D. S. Storrs.
1864-1867
O. F. Harvey
1868-1869
David Hibbard, Jr
1828-1831
William Mason
1870-1871
William Heywood, Jr
1833
James Steele
1834-1835
George W. Hartshorn
1874-1877
Albro F. Nichols
1878-1883
William Heywood, Jr .
1836-1839
David Hibbard, Jr
1840
Frank D. Hale
1884-1885
Zophar M. Mansur
1886-1887
William Heywood, Jr.
1841-1844
SHERIFFS.
Joseph Wait. 1801-1805
William Hewes
1806-1810
Oliver Ingham
18[I
David Hibbard, Jr
1812-1814
Greenleaf Webb.
1833
John Dean
1815
Chapin K. Brooks
1834
Greenleaf Webb.
1835-1838
Rich Stevens
1816
Henry Hall.
1817
Rich Stevens
1818-1819
George E. Holmes
1839
Greenleaf Webb
1840
George E. Holmes.
1841
George W. Gates
1842-1844
Beach Blodgett
1845
Preston May
1846
R. C. Benton
1847
George W. Gates
1848
Greenleaf Webb
1849-1850
Henry Hall
I829
Chapin K. Brooks
1830
Henry Hall.
1831
Azariah Webb, Jr.
1832
John Dean
1820
Dyer Hibbard
182I
Elijah Hill.
1822
Richard Stevens
1823
Azariah Webb, Jr
1824-1825
Rich Stevens .
I826
Azariah Webb, Jr
1827-1828
L. H. Tabor . 1864-1865
David S. Storrs.
1876-1877
Charles W. King
1878-1879
Harvey Judevine .
1880-188I
William B. Perkins
1882-1883
David H. Beattie
1862-1863
Bailey Denison
1819
Joseph Berry .
1821
James Steele .
1832
Osman Boyce.
1872-1873
Seth Cushman .
1825-1827
James W. Cooper.
1851
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CALEDONIA AND ESSEX COUNTIES.
William Rich. . 1852
N. W. French. 1853-1854
Chester W. Schoff 1872-1873
D. H. Beattie.
1855-1857
Selim E. Grout ..
1874-1875
William Cheney
. 1858-1859
Joseph A. Mansur
1876-1877
H. W. Bedell.
I860-1862
Levi B. Hartshorn
1878-1879
Charles Chase.
1863-1864
Chester W. Schoff
1880-1881
H. W. Bedell
. 1865
Abner H. Bonett
1882-1883
J. W. Cades. .
1866-1867
Selim E. Grout. .
1884-1885
Joseph A. Mansur
1868-1869
Aber H. Bonett
1886
COUNTY CLERKS.
Haines French
1800-1808 |
Allen Gould.
1842-1843
Noah Sabin .
1809
Isaac Cummings
1844-184
Haines French.
1810-1812
John Dodge.
1847
Anderson Dana.
1813
William H. Hartshorn
1848
Timothy Fairchild
1814-1816
Isaac Cummings
1849
Julius W. Willard .
1822
Timothy Fairchild 1823-1825
William Gates.
1826-1839
Lucius R. Webb
1840-1841
JUDGES OF PROBATE.
Daniel Dana 1801-1809
Joseph Wait
.18IO
Charles Cutler
18II-1812
Daniel Dana ..
1813-1814
Jonah Brooks.
1849-1850
Isaac Cushman.
1815-1822
R. W. Freeman
1851-1852
William Gates
1823-1825
O. Crawford
1853
Royal Cutler.
1826
William Chandler
1854-1857
William Gates
1827
Royal Cutler.
1828-1830
William Gates.
1831-1835
Jonah Brooks,
I866
Royal Cutler
1836
William H. Hartshorn
1867-1877
Joseph Gleason
1837-1839
Royal Cutler
1840
David S. Storrs. .
1880-1883
David H. Beattie, 1884 to present time
ADMISSIONS TO THE ESSEX COUNTY BAR.
Elijah Foot. 1800
Elisha Hinds 18II
Ambrose Grow 1800
Joseph Berry 18II
Benjamin Bissell 1801
Thomas Denison 1812
Seth Cushman
1804
Zera Cutler .
1812
Andrew Judson
1806
Charles Robinson 1813
Peter Converse, 1806
Samuel Ingham 1818
Daniel Cobb. 1809
Bailey Daverson . . 1818
Samuel A. Pearsons 1810
Nelson Chamberlain 1819
J. W. Williams. 1820
John N. Tilliston 1810
William Heywood, Jr
.1845
Jonah Brooks
1846-1847
Isaac Cummings
1848
William Gates.
1817-1821
William H. Hartshorn
1850-1863
Bradley W. Dodge.
1864-1865
Charles E. Benton, 1866 to present time.
Moody Rich
1843-1844
Jonah Brooks
1858-1863
J. W. Hartshorn.
1864-1865
Putney R. Follansby
1878-1879
Azariah Webb, Jr
1841-1842
Moody B. Quimby. 1870-1871
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BENCH AND BAR.
Thomas Peverly 182I
David Hibbard. 1822
George W. Hartshorn 1860
S. W. Cooper .. 1822
-- Tenny . 1860
A. J. Downing 1860
William Mason 186 1
James Steele .
1827
Charles C. Cushman 1830
John S. Wells 1830
C. E. Benton 1869
O. B. Boyce 187I
William Heywood
1831
Hermon Holt
1872
Z. M. Mansur . 1874
W. W. Eaton
1874
Titus Snell .
1837
Hiram A. Fletcher
1838
John Dean, Jr ...
1839
J. T. Gleason 1876
Nehemiah H. Joy
1839
J. I. Parsons 1876
William H. Hartshorn.
1844
T. F. Johnson
1878
John S. Roby
1844
H. W. Lund.
188I
John Nichols
1844
R. N. Chamberlin. 188 I
R. C. Benton
. 1851
F. D. Hale.
1881
D. G. Peabody .
1852
James Remick.
1883
PRESENT MEMBERS OF ESSEX COUNTY BAR.
George N. Dale. Brighton
D. S. Storrs. 66
W. & H. Heywood.
Ladd & Fletcher.
J. Benton.
66
G. W. Hartshorn.
Canaan
H. W. Lund.
J. I Williams.
W. H. Shurtleff.
Colebrook
J. H. Dudley ,
Cahoon & Hoffman
.Lyndon
Thomas F. Johnson
66
J. T. Gleason
. Lyndonville
L. P. Poland.
St. Johnsbury
A. J. Willard.
Ide & Stafford.
66
C. E. Benton.
Guildhall
William H. Hartshorn
H. I. Goss.
F. D. Hale.
Lunenburgh
Drew, Jordan & Carpenter, Lancaster
Ossian Ray .. Lancaster
Z. M. Mansur. 66
R. Chamberlain ... Berlin Falls, N. H
B. F. Whidden.
Aldrich & Remick.
Littleton
J. I. Parsons. 66
O. F. Harvey
West Concord
Edwards, Dickerman & Young,
Newport
Bates & May.
W. P. Smith.
66
H. Blodgett.
66
Nichols & Dunnett.
66
M. Montgomery.
66
BENCH AND BAR-REMINISCENCES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.' *
Of the early history of the Bench and Bar of Essex county, little is known except by tradition. The impressions of the early forensic days of Essex county are made only by rough and imperfect tales of those times. The peo- ple were uncouth and rough as a rule, but brave and generous, enterprising and intelligent, and occasionally a brilliant intellect shone forth even brighter
* By Hon. George N. Dale.
Francis E. Phelps 1824
J. M. Cushman
1825
D. S. Storrs 1862
H. C. Bates. 1869
George Paine.
1831
Asa Brown .
1837
Jared I. Williams
1874
A. F. Nichols
1876
A. H. Joy. . 1837
Henry Heywood . 1860
46
CALEDONIA AND ESSEX COUNTIES.
than a "good deed in a naughty world." The men who stand above all the rest, so as to be clearly distinguished from them, are seen quite distinctly. Men like General Seth Cushman are of that class. He died in 1840, and was one of the most cultivated as well as naturally elegant men the county ever produced. He possessed a vivacity and magnetism which gave him almost absolute control over those around him. Possessing a handsome figure ; ex- pressive and genial face, full of benevolence and good will; most polished manners and military accomplishments, and universally acknowledged to be the best dancer, and the most eloquent man the people of this section had ever seen or heard. He was a model type of the old school gentleman in manners and public decorum. No man can be found who ever heard him utter an indelicate word, or can testify to any irregularities in regard to in- toxicants, and yet it was terribly unfortunate that his magnetic temperament had such controlling influence over others. Whatever he fancied he pos- sessed. He was swift and dashing in the chase, and if the game were fleet he did not yield, but overcame by circumvention all obstacles. He was deli- cate, sensitive, very sympathetic, but persistent, and in some respects as brave as a lion, though his bravery more resembled the panther, for it was exhib- ited in desperate dashes. Wonderful stories are told of him. One of his aids tells of him that while at general muster his commands could be heard for more than half a mile. So many incredible stories are told of him that it gives one the impression that he was a remarkable man. The writer asked an old citizen if he could give any good idea or description of his persuasive powers, and he said that Cushman owed him a sum of borrowed money, and had put him off until he was completely angry. He went to his office to get it, and began to berate the General for his failure to respond with the money, as well as his infidelity to his agreement, and accused him of falsehood, when the quiet and inoffensively acquiescing manner of the General began to em- barrass him, and when he yielded the floor, the General surrounded him with his difficulties and financial embarrassments, and so completely showed that they were unavoidable and purely the result of misfortune, and so bedewed them with tears, that the angry creditor lent him twenty dollars more, and felt happy in escaping further embarrassment by terminating the interview. In the early days of the Essex county bar, litigation was the prominent am- bition as well to suitors as members of the bar, and a victory over an oppo- nent was filled with personal honors in the estimation of the times ; and such cases as Morgan vs. Houston, and Downer vs. Austin, filled the minds of those days with ideas of bravery and skill. Litigation furnished entertainment to the people, and was a safety valve to the passions and opportunities of am- bitious advocates. It brought men face to face, in hand to hand encounters, where were exhibited a great variety of intense feeling, from the most pleasant passion to the bitterest and most lasting. So that the intensest passion, as well as his own ambition, spurred the advocate to struggle with all his re- sources for mastery ; but while this trained him to exercise and utilize his
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