NOTE:—Unless otherwise stated,
all degrees were of Harvard;
each member graduated or left
the School In the year In which
his name appears, unless
otherwise noted. Cities and
Towns named are in Massachusetts
unless otherwise noted.
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ANDERSON, MARCELLUS MONROE, LL.
B. 1839.
BACON HENRY WRIGHT, A. B. Yale
1836; died Peoría, 111., Nov.
19, 1845.
BARRETT, JONATHAN FAY; born
Concord, Jan. 28, 1817, son of
Joseph and Sophia (Fay) Barrett,
died Concord. Jan. 23, 1885;
admitted to bar. July, 1838:
practiced In Boston until his
death which was sudden;
married," Apr. 27, 1848, Lydia
Ann Lorlng.
BARTLETT, FREDERICK, A. B.
Dartmouth 1835; died Bristol, N.
H.. Dec. 7, 1894.
BRANCH, JOSEPH, A. B. Princeton
1837; died Ark., 1866.
CALDWELL. ALFRED. A. B.
Washington (Pa.) 1836; died
Wheeling, W. Va., May 3, 1868.
CHAPÍN HENRY, A. B. Brown 1835;
died Worcester, Oct. 12, 1878.
CLARKE. MANLIUS STIMSON, A. B.
1837, LL. B. 1840; born Norton,
Oct. 17, 1816, son of Rev. Pitt
and Rebecca (Jones) Clarke, died
Boston. Apr. 28. 1853; admitted
Suffolk bar. Jan., 1840;
associated with George Tyler
Bigelow who later became judge,
then with brother, John Jones
Clarke, the partnership
continuing until his death;
married, Dec. 1, 1841, Frances
Cordis Lemist.
COCKE, JOHN JAMES, LL. B.
1839; died Hinds Co., Miss.,
June 28, 1876.
CRAM HENRY AUGUSTUS, A. B.
Princeton 1837; died New York,
N. Y., Apr. 9. 1894.
CUMMINS FRANCIS, A. B. 1835;
died Dorchester, Oct. 3, 1849.
DALTON, SAMUEL, A. B. St.
Joseph's (Ky.); died West
Feliciana Parish.
DEMING HENRY CHAMPION. A. B.
Yale 1836, LL. B. 1839; died
Hartford Conn.. Oct. 9. 1872.
DUNN, JOSEPH ELLERY FOXCROFT, A.
B. Bowdoln 1837; died
Waterville, Me., Jan. 28, 1854.
FABÉNS, FRANCIS ALFRED, A. B.
1835; born Salem, July 10, 1814,
died San Francisco, Cal.. June
16, 1872; admitted Suffolk bar,
July, 1838.
FRASER JOHN SULLIVAN; died
Blount's Ferry, Fla., Nov. 30,
1845.
FULLER' EUGENE, A. B. 1834,
eldest son Hon. Timothy and
Margaret (Crane) Fuller, born
Cambridge, May 14, 1815; studied
law with George F Farley Groton;
admitted Middlesex bar, June,
1839; practiced at Charlestown
later at New Orleans, La.; was
connected with the newspaper
business of that city and one
summer was stricken with
sunstroke and on way North was
swept overboard from the
steamship. "Empire City". June
26, 1869, ??d was drowned; left
widow and five children: married
at New Orleans, Jan. 21, 1859.
Mrs. Anna Eliza Rotta.
GALE, FREDERICK WILLIAM, A. B.
1836; born Northboro, June 22,
1816; lost at sea on steamer
"Arctic" Sept. 27, 1854, the
vessel colliding with another
and sank.
GILBERT, JOHN SCOTT, A. B. Union
183$; died Greenwood, La., Oct.
25, 1854.
HAGANS, GEORGE McCOLLUM, born
April 14. 1819, at Bradonvllle.
West Va., son of Hon. Harrison
Hagan; died Dec. 29, 1873;
abandoned law and engaged In
commercial pursuits; was
president of the Nat. Bank of
Morgantown, W. Va.
HAMER. CHARLES FRANKLIN.
HARRIS, GWINN, LL. B. 1839; died
Alexandria, La., about 1860.
HAYDEN, AARON, A. B. 1834; died
Eastport, Me., Oct. 22, 1865;
admitted Suffolk bar, Apr.,
1838.
HAYWARD, CHARLES, A. B. 1837;
died Boston, Nov. 5, 1838.
HOLMES, JOHN, A. B. 1832; LL. B.
1839; died Cambridge, Jan. 27.
1899.
JOHNSTON, FRANK, A. B. Yale
1835, LL. B. 1839; died at "The
Meadows," near Pittsburg, Pa.,
Dec. 10, 1863.
KNOWLES, JOHN POWER, A. B. Brown
1836; died Providence, R.I. Aug.
3, 1887.
KNOX, SAMUEL, A. B. Williams
1836; died Blandford. March 5,
1905.
KUNHARDT, WILLIAM WULFF, A. B.
Charleston 1834.
LANDER. EDWARD, A. B. 1835, LL.
B. 1839; 525 Corcoran Bldg.,
Washington, D. C.
McLAUGHLIN, THOMAS LL. B. 1839
MARCH, WALTER, A. B. Amherst
1837; died Indianapolis, Ind.,
Apr. 1. 1883.
MASON, HENRY. LL. B. 1839.
MINNS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, A. B.
1836; LL. B. 1840; born Boston,
died Brookline, Jan. 14, 1895;
admitted Suffolk bar, July 13,
1841.
MINOT. GEORGE, A. B. 1836; son
of Hon. Stephen and Rebecca (Trask)
Minot. born Haverhill, Jan. 6,
1817. grandson of Capt. Jones
Mlnot, Concord; studied in
office of Rufus Choate;
admitted, Boston, Apr. 15, 1839:
edited United States Statutes at
Large: also aided in publication
of first eight vols, of statutes
pub. in 1848. he having charge
of the important work of
indexing; edited The Digest of
the Decisions of the Supreme
Court of the State and a
supplement in 1852; associate
editor anD editor IT. S.
statutes at large, associate
reporter of decisions of Levi
Woodbury in first circuit of U.
S. Court, and editor of nine
volumes English Admiralty
Reports; solicitor Boston and
Maine Ry. Co.; an excellent
Bible student; married Emily P.
Ogle, first, and for second wife
Elizabeth Dawes: died Reading,
April 16. 1858.
MINOT, WILLIAM, A. B. 1836, LL.
B. 1840; born Boston. Apr. 7,
1817, son of William and Louisa
(Davis) Minot, died Boston, Feb.
26. 1894; admitted Suffolk bar,
July 6, 1841; associated himself
with James Benjamin in Boston;
relinquished law practice to
administer large trusts which
had previously been managed by
his father; married Katherine
Maria, daughter of Charles and
Elizabeth Sedgwlck; children:
Robert S. and William, Jr.
MOSELEY, WILLIAM OXNARD, A. B.
1836; died Newburyport, Feb. 10,
1894.
MUSSEY, JOHN BINNEY, A. B.
Dartmouth 1837; died near San
Antonio, Tex., Nov. 4, 1872.
OWEN, ALLEN FERDINAND, A. B.
Yale 1837; died Talbotton, Ga.,
Apr. 7, 1865.
PALFRAY. CHARLES WARWICK. A. B.
1835; died Salem, May 13, 1900.
PITMAN, JOHN TALBOT; died
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 30,
1892.
PORTER. ROBERT MASSINGILL, A. B.
Nashville, (Tenn.) 1836; born
Nashville. April 12, 1818;
studied law a year in Louisiana;
June, 1840, became a student of
theology, at Princeton,
graduating 1845; studied
medicine, Univ. of Pa.; studied
In Paris, France, and returned
1847, the same year accepting
chair of Anatomy in Med. Dept.
Nashville (Tenn.) Univ.; died
July 1, 1856.
POTTER, WILLIAM HENRY. A. B.
Brown 1836; Kingston. R. I.
POTTER. ZABDIEL WEBB, A. B. St.
Mary's; born Carroll Co.. Md.,
Dec. 22, 1814. died Cecil Co.,
Md.. March 30, 1855.
PRESTON, WILLIAM; died
Lexington. Ky., Sept. 21, 1887.
PRINGLE, BENJAMIN GARDEN, A. B.
Charleston Coll. 1834.
RAFFERTY, JOHN CHANDLER, A. B.
Yale 1835; died Flemington, N.
J., Dec. 31. 1880.
READ, JOHN HARLESTON, died
Charleston. S. C.. Aug. 31,
1866.
RICHARDSON. DANIEL SAMUEL. A. B.
1836, LL. B. 1839; son of Daniel
and Hannah (Adams) Richardson,
and descendant of Ezekiel
Richardson, who came to Mass, in
1630 with Winthrop; died Lowell.
March 21, 1890; father was
lawyer and representative and
senator: admitted to Suffolk
bar, July. 1839; settled in
Lowell and argued more than
three hundred cases;
representative, 1842-3-7;
senator, 1862: member and
president Lowell Common Council,
1845-6; member board of
aldermen, 1848: officer of many
other corporations and
institutions.
RICHARDSON, FRANCIS DELIESSELTNE.
A. B. Charleston Coll.; died
Clarendon Co., S. C.. Nov.,
1870.
SAVIER WILLIAM, LL. B. 1837;
born at Norfolk. Va., Oct. 21,
1814; admitted Suffolk bar July,
1837; settled at White Pigeon,
Mich.. 1843; died White Pigeon.
Mich.. July 27. 1873.
SHREVE, LUTHER MARTIN, A.B. St.
Mary's (Ky.); 107 Clark St.,
chicago, Ill.
SMITH, JOHN BOLTON. A. B.
Dartmouth 1836; died Yorkville,
S. C., Dec.13, 1871.
STAFFORD, WILLIAM MAINER; died
Tuscarora, Nev., Dec. 18, 1878.
STOREY. CHARLES WILLIAM. A. B.
1835, LL. B. 1839; born
Claremont, N. H. July 18, 1816,
son of Charles William and
Elizabeth (Burnham) Storey, died
Brookline, Dec. 28. 1893;
studied with C. P. & B. R,
Curtis; admitted Suffolk bar,
June 15, 1840; clerk Mass. House
Representatives 1844 to 1850;
register of insolvency Suffolk
county; clerk Superior Criminal
Court; married Elizabeth Eaton
Moorfleld.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM JAQUELIN.
THOMAS, CHARLES GRANDISON, A. B.
1838, LL. B. 1841; born Denmark,
N. Y. died Cambridge, May 31,
1879; brought up as charcoal
burner and by his energy and
perseverance worked his way into
and through college; admitted to
Suffolk bar, Apr. 28, 1841;
practiced in Boston.
WARE, GEORGE FREDERICK, A. B.
1838; died San Francisco, Cal.,
Sept. 28, 1849.
WASHBURN, PETER THACHER, A. B.
Dartmouth 1835; died Woodstock,
Vt., Feb. 7, 1870.
WELLINGTON, HIRAM, A. B. 1834;
born Lexington, died Roxbury,
Aug. 17, 1898; admitted Suffolk
bar, July, 1838.
WEST, RICHARD; died Florence,
Italy, Oct. 29, 1879.
WHITING, WILLIAM, A. B. 1833;
born Concord, Mch. 3, 1818. son
of Col. William and Hannah (Conant)
Whiting, and descendant of Rev.
Samuel Whiting, non-conformist
minister, who arrived in Mass.,
May 26, 1636; died Roxbury, June
29, 1873; tutor in private
school in Plymouth and other
places; admitted Suffolk bar,
Oct., 1838; practiced in Boston,
making specialty of patent law;
at outbreak of civil war
published The War Powers of the
President and the Legislative
Powers of Congress In Relation
to Rebellion, Treason and
Slavery; was made solicitor War
Dept., serving gratuitously
until his resignation, April,
1865; presidential elector,
1868; was chosen representative
to Congress. 1872, but died
before he took his seat; author
of many arguments and treatises
which are considered authorities
at present time; married, Oct.
28. 1840, Lydia Cushlng,
daughter of Thomas Russell, of
Plymouth.
WRAY, JAMES McALPIN, A.B.
Yale 1836; died in New Orleans,
La., July, 1850.