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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BALLOU, MARTIN; settled and died
in Princeton, 111., May 13,
1894.
BANISTER, JAMES CONWAY; born May
8. 1819; died in the South,
Oct.7, 1857.
BELCHER. CLIFFORD, A. B. 1837;
died In Boston, Dec. 24, 1879.
BEMIS, GEORGE, A. B. 1835, LL.
B. 1839; born Watertown, Oct.
13, 1816,son of Seth and Sarah
(Wheeler) Bemis, died in Nice,
France, Jan. 5,1878; admitted
Suffolk bar, Sept., 1839;
associated in various cases with
George T. Bigelow and
Attorney-General John H.
Clifford; author of Precedents
of American Neutrality, Hasty
Recognition of Rebel
Belligerency and Our Right to
Complain of It; bequeathed
$50,000 to Harvard for
professorship of public and
International law.
BOATNER, JAMES WILLIAM, LL. B.
1839; died In Bastrop, La., Dec.
17.1870.
BROOKS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, A. B.
Amherst Coll. 1837; born
Sturbridge, Oct. 26, 1818, died
In Newton, Jan, 4, 1887;
admitted Suffolk bar, Oct. 7,
1840; partner Joshua D. Ball.
CUTLER, JOHN LEWIS, A. B.
Bowdoin Coll. 1837; died In
Boston, March 2, 1902.
DAVIS, WILLIAM. A. B. 1837; born
Plymouth. May 12, 1818, son of
Nathaniel Morton and Harriet
Lazell (Mitchell) Davis, died In
Boston, Feb. 19, 1853; admitted,
Boston. Jan. 18, 1841; settled
in Plymouth, where he was active
Whig and chairman board of
selectmen; president Pilgrim
Soc. ; married, 1850, Helen,
daughter of John and Deborah
(Spooner) Russell.
DEANE, JOSEPH PADELFORD; died in
Quincy. 111., Aug. 19, 1867.
DUNN. JOSEPH ELLERY FOXCROFT. A.
B. Yale Coll. 1837; died
Waterville, Maine. Jan. 28,
1854.
EVARTS WILLIAM MAXWELL, Yale
Coll. 1837; died New York. N. Y.
Feb. 28, 1901.
FALES EDWARD GRAY. A. B. Bowdoin
Coll. 1832, LL. B. 1839; died In
Baltimore. Md.. March 10. 1842.
FARLEY, EPHRAIM WILDER, A. B.
Bowdoin 1836: died In Newcastle,
Me., Apr. 12, 1880.
FERGUSON, JORDAN GOODWIN, A. B.
Bowdoin 1837; died In
Middletown, Conn., Oct. 30.
1851.
FISH ERASMUS DARWIN, A. B. Brown
1837: died —, 1846.
FLINT, JAMES TIMOTHY, LL. B.
1840; died In Alexandria, La.,
Oct. 15,1853.
FLOWERS. URIAH GOLDSBOROUGH;
Edwards. Miss.
FRENCH EDMUND FLAGG; died In
Washington, D. C., Sept. 30,
1901.
FRINK, JOSIAH CLARK, A. B.
Bristol 18—,
GRAY, ANDREW JACKSON; admitted
Middlesex bar, June, 1840;
attorney Suffolk bar, 1849
GRAY JOHN THOMPSON, A.B. 1836,
died in Louisville, Ky., July
17, 1902.
GREEN, JAMES WHITMAN.
HARBOUR, EWELL DALTON, A.B. St.
Joseph's 18_; died West
Feliciana Parish, La., Dec. 18,
1859.
HARDING, JAMES NAPOLEON
HAYWARD, LLOYD ANDREWS, A.B. Amh
1836;
HARDING, JAMES NAPOLEON.
HAYWARD, LLOYD ANDREWS, A. B.
Amherst 1836; died Warsaw, N.
Y., March 7. 1900.
HERTZOG, HENRY, A. B. St.
Joseph's (Ky.) 18—; died
Cloutierville, La., Sept. 29.
1865.
HIESTER. WILLIAM MUHLENBERG, A.
B. Bristol 18—; died in Reading.
Pa.. Aug. 16, 1878.
HOAR, EBENEZER ROCKWOOD, A. B.
1835; born Concord, Feb. 21,
1816, son of Samuel and Sarah
(Sherman) Hoar; died in Concord,
Jan. 31, 1895; admitted,
Worcester, Sept. 3, 1839;
justice Common Pleas Court,
1849-53; Supreme Judicial Court,
1859-69; U. S. attorney- general
under Près. Grant; member of
commission which made treaty of
Washington with Great Britain;
state senator, representative in
Congress, regent Smithsonian
Institute. Fellow Harvard
College, member and president
board of overseers; married,
Nov. 26, 1840, Caroline Downes
Brooks.
HOLMES. NATHANIEL, A. B. 1837;
born Peterboro, N. H., July 2,
1814, son of Samuel and Mary (Annan)
Holmes, died Cambridge, Feb. 26,
1901; admitted Suffolk bar,
Sept., 1839; removed to St.
Louis; judge Supreme Court
Missouri, 1865-6-7-8; professor
of law at Harvard, 1868 to 1872;
after resigning at Harvard
returned to St. Louis for a
time, then settled In Cambridge.
HUTCHINS, HORACE GREEN, A. B.
Dartmouth 1835; born Bath, N.
H., July 20, 1811. died Boston,
Apr. 8, 1877; admitted Suffolk
bar, Oct., 1839; practiced in
Boston; associated at different
times with Theodore Otis and
Tolman Wllley.
JUDGE, HILLIARD MEANS; died
Eutaw. Ala., July 16. I860.
KIMBALL, JOHN SHACKFORD; died
Boston, Apr. 19, 1888.
KING, JOHN GALLISON, A. B. 1838;
died Boston, Jan. 28, 1888;
admitted Suffolk bar, July 26,
1840.
LAMB, GEORGE WHITFIELD, A. B.
Bowdoln 1837; died New Orleans,
La.. Aug. 22, 1853.
LOTHROP, GEORGE VAN NESS, A. B.
Brown 1838; died Detroit. Mich.,
July 12, 1897.
LYMAN, JOHN CHESTER, A. B. 1833;
died Doylestown, Pa., Feb. 27.
1883.
MARCH, WALTER, A. B. Amherst
1837; died Indianapolis, Ind.,
Apr. 1, 1883.
MASON, CHARLES. A. B. 1834; died
Fitchburg, March 13, 1901;
studied with Hubbard & Watts,
Boston, and while studying was
tutor in Latin at Harvard;
admitted Suffolk bar, Sept.,
1S39; settled in Fitchburg.
MATHEWS, WILLIAM, A. B.
Waterville 1835; 130 Pembroke
St.. Boston.
MORRIS, THOMAS HOLLINGSWORTH;
died Baltimore, Md., Feb. 16,
1872.
NORTON, ALFRED: died Arlington,
Aug. 28. 1904.
OWEN, ALLEN FERDINAND, A. B.
Yale 1837; died Talbotton, Ga.,
Apr. 7. 1865.
PEABODY. CHARLES AUGUSTUS; died
New York, N. Y.. July 4, 1901.
PERRY. JOSIAH BEDON.
PHELPS. ANSEL; died Springfield.
Jan. 2. 1860.
PLIMPTON. SILAS FISHER. A. B.
Yale 1837; died Boston. Apr. 22,
1867; admitted Suffolk bar, May
1, 1841; practiced in Boston.
PORTER. OLIVER. A. B. Columbian
Coll. 1838.
POYNTELL. WILLIAM, LL. B. 1842.
PUGH, JORDAN ANTHONY; died New
Orleans, La.. March 14, 1849.
PUTNAM. JOHN PHELPS, A. B. Yale
1837; born Hartford. Conn., Mch.
21, 1817, died Boston, Jan. 5,
1882; admitted Suffolk bar. Oct.
12, 1840; practiced in Boston;
representative, 1851-2;
appointed judge Superior Court.
1859, serving until death;
published fifteen volumes Annual
Digest of the Decisions of U. S.
Courts.
REED, CHARLES, A. B. Dartmouth
Coll. 1835; born Nov. 24, 1S14
at Thetford, Vt.. died
Montpeller, Vt., March 7, 1873.
RICHARDSON. DAVID SAMUEL, A. B.
1836; born Dec. 1. 1816. at
Tyngs- boro; prepared for Coll.
Derry, N. H.; entered Harvard
Law School, 1832; after
graduating there, opened law
office in Lowell, where he ever
afterwards remained, taking over
three hundred cases to the
Supreme Court; 1844-45. member
Lowell common council, as its
president; 1848, elected
alderman; 1842-44, and again
1847; member of General Court of
Mass.; 1862, member Mass.
Senate; judge advocate Mass.
Vol. Militia regiment six years:
clerk of Middlesex Co. Board of
Commissioners, three years from
1850; president Vermont and
Massachusetts Ry. Co.; president
Prescott Nat. Bank; Lowell
Carpet Manufacturing Co.: prime
mover in establishing Home for
Young Women and Children: died
March 21, 1890.
RUSSELL, CHARLES THEODORE, A. B.
1837; born Princeton, Nov.
20,1815, son of Charles and
Persis (Hastings) Russell, and
descended from William Russell,
of Cambridge, 1645; studied
office of Henry H. Fuller,
Boston; admitted Suffolk bar.
July. 1839; associated two years
with Mr. Fuller then practiced
alone until his brother Thomas
was admitted to the bar, 1845;
resided in Boston until 1855
when he removed to Cambridge;
while in Boston was
representative. 1844-5- 50, and
senator 1851-2; while In
Cambridge was mayor, 1861-2, and
senator, 1877-8; Boston Fourth
of July orator, 1852; was
professor in Boston University
Law School, member of Board of
Visitors of And- over
Theological School and a
corporate member of American
Board for Foreign Missions;
delivered centennial address in
Princeton, 1859, and presided
over centennial celebration of
First Church in Cambridge, 1886;
author of a History of
Princeton; married, June 1,
1840, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter
of Joseph Ballister, of Boston.
SHEPLEY, GEORGE FOSTER, A. B.
Dartmouth 1837; died Portland,
Me. July 20, 1878.
SHEPLEY, JOHN RUTLEDGE, A. B.
Bowdoin 1837; died In St. Louis,
Mo., Oct., 11, 1884.
SPALDING, EBENEZER, A. B. Yale
1838; died St. Louis, Mo., Aug.
17.1866.
STEWARD, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, A.
B. Bowdoln 1837; died Anson,
Me., Aug. 2, 1853.
STONE. ROBERT RODES, LL. B.
1839; died Lexington. Ky., Oct.
4, 1895.
STOREY, CHARLES WILLIAM, A. B.
1835, LL. B. 1S39; died
Brookline, Dec. 28, 1893.
SWEAT, LORENZO DE MEDICI, A. B.
Bowdoin 1837; died Portland, Me.
July 26. 1898.
SYLVESTER, ALBERT GALLATIN; died
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 7,
1850.
TERRY, EDMUND, A. B. Yale 1837;
died Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 11,
1890.
WARDNER. GEORGE; died Windsor,
Vt., Aug. 28, 1885.
WOODMAN, CYRUS, A. B. Bowdoin
1836; born Buxton, Me., 1814,
son of Joseph, died Cambridge,
March 30, 1889; studied with
Samuel Hubbard and Hubbard &
Watts; admitted Suffolk bar,
July, 1839; went west as agent
Boston & Western Land Co.;
partner eleven years of C. C.
Washburn, Mineral Pt.. Wis.,
returned to Cambridge, 1863; for
a time overseer of Bowdoin;
married, 1842, Charlotte,
daughter of Ephraim Flint, of
Baldwin. Me.
YANDES, SIMON; died
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 5,
1903.