DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ONLINE http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3194&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=o774ev7lrjfr2u6hekqvigft63 for Wetmore, George Ludlow says he was a lawyer and office holder. Born Dec 26 1795 in Gagetown NB, eldest son of Thomas Wetmore and Sarah Peters; married Dec 26 1816 Harriet Rainsford, and they had four children, including Andrew Rainsford Wetmore; died Oct 2 1821 on Maryland Hill (Fredericton) NB. He was the eldest son of the attorney general of New Brunswick, and studied law with his father. He was admitted to the Supreme Court as an attorney, and in 1816 was appointed clerk of the House of Assembly. After becoming a barrister in 1819, he entered into a partnership with his father in Fredericton. Their major competitors at the bar were Samuel Denny Street and his son George Frederick Street. The animosity between Street and the loyalist élite was passed on to the second generation. During a trial in 1821, George Ludlow Wetmore challenged George Frederick Street to a duel. Duelling was illegal, so the two men met secretly early in the morning on Oct 2 1821 at Maryland Hill, four miles outside Fredericton. They exchanged a round of shots. According to Street's account, he deliberately fired at the ground and was prepared for a reconciliation, but Wetmore insisted on another exchange. Street's second bullet hit Wetmore above the wrist, passed through his elbow, and struck him in the head. Doctors were summoned but by the time they arrived Wetmore was dead. He was not quite 26 and he left behind a pregnant wife and three children. The fourth child of the marriage was a daughter who would be named George. Wetmore's wife lived to be 94 but never spoke to a Street again.
DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ONLINE http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3194&interval=20&&PHPSESSID=o774ev7lrjfr2u6hekqvigft63 for Wetmore, George Ludlow says he was a lawyer and office holder. Born Dec 26 1795 in Gagetown NB, eldest son of Thomas Wetmore and Sarah Peters; married Dec 26 1816 Harriet Rainsford, and they had four children, including Andrew Rainsford Wetmore; died Oct 2 1821 on Maryland Hill (Fredericton) NB. He was the eldest son of the attorney general of New Brunswick, and studied law with his father. He was admitted to the Supreme Court as an attorney, and in 1816 was appointed clerk of the House of Assembly. After becoming a barrister in 1819, he entered into a partnership with his father in Fredericton. Their major competitors at the bar were Samuel Denny Street and his son George Frederick Street. The animosity between Street and the loyalist élite was passed on to the second generation. During a trial in 1821, George Ludlow Wetmore challenged George Frederick Street to a duel. Duelling was illegal, so the two men met secretly early in the morning on Oct 2 1821 at Maryland Hill, four miles outside Fredericton. They exchanged a round of shots. According to Street's account, he deliberately fired at the ground and was prepared for a reconciliation, but Wetmore insisted on another exchange. Street's second bullet hit Wetmore above the wrist, passed through his elbow, and struck him in the head. Doctors were summoned but by the time they arrived Wetmore was dead. He was not quite 26 and he left behind a pregnant wife and three children. The fourth child of the marriage was a daughter who would be named George. Wetmore's wife lived to be 94 but never spoke to a Street again.
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