Residence at time of death Fitzhugh Street.
He graduated at Middlebury. He was preceptor of an academy in Ballston, where he studied law with Colonel Samuel Young in 1812 to 1817. In 1817, he was in partnership with Simon Stone second, of Pittsford. In 1819, removed to Rochester, where he resided until his death.
In 1823, he was appointed judge of Monroe county; resigned in 1825; was reappointed in 1838 and held this office until 1843. He was an early justice of the peace in Brighton; was representative in the legislature from Monroe in 1844. For many years elder in the First Presbyterian church. Sabbath school superintendent, 1829 to 1831. An ardent advocate of temperance and in the early movements of 1827-29 formed the first temperance society in Western New York.
He married, first, Naomi Gregory, and about a fortnight before his death Mrs. Maria Bryan. He left no issue.
Residence at time of death Fitzhugh Street.
He graduated at Middlebury. He was preceptor of an academy in Ballston, where he studied law with Colonel Samuel Young in 1812 to 1817. In 1817, he was in partnership with Simon Stone second, of Pittsford. In 1819, removed to Rochester, where he resided until his death.
In 1823, he was appointed judge of Monroe county; resigned in 1825; was reappointed in 1838 and held this office until 1843. He was an early justice of the peace in Brighton; was representative in the legislature from Monroe in 1844. For many years elder in the First Presbyterian church. Sabbath school superintendent, 1829 to 1831. An ardent advocate of temperance and in the early movements of 1827-29 formed the first temperance society in Western New York.
He married, first, Naomi Gregory, and about a fortnight before his death Mrs. Maria Bryan. He left no issue.
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