Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-17
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l pTOp9ae, IA this F.lNkt ta it#.A' y" '~'
recollection Of q very lew, and e intro
duce 70 the acquaintance Of many more
-TheophtIu. Herrinston' once judge q.
The supreme qaur, Of Vermont Il IS lit
.ls mare ,h.n bali century since b,
died, aud yet not more than one,pcr'on II
>huulrel oa tho present generation, ha'
any other thsn mos, vague and indetn.
tte IDEA vll he w6s, or what he did
Nor +. tht. at an 20 10 wondered at Wiz
whatever craa,, 10 himself and profit L
the public judge may have reriormc'
the du'ir- # his high station, he make
huta sdsht impression upon the popular
mind, and Is s,on forgotten, except b,
tho profc ,ian wloso business il is 10 stu
By his ru'h.hei opinions Much NOR
isths tho csae ii he have made no oon,ri
buttons whttever TO the volumes Of re
por's JUDGE Harrington. however, W"
Nmau Of N TX, and well deserves 90 hay'
hi. momorg preserved from Oblivion, yet
a lit,le longer
He wa d ri in Rhode Island in 1899
a son OF jane. and Sarah 'Dwincllc llcI
.iugtau. Shall give you hi. more =
mote upoe4'ry Why not Eu
.elen ono ia 4 SAINT" says Matthew Arm
Old, two sauno, quito forget that on
come. Of tho TIA stock Of the Gnsxini il
Italy, or tha' ono counts among ones an
cestor- d Bishop Of Soutis, who had III
nar-halhng If the French order Of bat
Ito on The DAY Of Bouviuc.' lie was tn
nth in liu,t dr,,ctut from Isaac He,
ringtou, who settled in Connecticut j.
1896 On the mothers side, he was ~.
aith from Thomas Harris, who settled -
Plymouth Colony in 1920 SO Mr.. Her
1ington's graya.siopo Declares but the Ii,
Of pilgrims by tho Mayacwer contains n
such nnmo as Narris.) Ills mother WI
a granddaughter OF DR. Michael OWN
ollie who fled from Paris on the revoco
ton Of the edict OF Nantz, and in lGs'
settled in Tap,fcld, Mass. In the lin
II his IN .tarud grandfather, he was III,
6ith from Con. Thcophius Whatey, VIII
SETTLE d Il. New Haven, Conn, in 1860
-nl the sixth from DR.. John Clarke, VIII.
settled in Rhode Island in 1896, and At
forward became Governor OF that colony
In 1856 the Harrington family move,
a. Clarendon, Vt Within few year.
Theonhilu, had occasion to return t
Rhode Island on business, and on his wa,
back to Vermont, his attention was az
resrad by the sight of woman in = hous
j. which he was passing So strong and Sc
favorable was the impression made upol
him by this casual glance, that, althougl
au entire stranger, no stopped, introduce.
himself, made suit TO the woman, and di,
not leave the house till he took her viii
him IA his wife Whether or not I'M
marriage ia haste WAS followed 10y re
pentance AZ leisure, tradition docs not IN
form us
TheopAilus had an older brother James
and younger brother William; an'
there were sisters Mary, Penelope, Rush
and Sally All the brothers were men
good natural abilities, and had inhuenc
in their town and county, James wa
the representative OF Clarendon in $50
and 1907, Judge Of Probate in 1903 an
1904 aud assiztsnt Judge of the Count,
C,lur in 1900 and 1907 William was
Baptist minister, and was Judge of Pr,
spte three years, 1911 ~ 1913. The
)hiiu> was much rho ablest of the tire
and attained TO more numerous and grea
cs distinctions. He was the represents
Two # Clarendon in 1895, was again Gle,
r., in 1893 and then held the office i,
-iN successive years, in the last Of whiol
1903. he Was the Speaker Of the Hous
In 1900, he WAS elected Chief Judge
Rulsud County Court, and held the Off
lor three ears. In 1905 he was eloctt
q Judge Of the Supreme Court A fe
y,ok, after his election, he was admittt
~ tho bar If the Court, Of which h9 HI
',ecn Judge for thu preceding three year
tie ,rntinued to be Judge Of the S.
creme C,rrt for ten full years, and u
III lew ~aek- before his deaf
~ 'hor" than .evcn Of the sixt
sven '1rmorr Judge of the supren
court have retained that hi4. Office long
,hAnahd he and among that sJoct fe
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