The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-03
TERMS IN ADVANCE,
VERMONT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.

office, and we, therefore, give brief sketch
es of most of them. We doubt if any
other state can show a line of district at
torneys equal to them in ability or stand
ing in their profession. Sixteen different
persons have held this Office, and the pub
LEGATION of the list will tend to dispose OF
the common complaint among young men,
that they are compelled to stand aside and
let the old men fill the offices. The first
district attorney was only thirty-fve when
he was appointed, and Mr.. Fiheld was ap-
pointed at the age of thirty-three. The
several district attorneys have been as fol-
lows:
Stephen Jacob of Windsor-1791-1793
was native of Sheffield, Massachusetts,,
and graduated at Yale college In 1878. He
must have come to Vermont Immediately
after graduation, as we find him at Ben
nington, August 16, 1878, when he read a
poem at the first anniversary of the battle
of Bennington, which was published,
copies of it being still extant, and was re-
published in the first volume of the collec-
tions of the Vermont Historical society.
He represented Windsor in the general as
sembly of Vermont three years; was clerk
of the house two year; councillor from
1906 to 1902 member of the council of
censors in 1885, and of the constitutional
convention in 1903; chief judge of Wind
sor county court 1897 to 1901 judge of
the supreme court, 1901 and 1902; was
one of the commissioners to settle the New
York controversy and died at Windsor
in February 1917, aged sixty-one years.
Amos Marsh of Vergennes--1793.1797-
graduated at the College of New Jersey in
1886, and came to Vermont Immediately
thereafter. lie was representative from
Vergennes in 1896, 07, '0S, '99, 1900, 'O1,
and 1903, and was speaker of the house for
three years.
Charles Marsh of Woodstock -1707-1S01
was the son of Joseph Marsh, the first
lieutenant governor of Vermont, and was
born at Lebanon, Connecticut. July 10,
1866, and graduated at Dartmouth College
in 1856. He studied law with Chief Justice
Tappan Reeve of Connecticut, commenced
practice at Woodstock in 1888, and was for
fifty years an active, studious and success
full lawyer, and, for the most of that period,
stood at the head of the Vermont bar He
was member Of congress from 1916 to
1917, and died at Woodstock, January II,
1S49. George P. Marsh, at present United
States minister to Italy, is his son.
David Fay of Bennington-1s01- 1900
was born at Hardwick, Massachusetts,, |
December 10, 1861, and came to Vermont
in 170s. He was in the battle of Bennins-
ton, although only sixteen years old, being
the "fifer" of Captain Samuel Kobinson's
company. He was admitted to the bar in
1893; states attorney of Bennington
county, 1895 to 1903, and again in 1901
judge of the supreme court, 1909 to 1918
Judge of probate, 1919 and 1920 a coun-
cellor for four years and died at Benning-
ton, June 5, 1927.
Cornelius P. Van Ness of Burlington
1S10-1S13-was born at Undertook, New
York, January 90, 1882; studied law, was
admitted to the bar in 1904, and came to
Vermont in 1906, first locating in Grand
Isle, then at st. Adams, but removing to
Burlington in 1909. He was one of the
commissioners, under the Treaty of Client,
for settling the northern boundary of the
United States; representative from Burl-
ington, 1918 to 1921 chief justice of the
supreme court, 1921 and 1929; governor
of Vermont, 1928 to 1926; United States
Minister to Spain, 1879 to 1889; collector
of the port of Now York 1874 died at
Philadelphia, December Is, 1852.
Titus Hutchinson of Woodstock-1S13-
1s2l-son of Rev. Aaron Hutchinson, was
born in Connecticut, came to Vermont In
1776, and graduated at the College of New
Jersey in 1894. He was representative
from Woodstock ten years register of
probate nine years states attorney ten
years; presidential elector in 1924 and
1886 judge of supreme court from 1925
to 1880, and chief justice from 1880 to
1884. He died at Woodstock in 1857.
William A. Griswold of Burlington
1S2l-lS29-was born at New Marlborough,
Massachusetts, September 10, 1875 came
to Vermont in 1885 graduated at Dart
mouth college in 1894 ; studied law with
Jonathan Robinson, was admitted to the
oar, and settled at Danville states attor-
ney for Caledonia county except one year
from 1903 to 1921 representative in the
general assembly twelve years, and speaker
of the house five years elector of presi-
dent and vice president 1912 and 1886 /;
member of the council of censors, 1927 !;
and died in 1916.
Daniel Kellogg of Rockingham-ls29
1S4l-was bern IN Amherst, Massachusetts
in 1871, graduated at Williams college in
1910; was representative in the general as
sembly state senator member of the
council of censorS; secretary of the gov
ernor and council member and president
of the constitutional convention in l843 ;
states attorney; judge of probate and
judge of the supreme court for seven years.
Charles Davis of Danville-1841-1 1876
was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, JAN
uary l, 1880, graduated at Middlebury col
lege in 1911; admitted to the bar in 1914
editor of the Vermont Mirror; practiced
law at Middlebury, Barton, Waterford and
Danville; clerk of the Vermont house OF
representatives; state attorney of Gale
donia county; representative in the general
assembly; judge of probate; judge of the
supreme court 1916 to 1885, died at Dan
vile, November 81, 1863
Charles Linsley of Middlebury-1S45-
1849-was born in Cornwall in 1905 stud
led law with Peter Starr, and was admitted
to the bar in 1928 railroad commissioner
collector of customs representative from
Rutland in 1858 and died November /,