The Newtown bee., 1903-06-12
Ten Pages,
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
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 PRESENTATION TO JUDGE HUNTINGTON
 BY THE LAWYERS OF THE L1TCH-
 FIELD COUNTY BAR.
 The largest gathering of the Litch- field county bar ever assembled for any purpose was that at the Curtis Hotel, Thursday afternoon, to congratulate Hon James Huntington on the 10th anniversary of his birth. Practically the entire bar of Litchtield county was present. When the attorneys had as- sembled at the hotel committee was appointed to visit Judge Huntington at his office and request his presence at a dinner in his honor. The affair was a complete surprise to him, but he ac- commodated himself to the situation and accompanied the committee with out demur. Avery pleasant evening was spent and the lawyers presented to him fitting testimonial of their es- teem, reverence and affection as man, an advocate, colleague and helper The present consisted of a beautiful cane of Austrian weichsel-wood, sur mounted with a stag horn on which was inscribed the words. ITO Uncle Jim, from his boys." The presenta tion speech was made by Hon Donald T. Warner of Salisbury and speeches were made by every one of the Attorneys, after which Judge Huntington spoke with evident feeling over the unex. pected attention given him. Those present were: J. H. McMahon, F. w. Marsh, F. M. Williams, J. F. Addis, New Milford; L. J. Nickerson, West Cornwall; Donald T. Warner, Howard F. Landon, Salisbury; Hubert Will Hams, Lakeville; S. B. Hoone. w. B. Smith, F. B. Mum, R. T. Higgins, J. P. Glynn, Winsted; F. A. Jewell, New Hartford; w. w. Bierce, Judge G. H. Welch, Bernard B. Higgins, Walter Holcomb, w. A Roraback, H. R. Sco- vile, Torrington; William L. Ran. som, w. F. Dowd, E. P. Roberts, George M. Woodruff, Litchfeld; F. w. Etheridge. Thomaston; A. D. Warner, Woodbury.
 Few men have yielded a stronger influence for good in the community where they live than Judge Hunting ton. To his large public spirit and active interest is largely due Wood- bury's advanced position, with it's pub lie water, graded school, sidewalks and good roads. He has had to take lots of hard raps, but with the rugged hones- ty and positiveness of character, has not been afraid to take positions some times not popular.
 Judge Huntington was born in Gov entry, South Coventry parish), Tol- land county, Conn.,, June 4, 1883, son of Edward G. and Eliza (Clark) Hunt ington. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Huntington. who was son of Rev Joseph Huntington, D. D., was born in Coventry, September 13, 1767, was graduated at Dartmouth college. and admitted to the bar of Holland county. Soon after he emigrated to Washington county, Georgia, where he practiced his profession until April. l794, when he removed to Charleston. $. C., where he died August 19 of the same year. In 17sS he married Mirza Dow, sister of Lorenzo Dow, a Metho- dist minister of considerable note as a traveller and writer in his day. She died at South Coventry, January 30. 1856, at the age of S4
 EdWard G. Huntington was born in Washington county, Ga., October P. l792 and died at Coventry, September l5, 1857. His wife, who was born in Coventry and died at Woodbury, March II, 1866, was daughter of John Clark, native of Lebanon. Ct. He was soldier in the Revolution, who at the close of the war purchased a farm lat the head of the pond'' in Coventry, where he resided the re- mainder of his life. He died January 3, 1S47, aged 95 years. His wife, whose maiden name was Lucy Hammond was born in Hampton, Ct., and resided there until after her marriage. She died October 24, 1S4S, aged eighty eight years. James Huntington's father and mother, and nearly all his the Huntingtons, Clarks and DoWs, are buried in the Nathan Hale cemetery, South Coventry.
 James Huntington from 1850 to the time of his admission to the bar taught for several terms district and select schools in his native town. He attended the Wilbraham academy in 1852, the New York Conference semi nary at Charlottesville, N. Y., during 1855 and 1856, and graduated from the State and National Law School at N. Y., in 1857. Then 0 prepare himself for practice in his native state, he entered the law office