The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18
GEORGE F, TALBOT.
Chief Justice Of the Nevada Supreme
Court Who Is Popular Among All
Residents Of Lincoln County.

yard, Connecticut April &, 1859 and
comes OF colonial and revolutionary
stock, of Scotch and Irish descent
TWO OF his ancestors ms officers
served and died In the continental
army. fighting for the independence
OF the colonies, He is also a descend
ant or Captain Jared Talbot, the In
dian fighter In Plymouth colony more
than century before the Declaration
OF Independence, the ancestor of Cap.
tam Silas Talbot, who at one time
commanded the constitution.
George r. Talbot was educated In
the common schools OF California in
1868, In log school house In Nevada
III 1867, 1870 and 1871, and in Con
necticut from 1872 to 1875.
When four years of age he was
brought by his mother by way Of
Panama to California, his father hay
ing ZONE previously 10 that state
overland, At the time of the excite,
ment incident to the discovery of
the mines at Hamilton, White Pine
county, and when nine years of age.
he went with his father and others
by wagon from California to Elko
county, Nevada, while the Indians
were yet hostile and before the com.
pietion of the first overland railroad
or the connection of the Central Pa.
citic and Union Pacific in 1869.
In order that he might have better
educational advantages. his father
took him to Connecticut in 1872,
where he lived with his grandmother
and attended school, When sixteen
years of age he went into the world
for himself, working upon farms in
Connecticut and Nevada TO earn
money with which TO complete his
education, He pursued special
courses of study in the higher mathe-
mates, Latin, etymology, political
economy and science of government
at nickenson's seminary. Pennsyl.
vania. Later he read Blackstone 5
and kents commentaries by himself,
and pursued his legal studies at Elko
with Hon, Il, II, Bigelow, who. was
later chief Justice of the supreme
court OF Nevada. He was admitted
TO all the courts of this state and
began the practice of law in 1881.
He was elected district attorney for
ElSo county in 1884 and re elected in
1885, and was not candidate in
lSSS, In 1856 he formed a partner.
ship with Hon, Edward s Farrington
now federal district Judge for the
state of Nevada, which continued un,
I'll 1890, when Judge Talbot was
elected by the state at large as one
Of the four district judges, Division
into districts having been made. he
was in 1894 elected Judge of the
fourth judicial district. comprisins
the eastern tier of counties. and re
elected in lSaS, At the time of his
first election as Judge he was assign
ed to Elko, White Pine and Lincoln
counties, and presided over the dis
trict courts in these counties iol
twelve years, He was elected a jus
tice OF the supreme court of Nevads
IN 1909 for a term OF six years and
reelected in 1905 Under the consts
tuition, by reason Of being the senia,
Justice in commission, he was chic,
Justice during the years 1907 and
lSoS, and again became chief Justice
the first of the year
tie Is a close student Of the Law
and OF public affairs and takes a deel
interest in all matters pertaining e
the welfare of the people. For some
wears he has been president Of the
Nevada Historical society. His de
eisions show careful preparation and
are marked by close analysis. clear
ness, Justice and impsrtiality, ans
Whenever any federal question was
involved which reached the supreme
court OF the United States he has al
ways been sustained by that tribunal
Notable among his opinions Is the
one ON the application OF Royce fol
writ OF haheas corpus, reported In
"a Nevada Report page sss. sS Pa
chic Reporter, page /, SIS Lawyers
Report Annotated. page IL, in which
case an act OF the legislature provid
ing an eighthour day for men labor
Ing in mines. smelters and ore-red0c
ton works was sustained as consti
tutional. The case was taken to the
supreme court Of the United States
and that tribunal declined TO inter
fere with the decision. The concla
sion OF Judge Talbot expressed In
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