Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . .), 1873, at the home of his was a hatter hy trade. His wifcilied inChester, AFandi 22, 1872. CTilbert A. Davis received his education inllie district .school and at the Chester iifteen years of age he commencedteaching school in \ermont, and in wentto New Jersey, where for four years he taughtin Port Colden and P>elvidere, in Warren county, ami at Mount Pleasant, in JIunterdoncouidy. \\lien in Peixidere he Ixgan thestudy of law
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . .), 1873, at the home of his was a hatter hy trade. His wifcilied inChester, AFandi 22, 1872. CTilbert A. Davis received his education inllie district .school and at the Chester iifteen years of age he commencedteaching school in \ermont, and in wentto New Jersey, where for four years he taughtin Port Colden and P>elvidere, in Warren county, ami at Mount Pleasant, in JIunterdoncouidy. \\lien in Peixidere he Ixgan thestudy of law witii -1. (i. Slnpmau, a prominentlawyer of the latter phuC. Upon ids return toChester he contiiuied the study with WilliamPounds. In 18.)8-l 8.)9 he studied in theottice of Washhurn X Maish. at Woodstock,\erniont. and was admitted to Ihe har in theMay term of the latter year in his nativecounty. lie icmained with Washhurn itMarsh until March, iSdU. Ip. then settled atPelcdivillc, in Peading, whert he first openeda \\\\\ olHce, remaining there until -lune, 187SI,when he remo\eil to Windsor, keeping alirancli ollice at Peleh\ GU-BERI A. DAVIS Mr. Davis has been identilied politicallywith the re[)uhlican pai1y, and often a mem-ber of the of the county and State 18o8 and in 18()1 he was assistant clerk ofthe house of represeidati\es, being assigned tothe dut} of making up the grand list. Hewas registrar of tlie Probate Court of the dis-trict of Windsor. \eimont, from Decembei 1,1864, to February, 18(59. In addition tonumerous minor offices he was town suj)erin-tendent of schools, town agent, and auditor ofReading foi ten consecutive yeais, Iepresentedthe town of Reading in the State legislaturein 1872-1874 and 1874-7(5, serving on thecommittee on education, of which he was 46 THE JUDICIARY AND THE BAR OF NEW ENGLAND. eliaii-iuan at tlie latter session: was State sena-tor in 1876-7<S, serving as ciuiirnian of theconiinittee on education and on the judiciary,
Size: 1577px × 1585px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidmemoirsofjudicia02reno
