Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . James Brown Yale 1854, MA. (Hon ) in Hartford, Conn., 1833; fitted for College atLewis Academy, Southington, Conn. ; graduated Yale,1854; received Honorary Degree Yale M. A., 1887;studied law and was admitted to the Bar, 1855 : prac-tised law at Prattsville, N. Y., 1856-62, and in Catskillsince that time ; Judge Advocate on Staff of UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 99 Bassett, 1857; District At
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . James Brown Yale 1854, MA. (Hon ) in Hartford, Conn., 1833; fitted for College atLewis Academy, Southington, Conn. ; graduated Yale,1854; received Honorary Degree Yale M. A., 1887;studied law and was admitted to the Bar, 1855 : prac-tised law at Prattsville, N. Y., 1856-62, and in Catskillsince that time ; Judge Advocate on Staff of UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 99 Bassett, 1857; District Attorney of Greene county,1859; re-elected 1862; Judge Advocate and Major onStaff of Beach, 1867-73; Supervisor ofCatskill 1883 ; member and President of the Board ofEducation for fifteen years. JAMES BROWN OLNEY, , Lawyer, wasborn in Hartford, Connecticut, July 20, 1S33,son of Jesse and Eiizabetii (Barnes) Olney. Hisfuller, Hon. Jesse Olney was the great geographer,lioth parents were the descendants of old Colonialancestry, dating back to the middle of the seven-teenth century. Mr. Olney at an early age removedwith his parents to Southington, Connecticut, where. JAMES B. OLNEY he was educated in the district school, and later,after graduating from the Lewis Academy in thesame town, entered Yale in the Fall of 1850. Afterhis graduation at New Haven in the Class of 1854,he began the study of law in the law office of hiscousin, Danforth K. Olney at ^Vindham, Greenecounty. New York, and in 1855, being then twenty-two years old, was admitted to the New York Bar,and immediately opened an office at Prattsville, inthe same county. He remained there until 1862when he removed to Catskill, the county seat, andformed a partnership with Danforth K. firm continued until 1865, when they mergedwith Rufus H. King, under the firm name of Olney,King & Olney. This firm was dissolved and James IS. Olney opened an office alone, continuing thepractice of his profession in Cat
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