Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . inted by the court,as second assistant clerk, to take charge of thatsession. That position he held until January, 1890,when he was appointed first assistant clerk, to takethe place made vacant by the death of the former assistant. Mr. Willards father is the present clerk ofthe .Superior Court; his grandfather was Sidney Wil-lard, at one time a professor in Harvard College andafterwards mayor of Cambridge, and his great-great-grandfather was presid
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . inted by the court,as second assistant clerk, to take charge of thatsession. That position he held until January, 1890,when he was appointed first assistant clerk, to takethe place made vacant by the death of the former assistant. Mr. Willards father is the present clerk ofthe .Superior Court; his grandfather was Sidney Wil-lard, at one time a professor in Harvard College andafterwards mayor of Cambridge, and his great-great-grandfather was president of Harvard. He is alsorelated to Maj. Solomon Willard, who fought in theRevolutionary War, and also to Solomon and .\aronWillard, the makers of famous clocks, and SolomonWillard, the designer of Bunker Hill his mothers side he is related to Peter Willards residence is in Cambridge. , Joseph 1 ls, son of Sidney andElizabeth (.Andrews) Willard, was born in Cam-bridge, Mass., Sept. 29, 1816. After studying fora time in the \\estford Academy and the Cam-bridge Latin School, he was prepared for college. JOSEPH A. WILLARD. under the able instruction of James Freeman Clarkeand Ralph ^Valdo Emerson. He did not thenenter college, but in 1830 went to sea. Return-ing at the end of eight years he resumed hisstudies with his father, who had formerly been aprofessor at Harvard University. In 1846 he en-tered the office of the clerk of the Court of Com-mon Pleas, and two years later, in addition to hisother duties, was appointed deputy sheriff bySheriff Joseph Eveleth. He was admitted to theSuffolk bar in 1854, and the following year wasappointed to the office of assistant clerk of the BOSTON OF TO-DAY. 45- Superior Court of the County of Suffolk. In1859 he was appointed assistant clerk of thepresent Superior Court, and in 1865 clerk of theSuperior Court, appointed by the court to fill avacancy. He has received a reelection every termsince. His pr
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