Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . It is said that he came from New Hampshire and located in the town of Free-dom, at Sandusky; that he practiced there several years and finally went westin about 1836. He was an uncle of Capt. Harrison Cheney, of Freedom,Captain Cheneys mother being a sister of Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott was townclerk of the town of Freedom three years, from 1832 to 1834, and also heldthe ofifice of justice of the peace several years. Samuel M. Russell became an attorney of the Court of Common Pleas in1832. Mr. Russell practiced in Allegany c
Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . It is said that he came from New Hampshire and located in the town of Free-dom, at Sandusky; that he practiced there several years and finally went westin about 1836. He was an uncle of Capt. Harrison Cheney, of Freedom,Captain Cheneys mother being a sister of Mr. Scott. Mr. Scott was townclerk of the town of Freedom three years, from 1832 to 1834, and also heldthe ofifice of justice of the peace several years. Samuel M. Russell became an attorney of the Court of Common Pleas in1832. Mr. Russell practiced in Allegany county and is still living at was for many years a member of the law firm of Champlain, Armstrong &Russell. Chauncey Tucker was admitted to practice in the Court of Common Pleasin 1832. He resided at Predonia, where he was a prominent lawyer manyyears. Josiah Ward was admitted to ^practice in 1833. He seems to have comefrom Chautauqua county and to have practiced for a time at very definite information concerning his history has been Cj? €^^^^^>^ Attorneys and Counselors. 317 James Burt was a native of the Mokawk valley, and his ancestors camefrom Holland at an early day. He came to Franklinville in the autumn of1831 and was admitted to practice in the Common Pleas in 1833. He wasappointed district attorney in 1834, and in 1836 was appointed a SupremeCourt commissioner, and was a member of Assembly in 1844. He left Frank-linville after a few years practice and spent two years in Cincinnati, 1846 or 1847 he reached Dubuque, Iowa, where he engaged in practiceand was soon recognized as the leading lawyer of northern Iowa. His pro-fessional engagements extended over all portions of the State. He waselected to the bench of the district court, which position he held until hisdeath August 7, 1886, in his seventy-eighth year. While in this county hehad the reputation of being an able lawyer and a man of rare was a fine s
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