Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . hat committee was formed. On January29, 1879, he married Mary Congdon Allen,daughter of Frederick Allen, of New Bedford. ARTHUR PRENTICE RUGG, Worces-ter, Mass., son of Prentice M. and Cyn-thia (Ross) Rugg, was born in Sterling, Mass.,August 20, 1862. His father spent ins life inthat place, of which he was an esteemed his life he held many local positions oftrust, and died, honored and respected, in Feb-ruary, 1885. Arthur P. Rugg was graduated
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . hat committee was formed. On January29, 1879, he married Mary Congdon Allen,daughter of Frederick Allen, of New Bedford. ARTHUR PRENTICE RUGG, Worces-ter, Mass., son of Prentice M. and Cyn-thia (Ross) Rugg, was born in Sterling, Mass.,August 20, 1862. His father spent ins life inthat place, of which he was an esteemed his life he held many local positions oftrust, and died, honored and respected, in Feb-ruary, 1885. Arthur P. Rugg was graduated from theLancaster High School in 1879, and from Am-herst College, witli the degree of A. B., in 1886 he was graduated with the degree of from the Boston Uni\ersity Law School,and b) election was class orator. He was ad-mitted to the Suttblk bar in 1886, and after afew months began practice in Worcester. Liebecame a partner with Hon. John R. Thayer,one of tiie most powerful criminal lawyers inthe Commonwealth, and with that gentlemanwas connected with many important trials,participating in every murder case, \\itli a. AKTHUK p. RUGG. single exce[)tion, in \\orcester county from tliebeginning of his jiractice tiiere until he leftthe district attorneys office. Mr. Rugg has ])een an active Republicananil lias frequently taken the stump in cam-paigns. He served as a membei of the SchoolCommittee, and on the board of trustees of thePublic Library in Sterling from 1887 to 1889 ;was assistant district attorney pro tempore inMay, 1893, and from May to August, 1894,and held that office by appointment from April,1895 to , 1897. He represented WardEiglit in the Worcester Common Council in1894 and 1895, serving in the latter year aspresident of that body. In July, 1897, hewas elected city solicitor to succeed Col. W. Hopkins, who had resigned, and he stillholds that office, which lie has filled with fidel-
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