Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . ginally being a plane maker andlater a manufacturer of bedsteads. Alfred, , was educated in district and , and also in the famous Amherst andLenox academies, where he was an apt pu])il,and whore he laid the foundation for a sulise-quent thorough legal education, although hislimited means would not permit a law inany of the collegiate institutions of the State. After leaving academy Judge Cope-land taught school for a time a
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . ginally being a plane maker andlater a manufacturer of bedsteads. Alfred, , was educated in district and , and also in the famous Amherst andLenox academies, where he was an apt pu])il,and whore he laid the foundation for a sulise-quent thorough legal education, although hislimited means would not permit a law inany of the collegiate institutions of the State. After leaving academy Judge Cope-land taught school for a time and then beganthe study of law in the office of Henry of IjCuox, continuing later on with the oldtiiui of Heach it Bond of Springfield. He wasadmitted to the bar in December, 1855, andfor a [leriod of almost half a century has beenclosely identified with professional life inHampden county. He practiced in Hunting-ton about seven years and removed thence toChicopee, where he lived one year. In 1804he came to the Springfield bar, and waspaitncr with Stephen E. Seymour, but at theend of a single year, on account of health con-. ALKRED M. COPELANI). siderations, he retui-ned to Huntington to liveaiul practice, still retaining, however, a lawconnection at the county seat as member of thefirm of Copeland & Bosworth. In the fall of18(J7 the partnership was dissolved and JudgeCopeland remained in Huntington until 1872,when, having regained his health, he cameagain to Springfield and .soon afterward formeda partnershiii willi the late Henry well known and thorough lawyeis werepleasantly associated in successsul piactice fora period of ten years, after which .ludge Cope-land practiced alone until iSSHj, when the BIOGRA PHICAL.—MA SSA CHUSE TTS. 677 present firm of Copelaiid & Slierwin wasformed. Besides liaving enjoyed an envialjle stand-ing in professional circles nearly fifty years,Judge Copeland has for the same length oftime been an active figure in Hampden count
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