Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ip abroadin 1836, and he published Speeches, Argu-ments, and Miscellaneous Papers (2 vols., NewYork. 1880).—Another son, Stephen Johnson,jurist, b. in Haddam, Conn., 4 Nov., 1816, was notthree years old when his father removed to Stock-bridge, and ten years later accompanied his sister,Km ilia, who had married a missionary, to Smyrna,for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge of ori-ental languages. On his return he entered Will-iams, and was graduated in 1837, standing first inhis clas-<. Subsequently he came to New York,and began the study of la
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ip abroadin 1836, and he published Speeches, Argu-ments, and Miscellaneous Papers (2 vols., NewYork. 1880).—Another son, Stephen Johnson,jurist, b. in Haddam, Conn., 4 Nov., 1816, was notthree years old when his father removed to Stock-bridge, and ten years later accompanied his sister,Km ilia, who had married a missionary, to Smyrna,for the purpose of acquiring a knowledge of ori-ental languages. On his return he entered Will-iams, and was graduated in 1837, standing first inhis clas-<. Subsequently he came to New York,and began the study of law in the office of hisbrother, David Dudley. After his admission tothe bar he became a partner in the firm. Thisconnection was severed in 1848, and he spent somerimr- in Eluropean travel. ^n November, 1840,he sailed from New York for San Francisco, wherehe practised his profession. A few weeks laterhe was among those who founded Marysville, be-coming its first alcalde, and continuing as suchuntil the organization of the judiciary under the. ^^^^r ^S^ constitution of the state. He was elected a mem-ber of the first legislature held after the admissionof California into the Union, served on its judi-ciary committee, and secured the passage of lawsconcerning the judiciary, and regulating civil andcriminal procedure in all the courts of the was also the au-thor of the law thatgives authority to theregulations and cus-toms of miners in thesettlement of contro-versies among them,thus solving a per-plexing problem. Atthe close of the ses-sion he returned toMarysville, and dur-ing the ensuing sixyears devoted him-self to his profession,gaining an In 1857 hewas elected judge ofthe supreme courtof California for sixyears, beginning with January, 1858, but, on theoccurrence of a vacancy, he was appointed to fillit in October, 1857. On the resignation of Chief-Justice David S. Terry, in September, 1859, JudgeField succeeded him, and continued in office till
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