. Biography of the bar of Orleans county, Vermont . Conn., who was killed in the defeat of Gen. St. Clair on the4th of November, 1791, while leading a bayonet charge intendedto protect the retreat of the main body. Born in Salisbury, Conn.,in 1761, Imri Smalley died at St. Albans, Vt., in 1827, and left twosons, bearing the names of Zera and Benjamin H. Zera Smalleywas born in 1787 and died in 1842. His wife was a granddaughterof Maj. Garrett, who was slain in the massacre of Wyoming. Hehimself served as an army surgeon in the war of 1812. Of histhree sons David Allen was the eldest. Distingui
. Biography of the bar of Orleans county, Vermont . Conn., who was killed in the defeat of Gen. St. Clair on the4th of November, 1791, while leading a bayonet charge intendedto protect the retreat of the main body. Born in Salisbury, Conn.,in 1761, Imri Smalley died at St. Albans, Vt., in 1827, and left twosons, bearing the names of Zera and Benjamin H. Zera Smalleywas born in 1787 and died in 1842. His wife was a granddaughterof Maj. Garrett, who was slain in the massacre of Wyoming. Hehimself served as an army surgeon in the war of 1812. Of histhree sons David Allen was the eldest. Distinguished in his youth by the warmth and kindliness of hisfeelings, by his quick perceptions, retentive memory and personaldaring, David A. Smalley was the boon leader of his a student in the academy at St. Albans, he achieved lastingreputation for numerous mischievous pranks that were characterizedby the prominence of fun, and the utter absence of recklessnessand malignity. Hoisting a donkey into the belfry of the academy, or drawing. ^. ^. x>$?^^^.^^^%^ OKLEANS COUNTY, VERMONT. 12$ wood upon a sledge for the comfort of a needy widow and her fam-ily, were occupations almost equally agreeable to the active andsprightly boy. Choosing the profession of law for the future pur-suit of life, young Smalley began the requisite studies in the officeof Smalley & Adams at St. Albans. There, too, he completedpreparation, and at the age of twenty-two was admitted to the barof Franklin county in April, 1831. Benjamin H. Smalley, thesenior member of the firm, was his uncle. He died at an advancedage in Frelighsburg, Province of Quebec. Henry Adams, the younger member, always enjoyed the warmestaffection of his former pupil, who named his eldest born after thatgentleman. Mr. Smalley settled in Jericho for professional practicesoon after Kis admission to the bar, and also discharged the dutiesof postmaster, which office he held from 1832 to 1836. Ability,zeal, and success won a
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