Charles Davis (Vermont judge)

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Charles Davis
Member of the
State's Attorney of Caledonia County, Vermont
In office
1838–1839
Preceded byGeorge C. Cahoon
Succeeded byThomas Bartlett Jr.
In office
1828–1834
Preceded byIsaac Fletcher
Succeeded byGeorge C.Cahoon
Personal details
Born(1789-01-01)January 1, 1789
Mansfield, Connecticut
DiedNovember 21, 1863(1863-11-21) (aged 74)
Rockford, Illinois
Resting placeCedar Bluff Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois
Political partyWhig
SpouseLucinda Stone (m. 1814–1863, his death)
Children5
EducationMiddlebury College
ProfessionAttorney

Charles Davis (January 1, 1789 – November 21, 1863) was a Vermont attorney and judge who served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1846 to 1847.

Biography

Charles Davis was born in Mansfield, Connecticut on January 1, 1789,[1] the son of Philip Davis (d. 1822) and Christiana (Crosby) Davis.[2] Philip Davis moved his family to Rockingham, Vermont in 1792, and Middlebury, Vermont in 1806.[1] Davis was educated in Rockingham and Middlebury, and in 1808 was admitted to the sophomore class at Middlebury College.[1] He graduated in 1811, and began to study law with Daniel Chipman.[1]

Davis edited the Vermont Mirror, a newspaper opposed to the

State's Attorney of Caledonia County, and he served until 1834.[2] In 1831, Davis served as Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives.[2] He returned to the State's Attorney position in 1838, and served until 1839.[2]

Davis became a

Probate Court.[2] He served until 1846, when he was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court.[2] He was a member of the Supreme Court until 1848, when he resumed the practice of law in Danville.[2] In 1851, he was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, and served one term.[2]

Retirement and death

In retirement, Davis and his wife moved to Rockford, Illinois, where they resided with their son Isaac Fletcher Davis.[1] Charles Davis died in Rockford on November 21, 1863.[1] He was buried at Cedar Bluff Cemetery in Rockford.[3]

Family

In 1814, Davis married Lucinda Stone of Chesterfield, New Hampshire (d. 1884).[1] They were the parents of five children: Charles; Philip; Norman; Isaac Fletcher; and Ellen.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Biography of the Bar of Orleans County, Vermont, pp. 65–69.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College, p. 18.
  3. ^ "Burials at Cedar Bluff Cemetery".

Sources

Books

  • Baldwin, Frederick W. (1886). Biography of the Bar of Orleans County, Vermont. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Watchman and State Journal Press.
  • Wiley, Edgar J. (1917). Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College. Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College.

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 Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
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