Delano E. Williamson
Delano E. Williamson | |
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7th Indiana Attorney General | |
In office November 3, 1864 – November 3, 1870 | |
Governor | Oliver P. Morton, Conrad Baker |
Preceded by | Oscar B. Hord |
Succeeded by | Bayless W. Hanna |
Delano Eccles Williamson (August 19, 1822 - May 2, 1903) was an
Biography
Early life and education
Williamson was born in
As a child, Williamson and his family moved first to
In 1841, at age 19, Williamson moved to
In 1843, Williamson returned to Greencastle and continued to study law at the firm of Eccles & Hanna. Williamson's admission to the Indiana bar was objected to, but he was ultimately admitted after a positive report from the examining committee (whose members included, at that time, future Indiana Governor Joseph A. Wright and future Utah Territory Supreme Court justice Delana R. Eckles).[2][3]
Political career
In 1850, Williamson returned to Clay County to practice law there. Originally a
Following the outbreak of the
In 1864, Williamson secured the Republican nomination for Indiana Attorney General, defeating his associate
In 1872, Williamson traveled across
Personal life and death
In the 1880s, Williamson helped to run the short-lived Putnam County Bank in Greencastle. Williamson was also a member of the Puntam County
In 1842, while living in Bowling Green, Williamson married Elizabeth Elliott, daughter of the county clerk he was working under at the time. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. One of their sons, Robert E. Williamson, served in the Union Army at the Battle of Antietam. Williamson wed again in 1861 to Carrie Badger, daughter of a local priest in Greencastle. With Badger, Williamson had two more children, one son and one daughter.[3]
Williamson died in Greencastle in 1903.[3]
References
- ^ "Attorneys General of Indiana". Indiana State Library.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Monks, Leander John (1916). Courts and lawyers of Indiana. Indianapolis: Federal Publishing Company.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Weik, Jesse William (1910). Weik's history of Putnam County, Indiana. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen.
- ^ Hopkins, Marjorie. "Effort under way to restore Civil War monument to original grandeur; 'Soldier of the West' unique in state of Indiana". The Tribune-Star.