| 词条 | William C. Wilson (judge) |
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William C. Wilson (July 2, 1812 – April 16, 1882) was a Vermont lawyer and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1865 to 1869. BiographyWilliam Campbell Wilson was born in Cambridge, Vermont on July 2, 1812, the son of Jennett (Campbell) Wilson (1784-1846) and farmer John Wilson (1779-1830).{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|page=86}} William Wilson was educated in the local schools of Cambridge and Jericho, and worked on the family farm until he was eighteen, after which he began teaching school and studying law.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}} He studied under Levi Joslyn in Cambridge,{{sfn|Memorial Sketch, Hon. William C. Wilson|pages=116-118}} followed by study with Homer E. Hubbell of Fairfax, and then Bates Turner of St. Albans.{{sfn|History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties|pages=228-229}} He was admitted to the bar in 1834,{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}} and practiced in Bakersfield, where he also operated a school for prospective attorneys, which trained between 80 and 100 students during the years it was in existence.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}}{{sfn|History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties|pages=228-229}} Wilson was also a town leader, and played a key role in the creation of Bakersfield's hotel and Methodist church, as well as the Bakersfield North Academy school.{{sfn|History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties|pages=228-229}} Originally a Whig,{{sfn|"Franklin County Whig Convention"|page=1}} and a Republican after the party's founding in the mid-1850s,{{sfn|"Delegates to Chicago and Charleston: Vermont Republican State Convention"}} Wilson was a delegate to the 1843 state constitutional convention,{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}} and served as Franklin County's State's Attorney from 1844 to 1845.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|page=86}} He served in the Vermont Senate from 1848 to 1849,{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}} and was an assistant judge of the Franklin County Court from 1849 to 1851.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|page=86}} In 1850, he was a again a delegate to the state constitutional convention.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}} Wilson received the honorary degree of master of arts from the University of Vermont in 1853.{{sfn|General Catalogue of the University of Vermont, 1791-1900|page=225}} In 1855, Wilson served on the Council of Censors, the body which met every seven years to review actions of the state government and ensure their constitutionality.{{sfn|Memorial Sketch, Hon. William C. Wilson|pages=116-118}} In 1860, Wilson was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention.{{sfn|"Delegates to Chicago and Charleston: Vermont Republican State Convention"}} From 1863 to 1865, Wilson represented Bakersfield in the Vermont House of Representatives.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|page=86}} In 1865, Wilson was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and he served until 1869.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}}{{sfn|"Justices of the Vermont Supreme Court, 1778–Present"|page=5}} His first wife died in 1869, and after resigning from the court, Wilson moved to Rochester, Minnesota to live near his daughters.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}} While living in Minnesota, Wilson remarried and began authoring a book on legal topics, but failing health caused him to discontinue the effort.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}} In his later years, breathing problems in cold weather caused him to spend winters in Florida.{{sfn|"Death of Hon. William C. Wilson"|page=3}} Death and burialWilson died in Rochester, Minnesota on April 16, 1882.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|page=86}} He was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Bakersfield.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=185}}{{sfn|Memorial Sketch, Hon. William C. Wilson|pages=116-118}}{{sfn|History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties|pages=228-229}} FamilyIn 1835, Wilson was married to Clarissa Ann Partridge Pratt (1817-1869) of Bakersfield.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|page=86}}{{sfn|Memorial Sketch, Hon. William C. Wilson|pages=116-118}} They were the parents of a son and two daughters: William DeForest Wilson (1836-1900), an attorney in St. Albans, Vermont;{{sfn|History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties|page=237}} Elizabeth (1837-1926), the wife of attorney and judge Milton R. Tyler (1835-1907);{{sfn|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Marriage Record for Milton R. Tyler and Elizabeth J. Wilson"}} and Clara (1843-1924), the wife of Judge Charles Monroe Start (1839-1919).{{sfn|Lineage Book|page=225}} ReferencesSourcesBooks
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