Stephen Titus Hosmer (January 10, 1763 [1] – August 5, 1834) was an American lawyer and jurist who was the chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1815 to 1833. [2]
Biography
He was born in Middletown, Connecticut and lived there all his life. He was the son of Titus Hosmer, a member of the Continental Congress. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1782, and began his law practice in 1785. [2] He was a member of the Connecticut Council for ten years. [3]
Hosmer married Lucia Parsons, a daughter of General Samuel Holden Parsons; they had 11 children, of which only 3 were alive in 1834 when Hosmer died (and his daughter Sarah Mehetable died of cholera eight days after her father.) [1]
References
- ^ a b Genealogy of the Hosmer Family, James Hosmer, Hartford, 1861
- ^ a b Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ The Medico-legal Journal, Volume 16 (1898), p. 432
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Stephen Titus Hosmer (January 10, 1763 [1] – August 5, 1834) was an American lawyer and jurist who was the chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1815 to 1833. [2]
Biography
He was born in Middletown, Connecticut and lived there all his life. He was the son of Titus Hosmer, a member of the Continental Congress. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1782, and began his law practice in 1785. [2] He was a member of the Connecticut Council for ten years. [3]
Hosmer married Lucia Parsons, a daughter of General Samuel Holden Parsons; they had 11 children, of which only 3 were alive in 1834 when Hosmer died (and his daughter Sarah Mehetable died of cholera eight days after her father.) [1]
References
- ^ a b Genealogy of the Hosmer Family, James Hosmer, Hartford, 1861
- ^ a b Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ The Medico-legal Journal, Volume 16 (1898), p. 432
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- 1763 births
- 1834 deaths
- Politicians from Middletown, Connecticut
- Connecticut state court judges
- Chief Justices of the Connecticut Supreme Court
- Connecticut state senators
- Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Council of Assistants (1662–1818)
- Yale University alumni
- Connecticut state court judge stubs