Henry Hogeboom
1808-1872 Henry Hogeboom served in 1864. Born in Columbia County, N.Y., in 1808. Yale College graduate, 1827. Columbia County master in chancery and county … More Henry Hogeboom »
Era Category: Antebellum - Civil War & Reconstruction New York
William Mitchell
1801-1886 William Mitchell served in 1856. Born in New York City on Feb. 24, 1801. Columbia College graduate, 1820. Master of Chancery, 1840. Edited … More William Mitchell »
Joseph Mullin
1811-1882 Joseph Mullin served in 1864. Born near Dromore, County Down, Ireland, Aug. 6, 1811. Entered Union Academy at Bellville, Elderburgh, Jefferson County, in … More Joseph Mullin »
William Warburton Scrugham
1820-1867 William Warburton Scrugham served in 1867. Born in Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y., Mar. 19, 1820. Admitted to practice, 1843. Father was the first … More William Warburton Scrugham »
Moses Taggart
1799-1883 Moses Taggart served in 1853. Born in Colram, Mass., Aug. 21, 1799. Elected district attorney, Genesee County, 1845; Member constitutional convention, 1846. State … More Moses Taggart »
Thomas A. Johnson
1804-1872 Thomas A. Johnson served 1847-1848, 1856, and 1864. Born in Blanford, Hamden County, Mass., May 15, 1804. Land commissioner, Erie Railroad Co., 1841. … More Thomas A. Johnson »
William Fitch Allen
1808-1878 Ex Officio: 1854, 1862 Court of Appeals: 1870-1878 by William A. Lawrence By 1864, Judge William F. Allen had earned his peers’ respect … More William Fitch Allen »
James Mullett
1784-1858 James Mullett served 1851. Born in Whitington, Vt., Oct. 17, 1784, the eldest of 13 children. Moved to Darien, Genesee County, N.Y., circa … More James Mullett »
Erasmus Darwin Smith
1806-1882 Erasmus Darwin Smith served in 1862. Born Oct. 10, 1806, in DeRuyter, Madison County, N.Y. Political editor Rochester Daily Advertiser, 1849. Justice state … More Erasmus Darwin Smith »
James Emott
1823-1884 James Emott served in 1863. Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., Apr. 23, 1823. Columbia College, class of 1838. District attorney of Dutchess … More James Emott »