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Title: ... History of Oswego County, New York
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Johnson, Crisfield
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Publisher: Philadelphia, L.H. Everts & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the present officers: Benj. J.Le Febvrc, C. P.; II. Timerson, S. W.; C. Green, H. P.;E. H. Gardner, F. S. ; J. McCarty, S.; H. II. Ilerron,Treus. THE HAR. We cannot, of course, give biographies of all the membersof the bar who have practiced in Oswego. We propose,however, to mention some of the earlier lawyers, to give ageneral idea of the profession of the city, and to close withthe names of the present members. John Grant, Jr., was probably the first man who prac-ticed law in the village or county of Oswego. He locatedin the new county-seat in the s)iriiig of 1816, and residedthere until his death, about thirty-five yeai-s later. A fine-looking, gentlemaidy man, of excellent abilities and liberaleducation, he wius popular with all elassas, and wils appointedto .several official positions. He wits at the same time post-master and collector of the port, and was for several years between 1820 and 1830—first judge of the common pleas. After retiring from the bench did not resume prac-
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Residence or O.M.BOND, (ASTSe\/LNiH St.. OsweooJ. Y.. HISTORY OF OSWEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK. 1(10 tice, but engaged in mercantile pursuits, with varying suc-cess. He died about 1850. Theodore Popple came the same spring as Mr. Grant.Little is known of him save that he practiced here success-fully for several years, and then left the country. George Fisher was admitted to the bar of the common pleasat the first court held in this county, in the autumn of 1816.He was a man of marked ability, and in 1828 he receivedthe certificate of the canvassers that he was elected to Con-gress, but on a contest the scat was awarded to Silas Wright,Jr., of St. Lawrence county. When William F. Allencame to Oswego, in 1829, he entered into partnership withMr. Fisher, the firm-name being Fisher &, Allen. Mr.Fisher practiced here nearly twenty years. James P. Wight was another of the earliest Oswegolaw-students, and was admitted to practice in the commonpleas in the winter of 1816-17. He was a dashing, r

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