History of Montgomery County New York United States of America

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John Forrest Dillon, jurist, was born in Montgomery county, N.Y., Dec. 25, 1831. He was taken by his parents to Davenport, Iowa, in 1838. He received the degree of M.D. from Iowa university in 1850, but afterward studied law, gaining admission to the bar in 1852. In the same year he became prosecuting attorney of the state, and in 1858 was appointed U.S. district judge, holding that position until his election to the supreme bench of the state in 1863 for a term of six years. He was re-elected in 1869 and became chief justice of the supreme court, but after serving a few months he resigned to accept the appointment of circuit judge for the eighth circuit, embracing Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and subsequently Colorado. He served in this position until 1879, when he accepted the chair of real estate and equity jurisprudence in the Columbia college law school, New York city. He also became general counsel for the Union Pacific railway in 1879. He resigned his chair in Columbia in 1882 to devote his entire attention to private practice. In 1884 he was elected a member of l'Institut de Droit International. He was married in 1853 to a daughter of Hiram Price of Iowa and had two sons, one of whom, Hiram Price Dillon, became a lawyer in Kansas. Judge Dillon received the honorary degree of LL.D. He is the author of U.S. Circuit Court Reports (5 vols., 1871-80); Municipal Corporations (1872); Removal of Causes from State to Federal Courts (1875); and Municipal Bonds (1876).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Herrick Johnson, educator, was born in Caughnewaga, Montgomery county, N.Y., Sept. 22, 1832; son of John J. and Lydia (French) Johnson; grandson of John Johnson. He was graduated from Hamilton college, N.Y., in 1857, and from Auburn Theological seminary in 1860. He was licensed to preach by the presbytery of Buffalo in 1859 and ordained by the presbytery of Troy in 1860. He was married, Sept. 6, 1860, to Catharine Spencer Hardenbergh, of Auburn, N.Y. He was colleague pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Troy, N.Y., 1860-62; pastor of the Third church, Pittsburg, Pa., 1862-67; of the First church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1868-74; professor of homiletics and pastoral theology at Auburn Theological seminary, 1874-80; pastor of the Fourth church, Chicago, Ill., 1880-83; and became professor of homiletics at McCormick Theological seminary, Chicago, Ill., in 1880. He was moderator of the general assembly in 1882; president of the board of aid for colleges and academies from its organization in 1883, and president of the board of ministerial education in Philadelphia, 1870-74. He received the degree of D.D. from Western Reserve college in 1867; that of LL.D. from Wooster university in 1882 and that of D.C.L. from Omaha university in 1890. He is the author of: Christianity's Challenge (1882); Plain Talks About the Theatre (1883); Revivals, their Place and Power (1883); Presbyterian Book of Forms (1889), and sermons and articles published in periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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