History of East Berkshire, (Franklin County) Vermont United States of America

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Stephen Royce, governor of Vermont, was born in Tinmouth, Vt., Aug. 12, 1787; son of Stephen and Minerva (Marvin) Royce; grandson of Maj. Stephen Royce of the Continental army, and of Dr. Ebenezer (surgeon in the Continental army) and Sarah (Adams) Marvin, and a descendant of William Parker who came from England in 1633, and of Matthew Marvin who came to America in 1635 and was one of the original proprietors of Norfolk, Conn. He attended the common school at Tinmouth, an academy at Middlebury, and was graduated from Middlebury college in 1807. He taught school and studied law under his uncle, Ebenezer Marvin, and practised at Berkshire, Vt., 1809?11; at Sheldon, Vt., 1811?17, and at St. Albans, 1817?68. He was a representative from Sheldon to the state legislature, 1815?16, and from St. Albans, 1822?24; was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1823; a member of the committee appointed in 1816 to report on the constitutional amendment for choosing both presidential electors and representatives in congress by the district system; was state's attorney for Franklin county, 1816?18; county judge, 1825?26; judge of the supreme court, 1829?47 and chief justice, 1847?52. He was elected by the Whigs, governor of Vermont in 1854; was re-elected in 1855, and in 1856 retired to private life. He was never married. He died in East Berkshire, Vt., Nov. 11, 1868.

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

History of East Berkshire, (Franklin County) Vermont

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