History of Plymouth, (Windsor County) Vermont United States of America

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A Biography of William Wallace Stickney

William Wallace Stickney, governor of Vermont, was born at Plymouth, Vt., March 21, 1853; son of John W. and Ann (Pinney) Stickney; grandson of John and Celia (Thatcher) Stickney, and of Horatio and Sally (Woodbury) Pinney, and a descendant of William Stickney, a native of Hull, England, who settled in Rewley, Mass., 1638. William Wallace Stickney was graduated from Phillips Exeter academy, N.H., 1877; studied law under Judge William H. Walker, and was admitted to the bar in 1878. He was married, May 4, 1881, to Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Haynes and Ellen (Hunton) Lincoln of Ludlow, Vt., where he continued to reside. He served as clerk in the Vermont legislature, 1882-92; was state's attorney, 1882-84, and 1890-92; a member of the state legislature, 1892-96, serving all that time as speaker of the house, and was elected as a Republican, governor of Vermont, serving, 1900-1902.

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