Joseph W. Symonds
Joseph White Symonds (September 2, 1840 – September 28, 1918), of Portland, Maine, was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from October 16, 1878, to March 31, 1884.
Born in Raymond, Maine, Symonods graduated from Bowdoin College in 1860, and read law to gain admission to the bar in 1863.[1][2] He was appointed as a Judge of the Superior Court of Cumberland County in 1872, and as an Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on October 16, 1878, serving until his resignation on March 31, 1884.[3][4][5] Scott Wilson and , who would both go on to become justices of the same court, studied law under the tutelage of Symonds.[5] Following his service on the court, Symonds served for periods as overseer of Bowdoin College, and as director of the Maine Central Railroad Company.[1]
In 1884, Symonds married Mary Campbell Stuart of Huntington, New York. Symonds died while vacationing in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, at the age of 78.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Death of Ex-Judge Joseph White Symonds", Bangor Daily News (September 20, 1918), p. 10.
- ^ "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009: (28) Joseph W. Symonds". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ Maine Genealogy Archives, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices, 1820-1920.
- ^ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ a b "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
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