William M. Pingry

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William Morrill Pingry

William Morrill Pingry (born May 28, 1806 in Salisbury , New Hampshire , † May 1, 1885 in Perkinsville , Vermont ) was an American lawyer and politician who was State Auditor of Vermont from 1853 to 1860 .

Life

William Morrill Pingry was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Caledonia County in 1832 . He opened a law firm in Waitsfield . Pingry also held the office of town clerk of Waitsfield.

In 1841 Pingry moved to Windsor County , first in Springfield and later in Perkinsville. In Perkinsville he also served in public offices. He was a justice of the peace , a Masters in the Court of Chancery and an assistant town clerk.

As an Assistant Judge , he has served in both Washington County and Windsor Counties. As a member of the Republican Party , he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives and the Vermont Senate .

His keen interest in education led Pingry to be the Founder and Board of Trustee for the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River .

A devout Baptist , Pingry served in the Church as a deacon , Sunday School teacher, and Sunday School superintendent.

In 1850, Pingry was a delegate to the Vermont Constitutional Convention.

Pingry served as Vermonts State Auditor from 1853 to 1860. Pingry was the cashier of Bethel's White River Bank from 1854 to 1857.

The Dartmouth College conferred the honorary degree Master of Arts in Pingry in 1860th

Pingry researched and wrote his family history in 1881: A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Moses Pengry, of Ipswich, Mass .

He died in Perkinsville on May 1, 1885, after developing pneumonia.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gazetteer of Washington County, Vt., 1783-1889 edited by William Adams, compiled and edited by Hamilton Child, 1889, pp . 85-86
  2. ^ Walton's Register and Farmer's Almanac , edited by EP Walton & Son, Montpelier, 1835, p.90
  3. ^ Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windsor County, Vt., For 1883-84 , by Hamilton Child, 1884, p. 249
  4. ↑ Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography , edited by James Grant Wilson, edited by D. Appleton and Company, New York, Issue 7, 1901, p. 217
  5. ^ Journal of the House of the State of Vermont , edited by the Vermont General Assembly, 1869, 8
  6. ^ Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register , edited by Claremont (NH>) Manufacturing Company, 1871, 110
  7. ^ Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education , published by the United States Office of Education, Number 27, 1900, pp. 107-108
  8. ^ History of the Baptists in Vermont , by Henry Crocker, Vermont Historical Society, 1913, 600
  9. ^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention, published by the Vermont Constitutional Convention, 1850
  10. ^ Early History of Vermont , by LaFayette Wilbur, Issue 3, 1902, p. 381
  11. ^ Vermont Legislative Directory, edited by the Vermont Secretary of State, 1910, p. 291
  12. ^ History of Windsor County, Vermont edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich and Frank R. Holmes, 1891, pages 885 to 886
  13. ↑ General Catalog of Dartmouth College , Issued by the College, 1880, 140
  14. ^ A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Moses Pengry, of Ipswich, Mass. , by William Morrill Pingry, 1881, pp. 46-47
  15. ^ Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography , edited by Thomas William Herringshaw, Volume 4, 1914, p. 467
  16. ↑ General Catalog of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1900 , edited by Marvin Davis Bisbee, published by the College, 1900, p. 405
  17. ↑ Newspaper article, Perkinsville 5/1/1885, published in (Ludlow) Vermont Tribune, May 1, 1885
personal data
SURNAME Pingry, William M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pingry, William Morrill (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician who was a Vermont State Auditor (1853-1860)
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Salisbury , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1885
Place of death Perkinsville , Vermont