Orion M. Barber

Barber was born in Jamaica, Vermont on July 13, 1857, the son of Emmons Daniel Barber and Lucia A. (Pierce) Barber.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pi1jh7imQIAC&q=%22orion+m+barber%22+born&pg=PA391|title=Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation|first=Hiram|last=Carleton|date=1 December 1998|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|via=Google Books|pages=293–391|isbn=9780806347943}} He was educated at Bernardston Academy (Bernardston, Massachusetts), Leland and Gray Academy (Townshend, Vermont), and Perkins Institute (Woodstock, Vermont). Barber received an LL.B. in 1882 from Albany Law School and entered private practice in Bennington, Vermont.The Law Student's Helper, published by The Collector Publishing Co., Detroit, Volume 19, page 15. For many years, Barber's law partner was Charles Hial Darling.{{cite news |date=March 29, 1930 |title=Orion M. Barber Dies, Prominent Jurist |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1930/03/29/107109015.html?pageNumber=19 |work=The New York Times |location=New York, NY |url-access=subscription |page=19}} Among the prospective attorneys who studied with Barber and Darling was Robert E. Healy, later an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and a member of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.{{cite book |last=Crockett |first=Walter Hill |date=1923 |title=Vermont, The Green Mountain State |volume=5 |url=https://archive.org/stream/vermontgreenmoun05croc#page/173/mode/2up |location=New York, NY |publisher=Century History Company |pages=174–175 |ref={{sfnRef|Vermont, The Green Mountain State}}}} A member of the Republican Party, Barber was state's attorney for Bennington County, Vermont from 1886 to 1887.{{cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002383443f;view=2up;seq=126;size=175|title=Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 1912|first=Prentiss Cutler|last=Dodge|date=25 March 2019|publisher=Ullery publishing Company|via=Hathi Trust|page=109}} He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1892 to 1894.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Uo8eAQAAMAAJ|title=The Vermonter|date=25 March 1898|publisher=Charles S. Forbes|via=Internet Archive|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Uo8eAQAAMAAJ/page/n205 230]–231}} He was a member of the Vermont Senate from 1894 to 1896. From 1894 to 1896, Barber served as a member of the state railroad commission.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvBjhJr9Ev0C&dq=orion+barber+vermont+railroad+commissioner&pg=PA56 10,000 Famous Freemasons], by William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman, Part One (A to J), 1957, page 56{{Dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=March 2019}}{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/report62commgoog|title=Report|first=Vermont Public Service|last=Commission|date=25 March 1896|via=Internet Archive|page=[https://archive.org/details/report62commgoog/page/n122 121]}}Vermont Legislative Directory, published by Vermont Secretary of State, 1900, page 375. He was the Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 1898 to 1902.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8dDUv19AKv4C&q=orion+barber+vermont+auditor+1898+1902&pg=PA68|title=Who's who in New England|date=25 March 2019|publisher=A.N. Marquis|via=Google Books|page=68}} He was Chairman of the Vermont Special Tax Commission from 1906 to 1908.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/reportcommissio01barbgoog|title=Report of the Commission on Taxation Appointed Under No. 501 of the Acts and Resolves of 1906 of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont|year=1908|first=Vermont Commission on|last=taxation|publisher=Commission|via=Internet Archive|page=[https://archive.org/details/reportcommissio01barbgoog/page/n9 4]}} In 1909, he was Chairman of the Special Commission to Prepare and Publish the Digest of Reports of the Vermont Supreme Court.Biography of Orion M. Barber, published in Judges of the United States, by Bicentennial Committee, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1983.

Barber was nominated by President William Howard Taft on March 9, 1910, to the United States Court of Customs Appeals (United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals from March 2, 1929), to a new Associate Judge seat authorized by 36 Stat. 11.{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/barber-orion-metcalf|title=Barber, Orion Metcalf - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}} He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1910, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on September 30, 1928. His service terminated on March 28, 1930, due to his death in Bennington.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1910/03/10/archives/new-commerce-court-head-president-nominates-chief-justice-of.html|title=New Commerce Court Head|work=The New York Times |date=10 March 1910|via=NYTimes.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1910/06/06/archives/customs-court-ready-newest-united-states-tribunal-opens-tomorrow.html|title=Customs Court Ready|work=The New York Times |date=6 June 1910|via=NYTimes.com}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbQTAAAAYAAJ&q=orion+barber+nominated+u.s.+court+customs+appeals&pg=PA387|title=Official Congressional Directory|first=United States|last=Congress|date=25 March 2019|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books|page=387}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rQTAAAAYAAJ&q=orion+barber+nominated+u.s.+court+customs+appeals&pg=PA397|title=Official Congressional Directory|first=United States|last=Congress|date=25 March 2019|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books|page=397}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/29/archives/orion-m-barber-dier-prominent-jurist-former-judge-of-us-court-of.html|title=Orion M. Barber Dies|work=The New York Times |date=29 March 1930|via=NYTimes.com}}Report of Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, published by Vermont Bar Association, 1930, page 72.Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Orion Metcalf Barber He was interred at Park Lawn Cemetery in Bennington.{{cite news |date=March 29, 1930 |title=Funeral Notice, Orion M. Barber |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120287319/obituary-for-orton-m-barber/ |work=The Berkshire Eagle |location=Pittsfield, MA |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}

On July 2, 1898, Barber married Alice Mabel "Mab" Norton (1868–1952) in Arlington, Vermont, and they were the parents of twin daughters and a son. Lucia Pierce Barber (August 24, 1899 – September 30, 1984) was the wife of Clarence Edward Howard (April 16, 1881– April 4, 1975).{{cite news |date=October 6, 1984 |title=Obituary, Lucia B. Howard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/535012533/ |work=Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, VT |page=7 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}} Mabel N. (August 24, 1899 – May 13, 1991) was the wife of United States Army officer Notley Young DuHamel (1895–1970).{{cite news |date=May 14, 1991 |title=Obituary, Mab B. DuHamel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/534997072/ |work=Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, VT |page=6 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}} Norton (1903–1983) was an attorney who served in the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate, and was the husband of Marcia J. Stevens (1906–2004).{{cite news |date=September 22, 1983 |title=Norton Barber of Bennington is Dead at Age 80 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/534601303/ |work=Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, VT |page=11 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |date=December 7, 2004 |title=Obituary, Marcia S. Barber |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/536119548/ |work=Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, VT |page=8 |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}}

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