Stephen Hosmer

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Stephen Titus Hosmer (January 10, 1763Genealogy of the Hosmer Family, James Hosmer, Hartford, 1861 – August 5, 1834) was an American lawyer and jurist who was the chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1815 to 1833.{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Hosmer, Titus|year=1892}}

Biography

He was born in Middletown, Connecticut and lived there all his life. He was the son of Titus Hosmer, a member of the Continental Congress. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1782, and began his law practice in 1785. He was a member of the Connecticut Council for ten years.The Medico-legal Journal, Volume 16 (1898), p. 432

Hosmer married Lucia Parsons, a daughter of General Samuel Holden Parsons; they had 11 children, of which only 3 were alive in 1834 when Hosmer died (and his daughter Sarah Mehetable died of cholera eight days after her father.)

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