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  Barber, Orion Metcalf
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameOrion Metcalf Barber
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Bennington, Vermont , United States
EmailNone
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Born July 13, 1857
Died 00, 1930 (72 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifedJoshua L.
Nov 21, 2004 05:01pm
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InfoOrion Metcalf BARBER, Bennington [Chittenden County, Vermont], Judge, United
States court customs appeals, was born 13 July 1857 at Jamaica [Windham
County, Vermont], son of Emmons Daniel and Lucia A. (PIERCE) BARBER.
Educated at Bernardston Academy [Franklin County, Massachusetts]; Leland and
Gray Seminary, Townshend [Windham County]; Perkins Institute, Woodstock
[Windsor County]; and Albany Law School [Albany County, New York]. Mr.
BARBER practiced law at Arlington [Bennington County] and Bennington
1882-1910.

Republican; states attorney Bennington County 1886-1887; represented
Arlington in the Legislature 1892; senator for Bennington County 1894; member
of committee to revise statutes 1892-1894; railroad commissioner 1894-1896;
chairman of committee to publish statutes 1894-1895; auditor of accounts
1898-1902; delegate to Republican national convention 1896; chairman of
special tax commission 1906-1908; chairman of special committee to prepare
and publish Digest Vermont Reports 1909; appointed judge U. S. court customs
appeals 1910.

In 1898 Orion Metcalf BARBER married [Miss?] Alice Mabel NORTON of
Bennington; they have three children: Lucia Pierce and Mab Norton, born 24
August 1899; and Norton BARBER, born 10 July 1903. Mr. BARBER is a member of
Masonic fraternity, Commandery and Mystic Shrine; a member of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, and a member of the Bennington Social Club.


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