Son of John & Clarissa (Butler) Chilson of Buckland, MA
Graduated in 1843 from Amherst College. Served as a prinicipal of Grove Seminary in Charlemont, MA and an academy in Whitingham, Vermont. In 1846, he became a law student with Grinnell & Aiken, Greenfield, MA. In 1847 he was admitted to the bar & practiced in Northampton.
Married Catherine Staple Bates in 1851
1850-1852 Hampshire County Commissioner
1851-1856 - Commissioner of Insolvency
1851 - commissioned as Major in Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
1857 - Democratic candidate for Congress
1852-1862 - Postmaster, Northampton
1862-1871 - Assistant assessor of internal revenue
1875-1882 - trial justice
He was a member of the Northampton School Committee and a trustee for the will of Whiting Street.
(Representative Families of Northampton, Charles Warner, 1917, p228-231)
Graduated in 1843 from Amherst College. Served as a prinicipal of Grove Seminary in Charlemont, MA and an academy in Whitingham, Vermont. In 1846, he became a law student with Grinnell & Aiken, Greenfield, MA. In 1847 he was admitted to the bar & practiced in Northampton.
Married Catherine Staple Bates in 1851
1850-1852 Hampshire County Commissioner
1851-1856 - Commissioner of Insolvency
1851 - commissioned as Major in Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
1857 - Democratic candidate for Congress
1852-1862 - Postmaster, Northampton
1862-1871 - Assistant assessor of internal revenue
1875-1882 - trial justice
He was a member of the Northampton School Committee and a trustee for the will of Whiting Street.
(Representative Families of Northampton, Charles Warner, 1917, p228-231)
Son of John & Clarissa (Butler) Chilson of Buckland, MA
Graduated in 1843 from Amherst College. Served as a prinicipal of Grove Seminary in Charlemont, MA and an academy in Whitingham, Vermont. In 1846, he became a law student with Grinnell & Aiken, Greenfield, MA. In 1847 he was admitted to the bar & practiced in Northampton.
Married Catherine Staple Bates in 1851
1850-1852 Hampshire County Commissioner
1851-1856 - Commissioner of Insolvency
1851 - commissioned as Major in Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
1857 - Democratic candidate for Congress
1852-1862 - Postmaster, Northampton
1862-1871 - Assistant assessor of internal revenue
1875-1882 - trial justice
He was a member of the Northampton School Committee and a trustee for the will of Whiting Street.
(Representative Families of Northampton, Charles Warner, 1917, p228-231)
Graduated in 1843 from Amherst College. Served as a prinicipal of Grove Seminary in Charlemont, MA and an academy in Whitingham, Vermont. In 1846, he became a law student with Grinnell & Aiken, Greenfield, MA. In 1847 he was admitted to the bar & practiced in Northampton.
Married Catherine Staple Bates in 1851
1850-1852 Hampshire County Commissioner
1851-1856 - Commissioner of Insolvency
1851 - commissioned as Major in Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
1857 - Democratic candidate for Congress
1852-1862 - Postmaster, Northampton
1862-1871 - Assistant assessor of internal revenue
1875-1882 - trial justice
He was a member of the Northampton School Committee and a trustee for the will of Whiting Street.
(Representative Families of Northampton, Charles Warner, 1917, p228-231)
Inscription
In Memory of/Haynes Hanford/Chilson/Born at Charlemont Mass/Apr 11 1816/Died at Northampton Mass/July 10 1886
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