Judson Canfield

Judson Canfield (January 24, 1759 – February 5, 1840) was a Connecticut state legislator and state court judge.

Born in New Milford, Connecticut, Canfield graduated from Yale College in 1782,^[1] and was admitted to the bar in 1785. He entered into private practice in Sharon, Connecticut.^[2] He was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 1802, and served until 1809, thereafter serving in the Connecticut State Senate from 1810 to 1815.^[1] He simultaneously served as a county court judge for Litchfield County, Connecticut, from 1808 to 1815.^[1]^[2]

Canfield "was one of the purchasers of the school lands in Ohio",^[2] and the village of Canfield, Ohio, county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, was named after him, commemorating his role as a land agent.^[2]^[3]

Canfield died in New York City,^[2] at the age of 81.

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Litchfield Ledger - Student". www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Dwight Canfield Kilbourn, The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1709-1909 (1909), p. 234.
^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 23.

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[Ledger-1] "Litchfield Ledger - Student". www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org.

[Kilbourn-2] Dwight Canfield Kilbourn, The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1709-1909 (1909), p. 234.

[3] Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 23.

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