SALMON FLETCHER DUTTON
Son of Salmon and Sally (Fletcher) Dutton, was born. in Cavendish, Vt., August 12, 1803. He pursued his preparatory studies principally at Charlestown, N.H., with Rev. J. Crosby, D.D.; and entered college in 1822, as a member of the Class of 1826. He left on account of ill health, at the close of Freshman year; but returned early in 1825, as a member of the Class of 1827. He left college finally at the close of Sophomore year; studied law in Boston, Mass., about two years, with his uncle, the late Hon. Richard Fletcher, so eminent as a jurist, and so munificent a benefactor of the College ; and subsequently resided in Cavendish, Vt., in the practice of his profession, until his decease, of apoplexy, July 6, 1857.
He was a member of the Senate of Vermont, in 1842 and 1843 ; and was elected, in 1848, to the Septennial Council of Censors to revise the State Constitution. Having been Register of Probate about ten years, he was chosen, in 1849, Judge of Probate, an office which he held till his death.
He was married, April 13, 1831, to Sarah Jane, daughter of David Barlow, of Windsor, Vt., and had three children: - Richard Henry, a teacher of music in Potsdam, N. Y., and married to Miss Helen L. Wood, of St. Johnsville, N.Y.; Emily Jane, married to Redfield Proctor, Esq., of Rutland, Vt., of the Class of 1851; and Salmon, who was in the War four years, becoming Captain, and who now resides in New York City, married to Miss Ellen F. Smith, of Meriden, N.H.
“We record, under the appropriate head, the death of the Hon. Salmon F. Dutton, for many years the able Judge of the Windsor Probate District. Most faithfully and efficiently has he filled the office. He was very generally regarded as the best Probate lawyer in the State. He had labored with impaired health for a long time, and his death was not altogether unexpected ; yet his loss in our community will be seriously felt.” - Vermont Journal.
