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Chelten Avenue and Godfrey Street, 22nd Ward
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 1875
"HON. GEORGE M. STROUD, EX-JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Hon. George M. Stroud, who for thirty-six years adorned the bench of the District Court in this city, died yesterday morning at his residence in Germantown. The following is a brief sketch of his useful career.
Judge Stroud was born on the 12th of October, 1795, at Stroudsburg, Monroe county, and was consequently nearly eighty years of age at the time of his death. His ancestors were intimately associated with the exciting events of the early history of that section of the State. He was educated at Princeton College, N. J., and, after graduating there, studied law with John Hallowell, afterwards President Judge if the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county. He was admitted to the bar on the 28th of January, 1819. There are only four members of the Philadelphia bar now living, who were admitted previous to that date, their names being Horace Binsey, James J., Barclay, Henry J. Williams, and Thomas A. Budd.
After attaining a successful practice at the bar, he was appointed by Governor Wolf one of the judges of the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, on the 30th of March 1835, when that tribunal was reorganized. After a credible service of ten years, he returned to the private practice of his profession, but in 1848 he was reappointed to the bench of the District Courts, to fill a vacancy. When the judges were made elective, he was twice - in 1851 and in 1861 - elected to the same Court. While upon the bench o9f the District Court, he was the associate of Judges Thomas M. Pettit, Joel Jones, John K. Finlay, George Sharswood, J. I. Clarke Hare, M. Russell Thayer and James Lynd, only the two last-nnames being now on the bench of the reorganized Court of Common Pleas.
Judge Stroud retired at the close of his second elected term, December 1, 1871, being then over seventy-six years of age. At the time, the most eminent members of the bar of the city tendered him the compliment of a public dinner as a testimonial to his reputation and labors as a jurist, but this he declined. During his long term of service on the bench, Judge Stroud was conspicuous for his great industry, which was untiring: the determination with which he met the immense demands which were made upon him and his colleagues; the celerity with which he dispatched business and the unquestioned integrity and regard to the law which were manifested in all his decisions. No Judge within the memory of this generation sat so long upon the bench, and but few have retired to private life with such a high reputation for ability, integrity, and industry.
The funeral of Judge Stroud will take place on Friday afternoon, at St. Matthew's P. E. Church, Eighteenth and Girard avenue."
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Chelten Avenue and Godfrey Street, 22nd Ward
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 1875
"HON. GEORGE M. STROUD, EX-JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Hon. George M. Stroud, who for thirty-six years adorned the bench of the District Court in this city, died yesterday morning at his residence in Germantown. The following is a brief sketch of his useful career.
Judge Stroud was born on the 12th of October, 1795, at Stroudsburg, Monroe county, and was consequently nearly eighty years of age at the time of his death. His ancestors were intimately associated with the exciting events of the early history of that section of the State. He was educated at Princeton College, N. J., and, after graduating there, studied law with John Hallowell, afterwards President Judge if the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county. He was admitted to the bar on the 28th of January, 1819. There are only four members of the Philadelphia bar now living, who were admitted previous to that date, their names being Horace Binsey, James J., Barclay, Henry J. Williams, and Thomas A. Budd.
After attaining a successful practice at the bar, he was appointed by Governor Wolf one of the judges of the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, on the 30th of March 1835, when that tribunal was reorganized. After a credible service of ten years, he returned to the private practice of his profession, but in 1848 he was reappointed to the bench of the District Courts, to fill a vacancy. When the judges were made elective, he was twice - in 1851 and in 1861 - elected to the same Court. While upon the bench o9f the District Court, he was the associate of Judges Thomas M. Pettit, Joel Jones, John K. Finlay, George Sharswood, J. I. Clarke Hare, M. Russell Thayer and James Lynd, only the two last-nnames being now on the bench of the reorganized Court of Common Pleas.
Judge Stroud retired at the close of his second elected term, December 1, 1871, being then over seventy-six years of age. At the time, the most eminent members of the bar of the city tendered him the compliment of a public dinner as a testimonial to his reputation and labors as a jurist, but this he declined. During his long term of service on the bench, Judge Stroud was conspicuous for his great industry, which was untiring: the determination with which he met the immense demands which were made upon him and his colleagues; the celerity with which he dispatched business and the unquestioned integrity and regard to the law which were manifested in all his decisions. No Judge within the memory of this generation sat so long upon the bench, and but few have retired to private life with such a high reputation for ability, integrity, and industry.
The funeral of Judge Stroud will take place on Friday afternoon, at St. Matthew's P. E. Church, Eighteenth and Girard avenue."
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Chelten Avenue and Godfrey Street, 22nd Ward
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 1875
"HON. GEORGE M. STROUD, EX-JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Hon. George M. Stroud, who for thirty-six years adorned the bench of the District Court in this city, died yesterday morning at his residence in Germantown. The following is a brief sketch of his useful career.
Judge Stroud was born on the 12th of October, 1795, at Stroudsburg, Monroe county, and was consequently nearly eighty years of age at the time of his death. His ancestors were intimately associated with the exciting events of the early history of that section of the State. He was educated at Princeton College, N. J., and, after graduating there, studied law with John Hallowell, afterwards President Judge if the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county. He was admitted to the bar on the 28th of January, 1819. There are only four members of the Philadelphia bar now living, who were admitted previous to that date, their names being Horace Binsey, James J., Barclay, Henry J. Williams, and Thomas A. Budd.
After attaining a successful practice at the bar, he was appointed by Governor Wolf one of the judges of the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, on the 30th of March 1835, when that tribunal was reorganized. After a credible service of ten years, he returned to the private practice of his profession, but in 1848 he was reappointed to the bench of the District Courts, to fill a vacancy. When the judges were made elective, he was twice - in 1851 and in 1861 - elected to the same Court. While upon the bench o9f the District Court, he was the associate of Judges Thomas M. Pettit, Joel Jones, John K. Finlay, George Sharswood, J. I. Clarke Hare, M. Russell Thayer and James Lynd, only the two last-nnames being now on the bench of the reorganized Court of Common Pleas.
Judge Stroud retired at the close of his second elected term, December 1, 1871, being then over seventy-six years of age. At the time, the most eminent members of the bar of the city tendered him the compliment of a public dinner as a testimonial to his reputation and labors as a jurist, but this he declined. During his long term of service on the bench, Judge Stroud was conspicuous for his great industry, which was untiring: the determination with which he met the immense demands which were made upon him and his colleagues; the celerity with which he dispatched business and the unquestioned integrity and regard to the law which were manifested in all his decisions. No Judge within the memory of this generation sat so long upon the bench, and but few have retired to private life with such a high reputation for ability, integrity, and industry.
The funeral of Judge Stroud will take place on Friday afternoon, at St. Matthew's P. E. Church, Eighteenth and Girard avenue."
Married
Chelten Avenue and Godfrey Street, 22nd Ward
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 1875
"HON. GEORGE M. STROUD, EX-JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Hon. George M. Stroud, who for thirty-six years adorned the bench of the District Court in this city, died yesterday morning at his residence in Germantown. The following is a brief sketch of his useful career.
Judge Stroud was born on the 12th of October, 1795, at Stroudsburg, Monroe county, and was consequently nearly eighty years of age at the time of his death. His ancestors were intimately associated with the exciting events of the early history of that section of the State. He was educated at Princeton College, N. J., and, after graduating there, studied law with John Hallowell, afterwards President Judge if the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county. He was admitted to the bar on the 28th of January, 1819. There are only four members of the Philadelphia bar now living, who were admitted previous to that date, their names being Horace Binsey, James J., Barclay, Henry J. Williams, and Thomas A. Budd.
After attaining a successful practice at the bar, he was appointed by Governor Wolf one of the judges of the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, on the 30th of March 1835, when that tribunal was reorganized. After a credible service of ten years, he returned to the private practice of his profession, but in 1848 he was reappointed to the bench of the District Courts, to fill a vacancy. When the judges were made elective, he was twice - in 1851 and in 1861 - elected to the same Court. While upon the bench o9f the District Court, he was the associate of Judges Thomas M. Pettit, Joel Jones, John K. Finlay, George Sharswood, J. I. Clarke Hare, M. Russell Thayer and James Lynd, only the two last-nnames being now on the bench of the reorganized Court of Common Pleas.
Judge Stroud retired at the close of his second elected term, December 1, 1871, being then over seventy-six years of age. At the time, the most eminent members of the bar of the city tendered him the compliment of a public dinner as a testimonial to his reputation and labors as a jurist, but this he declined. During his long term of service on the bench, Judge Stroud was conspicuous for his great industry, which was untiring: the determination with which he met the immense demands which were made upon him and his colleagues; the celerity with which he dispatched business and the unquestioned integrity and regard to the law which were manifested in all his decisions. No Judge within the memory of this generation sat so long upon the bench, and but few have retired to private life with such a high reputation for ability, integrity, and industry.
The funeral of Judge Stroud will take place on Friday afternoon, at St. Matthew's P. E. Church, Eighteenth and Girard avenue."
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