Samuel Hinckley Lyman, son of Joseph and Mary A. (Clark) Lyman, entered College from Cleveland, Ohio, where he was born January 26, 1839.
He came to Yale at the beginning of Junior year, having passed the first two years at Western Reserve College, then located in Hudson, Ohio, and now a part of Western Reserve University, Cleveland.
After graduation he became connected with the United States Coast Survey under Professor Alexander Dallas Bache and continued in this relation until the summer of 1864, serving in New England, Virginia, and in the Department of the Gulf under General Nathaniel P. Banks. In August, 1864, he began the study of law in Cleveland, Ohio, and continued his studies at the Columbia College Law School, New York.
He practiced law in that city during the years 1867-1878 in company with our classmate Ebenezer B. Convers. In the latter year he was appointed clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and held this position until 1901, serving under Judges William G. Choate and Addison Brown.
During the same period he was also commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States. To quote from Judge Choate, "His judicial work as commissioner was conspicuously able."
He retired because of impaired health and devoted his last years to reading and study. He died in Nauheim, Germany, on August 9, 1910, at the age of 71 years and six months. He was never married. By Mr. Lyman's will Yale University is made the residuary legatee of his estate. He was a member of the Union League Club, New York City.
He came to Yale at the beginning of Junior year, having passed the first two years at Western Reserve College, then located in Hudson, Ohio, and now a part of Western Reserve University, Cleveland.
After graduation he became connected with the United States Coast Survey under Professor Alexander Dallas Bache and continued in this relation until the summer of 1864, serving in New England, Virginia, and in the Department of the Gulf under General Nathaniel P. Banks. In August, 1864, he began the study of law in Cleveland, Ohio, and continued his studies at the Columbia College Law School, New York.
He practiced law in that city during the years 1867-1878 in company with our classmate Ebenezer B. Convers. In the latter year he was appointed clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and held this position until 1901, serving under Judges William G. Choate and Addison Brown.
During the same period he was also commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States. To quote from Judge Choate, "His judicial work as commissioner was conspicuously able."
He retired because of impaired health and devoted his last years to reading and study. He died in Nauheim, Germany, on August 9, 1910, at the age of 71 years and six months. He was never married. By Mr. Lyman's will Yale University is made the residuary legatee of his estate. He was a member of the Union League Club, New York City.
Samuel Hinckley Lyman, son of Joseph and Mary A. (Clark) Lyman, entered College from Cleveland, Ohio, where he was born January 26, 1839.
He came to Yale at the beginning of Junior year, having passed the first two years at Western Reserve College, then located in Hudson, Ohio, and now a part of Western Reserve University, Cleveland.
After graduation he became connected with the United States Coast Survey under Professor Alexander Dallas Bache and continued in this relation until the summer of 1864, serving in New England, Virginia, and in the Department of the Gulf under General Nathaniel P. Banks. In August, 1864, he began the study of law in Cleveland, Ohio, and continued his studies at the Columbia College Law School, New York.
He practiced law in that city during the years 1867-1878 in company with our classmate Ebenezer B. Convers. In the latter year he was appointed clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and held this position until 1901, serving under Judges William G. Choate and Addison Brown.
During the same period he was also commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States. To quote from Judge Choate, "His judicial work as commissioner was conspicuously able."
He retired because of impaired health and devoted his last years to reading and study. He died in Nauheim, Germany, on August 9, 1910, at the age of 71 years and six months. He was never married. By Mr. Lyman's will Yale University is made the residuary legatee of his estate. He was a member of the Union League Club, New York City.
He came to Yale at the beginning of Junior year, having passed the first two years at Western Reserve College, then located in Hudson, Ohio, and now a part of Western Reserve University, Cleveland.
After graduation he became connected with the United States Coast Survey under Professor Alexander Dallas Bache and continued in this relation until the summer of 1864, serving in New England, Virginia, and in the Department of the Gulf under General Nathaniel P. Banks. In August, 1864, he began the study of law in Cleveland, Ohio, and continued his studies at the Columbia College Law School, New York.
He practiced law in that city during the years 1867-1878 in company with our classmate Ebenezer B. Convers. In the latter year he was appointed clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and held this position until 1901, serving under Judges William G. Choate and Addison Brown.
During the same period he was also commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States. To quote from Judge Choate, "His judicial work as commissioner was conspicuously able."
He retired because of impaired health and devoted his last years to reading and study. He died in Nauheim, Germany, on August 9, 1910, at the age of 71 years and six months. He was never married. By Mr. Lyman's will Yale University is made the residuary legatee of his estate. He was a member of the Union League Club, New York City.
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