Phillip Fazzini provided the following info:
His mother was Polly Greene King b.January 14, 1778 Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island married August 18, 1801 - died August 29, 1829 Cromwell Connecticut - daughter of Joseph King and Anne Green.
LDS reports say he was born January 8, 1803 Scituate, Rhode Island.
According to 1860 US Census he was born in Rhode Island; he was age 58 and was a resident of D No 2 18th Ward New York City.
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STILLMAN KING WIGHTMAN was born m Scituate, R. I., on January 8, 1803, the only son of the Rev. Frederick Wightman, a Baptist minister. His residence while in College was in Middletown, Conn.
After graduation he studied in the Yale Law School, and settled in practice m Middletown. He became prominent in his profession, and held various local offices, such as Judge of Pro- bate. In 1835-37 he was a representative m the State Legislature, serving in his last term as Speaker of the House. In 1839 and 1840 he was elected to the State Senate, and in the latter year served as one of the ex-officio members of the College Corporation. In 1842 he was again Speaker of the House, but the next year removed to a broader field in New York. During his legislative career m Connecticut he was influential in securing the passage of two specially important measuresthe abolition of imprisonment for debt, and the appropriation of the income of the United States deposit fund for the public schools.
In, New York City he continued in active legal practice for over fifty years. He survived all his classmates, and died at his home in New York on May 27, 1899, in his 97th year.
His wife, Clarissa Butler, died on January 28, 1897. A son who survives him was associated with him in practice.
His mother was Polly Greene King b.January 14, 1778 Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island married August 18, 1801 - died August 29, 1829 Cromwell Connecticut - daughter of Joseph King and Anne Green.
LDS reports say he was born January 8, 1803 Scituate, Rhode Island.
According to 1860 US Census he was born in Rhode Island; he was age 58 and was a resident of D No 2 18th Ward New York City.
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STILLMAN KING WIGHTMAN was born m Scituate, R. I., on January 8, 1803, the only son of the Rev. Frederick Wightman, a Baptist minister. His residence while in College was in Middletown, Conn.
After graduation he studied in the Yale Law School, and settled in practice m Middletown. He became prominent in his profession, and held various local offices, such as Judge of Pro- bate. In 1835-37 he was a representative m the State Legislature, serving in his last term as Speaker of the House. In 1839 and 1840 he was elected to the State Senate, and in the latter year served as one of the ex-officio members of the College Corporation. In 1842 he was again Speaker of the House, but the next year removed to a broader field in New York. During his legislative career m Connecticut he was influential in securing the passage of two specially important measuresthe abolition of imprisonment for debt, and the appropriation of the income of the United States deposit fund for the public schools.
In, New York City he continued in active legal practice for over fifty years. He survived all his classmates, and died at his home in New York on May 27, 1899, in his 97th year.
His wife, Clarissa Butler, died on January 28, 1897. A son who survives him was associated with him in practice.
Phillip Fazzini provided the following info:
His mother was Polly Greene King b.January 14, 1778 Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island married August 18, 1801 - died August 29, 1829 Cromwell Connecticut - daughter of Joseph King and Anne Green.
LDS reports say he was born January 8, 1803 Scituate, Rhode Island.
According to 1860 US Census he was born in Rhode Island; he was age 58 and was a resident of D No 2 18th Ward New York City.
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STILLMAN KING WIGHTMAN was born m Scituate, R. I., on January 8, 1803, the only son of the Rev. Frederick Wightman, a Baptist minister. His residence while in College was in Middletown, Conn.
After graduation he studied in the Yale Law School, and settled in practice m Middletown. He became prominent in his profession, and held various local offices, such as Judge of Pro- bate. In 1835-37 he was a representative m the State Legislature, serving in his last term as Speaker of the House. In 1839 and 1840 he was elected to the State Senate, and in the latter year served as one of the ex-officio members of the College Corporation. In 1842 he was again Speaker of the House, but the next year removed to a broader field in New York. During his legislative career m Connecticut he was influential in securing the passage of two specially important measuresthe abolition of imprisonment for debt, and the appropriation of the income of the United States deposit fund for the public schools.
In, New York City he continued in active legal practice for over fifty years. He survived all his classmates, and died at his home in New York on May 27, 1899, in his 97th year.
His wife, Clarissa Butler, died on January 28, 1897. A son who survives him was associated with him in practice.
His mother was Polly Greene King b.January 14, 1778 Scituate, Providence Co., Rhode Island married August 18, 1801 - died August 29, 1829 Cromwell Connecticut - daughter of Joseph King and Anne Green.
LDS reports say he was born January 8, 1803 Scituate, Rhode Island.
According to 1860 US Census he was born in Rhode Island; he was age 58 and was a resident of D No 2 18th Ward New York City.
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STILLMAN KING WIGHTMAN was born m Scituate, R. I., on January 8, 1803, the only son of the Rev. Frederick Wightman, a Baptist minister. His residence while in College was in Middletown, Conn.
After graduation he studied in the Yale Law School, and settled in practice m Middletown. He became prominent in his profession, and held various local offices, such as Judge of Pro- bate. In 1835-37 he was a representative m the State Legislature, serving in his last term as Speaker of the House. In 1839 and 1840 he was elected to the State Senate, and in the latter year served as one of the ex-officio members of the College Corporation. In 1842 he was again Speaker of the House, but the next year removed to a broader field in New York. During his legislative career m Connecticut he was influential in securing the passage of two specially important measuresthe abolition of imprisonment for debt, and the appropriation of the income of the United States deposit fund for the public schools.
In, New York City he continued in active legal practice for over fifty years. He survived all his classmates, and died at his home in New York on May 27, 1899, in his 97th year.
His wife, Clarissa Butler, died on January 28, 1897. A son who survives him was associated with him in practice.
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