YALE COLLEGE, CLASS OF 1822
FREDERICK WHITTLESEY, third son of Roger Whittlesey (Yale 1787), and grandson of the Rev. Dr. John Smalley (Yale 1756), was born in Southington, Connecticut, on December 13, 1801.
He began the study of law in Connecticut, and continued it with Elisha Whittlesey in Canfield, Ohio.
In 1827 he began the practice of his profession in Elyria, Lorain County, and on September 9, 1830, he married Eliza, daughter of Jabez and Mary (Robbins) Burrall, of Suffield, Portage County.
He was for a short time editor of the Ohio Atlas, the Whig organ of Lorain County. He was a member of the lower House of the Legislature in 1832, and of the Senate in 1833 and 1834.
In 1834 he removed to Cleveland, where he spent the last twenty years of his life. He was for two years (1836-38) employed in newspaper work, the principal editor of the Cleveland Herald.
He was an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga County for three years from January, 1838.
FREDERICK WHITTLESEY, third son of Roger Whittlesey (Yale 1787), and grandson of the Rev. Dr. John Smalley (Yale 1756), was born in Southington, Connecticut, on December 13, 1801.
He began the study of law in Connecticut, and continued it with Elisha Whittlesey in Canfield, Ohio.
In 1827 he began the practice of his profession in Elyria, Lorain County, and on September 9, 1830, he married Eliza, daughter of Jabez and Mary (Robbins) Burrall, of Suffield, Portage County.
He was for a short time editor of the Ohio Atlas, the Whig organ of Lorain County. He was a member of the lower House of the Legislature in 1832, and of the Senate in 1833 and 1834.
In 1834 he removed to Cleveland, where he spent the last twenty years of his life. He was for two years (1836-38) employed in newspaper work, the principal editor of the Cleveland Herald.
He was an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga County for three years from January, 1838.
YALE COLLEGE, CLASS OF 1822
FREDERICK WHITTLESEY, third son of Roger Whittlesey (Yale 1787), and grandson of the Rev. Dr. John Smalley (Yale 1756), was born in Southington, Connecticut, on December 13, 1801.
He began the study of law in Connecticut, and continued it with Elisha Whittlesey in Canfield, Ohio.
In 1827 he began the practice of his profession in Elyria, Lorain County, and on September 9, 1830, he married Eliza, daughter of Jabez and Mary (Robbins) Burrall, of Suffield, Portage County.
He was for a short time editor of the Ohio Atlas, the Whig organ of Lorain County. He was a member of the lower House of the Legislature in 1832, and of the Senate in 1833 and 1834.
In 1834 he removed to Cleveland, where he spent the last twenty years of his life. He was for two years (1836-38) employed in newspaper work, the principal editor of the Cleveland Herald.
He was an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga County for three years from January, 1838.
FREDERICK WHITTLESEY, third son of Roger Whittlesey (Yale 1787), and grandson of the Rev. Dr. John Smalley (Yale 1756), was born in Southington, Connecticut, on December 13, 1801.
He began the study of law in Connecticut, and continued it with Elisha Whittlesey in Canfield, Ohio.
In 1827 he began the practice of his profession in Elyria, Lorain County, and on September 9, 1830, he married Eliza, daughter of Jabez and Mary (Robbins) Burrall, of Suffield, Portage County.
He was for a short time editor of the Ohio Atlas, the Whig organ of Lorain County. He was a member of the lower House of the Legislature in 1832, and of the Senate in 1833 and 1834.
In 1834 he removed to Cleveland, where he spent the last twenty years of his life. He was for two years (1836-38) employed in newspaper work, the principal editor of the Cleveland Herald.
He was an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Cuyahoga County for three years from January, 1838.
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