Sketch of the Incidents in the Life of Isaac H. Sturgeon
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Excerpt from Sketch of the Incidents in the Life of Isaac H. Sturgeon: Written by Himself in January, 1900; Born September 10th, 1821, Died August 22d, 1908 Isaac H. Sturgeon, the comptroller of the city of St. Louis, Mo., was born in Jefferson County, Ky., on the 10th day of September, 1821. He had two brothers no sisters. His elder brother, Edward Tyler Sturgeon, and his younger brother, Thomas L. Sturgeon, have passed away; Thomas the 11th of July, 1875, and Edward the 6th of July, 1885. Mr. Sturgeon´s father, Thomas Sturgeon, died the 5th of September, 1822; his son, Isaac, lacked five days of being one year old, and his mother died the 13th of July, 1833, when he was only eleven years old, leaving three orphan boys. Thomas was born the 18th of February, 1823, five months and thirteen days after his father´s death. After the death of their parents they went to live with Mr. Robert Tyler, the brother of their mother. Mr. Sturgeon says that his uncle, Robert, and his aunt, Mary Tyler, always treated them with the tenderest affection. The three sons had ample means and were liberally educated at the boarding-school of Mr. Robert N. Smith, kept near where their uncle and aunt Tyler lived. After Mr. Sturgeon completed his education he went to Louisville, Ky., to reside, and was employed for nearly three years in the wholesale grocery and commission store of his mother´s cousin. Mr. Willis Stewart, one of the kindest and best men that ever lived. He was after this employed as a clerk in the Louisville (Ky.) Chancery Court for over two years, and roomed in the law office of Guthrie & Tyler. Mr. Guthrie afterwards became Secretary of the Treasury of the United States under President Franklin Pierce. Mr. Sturgeon´s uncle, Robert Tyler, was for fifteen years the law partner of the Honorable James Guthrie. The marshal of the court dying. Mr. John A. Crittenden, a nephew of the Honorable John J. Crittenden, was appointed marshal of the court, and he appointed Isaac H. Sturgeon his deputy. Mr. Sturgeon studied law whilst writing in the clerk´s office and acting as deputy marshal, having the use of the splendid law library of Messrs. Guthrie & Tyler, and in 1845 he was licensed to practice law in Louisville, Ky., by Judges Alexander II. Churchill and John J. Marshall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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