Judge Eleazer Lee Waterman

Judge Eleazer L. Waterman was born in Jamaica, Vermont, July 25, 1839, the son of Chandler and Polly Thayer Waterman of Jamaica. He attended Leland Seminary, Townshend, studied law in the office of Butler & Wheeler, Jamaica, was admitted to the bar in 1863, and first practiced in Wilmington. He represented that town in the Legislature of 1867 and 1868, and in 1870 moved to Jamaica. In 1872 he was state's attorney, and in 1876 went to the Legislature as one of the Windham County senators, and was chairman of the judiciary committee.

He came to Brattleboro in 1886, buying J. G. Eddy's interest in the firm, Martin & Eddy, the firm name being Waterman & Martin, until George B. Hitt became a member, after which it was Waterman, Martin & Hitt; after the death of Mr. Hitt, Waterman & Martin. J. L. Martin remained a member of the firm until his appointment as judge of the . United States District Court. -

In October, 1891, Judge Waterman was appointed special attorney for the United States to appear for the government in claims growing out of the Civil War. Besides being judge of the Probate Court, he has been president of the Vermont Bar Association and counsel in many important cases. In 1900 he represented Brattleboro in the Legislature, and was superior judge 1906-1914. -

He married May 15, 1864, Jane E. Bemis, daughter of Aaron and Julia Dutton Bemis of Windham, Vermont.

ANNALS OF BRATTLEBORO 1681-1895, compiled and edited by Mary R. Cabot, Volume 2, E. L. Hildreth & Co., 1922, p. 969

THE BEMIS HISTORY AND GENEALOGY being an account, in greater part of the descendants of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown, Mass. ... By Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper ... Published 1900, San Francisco, California, p. 27

• Census: 1850 - Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, USA
• Residence: Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, United States - 1850
• Census: 1860 - Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, USA
• Residence: Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, United States - 1860
• Census: 1870 - Vermont, USA
• Census: 1880 - Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, USA
• Census: 1900 - Brattleboro town (excl. Brattleboro village), Windham, Vermont, USA
• Census: 1920 - Windham, Vermont, USA
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