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Silas Stow

American politician and judge (1773–1827)

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American politician and judge (1773–1827)

Field	Value
name	Silas Stow
office	First Judge of
term_start	June 27, 1815
term_end	January 24, 1823
predecessor	Jonathan Collins
successor	Edward Bancroft
state1	New York
district1
term_start1	March 4, 1811
term_end1	March 4, 1813
predecessor1	John Nicholson
successor1	Hosea Moffitt
office2	Sheriff of
term_start2	March 2, 1814
term_end2	March 15, 1815
predecessor2	Chillus Doty
successor2	Levi Adams
nationality	American
birth_date
birth_place	Middlefield, Connecticut Colony, British America
death_date
death_place	Lowville, New York, U.S.
restingplace	East Road Cemetery
Lowville, New York
party	Democratic-Republican
spouse
children	{{unbulleted list
father	Elihu Stow
mother	Jemima (Paine) Stow
relatives	Joshua Stow (brother)
occupation	politician, judge

Lowville, New York | Alexander W. Stow | (b. 1805; died 1854) | Marcellus K. Stow | (unknown) | Horatio J. Stow | (b. 1809; died 1859) Silas Stow (December 21, 1773January 19, 1827) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He served in the United States House of Representatives during the 12th United States Congress (1811–1813), representing New York's 10th congressional district.

Biography

Born in Middlefield in the Connecticut Colony, he attended the common schools and studied law, but never practiced. He moved to Lowville, Lewis County, New York and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He became land agent for Nicholas Low and moved to Oneida County in 1797. He was appointed judge of Oneida County on January 28, 1801. He returned to Lewis County and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 12th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811 to March 3, 1813. He was Sheriff of Lewis County, New York from 1814 to 1815. He was First Judge of Lewis County, New York, from 1815 to 1823. Stow died in Lowville in 1827; interment was in East State Street Burying Ground.

Personal life and family

Stow was the youngest of eight children born to Elihu Stow and Jemima Paine Stow. His older brothers, Elihu, Obed, and Joshua served in the American Revolutionary War, and his father was zealous patriot who supplied materiel to the Continental Army.

Stow married Mary Ruggles on July 26, 1801. Ruggles was the sister of General George D. Ruggles. They had three children together:

Alexander W. Stow was the 1st Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Marcellus K. Stow was a merchant in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Horatio J. Stow was a New York State Senator.

References

Hough, Franklin Benjamin. (1860). "A History of Lewis County, in the State of New York, from the beginning of its settlement to the present time". Munsell and Rowland.
"Alexander W. Stow (1805-1854)". [[Courts of Wisconsin]].

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