Background
Hand, Alfred was born on March 26, 1835 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ezra and Catharine (Chapman) Hand.
Hand, Alfred was born on March 26, 1835 in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ezra and Catharine (Chapman) Hand.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1857, A.M., 1866.
Admitted to bar, 1859. Practiced in Scranton. Appointed by governor, judge Court of Common Pleas, 1878.
Judge 45th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, 1879-1888. Justice of the Supreme Court of the Pennsylvania, to fill vacancy, 1888-1889.
Married Phebe A. Jessup, September 11, 1861 (died 1872). Married second, Helen Sanderson, November 26, 1873 (died 1907).