Background
Hemenway, Alfred was born on August 17, 1839 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fisher and Elizabeth Jones (Fitch) Hemenway.
Hemenway, Alfred was born on August 17, 1839 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fisher and Elizabeth Jones (Fitch) Hemenway.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1861, Master of Arts, 1864. Studied Harvard Law School.
Admitted to bar, Boston, 1863. Appointed by Governor Wolcott, 1897, sole commissioner to draft act embodying principles of Torrens System of Land Transfer. Acting drafted by him became law.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Myra L. McLanathan, October 14, 1871 (died 1896).