Background
Wellman, Arthur Holbrook was born on October 30, 1855 in E. Randolph (now Holbrook), Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joshua W. and Ellen M. (Holbrook) Wellman.
instructor professor Massachusetts General
Wellman, Arthur Holbrook was born on October 30, 1855 in E. Randolph (now Holbrook), Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joshua W. and Ellen M. (Holbrook) Wellman.
9th generation from William Bradford, of Plymouth Colony. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1878. Master of Arts, 1881; Harvard Law School, 1880-1881.
Bachelor of Laws, Boston University, 1882.
Arthur was the eldest of four children of Joshua Wyman Wellman and Ellen Maria (Holbrook) Wellman. Arthur delivered the valedictory upon graduation from Amherst College in 1878. He then studied at Harvard Law School and graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1882.
Arthur practiced law in Boston.
They had two children. He represented Malden in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1892 through 1894 and in the Massachusetts Senate from 1895 to 1896.
He was an instructor and professor of equity jurisprudence and equity pleading at Boston University School of Law from 1886 through 1902. He spent his later years in Topsfield, Massachusetts and died in 1948.
Member Common Council, 1885, and city solicitor, 1889-1891, Malden. Member school committee, 1902-1905 (chairman, 1904-1905). Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1892-1894, Senate, 1895-1896.
Member Prison Commission, 1898-1913.
Member American Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Boston Congressional. Club (president 1896), Topsfield History Society (director
Mason. Orator 250th Anniversary Malden Incorporation delegate Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917 (chairman education committee).
President Society Alumni of Amherst College, 1896. Trustee Topsfield Public Library.
Club: Union.
Married Jennie L. Faulkner, October 11, 1887. Children: Sargent H., Katharine F. In law practice at Boston since 1882.