Background
Barrows, Chester Willard was born on July 4, 1872 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William G. and Lydia S. (Willard) Barrows.
Associate Justice State Supreme Court
Barrows, Chester Willard was born on July 4, 1872 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States. Son of William G. and Lydia S. (Willard) Barrows.
Descendant John Barrows, Salem, Massachusetts, 1637. Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1895. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1898.
Admitted to Rhode Island bar, 1898, and since practiced in Providence. Instructor in law, Brown U., 1899-1903. United States referee in bankruptcy, 1900-1913.
Member Rhode Island State Board Bar Examiners, 1900-1913. Member Littlefield & Barrows, 1901-1913. The American Association For Justice Superior Court of Rhode Island, 1913-1925.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island since 1925 for life term. President William H. Hall and Edgewood Free Public Library associations, since 1907. Member School Committee of Cranston, 1911-1914.
Member, School Committee of Cranston, 1911-1914. Member: American and B.I. Bar Associations. Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon.
Mason, 33°. Clubs: Turks Head, Providence Art, Edgewood Yacht. Bes.: 1874 Broad St., Edgewood.
Married Mary Etta Crossley, June 21, 1899. Children: Doris (Mistress Frank D. Kent), Willard C., Lois (Mistress Philip M. Moore).