Background
Hamlin, Elbert Bacon was born on November 21, 1874 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Review Teunis S. (Doctor of Divinity) and Frances (Bacon) H.
Hamlin, Elbert Bacon was born on November 21, 1874 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Review Teunis S. (Doctor of Divinity) and Frances (Bacon) H.
Graduate Westminster School, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1892. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1896. Bachelor of Laws, New York Law School, 1898.
Admitted to bar State of New York, 1898, Supreme Court of the United States, 1903, Connecticut bar, 1913. Began practice at New York City, 1898. Member Hamlin and Conklin, 1906-1916.
Moved 1910 to Litchfield County, Connecticut, where four generations resided. Judge, Litchfield, County Court, Connecticut, since 1925, for term ending 1937. Formerly lecturer on commercial law, Young Men’s Christian Association Schools of New York City.
Food administrator, Litchfield, during World War.
Member: American, Connecticut State and Litchfield Company Bar Associations. Association of the Bar of New York City. S. A.R. Clubs: Yale (New York), Litchfield Country, Naugatuck Valley, D.K.E.
Married Elizabeth Shields, December 9, 1908. Children: Eleanor Frances, Elbert Bacon.