Background
Brooks, James Byron was born on June 27, 1839 in Rockingham, Vermont, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Emily (Cutler) Brooks.
Brooks, James Byron was born on June 27, 1839 in Rockingham, Vermont, United States. Son of Nathaniel and Emily (Cutler) Brooks.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1869, Master of Arts, 1886. Bachelor of Laws, Albany Law School, 1871. Doctor of Civil Law, Syracuse University, 1895.
Private 1st Vermont Infantry, 3 months’ service, 1861. Second lieutenant, Company H., First lieutenant, Company I, 4th Vermont Infantry, and captain Company H, same regiment, but discharged before mustered as captain. On detached service as signal officer, 1861-1863.
Wounded at Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864.
Discharged on account of wound, August 5, 1864. In practice at Syracuse, since 1872.
Senior member firm of Brooks, Gere & Church. Dean College of Law, Syracuse University, since 1895.
Alderman of Syracuse, 1884.
School commissioner, 1886, 1887. Member water board, 1888-1901.
Member firm of Brooks, Gere & Church. Member water board, 1888-1901.
Married Caroline Lucelia Jewell, September 7, 1873.