Background
Peaslee, Robert James was born on September 23, 1864 in Weare, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Robert and Persis Boardman (Dodge) Peaslee.
chief justice State Supreme Court
Peaslee, Robert James was born on September 23, 1864 in Weare, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Robert and Persis Boardman (Dodge) Peaslee.
Educated Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Massachusetts, and (graduate) Arms Academy, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Laws, Boston University, 1886. Honorary Master of Arts, Dartmouth, 1898.
Doctor of Laws, Dartmouth College, 1926, Boston University, 1927.
Sarah C. Hazard, 1917, Manchester. Associate Justice. New Hampshire Supreme Court, 1898-1901, 1907-1924, Su perior Court, 1901-1907. Chief Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court, since 1924.
Lecturer, Municipal and Constl. Law. Dartmouth College, 1888-1891, Domestic Relations, Boston U. Law School, 1911. Revised Manchester City Ordinances, 1892.
Chairman, Committee to revise New Hampshire Statutes, 26.
Episcopal Church.
Member: Masons.
Married Nellie Dorcas, September 12, 1893 (died 1915). Married second, Sarah Congdon Hazard, 1917.