Background
Guernsey, Rocellus Sheridan was born on April 10, 1836 in Otsego Company, New York, United States. Son of Richard and Orillia (De Les Dernier) Guernsey.
Guernsey, Rocellus Sheridan was born on April 10, 1836 in Otsego Company, New York, United States. Son of Richard and Orillia (De Les Dernier) Guernsey.
Educated district school, Westford, New York, to 1852. Learned printing business. Studied law, 1853-1859.
Admitted to bar, 1859, Supreme Court of the United States, 1863. Literature editor New York Law Register, 1873-1884. Editor Monthly Law Bulletin, 1878-1883, Monthly Law Record, 1896, Journal of the Telegraph, 1881-1883.
Collaborator The Sanitarian, Brooklyn, 1901-1904.
Trustee American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society (honorary member). Author: Taxation of Water, 1901.
Utilitarian Principles of Taxation, 1902. Religious Liberty in Colonial New York, 1902.
Introduction to the History of Treaty at Ghent, 1903.
Taxation of Mortgages and Savings Banks, 1905. Tariff Reform and Taxation for Revenue, 1909. Retired, 1911. Home: New York, New New York
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Married Elizabeth Dunlop, January 2, 1877.