Background
Utley, Samuel was born on September 29, 1843 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Knowlton and Thedocia (Knox) Utley.
Utley, Samuel was born on September 29, 1843 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Knowlton and Thedocia (Knox) Utley.
Preparatory education Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, 1858-1860, Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, 1862-1864. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University Law School, 1867.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1867. Practiced at Worcester. Justice Central District Court, Worcester, September 13, since 1882.
Member American Antiquarian Society, and of its council, also its biographer (retired 1925).
Married Julia M. Martin, December 8, 1875 (died 1922).