Background
Kneeland, Stillman Foster was born on May 17, 1845 in S. Stukely, Quebec, Canada. Son of Gardner and Julia (Castle) Kneeland.
Kneeland, Stillman Foster was born on May 17, 1845 in S. Stukely, Quebec, Canada. Son of Gardner and Julia (Castle) Kneeland.
Educated McGill University, Montreal, and Union College. (Doctor of Laws); served in Union Army during Civil War. Wounded in action.
Admitted to bar, 1869. In practice at New York, since 1872. Was member Kneeland, Louisiana Febra & Glaze.
Framed and secured the passage, 1886, of an act abolishing perpetual imprisonment for debt in New New York
Member Legislature, 1894. Judge-advocate-general, 1896-1898.
Vice president department painting, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Author: Law, Lawyers and Lambs.
Random Rhymes of a Busy Barrister.
Retired. Home: New York, New New York
Member Legislature, 1894.
Married Mary Stuart Wilson, November 29, 1872.