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Bill, Benezet Hough

lawyer, jurist, banker, was born Feb. 26, 1829, in New Milford, Pa. He received his education in the academies of Worcester and Wilbraham, Mass.; and the Suffield literary institution, Connecticut. He graduated from the law school in 1854, and the same year was admitted to the bar, and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Rockville, Conn. He was appointed state's attorney for Tolland county in 1869, and held that office for twenty-four years. He is now the present judge of the Rockville city court; corporation counsel for the city; and president of the savings bank of Rockville. Although Mr. Bill has devoted himself very closely to his profession, he has taken time to travel extensively on the American continent and in Europe.