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Edmonds, John Worth

lawyer, jurist, state senator, author, was born March 13, 1799, in Hudson, N. Y. He was a member of the legislature in 1831; and of the senate from 1832 to 1836. He was circuit judge from 1845 to 1847; judge of the superior court from 1847 to 1852; and a member of the court of appeals in 1852 and 1853. He became an advocate of Spiritualism in 1853 and published Spiritualism; Reports of Select Law Cases; and Letters and Tracts on Spiritualism. He died April 5, 1874, in New York city.