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Galusha, Jonas

soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born Feb. 11, 1753, in Norwalk, Conn. He was a revolutionary soldier , and served at Bennington, Vt. He was a member of the council from 1793 to 1798, and again from 1801 to 1805. He was a member of the general assembly in 1800; judge of the state supreme court from 1795 to 1797, and from 1800 to 1806; and governor of Vermont from 1809 to 1813, and from 1815 to 1820. He died Oct. 8, 1834, in Shaftsbury, Vt. en-

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