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Johnson, Elijah Emory

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born May 23, 1841, 23, 1841, in East Haddam, Conn. He received his education at the Wilbraham academy, and in 1862 graduated from the Union college of Schenectady, N. Y. In 1879 he was admitted to the bar; was a member of the board of education for nine years; and justice of the peace for twenty-one years. In 1879-80 he was a member of the general assembly of Connecticut, and served with distinction on several imseveral important committees. He was the founder of the East Haddam Savings bank; founder of the Connecticut Valley Advertiser; and in 1895 founded the Columbia Law and Collection bureau of Connecticut .

He is the author of Our Local Industries, and other works.