Kirby, Ephraim
soldier, jurist, legislator, author, was born Feb. 23, 1757, in Litchfield, Conn. He served at the battle of Bunker Hill, and remained in active service until the Declaration of Independ- He published a volume of Reports ence. of the Decisions of the Superior Court and Court of Errors, which was the first of that character published in Connecticut, and probably in the United States. From 1791 to 1804 he was a representative in the legislature. After the acquisition of Louisiana he was appointed a judge of the newly organized territory of Orleans. He died Oct. 2, 1804, in Stoddard, Miss.