Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

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Start, Henry R

soldier, lawyer, 1845, in Bakersfield, Vt. He was educated jurist, state senator, was born Dec. 28, at the Bakersfield and Barre academy.

During the civil war he was a member of company A, third regiment Vermont volunteer infantry.

He is one of the foremost lawyers of New England at Bakersfield; has held the office of state's attorney; was state senator in 1880, and was a representative in the Vermont state legislature in 1890, and speaker of the house. In 1880 he was a presidential elector, and in 1890 was elected a juuge of the supreme court.

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