Husband Hon. Charles Huston 1 2 3 4
Born: 16 Jan 1771 - Plumstead Twp, Bucks Co, PA 1 2
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Died: 10 Nov 1849 5
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Father: Thomas Huston ( - ) 1 2
Mother: Jane Walker ( - ) 1 2
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Wife Mary Winters 3 4 6
Born: 1777 7
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Father: William Winters (1728-1794) 3 4 8 9 10
Mother: Eleanor Campbell ( - ) 3 4 10
Children
1 F Jane W. Huston 7 11
Born: 10 May 1815 7
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Spouse: Hon. James T. Hale (1810-1865) 5 7 12
Marr: 6 May 1835 11
2 F Lucy H. Huston 6 7
Born: 1817 13
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Died: 3 May 1879 6
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Spouse: Gen. E. W. Sturdevant ( - ) 5
General Notes: Husband - Hon. Charles Huston
A mere lad during the American Revolution, many of its incidents were indelibly impressed upon his memory. His education was received at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1789 with the honors of his class. During the year 1790-91 he taught a select school at Carlisle, meanwhile studying law with Thomas Duncan, with whom he was afterward associated on the Bench of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. In 1792-93 he was employed by the trustees of the college as tutor of the languages. Among his pupils was Chief Justice R. B. Taney, of the Supreme Court of the United States. In his autobiography the Chief Justice says of him: "I need not speak of his character and capacity, for he afterward became one of the first jurists of the country. He was an accomplished Latin and Greek scholar, and happy in his mode of instruction. And when he saw that a boy was disposed to study, his manner to him was that of a companion and friend, aiding him in his difficulties. The whole school under his care was much attached to him." In October, 1794, Gen. Washington went through Carlisle on his way to quell the Whiskey Insurrection. Mr. Huston joined the expedition, and his vivid description of its various incidents will long be remembered by the many who had the good fortune to number him among their acquaintances.
In those days lawyers traveled the circuits on horseback, and there remains a description of Mr. Huston's costume: slouched hat, drab three-caped overcoat, green flannel leggings tied around the legs with black tape, homespun dress coat. Thus attired, with boots and leggings covered with mud, for want of time to change his dress, he was compelled to enter the Supreme Court sitting in Philadelphia, where to the astonishment of the Bar, he delivered one of the ablest arguments they had ever listened to. In the spring of 1807 he removed to Bellefonte, attending faithfully to an enormous practice until his appointment by Gov. Findlay to the presidency of the courts of his district. He was a powerful advocate before a jury, and the memory of the remarkable speech he made in the Barber & Kelley case in court at Bellefonte still lingers, a traditionary witness of his forensic ability. He presided over the Fourth District for eight years with distinguished ability. Such was his influence with the jury, that in the course of these whole eight years he granted but two new trials. In 1826 he was appointed, by Gov. Shultz, one of the justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in the arduous and responsible duties of which he continued until the expiration of his commission in 1845. How ably he discharged these duties will be best learned from his numerous opinions in full thirty-five volumes of reports. The last four years of his life were spent in the compilation of his work entitled "An Essay on the History and Nature of Original Titles to Land in the Province and State of Pennsylvania."