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James Henry Dennis Teakle

Gender:
Male
Born:
January 12, 1798
Died:
August 3, 1840
Home Town:
Princess Ann, MD
Marriage(s):
Jerusha Williams Teakle (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
James Henry Dennis Teakle was the son of John and Elizabeth (Dennis) Teakle. He married Jerusha Williams and they had four children.
Additional Notes:
His uncle, John Dennis, was one of the five U.S. Congressman who abandoned the Federalist party in order to vote for Thomas Jefferson against Aaron Burr, and consequently made Jefferson president.
Education
Years at LLS:
1817
help The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation.

Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Houghton, Josiah. "LLS Law Notebook 1817-1818." Litchfield Law School Collection, Series 1, Subseries 1, Litchfield Historical Society. Available online at https://archive.org/stream/35102011793091#page/n11/mode/2up.

Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849.
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