795. William Woods Sackett, 1791–1836, of Sullivan County, N. Y., son of (314) William W. and Susan Smith Sackett, never married. He was educated at Columbia College, was admitted to the bar in 1815, and practiced his profession with marked success. His reputation for strict honesty and a thorough knowledge of the law brought him into many cases of importance and he became a well known figure in the higher courts of the State. He died at the Sackett Homestead, in Lumberland, and was buried by the side of his father in the cemetery at Halfway Brook Village, now called Eldred.
Notes & Citations
Charles Weygant, The Sacketts of America, "795. William Woods Sackett, b. Jan. 27, 1791, d. July 14, 1836, unmarried."
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