Justin Dwinell (October 28, 1785 Shaftsbury,

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– September 17, 1850 Cazenovia,

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) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Stephen Dwinell (1745–1801) and Susanna (Olin) Dwinell. He attended

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, and graduated from

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in 1808. Then he studied law in

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with

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, was admitted to the bar in 1811, and commenced practice in Cazenovia. On September 12, 1813, he married Louise Whipple, and they had nine children, among them California Assemblyman

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(1816–1881). Justin Dwinell was member of the

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(Madison Co.) in 1820–21 and

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. He was First Judge of the Madison County Court from 1823 to 1828. Dwinell was elected as a Crawford

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to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825. He was District Attorney of Madison County from 1837 to 1845. He was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in

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. His last name sometimes appears as "Dwinelle," and that is how it is spelled on his gravestone.

References

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 197f, 271, 361 and 376; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) ives wrong listing on pg. 361br>Reminiscences of Louise S. Dwinelle
at

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''The True Genealogy of the Dunnel and Dwinnell family of New England''
by Henry Gale Dunnel (pages 30 and 47)

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