Leonard Maison was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He practiced law at

Poughkeepsie, New York Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsi ...

. He married Helen Emott, and they had several children, among them Rev. Charles Augustus Maison (1824–1922); and Belinda Emott (Maison) Coffin (1821–1856) who was married to Owen T. Coffin. Maison was a member of the

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(2nd D.) from 1834 to 1837, sitting in the 57th, 58th, 59th and

60th New York State Legislature The 60th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to May 16, 1837, during the fifth year of William L. Marcy's governorship, in Albany. Background Under the provisi ...

s. He was a

brigadier general Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed ...

of artillery in the New York State Militia.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 130f and 143; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''The New York Annual Register''
(1832; pg. 320)
''Obituary Record of Yale Graduates''
("Charles Augustus Maison", pg. 307)

at Family Tree Maker
''OWEN T. COFFIN DEAD''
in NYT on July 23, 1899 Year of birth missing Year of death missing New York (state) state senators New York (state) Jacksonians 19th-century American politicians Politicians from Poughkeepsie, New York {{NewYork-NYSenate-stub