William Anthony ( – September 6, 1832)
[Died]
, ''The Rhode-Island Republican'' (September 18, 1832), p. 3.[Deaths]
, ''Newport Herald of The Times'' (September 13, 1832), p. 3. was a justice of the
Rhode Island Supreme Court from June 1809 to May 1810, and from May 1811 to May 1818.
Anthony was appointed to the court from
Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
[Samuel H. Allen, "Rhode Island Judiciary", in James N. Arnold, ed., ''The Narragansett Historical Register'' (1889), Volume 7, p. 62.]
He lived to the age of 80, at which time he died what was reported to be a remarkably sudden death. One report noted: "At Portsmouth on the 6th inst, very suddenly, Hon. William Anthony, formerly for many years a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of this State, in the 81st year of his age".
Another said: "His death was most remarkable and unexpected. He rode alone in his waggon to his daughter's, walked into the house, sat down in a chair—conversed awhile as usual, and then fell into a sleep to wake no more".
References
Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
1832 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
1750s births
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