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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioPaul FEARING
(1762-1822)
FEARING, Paul, a Delegate
from the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; born in Wareham,
Plymouth County, Mass., February 28, 1762; prepared for college by
tutors; was graduated from Harvard University in 1785; studied law
in Windham, Conn., and was admitted to the bar in 1787; moved to
the Northwest Territory in May 1788 and engaged in the practice of
law at Fort Harmer, now a part of Marietta, Ohio; appointed United
States counsel for Washington County in 1788; probate judge in
1797; member of the Territorial legislature 1799-1801; elected as a
Federalist a Delegate to the Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-March
3, 1803); was not a candidate for renomination in 1802; resumed the
practice of law and engaged in fruit and stock raising; appointed
associate judge of the court of common pleas in 1810 and served
seven years; appointed master in chancery in 1814; died at his home
near Marietta, Ohio, August 21, 1822; interment in Harmer Cemetery,
Marietta, Ohio.
Bibliography
Bloom, Jo Tice. “The Congressional Delegates from the
Northwest Territory, 1799-1803.” The Old Northwest 3
(March 1977): 3-21.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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