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W. D. Storey
English-born American lawyer (1830–1914) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Dalphin Storey (August 16, 1830 – February 16, 1914),[1] commonly known as W. D. Storey, was an English and American judge, lawyer, and the district attorney in Santa Cruz County, California. He also worked as a newspaper editor, teacher and farmer in his early life.
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William Dalphin Storey was born on 1830, in Yorkshire, England.[2] At the age of 1, his family moved to the United States, settling on the East Coast.[2] He graduated in 1857 from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and in 1860 from Albany Law School in Albany, New York.[2]
While attending college, Storey worked as a farmer and teaching.[2] For three years he worked as the editor-in-chief of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, a Republican newspaper serving Western New York.[2][3] He was admitted to the bar in New York state in 1860.[2] In 1876, Storey moved to Santa Cruz County, California.[2]
Storey married Eliza Josephine Du Four (later known as Eliza Josephine Dake) in 1877,[2] and he helped raise two children from her first marriage, which included visual artist Lillian Heath (née Dake; 1864–1961).[1][4]
In 1879, Storey was elected district attorney in Santa Cruz County.[2] He took an active role in advocacy of the new constitution of the State of California in 1879.[2] Storey served as the plaintiff for George W. Schell v. A. W. Gamble (1908), an estate case reviewed in the Supreme Court of California.[5]
Storey was a supporter of the development of city electric light and city plumbing in Santa Cruz.[2] He also was a temperance movement supporter.[1]
He died of a "stroke of apoplexy" on February 16, 1914, in Santa Cruz.[1]
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