Bennington

BARBER, Orion Metcalf

Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical 
Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other 
States. Dodge. Burlington, Ullery, 1912, p 109

Orion Metcalf BARBER, Bennington [Chittenden County, Vermont], Judge, United 
States court customs appeals, was born 13 July 1857 at Jamaica [Windham 
County, Vermont], son of Emmons Daniel and Lucia A. (PIERCE) BARBER. 
Educated at Bernardston Academy [Franklin County, Massachusetts]; Leland and 
Gray Seminary, Townshend [Windham County]; Perkins Institute, Woodstock 
[Windsor County]; and Albany Law School [Albany County, New York]. Mr. 
BARBER practiced law at Arlington [Bennington County] and Bennington 
1882-1910.

Republican; states attorney Bennington County 1886-1887; represented 
Arlington in the Legislature 1892; senator for Bennington County 1894; member 
of committee to revise statutes 1892-1894; railroad commissioner 1894-1896; 
chairman of committee to publish statutes 1894-1895; auditor of accounts 
1898-1902; delegate to Republican national convention 1896; chairman of 
special tax commission 1906-1908; chairman of special committee to prepare 
and publish Digest Vermont Reports 1909; appointed judge U. S. court customs 
appeals 1910. 

In 1898 Orion Metcalf BARBER married [Miss?] Alice Mabel NORTON of 
Bennington; they have three children: Lucia Pierce and Mab Norton, born 24 
August 1899; and Norton BARBER, born 10 July 1903. Mr. BARBER is a member of 
Masonic fraternity, Commandery and Mystic Shrine; a member of the Benevolent 
Protective Order of Elks, and a member of the Bennington Social Club.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly