Charles T. Granger
American judge
Charles Trumbull Granger (October 9, 1835 – October 26, 1915) was an American lawyer and pioneer settler of Allamakee County, Iowa. He was a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, serving from 1889 through 1900. He previously served on lower courts in Iowa, serving a total of 28 years in various judicial offices.
Biography
Charles T. Granger was born in Monroe County, New York, in October 1835. At age 2, he moved with his family to Huron County, Ohio. He was raised there, but after the death of his mother in 1845, he fell mostly under the care of his older sister and her husband. He was poorly treated in their home and left Ohio at age 13, going to live with his father in Illinois, who had remarried. After being only minimally educated in Ohio, he began studying while working on his father's farm. In 1855, he entered an academy in Waukegan, Illinois, and continued to advance his own education by reading law texts borrowed from nearby lawyers.
In 1860, he moved to Allamakee County, Iowa, and read law at the office of Hatch & Wilbur.
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