Clarke C. Fitts: Difference between revisions

Clarke Cushing Fitts was born in [[Wardsboro, Vermont]] on October 17, 1870.<ref>{{cite book |date=1905 |title= Manual of the Legislature of Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rc-iAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA142&dq=%22clarke+c.+fitts%22+%221870%22+%22wardsboro%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zfjxVMv8D63ksATazYG4BQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22clarke%20c.%20fitts%22%20%221870%22%20%22wardsboro%22&f=false |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State |page=142}}</ref> He attended Leland and Gray Seminary and graduated from [[Brattleboro Union High School|Brattleboro High School]] in 1886.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Campbell |first=Edward R. |date=February 1, 1917 |title= In Memoriam, Clarke C. Fitts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0I0eAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA46&dq=%22clarke+c.+fitts%22+brattleboro+high+school&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1vrxVNvCFqiwsASf_4LwDg&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22clarke%20c.%20fitts%22%20brattleboro%20high%20school&f=false |journal=The Vermonter |location=White River Junction, VT |publisher=Chas. R. Cummings |page= p. 46}}</ref> He [[Reading law|studied law]] at the [[Brattleboro, Vermont|Brattleboro]] firm of Waterman, [[James Loren Martin|Martin]] and Hitt, and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1891, a few days after his twenty-first birthday.<ref>{{cite journal |date=December 1, 1904 |title=Vermont Men of Today: Clarke C. Fitts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NldEAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA162&dq=%22clarke+c.+fitts%22+waterman+martin+hitt&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CPzxVMeEAuy1sATI8oLADA&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22clarke%20c.%20fitts%22%20waterman%20martin%20hitt&f=false |journal=The Vermonter |location=White River Junction, VT |publisher=Chas. R. Cummings |page=p. 162}}</ref>