Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 149.  Madison County.

THOMAS TODD, chief justice of Kentucky and associate justice of the
supreme court of the United States, was born in King and Queen county,
Virginia, January 23, 1765, and died February 7, 1826.  His parents were
Richard and Elizabeth (Richards) Todd, and his ancestors were early
emigrants from England.
     Judge Todd was liberally educated and obtained a good knowledge of
surveying.  In 1786 he came to Kentucky and resided for some time in the
family of his old friend, Judge Harry Innes, where he pursued the study
of law and also acted as tutor in the family.  His first effort as a
lawyer was made in the Madison court-house, and from that time he rapidly
rose to prominence at the Kentucky bar.  He was appointed clerk of the
United States courts in Kentucky December 15, 1789, and resigned December
18, 1792; then he was appointed clerk of the court of appeals of Kentucky,
serving until December 19, 1801, when Governor James Garrard appointed
him the fourth judge of the court of appeals; Governor Christopher Greenup
appointed him chief justice of Kentucky in 1806; in 1807 he was appointed
associate justice of the supreme court of the United States for the new
circuit established by congress and composed of Kentucky, Tennessee and
Ohio.  In that high position, to which he was appointed without his
solicitation or knowledge and under the most flattering circumstances, he
continued until his death.
     Judge Todd was married, in 1788, to a niece of William Stewart, one
of the pioneers of Kentucky who fell in the disastrous battle of Blue
Licks.  Only a son and a daughter survived Judge Todd.  In 1811 Mrs.
Todd died, and the following year the Judge married the widow of Major
George Washington, nephew of General George Washington and sister-in-law
of President Madison.  A daughter and two sons of this union survived
the father.  Judge Todd possessed to an eminent degree the esteem of his
friends and the confidence of the people; and his deportment and ability
on the bench, as well as his great benevolence and many social virtues,
gained him universal admiration.

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