Samuel L. M. Barlow

Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow I (January 5, 1826July 10, 1889) was an American lawyer known for forming several legal partnerships, such as Bowdoin, Larocque & Barlow and Shipman, Barlow, Larocque. Barlow was also a major stakeholder in The New York World newspaper. Before passing the bar, he had studied by serving as seven years as an apprentice in a New York law practice. Early life Samuel Barlow was born on January 5, 1826, in Granville, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Rhoda Hopkins (née Wadsworth) Barlow (1802–1880) and Dr. Samuel Bancroft Barlow (1798–1875), a physician who had graduated from Yale University. He was descended from English settlers who had immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1620. He was named after uncle Samuel Latham Mitchill, the U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from New York. His maternal grandfather was Timothy Wadsworth, a lineal descendant of Captain Joseph Wadsworth of Charter Oak fame. Samuel's family moved to New York City when he was young. Career Barlow began working for a law firm, Melett & Gregg in either 1840 or 1842. He had worked for seven years at that practice as an apprentice and office assistant before being admitted to the bar. He was later made manager of Melett & Gregg.