[1] After working in the printing business for several years, Prout studied law with Ebenezer N.

[1] He attained admission to the bar in 1837, and began to practice in partnership with Briggs.

[1] In 1867, Prout succeeded Loyal C. Kellogg as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court,[4] and he served until 1869, when he was replaced by Hoyt H.

[5] After leaving the court, Prout continued to practice law until he retired in 1886.

[2] After his second wife's death, in 1849 Prout married Sarah P. Smith, who died in 1877.