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800 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. CHAPTER. X. BY COL. C. L. POORMAN. THE BENCH AND BAR OF BELMONT COUNTY -- PROCEEDINGS OF FIRST COURTS - FIRST COURT IN ST. CLAIRSVILLE - FIRST JURIES - A UNIQUE VERDICT-SPEEDY JUSTICE-FIRST CONVICT FROM BELMONT COUNTY - 'CHANGES IN THE COURTS - JUSTICES OF TERRITORIAL COURTS JUDGES AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES OF BELMONT COUNTY -- COMMON PLEAS JUDGES - JUDGES OF DISTRICT COURTS BELMONT COUNTY BAR - SKETCHES OF REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS - PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE BAR. UNDER the territorial government the judicial power was vested in the justices of the peace, in general quarter sessions of the peace, composed of all the justices of the peace of the county, and in a territorial circuit court. The first court of quarter sessions of the peace, convened at " Pultney," in Pultney township, the original county seat of the county, on Tuesday, November 24,1801, David Lockwood, Daniel McElherren and Jabob Repshire, composing the court. This court then exercised not only the judicial power of the county but also the civil administrative power, and at this term divided the county into townships and election districts, licensed tavern keepers, authorized the location and opening of roads, appointed constables, tax appraisers, and treasurer, and examined and ordered paid all bills against the treasury. Charles Hammond was appointed prosecuting attorney, subject to the approval of the attorney general of the territory, which approval occurred early in 1802. At the February term of that year, the court quashed an indictment returned by the grand jury, against Jacob Repshire, one of the magistrates who held court the previous year, for " assault and battery." This offense frequently occupied the time 0f the grand jury and courts at that early date, and Jacob was indicted twice during 1802, for his pugilistic demonstrations. When Ohio became a state, the jurisdiction of justices of the peace was restricted almost to the present limits, and in 1804 the general quarter sessions gave way to the court of common pleas, which transacted the judicial business, and the board of county commissioners was created and given the civil administration, and these have remained, with slight changes, ever since. The first terms of the quarter sessions and the county court held at St. Clairsville, to which the county seat was removed in the winter of 1803-4, convened April 16, 1804. The journal entry of the opening of this term is as follows: " Supreme court held at St. Clairsville, in and for the county of Belmont, on the 16th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thou- BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO. 801 sand eight hundred and four, by the Honorables Return Jonathan Meigs, Samuel Huntington and William Spriggs, esquires, judges of the same." At this term of the court the grand jury indicted Peter Sunderland for the murder of John Holtz. The "true bill" was returned April 17th, and a petit jury- was empaneled and sworn on the 18th, that on the same day returned their verdict, that, " having heard the evidence and argument of counsel," they, " upon their solemn oaths and affirmations do say that Peter Sunderland is not guilty of the murder of John Holtz in the manner and form as in the indictment is charged against him, but that the said Peter Sunderland, Jr., is only guilty of feloniously killing and slaying the said John Holtz." On the 19th day of April, John Sunderland was brought into court, and having nothing to say against the verdict or reasons to assign why the sentence should not be pronounced, the judge said: " It is considered by the court that the prisoner be branded in the left hand, and pay the jury, witnesses, clerks and sheriff's costs, and stand committed until sentence is performed." The prisoner assigning no reasons why sentence should be respited, he " was taken out on Main street by Jacob Coleman, sheriff, and in front of the Hamerly property, where Holtz had been killed, and there branded in the hand by said sheriff." This may have been premature justice, but it was speedy, and under our present system of the law's delays, special venires, assistant prosecutors, long-drawn-out technical and expert testimony, endless speeches, and debating-society juries, it takes very many more than three days to indict, try, convict, sentence and punish for " feloniously killing and slaying" another. In 1809, at the August term of court, a negro named " Cuff," was found guilty of stealing. He had broken int0 a store and stolen goods to the amount of $2.50. He was sentenced to receive twenty lashes on the bare back, pay the value of the goods stolen, and be imprisoned one day." The whipping was duly administered. The first convict sent from the county to the penitentiary was Thomas Hammond, indicted and tried in December, 1815, and sent for eighteen months. Under the constitution, of 1802, the legislature provided for supreme, district and common pleas courts. The judges of the district and common pleas courts were appointed by the governor. A presiding judge and three associate judges constituted the court of common pleas, and the latter, although generally not lawyers frequently overruled the presiding judge in rending decisions. The constitution of 1850 provided for the election of judges, and the laws under it divided the state into judicial districts, and the districts with subdivisions, each of which was to have a common pleas judge who held the common pleas court in his subdivision, and all the common pleas judges in a district constituted the district court; presided over by one of the judges of the supreme court of the state generally, but not always, until relieved from the duty by law in 1872. A constitutional amendment in 1884, created a circuit court to take the place of the district court making of it a new and distinct court, 51-B 802 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. and the legislature divided the state into seven judicial circuits, since increased to nine. The following is a list of the judges who have held these various courts in Belmont county, and as no such list has ever been before published this will prove interesting: Justices of Territorial Courts. - The courts of quarter sessions held at " Pultney," in 1802-1803, were held by David Vance, David Lockwood, Daniel McElherren, William Vance, John Farris, Elijah Martin, Thomas Thompson, Sterling Johnson, Joseph Sharp, James Alexander, Esqs., Calvin Peas, presiding judge. Judges and Associates of Common Pleas Courts.- 1803-9, Hon. Calvin Pease, presiding judge; David Lockwood, James Vance and James Alexander, associate judges; 180-15, Hon. Benjamin Ruggles, presiding judge; John Patterson, James Alexander and John Wiley, associate judges; 1815-16, Hon. George Todd, presiding judge; James Alexander, John Wiley and Joseph Anderson, associate judges; 1617-22, Hon. Benjamin Tappan, presiding judge; James Alexander, Joseph Anderson and Edward Brison, as sociate judges; 1823-24, Hon. Jeremiah Hallock, presiding judge; J0hn Bryson, John Wiley and Alexander Armstrong, associate judges; 1825-29, Hon. Jeremiah Hallock, presiding judge; Josiah Dillon, John Wiley and Alexander Armstrong, associate judges; 1830-33, Hon. Jeremiah Hallock, presiding judge; John Wiley, George Sharp and Josiah Dillon in 1830-31, and John Davenport in place of John Wiley in 1832-3, associate judges; 1634-35, Hon. Alexander' Harper, presiding judge; George Sharp, Josiah Dillon and John Davenport, in 1834, and James Alexander for Josiah Dillon, in 1835, for associate judges; 1836-39, Hon. Corrington W. Searle, presiding judge; James Alexander, Hugh Rogers and James Campbell, associate judges, 1836; Robert E. Caruthers in place of James Alexander in 1837-38, and Hugh Rogers, James Campbell and William C. Kirker, associate judges in 1839; 1840-47, Hon. William Kennon, presiding judge; George W. Hazen, William Wilkins and Jesse Barton, associate judges; 1848-51, Hon. Benjamin S. Cowen, presiding judge; associate judges, 1848, George W. Hazen, William Wilkins and Jesse Barton; 1849-50, William W. Waters in place of George W. Hazen; 1851, associate, Robert Mc- Masters and R. E. Caruthers; 1852-56, common pleas judge elected, Robert J. Alexander; 1857-65, c0mmon pleas judge elected, John W. Okey; 1865, by appointment on resignation of J. W. Okey, Daniel D. T. Cowen; 1866-67, unexpired term of J. W. Okey, William Kennon, Jr.; 1867-71, unexpired term of J. W. Okey, John S. Way; 1871, unexpired term of J. S. Way, deceased, St. Clair Kelley; 1872-76, unexpired term of J. S. Way, deceased, Robert E. Chambers; 1877-81, unexpired term of J. S. Way, deceased, William Okey; 1882-86, unexpired term of J. S. Way, deceased, St. Clair Kelley; 1887-91, unexpired term of J. S. Way, deceased, John B. Driggs. District Courts.-- 1852-53, Hon. Rufus P. Raney, supreme court; R. J. Alexander, Thos. J. Jewett and Richard Stillwell; 1854, Hon. Robert Caldwell, supreme judge, others as above; 1855, William BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO - 803 Kennon, Thomas Means, R. J. Alexander; 1856, R. J. Alexander, S. W. Bostwick, C. W. Seals, Lucius P. Marsh; 1857, S. W. Bostwick, Lucius P. Marsh; 1858, John W. Okey, S. W. Bostwick, Lucius P. Marsh; 1859, John W. Okey, S. W. Bostwick, Nathan Evans, Lucius P. Marsh; 1860, Hon. Milton Intliff, supreme judge; John W. Okey, Lucius P. Marsh; 1861, Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff, supreme judge, John W. Okey, S. P. Bostwick; 1862, G. W. McElvaine, John W. Okey, Ezra E. Evans; 1863, Hon. J. Brinkerhoff, supreme judge, John W. Okey, Ezra E. Evans; 1864, Hon. Isaiah Scott, supreme judge, John W. Okey, Ezra E. Evans; 1865, George W. McElvaine, D. D. T. Cowen, Ezra E. Evans; 1866, Hon. John Welsh, supreme chief justice, G. W. McElvaine, William Kennon, Jr.; 1867, Hon. John Welsh, supreme chief justice, G. W. McElvaine, Wm. Kennon, Jr.; 1868, Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff, supreme chief justice, G. W. McElvaine, John S. Way; 1869, Hon. Josiah Scott, supreme chief justice, Moses M. Granger, John S. Way; 1870, G. W. McElvaine, M. M. Granger, F. W. Woodard, John S. Way; 1871, William White, M. M. Granger, John H. Miller, John S. Way; 1872-3, F. W. Wood, William H. Frasier, John H. Miller, R. E. Chamber; 1874, William H. Frasier, Lucius P. Marsh, R. E. Chambers; 1875, William H. Frasier, John H. Miller, R. E. Chambers; 1876, William H. Frasier, John H. Miller, R. E. Chambers; 1877, William H. Frasier, L. P. Marsh, James Patrick, Jr., William Okey; 1878, William H. Frasier, L. P. Marsh, William Okey; 1879, William H. Frasier, L. P. Marsh, William Okey; 1880-1, William H. Frasier, James Patrick, William H. Bell, William Okey; 1882, William H. Frasier, James C. Hance, William H. Bell, St. Clair Kelley; 1883-4, William H. Frasier, James C. Hance, William H. Bell, John S. Pearce, St. Clair Kelley. Circuit Court. - 1885-90, William H. Frasier, Hamilton P. Wood- berry, Peter A. Larabie. The Belmont County Bar. - The Belmont county bar long enjoyed the reputation of being among the ablest in the state, and many of its members rose to distinction in state and national affairs. The names of Charles Hammond, Benjamin Ruggles, Wilson Shannon, William Kennon, Sr., Benjamin S. Cowen, William Kennon, Jr., Thomas H. Genin, Hugh J. Jewett and others, are historical. They were not only able attorneys, who rose to distinction in their profession, but men who have left the impress of their ability upon the history of their state and country. For nearly a quarter of a century Charles Hammond was a conspicuous figure in the legal profession. He was appointed in 1801, by the first court of quarter sessions held in the county, the first prosecuting attorney for the county, and his appointment confirmed by Arthur St. Clair, governor of the northwest territory. He served until 1804, and for many years afterward he was the leading lawyer of the county. He was not only a lawyer of fine ability, but a ripe scholar and thinker, and his literary work, political writings and sub- 804 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. sequent career as a journalist, place him among the ablest men of his time. Hon. Benjamin Ruggles came to Belmont county, in 1812, as circuit court judge. He was born February 21, 1782, at Woodstock, Conn. His father died when he was eight years of age. He graduated at Brooklyn academy, and studied law with Judge Peters, of Hartford, Conn. He removed to Marietta, Ohio, in 1807. His fine legal attainments attracted attention in the state, and in 180 he was elected by the legislature as presiding judge of the third circuit, to succeed Calvin Pease, and removed to St. Clairsville, where he resided until his death, September 2, 1857. He was not distinguished as an advocate, having none of the gifts of the orator, but as a consulting attorney he had few superiors. In 1815 he was elected by the legislature to the United States senate, and was twice re-elected, and rendered valuable if not brilliant services to his state and country. He was president of the caucus held in Washington, that nominated William H. Crawford, of Georgia, for the presidency, in the contest of 1824, when Clay, Adams, Jackson and Crawford were candidates. He enjoyed in an eminent degree the confidence of the senate, was for a long time chairman of the committee on claims, and was favorably spoken of in 1840, for the vice-presidency. At fifty years of age he retired from active political life and devoted his attention to his farm. He was a firm believer in Christianity, of liberal views and generous impulses, and greatly respected in his political, professional and private career. Hon. Wilson Shannon was born in Belmont county, of Irish parentage, February 24, 1802, the first white child born in Warren township. His father, George Shannon, was frozen to death in a great snow storm in 1803, and young Wilson was raised and educated by the labors of his older brothers and himself. He attended Athens college two years, and the Transylvania university of Kentucky two years. He studied law under Charles Hammond and David Jennings, at St. Clairsville, where he was admitted to the bar. He formed a partnership with William Kennon, Sr., which was one of the ablest law firms ever formed in the county. He was elected prosecuting attorney of the county in 1833, governor of Ohio in 1838, defeated by Hon. Thomas Corwin for re-election in 1840, but again elected in 1842. He resigned the position of governor, to accept an appointment as minister to Mexico under President Tyler. He returned to St. Clairsville in 1845, when diplomatic relations with Mexico were suspended, and in 1849 went with twenty-five others to California. In 1851 he returned to Belmont county, and was elected to congress in 1852. At the close of his term he was appointed by President Pierce as governor of Kansas, but because of disagreement as to the territorial management under the great conflct between the friends of freedom and slavery in that territory, he was relieved at his own request, and was succeeded by Governor Geary, of Pennsylvania. He removed to Lawrence, Kan., when appointed governor, and resided there until his death in 1877. He visited his old home at St. Clairsville in 1875, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO - 805 and visited the homestead, and said: " I want once more to own the old home and come and spend my last days with my old friends and neighbors," but his great desire was not gratified, for in less than two years he passed to the other shore. He was first married to Elizabeth Ellis, a sister of Mrs. Judge Kennon, by whom he had one son, James, who died. He afterward married Miss Sarah Osborn, of Cadiz, Ohio, by whom he had four sons, and three daughters, only one son and three daughters survive him. Governor Shannon was a great student, a profound lawyer, a courteous practitioner, a dignified gentleman, and affable, pleasing and entertaining in his social relations. Jacob Nagle was the first resident lawyer at St. Clairsville. He came from Bedford, Penn., in 1802, and succeeded Charles Hammond as prosecutor in 1804, serving until 1808. He was a classical scholar and eloquent orator, but addicted to the use of strong drink he failed to enlist the confidence of the people, and other lawyers with far less ability obtained the cases, and frequently advised with Nagle as to intricate and difficult points of law involved. David Jennings was a member of the Belmont county bar, admitted in 1813. Appointed prosecuting attorney in 1815, and served until 1825. He was elected to congress in 1825, serving one term. William B. Hubbard removed to St. Clairsville in 1820, served as prosecuting attorney from 1825 to 1833, and removed to Columbus where he accumulated a fortune. Thomas H. Genin, born in Suffolk county, Long Island, in 1796, studied law in New York, and was admitted to the bar in that city in 1816 at the age of twenty. He married Miss Ann Hilliard, of Randolph, N. J., that year, and removed to St. Clairsville in 1817, where he died in 1868. He was master commissioner for twenty-six years, and an able counselor for fifty years. He was a literary man as well as a lawyer, and has written a number of papers and several poems, including his " Napolead." He was buried at St. Clairsville, and his nephew has placed a fine life-sized statue over his grave. William Kennon, emoved with his parents to St. Clairsville in 1822; was educated at Sr., reredt Athens college, studied law under William B. Hubbard, and was admitted to the bar of the state in 1827. He was married that year to Mary, daughter of Ezer Ellis, at that time sheriff of the county. In 1828 he was elected to congress, was defeated in 1832 by James M. Bell, of Guernsey county, and in 1834 was again elected, serving until 1837. In 1840 he was elected judge of the fifteenth judicial circuit and served ten years. He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1850 and was president of the commission that formed the present code of civil procedure. His great ability as a lawyer gave him a large and laborious practice, not only in this county, but in this and adjoining states, and it was while engaged in an important suit at Wellsburg, W. Va., in 1866, that a partial paralysis of his right side disabled him for the further practice of law, and he lived a quiet life until his death in 1888, in the ninetieth year of his age. There was no better or kinder friend to the students in the St. Clairsville schools, and the young lawyers at the bar, than Judge 806 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Kennon, who was ever ready with his wonderful store of learning and facts t0 impart valuable information, and he lived and died leaving fewer enemies than any other active aggressive lawyer of the bar. His wife and eldest son, W. E. Kennon, survive him. James Weir was born in Washingt0n county, Penn., June 9, 1803; came with his parents to this county in 1807 and settled in Warren township. He studied law with Hon. W. B. Hubbard, at St. Clairsville, and was admitted to the bar with Judge Kennon in 1824. He formed a partnership with W. B. Hubbard and continued the practice of law for forty years. In 1827, 1829 and 1836 he was elected as a whig to the legislature of Ohio. He was passionately fond of the game of chess, and after he was so afflicted by rheumatism as to be unable to actively practice law he passed many pleasant hours over the chess board. He died at his residence from injuries received from a blow by his son. Peter Tallman was born in Union township, Belm0nt c0unty, Ohio, August 21, 1814; was educated at St. Clairsville sch0ols and Kenyon college, studied law with James Weir and was admitted to practice in 1835. In 1840 he went into the merchandising business at Morristown. In 1844 he was elected a member of the Ohio legislature. He continued the practice of law until his death. Hon. Benjamin S. Cowen removed to St. Clairsville in 1832 and formed a partnership with William B. Hubbard. He was born September 27, 1792, in Washington county, N. Y., where he was educated. He removed to Moorefield, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1825; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and shortly after app0inted prosecuting attorney of Monroe county, when he removed to St. Clairsville, where he resided until his death, September 27, 1869. In 1840 he was elected to congress. In 1844 he was elected to the state legislature and was the recognized leader in the whig party in the house. In 1847 he was elected by the legislature a judge of the court of common pleas and was on the bench until 1853, when judges were made elective by the new constitution. He continued in the active practice of the law until shortly before his death, on his birthday, at the age of seventy-six years. Other members of the earlier bar that attained some eminence were the following: James Shannon, brother of Gov. Shannon, admitted to practice in ISIS, was said to be more brilliant than his br0ther, and practiced several years with great success, but removed to Kentucky and became quite an active politician, and married a daughter of Ex-Gov. Shelby, and died in 1832, after being appointed by President Jackson, as charge d' affairs at Guatamala. Robert J. Alexander, admitted to the bar in 1831, elected prosecutor in 1841, and served until 1845. In 1852 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, and served until 1857. He continued the practice of law until his death. - D. D. T. Cowen, a son of Hon. B. S. Cowen, was born in Moorfield, Harrison county, educated at St. Clairsville schools and Brook's institute of that place, studied medicine under Dr. John Alexander, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO - 807 and afterward studied law under his father and Hugh J. Jewett. He was admitted to practice at Columbus, January 20, 1847. In 1851, was elected prosecutor, and re-elected in 1853 and 1855. He was appointed a common pleas judge, to serve until election for the unexpired term of John W. Okey, in 1865. Judge Cowen was one of the few men of whom it could be said, " he was intuitively a lawyer," and in the midst of a practice that included one side of nearly every important case in the courts of the lcounty, for the trial of which he was always prepared, he found leisure for the enjoyment of recreations and amusements that others, less pressed by cases, could not find time to enjoy. Hon. R. E. Chambers, born near St. Clairsville, educated at Franklin college in 1853, studied law with Judge William Kennon, was admitted to the bar in 1860, elected to the general assembly in 1862, for two years, and did not return to the practice of law until 1871, when he was elected judge of the court of common pleas for five years, with honor, and at the expiration of term continued the practice of law until his death. Among the members of the bar now living and actively engaged in practice, Judge St. Clair Kelley and Hon L. Danford, are recognized as leading—the former as counselor, and the latter as an advocate. Lorenzo Danford, born in Washington township, Belmont county, October 18, 1829. He attended the public schools and finished his education at Waynesburg, Penn. He studied law with Carlo C. Carroll at St. Clairsville, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. In 1857, was elected prosecuting attorney, and re-elected in 1859. In 1861, he went with the Seventeenth Ohio volunteer infantry, as a private, and at the end of a three months' term assisted in recruiting for the Fifteenth regiment, and was elected second lieutenant. He was elected to congress in 1872, and twice re-elected, serving until 1879. He returned to the practice of law and has a large and lucrative practice. Oliver J. Sweney is the oldest living member of the Belmont county bar. He was born in Monroe county, November 14, 1819; educated at Franklin college; studied law with William Kennon, Jr.; was admitted to practice in 1855, and still resides in St. Clairsville. W. S. Kennon, son of Judge William Kennon, Sr., was born in St. Clairsville, in 1828. Educated in the common schools and Bethany college, read law with his father, and was admitted to practice. In 1861, he was elected as the Union candidate to the legislature, and in 1862 resigned to accept the appointment of secretary of state, by Governor Todd. He was afterward sent by Governor Todd to Washington to adjust Ohio's war claims against the government, and in 1863 Secretary Stanton appointed him a paymaster in the United States army, where he served four years. In 1867 he went to Cincinnati to form a partnership with William Okey and Milton Taylor, where he remained until 1871, when on account of the partial paralysis of his father, he came home and was elected prosecuting attorney, and served until 1878. On account of declining health he has not practiced law for several years. 808 - HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. Present Members of the Bar, St. Clairsville. - C. J. Sweney, Judge St. Clair Kelley, Hon. W. S. Kennon, Col. James F. Charlesworth, Hon. L. Danford, Judge C. W. Carroll, J. W. Shannon, A. H. Mitchell, W. S. Mitchell, J. R. Mitchell, not practicing, R, M. Davies, James F. Tallman, Newell K. Kennon, D. H. Milligan, Thomas Cochran, John Pollock, J. W. Nichol, W. D. Hoff, Albert Lawrence, W. V. Campbell, Albert Kennon, Hon. Capel Weems, E. E. Clevenger. Barnesville. - J. W. Walton, R. H. Taneyhill, E. T. Petty, W. F. Smith, C. J. Howard, W. F. Talbott, M. J. W. Glover, Emmet Drummond. Bellaire. - J. B. Smith, J. T. Anderson, James C. Tallman, C. L. Poorman, not practicing, John A. Gallagher, DeWitt Danford, D. W. Cooper, George M. Woodbridge. Bridgeport. - Hon. Ross J. Alexander, George Duncan, George C. McKee, J. C. Heinlein. Martin's Ferry. - Judge J. S. Cochran, J. C. Gray, Frank R. Sedwick, T. W. Shreve, W. B. Francis. Flushing. - 0. S. Holloway, H. T. Shepherd; F. g. Cowen, D. L. Voorhies. Lawyers admitted to practice by the courts in Belmont county as appears on the court records and the year admitted, from the organization of the county: Charles Hammond, 1801; Daniel F. Barney, 1803; Jacob Nagle, 1804; Daniel Church, 1804; Robert Purviance, 1804; George Paull, 1806; David Jennings, 1813, James Shannon, 1818; William J. Thomas, 1819; Artemus Baker, 1821; Seneca S. Salsberry, 1823; Daniel Gray, 1824; Washington B. Johnston, 1825; G. W. Thompson 1826; Peter W. Gate, 1827; Charles Morgan, 1828; G. M. Alex, 1828; Robert McClane, 1829; Francis D. Leonard, 1829; John R. Mulvaney, 1830; Fernanda A. Evans, 1831; 'Nathan Evans, 1831; Abraham R. Dilworth, 1831; Charles C. Converse, 1832; Robert H. Miller, 1832; Isaac Hoge, 1832; James Patterson, 1833; William C. Watson, 1833; John B. Longly, 1834; L. J. Milligan, 1835; Thomas West, 1835; Gaston Tallman, 1835; Peter Tallman, 1835; Oliver Cunningham, 1836; Henry Kennon, 1836; William Woods, 1836; William Milligan, 1837; John Davenport, 1838; George W. Shannon, 1838; E. A. McMahon, 1838; Alfred Caldwell, 1838; William Brown, 1838; Hugh J. Jewett, 1839; John Furguson, 1840; Alexander M. Mitchell, 1841; Thomas L. Jewett, 1842; Thomas M. Drake, 1842; Henry Lovell, 1842; Moses H. Urquhart, 1843; James J. Grimes, 1843; John Sells, 1843; Lorenzo M. Cross, 1843; Edmund G. Morgan, 1843; Henry C. Brumback, 1844; Sylvester Genin, 1844; James H. Rainey, 1844; Oliver J. Swaney, 1845; John M. Alges, 1845; Reuben Grant, 1845; Hugh M. Ramsey, 18451 John G. Leanor, 1845; Solomon R. Bonewitz, 1845; J. C. McCleary, 1846; John C. Tallman, 1846; Samuel F. Black, 1846; Richard H. Taneyhill, 1847; John Hibbard, 1847; Matthew P. Deady, 1847; Isaac N. Taylor, 1849; James F. Charlesworth, 1851; William Wallace, 1851; --Ellis E. Kennon, 1851; M. L. Hatcher, 1852; Joshua Stevens. 1852; Lorenzo Danford, 1854; I. H. Croxton, 1854; Andrew J. Lawrence, 1857; James A. Mayhew, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO - 809 1858; Henry Topping, 1859; John H. Norris, 1859; Robert E. Chambers, 1859; James B. Campbell, 1864; George H. Umstead, 1864; Ira V. McMullen, 1865; James J. Hawthorn, 1866; Dewit Danford, 1866; Thomas C. Dugan, 1866; Lewis C. Mechem, 1866; William W. Alexander, 1866; James F. Tallman, 1866; Joseph St. Clair, 1866; Alexis Cope, 1866; F. G. Arter, 1866; Henry E. Frost, 1866; Disney Rogers, 1866; John Dunham, 1867; L. C. Drennen, 1867; W. L. Bolen, 1867; David A: Hollingsworth, 1867; George W. Mitchell, 1868; Joseph Pratt, 1868; N. A. Wade, 1868; William L. Ramsey, 1868; James F. Anderson, 1868; Joseph R. Mitchell, 1869; N. H. Barber, 1869; Dewit C. Kemp, 1869; Thomas Ferrell, 1869; Clarence O. McSwords, 1869; Orlando Cope, 187o; Allen C. Miller, 1870; John F. Young, 187o; James D. Arick, 1870; Alex C. Darrah, 1870; Isaac M. Riley, 1871; Lewis Hoeffler, 1871; Alfred H. Mitchell, 1871; Robert M. Eaton, 1871; Webster Street, 1871; Robert N. Wilson, 1872; James C. Tallman, 1873; Samuel Hambleton, 1873; Daniel L. Crawford, 1873; Luke Voorhies, 1873; James Kennon, 1873; James A. McEwan, 1874; Samuel L. James, 1874; George W. Webster, 1874; John O. Macolm, 1875; Frank M. Cowen, 1877; J. C. Woodward, 1877; James G. Patrick, 1877; Wilson Mitchell, 1877; John B. Busby, 1877; John A. Green, 1878; Josiah Douglas, 1878; Alfred H. Evans, 1878; M. R. Patterson, 1878; Henry Gregg, 1878; T. W. Emerson, 1879; Newell K. Kennon, 1879; A. C. Agy, 1879; J. Calvin Gray, 1879; A. E. Hill, 1879. Since 1879 all examinations for admission to the bar in Ohio have been before a committe appointed by the supreme court of the state, and the records of that court contain the names of all persons admitted.