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ADDENDUM.

JUDGE SAMUEL HUMPHREVILLE, Medina, Ohio. died of apoplexy, Feb. 4, 1881. The following tribute to his memory is taken from the Medina Denwcrat of Feb. 10, 1881 : " Our community was greatly shocked on Friday morning last to learn of the sudden death from apoplexy of ex-Judge Humphreville, an old and respected citizen of Medina, whose demise occurred about 10 o'clock, at the office of the Gazette newspaper. The judge, after breakfast, as was his custom, came down town and visited the Gazette office to look after some job printing that had been ordered, and while there in conversation with Mr. Green, he suddenly fell back in his chair, gasped a few times, and expired. The judge, we are informed, had been in his usual health, with the exception of a slight headache which had annoyed him for a few days, and though 73 years of age, had the appearance of good health and promise of a longer lease of life than was allotted him. The deceased was born and bred in Berkshire Co.. Mass.; from there he came to Medina, about forty years ago, and engaged in the practice of law. He represented Medina Co. in the Constitutional Convention which framed the Constitution of 1851. Next. he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for this district. going on the bench in February, 1852, and serving a term of five years, he being the first Judge elected in this district after the adoption of the present Constitution, whence the code practice of law dates. Prior to about the year 1850, Mr. Humphreville was a Democrat, and was elected to the above-mentioned offices by his Democratic constituents, among whom he was a leader. But when the rebellion of the Slave States became inevitable, he joined the Republican party. and as a member of that party represented this Senatorial district in the General Assembly of Ohio for the period of three years, beginning in 1862. He was next elected a member of the third Constitutional Convention, which met in May, 1873. For some years, he has been a member of the Board of School Examiners for this county, and, at the time of his death, was at the Gazette office for the purpose of getting some examination cards printed. He spent considerable time during the past few months in writing a history of the bar of Medina Co., which he finished about two weeks ago, and which will appear in the forthcoming county history. Throughout his whole life, he has been a faithful and persistent worker. As a public officer, he faithfully discharged his trust ; as a lawyer he was honest and upright and an honor to his profession, and as a neighbor and citizen he was always genial and kind to all, and a man in the true sense of the word."