BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 275 1858. Returning to Norwalk he was admitted to the Bar, at once commenced practice and remained alone until 1877. From 1867 to 1871 he was prosecuting attorney. His first partnership was with the Honorable Samuel A. Wildman, now judge of the Court of Common Pleas. This partnership continued until the spring of 1881, when he was elected judge of the Common Pleas. He served on the Bench until 1886, when he resigned to become a candidate for Congress. He was elected that year and re-elected two years later, serving as a member of the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses. At the expiration of his second term he resumed practice in partnership with his son, Louis W. Wickham. at Norwalk, which partnership is in existence at this time. On the 1st of January, 1897, he established an office in Sandusky, forming a partnership with W. E. Guerin, Jr., the firm now being Wickham, Guerin & French. His practice is general in its character and is most extensive in scope, embracing all the courts and reaching into all the counties of northern Ohio. He is engaged on one side or the other of many of the leading cases that have been tried in this part of the State. Mr. Wickham is a lawyer of great force and possesses marked ability. As a trial lawyer he occupied first rank in his profession. Gentle and kind in his nature, honorable in his dealings, he is greatly beloved by his friends and enjoys the respect and confidence of the profession, as well as the people of his native town and county. In September, 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was mustered out of service in 1865, at the close of the civil war, as lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment. For a time he was attached to the Army of the Potomac and was engaged in many of its most heated battles. He was afterwards with the Army of the Cumberland, and later with Sherman in Georgia, and with him also in his march to the sea and northward in the Carolina campaigns. While major he was brevetted lieutenant colonel by President Lincoln, his commission reading " For gallant and meritorious service in the Carolinas." In 1860 Judge Wickham married Emma J. Wildman, a sister of Judge Wildman, his old law partner, and by this union nine children have been born, six of whom are living—four sons and two daughters. JOSEPH R. JOHNSTON, Youngstown. Honorable Joseph R. Johnston was born in Jackson township, Mahoning county, Ohio, September 12, 1840. He is of Scotch-Irish descent, some of his ancestors having been prominent in the affairs of Scotland both in matters of church and state. On coming to this country they settled in Pennsylvania, and in 1811 the branch from which he is directly descended came from Westmoreland county, now Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, to what is now Mahoning county, Ohio. The other branches of the family removed to the South. A prominent member of the family was General Albert Sidney Johnston, whose death at Shiloh terminated what gave promise of being a remarkably brilliant military career. General Joseph E. Johnston was also a distant relative. The father and 276 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. mother of Judge Johnston met and married in Mahoning county. He was brought up on the farm and acquired the rudiments of an education at the public schools, afterwards attending the academy at Canfield, and still later the academy at Jackson. He was about completing his course at the latter academy when the war broke out in 1861, which so aroused his patriotism that be at once relinquished all further thought of study, threw up his books and enlisted in Company E of the Second Ohio Cayalry. He served over three years in the war, bearing all the hardships and dangers heroically and uncomplainingly, contented to make any sacrifice and endure all privations for the cause in which his heart as well as his services were enlisted. It was not thought of fame or of promotion to be gained that actuated him ; he cared little or nothing for these ; he was moved by the deepest sentiments of loyalty to his country and devotion to the cause of freedom. These were his incentives, and these were the motives that impressed him to abandon everything else with the determined purpose of giving all his aid and strength to the cause until victory was achieved. He served the greater part of the time with the army of the frontier and with the army of the Missouri. During the last eighteen months of the war he was in the Twenty-fifth Ohio Battery as second lieutenant. During a part of his service, for some months, he was brigade adjutant, and throughout the entire service displayed great tenacity of purpose, determination, firmness and courage. He was mustered out in September, 1864, and in October of-the same year returned to Canfield, and at once commenced the reading of law with Judge Giles Van Hyning. He was admitted to the Bar September 12, 1866. Be was immediately elected judge of the Probate Court for Mahoning county, to which office he was re-elected, serving until 1873. He then formed a partnership with his former preceptor, Judge Van Hyning, which lasted until the death of the latter in 1884. He then continued the practice alone until 1886, when he was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas. At the expiration of his term he was re-elected, and thus served ten years upon the Bench, retiring in 1897, when he resumed the law practice in Youngstown. In 1875 he was elected to the Ohio Senate and re-elected in 1877, serving two terms terminating in 1879. In the Senate he was a patient and hard working member of the judiciary committee, and gave invaluable aid during the codification of the Ohio laws, which took place at that time. He prepared and introduced the "limited partnership laws" which now adorn the statute books of Ohio. He did not, however, have the pleasure of seeing those become law during his term in the Senate, as they failed of passage upon the first effort. They were afterwards taken up and passed. Judge Johnston was one of the incorporators of the Northeastern Ohio Normal College at a prominent and flourishing educational institution which he aided materially by his services and otherwise in its growth and success, and of which he was for many years trustee. He has for the past two years filled the office of judge adyocate of the Department of Ohio for the Grand Army of the Republic. He is quite conspicuous in all Grand Army matters, and earnestly co-operates in all movements that are formulated for BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 277 what he believes to be for the best interests of the old soldiers. During the ten years as judge of the Common Pleas Court he was called upon to try many cases of more than average importance, both in criminal and ciyil suits, and it is a noticeable fact that his decisions were invariably sustained by the Supreme Court. This may be attributed to some extent to his painstaking, careful habit of thought. He never spares himself ; is more than industrious, persists in getting to the bottom of facts and evidence, and then exhausts the authorities bearing upon the case. He possesses a quick perception of the application of precedents and is logical and sound in his reasoning. His decisions were always received by the Bar with the utmost respect. They were recognized as well considered, fairly arrived at, and honestly given. As a lawyer he exhibits all the characteristics of industry and caution in the preparation of his cases, and in court he is strong and convincing in his argument, besides being very quick to observe a weakness upon the other side and prompt to secure an advantage. He is a good lawyer and a safe counsellor. In politics he is a Republican, and, to be accurate, it should be said a partisan. He believes in the principles of that party and considers it the duty of each and every one of its members to abide by the decisions of the properly authorized bodies within the party, to the end that the fundamental principles shall be maintained. He is an active worker and gives his help whenever and where-eyer he thinks he can do the most good. He is a popular citizen, universally regarded for his courage and his honesty. He never evades a duty or a responsibility, but is frank and straightforward, possessing to a rare extent the "courage of his convictions." In 1873, in company with Colonel J. M. Nash and others, he founded the Youngstown Tribune, a Republican paper, with which he retained his connection for a number of years. By various consolidations and changes it has now become the Telegram, a very influential and prominent Republican paper, published at Youngstown. He was married June 9, 1868, with Miss Mary S. Hartzell, of North Benton, Mahoning county. They had one child, a boy, born to them in 1870, but he did not survive more than a few months. Mrs. Johnston's ancestors were among the very earliest settlers of this part of the State, and the family have attained a great prominence both in professional and commercial circles. She is a graduate of Mount Union College, and is a lady of literary and scientific tastes and attainments. In loyalty and love of freedom she is in full sympathy with her distinguished husband, and is indefatigable in her efforts to promote in every way in her power the best interests of the men who fought for the Union. She has taken an important part in the auxilary of the Grand Army of the Republic known as the Women's Relief Corps, of which she is vice-president of the Department of Ohio, besides taking charge of the columns of the "Relief Corps Record," published at Urbana, which are deyoted to the affairs of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mrs. Johnston is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and is actiye and influential in movements of a charitable and moral character. 278 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. ALVIN C. VORIS, Akron. General A. C. Voris, who was born in Stark county Ohio, April 27, 1827, is now a citizen of Akron. As a jurist, a member of the Summit county Bar and an officer of distinction in the late civil war, he deserves a prominent place in the history of the State. He remained in the paternal home until he was eighteen years of age, when his desire for knowledge found its gratification. He gave a year to study at the Twinsburg Institute, and then spent two years more at Oberlin College, where he took an electiye course. Compelled to support himself, he found part of the means in teaching school during the winter months and giying several hours each day at the shoemaker's bench, a trade he. had learned while on the farm. In February, 1850, he made Akron his home, and his residence has been there ever since. He was appointed a deputy clerk in the Common Pleas Court, holding the place for two years. In February, 1852, the first Probate Judge elected in Summit county under the new Constitution being too ill to visit his office, young Voris was made his deputy and held the position until the death of the judge, in August following. The entire business of the office was thrown upon him. That he performed his duties well and devised proper means for doing the business of the office and keeping its records, is attested by the fact that his methods have since been followed. His official acts as judge were never legally questioned. Meanwhile he had kept steadily in mind the purpose of devoting himself to the law and had lost no opportunity of gaining knowledge in that direction. Ile studied faithfully, and having a legal mind was able to learn much from the surroundings in which he was placed. His preceptor was General L. V. Bierce, with whom he formed a partnership upon his admission to the Bar In June, 1853, under the firm name of Bierce & Voris. In 1869 he was elected to represent Summit county in the State legislature, where he soon took. rank as a leader. He gave himself to the solid business of legislation and was one who could be counted on to be present and who knew the meaning and purpose of each measure before the assembly. Although young he was counted, eyen then, as one of the strong men of the body. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteers, was appointed by Governor Dennison a second lieutenant and detailed by the recruiting service. He was mustered into the volunteer service on the 2nd of October following for the organization of a regiment, of which he became lieutenant colonel. This regiment went into the field in western Virginia January 19, 1862. On March 16th, he was made commanding officer of the regiment and on the evening of the 22nd of the same month he led it into its first fight against a reconnoisance of Stonewall Jackson before Winchester, which was, in fact, the opening of the first battle of Winchester, one of the hardest fought infantry battles of the war. Colonel Voris was promoted to the colonelcy of this regiment (the Sixty-seventh Ohio). On the day of his promotion he received a severe wound in the assault on Fort Wagoner, which compelled him to go North. Two months later he reported for duty. In January, 1863, he was transferred to the Department of the South, where he participated in the siege of Charleston. In the spring of 1864 BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 279 he was assigned with his regiment in the army of Virginia, with which he was identified until the close of the war. On April 2, 1865, he led the charge on Fort Gregg, at Petersburg, and after having been in the ditch of the fort up to his neck in mud and water for nearly half an hour, he climbed up on its walls by the aid of a ladder made of guns with bayonets thrust into the walls and was the first Union officer in the fort. This was the last Confederate fort taken by storm around Petersburg and Richmond. At Appomattox he was in the fight at the last ditch and was wounded in the left arm by a fragment of shell. For his splendid military services ColoneI Voris was brevetted a brigadier general in 1864 and in 1865 -made brevet major general of volunteers "for distinguished services in the field." At the close of the war he was assigned to the command of the military district of South Anne, Virginia: Here he rendered valuable services and displayed remarkable executiye ability. He was mustered out in December, 1865; returned to his home in Akron, and resumed the practice of law. In the spring of 1873 he was elected a delegate from the Akron district to the Ohio constitutional convention and was one .of its most efficient members. He was a member of the committee on rules and thus was instrumental in shaping the work of the body. He served also on the committees on apportionment, representation and corporations other than municipal, under the permanent organization of the convention. Evidence of his usefulness may be found in the records of the convention. General Voris was identified with much of the important litigation in Summit and neighboring counties. He is an orator of great force and a lawyer of recognized ability. In the fall of 1890 he was elected judge of the court of Common Pleas, and served with marked ability for one term. On retiring from the Bench in the winter of 1896 Judge Voris did not again enter into general practice, but has confined his practice to consultation and the direction of special important litigation. In politics he is an ardent Republican, but is too fair-minded and patriotic to allow partisanship to warp his judgment. He is an earnest adyocate of protection and has made many campaign speeches in favor of that policy. He is well read in law, history and general literature, and loves books. He is a model citizen and does all that lies in his power to advance the interest and welfare of his city, State and country. September 21, 1853, he married Lydia Allyn, and of the union were born E. F. Voris, who is a member of the Akron Bar, and a daughter, who is the wife of Charles Baird, Esq., also a member of the Akron Bar. March, 16, 1876, Mrs. Voris died, and in February, 1882, General Voris married Mrs. Lizzie H. Keller, his present wife. There are no children by this union. CHARLES A. HARRINGTON, Warren. Charles Adams Harrington is a native of Trumbull county, Ohio, having been born in Greene township, on June 16, 1824. The family is of sturdy New England stock. His father, William Harrington, was a native of Brookfield, Vermont, while his mother, who 280 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. before her marriage wad Helena Bascom, was from Massachusetts. Early in life William had been bound out as an apprentice, but he,bought his time and went to try his fortunes in Canada. At the outbreak of the war of 1812 he immediately returned to the United States, and in March, 1817, he came to Trumbull county, bringing his mother with him. In Greene township he bought some land, built a log house and settled down to clearing the farm for cultivation. his mother kept house for him until 1821, when he married. He took quite a prominent part in the affairs of the county and acted as justice of the peace, making an efficient and upright magistrate. He died in 1885 at the ripe old age of ninety-one. His son Charles A. spent his early years upon the farm. He was a hard working, thoughtful boy of an industrious nature, and determined to secure the best education that was possible. While working on the farm he attended the public schools and afterward took a course at the Grand Riyer Institute at Austinburg. He subsequently entered Oberlin College, where the rules at that time made a course in Hebrew extending over a period of a year and a half necessary before a student could graduate. Not being willing to spend so much time upon a study that did not seem to him to be essential, he left before graduating and returned to Greene township. The college authorities afterward rescinded this rule and invited him to come back, but other occupations had then gained his attention, and he declined to return. At this time he had entered upon a career as a school teacher, at the same time attending to the farm. In 1845 he established a select school in his native community, and subsequently increased the number of these, employing able and efficient assistance, but keeping all under his direct personal superyision. They proved a decided success, and were continued by him for several years. During all the time he had been applying himself to the study of law with a view of entering the profession, and in 1846 he commenced reading law in the office of Crowell & Abell, of Warren. He was admitted to the Bar in 1848. He continued his schools in Greene township, and at the same time practiced law. In 1860 he was elected to the office of clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Trumbull county, and at the expiration of his term was re-elected, retiring from the office in 1867. At this time President Andrew Johnson had appointed Alexander McConnell assessor of internal aevenue for the Nineteenth Ohio Congressional District, and the Senate had refused to confirm him. Under these circumstances the President consented to appoint an assessor upon the recommendation of the Republicans of the district, and Mr. Harrington was selected as their choice for the office. Up to this time he was entirely uninformed as to the intentions of the party representatives, and had no reason to suppose that his name would be brought forward. The honor was greatly enhanced from the fact that the office was one requiring not only great business sagacity, but called also for strong legal ability and the exercise of judicial functions. The nomination was made by the President and confirmed by the Senate, and in March, 1867, he assumed the duties of the assessorship, which he continued to hold until the office was abolished. In the winter following he went into the office of his friend, W. T. Spear, to assist BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 281 him. Two years later, in 1875, the law firm of Spear & Harrington was formed, and continued until the election of Mr. Spear to the Bench in 1878. From this time Mr. Harrington continued to practice alone. In 1880, he became associated with others in the organization of the Second National Bank of Warren. He was a member of its first board of directors, and has continued in the board ever since. Soon after its organization he was elected president of the bank. While continuing his law practice he at the same time had executive supervision of the affairs of the bank. In 1887 the cashier died, and, at the urgent request of his brother directors, Mr. Harrington consented to take the position. This demanded such close attention that he was compelled to retire from the active practice, and after a year or two he was able to withdraw almost entirely from the duties of the profession ; though to this day many of his old clients and friends are continually seeking his advice and counsel, which he willingly imparts where it may be done without encroaching upon his official duties. During his professional career, Mr. Harrington did his best to avoid appearing in criminal or divorce cases. It was not always possible to keep out of this line of practice, and when he did consent to try that kind of cases he rarely failed of success. In civil cases, when his sympathies and predilections were enlisted, the strongest lawyers and advocates in northeastern Ohio found in him an opponent who called all their resources into action. In the preparation of his cases he is diligent, painstaking and exact in every detail. his scrutiny is penetrating, and not a point of law or link of eyidence escapes his sagacious observation while its bearing or application upon the case involved is clearly exposed. His profound legal knowledge enables him to grasp the law in the case with great readiness, and his papers are models of careful industry, knowledge of the law and logical argument. He is exceptionally strong before the court, never permitting an important point to be lost sight of for a moment. He has the faculty of concentration in argument, and brings his facts before court and jury with apparently irresistible force. One of his prominent characteristics is to advise his client, when possible, to avoid litigation. He never permits them to go into court while there remains any possibility of effecting a settlement outside. He regards litigation as the last resort, and it has 'been his good fortune to compose many family differences that under less careful and kindly advice would have developed into lifetime antagonisms. As a counsellor he is exceedingly earnest, careful, judicious and wise, while his counsel is marked by kindliness and benevolence. In politics he is a Republican, firmly believing that the moral tone of the country, the greatest natural blessings, and the highest principles of good government are found in the principles of that party. In public, he has been identified all his life with moral and educational movements. Ile has been trustee of the Childrens' Home since its organization in 1890, and for more than twenty-five years he has been an active member and a good part of that time president of the board of education, covering a period when the greatest work had to be done in providing school buildings and educational facilities generally. A man of high principles and steadfast integrity, 282 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. he is respected and honored by the community. His life has been ennobled by constant effort for others, and he enjoys in his delightful home all that is purest and brightest in the memories and affections. With his wife, his daughter-in-law, the widow of his younger son, and their two little ones, his only grandchildren, he lives in an atmosphere of love. In 1848 Mr. Harrington was married to Miss Eliza Bascom, who died in February, 1892. They had two children, ChaCharles Frederickd Frank Wales. The elder son, when seventeen years of age, entered the army, and served until the close of the war. He was in the government service, surveying department, when he died, in October, 1871. He married Miss Skinner, of New York, but left no children. Frank Wales Harrington, the younger son, was a lawyer by profession. He was married to Miss Carrie L. Park in 1888. They had two children, Charles A., born September 1, 1887, and Priscilla Park, born July 31, 1889. October 7, 1893, Frank Wales Harrington died, after a protracted illness accompanied by great suffering, since which time his widow and two children have made their home with his father. On November 28, 1893, Charles Adams Harrington, the subject of this biography, was married to Miss Sophia M. Smith, a daughter of Honorable Charles W. Smith, who formerly was a member of the Trumbull county Bar, but afterwards moved to West Virginia, where he became exceedingly prominent in politics, and though a Republican his great personal popularity led to his election as judge. He was a great orator and a man of high attainments. Ile died in West Virginia in 1878. DUNCAN LIVINGSTON, Portsmouth. The subject of this biography is of Scotch lineage. Both of his parents were born in Argyleshire, Scotland, in the vicinity of Fort Williams. His father, mother and two uncles emigrated to America and loCated near WheWheelersburgn Scioto county, Ohio, ten miles from Portsmouth, where Duncan was born. He Was educated in the public schools of Scioto county, and his course of study did not extend beyond the academic branches. He began the study of law in Portsmouth, and completed his preparation for the Bar under the instruction of Captain N. W. Evans, his present partner. The relations were found to be not only advantageous from a business point of view, but so eminently satisfactory in other respects, that after a partnership association of twenty-five years, Captain Evans says it will be continued for life, unless Mr. Livingston accepts a position on the Bench. The two partners havhayeen friends during more than a quarter of a century, intimate in the relations and constant in their mutual attachment. Mr. Livingston has an aptitude for the law, both in acquiring an understanding of its principles and in the application of its principles to general practice in the courts. He is a very successful practitioner, and is aided by a very serseryiceablemory. This faculty in him is remarkable, covering not only that which is material in the report of a case which he has read, but what is technical, local and geographical. He is able to recall BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 283 at will the subject-matter, the title of the case and the volume in which it may be found. His mental index of the reports of important cases in the United States and England is about as complete and accurate as that which is printed in the volumes. He is extremely careful and cautious in forming his opinions, but when he deliberately reaches a conclusion his position is impregnable. His arguments in support of a conclusion are unanswerable. Duncan Livingston is regarded by members of the Bar, who have measured his ability and strength, as one of the best lawyers in his county, or even in the State. He enjoys in unlimited measure the confidence of the profession, and the esteem of all who know him in the community, and as a man he is true to his friends, courteous to his enemies, and the soul of honor in all things. GEORGE M. TUTTLE, Warren. Honorable George M. Tuttle was born in Litchfield county, Connecticut June 19, 1815. His father, Eri Tuttle, was a native of the same county, born in 1787. His grandfather was Jared Tuttle, also a native of Connecticut and a descendant of William Tuttle who, in 1635, came from England to America on the ship Planter, landed in Massachusetts, and after a brief residence there emigrated to the colony of New Haven, where he finally settled. Eri Tuttle married Miss Harriet Phillips, daughter of Samuel Phillips, and from this union were born one son and four daughters. In 1839 they removed with their family to Ashtabula county, Ohio, settling on a farm in Colebrook. George M. Tuttle received his rudimentary education at home and began attending school very early in life. Such was his aptitude that when only four years of age he was able to read in the Testament. He was of a studious nature and acquired habits and thoughts of reflection that have remained with him all through his life. At twenty years of age he commenced teaching school, and was so occupied for one winter in Connecticut and two seasons in Ontario county, New York, before reaching Ohio. He had, in the mean time, devoted himself to the study of the law, and with one interruption on account of ill health continued this study until 1841, when he was admitted to the Bar at Jefferson. In January, 1844, he removed to Warren and entered upon the practice of law there. At times he has practiced in partnership with lawyers of prominence and at other times he has practiced alone. In 1882 he formed a law partnership with his son-in-law, Charles Fillius, which still continues. In February, 1867, he was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas and remained on the Bench a few weeks short of his full term of five years, when he resigned to enter a partnership in the practice. He was a prominent member of the Constitutional Convention of 1873, and conspicuous in its deliberations. In politics he was originally a Democrat, but in 1848 joined the Free-soil movement, and upon the organization of the Republican party joined its ranks and has ever since been a consistent supporter of its doctrines. In January, 1841, he married with Miss Emily Lee, who became the mother of one daughter, Harriet, now the wife of 284 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. Ira N. Noland. On November 23, 1852, he married his second wife, Julia Adeline Sullivan, a native of New York State, whose father, Jere Sullivan, was was born in Rhode Island. His father, Peleg Sullivan, as a son of Humphrey Sulliyan, a sea-faring man of Rhode Island, of Irish descent, The Mother of Mrs. Tuttle was, before marriage, Margaret Pierce, who was a native of England. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have five children : 'George Phillips, of Warren ; Mary Sutliff, who was married with Charles Fillius ; John Milton, now at home ; William Ellsworth, a member of the Bar, who is at home ; and Charles Ward, who is in business in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It is now about fifty-four years since Mr. Tuttle became identified with the Warren Bar, and fifty-seven years since he was admitted to practice. During this long period he has been associated in the trial of cases, as lawyer and judge, with some of the very foremost lawyers of the country. His local prominence has brought him into most of the more important cases that have come before the courts of his section for more than half a century, and either with him or against him have been Rufus P. Ranney, Benjamin F. Wade, Milton Sutliff, Joshua R. Giddings, Peter Hitchcock, Matthew Birchard and a host of other celebrated lawyers that have now passed over to the other side. In great contests, where the brightest minds have been engaged, Mr. Tuttle has performed his part and has always been an important and powerful factor. Judge Tuttle and Judge Milton Sutliff, as partners, were indeed most formidable antagonists in any case. Upon the Bench Judge Tuttle was always a close reasoner, careful in reviewing testimony and deliberate in arriying at his conclusions. He was fair, just and rfirm, and could not be swayed or moved one particle when his decision had been reached. As a lawyer he is great in the preparation of his cases as well as in the trial of them. He exercises unusual caution ; no point in the eyidence escapes his attention, nor does the law applicable to it. He is singularly sagacious and quick to seize the weak point in his opponent's case. He neyer permits the wasting of strength on what is immaterial, but concentrates his energies to the utmost. In argument he is clear, cutting, logical and concise, and holds the interested attention of the court as profoundly as that of the jury. As a man, he is kind-hearted, sincere in his friendships, loyal to his party, and true as steel to the interests of his clients. Throughout his life he has been a student, a great reader and deep thinker. So intense has this reflective habit become and so strong the power of concentration of thought developed in him that there are few problems either of law or philosophy whose solution he would not work out. He is not only well acquainted with and deeply read in the authorities of the law, but he is a mathematician of high order, a wide reader of current literature and a scholar of broad attainments. BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 283 MYRON R. KEITH, Cleyeland. The subject of this memoir was born in Winfield, Herkimer county, New York, in March 1819, and was a son of Colonel Ansel Keith. His education was obtained in the public schools and Oneida Institute. When a youth he came West and settled at Elyria, Ohio, whence in 1637 he removed to Cleveland. Shortly afterwards he was appointed a deputy under the Honorable Harvey Rice, clerk of Cuyahoga county. Subsequently he studied law with Edward Wade ; was admitted to the Bar in 1842, and began practice with Mr. Rice as his senior partner. This association continued until 1847, when Mr. Keith returned to Elyria, where he was appointed clerk of the Common Pleas and Superior Courts for Lorain county. In 1852 he resigned, returned to Cleveland and resumed practice, in which he actively engaged until ill health compelled his retirement ; but he continued to act as counsel for clients whose business he had transacted .for years. In 1867 he was appointed registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy for the Northern District of Ohio, which office he held until the law was repealed in 1878. Mr. Keith was a counsellor rather than a pleader before a jury. He was a man of sound judgment, deep learning and great carefulness. For years before his death he was the legal adviser of executors controlling vast estates. As a drawer of legal papers he had few equals. He was the attorney of the Standard Oil Company, whose charter he drew many years ago. He also drew the articles which created and organized what is commonly known as the " Standard Trust." The will of the late W. J. Gordon, of Cleveland, was a remarkable legal document of its kind, and brought spontaneously from the profession praises of Mr. Keith's shrewdness and ability as soon as it was made public. Mr. Keith was a Republican in politics and during the rebellion lre was chairman of the Cuyahoga county central committee. In 1844 he married Miss Mary L. Beebe, of Lorain, who survives him. Two daughters are the living issue of this marriage: Mrs. Minnie Yergest, of Logan, and Mrs. Frances Hallowell, of Cleveland. Among the marked traits of Mr. Keith was his ability to inspire confidence, which resulted not only in the acceptance of large trusts and responsibilities, but also drew to him many warm friends. Mr. Keith was a sufferer. for years from the disease to which he finally succumbed August 7, 1893. JOHN W. HEISLEY, Cleveland. The late John Wesley Heisley was born at Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1824, the son of John and Elizabeth Heisley, who were of German descent. His youth and early manhood were passed at his birthplace, where he had the educational advantages of the public schools, after which he entered Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1848. Haying selected the law he at once began its studies, after graduation, at his native town, where he was admitted to practice in April, 1849. He immediately opened an office and soon found a flattering clientage for so young a practitioner, and a busi- 286 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. ness fairly remunerative. In April, 1851, he married Miss Elizabeth Keller, of Williamsport. He removed to Cleveland in 1854, where his earnest devotion to business inspired confidence and soon gave him a tine practice and position as one of the prominent leading lawyers in northern Ohio, a position he retained until his death. Mr. Ileisley spoke German almost as fluently as he did English, which gave him a large German-speaking clientage. He entered heartily into political affairs, and soon had great influence as a leader in the local Democratic party. As early as 1857 his party nominated him for city attorney and elected him, a position he occupied for two years, performing his duties with honor to himself and to the advantage of the public. He was placed before the Democratic State Convention at Columbus in 1877 as Cuyahoga's candidate for governor, and received a large vote. In 1883 he received a similar compliment from his party. Without any solicitation on his part his name was presented at that time to the Democratic State Convention as a candidate for judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He again failed of nomination, but received nearly half the votes of the convention. Local and accidental reasons seemed to determine the choice. In 1871 Judge Ileisley formed a partnership with his brother, William Heisley, who was some ten years his junior, and Mr. Arnold Green, who had been a student of William Heisley, under the name of Heisleys & Green. In 1872 Mr. Green dropped out of the firm, which became in name Heisley & Heisley and continued until 1874, when P. F. Young was taken into partnership, and the firm name became Heisleys & Young for a short time. After practicing at the Bar of Cuyahoga for twenty-nine years with marked success Mr. Heisley was elected judge of the Common Pleas in 1883. Prominent among Judge Heisley's qualifications may be mentioned the long, varied and successful experience as a nisi prius practitioner. It has been written of him as .a judge that one of his rare qualities was the ignoring of all mere forms and ceremonies without the sacrifice of real official dignity. In a marked and unusual degree he carried into all his judicial labors and intercourse that genial spirit of good-fellowship and spontaneous kindness which made him universally approachable and always familiar, without the suspicion of partiality. Prompt, systematic and expeditious in the dispatch of business, tolerant of argument if relevant, quick to grasp the points of a controversy, cautious, patient and thorough, he certainly fulfilled on the Bench the expectations of those who knew him best and longest. When the Cleveland Bar Association was formed in March, 1873, Judge Heisley became one of its vice-presidents. He died after a long illness, May 17, 1893, at Pasadena, California, whither he had gone in hopes of regaining his health. His widow is still liying with her son, Samuel K. Heisley, who is in business in Cleveland. Another son, Ecko M. Heisley, is a prominent member of the Cleveland Bar. A daughter is the wife of Dr. Joseph E. Cook, of Cleveland. A quotation from the Rev. Mr. Hartman fitly closes this memoir : " Judge Heisley was a well rounded man of general information, broad judgment and wise counsel. As a lawyer he was a peer of peers. As a citizen he was one of the leading. On the BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 287 Bench be stood conspicuous. As a husband and father he was kind and loving. As a Christian he stood fearless in his faith. As a friend he was beloved by all. He was a man who will be universally remembered." WILLIAM C. McFARLAND, Cleveland. W. C. McFarland was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1838. His father, John McFarland, a farmer, and his mother, Eliza McCombs, were of Scotch descent. His grandfather came to this country from the North of Ireland just after the close of the Revolution, about 1790, and settled in the western part of Pennsylvania, acquiring a large tract of land in the Mahoning Valley, the west line of which was the east line of the Northwest Territory, afterwards Ohio. He was a direct descendant from the Scotch Macfarlane Clan, the larger part of which settled in the North of Ireland about 1650. The grandfather was born there and educated in Trinity College, Dublin, coming immediately afterwards to this country and settling in Pennsylyania, as hereinbefore stated. The McCombs were of Scotch ancestry, and they also settled in Western Pennsylvania. The mother's branch of the family came to Ohio about 1820. The paternal lineage of William C. McFarland is traced to his ancestors of the Macfarlane Clan, whose territory in Scotland bordered on the northwest shore of Loch Lomond, and where the ruins of the Macfarlane castle stand on the Banks of the Loch Sloy. The orthography of the name has changed considerably. The Scotch was originally Macfarlane, " Mac" in the highland tongue meaning "son of." The early education of Mr. McFarland was received at the Poland Academy. Afterwards he entered Westminster College, leaving in 1859, in his junior year. During his attendance at college he determined upon law as his profession, and while there read Blackstone. After leaving college he went to Kentucky, where he taught school until the beginning of the war in 1861. He then returned to his home in Pennsylvania and would have entered the army, but ill health prevented. About that time he went to Cleveland and entered the Ohio State and Union Law College, taking his degree of LL. B. in 1862. Immediately afterwards he commenced to practice his profession, but there was little business, owing to the excitement incident to the war—not enough even to occupy the time of the older lawyers—so he accepted a position in the quartermaster's department, and was stationed at Nashville, Tennessee, for about a year. Resigning from the military service he returned to Cleveland, and in the fall of 1863 formed a partnership with Judge J. P. Bishop under the firm name of Bishop & McFarland, afterwards Bishop, Knight & McFarland. In 1875 he formed another partnership with Lyman R. Critch field, under the firm name of Critchfield & McFarland; but this continued only one year, and since it was dissolved he has continued in the practice alone. His practice has been general, but in the later years confined largely to corporation law. Mr. McFarland has the confidence and respect of the Bench and Bar, and stands high as a man. In the profession he 288 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. has the reputation of being careful and painstaking in all his work, displaying great industry and care in the preparation of his cases. He also conducts the trial of them with great facility and cleverness. In the examination of witnesses he excels. He is quick in measuring a witness, artful and ingenious in drawing out his testimony. He has been very successful as a practitioner, has a good clientage, and has accumulated a competency by means of his practice. In politics he has always been a Republican, taking an active interest in all political questions. The only office he has eyer held is that of representatiye in the State Legislature, to which he was elected in 1871. He served one term and was not a candidate for re-election. Mr. McFarland has never married. JOHN H. WEBSTER, Cleveland. John Howard Webster was born at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the 8th day of November, 1846. His father, John Webster, came to' Ohio in 1850, settling in Cleveland, where he was actively engaged in business until 1868, being one of the city's leading manufacturers. Mr. Webster is a fourth cousin of Daniel Webster. The Websters are descendants of Thomas Webster, who came over in the Mayflower, settling in New Hampshire as early as 1836. Daniel Webster in his autobiography says : " The family is no doubt originally from Scotland, although I have not been able to learn how far back any Scotch accent was found lingering on our tongue. Probably enough the emigrants may have come last from England. 'The characteristics of the personal appearance of the Websters are pretty 'strongly marked and very generally found with all who bear the name in New England." His mother, Sarah B. Perry, was also of a noted New England family, from York county, Maine, of Scotch-Irish descent. Her ancestors came to this country shortly after the Revolutionary War, settling at Limerick, York county, Maine, on what was then known as part of the Hampshire grant, in the extreme eastern part of New Hampshire. Young Webster's early education was in a private school, where he was prepared for college, graduating from the high school in 1864. He at once entered Yale College, and upon completing the course was graduated with honors in the class of 1868. Returning to Cleveland he at once entered the office of James Mason, who was at that time general counsel of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, and commenced the study of law, and in June, 1870, was admitted to the Bar. Immediately he commenced the practice of law and was alone until 1884, when he formed his present partnership with E. A. Angell, under the firm name of Webster & Angell, the firm now being Webster, Angell &Cook. His practice has always been general in its nature. He has, 'however, large business interests outside of his profession which require much of his attention. Notwithstanding the great demands of his profession and 'business interests, he has found time to aid in the promotion of educational institutions, which haye gone far toward. establishing a reputation for Cleyeland as an educational center in Ohio. He was one of the original organizers BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 289 and promoters of the Cleyeland Manual Training School, and was for six years its treasurer and chairman of the executive committee, and until the institution was turned over to the city of Cleveland and became a part of the city's general school system. He was also one of the organizers of the University School of the city of Cleveland, and one of the trustees of the school which is to-day recognized as the best preparatory school in the West. Mr. Webster helped to organize the Yale Alumni of northern Ohio, and was for thirteen years actiyely identified with its management, and for two years its president. He is a man of great force and energy. There is a heartiness and enthusiasm about his work which makes his undertakings successful. He is a lawyer of ability and a man of high moral character, having a large circle of friends and admirers. His father was a noted abolitionist, who, before the war, and until the emancipation of the slaves, maintained one of the underground railroad stations. He is politically a Republican in his convictions, but he has neyer held political office. In 1870 Mr. Webster married Helen Curtis, of Stratford, Connecticut, and they have three children, two sons and one daughter. The oldest, Paul Wentworth, is a mining engineer, now practicing his profession at Coolgardie, West Australia ; the second son, Harold Curtis, is a law student in his father's office ; and. the daughter, Jean Howard, is a charming young lady. WILLIAM B. BOLTON, Cleveland. The subject of this sketch was born in New Haven, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1853. His father, John Bolton, a teacher by profession, is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He removed to Pennsylvania, where his son was born, and later to Ohio. He is now a professor in the West High School at Cleveland. The Boltons are of English extraction. His great-grandfather, John Bolton, was an officer in the Reyolutionary War, and the grandfather, of the same name, was an officer in the navy during the war of 1812. His mother, Martha Russell McCune, is Of Scotch-Irish descent, a native of Pennsylvania, where her ancestors settled prior to the Revolutionary War. Young Bolton's education was obtained at Portsmouth, Ohio. Passing through all the grades in the grammar school, he entered the high school, from which he was graduated in 1871. He then became a clerk in Judge Thompson's office, the Probate Judge of Scioto county, He retained this position until 1873, when he removed to Cleyeland and entered the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad, holding a clerical position for two years. Having determined upon law as a profession, in 1876 he entered the office of Ingersoll & Williamson and began his studies. This firm, having a large amount of trust business which required Mr. Bolton's attention, he did not feel the necessity of admission to the Bar until 1881. In 1880 Samuel E. Williamson became judge of the Court of Common Pleas, resigning that office in 1882 to accept the position of general solicitor for the Nickel Plate Railroad, the subject of this sketch at the same time accepting the assistant gen- 290 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. eral solicitorship of the road. Later, under the reorganization of the company, he became the assistant general counsel. In 1890 he resigned to accept the position of general counsel for the Brush Electric Company, which position he now holds. Mr. Bolton's practice has been confined almost exclusiyely to corporation business, in which line he has had a large and varied experience. He has also had an extensiye experience in the litigation carried on upon behalf of the Brush Company in actions involving the validity of the various electrical patents for inventions made by Mr. Brush and others. He is a lawyer of ability, a close student, and his opinions in corporation matters are highly regarded. Politically a Republican, always interested in National and State politics, yet he has never Mg or sought office. In 1883 Mr. Bolton married Lilyon Beckett Beamer, and by this union there is one son, John Donald, born February 12, 1885. HARVEY D. GOULDER, Cleveland. Harvey D. Goulder was born in Cleveland on the 7th day of May, 1853. His father, Christopher B. Goulder, was one of the pioneer captains on the great lakes, the master of a vessel over sixty years ago. Born in England he came to the United States in the early thirties, settling first in Detroit and afterwards removing to Cleveland, where he resided until his death. His mother, Barbara Freeland, was a native of Scotland, and when a child came with her parents to this country, settled first in New York State and about sixty years ago came to Cleveland. Young Goulder's education was obtained in the public .schools of Cleveland and he was graduated from the Central High School in 1869, at the age of sixteen. During his school days his summers were spent sailing on the lakes. After leaving school, haying determined to study law, he entered the law office of Tyler & Dennison and for three years read law, and the remainder of the year served as ship's mate on the lakes. When nineteen years old Judge Tyler advised him to give up navigation, as he by this time had a thorough knowledge of sailing, and, being too young to be admitted to the Bar, he accepted a position as entry clerk in the wholesale house of Alcott, Horton & Co. Here he remained two years. He then entered the office of the late John E. Cary, the great admiralty lawyer of the lakes, and continued his studies with Mr. Cary until the latter's death in 1874. In the spring of 1875 he took his examination and was admitted to practice. He at once opened an office and practiced alone for considerable time. Later he formed two partnerships, but they were purely experimental and lasted only a short time. Ile was then alone until January, 1893, when the present partnership with Samuel H. Holding, under the firm name of Goulder & Holding, was formed. While he has at all times enjoyed an active general practice, he is better known as an admiralty lawyer. The firm no doubt has the largest admiralty practice of any firm located anywhere in the lake region of this country. They are employed on one side or the other of almost every important case. He has successfully fought every effort made by the railroads to bridge the Detroit riyer, and has BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 291 clearly demonstrated that it is practicable to tunnel the river. He is the general counsel for the Lake Carriers' Association and one of the leading spirits in its work. Mr. Goulder is a director in a number of transportation, financial and mining companies. He is a representative citizen, taking great pride in his native city, and is always ready and willing to take an active interest in anything that will tend to promote its good and welfare. He is a director of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and a member and chairman of some of its most important committees. In politics he is a Republican, but has never held office. In 1878 Mr. Goulder married Mary F. Rankin, daughter of Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D., president of Howard University. There are no children by this union. ALFRED KELLEY, 1789-1859. The history of the State of Ohio, and par ticularly the Western Reserve, presents few equals and no superiors to the Honorable Alfred Kelley, in strength and integrity of character and versatility of achievement. He proved himself the equal of his distinguished ancestors. His great-great-grandfather, Joseph Kelley, was one of the first settlers of Norwich, Connecticut, whence his great-grandfather, Joseph Kelley II., removed to Vermont at an advanced age, and died in 1814. Daniel Kelley, the grandfather of Alfred, was born and brought up in Norwich, where Daniel Kelley H., Alfred's father, was born, November 27, 1755. Daniel Kelley II. was married January 28, 1787, to Jemima Stow, a daughter of Elihu Stow, and a sister of two prominent judges, Joshua and Silas Stow, of Lowville New York. Alfred was one of a family of six sons, and was born in Middletown, Connectrcut, November 7, 1789. When he was nine years of age the family moved to Lowville, New York, where his father was principal judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lewis county, and also one of the founders of Lowville, Academy and president of its board of trustees. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, subsequently, where Daniel Kelly served as president of the village from 1816 to 1819. He was one of the incorporators of the "Cleveland Pier Company ;" was the fourth postmaster of Cleveland, and died August 7, 1831. Alfred Kelley received his education in the academy at Fairfield, New York, and read law at Whitesborough with Jonas Platt, one of the judges of the Supreme Court. In the spring of 1810, with Joshua Stow, his uncle, and some others, he made the journey to Cleveland on horseback. His arrival was most fortunate for him as well as for Cuyahoga county, whose courts had just been organized. Although there was one lawyer in Cleveland at that time, he had never entered upon active practice, so it may be claimed Mr. Kelley was the first lawyer of the village. On the 7th of the following November, the twenty-first anniversary of his birth, he was admitted to practice on motion of Peter Hitchcock, of Geauga county, prosecuting attorney, whom he was immediately appointed to succeed. He held this office until 1821, when he declined further appointment. The first Monday of June, 1815, Mr. Kelley was unanimously elected the first president of " Cleveland's first village official staff," 292 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. a position from which he resigned, being succeeded by his father, within a year. As prosecuting attorney he brought to trial and convicted John O'Mic, an Indian, the first person tried for murder and executed in Cuyahoga county. The Indian was ably defended by Peter Hitchcock. In August, 1816, Mr. Kelley was elected president of the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie, the first bank established in Cleveland. It failed in 1820 ; was reorganized in 1832, and resumed business after paying off its liabilities, consisting of less than $10,000, due the treasurer of the United States. In 1814 he was elected representative in the State legislature, and was the youngest member of that body. He continued to represent Cuyahoga county at intervals until 1822, when he was appointed one of the canal commissioners. As early as 1820 there was some legislation in Ohio on the subject of joining Lake Erie and the Ohio river by a canal, and on the 31st day of January, 1822, an act was passed authorizing the appointment of a commission to examine into the feasibility of the project. The act named the commissioners. Alfred Kelley was supervising commissioner during its construction, performing his duty with such fidelity and economy that the actual cost did not exceed the estimate. The dimensions of the Ohio canal were the same as those of the Erie canal of New York, but had almost double the number of locks, and yet the Erie canal cost $19,679 per mile. The Ohio canal cost $15,300 per mile, being less than that of any other canal constructed on this continent. The work was finished about 1830. The labor, for want of adequate facilities, was onerous, but Mr. Kelley's indomitable will and iron constitution overcame all obstacles. He neither charged nor received pay for his first year's services, and received only three dollars a day for the remainder of the time ! During the construction of the canal Mr. Kelley moved to Akron, and later to Columbus, where he resided the remainder of his life. The eight years he had devoted to the exacting duties of canal commissioner told heavily upon his health. When the work was completed he resigned, and retired to private life. In 1836, however, he was elected to the State legislature from Franklin county, and was his own success or for two following terms. In the presidential campaign of 1840, Mr. Kelley was chairman of the Whig State central committee. The same year he was appointed State Fund commissioner, where he displayed his accustomed force and integrity. Ohio, like most of her sister States, was tempted to be dishonest, but thanks to Alfred Kelley she did not yield to the temptation. A strong faction in the legislature in 1841 and 1842 advocated the non-payment of the interest accruing upon the State debt, and even the repudiation of the debt itself. Mr. Kelley, feeling keenly the impending disgrace to his State, went to New York and succeeded in obtaining a loan of nearly a quarter of a million dollars on his own personal security. With this the interest on the State debt was paid when due. He was one of a committee of three that adjusted the matter and saved the State's credit. Mr. Kelley was elected to the State Senate in 1844. While senator he drafted the bill to organize the State Bank of Ohio, and other banking companies, which was almost universally conceded to be the best banking law then known in American legislation. While in the House, in 1818, Mr. BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 293 Kelley was the author of the first bill. to abolish imprisonment for debt ever presented to a legislative body. It did not become a law, but he clearly foresaw that sooner or later justice would demand such a measure. In a letter to a friend he said : " The time will come when the absurdity as well as the inhumanity of adding oppression to misfortune will be acknowledged." Mr. Kelley became president of the Columbus & Xenia Railroad at the close of his senatorial term, to which he devoted his energy and influence until it was completed. In 1847 he accepted the presidency of the Cleveland and Cincinnati Railroad, and new life was instilled into the enterprise, which had languished for several years. Under his management it was completed in February, 1851. It is related that he dug the first wheelbarrow full of earth and dumped it to save the charter, by a show of work, on the right of way, and as a compliment he was allowed to lay the last rail. In 1848 Mr. Kelley became one of the projectors of the Cleyeland, Painesyille and Ashtabula Railroad, and in 1880 became its president. He resigned the presidency of these roads on their completion, but remained a member of their several directories until his death. Mr. Kelley was again a member of the Ohio senate in 1857. His physical strength was much impaired, but he attended the sessions and was influential in passing important laws—especially in relation to taxes. He died December 2, 1859, leaving behind him many valuable monuments of his patient, useful toil. He was married in 1817 to Mary S. Wells, of Lowville, New York, and eleven children were born of the union. SAMUEL HOWARD HOLDING, Cleveland. Mr. Holding was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1858. On his paternal side he is of English ancestry. The first of his ancestors in this country settled upon the eastern shore of Maryland about 1763. His grandfather removed to Smyrna, Delaware, where Mr. Ho father was born, who in 1854 removed to Philadelphia, in which city he subsequently became engaged in mercantile business. He died in 1865. His maternal ancestors were Scotch on one side and French Huguenots on the other, the former being among the early settlers of Baltimore, Maryland, and the latter being among the first of those exiles to settle in Virginia. Mr. Holding received a public school and academical education. In 1877 he commenced the study of law under the direction of Robert Emmett Monaghan, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and later in the office of Daniel Dougherty, of Philadelphia. He was admitted to the Bar March 11, 1880, and shortly thereafter came West to practice, locating in Cleveland, August 7, 1880, as attorney in the legal department of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company. He resigned his position October 1, 1886, and went to Cincinnati as member of the firm of Matthews, Holding & Greve. Withdrawing from this firm January 1; 1888, he again entered the legal department of the same railway as assistant general attorney. He remained with the company after its consolidation 294 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. under the name of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. On December 1, 1892, he was removed to Cincinnati, where the general offices were located, and resigned January 1, 1893, to form a partnership with Harvey D. Goulder, in Cleveland, under the present firm name, Goulder & Holding. During his connection with the railway company he engaged in the trial of cases throughout Ohio and Indiana, and since that time he has been a special attorney for the trial of cases for that company. The firm has a very large admiralty practice along the great lakes, besides business of a general nature. Mr. Holding is a Democrat, but never held office. He was a delegate to the National Convention at Chicago in 1896, but disagreed with the platform and was one of the first to withdraw from the conyention. He was one of the forty-five who determined upon the organization of the National Democratic party in the " Sound Money Conference" of Democrats from eleven States, which assembled at Chicago, July 23, 1896. He afterwards represented Ohio on the Provisional National Committee and is now State chairman of that party. WILLIAM L. McELROY, Mount Vernon. The subject of this biography was born near Froward, Ohio, October 6, 1865. His father, James R. McElroy, was of Scotch-Irish descent, and his Mother, Frances E. Mast, of German and Scotch lineage. He was reared on his father's farm, engaged in the usual farm work and attended the district schools until he was fourteen when he entered Butler University, at Irvington, Indiana. After remaining there one year he went thence to Bethany College, West Virginia, where he pursued the classical course, from which he was graduated, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, June 18, 1886. His scholarship entitled him to first honors of his class and to him was awarded the honor of delivering the Greek oration. Mr. McElroy, haying completed his scholastic education, returned to his home in Ohio and entered the law office of William M. Kuns, at Mount Vernon, under whose instruction he was fitted for the Bar. December 6, 1887, he was admitted by the commission of the Supreme Court at Columbus to practice in all the courts of the State. Immediately thereafter he opened an office and entered upon the practice in Mount Vernon. August 11, 1888, he was nominated in the Republican county convention for prosecuting attorney, and on the 6th of November following was elected, being the first Republican to hold that office for more than twenty years. Mr. McElroy has been successfully engaged in the practice continuously since his admission to the Bar, devoting himself to litigated cases. He studies his cases well and is widely informed in the law as well as general literature. He takes an active interest in politics and has been frequently chosen a delegate to district and State conventions of his party. In 1894 he receiyed the hearty support of the Knox county delegation in the Congressional convention of the Fourteenth District held at Mount Vernon. He is still unmarried and resides with his aunt, Mrs. Catherine Coleman. Mr. McElroy is a bright young lawyer of good abilities, studious habits BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 295 and high promise. With his intellectual equipment, classical scholarship, application to the business of informing himself in the literature of his profession, his prospect of success as a lawyer is unclouded, provided he continues to give his whole mind and all his talents to the profession. There is little doubt indeed of his attaining distinction at the Bar before reaching middle life. Should lie be influenced by the guilded promises of politics and seek preferment at the hands of his party, his ambition, personal character, knowledge of practical politics and undoubted qualifications for public office will be serviceable in securing for him high position. MICHAEL DONNELLY, Napoleon. Judge Michael Donnelly was born in Henry county, Ohio, August 18, 1856, of parents who emigrated from Ireland and settled on a farm in that county. During boyhood he worked on the farm and attended the public schools. At the age of sixteen he entered the famous Normal University at Lebanon and completed the course therein, teaching a part of the time in order to support himself and make practical use of his acquirements. He was graduated in 1878, and took up the study of law in the office of Honorable Justin H. Tyler, at Napoleon. At an early age he discovered in himself a very strong inclination toward the law, and his purpose to qualify himself for practice was formed while yet a school-boy. This purpose was resolutely maintained, and he therefore engaged in the preliminary reading with heartiness and zest. He was admitted to the Bar in December, 1880, and was at once received into a partnership by his preceptor, Mr. Tyler, under the firm name of Tyler & Donnelly. This partnership was maintained until 1886, when Mr. Donnelly was elected Probate Judge of Henry county, as the candidate of the Democratic party. Before the close of his first term he was renominated and re-elected, serving as judge for six years. Upon retiring from the Bench he resumed the practice of law and succeeded in establishing himself in a profitable business while building up and extending his reputation as a lawyer. In 1894, he receiyed the Democratic nomrnation for judge of the Court of Common Pleas, but was oyertaken by the Republican landslide which buried all opposition in November of that year. Even candidates for the judiciary did not escape. Mr. Donnelly's activity in support of his party for fifteen years prior to that time, and his astuteness as a politician, counted for naught in a campaign like that of 1894. An overwhelming majority of the people took occasion to register a protest against certain policies inaugurated at Washington, and many voters, either discontented or displeased, remained away from the polls and permitted the opposition to register the protest. Mr. Donnelly is possessed of unusual business sagacity and a strong will. Receiving no aid from others, he learned very early the lesson of self-dependence and self-reliance. He took the measure of his own capacity pretty accurately by the things accomplished and the means emyloyed, and early became closely observant of life in its yarious aspects and 296 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. the affairs with which men concern themselves. He has always been practical and methodical, working with an aim in view and making effective use of every force or influence available for success. He was the active, working influence at Napoleon which secured the Lima Northern Railroad for Henry county. The projectors had other plans, intending the road should take a different course, but the active interest and persistent efforts of Judge Donnelly succeeded. His activity has been uniformly enlisted in behalf of enterprises promotive of the public welfare. He was married July 5, 1886, to Miss May Vocke, of Napoleon, and has a family of one daughter and three sons. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. A personal friend and capable member of the Bar furnished the information that Judge Donnelly's strong point is his remarkable faculty for business. He is naturally and easily a money-maker. His instinct for business is keen, his sense of adaptation strong. and his discernment clear. His mind works rapidly and accurately. He is quick to apprehend every point in a law case or business transaction. He aims directly at the principles of the law on which any case depends, and devotes himself with tireless industry to the search and examination of authorities, either sustaining or combating his theory. He studies sedulously and is exceedingly accurate in the preparation of his pleadings. He has laid a sub,. stantial foundation in the law, and is careful as well as methodical in the trial of cases. He presents and sums up his cases before a court and jury in admirable style, and at the same time very effectively. He reasons well and powerfully. He has built for himself an irreproachable character, and has maintained a spotless reputation in his domestic relations as well as the larger arena of his professional and business activities. His gentleness is indicated by his abounding love of children. WALTER C. ONG, Cleveland. Honorable Walter C. Ong, judge of the Court of Common Pleas, was born in Smithfield township, Jefferson county, Ohio, on the 24th day of November, 1851. His father, Moses H. Ong, was a farmer and a native of Ohio, whose grandfather, a Quaker minister, came to the State at the beginning of the present century from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. The Ongs are of English descent. Members of the family emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania not long after William Penn founded his Quaker colony. His mother, Mary Cane, was a native of Ohio and was descended from Scotch stock. Her family first in Virginia and came to Ohio in the early days. Young Ong's primary education was obtained in the district schools, from which he was received into the high school at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Afterwards he entered Richmond College, where he was graduated in 1870, after completing the classical course. Having selected law for his profession he entered the law office of W. P. Hayes at Steubenville, where he remained one year. He then entered the Law Department of the University of Michigan, in which he derived much benefit from lectures by the first and probably the greatest faculty of that Department—Thomas BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 297 M. Cooley, the late James V. Campbell and the late Charles I. Walker—all of whom were not only eminent in the profession, but also exceptionally capable and masterful instructors. He was graduated as a Bachelor of Laws in 1874. Returning to Ohio at once he went to Columbus and was admitted to the Bar of the State by the Supreme Court. He commenced practice at Steubenyille alone. In the fall of 1875 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Jefferson county, and subsequently was re-elected, serving two terms of two years each. In 1879 he formed his first partnership, with Charles Reynolds, the firm being Ong & Reynolds. This partnership lasted only a year, when it was dissolved, and he became associated with John A. Mansfield, now of the Common Pleas Bench. The style of this firm was Ong & Mansfield, and the partnership lasted until 1882. Mr. Ong having determined to locate in Cleveland, arrived there June 27th of that year and at once opened an office and practiced alone until 1884, when he formed a co-partnership with F. C. McMillan, under the name of Ong & McMillan. This relation was continued six years. On January 1, 1891, he formed a partnership with Walter Hamilton, a son of Judge E. T. Hamilton, who was for twenty years a judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Cleveland. Ong and Hamilton remained together until the 1st of February, 1894. On the 9th of February in that year Judge Ong took his seat on the Common Pleas Bench, to which he had been chosen at the fall election in 1893. From 1886 to 1888 Judge Ong represented the Twentieth ward in the city council. He is a Republican with convictions on the subject of finance and coinage, and is enrolled with the members of his party who openly declare themselves in favor of independent bimetalism. Judge Ong while at the Bar enjoyed a large practice. He is quick and outspoken, always having the courage of his convictions. He is a fair, impartial judge and has shown great clearness and force in the interpretation of the principles of law. In 1875 he married Anna M. Mansfield, and there are two children from the union, a daughter and a son. ELGIN A. ANGELL, Cleveland. E. A. Angell was born at Hanover Centre, Chautauqua county, New York on the 14th day of August, 1849. His father, O. D. Angell, has for years been in the oil business, and now engaged at Pittsburg in the buying and selling of oil lands. On the paternal side he is descended from Thomas Angell, who came oyer with Roger Williams in 1632, and was related to him. The family settled in that part of New England known as the Providence Plantations, afterwards Rhode Island. The great-grandfather went to Berkshire county, Masschusetts, in 1778, and thence to New York State, where he died. The grandfather was one of the pioneers of western New York. His mother, Lucina Sheppard, was born in central New York, her family being among the earlier settlers of that part of the State. At the age of thirteen Elgin was sent to the Belleville Seminary, at Belleville, Canada, where he remained for two years. On his return home he remained out of school for three years, and during this time received instruction at home. 298 - BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO. In 1869 he entered Harvard College, taking his degree of B. A. in 1873. After graduating he at once entered the law department of the college and took his degree of LL.B. in 1875. In college he was a close student of history and political economy. This no doubt greatly influenced him in the selection of law as his profession. In the spring of 1876 he was admitted to the Bar at Youngstown, where he practiced for ten months. He then removed to Cleveland and practiced alone until 1884, at which time he formed a partnership with Mr. J. H. Webster, the firm being Webster & Angell. Mr. Angell, while active in the practice of the law, has found much time to devote to historical and economic questions, has written many articles on these subjects and delivered a number of addresses. A recent and very able paper on " The Tax Inquisition System in Ohio " was published in the February number of the Yale Review. In 1593 he was appointed by Governor McKinley a member of the Ohio tax commission, serving until the first of January, 1894, when the commission made its report. Since that time he has served on two committees appointed by the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, each committee making reports which have been published. He has been a contributor to the reviews of this country devoted to the discussion of economics. The laws of heredity teach us that man is the sum of his ancestors, but to view him properly we must take into account all the modifications of education and surrounding circumstances. On both sides of the house the subject of this sketch is descended from historical families, who have contributed much to the glory and good of our country. With a thorough education and a broad, practical experience acquired before reaching the prime of life, it is safe to predict greater achievements. As a historical and economic writer and in his profession as a lawyer his influence in the community has been felt. By the Cleveland Bar he is considered an authority on all questions relating to taxation. A man of high moral character, straightforward, prompt and candid in all business and social duties, he has the respect and confidence of all who know him. Until three or four years ago his practice was of a general character, not confined to any particular branch of the law. Now, however, it is confined almost entirely to litigated patent cases. He does no soliciting, leaving that to the regular patent solicitor. In politics he is a Republican, but he has never been an office-seeker and has never held political office, preferring to devote himself to the work for which he is so ably equipped and well suited. He has, however, made a number of political speeches. In 1887 he married Lily Curtis, of Connecticut, and by the union has two children, a son and daughter, both living. ALBERT J. MICHAEL, Cleveland. A. J. Michael was born in Ross county, Ohio, October 12, 1849. His father, John Michael, a farmer, was the first child in his family born in the State after his parents Maryland, and located in the Virginia Military District. Mr. Michael is related to Thomas Jefferson, his grandmother on his paternal side being a BENCH AND BAR OF OHIO - 299 niece of Jefferson. His mother, Katharine Hauser, was also the first child in her family born in Ohio after her parents came to Ross county from Leesburg, Virginia. On the maternal side he is related to the McDowells of Virginia, one of whom was governor of that State. On both sides of the house he is of English extraction. Young Michael's early education was obtained  in the public schools at Chillicothe. In 1869 he entered Ohio University, graduating with honors in 1872. Afterwards he took a special course in Harvard University, at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Having been compelled to educate himself he found himself in debt when his collegiate education was .completed. He accepted the superintendency of schools at Monroeville, Ohio, which position he held for five years. Afterwards he held a similar position for one year at Youngstown. Having determined upon law as his profession when in College, he devoted as much time as could be spared to the study of law. In 1880 he came to Cleveland and entered the office of Judge ,C. E. Pennewell, under whose directions he completed his studies, and in 1881 was admitted to practice. He at once opened an office, and has since devoted himself industriously to his profession. He now enjoys a large and lucrative business. Mr. Michael has always practiced alone, never forming a partnership. In politics he is a Republican, always taking a great interest in the work of his party, and whenever necessary has given much time to public speaking. In the last campaign he made many speeches for McKinley. Mr. Michael was for one term (two years) a member of the Cleveland city council, the second year of the term being the president of that body. He served one year as a member of the park and boulevard commission, rendering most valuable services to that important body. He was for fifteen years a member of the board of examiners of public school teachers for Cleveland, and for nine years president of the board. Mr. Michael is highly respected in Cleveland. He is industrious and painstaking in his work, and has shown marked ability in his profession for one so young in practice. He has never married. BENJAMIN F. POWER, Zanesville. Mr. Power was born near McConnellsville, June, 1837, and died at Zanesville, September 8, 1895. During all the interval of fifty-eight years he was a resident of the State of Ohio. His parents were both natives of Virginia. They emigrated to Ohio in 1837 and settled on the farm where Benjamin was born. The family was numerous, and the father's means were limited, necessitating the incessant labor of the sons for the common support of all the members. On this account the early education of Benjamin was sadly neglected. He never attended school of any kind until he reached the age of sixteen. He had mastered the common branches usually taught in the public schools of that day at home, so that after attending school for a period of eighteen months he received a certificate to teach in the district schools, an avocation he followed for several years during the winter, attending Ohio Uniyersity, at Athens, during the summer. He