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l"N lVERS lTY OF MICHIGAN.

LA \V CLASS OF 1873.

FIRST REUNION OF THE LA \V CLASS OF 1873 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF \1ICHIGAN.

Iu response to an iovitation issued by the members of the Law Class of 1873 of the University of Michigan residing at Detroit, the following alumni gathered in Room D, Law Department Building, at Ann Arbor, June 17th, 1903, at 11 :30 A. )1.:

Hon. Thomas A. E. \\'eadock, Detroit, Mich. Judge Stearns F. Smith, Owosso, Mich. Mr. M. A. \[arkham, Detroit, Mich. Mr. Charles ~L \Voo<lruff, Detroit, ~l1ch. Mr. I. C. Wheeler, .Manton, Mich. Judge J.C. Broady, ~uiucy, Ill. Chief Justice C. X. Potter, Cheyenne, \\~yo. Hon. E. A. Crane, Kalamazoo, Mich. Hon. R. B. \Vindbam, Plattsmouth, Xeb. A temporary organization was efTected by the election of

Charles M. \Voodruff as Chairman and R. B. \Vindharn as Secretary. The gatheri11g then assumed the form of a very interesting and

entertaining experience meeting, during which the alumni present related the more important iocidents of their respective professional lives since the graduation of the class; which reminiscences were supplemented by an informal history of most of the members by Hou. T. A. E. \V ca dock. Letters of encouragement and appro,·al of the idea of organizing the class were read from the following members:

Hiram A. Sturgis, Omaha, Xeb. A. \V. Martin, Chicago, Ill. II. A. :'\eal, Charleston, Ill. M A. Boynton, Muskegon, Mich. J. T. O'Neal, Louis,·ille, Ky. L. C. Holden, Sault Ste. ~Iarie, Mich. \V. 0. Robinson, Chicago. Malcolm Kelly, Sandusky, Ohio. James N. Young, Chicago, Ill. Charles R. \\'hitman, Chicago. Geo. \V. Sloan, Juneau, \\'is. De Forest Paine, Detroit, :Mich. A. A. Birney, \Vashington, D. C. Wm. N. navis, l\It. Vernon, !\lo. J. A. Merrick, Forest, Ind. Albert Anderson, Lebanon, Ohio. C. B. Deane, Bel\'idere, 111. John B. Hussey, San Fr.mcisco, Cal. E. B. Yincent, \Vaterford, Ohio. John C. \\'atson. Nebraska City. Xeb.

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Edwin F. Abbot, Chicago, Ill. Hafton A Eckholdt, Rochester, Minn. James Cruickshank, Montreal. Thos. J. Corkery, Toledo, Ohio. Dennis J. Dro"''ll, North Adams, ~!ass. Samuel Hambleton, Columbus, Ohio. Samuel E. Kemp, Dayton, Ohio. J. G. \Vaples, Fort \Vortb, Texas. John E. Moore, Kokomo, Ind. Emma L Hubbard, Holyoke, Mass. \V. II. Potts, Apex, Col. \V. A. Sperry, Owatonna, l\Iiun. S. S. Fawcett, Holdenville, I. T. Frauk P. Andrus, Almont, Mich. James F. Thomas, O'Fallon, Ill. James Ten Eyck, Fairview, Ill. John J. Flannery, Chicago, Ill.

A communication from l\Irs. P. S. I>odge, of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., anuounciug the death of her husband, Peleg S. Dodge, on May 21st, i902 1 was read; also one from Mrs. Jennie Portser, of Springfield, Mo., announcing the death of her busbaud, Labanna F. Portser, at Shreveport, La., August 27th, 1902.

It was then determined, upon motion dulr made, seconded, dis­cussed and carried, to proceed to permanent organi;;ation, and Hon. Thomas A. E. Weadock, of Detroit, Mich., was elected President, and Charles M. Woodruff, of Detroit, Mich., Secretary.

Some discussion was had concerning the place and date of the next meeting, the consensus of opinion of those present being that Ann Arbor wa~ the only place to meet and that commencement week was the proper time, but what year the next meeting should be held was left to be determined by the president aud secretary after corre­spondence with other members of the class. The opinion was expressed, however, that a meeting in 1904 would probably not be feasible, as general attention would be given to the St. Louis Expo­sition during that year.

On motion the president and secretary were instructed to send a copy of the minutes of the meeting, together with a brief history of the class as recited by Mr. Weadock, to the address of every member of the class living.

On motion the president was instructed to appoint a vice-presi­dent of the class for each State in which the class was represented. Ile immediately appointed Judge]. C. Broady for Illinois, Chief Justice C. N. Potter for Wyoming, and Hou. R. B. Windham for Nebraska, and announced that other appointments would be made later.

The meeting then adjourned.

H ISTORICAL REVIE\V OF THE LA \V CLASS OF 1873, CNl\'ERSITY OF ~IICIIIGA:N .

Hv Ifox. T. A. E. \VH,\JH1C1' .

F1~1 . 1.o\\ Mr~~1m~1<5 <>F 'l' Ill~ Cr .. \SS 01 'i3 ~

Responding to your itn·itation to give some ~iccount of our class, I clesire to say that it has been one of the pleasures of my life to follow the different member~ iu their rcspccth·e careers in so far as it was in my power to do so. We brin~ back something of our own youth in dwelling in the scenes or speaktng with the friends which were familiar to us iu our younger days, and it is always a valuable lesson, I think, to know the trials, struggles and opportunities of men, aud learn iu what manner they have heen met and what cir­cumstances have directed their lives. I shall feel at liberty to refer to priuted reports of the different members of the class, rn Cha~e·s Univ. Book, Geueral Catalogue of the M. li.-18,u-19or-to their personal correspondence with me, and to any other information, in the hope of gi,·ing some coherence: to this brief account.

I remember with particular clearne~s a raw, cold, snowy day, the :?6th of ~larch, r8n. when we were assembled in the Methodist Church at Ann Arbor to recei\·e our diplomas, after which day we scattered to different parts of the country, many to succeed, some to fall by the wayside, but so far as I know no one of the class has ever been guilty of any disreputable thing, and many of them have attained po:;itions iu their profo:;sion that the class may well be proud of.

vVe were 12,; iu number, and since that time, so far as I know, sixteen ha\•e died. These were:

Charles Augustus Cornwell, B.S. ( Hillsdale) '69, M.S. ( IIilb­dale) '72, who died at Peoria, Ill., No\'. 3, 1898.

Andrew Dunn Cruickshank, who practiced law at Fowlen·ille, Michigan, was elected to the office of Prosecuting Attorney, etc , and died at Charle\'oix, \Iich., July 18, 1900.

James Robert Da,·is, who died at Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 1S, 1886.

Peleg Sylvester Dodge, who had quit the law and was carrying on the business of an optician, died May 21, 1902, at ~rt. Pleasant, l\lich.

Morgan Erasmus Dowling, who died at Detroit, \lich .• July :?6, 1896.

Samuel Howard Doyal, died at Frankford, Ind., Jan. 18 , 1897. 3

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John Daniel Evans, who was president of the class, is reported dead, but I have no details as to time or place.

Edward Martin Hoffman, died at San Jose. Cal., June 8, 1880. Tegarcl H. Jones , died at Marshall, Ill., April 23, 1880. James Bradford Judson, died Dec. 171 1902, at Lansing, \Itch.,

aged 54. Eugene Floyd Laue, died at Bulle, l\Iont., Nov. 3, 1898. John Fred Lauman, died at Xenia, Ohio, Dec. 21, 189 r. Christopher Columbus Na,·e, A.B. ( Ind. ) '71 1 died at Attica,

Ind .. Dec. tr, 1901, aged 50.

Labanna Franklin Portser, died Aug. 27, I<J02, at Shreveport, La., and was buried at Springfield, l\Io.

Johu ~Iasou Reynolds, died at llelmont, \Iicb., Dec. 6, 1891,

aged 50. Joh11 Cameron Simonds, died at New York City, N. Y., July

14, 1896. Hiram Smith, A.B. (~Iiddlebury) '7r. died at Cameron, Mo.,

June 28, 1899. Itdward Lansing Stone, died at Baraga, Mich .. April 23, 1902,

at the age of 49. Several of these classmates will be referred to again in connec­

tion with what I have to say as to the class history, which I shall take up in alphabetical order.

Edwin Fletcher Abbott has practiced law continuously in Chi­cago since bis graduation, and his address is 120 Randolph St., in that city.

Frederick Herman Achauer is practicing law at Zanesville, Ohio.

Hiram Allen I have not learned anything about. Albert Anderson is practicing law at Lebanon, Ohio, and in

reply to my letter he gives the following account of himself: I very much regretted my inability to attend the reunion of our

law class of 1873, June 17th this year. In recent years I find my desire to learn something of those I knew at Ann Arbor to be grow­ing on me. As to me, I am working away here where I have always been in active practice. Held no office except Prosecuting Attorney six years. Am satisfied fairly well with the results of my efforts, and in domestic matters have been happy. October 4th, 18761 I married Miss Ella Garrett. daughter of Dr. Garrett, of Highland County, Ohio. She was first cousin of Senator J. B. Foraker, their mothers being sisters. She died in 1885 1 leaving to me two estima­ble and interesting daughters who now enliven my home. In i893 I married Miss Ada :Morris, of Union City, Ind., a lovely character (you will pardon that statement in me), and we are a happy family

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..>f four. l,ebanon is a pretty, aristocratic old town of JY">O in the

.\1iami Valley iu Warren County, Ohio. If you can find time to write something of the reunion in June

and if any minutes were kept and who has them, I shall l>e pleased. Yours very si nee.rely,

Ar.1mwr A='UHRsos.

Frank Pierce Andrus, of Almont, Mich., is still practicing law at his home town of Almont.

Stephen Andrew Armstrong, of Celina, Ohio, was elected Com­mon Picas judge in 1899, and has creditably served upon the bench since that time, and is likely to remaiu there as long as he desires to hold that office. He began his official career by discharging the duties of Prosecuting Attorney for Mercer County, ( >bio.

Aaron Dwight Baldwin is a journalist, aod his address is 428

Routh. Leavitt St., Chicago, Ill. Edsou Burton Bauder, A.B. (Ohio \Vesl.) '70, A.M. ( same) 'So,

is practicing at Cle,·eland, Ohio. He resides at 249 Kennard St.. and his office is at 236 Superior St. He is married and has three children. From 1882 to 1892 be was Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the Cleveland Homeopathic College and in the Cleveland Medical Col­lege, of that city, and be is now Professor of Medical Ethics in the Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Oscar Cissna Beechler is a practicing attorney at Bryan, Ohio. Arthur Alexis Birney, whose residence was Clevelaud before

going to Anu Arbor, is practicing law at \Vashington, D. C. !'.fr. Birney is a grandi:;on of James G. Birney and a nephew of the Hon. James Birney, formerly United States Minister to Tbe Hague, who died at Bay City, Mich., a few years ago. ~Ir. Birney has prac­ticed his profession in \\"ashington for several years, was attorney for the District of Columbia from 1893 to 1897, and is Professor of Law at Howard University, and one of the most loyal sous of the University of Michigan. He is married and has ele\•en children. Some enthusiastic and youthful historian at Ann Arbor, in the Michigannzsian for 1902, gravely states that he was the Free Soil candidate for President in 1840.

~lilo Alonzo Boyntou is practicing law at ~Iuskegon, Mich. John Cah·in Broady, who honored us with his pre~ence at the

reunion, has been Judge of the Eighth Illinois Circuit since 1897. For the benefit of those who did not hear his modest account of himself, I will say that he has filled his office creditably and returned to the practice during the present year. He had tht: misfortune to lose his wife a few years ago, and with three children,

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and his sister at the heacl of his household, he is workiug out his destiny at Uuincy, Ill.

Dennis John Brown is a merchant al North Adams, Mass. George \Vrigbt Buckley, who was a student at Michigan in the

literary department for the years 1869- 1870, is a minister and writer at Battle Creek, Mich.

I may as well here group together a number of names of whom I lul\'e no record, nor have I been able to learn anything of their careers. They are Volney Emmet Burke, John Harsh Campbell, \Villiam Halsey Cook, F°1"ederick Dennis Grove, Frank Marr Houts, T~ouis Clair Johnson, Ludo Burrill Little, Thomas Jefferson Mitchell, Susannah Raper, George Monroe Steece and Will A. Chamberlain.

Oscar James Campbell, A.B. 170, is al Cleveland, Ohio. George Wyllis Cass, A.ll. ( Kenyon ) '70, is practicing law in

Chicago, Ill., at 100 \Vashington St. Solon David Coon, who will be pleasantly remembered for his

frequent rendition of Shakespearean quotations, was a student of medicine in 187 r, from which he promoted himself to the law, and he tells his own story under date of Sept. 23, 1903, as follows:

FRANKFOR'l', MICH., Sept. 23, r903.

Mr. r. A. E. lVradork, Ddroit. /lf!dz. DE \I{ Sm-Yours of the t st inst. was recei\·ecl requestiug brief

outline of my life since graduation. On account of my eyesight having failed I could not answer it myself, and l\Irs. Coon, who is my scribe, has been too busy to attend to it until now. On account of my be111g near-sighted, which was a birthmark, and concurrent infirmities, my life bas been \'ery uneventful. I will gh·e you a few point5 and if it is not too late you can do as you like about inserting them in the book.

BKn:I• SKl!.'fCll OF TH!i !..EADING lt\'RNTS IN TFIF. LIPE 011 S. D .. COO:-:, tr. H.

Since graduating from the Law Class of 1873, on March :?6th, my first move after taking my diploma was, without waiting for the benediction, to repair to my boarding-house, taking Miss Mary W. Pepper with me, where we were met by Dr. C. II. Brigham, pastor of the l'uitarian Church, and we were married.

In the spring of 1874 I set down at Loomis, in Isabella County, which had a great deal of litigation, and was then and for years afterward the only railroad station in the county. I soon learned that my eyes, which glasses would not help much, would not allow me to do a great deal of business iu the Circuit Court, although I attended to important cases there and sometimes, though single­handed, won my case. In Justice Court I soon got so that I could detect auy fla\\' in papers or other proceedings, and could make out papers myself that would hold, aud soon won my share of the cai.;es. I did some collecting. The fact of nny claim being placed in the

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hauds of an attorney, or any one else, for collection, is evidence of its being worlhless, an<l there arc none so indep~ndent as those who are not responsible. Still I succeeded in many cases. I hdd the office of T ownship Superinlendent of Schools for nearly the whole time that the office existed, about six years. On lea\'ing it, I made a report to the State Superintendent of Public Tllstruct1011 recom­mending a county board to take charge of schools and examine candidates for teachers, which I think resulted in the law for county examiners.

I held the office of Justice of the Peace a few times, and, though hampered by my eyesight, did cono;iderable business and got along very well. Among other things, I married about a dozen couple. I was once elected Coroner of the county, but as holding the office woulJ disqualify me for an attorney I <lid not qualify. At Repub­lican county conventions I have, although not living at the county seat, without any effort come within oue of being elected Prose­cuting Attorney and also Judge of Probate .

.My attention after going to Isabe11a County was drawn to writing for the press, the /sabtlla Entaprise, together with Clare, Gladwin and Midland county papers, also for leading metropolitan papers of the State. And it was said of me in the papers that wben S. D. Coon speaks be says something. My pen also wrote tbe Bohemian oat swiodlns out of existence, and was the cause of legisla tion heading off such schemes, and to render notes fraudu­lently taken void. Also helped to hang up hanging hills that were pending before the legislature.

Iu the early 'So's failing eyesight and bearing dro\·e me from the practice of law. I went on a farm which I owned near Loomis, and between four and five years ago came from there to Frankfort , Mich., near which I now reside.

Sm.ox DA v10 Coo;:\, age 67.

Thomas JefTersou Corkery is practicing law at Toledo, Ohio. Edgar Alonzo Crane is practicing bis profession at Kalamazoo,

Mich. He attended the reunion at Ann Arbor. He suffered a g reat bereavement iu the death of a grown-up son.

James Cruicksh:i.nk, of Montreal, Quebec, bas been practicing, but at present is in poor health.

James Robert Da,·is, oue of our classmates who is dead. was with the Barnum & Bailey circus, bol<liug a responsible position, for many years prior to his death. In 1884 I was Mayor of Bay City, and a fine-looking gentleman wearing a full beard, and with a very distinguished a ir, called upon me and desired the use of some stree ts for Barnum 's show. He soon made himself known to me as our friend D~\\'is, and told me that soon after his graduation he had taken up the ci rcus business aud had a very responsible position with a good salary. He told me of his conduct of the purchase of

Barnum's white elephant and of the legal complications that arose in regard to it, which he had charge of, and also of the work of transporting the elephant to this country. As will be noticed from the date of his death, this was but two years prior to the end. Ile had a brother in the same business, but I think he \\'as iu the employ of Adam Forepaugh.

William Newton Davis is at !\It. Vernon .. l\Io. Chauucey Bainbridge Dean is in Belvidere, Ill., where he was

County Judge from 18n to 18j9. john Thomas DeLany practiced law at Chicago for some time

aud I think was elected President of the School Board of that city. His eyes troubled him, and he is now engaged in carrying ou a dairy farm at Pleasaut Prairie, \Vis.

Morgan Erasmus Dowling is oue of our well remembered cla~s­mates. His dignity, his neatness of dress and uniformly gentle­manly bearing will be well remembered. He served in the Union Army io the 17th Regiment Michigan Infantry in tbc years 18(q and 1865. He was the author of "Southern Prisons" (a celebrated army story), and·• Josie, the Heroine of Florence." This lady he married. He was also the author of "Ingersoll Answered." Ile resided in and practiced ]aw at Detroit until his death.

Halftan Alfred Eckholdt is practicing law at Rochester, Minn. Orris \Vellington Farrar is a lawyer, Justice of the Peace and

insurance agent at Gaylord, Mich. Lemuel Samuel Fawcett, A.B. (Allegheny ) '71, A.M. (ibid.)

'75, is practicing at Houston , Texas. Jeremiah Tracy Finnegan started in practice at Houghton,

Mich., where he held the office of Circuit Court Commissioner in 1879. He afterwards removed to Hancock, l\Iich., where he is now engaged in practice.

John James Flannery is at 6936 Yale Ave., Chicago, Ill. Rufus Fleming, who was iu the literary department iu 1869 to

187 r, reported on the Dail.;1 News of Cincinnati iu i879, and during the present administration has been appointed United States Consul at Edinburgh, Scotland, an office which he now holds.

Thomas Jefferson Frank is practicing law at l'rbana, Obio. Alexander M. Funkhouser, formerly of Burnt Prairie, Ill., was

last heard of at Osceola, Ark., the county seat of a county lyiug a]oug the Mississippi River, but a letter addressed to him at that place was returned uncalled for.

Thomas Howie Gault, A.B. ( Monmouth) '70, .\. ~1. (ibid.) '7(>, is practicing at 108 LaSalle St., Chicago.

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c >rson Harris Gillmore, who will be remembered as one of the orators of the class, remai11ed at his home at \Voodstock, Ill., whtre he was County judge from 1882 to 1890, and after that time was a member of the Hoard of Pension Appe:ils iu the Interior Department at \V:ishington until 1896. In 189S he was again re·elected County Judge, which office he still holds. There were too many great men in his district, or he would have been in Congress.

\Villiam Allen Hall is practicing at Delaware, Ohio. John .Martin Harris was a member of the firm of Dolloff &

Jl arris in 1875 at Grand Rapids, of which city he was elected Police Judge. After serving out his term creditably he removed to East Saginaw in 1884, and for a time was i11 partnership with Hou. \V. R. Kendrick of our class, and he is still practicing in East Saginaw.

8amuel Hambldon, D.S. ( ~fount Union) '70, is practicing at Columbus, Obio.

Robert Harmon Hazlett is one of the fortunate members of the class, for he is a banker and has found the Eldorado, but it is in Kansas. If our class is like the usual lot of lawyers they are bor­rowers and not bankers, and they may envy Mr. Hazlett. He began the practice with the firm of Hazlett & Kane, and was States Attor­nt:y for Sangamon County, Ill., from 1S76 to 1S8u, and practiced at Springfield, Ill. Later be remo\·ed to Kansas.

lfonry H. Herr is belie\•ed to be practicing law at Altoona , Pa. lie has held the office of City Solicitor and District Attorney for Blair County.

Lawson Carroll Holden commenced practice with the firm of Gillett & Holden. He was City Attorney for Saginaw from 1S79 to 18801 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Saginaw Couuty from 187 3 to 1876, and Probate Judge from 1 S85 to 1889, and was the Democratic candidate for Circuit Judge in 1891, but was defeated. He remo\•ed to Sault Ste. ~larie, l\lich., and is still engaged in the practice of law and is interested in mining lands.

Emma Lucretia Hubbard, A. B. ( \'assar; '69, never practiced her profession, but bas been a teacher and is still following that profession, first at Fitchburg, ~[ass .• and later at Holyoke in the same State.

John Barr Hussey is a bookkeeper at 1727 Buchanan St., S:tn Francisco, Cal. He began the practice at Brazil, Ind.

Malcolm Kelly is Judge of the Common Pleas Court iu Ohio and resides at Sandusky, ha,·ing removed there f row Port Clinton, < )hio.

\Villiam Thomas Kelsey began the practice at Prairie du Sac,

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\\'is., but since 1892 bas been County Judge of Sauk County in that State, and resides at Baraboo, \Vis.

Samuel Eden Kemp, A.B. (Otterbein) '70, A.M. (ibid.) '73, is practicing law at Dayton, Ohio.

\Villiam Russell Kendrick began the practice at Grand Rapids in iSH. Ile soon removed to Otsego County, Mich., and became Prosecuting Attorney and editor of the Olst'go Cou11(11 llcrald, residing at the beautifni and thriving lumbering village of Otsego Lake in that county. At the conclusion of lumbering operations there he removed to Sagiuaw, where he was afterwards elected Ci.r­cuit Judge, which office he held from 1895 to 1897. Ile is now practicing law at Saginaw and interested in farming aud stock­raising, a11d is a member of the Advisory Board of Pardons for the State of l\lichigau.

Eugene Floyd Laue began practicing as a member of the firm· of Gillman, Clough & Laue, at St. Paul, Minn., but failing health required him to remove to Montana, and he died at Butte in that State in 1898.

Gilbert Liddle, Jr., began the practice at Colon, Mich , from which place he removed to Kalamazoo, and later took up the busi­ness of a horticulturist at Ri,•erside, California.

:\Iarcus A. Markham bas been Clerk of the l\Iichigau Legislature and practicing his profession at Detroit, where he now resides. His health being poor, he has devoted his attention to an office practice and to literary work in which he is also engaged.

George Washington Mann began practicing at Chesaning, Mich., where he remained uotil the close of 18731 when he removed to Bav City, Mich., and became a partner of one of the leading attorneys of that place under the firm name of McDonnell & Mana. He marrie<l at Bay City, and s0me years afterwards removed to I>uluth, Minn., where he practiced as a member of the firm of Mann & Corcoran. From Duluth he went to California, and the last I knew of him he was engaged in gold mining in that State. From there I haye heard that be went to Alaska, after which time I have been unable to learn anything of his occupation or whereabouts.

Amos \Vilson Martin is practicing his profession at Chicago, Ill., and is located in the Tacoma Building.

John Alpbeus :\lerrick began practicing at Frankfort, Iucl., and is now a farmer and stock-raiser at Forest in that State.

\Villiam Johnston l\Iillar after 1875 became a banker, in the bank at llliopolis , 111.. where he still remains.

John E. Moore is practicing at Kokomo, Ind.

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Samuel Smith Morehouse started out to pr:ictice in ~ e::braska City, Neb., from which place he removed to K':\ns:ts City, Mo.

Henry Judson ~lorris practiced in Brooklyn and New York Ci ty , and i~ now in Jersey City, N. J., hi.., address being 68 ~lont­gomery St.

Henry Augustus Neal :-;en·ed in the Illinoi!j Legislature in r 877

and 1878. aud was a member of the firm of ~filler , Park & Xeal. at Charleston, Ill., at which place he remains.

Joseph Thomas O'l\~eal is one of the leading practitioners at Louisville. Ky.

J >eForest Paine began the practice at Saginaw, Mich., his uati\•e town, and filled the office of Circuit Court Commissioner. Desiring a larger field, he removed to Detroit , at which place he has since practiced. Ile made a tour of Europe the prese11l year. He resides at the corner of Cass and Putnam Avenue" in the city of Detroit.

Charles X. Potter began the practice at Grand Rapids and in 1877 was City Attorney. He then removed to Cheyenne, \Vyo., where he \\'as City Attorney, and was elected to the supreme bench of the State. sen·iag the term from 189i as Chief Justice , which office is regulated by seniority· of sen·ice. He is now one of the Associate Justices. and it should be mentioned to hb credit that he traveled from his home in \Vyoming to Aun Arbor to attend our first reunion.

William Han·ey Potts beg:rn the practice of law at Jackson . Mich .. and is now interested in mining at Apex . Colo.

James Henry Pound, who began to practice law at 10.) Griswold St., Detroit, soon after his graduation, is in the same office still, and is one of the leading practitioners of that city. Ile is said to have more cases iu court than any other lawyer at the Detroit bar. He was the Democratic nominee for Circuit Judge at the last judicial election, but the certificate was gh·en against him by ;5 \'Otes in a total vote of many thousands. He firmly believes that he was counted out, but the Legislature of ~Iichigan, the only body to which he could appeal, refused to consider the merits of the con­test. In 1896 he was the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Detroit district, aud was defeated with his party. Ile is uow Presi­dent of the Detroit Bar Association, and has sa\'ed as much or more out of his earnings as a lawyer as any man in Detroit.

Perry Anthony Randall, .\. B. '71, has practiced continuously at Ft. \\'ayne, Ind,

Ebenezer \\'anzer Rider began the practice of law at Clare, :Mich., from which place he removed to Racine, \Vis., and engaged

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in m::rnufncturing, in which he was especially successful. Later on he removed to Detroit, Mich., and is still interested in the manufac­ture of patented machinery autl does not follow the prnctice of law.

\Villiam Osweld Robinson is practicing, his office being in the Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill.

Alon1.o Artemas Rowley began the practice of law in Chicago, and is now au editor at \Vashington, D. C.

John Ryan has left the prnctice, which he began at Mt. Vernon, ~fo., ancl hied him away to Arkansas to cure fev~ and ague as a druggist.

Eugene Frederick Sawyer is practicing at Cadillac, Mich., where he has held various offices.

john Cameron Simonds, one of the best known and brightest members of the class, who died in New York July 14, 1896, was the author of a work on Stocks and Stockbrokers and also of a compre­hensive and valuable work entitled ••The Story of Labor.'' He traveled much in this country and in Europe, was an editorial writer on several of the leading newspapers of the country, and in the year of his death unfortunately became insane. The classmates will remember the terrific scar he had on oue cheek, the result of au accident in his early childhood, which seemed to embitter his life. Like many of the great men of the world, he married a widow, but this widow had several children and their union was very unfortu­nate, and he was divorced. He afterwards married again.

George \Vashington Sloane, of \Vatertowo, \\'is., bas filled the office of Prosecuting Attorney and is now practicing his prof essiou at Juneau, Wis.

Hir'lm Smith, A.B. (Middlebury) '7r, practiced until his death at Cameron, l\lo.

Stearns Fisher Smith, one of the oldest men of the class at the time of graduation, who had been a traveler and gold miner prior to that time, has been Judge of the 35th Circuit of Michigan since 1895, and is still expounding the law in that position. He began the practice of his profession at \Villiamstou, Mich., and remained there until bis election as Circuit Judge.

Wesley Atwill Sperry has been Attorney for Dodge County, Minn., for five years, an<l resides now, as he did at the beginning of his career, at Owatonna, Minn.

Albert Clark Steck is at Ottumwa, Ia. Alo1110 Scott Stephens is at 1198 Perry Ave., Chicago, Ill. Edward Lansing Stone, prior to his death in 1902, had been

judge of Probate of B:iraga County, Mich., for four years.

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Hiram Arthur Sturges bas practiced his profession since his graduation at Omaha, ..'.\eb.

Edward Blake Sumuer bas been similarly occupied at Rockford , Illinois.

James Ten Eyck, A.B. ( Hope) 'j:, .\.~I. (ibid.) 'H. still resides and practices at Fairview, Ill.

James Finley Thomas is in business at O'Fallon , Ill. Charles E. Thornton commenced practice at Chicago, and at the

last advices was similarly engaged at LaGrange, Ill. Charles King Turner was of the firm of Severeus, Boudeman &

Turner, of Kalamaroo, ~rich. Judge Severens is now United States Circuit Judge for the 6th Circuit of Michigan. Botldeman is a prom­inent candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court of l\lichigan.

Lucius T>on Turner is at Relle\'ille, Ill. Eli Bacon Yinceat is a farmer at \\"aterford, Ohio. He began

the practice in Iowa. John Graves \\1aples, BS. 1 U. of )fo. ) 169, who practiced for

a time at St. Louis, ~Io. , is uow a wholesale grocer at Denison, Texas.

James Franklin \\"are, B.S. ( Lawrence) '71, practiced at Hor­toll\·ille, \\'is, and then at \\"est Superior and Foud du Lac in that State, but of his present whereabouts I am not certain.

William Hunter '\\rashiagton, of Springfield, Teno .. now of Nashville, Tenn., was elected Attorney General for the Xasbville District iu 1878, and served in that office until 1S96. He is one of the leading lawyers of Nash\'ille.

John Cicero \Vatsoo is practicing at :\ebraska City, :\eb., and is Professor of Law iu the lTniversity of Nebraska, which position he has filled since 1892.

Thomas Addis Emmet \Veadock after graduation returned to Detroit, at which city be had studied during the preceding yacations. In September, 18n. he went to Bay City and began the practice of his profession, which he still continues. In 187:;, 1S76 and 1877 he was Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Bay County, and in 1877 was appointed to that office by the Circuit Judge on the death of the incumbent, and sen·ed as Prosecutor until Dec. 31, 187~. In 18S3 he was elected Mayor of Bay City and sen·ed oue term, declining a re-electiou. In 1890 be was nominated by hi~ party for Congress and was elected, being the only Democrat e,·er elected in that dis­trict on the Democratic ticket without the aid of fusion. la his first term he served on the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. He was renominated and re-elected, and served on the Committee on

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P.1cific Railroads and was chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining. In 189,, he made an extensive tour of Europe. In 18115,

at the conclusion of his term of service in Congress, he removed from Bay City to Detroit, where he is still engaged in practke. His onice is in the Hammond Building. His first wife, ~(ary E Tarsney, died in 1889, leaving him six children. By his second wife he has one son. His eldest son graduated nt Ann Arbor, from the law department, in 189:-.. His s~cond son is now a law student there.

Joseph Heck \Vendell was for a time at ~f inncapolis, Minn., from which place he remo,·e<l to Buffalo, in that State.

Isaac Chambers \\'hec.:lcr began the practice at Lexington, !\lich., from which place he removed to Manton, l\Iich., where he is engaged in the practice of law and insurance.

Charles l{udolphus \\'hitman, .\. B. '70, began the practice at Ypsilanti in \Vashtenaw County, in which Ann Arbor is situated. Ile was Railroad Commissioner for the State of Michigan in 1891

and later Assistant llnited States District Attorney at Detroit. At the conclusion of his term of office he remo\'etl to Chicago, where he is now engaged in the practice.

Robert Baxter \Vindham, of Plattsmouth, :\'t!b., still resides at that place, has been a member of the Legislature for several years, Lieutenant· Go,·ernor, and stood so well with his party in the State that he decli11ed being a candidate for Governor only on account of a domestic bereavement which left him with eight motherless chil­dren. He attended the reunion this year and ga\'e a very modest account of his own achie\·ements, and took a great interest in the members of the class.

Charles Gordon \Ving, Ph.13. (Michigan) '70, was Judge of Probate for his county after 1873, aud was a member of the firm of Wing & ~Ic~lahon, the junior partner subsequently being elected Circuit Judge at Ludington.

Jacob Polk \\·instead, B.S. ( :\Iiami) '69, remained at his home town of Circleville, Ohio, filling the office of Prosecuting Attorney of Pickaway County from 1880 to 1885, and Judge of Probate from lg<JI to JS<J7.

Charles :\larius \\'oodrufT was a student in the literary depart­ment of the University of Michigan in 1869 and 1870, and entered into the practice of law at Detroit, and was also eugagecl in news­paper work for some years. I~ater he became the attorney for the great manufacturing concern of Parke, I>a\•is & Co., of Detroit, Kansas City, London, Paris, Berlin, etc., and is their counsel at J >etroit.

James Nicholas Young first engaged in the practice of law in Chicago, but has been promoted to the position of a railway man­ager, and his address is 10,652 Prospect Ave., Chicago.

This sketch is necessarily fragmentary. It would be a co11· genial work, if I had more leisure and more information of the indi­vidual history of my classmates, to write a brief history of the class. To do this I should have from each member a brief sketch gi\'ing his professional , political and domestic history. If each classmate wbo reads this will send me such information of himself, I will endeavor to improve on this sketch for a ''second edition.'·

Fraternally yours, TnoM.\S A. E. WH1\1>0CJ....

DETROIT, l\J1ce1cAN, ''J03·

President,

Secretory,

Arkansas, California, -Colorado,

J,AW DHPARTMEN'l'

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\ 1c1: P1n·s1 nn:-:·rs:

- John Ryan, John B. Hussey,

District of Columbia, \V. H Potts,

.\rthur A. Birney. Iowa, Indian TerrilOt), Illinois , Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, -Massa ch uset ls, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Nebra!'ka, Ohio, Quebec, Tennessee, Texas, \Viscousin, \Vyom ing,

Albert C. Steck, S. S. Fawcett ,

lion. J. C. Broady, J. A. ~lcrrick,

Robert II. II~vlett, J.1me-s T. O' Neal,

Emma L. Hubbard, Ifafton A. Eckholcll,

\Villiam ~ Davis, - Henry J. Morris, IJon. R. B. \Vindham, Ilon. S. A . .Armstrong,

James CruicksbanJ..., Ilon. \Villiam II. \Vashingto11,

J. G. \Vaples, George \V. Sloan,

Hon . Chas. N. Potter,

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))ctroit, :\Itch.

T>etroit, Mich.

Chapel Hill. Sau Francisco.

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Ottumwa. Holdenv1lle.

Quincy. Forest.

El Dorado. Louisville.

Holyoke. Rochester.

Mt. \ ' crnon. Jersey City.

- Plattsmouth. Celina

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N'asll\ ille. Fort Worth.

Juneau. Cheyenne.