from England at an early period of the nineteenth century. The early education of Mr. George Dudley Jones was received in the common schools, as well as by private tuition. He started in public life at the age of twenty-seven years, when he became a member of the Board of Education of the city of Columbus as a Republican. He remained a member of that political party until the year 1888, but left it, owing to conscientious scruples on the subject of the tariff. Since that time he has been affiliated with the Democratic party. For a number of years Mr. Jones has been a practicing attorney in the city of Columbus, and is enjoying no small measure of success in his chosen profession. In his early life he has been a school teacher, and was for some time private secretary of the late Hon. Joseph R. Swan, the author of what is known as "Swan's Treatise for Justices of the Peace," who was then general counsel of the P., C., C. & St. L. Railway Company for the Western Division. In January, 1903, Mr. Jones was appointed Director of Law of the city of Columbus by the Hon. John M. Hinkle, Mayor of that city. In the spring of the same year he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the responsible position of President of Council by a majority of 600 over his Republican competitor, while the head of the Democratic ticket was defeated by about 3,500 votes. Mr. Jones is a Democrat of the most pronounced type, favoring the Bryan persuasion on pending questions. He has been married twice. On the 24th of July-, 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Eva J. Latimer, by which union he was the-father of three children, Grace Latimer Jones, Emerson and Margaret Fuller Jones. Emerson died in November, 1885. Mr. Jones was married a. second time in 1899, his wife's maiden name being Deborah H. McDonald. Mr. Jones resides with his family at No. 1175 East Broad Street, while his office is located at No. 200 The Wyandot Building, Columbus. Thomas R. Jones, Mayor of the city of Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio, was born on the 8th of July, 1863, near Aberdare, Glanmorganshire, South Wales. His parents, Daniel R. Jones and Ann Jones, both natives of Wales, emigrated to the United States in June; 1870. Thomas R. Jones received but very few educational advantages. in his early youth. He only attended school until he was about twelve years of age, as he was constantly laboring during his boyhood days in the mines of the Massillon district. After many years of toil, he became imbued with the desire. to obtain an education, and consequently after he had reached the age of twenty-five years and had saved a little money, he began the foundation of his education. This was acquired by study at home, he .choosing his books and devoting himself energetically to that purpose. Unaided by any other influence than that of his own ambition, he acquired sufficient knowledge to allow him to enter the Ada Law School, in which institution he took a course in the study of law. At that time he was thirty-three years of age. In October of the year following he admitted to practice before the Supreme - 550 - Court of Ohio, and in the same year he was elected Justice of the Peace in Jackson County. This record is a remarkable one, inasmuch as it shows what can be done by a man who is determined to succeed in life. His connection with mining interests gave him naturally a thorough knowledge of the operations and practical workings in that field of labor, and his educational advantages, coupled with that knowledge, brought him prominently before the attention of the mine workers, with whose interests he has always been identified. He became President of Sub-District No. 2 of District No. 6 of the United Mine Workers of America. In political affairs Mr. Jones has always taken the keenest interest. He is a Republican of the most pronounced type. He served on the Republican County Executive Committee in the years 1894, 1897, 1903 and 1904. In the spring of 1900 he was nominated and elected on the Republican ticket to the highest position in the gift of his community, that of Mayor. Having served with distinction, he was subsequently elected to the same position in 1902, and again in 1903. Socially, he is a member of and a Past Noble Grand of Wellston Lodge, No. 701, I. O. O. F., a member of the Eyota Tribe, No. 106, Improved Order of Red Men, and is a Past Sachem of that tribe. He also belongs to the Elks and Royal Arcanum. He was married to Ruie Thompson, of Scioto County, Ohio, on the 15th of October, 1890. His wife died on the 8th of September, 1901. On the 7th of May, 1904, he was united in marriage to Sarah C. Gee. He is the father of three children, and resides with his family in the city of Wellston, Ohio. Isaac M. Jordan, Who during life was one of the most eminent practitioners of law in the city of Cincinnati, and who as a jurist was a man that brought credit to the profession which he graced, was a native of Pennsylvania, being born on the 5th of May, 1835, the youngest member of a family of eleven children. At the age of two he, with his family, came to West Liberty, Ohio, where, after he had reached the proper age, he entered the public schools to be introduced into the first rudiments of an education. In early boyhood he displayed a keen desire for the acquisition of knowledge, and by careful study and splendid mental capabilities he became noted for his preconsciousness in that direction. After passing through the local schools, he entered Northwood Institute, and finally matriculated at Miami College, Oxford, from which seat of learning he graduated in 1857. While attending the University he founded the Greek letter college fraternity, Sigma Chi, new one of the most important college fraternities in this country. Upon leaving Oxford, Mr. Jordan studied law under the direction of his brother, Judge Jordan, of Dayton, and was admitted to the bar in 1860, coming to Cincinnati and forming a partnership with Salmon P. Chase, whose name is recorded in history as the great guardian of the United States Treasury during the trying times of the Civil War. - 551 - For years later, Mr. Jordan formed, lega1 partnership with his brother, Nathan E. Jordan, to which firm Judge Jordan was later admitted, the firm name being Jordan & Jordan. This firm remained unchanged until the death of Judge Jordan, when JOseph W. O'Hara, who had. been identified with the firm for some time, was admitted to membership, and the name of the firm was changed to Jordan, Jordan & O'Hara. Mr. Jordan was a lawyer of extraordinary ability, and handled many celebrated cases which, by reason of his great oratorical powers; attracted the attention of the legal profession of this, country. During all of his active life .he was. an ardent admirer of the principles laid down by the immortal Jefferson, and his voice was heard in many campaigns, advocating the beliefs of, his party. He was frequently offered political honors, and during, the first administration of, President Cleveland was tendered the appointment .as Assistant Secretary of the Interior, but refused to accept this .honorable position, as well as the many others before. The only political office he ever held was that as a member of Congress, to which position he was elected in 1882. On account of pressing' business' interests he declined a renomination.: When in the zenith of his brilliant career of usefulness, a most lamentable accident, the result of carelessness on the part of an elevator attendant, caused his death on the 3d of December, 1890. In May, 1863, Mr. Jordan was, married to Elizabeth Fhelphs, of Covington, Kentucky, who survived him until th6 5th of June, 1903. Of the five children who were born to their union, three are living. One of them, a son, Isaac M., is to-day a prominent, rising attorney, following in the footsteps of. his distinguished sire. Edward Kibler, Attorney at law at Newark, Ohio, was born on the 6th of February, 1859, in the city in which he now practices his profession. .His father, Colonel Charles H. Kibler; was a Judge of the Circuit Court: of Ohio in the years 1895-1896. Judge Kibler has served his country, not only on the bench, but on the battle-fields during the War of the Rebellion, he having been Colonel of the Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His mother, Mary Ellen Brice Kibler, was a native of Newark, Ohio, while Colonel. Kibler was born in Pennsylvania. Edward Kibler; the son, was educated in the Newark schools and at the Wooster University, from which institution he graduated in June 1880, having: taken the first prize in oratory, in 1879, and having represented Wooster at a Slate oratorical. contest at Akron, in .1880. Upon his graduation the degree of M.A. was conferred upon him. After his admission to the bar, Mr. Kibler became engaged in the practice of his profession, and his advent into public life was at the age of twenty-four, when he was elected to the City Council of Newark. In addition to serving in the capacity mentioned, he was elected City Solicitor Of Newark in .1891, serving:, for two terms. On the 17th of June, 1898, he was appointed. a member of the Municipal Code - 552 - Commission of the State of Ohio; by Governor: Bushnell', and. for two years was engaged together with Judge David. F. Pugh, of Columbus, Ohio, in preparing a bill embodying a complete revision of the: municipal laws of Ohio, which was later reported to the Legislature of Ohio. A considerable portion of this- report was afterwards embodied in what is now the present municipal. code of the State. Mr. Kibler is at the present writing a member of the law firm of Kibler & Kibler, and is Treasurer of the Newark Telephone Company, of which he was one of the organizers in 1894, and of which he was President for five years. In political belief Mr. Kibler is a Democrat. He was married on the 2nd of July, 1881, to Anna H. White, of Upper Sandusky; Ohio, who died on the 24th of March, 1896, leaving three children, Dorothy Kibler, Edward Kibler, Jr., and Charles S. Kibler. His present wife was Kate Virginia Wilson, by whom he has two children, Elizabeth Boyd Kibler and Mary Virginia Kibler. Mr. Kibler stands high in the- esteem of his fellow citizens. One of the most prominent lawyers of his locality pays. him the following tribute : "Mr. Kibler is a man of broad culture. Since his graduation _from Wooster University he has not, like so many others, allowed his standards of thought and reading to fall below those which he maintained during his under-graduate career. No more appreciative or " liberal patron of art, literature and music exists in Central Ohio. His private library is replete with choice editions of the standard works in poetry, fiction and history. Mr. Kibler is alSo interested in psychological phenomena, and is a deep student hi the problems of ethics and Sociology. On the latter subject he is the author of several interesting and instructing pamphlets. In professional life. Mr. Kibler has maintained the same high standards which. distinguished. him in his avocations. His practice is largely, confined to the higher and more difficult branches of the legal profession. Always anxious to do anything to advance the general standard of the profession and to increase the feeling of fellowship among the members of the Ohio bar, he organized the association of City Solicitors of Ohio, while he was City Solicitor of Newark, and during the time in which he held that office he was a constant attendant at the annual meetings of the association. Early in his professional career Mr. Kibler joined the Ohio Bar Association, and has since that time been a constant attendant at its meetings for many years, his worth has been recognized by his associates by appointments on many important committees. Well-merited recognition of his devotion to the good of the profession came, when a few years ago the Supreme Court of Ohio appointed him as a member of the Standing Commitee to conduct the examination of candidates for admission to the bar. Since that time Mr. Kibler has been a member of that committee, and has discharged the duties falling to its members in a manner satisfactory alike to the Supreme Court and to the, members of the various classes which have come before the committee for examination. In politics, Mr. Kibler, has for many years been a Democrat, and, as such, he was elected, and held, for two terms, the office of City Solicitor of the city of Newark. Since then, although he has always . honored the call of the party to duty on the stump and elsewhere, so far as his professional duties would permit, he has consistently refused to seek any office, although frequently importuned by his friends to stand for many important offices. Notwithstanding the active part Mr. Kibler has taken in politics, he has never been a partisan in the lower senses of the word, as he has consistently supported: candidates to local and State offices, regardless of politics, fixing his eye solely on the fitness of the candidate for office to which he aspired. As a consequence of this broad-minded view of local affairs Governor Bushnell appointed him as the Democratic member of a commission to revise the municipal code of the State. Together with Judge' Pugh he visited many of the larger cities of the United -States and the Dominion of Canada, studying the forms of their local government. The result was the so called Pugh-Kibler code, which was endorsed - 553 - by the Ohio Bar Association and the Ohio State Board of Commerce. It failed to pass the Legislature for party reasons, but several years afterwards; when the Legislature took up the subject of revising the municipal code in earnest, the Pugh-Kibler code served as a storehouse of provisions which were later embodied into the present code. On account of his labors on the code, and the wide reputation of the Pugh-Kibler code, Mr. Kibler is regarded as a leading authority on the subject of municipal government; and, as such, has, by invitation, addressed many prominent bodies, including the Cincinnati Bar Association, 1899, the League of Municipal Officers of Iowa, at Des Moines, 1899, the National Municipal League, at Jamestown, N. Y., 1901, and the Ohio State Board of Commerce, at Columbus, Ohio." Virgil P. Kline, Of Cleveland, Ohio, a lawyer of National reputation, is a native. Ohioan, born on the 3rd of November, 1844, at Congress, Wayne County. When a small boy his parents moved to Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, where he attended the common schools. He was prepared for college in the Eclectic Institute, at Hiram, entered Williams College in 1864, and graduated from that institution in 1866. After leaving college Mr. Kline was Superintendent of Schools at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, for two years. In 1869 he moved to Cleveland and began the study of law in the office of Albert T. Slade. The year following, Mr. Kline was admitted to the ,bar and immediately formed a partnership with his preceptor,, under the firm name of Slade & Kline, which lasted until the death of Mr. Slade, in 1874. Mr. Kline then became a partner of Mr. John M.. Henderson, the firm name being Henderson & Kline. This firm continued until 1882, when Mr. S. H. Tolles entered the partnership, and it then became Henderson, Kline & Tolles, and so continued until the 1st of January, 1895, when Mr. Henderson withdrew from the partnership. For one year the firm was Kline & Tolles, when; on the 1st of January, 1896, another partnership was formed with W. F. Carr and F. H. Goff, the name of the firm then becoming Kline, Carr, Tolles & Goff. Later the firm name was changed to Kline, Tolles & Goff. Mr. Kline is a lawyer of extraordinary ability, holding the front rank in his profession. No lawyer in the State is a more ready and powerful advocate or a more industrious student of his cases, or in a higher degree commands the confidence of the courts. He has an unusual talent for effective work, and a recognized genius for quick and comprehensive perception and safe judgment. His clientage is made up of all classes, rich and poor. Mr. Kline has always been a Democrat in politics and in social life. Democracy is part of his nature. He has frequently been placed in nomination by his party for judicial office, for Common Pleas, Circuit Court and Supreme Court Judgeships, but, although always running ahead of his ticket, he has never been elected, because, when on the ticket, his party had always been in the minority. For many years he has taken an active and prominent part in the councils - 554 - and campaigns of his party. Whether at the bar, in politics or on general subjects, upon which he is often invited to deliver addresses, his speeches are distinguished by clearness of thought and impressiveness of delivery, by learning and brilliancy. As a man, Mr. Kline occupies a prominent station among his fellow men. Of remarkable strength of character and of unquestioned integrity, generous in disposition and a hater of shams, his actions always inspired by lofty purpose, no man at the bar or as a citizen has greater influence in the community in which he lives. E. B. Leonard, Among the lawyers of the Western Reserve none rank higher than Mr. E. B. Leonard, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. Mr. Leonard is of English parentage, and was born and raised in the Northwestern part of the State of Pennsylvania. Receiving a careful training, and a thorough education, which was owing largely to his own efforts, he decided to take up the profession of the law, for which he showed a remarkable natural talent, and in which he later obtained a high standing. After his admission to. the bar he began active practice in Ashtabula County, Ohio, his office being located in Jefferson, the county seat. There he took a prominent part in the political affairs of his community, he being a Republican of most pronounced views, aggressive and forceful in his exposition of the beliefs of that great party. As a mark of appreciation of the services rendered by Mr. Leonard in the interest of his party, as well as an evidence of his legal ability, he was nominated for Prosecuting Attorney of Ashtabula County, to which office he was elected. He rendered valuable services to the people, and upon the expiration of his term of office he was again nominated and elected to the same position. Recognizing the fact that he was circumscribed by a narrow field of activity, he eighteen years ago removed to Trumbull County, locating in the city of Warren, where he has practiced continuously ever since. His ability in the general practice of law, as. well as a criminal lawyer, is unquestioned, and his services are in great demand in many important cases. As an orator he has most wonderful talent, and on .many occasions by this. gift he has been of incalculable services to his clients. Socially, Mr. Leonard is a member of the Order of Royal Arcanum, with which he has been connected for more than twenty years, and in which he has filled the most important offices. He is Past Grand Regent of that order. Mr. Leonard is a man of imposing figure, of affable manners, and has a host of friends. He lives with his family in Warren, Ohio. Henry Brown McClure, A member of the well known law firm of Giauque & McClure, at Cincinnati, Ohio, is a native of Florida, Missouri, and was born on the 9th of September, 1847. His father, - 555 - Henry S. McClure, was a Virginian, of Scotch-Irish descent, and his ancestors, as well as those; of his mother, came to this country many generations ago. Mr. McClure received his education in .the private schools of Lexington, Missouri, and at the Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from: which institution of learning he graduated in 1871, after completing a classical course. He afterwards finished his literary training at the celebrated Universities of Goettingen and Leipsic, Germany, where he devoted his principal studies to history and literature. Returning to his home country he was elected Superintendent of the public schools of Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio, holding that position from 1875 to 1880. While thus engaged he studied law under direction of Mr. Florien Giauque, and was admitted to the bar in 1880, when he immediately took up the practice of his chosen profession, becoming a member of the firm of Giauque & McClure. In politics Mr. McClure is a Democrat of the Jefferson type, and has served his party in many capacities. From 1888 to 1894 he served as Mayor of Glendale, being elected for three succeeding terms. Later he served as solicitor of that village for one term. Mr. McClure is a lawyer of extraordinary ability, and is joint author with Mr. Giauque of "Dower, Curtesy, Annuities," a work of great merits. His offices are located in the Carlisle Building, Cincinnati. In 1889 he was married to Anna, daughter of the late Frank Douglass, of Cincinnati, who died in 1891, leaving one child, a boy. In June, 1894, he was united in marriage to Rebecah Bowen, daughter of Enoch Bowen, of Carroll County, Indiana, by which union he has one child, a son. Aaron McNeill, One of the foremost lawyers of the Hamilton County bar, and formerly Judge of the Insolvency Court of that county, is a native Ohioan. He is of Scotch extraction, and was born on the 8th of February, 1844, in Otsego, Muskingum County. His parents were Malcolm and Isabella Armstrong McNeill. Judge McNeill received his early education in the public schools of his native county, and at the Muskingum College, at New Concord, one of the higher educational institutions conducted by the United Presbyterian Church. Immediately after leaving school Judge McNeill came to Cincinnati and entered the law school. In the interval between the sessions of the law school he studied law with Judge Prior, of Covington, Kentucky. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1867, was at once admitted to the Hamilton County bar, and with his fellow Student, Mr. C. B. Simrall, opened an office and began. practice. This partnership lasted but about eighteen months. In the spring of 1870 he formed a. partnership with Mr. C. C. Archer, and for more than twenty-four years this partnership continued until Judge McNeill's promotion to the bench. In the - 556 - fall of 1894 Mr. McNeill was named as the Democratic candidate for Judge of the Insolvency Court, and was elected in the following year by a majority of 2,956, in the face of a Republican majority, one week before, varying from 19,000 to 24,000. After the expiration of his first term of office, the Judge was re-elected to a second term by an increased majority. The only political position Judge McNeill has ever filled has been that of Mayor of Norwood. To this position of trust he was elected in the spring of 1891 as a Democratic candidate—in a city that has about two Republicans to one Democrat. The second time his name was before the people of Norwood for the same position, he had no opposition. His election was unanimous. After the expiration of his second term on the bench of the Hamilton County Insolvency Court he resumed the practice of his profession, with offices in the Mercantile Library Building, at Cincinnati. Judge McNeill enjoys an unusual popularity among all classes. He is a prominent Odd Fellow, an A. O. U. W. and a member of the Essenic Order. Michael Muller, Justice of the Peace and a well-known- lawyer of Cincinnati, Ohio, was born on the 22d of May, 1860, in the Queen City. He is of German parentage, his father, Michael Muller, coming from Rhenish Bavaria, and settling in Cincinnati, where he .became engaged in the tanning business. His son, Mr. Michael Muller, enjoyed the advantages of a thorough education in the public and high schools of his native city, he being a graduate of Hughes High School with the class of 1877. After leaving school Mr. Muller decided to make the practice of law his life's work. Consequently he diligently studied and prepared himself to matriculate at the Cincinnati Law School, from which institution he subsequently graduated in 1888. After his admission to the bar he formed a partnership with Howard Douglas. This partnership continued for a period of twelve years, after which time Mr. Muller practiced under his own name. His success as a lawyer has been pronounced, and he has enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. In political affairs, Mr. Muller has been affiliated with the Republican party since he had his - 557 - first vote. He has, served in different capacities in the interest of that political organization, and in 1902 he was elected Justice of the Peace, which position, at the present writing, he still holds. Squire Muller is a single man and lives with a maiden sister. His offices are located at 323 West Seventh street, Cincinnati, Ohio. For the last twenty years he has been a member of the Blaine Club, and he also is a member of the Stamina Republican League, the Elks and the of P. James E. Neal, A leading attorney of Cincinnati and Hamilton, Ohio, with offices in the Carew Building, Cincinnati, was born on the 21st of November, 1846, at Hamilton, Ohio. His father, James A. Neal, a lumber dealer, was a native of Maine, while his mother, Margaret Neal, came from Pennsylvania. Both parents are of Scotch-Irish descent, their ancestors having emigrated to this country many generations ago. After having received his education in the public schools of Hamilton and at College Hill, graduating in 1862, Mr. Neal determined to prepare himself for the profession in which he has now gained a high standing. He therefore entered the law office of Mr. Robert Christy, at Hamilton, where he diligently studied law until, in 1871, he was admitted to practice. He immediately opened an office at Hamilton, where he was engaged in his profession until April, 1893, when he accepted the position as United States Consul in Liverpool, under President Cleveland's second administration.- Mr. Neal filled that important place for a period of four years, returning to this country in 1897, resuming the practice of law, with headquarters in Cincinnati. In politics Mr. Neal has always been a true adherent of Democratic principles, and has on several occasions been signally honored by his party. He was a member of the General, Assembly in 1876 and again in 188o, during the latter session serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives, an office he filled with great distinction. For many years Mr. Neal was identified with the Ohio National Guard, serving as Lieutenant Colonel of the old Fourth Regiment, 0. N. G. Socially, he is a member of the Elks, which order 'he has been affiliated with for a number of years. Mr. Neal resides with his family, consisting of wife and daughter, in Hamilton. Frederick C. Niederhelman, Attorney at law at Cincinnati, Ohio is a young member of the legal profession, who unquestionably has a bright future before him. He .comes from good German stock. His father, Mr. Ernst Niederhelman, who was a shoemaker by trade, emigrated from his native country, Westphalia, Germany, to the Unitem. He comes from good German stock. His Civil War, in which he fought for the preservation of the Union. Mr. Frederick .C. Nieder- - 558 - helman was born on the 3oth of January, 1874, in the Queen City. After pursuing a course of study through the public schools of his native city he entered actively into, business life as stock-keeper with the firm of H. and S. Pogue, remaining in that position until 1893. He subsequently accepted a position in the office of Judge Otto Pfleger, where he commenced the study of law. Deciding to make the legal profession his life's work, he matriculated at the Cincinnati Law School and graduated from there in 1897, with. high honors, having received a prize of $75 for highest average (96.9 per cent). Mr. Niederhelman was admitted to practice in the same year. When Judge Otto Pfleger was elected to the Common Pleas bench of Hamilton County he transferred his practice to Mr. Niederhelman. The latter is a. staunch Republican, but has never held any political office. He is an enthusiastic member of the Stamina Republican League and of the National Union. He has been Judge Advocate of the Ohio Division, Sons of Veterans. His offices are located in the Johnston Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. Carl Norpell, Attorney at law, at Newark, Licking County, Ohio, was born on the 6th of April, 1852, at Newark, N. J. His parents, Conrad Norpell, a machinist, and Mary Louise Pfaff, were natives of Germany and Switzerland, respectively, emigrating to this country in 1859 and 1851. When two years of age Mr. Norpell came with his parents to Newark, Ohio, where his education was obtained in the public and high schools. After leaving school he studied law in the office of Judge Jerome Buckingham, and was admitted to the bar, of Ohio on the 18th of June, 1877, since which time he has continuously been engaged in the practice of his profession. For a period of twenty years Mr. Norpell was in the same office with Judge Buckingham. He has never been connected with any law firm, but always practiced under his own name. He is a man who has made a success in life, and his abilities as a lawyer are unquestionable. Being a Republican by conviction, Mr. Norpell has always taken a keen interest and active part in the affairs of his party, and has been a mem- - 559 - ber of the Republican Executive Commitee of Licking County for a period of thirty years, serving as a member of that body at the present time Though being very active in the ranks of Republicans, Mr. Noltealal has never held any political elective office, except that of Councilman. The only position he has accepted is one of honor, that of Trustee of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, to which he was appointed by Governor Nash in 1901. In 1885 Mr. Norpell was married, and he is the father of five children, four of whom are living, two boys and two gills. His residence is located at 66 Granville Avenue, and his office is .to be found at 12 Lansing, Block, Newark, Ohio. Myron Augustine Norris, A prominent attorney of Youngstown, Ohio, is a native of this State, having been born in Ashtabula County on the 24th of September, 1849. Jairus and Martha Maria (Rockwell) Norris were his parents. Mr. Norris traces his ancestry back to the early settlement of the New England States. His grandfather, Eliphalet Norris, fought under the immortal Washington for the liberation of his country from the yoke of the hated English, he entering the patriot army when a boy of seventeen. Jairus Norris, the father, was a native of New Hampshire, and at the time of Myron A. Norris birth, was a farmer of limited circumstances in Ashtabula County, Ohio. He died before his son had reached manhood, and thus the latter was early thrown upon his own resources. He had but few early educational advantages ; none indeed, beyond the common schools of his county and about one year at a college in Willoughby, Lake County. However, he made the best of his opportunities, and when he reached the age of sixteen he had acquired sufficient knowledge to enable him to teach a country school. The next two years his time was divided between teaching and attending school during the winter, and in summer working on the farm. After .he was eighteen he left school, but continued teaching until he was twenty-two. In the meantime he had decided upon the law as his profession in life, and in 1871 he entered the law office of Judge W. P. Howland, of Ashtabula, where he studied diligently under the able instructions of that gentleman until 1873. In September, 1872, he was admitted to the bar at Cleveland, Ohio, and the following spring he began the practice of his profession at Kent, Ohio, where he encountered the usual obstacles which present themselves in the path of the young practitioners, and which to smile are stumbling blocks and to others but stepping stones to success. Overcoming all obstacles, in a comparatively short time he built up a prosperous business, and continued at Kent until 1884, when he came to Youngstown and formed a partnership with General T. W. Sanderson, under the firm name of Sanderson & Norris. Here again he quickly established a lucrative business of a general practice, which became eventually of a corporation nature. - 560 - During his professional career Mr. Norris has been identified with numerous cases of great importance. After many years' practice the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Norris became a member of the firm Norris, Rose & Jackson, with offices in the Dollar Savings Bank Building at Youngstown, Ohio. Mr. Norris is admitted to be a man of the strictest integrity, bright in conception, brilliant in execution, and a man in whose hands the most important cases can safely be given. He is a born orator, with a rich and resonant voice, his arguments are logical and convincing. Personally, he is a man of commanding appearance, genial and wholesome. Mr. Norris was originally a Greeley man, in 1872, and while he was reading law to prepare himself for the profession was nominated for Clerk of the Court at Ashtabula County, which at the subsequent election went overwhelmingly Republican. While a resident of Kent he was City Solicitor ; in 1892, he was a Presidential 'Elector on the Republican ticket; and in 1896, he was an alternate delegate to the St. Louis convention which nominated William McKinley. Mr. Norris has frequently been mentioned for a place on the bench of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and there is no doubt that his name will be enrolled as a member of that honorable body. On the 5th of January, 1876, he was married to Miss Mary D. Howdon, an accomplished young lady of Kent. Three daughters have blessed this union. Among fraternal organizations he is a prominent man, and is a member of the Masons and Elks, and also belongs to the Rayen Club, in which famous organization he was formerly President. Russell K. Ramsey, Attorney at law at Sandusky, Ohio, was born on the 27th day of May, 1878, at Columbus, Ohio. He is a son of Gustavus F. Ramsey, who has been for many years a resident of Columbus and connected with the Pennsylvania Lines, and of Margaret Young Ramsey, a daughter of the late William H. Young, a pioneer resident of Columbus, a contractor and the erector of many of the old landmarks of that city. Both parents were born in Ohio, his father's people being of Scotch-Irish extraction and his mother's of English-Welsh descent. Russell K. Ramsey obtained his education in the public schools of Columbus, graduating from the High School in 1894, and in the Ohio State University classical course of 1898 and law course in 1900. Starting the practice of his profession at the age of twenty-two years, Mr. Ramsey became connected with the prominent law firm of King & Guerin at Sandusky, Ohio, 'of which firm he became a member in 1902. This partnership lasted until 1904, when Mr. Guerin removed from the State to represent large interests in Oregon, and Mr. Ramsey thereupon became the partner of judge E. B. King, under the firm name of King & Ramsey. The firm is recognized as the leading law firm in that part of the State. In politics, Mr. Ramsey is affiliated with the Republican party, and has taken more or less of an active interest in affairs political in - 561 - Sandusky and vicinity. He is a member of the Erie County Roosevelt Club and a Mason, and is interested in a number of industrial enterprises. On the 25th. of September, 1901, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence L. Samuel, a young lady well known in Columbus society, and is the father of one son. Mr. Ramsey's residence is at No. 319 Adams Street, with offices located at No. 137 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio. Charles W. Rattermann, Formerly attorney at law at Cincinnati, about for a year past engaged in the fraternal insurance business in Louisville, Ky., with offices in the Keller Building, is a man well known in his native city, Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was born on the 14th of September, 1867. His father, Mr. H. A. Rattermann, the famous German-American historian, emigrated to the United States in the '40's, settling in Cincinnati, and became the founder of The German Mutual Insurance Company, which organization is still existing and in a very flourishing condition, with Mr. H. A, Rattermann at its head. Mr. Charles W. Rattermann was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, and after leaving school became file clerk in the office of the United States Circuit and District Courts. Deciding to enter the legal profession, he finally matriculated at the Cincinnati Law School, from which institution he graduated in 1896, after which he immediately took up the practice of his chosen profession. As before stated, in 1904 he went to Louisville, where he founded the Washington Fraternal Guards of America, a fraternal beneficial society, of which Mr. Rattermann is the Secretary and General Manager. Mr. Rattermann is also the editor and publisher of "The Fraternal Guard," a monthly magazine devoted to fraternal insurance. He is very prominent in fraternal circles, and is a Colonel on the staff of the- Brigadier General of the U. R., K. of P. of Kentucky. Mr. Rattermann is married, and lives with his family in Louisville. Otto J. Renner, Attorney at law in the city of Cincinnati, and a member of the well-known law firm of Renner & Renner, with offices located in the Bell Building, that city, is a native of the - 562 - Queen City, where he was born on the 7th of March, 1871. His father, Mr: Joseph Renner, was a native of Bavaria; Germany, while his mother, Caroline Reimer, was borne in the old historic city of Treves on the Moselle, Germany, which city was founded by the Romans two thousand years ago. Mr. Otto J. Renner was carefully educated in the public schools of his native city. Deciding to devote his life to the legal profession, Mr. Renner took up the study of law attended the Cincinnati Law School, and in due time was admitted 'to the bar of Ohio. Before his admission to the bar, in 1892, Mr. Renner for a period of two years taught school. Being admitted to practice, Mr. Renner immediately opened an office, and since that time he has been continuously engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, which has proved to be a very successful one. For many years Mr. Renner-has been a member and for a number of terms President of the Teachers' Examiners Board of Hamilton County. During the administration. of Dairy and Food Commissioner James A. Blackburn, Mr. Renner was connected with that department in the capacity of attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. In 1899 he was admitted to ,practice before the United States Supreme Court. In political belief, Mr. Renner has always been an active working Republican, and though he never held any office, he has rendered his party many important services. Mr. Renner is a member of .the Masonic fraternity, a thirty-second-degree Scottish Rite Mason, and also belongs to the Cincinnati Business Men's Club, Avondale Club, Essenic Order, K. of P., Blaine Club, Stamina Republican League and others. He was married in 1892 to Miss Martha M. Miller. He lives with his family on Southview Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. John Marshal Smedes, A well-known lawyer of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a native of the State of Mississippi, born in Vicksburg on the 10th of February, 1858. His father, William C. Smedes, was a very prominent lawyer, and President of the Southern Railroad Company. He died in 1863, when his son had reached the age of five years. Mr. Smedes obtained a very careful and thorough education in the public and private schools of his home city ; at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; the Kenyon College, Gambier. Ohio, and the University of Virginia. He subsequently took up the study of law at the law school at Chautauqua, New York. The various universities which he attended conferred upon him the degrees of B.Ph. and LL.B. After his graduation from. the Law School, Mr: Smedes. started into active life and for one year was connected with railroad business in Louisville, Kentucky. Removing to Cincinnati, he opened an office, and since that time has been confirmously engaged in the practice of law, which has become quite extensive and lucrative. Mr. Smedes is considered to be an able and conscientious Member of the Hamilton County Bar, and enjoys the full. confidence' of his clients and the respect of his fellow practition- - 563 - ers. His offices are located at No. 448 Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Cincinnati Business Men's Club, and of the Cincinnati Fall Festival Association. Andrew Squire, Of Cleveland, a lawyer of national reputation, and a member of the firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, with offices in the Perry-Paine Building at Cleveland, Ohio, is a native of the State of Ohio. He comes from good old Colonial stock, and is of Scotch-English ancestry. His grandparents on his paternal side were natives of New England, and came to Portage County, Ohio, in 1812, enduring the hardships and privations of early pioneer life. In 1815, the father of Mr. Squire, Andrew J. Squire, was born. He became a prominent physician at Mantua. The mother, Martha Wilmot Squire, was also born in Portage County. Mr. Andrew Squire first saw the light of day in Mantua, Portage County, on the 21st of October, 185o. He attended the district schools of his home place until he was eleven years of age, when his parents sent him to the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute at Hiram, Ohio, where he remained until 1866, when he came to Cleveland, owing to his father's wishes, to attend a course of medical lectures. But the profession of law was more to his liking than medicine, and accordingly he began to read Blackstone and Bouvier. Returning to Hiram, he attended Hiram College, from which institution of learning he graduated in 1872. In the same year he came to Cleveland and entered the law offices of Cadwell & Marvin for the purpose of studying the legal profession. He was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio on the 3d of December, 1873, entering immediately upon the practice of law. He became associated with the above-named firm, and in 1874, when Mr. Cadwell was elected, to the Common Pleas Court, Mr. Marvin took Mr. Squire as a partner. This partnership lasted until the '1st of January, 1878, when Mr. Squire retired and became affiliated with E. J. Estep, one of 'the oldest and best-known practitioners in the State. In 1882 Judge Moses R. Dickey entered the firm, and for a number of years Estep, Dickey & Squire enjoyed a splendid practice. On the 1st of January, 189o, Mr. Squire withdrew from the firm, and, together with Judge William D. Sanders, who resigned from the bench, and James H. Dempsey, formed the present partnership of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Mr. Squire is an ardent Republican, and was a delegate to the St. Louis convention, in 1896, which nominated William McKinley, who, together with the late United States' Senator Hanna, were his intimate friends. Professionally, Mr. Squire is a lawyer of sound and accurate learning, with a fine business capacity, genial and courteous, and a man who has made a marked success in life. He is a splendid orator, a logical thinker and occupies a high social and professional standing.: The firm with which he is connected has a large, diversified and remunerative practice. His business interests are varied and extensive. He is director of the Bank of Commerce National Association, The Citizens Savings & Trust Company, The Cleveland Stone Company and The Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad Company. Mr. Squire has been twice married—in 1873, to Ella Mott, of Hiram, by which issue he has one son, Carl A. Squire ; ,and on the 24th of June, 1896, to Mrs. Eleanor Seymour Sea. He is a thirty-third-degree Mason, a member of the Republican Tippecanoe Club, Union Club, Country Club, Roadside Club, Yacht Club, etc. J. H. Charles Smith, Of Cincinnati, is one of the most successful and thorough lawyers of the Hamilton County Bar. Being self-made, he has gone through all the hardships that go to make up a self-reliant man. By his own efforts he acquired his education in the public schools, Cin- - 564 - cinnati University, West Farmington College and Cincinnati Law School. His father, whose memory he dearly cherishes, died when under thirty years of age, without wealth, leaving his good mother to struggle with two small children. His love for his mother and her memory are the sweetest thoughts of his life. When a law student in the office of Hon. Charles W. Baker, then Prosecuting Attorney, and as a court stenographer at the same time, he early became thoroughly familiar with court procedure, which many lawyers never acquire, and therefore are not successful in the courts. He at once began practicing law upon admission to the bar. As a side diversion he became legal editor of the "Express Gazette," a railroad journal, and his discussions upon common carrier law became celebrated. He was author of a great many law articles in the daily papers of Cincinnati and elsewhere, and also in law journals, by which he gained a reputation as a sound lawyer that has staid with him ever since. He has often given lectures on law in various schools. He makes it a rule never intentionally to deceive the Court or jury. He has a frank, persuasive style of speech, which he must have imbibed from his friend, the late Judge Patrick Mallon, with whom he studied law for some time. He is a hard worker, has a large practice, and devotes himself to it very zealously for fifteen hours every day except Sunday. Mr. Smith has also taken a course in bookkeeping in the Queen City Business College, anti after he became a lawyer took a course in the Ohio Medical College, and many a case has he won by virtue of his knowledge in these branches of learning. He has written for several magazines, and is a literary scholar. He has the degrees of M.A. and LL.B. Mr. Smith has continuously for years occupied positions of honor and trust, appointed by the Courts and various organizations. He is a man of honor, his word is unimpeachable, and his friends are 'legion all over the State and beyond. He was a member of the Board of 'Education, trustee of the Public Library, and member of the Board of Examiners of the public schools, and is spoken of in connection with a Judgeship. His friends say that he could poll an immense vote. He is a past officer in the orders of Knights of Pythias, Ben Hur, Essenic, is a thirty-second-degree Mason, an Elk ; is Noble Grand of Franklin Lodge, Odd Fellows, and is a Judge in the Board of Appeals, which is the Supreme Court of the Red Men of Ohio. He believes in law, education and religion, in the latter of which he is a tolerant Protestant, having studied all the great religions of the world. He is married, but is disappointed in having no children. In politics he adores the principle's of the Republican party, and has often spoken in campaigns, and is a member of the Blaine Club of Cincinnati. He haS a beautiful home in Avondale, a suburb of the Queen City, where his friends are always welcome, and from which many a charity is dispensed to the poor. - 566 - Stanley Struble, Attorney at law at Cincinnati, with offices in the Lincoln Inn Court, is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, being born at Miamitovvn on the 7th of February, 1865. He is the son of Royal Struble, who was engaged in the real estate business: His father's family came from New Jersey, while his mother is of Scotch descent. Mr. Struble received a careful education in the Cincinnati public schools and at Oberlin College, after which he attended the Cincinnati Law School, from which institution he graduated in 1.892. He immediately opened an office and became engaged in the practice: of -his profession. Mr.. Struble is an able lawyer, and enjoys the confidence of his clients and the esteem of his fellow practitioners. In political belief, he is a Republican. He was for many years Solicitor of the villages of Addyston, Cleves and North Bend, a member of the Hamilton County Republican Campaign Committee and Chairman of same for one year. He also belongs to the, Blaine Club and the Stamina Republican League. Socially, Mr. Struble is a member of the Masonic fraternity. On the 3oth of October, 1895, Mr. Struble was united in marriage to MiSs Alice Argo. Three 'daughters have blessed their union. Mr. Struble lives with his family at Cleves, Ohio. Samuel J. Schwartz, Ex-Mayor of the city of Columbus, and one of the most prominent members of the bar of Franklin County, was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in the year of 1859, his parents being Eli B. Schwartz and Lizzie Jackson Schwartz. His father was a prosperous farmer, who, at the outbreak of the Civil War, left the plow for the rifle, enlisting in the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and serving in a number of important engagements up to the battle of Shiloh, when he was killed in action against the enemy. Mr. Samuel J. Schwartz has obtained a thorough education. He first attended the district schools of Fairfield County ; after that he entered Fairfield Union Academy at Pleasantville, Ohio, and finally attended Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, from which institution he graduated in 1881. His first business experience was as a commercial traveler, and he continued a "knight of the road" for five years, when he began the reading of law, and was duly admitted a member of the Franklin County Bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio, in 1888, at once beginning active practice. His ability in legal matters soon gained him a large clientele. Early in 1897 Mr. Schwartz was appointed Police Judge by Governor Bushnell, a vacancy having occurred, and in April of the same year he was regularly elected to the same position, which he filled with consummate ability, being the only Republican elected on the city ticket. Two years later Mr. Schwartz was elected to the honorable position of Mayor of Columbus. He had the distinction of being - 567 - the first. Republican to be chosen Mayor of the Capital City for the past twelve years. His administration was clean, upright and void of partisanship, and the government of the Capital City of the Buckeye State was conducted upon an economical, safe basis and thoroughly commendable principles. After the close of his term of office, Mayor Schwartz retired into private life and resumed the practice of his profession, in which he has obtained a high standing. Mr. Schwartz is a lawyer of noted ability and sound judgment. He enjoys the esteem of all his fellow practitioners and of the public. He was married in 1888 to Miss Daisy F. Hanna. Mr. Schwartz lives with his family in a pleasant residence in Columbus; Ohio. John Miller Swartz, Mayor of the city of Granville, Ohio, and one of the foremost exponents of the law in Licking County, was born on the 11th of December, 1844, in a log cabin in the woods of Northern Wayne County, Ohio. His father was a farmer who, by thrift and industry and splendid ability, made a success in the wilds of Wayne County, where others made a dismal failure. His parents were Samuel and Mary Miller Swartz, both natives of this country, the former having been born in Union County, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Jefferson County, Ohio. Mr. John M. Swartz was educated in the common schools of Wayne County, and at the age of eighteen years received an academic education at Seville, in Medina County. After leaving Seville, he for one year taught school, and in the fall of 1865 he entered Denison University at Granville. He graduated from that seat of learning, after having taken a course in the scientific department, in June, 1859, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science. At the age of twenty- four years he became Principal of the Newark, Ohio, High Schools, which he relinquished at the end of one year, and commenced the study of the law in the office of Hon. J. B. Jones, an eminent jurist of that city. Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio, in June, 1872, Mr. Swartz immediately entered upon the practice of the profession in which he has made such a marked success. In 1882 he was admitted to practice before the United States Courts. Politically, Mr. Swartz, is a Democrat, a bi-metallist in theory, and in favor of the free coinage of silver, and of paying all our National obligations according to the original contract. He has occupied many political positions, and has been a member of the Board of City School Examiners from 1872 to 1878 ; a member of the Board of Trustees of Licking County. Children's Home three years, and is now a member of the Board of Trustees of Denison University -and also of Shepardson College, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the said University. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney of - 568 - Licking County in 1884, which position he filled until 1887, and was elected to his second term of office in the fall of 1890. In the Nov ember election of 1898 Mr. Swartz was elevated to the bench of the Court of the Fifth Ohio Circuit. In April, 1902, he was elected Mayor of Granville, Ohio, and again elected to that honorable position in April, 1903, after the new code for the cities of Ohio became effective. On . the 3d. of August, 1869, he was - married to Sarah A. Carnahan, and is the father of four children by that union, three of whom are now living. His wife died on the 6th of December, 1879. On the 5th of May, 1881, he married Laura A. Criswell. Three children are the issue of this marriage, one of whom died. From 1869 to 1899 Mr. Swartz resided at Newark, Ohio, when, in the spring of that year he removed with his family to Granville, to give his children the benefit of the schools of that college town, but he kept his office in Newark, the seat of Licking County. Mr. Swartz is a member of the Granville Baptist Church and a moderator, of the Columbus Baptist Association, and Sup4rintendent of the Intermediate. Department of the Granville Baptist Sunday School. Socially, he is a Mason, R. A. M., R. & S. M., K. of P. and R. A. Frank B. Theiss Attorney at law and banker, at Akron, Ohio, was born on the 17th of March,. 1866, in Northampton Township, Summit County, Ohio. He is of German parentage, his father, Christian Theiss, a farmer, and his mother, Charlotte Noe Theiss, having emigrated from. Germany to the United States in 1854. Mr. Theiss received his early education in the public schools of his native county, and later attended Buchtel College for a period of four years. Subsequently he prepared for the legal profession, and after a diligent study was admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Ohio, on the 7th of June, 1888, at the age of twenty-two years. Since that time Mr. Theiss has been continuously engaged in the practice of his chosen profession, and now divides his time between his practice and in the management of the First National Bank of Akron, in which institution he holds the responsible position of Vice President and director. Mr. Theiss is also heavily interested in some of the largest financial institutions of his section of the State other than the above mentioned bank, and is President and director of the. First National Bank of Wadsworth, Ohio ; director in the Dollar- Savings Bank, Akron ; director and Secretary of the Akron Foundry Company, Akron ; and director and Treasurer of The Baker-McMillan Company, Akron, Ohio. From the foregoing list of interests it will be seen that Mr. Theiss is a power in the financial affairs of his community. He has rare executive ability to successfully handle his varied enterprises. In political belief he is a staunch Republican. Mr. Theiss is a married man, and the. father of one daughter. His residence is located at No. 284 Crosby Street, and his law office at No. 2 North Howard Street, Akron, Ohio. - 569 - General Alvin C. Voris, One of the most representative citizens of Akron, Ohio, was a native of the State of Ohio, in whose history he deserves a prominent place as one of the foremost jurists of the northern part of Ohio, a member of the Summit County Bar and an officer of distinction in the late Civil War. General Voris was born on the 27th of April, 1827, in Stark County, and lived on a farm until he was eighteen years of age. During the latter period of that time he learned the trade of a shoemaker. When eighteen years of age his desire for knowledge found its gratification, when he entered the Twinsburg Institute, remaining in that school for one year, after which he spent two years at Oberlin College, where he took an elective course. Compelled to support himself, he found part of the means in teaching school during the winter months and spending several hours each day at the shoemaker's bench. In February, 1850, he came to Akron, where he has resided ever since. Soon after his arrival in Akron, he was appointed a Deputy Clerk in the Common Pleas Court, holding that 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 he held that 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 advised proper means for doing the business of the office and keeping the 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 has lost no opportunity of gaining knowledge in that direction. He 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 June, 1859, he was elected to represent Summit County in the Legislature of the State, where he soon took rank as a leader. He devoted 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 considered, even then, as one of the strong men of the body. After the breaking out of the Civil War, in September, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Regiment, was appointed by Governor. DennisOn a Second Lieutenant, and was mustered into the volunteer service on the 2d of October following. He was detailed by the recruiting service for the organization of a regiment, of which he became Lieutenant Colonel. This regiment went into the field in Western Virginia on the 19th of January, 1862. On the 16th of March he was made commanding officer, and on the evening of the 22d of the same month - 570 - he led it into the fight against a reconnoissance 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. Lieutenant Colonel Voris was promoted to the Colonelcy of this regiment, the Sixty-seventh Ohio, on the very same day. In January, 1863, he was transferred to the Department of the South, where he participated in the siege of Charleston. He was wounded in an assault on Ft. Wagoner, July,. 1863, which wound compelled him to go North. Two months later he reported for duty again. In the spring of the year following he was assigned with his regiment in the Army of Virginia, with which he was identified until the close of the war. On the 2d of April, 1865, he led the charge on Ft. 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 Colonel Voris was breveted a Brigadier General, in 1864, and in 1865 was made Major General of V:olunteers,. "for distinguished services in the field." At the close of the war he was assigned to the command of ;the military district of South Anna, Virginia. There he rendered valuable services and displayed remarkable executive 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 works of the body. He served also on the Committee on Apportion'ment, 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 was an orator of great force and a lawyer of recognized ability. In the, fall of 1890 Judge Voris was elected Judge of the Court,of Common Pleas, and. served with marked ability for one term. Upon retiring from the bench; in the winter of 1896, Judge Voris did not again enter in the general practice, but he confined his practice to consultation and the direction of special important legislation. In politics. he was an ardent Republican, but was too fair-minded and patriotic to allow partisanship to influence his judgment. He was an earnest advocate of protection, and has made many campaign speeches in favor of that policy. General Voris was well read in law, history and general literature, and loved books. He was a model citizen, and did all that lay in his power to advance the interest and welfare of his city, state and country. General Voris died on the 28th of July, 1904. Edwin Francis Voris, A prominent attorney of Summit County, was born at Akron, on the 31st of July, 1855, the son of General Alvin C. Voris (see biography on previous pages). Mr. Voris received his early education in the public schools of his native city. After having passed through the Akron High School, he, in 1872, entered Buchtel College, from which well-known institution of learning he graduated in. 1875. He then took up the study of law, matriculated at the Harvard Law School, and graduated in 1877, receiving the degree of B.L. Returning to Akron, he was admitted to the bar of Ohio, on the 7th of October of the same year, and at once commenced the practice of his chosen profession, becoming connected with the law office of his father.. In May, 1878, he removed to St. Louis, where he practiced his profession for one year. He then returned to Akron. .and formed a partnership with - 571 - his father, the firm being Voris & Voris. This partnership continued until General. Voris took his seat on the Common Pleas Bench, in January, 1891, to which he had been elected in the fall of 1890. Upon the dissolution of the firm, Mr. Edwin F: Voris former a partnership with Mr. Charles Baird, under the firm name Baird & Voris. From 1895 until 1904 Mr. Voris practiced under his own name, but in 1904 he became connected with the present firm of Voris, Vaughan_ & Vaughan. Mr. Voiis has been identified with much of the important litigation in Summit and the neighboring counties. He has won for himself an enviable position as an able and conscientious lawyer, always diligent and painstaking in matters entrusted to him. He possesses a splendid memory and has the faculty of being able to recall authorities that are applicable to the principles of law involved in a cause, with great promptness and at the proper time. His arguments to the Court are- strong and logical, and in the presentation of facts to the jury he is forcible and convincing. He is a man of Siolendid appearance, of a high moral character, with his genial and sociable nature, and has a host of friends, both in and out of his profession. A Republican politically, he has always taken an active interest in the affairs of his party. In. 1886 he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney of Summit County to fill the unexpired term of John C. Means, who died while in office. He also served several terms as a member of the School Board of Akron. On the 21st of October, 1879, he was united in marriage to Miis Elizabeth U. Slade, of Columbus, Ohio. Five children have been the issue of their union—namely, Lydia Voris, William Slade Voris, Elizabeth Voris, Edwin Francis Voris, Jr., and. Marion Voris. Mr. Voris resides with his family in Akron. His offices are located at No. 70 Main Street, that city. Gustavus Henry Wald, Deceased, who during his life was one of the most foremost lawyers of the Queen City, and at the time of his death was Dean of the Cincinnati Law School, was born on the 30th of March, 1853, in the city of Cincinnati. There he attended the public schools-and graduated from Hughes High School in the class - 572 - of 1869, later graduating from Yale in 1873. He studied law in the Harvard Law School, where he received his degree in 1875, and was at the same time admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Returning to Cincinnati, he took up the law as a profession, entering the office of the Hon. George Hoadley, and subsequently forming a partnership with Charles B. Wilby. The firm of Wilby & Wald. continued until the death of Mr. Wald. Mr. Wald's success at the bar was soon assured, and he early took a position as one of its leaders. In the local Bar Association and in all things pertaining to the wellbeing of his profession he took a prominent part. He was one of the most active members from this city in the State Bar Association, where his influence was great.especially in matters of State legislation. Whether at the bar, or in the Bar Associations, no one was left in any doubt as to his position on any subject. He came to his conclusions on, legal and political matters after a thorough research, and by logical principles, and having reached a conclusion, he maintained it in a kindly but forceful manner. Born to a competence, the emoluments of the profession interested him but little, but the principles which underlay a course delighted him, and few lawyers made deeper researches into them or understood them better after the investigations were completed. He was a master of the law, and loved it for its sake alone. Mr. Wald took no active part in politics, but he was deeply, interested in such political questions as in his opinion involved the well being of the State. His advice on political matters, both local and of the State, was sought by the managers of his party, and treated with the greatest respect. In 1891, the Democrati6 Convention placed him on the ticket for Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, without his solicitation. After hesitation, he accepted the nomination, because he thought it was his duty to respond to the call of the convention. He was, however, with the balance of his ticket, defeated at the polls. He was the editor of two editions on "Pollock on Contracts," and the editions so edited by him soon became accepted authorities in this country. He contributed many articles to the law magazines, among which may be noted as the more important the following: "Limited Liability of Carriers," "Trusts," "The English Courts," "Judgments of Sister States," "Leases for Years Renewable Forever," and "Ultra Vires." Among many papers read by him at the Cincinnati Literary Club, that on "Judah P. Benjamin," and those entitled "The. Margravine of Beireuth" and "Facetiae from the Law Reports," were of especial interest and of high literary quality. He was of counsel in much of the important litigation in this county and State. He, with Judge Taft, Lawrence Maxwell, Jr., Rufus B. Smith and J. D. Brannon, determined upon the establishment of a law school in Cincinnati upon the plan of the Harvard Law School. As a department of the University of Cincinnati, the school was opened in 1896, fully equipped, and with over forty scholars in the first year. Judge Taft was elected to the Deanship of the school, and Mr. Wald was given a Chair. of Contracts and Quasi-Contracts, and at once took high rank as a teacher of law. When Judge Taft was appointed on the Philippine Commission and of necessity resigned the office of Dean. Mr. Wald was elected as his successor, and filled the place with ability and success until the time of his .death, in 1902. Although a great student and a great reader, he was a genial, sociable, gentleman, a member of the clubs and often present in them, where he enjoyed the association of others, as well as others enjoyed his personality. After his demise, .Mr. Wald's mother and brother perpetuated his memory by a gift of $25;000 for the founding of a professorship in the Cincinnati Law School, known as "The Gustavus Henry Wald Professorship of the Law of Contracts." - 573 - John C. Welty, One of the best-known leaders of the Ohio Democracy, and prominent attorney of Canton, Ohio, Was born. in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, on the loth of September, 1852, but has lived nearly all of his life in Stark County, this State. Upon his father's side the family has for three generations been identified with the State of Maryland, and upon his mother's side for the same time with the State of New York. In each of these States his ancestors were prominent in public life, and unusually energetic in the promotion of whatever cause they espoused. His grandfather on his mother's side rendered notable service during the War for Independence. The father of Mr. Welty was a farmer, and his own early days were spent on the farm. He attended the public schools for some time and afterwards entered Bethany College, West Virginia. After leaving this college, he went to Mt. Union Colleg in Stark County, completing his studies in this: well-known institution. He subsequently read law with Judge Seraphim Meyer, of Canton., was admitted to the bar in 1877, and immediately commenced the practice of his chosen profession. About one year later he was elected City Solicitor of Canton, and was re-elected for three successive terms. This is a distinction never accorded to another incumbent of that office in Canton, either before or since Mr. Welty had charge of that position, and the honor was the .more pronounced from the fact that it was conferred upon so young a man. It was appreciated as a token of confidence and respect, and undoubtedly stimulated its recipient to the achievement of still higher purposes. In 1884 Mr. Welty was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Stark County. Having served with great ability, he was re-elected to a second term, in 1887. From that time to the present day, although devoting himself assiduously to the practice of his profession, he has constantly grown, step by step and year by year, in the public eye and in public favor, until to-day he is one of the most popular political leaders in his State. Mr. Welty, with his numerous occupations and employments, is a lawyer all the time. He is devoted to his profession and loves its practice. He is an eloquent and impressive speaker, either in Court or on public occasions. As one of the most powerful political orators of Ohio, he never wearies his audiences, but holds them from the beginning of his speech to the end. His impressive appearance, his earnestness and his great personal magnetism bring his hearers very near to him, and inspire them with a confidence bordering on affection. In 1896 the Democratic District Convention was divided upon the issue of the single gold standard, and the split in that convention was referred to the State Convention at Columbus. Mr. Welty had charge of the interests of the silver contingent, and after a bitter struggle achieved a signal victory. The opposing element appealed to the National Convention at Chicago, and - 574 -