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in 1842. He was prosecutor in 1847; representative, 1862-1866; senator, 1868-1872. He died September 28, 190S. Ebenezer P. Loveland was a lawyer of Miami county from 1840 to about 1860. He died in 1871. Hugh L. Livingston, of Lawrence county, but a native of South Carolina, prac- ticed at Bedford for a few years after 1825, and then moved to Bloomfield, thence to Sullivan.
Cephas D. Morris practiced in Putnam county. Nathaniel Miles, of Clinton county, located at Frankfort in 1835. He came from New York. After two or three years he moved to Belleville, Illinois. Alexander Mc- Donald, of Lake county, located at Crown Point in 1839 and practiced until his death in 1869. He was representative in 1843, 1845 1851, 1852 and 1854. Joseph G. Marshall, of Jefferson county, was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, January 18, 1800, and graduated from Transylvania College in 1823. He located at Madison in 182S and practiced law there until his death, April 8, 1853. He was Probate Judge in 1831; stumped the state, 1836, 1840 and 1844, and again for himself as a candidate for governor in 1846. He was state senator, 1850-1852; representative during the years 1834, 1836, 1837 and 1838 and again in 1841. He was twice kept from the United States Senate by political buccaneers. As a lawyer he stood in the frant rank from 1840 to 1855. Beattie McClelland, of Randolph and Bartholomew counties, was admitted to the Randolph bar in 1836; was Probate Judge 1812-1849. He moved to Columbus about 1860. John McIntire, of Pike county, practiced in the twenties and thirties. Robert Mckinney, of Johnson county, was admitted to the bar in 1841. Samuel D. Maxwell, of Clinton county, was county clerk from 1829 to 1843, and practiced law from 1843 until 1854, when he moved to Indian- apolis. He was mayor of Indianapolis from 1858 to 1863. He died July 3, 1873. Daniel S. Major practiced in Dearborn county from 1832 until 1872. He was born near Harrison, September 6, 1SOS, and graduated from Miami in 1831. He studied law under General Dill. He was one of the most able and polished lawyers of his day. Elza A. McMahon, of Allen county, was admitted to the bar about 1845. He came from Ohio; was prosecutor in 1846; Circuit Judge, 1851-1855. Hugh McCulloch, of Allen county, was admitted to the bar in 1833. He graduated from Bowdoin (1826) and read law in Boston and in the office of Judge Jeremiah Sul- livan, of Madison. He soon went into the banking business. He was Probate Judge in 1834. Daniel McClure was a lawyer of Morgan county. Alexander A. Meek, of Jefferson county, practiced from about 1810 to 1830 or later. He was the second grand master of Indiana Masons, 1818. George McDonald, of Knox county, was the father-in-law of Judge Black- ford. John A. Matson, of Franklin and Putnam counties, moved from Brookville to Greencastle in 1851. He was a candidate for governor in 1849; was representative, 1838 and 1840. Elijah B. Martindale, of Henry county, was born, August 22, 1828, in Wayne county. In 1850 he was admitted to the Wayne county bar, where he practiced twelve years. In 1862 he moved to Indianapolis and continued his practice. James Mor- rison, of Clark and Marion counties, was born in Scotland in 1796. He
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was admitted to the bar of Marion county in 1829, and succeeded Bethuel Morris as Judge. James P. Maxwell of Gibson county, died before 1833. Harbin H. Moore was a lawyer of Harrison county from 1816 to about 1840. He was representative in 1818, 1826, 1827, and was speaker in 1831 and 1832. He was the first attorney-general of Indiana, 1822-1823. Isaiah B. McDonald, of Whitley county, was admitted to the bar about 1852. He was prosecutor from 1852 to 1855; clerk in 1855; was a soldier and politician. He was born in Virginia, September 18, 1826, and settled in Whitley county in 1842. Josiah S. Masters, of Porter county, was ad- mitted to the bar before 1840. He was the first resident lawyer and school teacher of Porter county. A. F. Mayo, of Clinton county, was ad- mitted to the bar in 1834, having come from eastern Indiana. He moved to Louisiana in 1836 and died not long afterwards. James A. Maxwell, of Clinton county, was admitted to the bar in 1832. He read law with Whit- comb at Bloomington. In 1835 he removed to Grand Bluff, Mississippi. He died at Covington, Kentucky, in 1882. William R. Morris practiced in the Third circuit in the twenties. John T. Mckinney, of Franklin county, located at Brookville in the twenties. He was senator, 1828-1830; repre- sentative, 1826-1827. David Macy was a lawyer of Henry, Dearborn and Marion counties. He was born in North Carolina, December 25, 1810, and came to Indiana in 1820. He read law at Centerville and was admitted to the bar in 1832. He practiced at New Castle; was representative, 1835- 1837 ; prosecutor of the Sixth circuit in 1838. He went to Lawrenceburg in 1840; representative, 1845-1846. He moved to Indianapolis in 1852. His death occurred on May 29, 1892. John Morris was a lawyer of Dekalb and Allen counties. He was born in Ohio, December 6, 1816 and moved to Indiana. He opened an office in Auburn in 1844, but in 1856 he moved to Ft. Wayne where he continued to practice for half a century.
Reuben W. Nelson was a lawyer of Clark and Floyd counties from 1816 to about 1830, when he was killed by falling from his horse. Chris- tian C. Nave, of Hendricks county, was born in Tennessee, August 22, 1803. He began practice at Danville, December 19, 1831, and practiced until his death on August 3, 1894; representative, 1834-1835; senator, 1839-1842; a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1850. John B. Niles was a lawyer of Laporte county. He was born in Vermont, Sep- tember 13, 1808, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1830. He came to Laporte in 1833; Circuit Judge, 1843; member of Constitutional Conven- tion of 1850. He was a son-in-law of Joseph William Polke. He was in the Senate in 1864; and was attorney for the Lake Shore Railroad till his death, at Laporte, on July 6, 1879. Horatio C. Newcomb was a lawyer of Jennings county from 1844 to 1846. He came to Indianapolis as the part- ner of Ovid Butler. He was mayor of Indianapolis, 1849-1853 ; representa- tive in 1854; senator in 1860; Superior court Judge in 1871; Supreme court commissioner, 1881-1882; died in office. Isaac Naylor was a lawyer of Clark and Montgomery counties.
Hugh O'Neal died alone, of intemperance, at Indianapolis, December 27, 1860. He studied about two years at Indiana University. He was
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never married. Willis C. Osbourne was a lawyer of Gibson county. He practiced between 1816 and 1833. Harlowe Orton, of Porter county, was admitted to the bar before 1839, but only practiced a short time until he moved to Madison, Wisconsin. Gabriel M. Overstreet, of Johnson county, was admitted to the bar in 1847 and soon formed a partnership with A. B. Hunter, which continued nearly a half century. He was representative, 1883-1885. He was born in Kentucky May 21, 1819, and read law in the office of Hicks. He died February S, 1907. He was the father of Con- gressman Jesse Overstreet.
Isaac N. Pierce was a lawyer of Terre Haute. John R. Porter was a lawyer of Paoli, Orange county, and Newport, Vermillion county, before 1840. William Jenks Peaslee, of Shelby county, was born in Vermont, January 8, 1803. He opened an office in Shelbyville in 1832; was repre- sentative in 1837; Judge in 1843. He moved to Chicago in 1853, and to Missouri in 1863, where he died in the same year. Robert Patterson, of Indianapolis, came to Marion county from Jennings county and Kentucky about 1821. He was Probate Judge. Benjamin W. Peters, of Cass county, studied in the office of Biddle, and was admitted to the bar in 1845. He was a partner of H. P. Biddle. He served in the Mexican war. He died in May, 1857. William A. Peelle, of Randolph county, came to Winchester in 1846; prosecutor, 1848; Judge, 1854-1860; secretary of state, 1861-1863. He moved to Centerville in 1864. Josiah F. Polke, of Marion county, was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1824. John W. Payne was a law- yer of Harrison county before 1840. James Perry, of eastern Indiana, practiced in Union county soon after it was organized. He was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1830. Jonathan Payne, of Orange county, was a candidate for reporter of the Supreme court in 1860.
William Quarles, of Marion county, practiced until his death in 1849. Martin M. Ray, of Shelby county was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1823; was senator, 1861-1863; representative, 1826, 1834-1835. John Ryman, of Franklin county, was admitted to the bar, October 8, 1832. Richard H. Rousseau, of Greene county, practiced from about 1840 to 1850. John W. Ray, of Greene and Marion counties, was born at Madison, August 15, 1828. He was the son of Rev. Edwin Ray and a graduate of DePauw (1848). He read law under R. H. Rousseau, of Bloomfield. He was colonel of the Forty-ninth Regiment in the Civil War. Samuel Q. Richardson was a lawyer in the old Third circuit in 1820. Elias Roberts, of Posey county, practiced at Springfield, the county seat. John F. Ross was a lawyer of Clark county. Charles H. Reeve, of Marshall county 1846-1905, read law under James Bardley and S. C. Sample. He was the author of "The Prison Question" and "Dependent Children"; senator, 1877-1879. Nathan O. Ross, of Miami county, was born in Qentucky. Sep- tember 14, 1819, and came to Indiana in 1821. He was admitted to the bar at Wabash and Peru in 1839. He practiced at Peru as a partner of E. P. Loveland, and later as a partner of R. P. Effinger. He was the attorney of the Pan Handle Railroad after 1873. He was representative in 1848 and 1867. John H. Ross was a lawyer of Vincennes.
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Septimus Smith was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1828. Philip Spooner was a lawyer of Dearborn county in the forties. A. G. Porter read law in his office. He was the father of Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin. George Rogers Clark Sullivan, of Vincennes, was admitted to the Vigo county bar in 1818. He was a representative, 1817-1820. Philip Sweetzer, of Jefferson, Bartholomew and Marion counties, was born in Morrow, New Hampshire, in 1795. He was a classmate of Rufus Choate; came to Madison; then went to Columbus, where he was a partner of General Noble and, later, became the latter's son-in-law; in 1837 moved to Indianapolis. His practice lasted from about 1820 till his death, in 1843. John Slater. of Johnson county, practiced from 1847 to about 1856, when he went to Tennessee. He was born in Canada, May 17, 1815. He studied law with Judge Finch and became his partner. He was state senator in 1856. Clement B. Simonson, of Kosciusko county, was admitted to the bar in 1836. In 1848 he moved to Gibson county. David S. Snyder, of Kosciusko and Jasper counties, located at Warsaw in 1845, but after one year went to Rensselaer where he practiced many years. He was representative in 1859. Elijah M. Spencer, father of John W. Spencer, Judge of the Supreme court at Indianapolis, was a graduate of Allegheny College and practiced law at Mt. Vernon for sixty years. James F. Suit, of Clinton county, was admitted to the bar at Frankfort in 1844, where he practiced the rest of his life. He is the father of Joseph C. Suit. Ben- jamin I. Spooner, of Dearborn county, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, Octo- ber 27, 1823. He served in the Mexican War. He began the practice of law in 1848 or 1849; was prosecutor of the circuit; became a soldier in the Civil War; was United States marshal in Indiana from 1865 to 1879. He died at Lawrenceburg, April S, 1SS1. A. J. Simpson, of Orange county, practiced from 1818 to 1820 at Paoli. Henry Secrest practiced in Putnam county. He was representative, 1845-1846, and senator in 1851. Addison C. Smith was a lawyer of southwestern Indiana. He was prosecutor in 1819. Thomas S. Stanfield was a lawyer of South Bend. He was born in Logan county, Ohio, in 1814. He, came to South Bend in 1831, and prac- ticed till his death. William Steele was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1823. Jeremiah Smith, of Randolph county, was admitted to the bar in 1837. He came from South Carolina to Randolph county in 1817. He practiced law for thirty years, and was Judge for eight years. James S. Sullivan was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1837. George W. Sheets, of Jefferson county, was practicing in 1846 and later.
Elias Terry was a lawyer of Daviess county from 1820 to 1840. James B. Turner was a lawyer of Lake county from 1861 to 1866. Will- iam P. Thomasson practiced in Harrison county before 1840. George W. Turner, of Porter county, was admitted to the bar in 1846, and practiced till 1856. George Taylor was a lawyer from Clinton county, 1840-1844. He came from West Virginia; moved to Alabama in 1844; to Brooklyn, New York, in 1848; was in Congress, 1857-1859; practiced in Washington, D. C., till his death, January 18, 1894. Spier S. Tipton, of Cass county, a son of Senator John Tipton, was admitted to the bar on February 3,
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1835. He went to the Mexican War and never returned. John H. Thomp- son was a lawyer of Clark county. Charles H. Test was a lawyer from Franklin, Wayne and White counties. He was admitted to the bar of Franklin county in 1822. He was representative, 1826 and 1855; was in the Senate, 1840; secretary of state, 1849-1853. He later served on the Circuit bench. He was the son of John Test. George E. Tingle was a lawyer of Owen county.
John D. Vaughn was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1829. Samuel Whittlesey, of western Indiana, was admitted to the Vigo county bar in 1818. John S. Watts was a lawyer of Monroe county. Williamson Wright, of Cass county, was admitted to the bar August 10, 1835. He was a partner of John S. Patterson and a brother of Judge John W. Wright. He died in 1896. Silas Wright, of Boone county, moved south in 1845 after a short stay in Boone county. Stephen Wildman, of Noble county, was admitted to the bar about 1850. Daniel B. Wick was a brother of Judge W. W. Wick. Joseph Warner was a lawyer of Wash- ington and Daviess counties, in early times. Martin Wood, of Lake county, located at Crown Point in 1S4S. Thomas D. Walpole, of Hancock county, studied under William Quarles, of Indianapolis, and located at Greenfield. Samuel E. Williams, of Laporte county, was admitted to the bar on March 14, 1843. Moorman Way, of Randolph county, was admitted to the bar in 1839. Foster P. Wright was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1829. Richard Winchell was admitted to the Randolph county bar in 1828.
Simon Yandes was a lawyer of Marion county. He was an early partner of Calvin Fletcher. He was a graduate of Harvard, where he was a classmate of James Russell Lowell, the poet. He soon quit law and took up business. He came to Indianapolis about 1821. He was representative in 1820.
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CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS.
Charles Warren Fairbanks was born in Union county, Ohio, on May 11, 1852. His father, Loreston M. Fairbanks, was from Vermont, and his mother, Mary A. (Smith) Fairbanks, was from New York. Charles W. Fairbanks grew up on a farm, in due time entering Ohio Wesleyan Univer- sity, from which he graduated in 1872. After studying law two years, he was admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1874, coming to Indianapolis the same year. From the beginning, a large portion of his law practice has been in the State, Supreme and Federal courts. Being a pleasing and effective speaker he was soon in demand on the political platform. In. 1888 he supported Gresham before the national convention and then gave Ben- jamin Harrison able assistance in his campaign. He was chairman of the Republican state conventions of 1892, 1898, 1914, and was temporary chairman of the national convention of 1896 at St. Louis, being influential in causing the latter convention to take a stand for "sound money." He was a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1900 at Phila- delphia, and chairman of the committee on resolutions; was a delegate to the national convention at Chicago in 1904, and chairman of the Indiana delegation; in 1912 was a delegate to the Republican national convention and chairman of the committee on resolutions. In 1897 he was elected United States senator to succeed Daniel W. Voorhees, and was re-elected in 1903. He made an excellent record in the Senate, where he served until March 4, 1905, when he resigned to become Vice-President of the United States, to which office he had been elected in 1904 on the ticket with Theodore Roosevelt. While in the Senate, he was by appointment of President Mckinley, a member of the United States and British Joint High Commission and chairman of the American commissioners.
Mr. Fairbanks has been a trustee of his Alma Mater for many years; was a founder and faculty member of the Indiana Law School; is a direc- tor in the Consumers' Gas Company; a member of the Columbia Club; a Mason, and Odd Fellow; a member and trustee of the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal church, Indianapolis, and a member of both the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations. He was elected by Congress a member of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution;
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is a trustee of DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana; trustee of the American University, Washington, D. C .; president of the Indiana Forestry Association ; director of the Indianapolis Foundation, and president of the Methodist Hospital, of Indianapolis.
In October, 1874, Mr. Fairbanks was married to his classmate, Cornelia Cole, of Marysville, Ohio, and to this union five children were born. Mrs. Fairbanks died in 1914, one of the best known, most beloved women of the state. -
THOMAS R. MARSHALL.
Thomas R. Marshall, Vice-President of the United States, was born at North Manchester, Indiana, March 14, 1854. His parents were Dr. Daniel M. and Martha E. (Patterson) Marshall. He is descended from the same family as Chief Justice John Marshall. Thomas R. Marshall received his primary education in the public schools and his higher education in Wabash College, of which he is an alumnus, class of 1873. He is now serving on its board of trustees. After graduating he began the study of law with Walter Olds, of Fort Wayne. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and opened an office in Columbia City, where he has since practiced. He had for his partners in practice W. F. McNagny and P. H. Clugston, he being the senior. In 1880, he was defeated for prosecuting attorney. In 1896 and 1898, he was Democratic chairman of the Twelfth district. He was elected governor of Indiana in November, 190S. When his term expired, he was elected Vice-President of the United States, 1912. He is a Presby- terian, a thirty-third-degree Mason, a member of Phi Gamma Delta and of Phi Beta Kappa, and a Democrat. On October 2, 1895, he married Lois Kimsey, of Angola.
SAMUEL D. MILLER.
Samuel D. Miller, of the firm of Miller, Dailey & Thompson, attorneys- at-law, Indianapolis, is a native of Indiana, born at Fort Wayne, September 25, 1869. He is the son of William Henry Harrison Miller, former Attor- ney-General of the United States, and was five years of age when his par- ents moved to Indianapolis, in which city he grew to manhood and where he now resides. He prepared for college in the Indianapolis Classical School and then entered Hamilton College, his father's alma mater, from which he was graduated in 1890, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. After a year in the law department of Columbia University at New York, he entered the law department of the National University at Washington, D. C., from which he was graduated in 1892, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In March, 1893, he was admitted to the bar at Indianapolis and became the junior member of the firm of Hord, Perkins & Miller, which connection continued until 1895, in which year he went to New York City, where he was engaged in practice until his return to Indian-
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apolis in 1899, when he became a member of the firm of Miller, Elam, Fesler & Miller. Since May, 1906, he has had connections with the firms of Miller, Shirley, Miller & Thompson, and the present firm of Miller, Dailey & Thompson, of which he is the head. From March, 1891, to March, 1893, he held the position of private secretary to the Secretary of War, having thus served in turn under Secretary Redfield Proctor and Secretary Stephen B. Elkins. Mr. Miller is a Republican, a member of the American, Indiana and Indianapolis Bar Associations, the Columbia Club, the University Club, the Country Club, the Chi Psi fraternity, the Indiana Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, and other organizations. In 1910 he was elected a member of the board of trustees of Hamilton College, and was re-elected in 1914. Mr. Miller has been twice married. By his first marriage he has a son, Sidney Stanhope Miller, born on September 27, 1893. On October 23, 1907, he married Miss Amelia Owen, daughter of Dr. A. M. Owen, of Evansville, Indiana, and to this union have been born a son, William Henry Harrison Miller II, born on November 10, 1908, and Laura Owen Miller, born on April 22, 1914.
HOMER ELLIOTT.
Homer Elliott, of Spencer, was born near Shoals, Martin county, Indiana, January 9, 1878, the son of Jacob and Mary (Littell) Elliott, both natives of Indiana. Homer Elliott was educated in the common schools of Martin and Morgan counties, in the State Normal School and the State University. His legal training was secured in the Indiana University Law School and in the office of Beem & Williams, of Spencer. He was admitted to the bar at Spencer in March, 1890, and has since practiced there. He was a candidate on the Republican ticket for judge of the Tenth judicial circuit in 1914, but was defeated by a small majority. He is a member of the Columbia Club, is a Mason and a Republican. On April 19, 1903, he married Myrtle Leonard, of Eminence, Indiana, and they have two children, Martin Kelso and Virginia Evelyn.
DAVID SANDERS GOODING.
David Sanders Gooding was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, Jan- uary 20, 1824. He came to Greenfield with his father in 1836 and three years later entered DePauw University. Before finishing the work, he began the study of law under George W. Julian, and was admitted to the bar in 1845. In 1847 he was elected to the Legislature; in 1848 he became county prosecuting attorney and in 1851, circuit prosecuting attorney. In 1852 he was elected Judge of the Common Pleas court for Hancock and Madison counties and in 1856 became state senator for the same counties. In 1861 Gooding was elected Judge of the Common Pleas court for Han- cock, Madison Rush, Henry and Decatur counties. In June 1865, he was appointed United States marshal for the District of Columbia. He was defeated for Congress in 1870. In 1874 he was a member of the Demo- cratic state central committee and in the campaign of 1888 toured Maine as a campaign speaker. He died several years ago.
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SAMUEL MOFFETT RALSTON.
Samuel M. Ralston, Governor of the state of Indiana, was born De- cember 1, 1857, on a farm near New Cumberland, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and is a son of John and Sarah (Scott) Ralston. In 1865 his parents moved to a farm in Owen county, Indiana, where they lived eight years. They then lived near Fontanet, Indiana, where the father tried coal mining, but later moved to Spencer, Indiana. In 1876, Samuel M. Ralston began teaching school. He studied one term at Valparaiso and later graduated from Central Normal College at Danville. In 1884 he began reading law with Robinson & Fowler, at Spencer, and, on January 1, 1886, he was admitted to the bar. He located at Lebanon and practiced with John A. Abbott for two years; then with Michael Keefe until the latter's death, in 1899, from which time until 1912 he was alone. In the latter year he was elected Governor of Indiana on the Democratic ticket. In 1892 he was a presidential elector; from 1908 to 1911 he was president of the Lebanon school board. He is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias and is a member of the Presbyterian church. In 1889 he married Jennie Cravens, of Hendricks county, and they have three children.
LINUS A. EVANS.
Linus A. Evans, of Terre Haute, was born on a farm at Roseville, Parke county, Indiana, August 1, 1868, the son of William D. and Sarah L. Evans, also natives of Parke county. His early education was secured at the public schools. At the age of eighteen he entered the preparatory de- partment of DePauw University and graduated from the law department in 1891. In February, 1892, he located with the law firm of McNutt & McNutt at Terre Haute, with whom he practiced until 1905. From 1905 to 1910 he practiced with James B. Millikin and since 1910 he has been a member of the firm of Hamill, Hickey & Evans. He is treasurer of the Terre Haute Bar Association.
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