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JAMES WADE EMISON.
James Wade Emison, of Vincennes, was born on a farm at Bruceville, Knox county, Indiana, February 7, 1859, and is the son of John W. and Amelia (Dunning) Emison. He took full advantage of the public schools of his neighborhood and then entered DePauw University. He graduated in 1882, taking the Master of Arts degree in 1885. From 1882 to 1889, he assisted in the management of his father's extensive farming, milling and merchandising interests. In 1889, he entered the law office of Capt. George G. Reily, at Vincennes. One year later he became a partner of Captain Reily, with whom he practiced till the latter's health failed and he died in 1899. From 1901 to 1907, he practiced with William W. Mof- fett and since the death of the latter he has practiced alone. He was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1908 and has served as city and county attorney. He married Sada Ross Rabb on November 27, 1890, and they have four children, Ewing, James Wade, Susan Rabb and John Rabb.
WYMOND J. BECKETT.
Wymond J. Beckett, attorney-at-law, with offices in the Union Trust building at Indianapolis, is a native of Indiana, born in Dearborn county, June 2, 1860. Upon completing the course in the public schools, he began teaching school, when eighteen years of age, and was thus engaged until he was twenty-one, when he entered old Asbury (now DePauw) Univer- sity, completing the sophomore year on money he had saved from his salary as a teacher. He completed the remaining two years principally on prize money won at DePauw in contests in elocution and oratory, and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1888. After a year on the farm following his graduation, Mr. Beckett entered the law office of Ritter & Ritter at Indianapolis and upon his admission to the bar, in 1891, formed a partnership with Wilson S. Doan, with offices in the rooms in the Union Trust building formerly occupied by Governor Gray. That partnership terminated after a period of six years, but Mr. Beckett still occupies his original offices. He specializes in cases of negli- gence and wills and was one of the attorneys in the famous Crowley will case at New Orleans. He is also engaged in stock raising in Marion county. Mr. Beckett is independent in politics. He is a member of the State Bar Association, the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Odd Fellows and the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and he and his wife are members of the Central Avenue Methodist church. They have three children and reside in the Buckingham apartments on North Meridian street.
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LEROY M. WADE.
LeRoy M. Wade, of Vincennes, was born on a farm near Cynthiana, Posey county, Indiana, on August 22, 1862. His parents were George W. and Zereldia (Williams) Wade, the former a native of Ohio, the latter, of Indiana. He was reared on a farm, attended the public schools and Brown's College. His professional studies were taken up at the Law School of the University of Virginia, where he graduated in 1883, at the age of twenty-one. He taught two years in the Mt. Vernon schools and then entered the law practice with William P. Edson. He practiced in Posey and adjoining counties in three states until June 1, 1909, when he formed a partnership with A. J. Padgett, opened an office in Vincennes, and on January 1, 1913, formed a partnership with A. J. Padgett, who until then lived in Washington. He gives most of his attention to corpo- ration law. He married Emma Tente, of Mt. Vernon, on July 12, 1885.
GEORGE C. HARVEY.
George C. Harvey, of Danville, was born on a farm near Rockville, Parke county, Indiana, August 9, 1860, the son of George C. and Martha Ann (Thompson) Harvey, the former of whom, captain of Company I, Thirty-first Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was killed on the first day of the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Captain Harvey's widow moved with her three small children to Rockville and there George C. Harvey's youth was spent. When ten years of age he was appointed page in the Parke circuit court and served in that capacity for several yers, thus early in life imbibing the atmosphere of the courts. While pursuing his studies at Wabash College he spent much of his leisure time in the law office of M. D. White at Crawfordsville and was wont to attend notable hearings in court, during which time he heard McDonald, Harrison, Hendricks, Vorhees and other leaders of the profession in this state conduct cases. Following his graduation from Wabash College, in 1883, Mr. Harvey en- tered the law office of Thaddeus S. Adams and the next year was admitted to the bar, continuing to maintain an office with Mr. Adams until 1887, in which year he formed a partnership with George W. Brill, which continued until the elevation of the latter to the bench in 1912. Mr. Harvey was elected clerk of the city of Danville at four different elections; was a member of the military staff of Governor Chase and of the staff of Gov- ernor Matthews, with the rank of colonel, and has served as chief inspector of the infantry division of the Indiana National Guard. In 1890 he was elected colonel of the Sons of Veterans, department of Indiana, and since then has held the office of judge advocate-general of the Sons of Veterans of the United States. Colonel Harvey has tried thirty-five murder cases in Hendricks and adjoining counties. He is a member of the Loyal Legion, a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Knights of Pythias and while in college was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He is vice-presi- dent of the Klondyke Milling Company of Danville, owns three farms in Hendricks county and holds stock in various corporations. Colonel Harvey
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is a Republican and a member and director of the Columbia Club at Indianapolis. On November 8, 1887, George C. Harvey was united in mar- riage, at Flemingsburg, Kentucky, to Lillian D. Drenan, daughter of James P. and Mahala Drenan, and to this union four children have been born, Drenan R., born on April 6, 1889, who is practicing law with his father; George R., August 17, 1890, also associated with his father in practice; Martha A., April 22, 1895, and John Parke, June 10, 1902.
ANDREW J. HICKEY.
Andrew J. Hickey, attorney-at-law, LaPorte, Indiana ; member of the firm of Hickey & Wolfe; firm consists of Andrew J. Hickey and Norman F. Wolfe. Has been engaged in the practice of law at LaPorte, Indiana, since 1897.
VITUS GEORGE JONES.
Vitus George Jones, of South Bend, was born in Cass county, Mich- igan, June 15, 1879, and is one of four children born to Thomas P. and ยท Catharine (Cullanine) Jones. Thomas P. Jones was a native of Ireland, having embarked for America in 1855. He taught in the Willow Springs and Englewood Normal schools. Vitus George Jones was educated in the common schools of Cass county, Michigan, and in Notre Dame Univer- sity. He took his bachelor's degree in 1902 and his law degree in 1903. At the latter date he was admitted to the bar and began practice with F. M. Jackson. In 1906, he formed a partnership with D. D. Bates, which continued till 1907, when the firm of Howell, Bates, Elliott & Jones was formed and continued till October, 1910, and in 1912 the firm of Howell, Hubbell & Jones was formed. In 1913, Mr. Jones formed the present partnership with Marshall L. Howell and John F. Devine. He is a member of both the St. Joseph County and Indiana State Bar Associations; is a Maccabee, and a Republican. He married Mary Morley, of South Bend.
ED JACKSON.
Hon. Ed Jackson, of Newcastle, former Judge of Fifty-third judicial circuit, was born in Howard county, Indiana, on December 27, 1873. He is a son of Presley E. and Mary Elizabeth (Howell) Jackson, both native Hoosiers. The father was a sawyer, and moved about from county to county frequently. The son picked up what little schooling he could and put in the balance of his time at labor at the saw-mills. He studied law with the late LeRoy B. Nash, of Tipton, selling papers to pay expenses. He began professional practice at Kennard, Henry county, at the age of twenty. and removed to Newcastle in 1898. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1900, and re-elected in 1902. He was appointed Judge of the Fifty-third judicial circuit, July 13, 1907. and was elected for a full term in 1908. Since 1914 he has been practicing in partnership with Robert I. Marsh, the firm maintaining offices in Indianapolis and Newcastle. In
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1916 Judge Jackson became the nominee, by unanimous selection, of the Republican party for secretary of state. Fraternally, he is a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Red Man, a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. He was married, February 20, 1897, to Rosa Wilkinson, of Kennard, Indiana, and they have two children.
AZRO DYER.
Judge Azro Dyer, dean of the Evansville bar and formerly Judge of the Superior court of that city, was born at Rumsey, McLean county, Kentucky, March 12, 1836. He is a son of Dillis and Elizabeth (Cham- bers) Dyer, the father a native of Connecticut and the mother, of North Carolina. Judge Dyer was educated at Rochester, New York, and at Dart- mouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating from the latter in 1856 and from the Louisville Law School in 1858. The latter year he located at Calhoun, Kentucky, where he practiced until July 15, 1864, when he removed to Evansville, where he has since resided. In 1877 he was appointed first judge of the Evansville Superior court, and was elected three times in succession to the same position. Since 1890 he has practiced almost exclusively in the Federal courts. He is the oldest living lawyer in Evansville, having been a member of its bar for fifty-two years. In 1879, in company with Benjamin Harrison, he represented the Indiana Bar Association at the Saratoga convention. Judge Dyer has traveled widely, having made a trip around the world, and is a scholar of recog- nized ability. He was married, January 3, 1861, to Prudie L. Belt, of Livermore, Kentucky, and they have one child, Mrs. A. S. Butterfield, of Evansville.
WILLIAM A. ROACH.
William A. Roach, familiarly known as "Deacon," of Delphi, was born at that place, December 24, 1874, and is the son of William and Anna (Morgan) Roach. Anna Roach, his mother, was born in the West Indies, while her parents were en route to America from England. Will- iam Roach, his father, was born in Canada, came to America in 1865 and has lived at Delphi since that time. William A. Roach received his early education in the Delphi public schools and graduated from the Indiana Law School in the class of 1896. After his graduation, Mr. Roach entered the law office of Michael A. Ryan, of Delphi, and was associated with Mr. Ryan for a period of nine years, until Mr. Ryan moved to Indianapolis and entered the practice there, while Mr. Roach continued in the practice for himself in the office vacated by Mr. Ryan. Mr. Roach served as city attorney for the city of Delphi for a period of five years, from 1902 to 1907. He is an active Republican and was scarcely out of his teens before he had turned his attention to politics. He served as secretary of the Republican county central committee during the cam- paigns of 1902 and 1904; as county chairman in the campaigns of 1910
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and 1912; in 1914 was elected chairman of the Ninth congressional district, and was re-elected as district chairman in March, 1916. He was married on October 6, 1897, to Georgia Newell, of Chicago. Mr. Roach is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Delphi, and has "gone through the chairs." He is a member of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons; of Red Cross Commandery, Knights Templar, at Delphi, as well as a member of Murat Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. He is also a member of the Indiana State Bar Association. He is a director of the Delphi State Bank of Del- phi; is secretary and treasurer of the Ockley Lumber and Supply Com- pany, of Ockley, Indiana, and is the junior member of the firm of Roach & Roach, at Delphi.
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EDMUND A. WILLS.
Edmund A. Wills was born in South Bend, Indiana, on August 11, 1882, and is one of four children born to Emanuel R. and Margaret (Coquillard) Wills. He was educated in the parochial schools and in the college at Rensselaer. In 1906 he graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan. He was admitted to the bar at South Bend the following year, and has since been located there. He has extensive com- mercial interests and has made a special study of probate and real estate law. He is a director in the Union Trust Company. He is a member of the St. Joseph County Bar Association and of the Knights of Columbus. He married Loretto M. Tice, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and they have had two children, Margaret E. and Mary L. They are members of St. Patrick's Catholic church.
CHARLES H. BURCHENAL.
Charles H. Burchenal was born at Greensboro, Maryland, September 18, 1830. He came with his mother to Wayne county, Indiana, in 1840, studied law with J. S. Newman, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. In 1854 he was elected district attorney for the Sixth Common Pleas court. In 1859 he removed to Richmond, Indiana, where he took up the practice of law. Mr. Burchenal was a Whig and a Republican. He died, Decem- ber 7, 1896, at Richmond.
OTIS L. BALLOU.
Otis L. Ballou was born on a farm in New York, August 31, 1849, and he is a son of Pardon D. and Catharine (Bonesteel) Ballou, both of Saratoga county, New York. He was educated in the common schools and in Kingsville Academy in Ohio, graduating from the latter in 1868. He taught school in Ohio in 1869, and in Lagrange county, Indiana, until 1875, all the while utilizing his spare time in the study of law, and was admitted to practice in 1872. In 1875 he opened an office in Lagrange, where he has since practiced. In 1892 he was a presidential elector, served on the school board for many years, and was state senator during
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1913 and 1915. On February 16, 1904, he was appointed Judge on the death of Judge Joseph O. Ferrall and served until appointment was made for the position by the governor, February 25, and is now the candidate of his party for Judge of the Thirty-fourth judicial circuit. He is a member of the Lagrange County Bar Association, a charter member of the Indiana State Bar Association, a Presbyterian and a Democrat. They have three children, Pardon D., William C., and Katie May, the wife of John E. Antonides.
ABRAM SIMMONS.
Abram Simmons, of Bluffton, was born in Randolph county, Indiana, January 30, 1858, and is a son of Hiram L. and Lucinda (Harshman) Simmons, also natives of Indiana. He was reared on a Wells county farm, to which the family moved when he was a boy, and he was educated in the district schools and the high school at Bluffton. Later he attended the Methodist College at Fort Wayne. He read law with Joseph S. Dailey and Levi Mock at Bluffton, and was admitted to the bar on April 24, 1SS3. He at once entered into a partnership with Dailey and Mock, which lasted in one form or other until January 1, 1913, when Frank Dailey, son of Joseph S., who died in 1905, left the firm to become United States district attorney. He is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association. He mar- ried Jennie Mast, on November 28, 1SSS, and they have two sons, Joseph L. and Virgil Mast.
RUSSELL W. GEYER.
Russell W. Geyer was born at South Bend, Indiana, on June 24, 1891, and is one of three children born to Robert E. and Emaline (Barrett) Geyer. The father is a retired farmer. Russell W. Geyer was educated in the common and high schools of North Liberty, Indiana, and later attended Northwestern University, where he prepared for the law. In 1914, he was admitted to the bar and began practice at South Bend, where he has since remained. On February 1, 1915, he formed a partnership with Lenn J. Oare, with whom he is now associated. He is a member of the St. Joseph County Bar Association and of the Knights of Pythias, and is a Republican. He married Carrie Finch, of North Liberty, and they are members of the Methodist church.
HENRY HEATH VINTON.
Henry Heath Vinton, of Lafayette, was born at Lafayette, Indiana, November 30, 1864. He is a son of David and Elizabeth Vinton. He received his elementary education in the public schools of his native city, and his collegiate training in Purdue University, from which institu- tion he graduated in 1SS5. He read law the following year with Coffroth & Sturat, of Lafayette, and in 1SS6-S7 attended Columbia Law School. He was admitted to the bar at Lafayette in 1SS7, and began the active practice with his father. From 1895, when his father died, he
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practiced with Edgar D. Randolph. In 1898 he was appointed referee in bankruptcy for the Lafayette district of Indiana. In 1901 Governor Durbin appointed him Judge of the Superior court of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, a position he has since held by election.
On June 13, 18SS, Mr. Vinton was married to Mabel Levering, and they are the parents of one child, Katherine Levering Vinton.
JAMES T. SAUNDERSON.
James T. Saunderson was born at Delphi, Indiana, October 11, 1843, His parents were George C. and Sarah ( Miller) Saunderson, the former a native of England, the latter of Vermont. He was educated in the public schools of Delphi, and at the age of seventeen entered the Union army where he served three years as a private in Company A, Second Cavalry. On his return home, he began reading law in the office of David Turpie at Monticello. He was admitted to the bar in 1866. After a short time he located at Kentland, where he practiced till 1893. After five years spent in the west he located in Fowler, where he afterward practiced. He formed a partnership with Edmund G. Hall. In 1906, he was elected to the Circuit judgeship of the twenty-first circuit. Since 1913, he had been a partner with E. M. Hawkins. On January 27, 1868, he married Emma McGee of Monticello. They had three children, all deceased. Judge Saun- derson died on July 15, 1916. -
AUSTIN L. KUMLER.
Austin L. Kumler was born on a farm in Butler County, Ohio, December 24, 1843. He is a son of John and Sarah (Landes) Kumler. He got his elementary schooling in the common schools, his college training in Antioch college, and his professional training in the Law School of the University of Michigan, graduating from the latter in 1868. He was ad- mitted to the bar the same year and opened an office in Lafayette, where he has since practiced. In 1872 he was elected prosecutor and served one year. On January 1, 1889, he formed a partnership with Thomas F. Gay- lord and now for over twenty-seven years they have practiced together. In 1880, he served on the Republican state central committee. On November 19, 1868, he married Anna Good of Butler county, Ohio. They have two children, Richard N., and Mary Edith, wife of John W. Van Natta.
WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE.
William Dudley Foulke was born in New York City, November 20, 1848, the son of Thomas and Hannah (Shoemaker) Foulke. After at- tending the public schools and receiving private instruction, he entered Columbia College in 1865, graduating in 1869. In 1870 he was admitted to the bar in New York and in 1871 graduated at Columbia College Law School, commencing the practice of law in New York City in partnership with Frank Malocsay. In 1876 he moved to Richmond, Indiana, and formed a partnership with Jesse P. Siddall, and afterward with John L. Rupe. Besides engaging in the general practice, he was for fifteen years
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attorney for the Pennsylvania lines. He practically retired from the active practice in 1890. In 1882 he was elected, on the Republican ticket, to the State Senate, where he served four years. He became president of the Indiana Civil Service Reform Association and afterward conducted several examinations of the civil service as chairman of a special com- mittee of the National Civil Service Reform League. He was also for many years president of the American Woman Suffrage Association. In 1891 he was elected president of Swarthmore College, but was unable to accept because of business reasons. He was acting chairman of the Con- gress on Suffrage in the World's Congress Auxiliary of the Columbian Exposition in 1893, and in that year became president of the American Proportional Representation League. In 1901 President Roosevelt appoint- ed Mr. Foulke a member of the National Civil Service Commission, from which he was compelled to resign in 1903, owing to ill health, and after- ward devoted much of his time to foreign travel. He was president of the National Municipal League in 1910-11. From June, 1909, until 1912, he was principal proprietor and one of the editors of the Evening Item, and at an earlier period had been one of the editors of the Palladium, both being Richmond papers. Mr. Foulke has written a number of books which have given him world-wide note as an author, and has contributed to the leading magazines. Columbia College conferred on him the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1869, Bachelor of Laws in 1871 and Master of Arts in 1872, and in 1906 Earlham College conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws.
In October, 1872, Mr. Foulke married Mary Taylor Reeves, daughter of Mark E. and Caroline M. Reeves, of Richmond, Indiana.
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ERNEST E. CLOE.
Ernest E. Cloe, Noblesville, Judge of the Hamilton Circuit court, was born on August 2, 1873, on a farm in Clay township, Hamilton county, Indiana, and is a son of Henry and Jane (Clark) Cloe, who also were natives of Hamilton county. Ernest Cloe was reared as a farmer boy and attended the country schools. After graduating from the Carmel high school in 1895, he began teaching in the rural schools, continuing until 1900, when he entered the law office of Christian & Christian, at Noblesville. In 1898 he had attended the Valparaiso Law School, receiving one year's credit for twenty weeks' work. He was admitted to the Hamilton county bar in 1901 and remained with Christian & Christian for three and one-half years. Then, after practicing alone for a year, he formed a partnership with C. M. Gentry, which continued up to the time of Judge Cloe's election as Judge of the Hamilton Circuit court in 1914, in which position he is now serving. Previously, he had served two terms as county attorney and three terms as city attorney, and has been a member of and attorney for the Board of Children's Guardians of Ham- ilton county ever since the law was enacted establishing these boards. In politics, Judge Cloe is a Republican and, fraternally, is a member of the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Red Men, Benevolent
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and Protective Order of Elks, Fraternal Order of Eagles and Modern Woodmen of America. He and his wife are members of the Christian church.
On October 31, 1900, Judge Cloe was married to Louisa Carey, the daughter of Martin and Mary (Hussey) Carey, of Hamilton county. To this union have been born two children, Lawrence C. and Lyman H.
MILTON BELL.
Milton Bell, Kokomo, was born February 13, 1835, in Clinton county, Indiana. He is a son of Nathaniel and Nancy (Endicott) Bell. His father was a farmer and later owned a store in Michigantown, and on the farm the son spent his boyhood, attending school during the winter. He spent one year at Antioch College in 1853 under Horace Mann. Ill health compelled him to give up school and he became a salesman for his father for a number of years. During the Civil War he was a captain in the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. He taught school and later read law in the office of Joseph E. McDonald and A. L. Roach, at Indianapolis. In 1865 he graduated from the Law Department of North- western University (now Butler College) at Indianapolis. He then formed a partnership with Nelson Purdum at Kokomo. Mr. Purdum died soon afterward and his place in the firm was taken by Arthur S. Bell, a younger brother of Milton Bell. Arthur Bell died and was succeeded by Millard McDowell. In 1882 William C. Purdum, son of Nelson Purdum, became a member of the firm, and this partnership continued for twenty-seven years, until Mr. Purdum was elected Judge of the Howard Circuit court. Mr. Bell is now the senior member of the firm of Bell, Kirkpatrick & Voorhis. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and is a Democrat in politics.
On February 26, 1867, Mr. Bell was married to Belle Purdum, daughter of his early law partner, and they are the parents of one daughter, Mazie, wife of W. C. Pree, of Chicago.
EDWIN P. HAMMOND.
Edwin P. Hammond, Lafayette, was born in Brookville, Indiana, November 26, 1835. He is a son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Sering) Hammond. He was educated in the common schools of his native city, and was also a student in the Seminary of Columbus, Indiana, where his parents had located. In 1854 he accepted a position in Indianapolis, but soon afterward entered the law office of his half-brother, Abram A. Ham- mond. In 1857 he graduated from the law department of DePauw University, of Greencastle, Indiana. The same year he opened an office at Rensselaer, Indiana, where he practiced for thirty years. At the out- break of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and served three months, later serving as captain of the Eighty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteers, coming out of the service with the rank of colonel. After the war he resumed his practice until 1873, when he became Judge of the Thirtieth circuit, serving until 1883,
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