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JAMES MADISON BARRETT.
James M. Barrett was born on a farm in LaSalle county, Illinois, February 7. 1852. He is one of nine children born to Benjamin and Eliza- beth Barrett, natives of Ireland. His father gave him full advantage of the local schools and then at Mendota College, afterwards the Ann Arbor. Michigan high school, where he prepared for entrance to the University of Michigan and was graduated in the class of 1875. After a short period in the law office of McCagg. Culver & Butler, of Chicago, he was admitted to the bar, formed a partnership with Charles II. Aldrich, and located in Fort Wayne. Indiana. In November, 1883. John Morris, then a Supreme court commissioner, became a member of the firm, continuing until 1887. When Mr. Aldrich located at Chicago. In 1891 the firm, Morris & Barrett united with Robert C. Bell and Samuel Morris. In January, 1914. the present firm of Barrett. Morris & Hoffman was formed. In 1SS6 Mr. Bar- rett was elected state Senator from Allen county. His work in the sessions of 1SS7 and 1SS9 is best preserved in the Indiana School Book law, and the law regulating street improvements, two of the best laws on one statute book, the last bearing his name. is the best memorial of his political work. He did not allow politics to divert him from the practice of the law, which has always been the one purpose of his life.
Mr. Barrett is a member of the Masonic order, the Elks and Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Country Club, of Fort Wayne, and is
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president of the Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Company. He married Marian A. Bond, a granddaughter of Judge Charles W. Ewing. They are the parents of four children, Florence Ewing, Charles Douglas, Walter Aldrich and James Madison. The family home is at 2325 Fairfield avenue, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
WILLIAM E. HECKENLIVELY.
William E. Heckenlively, of Angola, was born on a farm in Steuben county, Indiana, December 6, 1861. He is one of four children born to Henry M. and Mary (Kirk) Heckenlively. He was educated in the com- mon schools of Steuben county and high schools of Angola, and graduated from Hillsdale College, Michigan, in 1890. He read law with David H. Craig, of Rawlings, Wyoming, and later with Best & Bratton, of Angola. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar at Angola where he has since prac- ticed, uniting in the firm of Bratton & Heckenlively in 1911. He served as prosecutor in 1903 and 1904. He is a member of the Steuben County Bar Association, a Scottish Rite Mason, a Knight Templar, a Knight of Pythias, and a Republican. He married Miss Mary E. Main, of Perry's- burg, Ohio. They have two children, Joan and Harold M. The family belongs to the Congregational church.
CHESTER BRADFORD.
The late Chester Bradford was born near St. Albans, Somerset county, Maine, May 3, 1852, the son of Charles Gamaliel and Mary ( Prentiss) Brad- ford, and the eldest of five children. Chester Bradford was a direct lineal descendant of William Bradford, the second signer of the "Mayflower" compact and the second Governor of Plymouth colony. Mr. Bradford's mother, Mary Prentiss, was descended from Valentine Prentiss, who came to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1631. ,
Mr. Bradford was left an orphan at the age of fifteen and thrown upon his own resources for education and support. He displayed a talent for mechanics at an early age, and this talent in a large measure deter- mined the course of his subsequent career. Having patented a device of his own invention, he was drawn into the legal aspects of the patent busi- ness, took up the study of patent law and became a successful solicitor. He was admitted to the bar in 1876, and to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1892, but specialized in patent and trade-mark law, prac- ticing both before the courts and patent office. He counted among his clients many of the important manufacturing concerns of Indiana and came to be recognized as one of the leading patent lawyers of the central west. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the American Patent Law Association, and the Indiana and Indianapolis Bar Associations.
Mr. Bradford came to Indianapolis in 1874, after having lived at various times in New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and maintained an office in Indianapolis from that time until his death on April 3, 1911. In 1886 he formed a partnership with his brother Ernest W. Bradford, under the
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firm name of C. & E. W. Bradford, under which name the business continued until the fall of 1893, with offices in Washington as well as in Indianapolis. The firm then dissolved and Mr. Chester Bradford continued the Indian- apolis office, while Mr. E. W. Bradford continued the Washington office.
Mr. Bradford was a Republican in politics and active in his party's councils. He was a delegate to the Republican state conventions in 1884, 1886, 18SS and 1890. He was a member of the Columbia Club from the time of its organization until his death and secretary of the club in 1891. He was also active in the work of the Indianapolis Young Men's Christian Association and a member of the Second Presbyterian church.
On December 29, 1891, Mr. Bradford was married to Miss Ruby S. Claypool, daughter of the late Judge Solomon Claypool, one of the most distinguished lawyers in the history of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford had three daughters : Hannah Mary, Ruby Claypool and Ernestine Elizabeth. Mrs. Bradford and her daughters now reside at 2052 North Illinois street, Indianapolis.
ORISON H. HAYES.
Orison H. Hayes was born October 19, 1875, at Logansport, Indiana. He is one of the four children of Joseph R. and Adel (Powell) Hayes. The father was a railroad man. The son was educated in the public schools and DePauw University. He graduated from the latter in 1897. He next studied law in the Indiana Law School, graduating in 1899. He was admitted to the bar and began practice the same year. He has prac- ticed ever since at Indianapolis, where he has a good clientage. He is a Mason, a Shriner, a Republican, a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations, and of the Lawyers Club. He married Alfa Lloyd.
QUINCY ALDEN MYERS.
Quincy A. Myers was born on a farm near Logansport, Indiana, Sep- tember 1, 1853. He is a son of Isaac N. and Rosanna (Justice) Myers. His early life was spent on the farm and in the district schools. At the age of fourteen he entered the Logansport Presbyterian Academy, where he prepared for college and later entered Northwestern at Indianapolis. He then entered Michigan University and still later took his degree from Dartmouth College in 1875. He at once entered the law office of D. C. Justice, of Logansport, but soon entered the Union Law School at Albany, New York, from which he graduated in 1877. From August 4, 1877, until 1882 he practiced at Logansport with Maurice Winfield. His next part- nership was with John C. Nelson, with whom he practiced until 1908, when he was elected to the state Supreme court on the Republican ticket. After serving six years, he returned to the practice in Indianapolis. He is a member of the Columbia Club, the Elks, and the Methodist church and a trustee of DePauw University. On March 3, 1886, he married Jessie D. Cornelius, of Indianapolis. Their only child, Malissa J., married Dr. Joel Whitaker on November 22, 1910.
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HERMAN E. GRANGER.
Herman E. Granger, of Hammond, a member of the bar since 1910, is a native of Indiana, born on a farm in Jasper county, December 30, 1874, son of William J. and Lucy (McAllister) Granger, who were the parents of eight children. He received a high-school education and early learned the trade of carpenter. Upon the breaking out of the Spanish-American War he enlisted for service as a private in Company F, One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with that command until the close of the war. Later, Mr. Granger took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar on September 26, 1910. On January 1, 1911, he opened an office for the practice of his profession at Hammond and has ever since been located there, with present offices in the Commercial block. Mr. Granger is a member of the Lake County Bar Association and has been admitted to practice in the Supreme court of the state and in the Federal courts. He is a Republican, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Knights of Pythias and he and his wife are members of the Christian church. Mr. Granger married Daisy M. Cross and to that union three children have been born.
CHARLES W. JEWETT.
Charles W. Jewett was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on January 7, 1884. He was one of four children in the family of Edward P. and Mary Alma Jewett. The father is a Methodist minister, who has spent most of his life preaching in Indianapolis.
Charles W. Jewett was educated in the common and high schools of Indianapolis, and in DePauw University, graduating from the latter insti- tution in 1907. He graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1910, and was admitted to the bar in July of the same year. He is a member of the firm of Weyl & Jewett, located at 511-516 Fletcher Savings & Trust build- ing, Indianapolis. He is a Methodist, a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, member of the Marion Club, Country Club, Phi Delta Phi, Indianapolis Club, Harvard Club, Century Club, Columbia Club and chairman of the county Republican committee.
Mr. Jewett married Elizabeth Daugherty, daughter of Hugh Daugh- erty, and their home is at 26 East St. Joe street, Indianapolis.
EDWARD V. FITZPATRICK.
Edward V. Fitzpatrick was born in Wells county, Indiana, May 18, 1866. His parents were Job D. and Catherine (Pierce) Fitzpatrick. The father was a practicing physician. Edward V. was educated in the com- mon and high schools of his home county, and the Normal schools of Wells and Adams counties. He served as clerk of the Circuit court at Indian- apolis for eight years. After teaching school several terms, during which he studied law, he was admitted to the bar on January 1, 1904. He opened an office in Portland, Indiana, where he practiced until he was elected clerk of the state Supreme and Appellate courts in 1906. After serving out his
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term in this office from January 1, 1907 to December 31, 1910, he opened an office in Indianapolis, where in connection with his son, William D., he is yet practicing.
Mr. Fitzpatrick is a minber of the Methodist Episcopal church, the Knights of Pythias, of the Indiana State and Indianapolis Bar Assocla- tions, and is an adherent of the Republican party, a member of Marlon Club, and Independent Turnverein. He married Ollie J. Gordon, of In- dianapolis, and their home is at 3024 North Delaware street.
CHARLES W. ROLLINSON.
Charles W. Rollinson was born in Illinois, September 26, 1887. He is the only child of Joseph and Julia (Hawkins) Rollinson. The father died in 1889. Charles W. Rollinson prepared for college in the local common and high schools and Southern Illinois University. He then entered the University of St. Louis, and graduated from the law department in 1912. The same year he was admitted to the bar in Indiana and Missouri. He was formerly associated with Judge Hanna, but since January 1, 1915, has been a partner with Claude A. Rochford, son of Judge John J. Rochford, of the Marion Superior court.
Mr. Rollinson is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Modern Wood- men of America and Loyal Order of Moose, a Republican in politics, and belongs to the Indianapolis Bar Association and Indiana Press Club. He has served on the city school board. He married Cora B. Willeford, of Washington, Indiana, and they have one child, Charles W. Rollinson, Jr., age five.
JEFFERSON HELM CLAYPOOL.
Jefferson Helm Claypool, of Indianapolis, was born in Connersville, Indiana, August 15, 1856. He is the son of Benjamin F. and Alice ( Helm) Claypool. He was prepared for college in the public schools and by private tutors. In the fall of 1870 he entered Miami University and remained at that institution as a student for three years. Later he attended the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, class of 1875. In 1912 he received the Master of Arts degree (honorary) from Miami. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon college frater- nities.
Mr. Claypool received his preparation for the law at Connersville in the office of his father, Benjamin F. Claypool, who for many years was one of the leading lawyers of eastern Indiana. He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and practiced law in partnership with his father until the latter's death in 1890, the firm enjoying a large business. In 1893, Mr. Claypool. having real-estate interests in Indianapolis of importance, moved to that city, where he has since resided, giving most of his time to his private business, which includes banking, farming and real-estate development. Mr. Claypool has been an active Republican from childhood, receiving in- spiration from his father, who was one of the founders of the party. He
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represented Fayette and Henry counties in the General Assembly in 1889 and 1891, with much credit to himself; served fourteen years on the State Board of Election Commissioners, and was chairman of the advisory com- mittee of the Republican State Central Committee in the famous campaign of 1896. For many years he has been a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers on public questions-many of his articles being widely copied on account of their force and clearness of expression. In 1893 he married Mary Buckner Ross, of Connersville, and they have one son, Ben- jamin F., of the class of 1916, Miami University.
CHARLES B. WELLIVER. -
Charles B. Welliver was born at Oxford, Ohio, on January 15, 1887. He is one of the two children of George C. and Addie (Hatch) Welliver. The father was a banker and gave his son the advantages of a good edu- cation. After completing the common and high school courses, Charles Welliver entered Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1907, taking both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees. He then entered Harvard, graduating from that institution in 1910. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1910, and in 1912 became a member of the firm of Woollen, Woollen & Welliver. He is a Mason, an Elk, a member of the Lawyers Club, of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and is a Democrat in politics.
Mr. Welliver married Gretchen Keener, and they have one child, War- man K. The family residence is at 2845 North Delaware street, Indian- apolis.
FRANK WALLACE GORDON.
Frank W. Gordon, of Bluffton, was born in Wells county, Indiana, August 21, 1876. He is the son of John and Catherine (Brown) Gordon. He was educated in the common schools and in Valparaiso University, teaching school to pay his expenses. In the fall of 1899 he entered Indiana University and graduated in 1902 from the law school. He opened an office in Bluffton the same year and has since practiced there. Until 1907 he practiced with N. K. Todd, since then alone. He is a Mason and a Re- publican. On November 12, 1903, he married Josephine Mills, of Bluffton. They had one child who died in infancy.
JOHN A. LAPP.
John A. Lapp, of Indianapolis, was born at Fillmore, New York, No- vember 19, 1880. He is a son of Frederick and Elizabeth (Holland) Lapp. He was educated in the common schools of New York and Alfred Univer- sity, graduating from the latter school in 1906. He later studied in Wis- consin and Cornell. From 190S he has been in the Indiana state library ; legislative reference librarian, 1908-1913; and since then director of the Bureau of Legislative Information. He was secretary of the Indiana State Commission on Industrial and Agricultural Education; member of Federal
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Commission on Vocational Education; of special Librarles Association and editor of its journal; of Public Affairs Information Service and its organ- izer; of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education ; of the Vocational Education Association of the Middle West; of the National Association of State Libraries; of the American Political Science Associa- tion ; associate editor of the National Municipal Review, 1911-1913, and of the Political Science Review since 1912, and a trustee of Alfred Uni- versity. From the latter institution he received the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1916. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis, Literary, Century and Saturday Lunch Clubs. In October, 1911, be mar- ried Mary Clancy, of Chicago. They have one child, Mary Elizabeth.
JOSEPH B. KEALING.
Joseph B. Kealing was born in Indianapolis, June 25, 1859. He is a son of Peter and Phoebe (Bloomer) Kealing, the father being a native of Germany. He was educated in the public schools of Indianapolis, Butler College, and the Central Law School of Indianapolis, graduating from Butler in 1879, and from the law school in 1881. He was admitted to the bar in 1881, in Marion county, where he was pauper attorney, 1881-83; deputy prosecutor, 1883-85; United States district attorney for Indiana, 1900-08; city corporation counsel, 1909-13. In 1884 he formed a partner- ship with Martin Hugg which still continues. He was Republican precinct committeeman for twenty years; member of the state central committee, 1898; delegate to national conventions, 1896 and 1908; member of Sigma Chi fraternity; of Columbia, Marion, German House, Pen and Pencil Clubs; of the Chamber of Commerce; a Mason and a Republican. On March 10, 1908, he married Leonora Franken, of Chicago. They have no children. Their residence is 1424 North Alabama street, Indianapolis.
HUGH D. MERRIFIELD.
Hugh D. Merrifield, of Indianapolis, was born on August 8, 1879, near Brooks, Newton county, Indiana, the son of Ormando P. and Helen R. (Dickson) Merrifield, who were of English descent, the mother being descended from the family of Robert Morris, of Revolutionary banking fame. Hugh D. Merrifield attended the Logansport high school, where he graduated in 1899, and then attended the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated in 1903, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. In that year he opened a law office in Indianapolis, though he had been admitted to the bar in 1900. For a number of years he has been asso- ciated in practice with William P. Herod. His practice is confined to civil cases, specializing in the law of titles and insurance. He is a member of the Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal church. In politics, he is an actice Republican, serving as precinct committeeman in 190S. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Knights of Pythias.
On June 22, 1907, Mr. Merrifield married Mabel Ross, of Battle Creek, Michigan, the daughter of Eugene and Lucy (Green) Ross, and to them have been born two children, John Ross and Ruth Elaine.
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ROBERT T. ST. JOHN.
Robert T. St. John, of Marion, was born east of Natchez, Mississippi, October 27, 1828. He is the youngest of four children born to Samuel and Nancy (Darling) St. John, natives of New England. He attended the common schools and at the age of seventeen entered the law office of George Holland, at Brookville, Indiana. In 1845 he came to Marion with his father, where he was admitted to the bar when he became of age. In 1849 he went to California. On his return he was elected prosecutor. In 1872 he was elected to the state Legislature but with forty others resigned to break a quorum. He was later judge of the Forty-eighth circuit from 1886 to 1892. For twenty-four years he practiced with Col. A. Steele. He is now the senior member of the firm of St. John, Charles & Gemmill. In 1859, he married Emily Ward, of Michigan City. They have four children : Maggie, wife of William H. Charles, his partner; Harley, Bertha and Jessie.
EARL B. BARNES.
Earl B. Barnes was born in Kokomo, March 17, 1881. He is a son of John W. and Wyoma (Brandon) Barnes. He was educated in the Kokomo common schools, Richmond high school and Earlham College, graduating from the high school in 1898, and from the college in 1901. He received his legal training in Harvard Law School where he graduated in 1904. He began practice in the same year at Kokomo with Overton & Barnes. On May 10, 1908, he joined the firm of Blacklidge, Wolf & Barnes, and is a member of the present firm of Wolf & Barnes. He is a member of the local and State Bar Associations. He is unmarried.
WILLIAM ALLEN WOOD.
William Allen Wood, of Indianapolis, was born in Covington, Foun- tain county, Indiana. He is the son of Samuel Fletcher Wood, whose biography is found in this volume and Mary Catharine Wood, whose maiden name was Allen. Mr. Wood's specialty is corporation and busi- ness law. He has been on the directorate of several well-known corpo- rations for which he has been also counsel and business adviser. On graduating from the Covington high school he attended Indiana Univer- sity, where his major subject was economics. Considerable of his course was given to the study of English and biology. After leaving the univer- sity he taught economics and English in a Southern university. In In- dianapolis he has given courses of lectures on corporation organization and management in the Indianapolis College of Law and in the American Central Law School, which schools lately were consolidated and became the Benjamin Harrison Law School. From the Indianapolis College of Law he received the degree of Master of Laws.
Mr. Wood has contributed both to literary and legal magazines and is the author of several books, "Modern Business Corporations," "Legal Business Forms," "The Investment Guide and Record" and "After Dinner
WILLIAM ALLEN WOOD.
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Speeches and How to Make Them." He has been president of the Indiana Society of Sons of the Revolution and was editor of "The Book of the Sons of the Revolution of Indiana." He is a member of the college fra- ternity of Phi Gamma Delta and for a time was editor of the national magazine of that fraternity. Having given special attention to the eco- nomics and law of public utilities and taxation, he was elected to mem- bership in the American Economic Association and the American Academy of Political and Social Science. In politics he is a Republican. He holds membership in several clubs and associations, among them the Columbia Club.
WILLIAM H. WILEY.
William H. Wiley, of Marion, was born at Jonesboro, Grant county, Indiana, January 27, 1861. He is a son of George W. and Margaret H. (Horne) Wiley. He was educated in the Jonesboro common schools and the Marion Normal. After teaching four and one-half years he engaged in the abstract business at Marion, January 1, 1884. In 1899 he was ad- mitted to the bar and began practice with William J. Houck and Charles M. Ratcliffe. Houck dropped out in 1904, Ratcliffe about 1906. In De- cember, 1907, he became executor for the Coppock Motor Car Company, of Decatur. In 1909 he returned and resumed his practice. He has been secretary of the Marion Commercial Club for several years. He made the race for state Senator on the Democratic ticket in 1906. On April 10, 1884, he married Millie J. Bogue, of Fairmount. They had two chil- dren : Forest E., deceased, age twelve; William E., now twenty-one years old, in University of Chicago, Illinois.
HENRY LANE WILSON.
Henry Lane Wilson was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, November 3, 1856. He is a son of James and Emma (Ingersoll) Wilson. His father was a member of the Indiana bar, a representative in Congress and min- ister to Venezuela. Henry Lane Wilson was educated in the Crawfords- ville high school and Wabash College, graduating from the former in 1875 and from the latter in 1879. His legal training was secured in the office of McDonald & Butler, of Indianapolis, practicing at Indianapolis from 1882 to 1883; published the Lafayette Journal, 1883 to 1885; practiced at Spokane, Washington, till 1895; minister to Chile, 1897 to 1905; minister to Greece, 1905; ambassador to Turkey, 1909 (transferred before confirma- tion) ; minister to Belgium, 1905 to 1910; ambassador to Mexico, 1910 to 1913. He is a member of the National Security League; president of the Indiana League to Enforce Peace; chairman of the Indiana Belgian Relief committee; member of the American Academy of Social and Political Science; member of the World's Court League; member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity; of the Columbia Club; of the National Arts Club; of the Union Club (Brussels) ; of the Spokane Club; a Mason, and a Republican.
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In October, 1884, he married Alice Vajen, of Indianapolis. They have three sons, John V., Warden M., Stuart C. Their home is at 2712 North Meridian street, Indianapolis.
OMER S. JACKSON.
Omer S. Jackson was born at Greenfield, September 3, 1882. He is a son of Uriah Stokes, and Mary (Thomas) Jackson. He was educated in the Greenfield common and high schools, one year at Indiana University, and in the Indiana Law School, graduating from the latter in 1903. He practiced at Greenfield from 1903 to 1911. At the latter date he was ap- pointed assistant attorney-general and has since served in that capacity, serving under Thomas M. Honan, R. M. Milburn and Evan B. Stotsenberg. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity; of the Indiana Dem- ocratic Club; of the Temple Club of Greenfield, and of the Christian church. He is a Knight of Pythias and a Red Man. On September 22, 1904, he married Ellis June Rock, of Greenfield. They have one child, Dorothy.
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