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The reasonable disbursement of the committee on grievances for expenses incurred in any such investigation or prosecution, may be paid out of the funds of the association, under the direction of the executive committee.
All the foregoing proceedings shall be kept secret, except as their publication is hereinbefore provided for, unless otherwise ordered by the association.
The executive committee shall from time to time appoint a mem- ber of the association to be the attorney for the committee on griev- ances, whose duty it shall be to investigate, when his attention shall be called thereto, any matter touching the administration of justice, upon which the committee is by this by-law authorized to act, and all cases (1) of misconduct of a member of the association in his rela- tions to the association or in his profession, (2) of alleged fraud or unprofessional conduct on the part of any member of the bar of this state, practicing in Boone county, whether a member of this asso-
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ciation or not, and (3) or persons pretending to be attorneys or counsellors-at-law, but not regularly licensed and admitted to prac- tice.
Where the said attorney shall deem that there is sufficient ground therefor, and no complaint or specific charges in writing shall have been made by any other person, it shall be his duty to act as the com- plaining party, to formulate and present to the committee on griev- ances a complaint or charges in writing and to prosecute the same before the said committee by presenting the evidence in support thereof. If, upon the report of the committee on grievances, upon such complaint or charges, the executive committee shall appoint a member or members of the association to conduct a further investigation or prosecution in relation thereto, it shall be the duty of such attorney to assist the member or members so appointed in such investigation and prosecution.
The said attorney of the committee on grievances shall receive such compensation as to the executive committee may provide to be paid out of the general fund of the association.
VIII. FEES
The association may establish such a schedule of fees for legal service as may be deemed advisable, a copy of which shall be furnished to each member of the association for his private use and for no other purpose.
IX. AMENDMENTS
The constitution and by-laws may be amended at any annual, stated, term or adjourned meeting of the association by a vote of two- thirds of those present; provided that ten days notice, in writing of the proposed amendment has been given to the executive committee and filed with the secretary.
X. RESIGNATIONS
Any member may resign at any time upon the payment of all dues to the association, but no member may resign while charges are pending against him.
CHAPTER II
BOONE COUNTY BAR
ROLL OF ATTORNEYS
Allison, George W., Sturgeon; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1876; moved to Kansas in 1879 and became county attorney of McPherson county ; now practicing law in McPherson, Kansas.
Allen, Charles K., Cedar township ; admitted to bar in 1890; moved to Mexico, Missouri, in 1890; now civil engineer in Pasadena, Cali- fornia.
Anderson, Emmett C., Sturgeon, Centralia and Columbia; born in Browns Station; admitted to bar in 1903; mayor of Sturgeon; city attorney of Centralia for five years; justice of the peace and prose- cuting attorney of Boone county two terms; a member of the law firm of Anderson & Tydings; a member of the law firm of Anderson & Sapp; and a member of the law firm of Anderson & Starrett.
Bedford, John R., Columbia ; born in Boone county; admitted to bar in 1841; soldier in United States army in Mexican war; killed in Mexico in 1846.
Bond, Thomas B., Sturgeon; admitted to bar in Maryland; en- rolled in Boone county in 1859; moved to California in 1861.
Berry, William, Sturgeon ; admitted to bar in 1860.
Brand, William H., Columbia ; admitted to bar in Cooper county ; enrolled in Boone county in 1866; moved to St. Louis and died there.
Brockenbrough, Wm. N., Columbia township; born in Virginia ; admitted to bar in 1869; now a farmer near Hallsville, Missouri.
Berkheimer, Wm. L., Centralia; born in Germany; admitted to bar in 1875; moved from Centralia many years ago.
Bliss, Philemon, Columbia ; born in Connecticut ; moved to New York; thence to Ohio where he was elected judge of circuit court and also elected to Congress; then appointed chief justice. of Dakota Territory ; moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, and was appointed Curator of Missouri University ; elected Judge of Supreme Court of Missouri in 1868; appointed Dean of Missouri University Law School in 1872. which position he held till his death ; died at a health resort in Min- nesota in August, 1889.
Babb, William J., Columbia; born in South Carolina; admitted to bar in 1876; teacher; justice of the peace and public administrator
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of Boone county for two terms; moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1887; now mayor of Wichita.
Blair, Frank P., Jr., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1880; lieutenant in United States army and teacher in Missouri University Law School ; practiced law in Chicago for several years; died in New York in 1913.
Babb, Henry B., Columbia; born in South Carolina; admitted to bar in 1881 ; moved to Denver in 1890; assistant attorney general of Colorado ; now practicing law in Denver.
Babb, Jerry G., Columbia ; born in South Carolina; admitted to bar in 1881 ; justice of the peace and clerk of probate court of Boone county ; moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1888; returned in 1889 and since then secretary of Missouri University.
Booth, Henry S., Centralia ; born in Illinois; admitted to bar in 1884; city attorney of Centralia for five terms; justice of the peace of Boone county.
Bass, Everett M., Ashland and Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1886; justice of the peace and assistant prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; for some years a member of the law firm of Gordon & Bass, Columbia; died in Columbia in 1905.
Bedford, W. Archie, Columbia township; born in Kentucky; ad- mitted to bar in 1887 ; public administrator of Boone county ; a member of the law firm of Bedford & McElvain; moved to Kentucky but soon returned to Columbia, died in Columbia in 1894.
Boulton, Walter E., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1888; justice of the peace of Boone county ; moved to Kentucky in 1900, and be- came minister in Christian church; now living in Caldwell, Idaho.
Banta, William S., Columbia ; born in Henry county ; admitted to bar in Henry county in 1890; city attorney of Deepwater, Missouri; moved to Columbia in 1905; justice of the peace of Boone county.
Banks, J. Samuel, Columbia ; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1894; city attorney of Columbia two terms; justice of the peace of Boone county ; moved to St. Louis in 1905; now living in Guthrie, Kentucky.
Barnett, George H., Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1897; city attorney of Columbia; democratic nominee for prosecuting attorney of Boone county at the time of his death ; died in Columbia in 1902.
Booth, John N., Centralia; born in Saline county; admitted to bar in 1897 ; moved West in 1898; now living in Columbia. Missouri.
Bell, Fleetwood, Columbia; admitted to bar in 1899; moved to Prescott, Arizona, in 1899; now practicing law in Orange, California. .
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Boggs, James E., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1899; justice of the peace, deputy circuit clerk and circuit clerk of Boone county for three terms ; editor of "Missouri Justice"; president of Circuit Clerk's and Recorder's Association of Missouri.
Bruton, Arthur, Centralia ; born in Centralia; admitted to bar in 1902 ; president of Centralia school board; city, attorney ; police judge and mayor of Centralia; county school commissioner ; now practicing law in Centralia.
Blain, William W., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1904; moved to Sedalia, Missouri, in 1905 ; and became city attorney ; now practicing law in Sedalia.
Baird, Arch M., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1908; moved to Kansas in 1909; returned to Missouri in 1910; now practicing law in Carterville, Missouri.
Barnett, Orville M., Columbia ; born in Knox county ; admitted to bar in Pettis county in 1894; enrolled in Boone county in 1914; at- torney for State University ; now living in Columbia.
Clough, Ebenezer N. O., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1854; teacher ; police judge of Columbia; justice of the peace of Boone county ; president of Lathrop Academy.
Connevey, Wm. L., Columbia, Centralia and Sturgeon ; admitted to bar in 1860; editor of "Sturgeon Independent"; and justice of peace of two townships of Boone county.
Cooney, James, Sturgeon; born in Ireland; admitted to bar in 1876; teacher; moved to Marshall, Missouri, and became judge of probate court and prosecuting attorney of Saline county ; Congressman for three terms; died in Marshall in 1904.
Cupp, Joseph H., Centralia; born in Chariton county ; admitted to bar in Adair county in 1880; moved to Boone county in 1881; city attorney of Centralia; justice of the peace of Boone county ; died in Centralia in 1911.
Crumbaugh, J. Ed., Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1881; city attorney of Columbia and justice of the peace of Boone county ; now custodian of Missouri University.
Curran, Chas. M., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1884; now living in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Carter, Thomas S., Sturgeon ; born in Tennessee ; admitted to bar in 1890; private in Southern army in Civil War; mayor, marshal and city attorney of Sturgeon; president of Sturgeon school board; clerk of Sturgeon court of common pleas for seventeen years; editor of
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"Sturgeon Leader"; special judge of Sturgeon court of common pleas ; died in Sturgeon in 1913.
Coleman, William P., Columbia; born in Virginia; admitted to bar in 1890; teacher; clerk of probate court; died in Columbia in 1895.
Conley, M. Robards, Columbia ; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1898; teacher in Missouri University Law School; special judge of Boone circuit court; now a member of the law firm of Gillespy & Conley, Columbia.
Carter, Don C., Sturgeon; born in Sturgeon; admitted to bar in 1905; assistant prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; city attorney and city councilman of Sturgeon; clerk of judiciary committee of the forty-seventh General Assembly of Missouri.
Clark, Boyle G., Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1906; chairman of democratic city committee of Columbia ; now a member of the law firm of McBaine & Clark, Columbia. This firm has been attorney for the Columbia Special Road District, and Wabash Railroad Co.
Collier, H. A., Columbia ; born in Saline county ; admitted to bar in 1906; city attorney of Columbia ; clerk of judiciary committee of the forty-seventh General Assembly of Missouri; now a member of the law firm of Stephens & Collier, Columbia.
Cole, Redmond S., Columbia ; born in Andrew county ; admitted to bar in 1909; moved to Pawnee, Oklahoma, in 1910; now prosecuting attorney of Pawnee county, Oklahoma.
Chamberlain, S. D., Rocheport; born in Indiana; admitted to bar in Miller county in 1892; enrolled in Boone county in 1910; now in stone business and practicing law at Rocheport.
Douglass, Joseph B., Columbia; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1866; representative, sheriff, and clerk of the county court of Boone county ; city councilman of Columbia ; general in United States army in Civil War and United States assessor ; died in Columbia, 1898.
Douglass, Shannon C., Columbia ; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1871; city attorney of Columbia for four years; prosecuting attorney of Boone county for six years; a member of the law firm of Douglass & Babb, Columbia ; moved to Kansas City in 1884 ; master in chancery and judge of circuit court of Jackson county, Missouri ; now a member of law firm of Douglass & Douglass, Kansas City.
Dudley, William A., Columbia ; born in Pike county ; admitted to bar in Pike county in 1885; practiced in Boone county in 1891; a member of law firm of Nicklin & Dudley, Columbia ; moved to Lincoln
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county and served two terms as prosecuting attorney ; now practicing law in Troy, Missouri.
Dunn, J. Earl, Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1900; historian and lawyer in Oklahoma.
Dinwiddie, Wm. M., Columbia ; born in Howard county ; admitted to bar in 1909; city attorney of Columbia two terms; prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; for some time a member of the law firm of Dinwiddie & Sapp, Columbia.
Daily, Herley S., Columbia; born in Chariton county ; admitted to bar in 1911; now practicing law in Columbia.
Davis, Emanuel V., Columbia ; born in Nodaway county ; admitted to bar in 1912; now engaged in law and abstract business, Columbia.
Ess, Henry N., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1864 ; now practicing law in Kansas City, Missouri.
Evans, Henry S., Columbia ; born in Washington county ; admitted to bar in Washington county ; enrolled in Boone county in 1891, and engaged in grocery business ; left Boone county in 1891 ; died in Wash- ington county, 1903.
Elam, Oscar B., Columbia; born in Kansas; admitted to bar in 1896; now practicing law in Lawrence county, Missouri.
Evans, George A., Columbia ; born in Jasper county ; admitted to bar in 1911; now farming near Columbia.
Fleming, James P., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1847; editor of "Columbia Globe".
Forshey, A. O., Columbia; born in Pennsylvania; admitted to bar in 1847 ; died in Columbia.
Field, Curtis, Jr., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1860; moved to Sedalia ; died in Denver, Colorado.
Franklin, Benjamin J., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1866; moved to Kansas City, elected to Congress two terms.
Fitch, Norwood, Columbia; born in Indiana; admitted to bar in 1887 ; moved to St. Louis and died there in 1911.
Farley, Robert E., Columbia ; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1892 ; clerk of probate court of Boone county ; now living in Chicago and traveling.
Finley, Ralph T., Columbia ; born in Dade county ; admitted to bar in 1906; in abstract business for several years; a member of the law firm of Harris & Finley, Columbia; now a member of the law firm of Finley & Sapp, Columbia.
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Gordon, John B., Columbia and Columbia township; born in Ken- tucky ; admitted to bar in Kentucky in 1820; enrolled in Boone county in 1827 ; representative from Boone county five terms; a member of law firm of Gordon & King, Columbia ; died in Boone county in 1853.
Gordon, James M., Columbia and Missouri township; born in Kentucky ; admitted to bar in 1834 ; justice of the peace, representative from Boone county, judge of Boone county court; circuit attorney and state senator ; died in Boone county in 1875.
Garey, Henry F., Missouri township; admitted to bar in Mary- land; moved to Boone county and enrolled in 1847; secretary of cu- rators of Missouri University; returned to Maryland in 1859 and became judge of Baltimore court of common pleas.
Giles, Thomas P., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1847; editor of "Columbia Globe", the first democratic newspaper in Boone county.
Guitar, Odon, Columbia; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1849 ; representative from Boone county two terms; private in Doni- phan's army in Mexican War; general in United States army during Civil War; city attorney, city councilman and mayor of Columbia ; curator of Missouri University ; president of Boone County Bar Asso- ciation ; and a member of the law firm of Guitar & Gordon, Columbia ; died in Columbia in 1908.
Gordon, Charles W., Columbia; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1849; always known as "Blind Charlie", having lost his sight when two months old. Died in Columbia in 1854.
Gordon, Boyle, Columbia township; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1852; judge of county court and representative from Boone county ; professor of law in Missouri University Law School for ten years ; member of the law firm of Guitar & Gordon, Columbia; died in Boone county in 1895.
Gordon, Emmett, Columbia township; admitted to bar in 1852; moved to California in 1852; died in Fulton, Missouri, in 1903.
Gordon, Wellington, Columbia township; born in Columbia; ad- mitted to bar in 1859; deputy circuit clerk under Robert L. Todd; county attorney of Boone county three terms; prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; president of Boone County Bar Association ; member of the law firm of Gordon, Gordon & Gordon ; also a member of the law firm of Gordon & Bass, Columbia; died in Columbia in 1908. From his childhood he was known as "Wax" Gordon.
Gordon, John M., Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1865; moved to Audrain county and became public administrator, and prosecuting attorney of Audrain county ; died in Mexico, Missouri.
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Gordon, Irvin, Columbia ; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1871; city attorney and police judge of Columbia for four years each ; moved to Nevada, Missouri, in 1884; now practicing law in Nevada.
Gordon, Carey H., Columbia township; born in Columbia town- ship; admitted to bar in 1872; prosecuting attorney of Boone county for six years; lieutenant in United States army during Civil War, and a member of the law firm of Gordon, Gordon & Gordon, Columbia ; died in Boone county in 1905.
Garth, Walter W., Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1872; circuit clerk and recorder two terms; judge of probate court of Boone county ; city councilman and mayor of Columbia; cashier of Exchange National Bank.
Gentry, Thomas B., Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1874; justice of the peace of Boone county ; first president of the Columbia school board ; city councilman for ten years ; police judge and twice mayor of Columbia ; public administrator of Boone county ; treasurer of Missouri University, and president of Columbia Cemetery Association ; died in Kansas City in 1906.
Gray, William O., Sturgeon; admitted to bar in 1875; teacher ; moved to Pike county in 1876 and became judge of probate court ; now practicing law in Bowling Green, Missouri.
Gentry, North Todd, Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1888; city attorney of Columbia ; assistant attorney general of Missouri ; member of Missouri Statute Revision Commission of 1909; special judge of Boone Circuit Court; twice delegate from Missouri Bar Association to American Bar Association ; president of Columbia Commercial Club and president of Boone County Bar Association.
Goldman, John H., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1888; left Boone county in 1889.
Gordon, Webster, Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1888; justice of the peace and representative from Boone county one term; a member of the law firm of Gordon, Gordon & Gordon, Columbia; died in Columbia in 1911.
Gillespy, James C., Missouri township and Columbia; born in Tennessee ; admitted to bar in 1891 ; representative from Boone county two terms ; justice of the peace; city councilman and mayor of Colum- bia ; also sheriff, treasurer and collector of Boone county two terms each ; a member of the law firm of Gillespy & Conley, Columbia.
Gerling, Henry J., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1894; moved to St. Louis in 1895; now a teacher in St. Louis.
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Gerig, Edward, Columbia; born in Ashland; admitted to bar in 1894 ; police judge of Columbia ; moved from Boone county in 1905; now in real estate business in Spokane, Washington.
Gentry, William R., Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1896; teacher in Missouri University; moved to St. Louis in 1899 ; president of St. Louis Bar Association ; now practicing law in St. Louis.
Gordon, M. Fleetwood, Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1899; moved east in 1904; now living in New York City.
Guitar, Abiel Leonard, Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1905 ; moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1905; now practicing law in St. Joseph.
Grimes, E. A., Centralia; born in Monroe county ; admitted to bar in Monroe county in 1910; moved to Boone county in 1910; city attorney of Centralia; returned to Monroe county in 1912; now attorney for state treasurer.
Gentry, David T., Sturgeon and Columbia; born in Kentucky ; admitted to bar in Randolph county in 1880; practiced in Mexico ; teacher and life insurance; now in business in Columbia.
Gibson, Clyde, Hartsburg; born in Illinois; admitted to bar in California in 1899; enrolled in Boone county in 1915; now in mer- cantile business in Hartsburg.
Hardin, Charles H., Columbia ; circuit attorney and state senator, two terms; moved to Audrain county and became governor of Mis- souri ; died in Mexico, Missouri, in 1892, and buried in Jewell ceme- tery in Boone county.
Harbinson, Andrew J., Columbia ; born in Kentucky ; admitted to bar in 1856; city attorney of Columbia; circuit attorney; major in United States army in Civil War; left Boone county in 1875; became prosecuting attorney of Newton county ; died in Neosho, Missouri, in 1908.
Henry, Robert, Sturgeon; admitted to bar in 1860; adjutant in United States army in Civil War; moved to Louisiana, Missouri, in 1865, and died there.
Hitt, James J., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1863 ; moved to Kansas City.
Henderson, James A., Columbia; born in St. Louis county ; ad- mitted to bar in 1865; assessor; school commissioner; justice of the peace and judge of probate court of Boone county ; city assessor and city attorney of Columbia; moved to St. Louis county in 1873 ; became judge of probate court of St. Louis county ; now practicing law in St. Louis.
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Harris, James T., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1872; justice of the peace of Boone county ; captain in United States army in Civil War; now practicing law in San Francisco, California.
Harris, William F., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1872; died in Santa Barbara, California.
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Horine, George L., Columbia; born in Illinois; admitted to bar in 1885; moved to Colorado in 1885; criminal judge of Park county ; died in Fair Play, Colorado, in 1903.
Haydon, William G., Cedar township and Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1888; moved to New Mexico in 1889 ; now practicing law in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Haines, Robert T., Columbia ; born in Kansas City; admitted to bar in 1890; moved to Kansas City in 1890 and became an actor.
Hinton, Edward W., Columbia; born in Rocheport; admitted to bar in 1890; for many years a member of the law firm of Turner, Hinton & Turner; author, dean of Missouri University Law School ; special judge of Boone and Callaway circuit courts ; vice president of Exchange National Bank; elected dean of Chicago University Law School in 1913.
Harris, Frank G., Centralia and Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1897 ; police judge of Centralia; prosecuting attor- ney and representative of Boone county for two terms and chairman of judiciary committee of forty-seventh General Assembly ; state sen- ator ; a member of the law firm of Harris & Finley, Columbia ; now practicing in Columbia.
Haydon, Curtis, Cedar township and Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1898; moved to St. Louis; now practicing law in Caldwell, Idaho.
Hamilton, Edward R., Columbia township ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1900; now farming near Columbia.
Hamilton, Albert P., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1900; moved to Ray county and became prosecuting attorney ; now practicing law in Richmond, Missouri.
Hoag, William E., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1901; in abstract business for several years in Columbia ; now in loan business in Mo- berly, Missouri.
Hirth, William, Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1904; born in New York; editor of "Columbia Statesman", and "Farmer and Breeder", and president of Federation of Commercial Clubs of Missouri.
Holloway, Russell E., Columbia ; born in Audrain county ; ad- mitted to bar in 1908; moved to Idaho in 1911; returned to Columbia 1911; now practicing law in Columbia.
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Hudson, Manley O., Columbia ; born in Montgomery county ; en- rolled in Boone county in 1912; teacher in Missouri University Law School; delegate to the International Peace Society in London in 1914.
Hays, Napoleon B., Columbia; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1875; attorney general of Kentucky; moved to Oklahoma in 1905 ; moved to Columbia in 1914; a member of the law firm of Hays & Hays, Columbia.
Hays, Hume A., Columbia ; born in Kentucky ; admitted to bar in 1914; a member of the law firm of Hays & Hays, Columbia.
Hulett, Wm. H., Sturgeon and Centralia; born in Sturgeon; ad- mitted to bar in 1914 ; city attorney of Sturgeon.
Hulen, Ruby M., Centralia ; born in Hallsville; admitted to bar in 1915; a graduate of Kansas City Law School; now practicing in Centralia.
Jenkins, Washington, Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1831; moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1840.
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