The bench and bar of Boone County, Missouri; including the history of judges, lawyers, and courts, and an account of noted cases, slavery litigation, lawyers in war times, public addresses, political notes, etc, Part 3

Author: Gentry, North Todd, 1866-1944
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Columbia, Mo.
Number of Pages: 446


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Jones, Isaac N., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1841.


Jarman, J. Frank, Sturgeon; admitted to bar in 1874; moved to Randolph county in 1881 ; died in Higbee, Missouri, in 1898.


Jarman, W. T., Sturgeon; admitted to bar in 1878; justice of the peace of Boone county ; died in Sturgeon.


Jesse, M. M., Sturgeon; born in Tennessee; admitted to bar in 1878; city attorney of Sturgeon ; died in Sturgeon in 1903.


Jones, William R., Sturgeon; admitted to bar in 1878; Christian minister ; died in Sturgeon.


Jones, Robert W., Columbia; born in Newton county ; admitted to bar in 1913; city editor of "Columbia Daily Tribune".


Kirtley, Sinclair, Columbia; admitted to bar in 1825; captain in United States army in Black Hawk Indian War; representative from Boone county three terms and state senator; a member of law firm of Todd & Kirtley, Columbia; moved to St. Louis in 1847; died in California in 1853.


King, Austin A., Columbia; born in Tennessee; admitted to bar in 1836; representative from Boone county and state senator ; colonel in Black Hawk Indian War; a member of law firm of Gordon & King, Columbia ; moved to Ray county and became circuit judge ; gov- ernor of Missouri; congressman ; died in Richmond, Missouri, in 1870.


Keyser, Oliver J., Sturgeon; admitted to bar in 1860; moved to Kansas and died there.


Karnes, J. V. C., Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1863; deputy circuit clerk of Boone county ; teacher in Missouri


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University ; president of Kansas City Bar Association ; president of Kansas City Board of Education; and president of curators of Mis- souri University ; died in Kansas City in 1911.


Kennon, William H., Columbia; born in Boone county ; moved to Mexico; representative from Audrain county ; died in Farmington, Missouri, in 1908.


Kurtz, D. W. B., Jr., Columbia; born in Columbia; practiced medicine for four years; teacher for a number of years; admitted to bar in Boone county in 1911; justice of the peace of Boone county ; now practicing law in Columbia, and preparing to specialize in medical jurisprudence.


Lane, Anthony B., Smithton.


Lynch, Francis K., Columbia ; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1862; editor of New London newspaper; died in Ralls county, Missouri, in 1910.


Lawson, John D., Columbia; born in Canada ; came to Columbia and enrolled in Boone county in 1891; teacher in University Law School; author ; dean of University Law School; president of Missouri State Bar Association ; member of executive committee of American Bar Association.


Mills, E. P., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1831.


Miller, Thomas, Columbia ; born in Pennsylvania ; admitted to bar in 1834; first president of Columbia College; editor of "Columbia Patriot"; member of law firm of Rollins & Miller, Columbia; died near Santa Fe in 1841.


Miller, John G., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1839.


Moss, James H., Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in Clay county in 1845; representative from Clay county ; lieuten- ant in Doniphan's army in Mexican War; colonel in United States army in Civil War; United States Attorney for western district of Missouri ; returned to Boone county in 1871 ; died in Columbia in 1873.


Myers, John M., Rocky Fork township; admitted to bar in 1850; died in Boone county in 1851.


Martin, Alexander, Columbia ; born in Canada; admitted to bar in St. Louis in 1858; began practicing in Boone county in 1890; law writer; author; teacher in St. Louis Law School and Washington University ; president of St. Louis Bar Association ; commissioner of Missouri Supreme Court, and dean of Missouri University Law School ; died in Columbia in 1902.


More, E. C., Columbia township; born in Arkansas; admitted to bar in St. Louis in 1861; enrolled in Boone county in 1867 ; consul


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general to Mexico under President Cleveland; president of State Board of Agriculture ; died in Peoria, Illinois, in 1902.


Murry, John F., Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1887; clerk of county court and deputy clerk two terms; judge of probate court of Boone county three terms.


Murry, Jerry H., Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1893 ; city attorney of Columbia ; prosecuting attorney of Boone county for three terms; member of the law firm of Murry & Murry, Columbia ; died in Columbia in 1904, while a candidate for attorney general of Missouri.


Murry, Harvey D., Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar 1897; assistant prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; teacher in Missouri University Law School and clerk of probate court of Boone county ; for several years a member of the law firm of Murry & Murry, Columbia.


Morgan, H. W., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1899; in abstract business for two years in Columbia ; moved to Oklahoma in 1901 ; now practicing law in Oklahoma City.


McBride, Priestly H., Columbia ; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1825; justice of the peace and presiding judge of Boone county court; secretary of state of Missouri; moved to Monroe county and became circuit judge; judge of Missouri Supreme Court and president of curators of Missouri University ; died in Boone county in 1869.


McElvain, J. N., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1887 ; a member of the law firm of Bedford & McElvain ; moved to Johnson county, Missouri, in 1888; now teaching in Seattle, Washington.


McEuen, Wilson H., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1900; moved to Pike county in 1904; now in lumber business in Sheridan, Wyoming.


McBaine, James Patterson, Columbia; born in Jackson county ; admitted to bar in 1904; practiced law in St. Louis four years; re- turned to Columbia in 1908; teacher in Missouri University Law School and in Wisconsin Law School; and president of Columbia Cemetery Association; now a member of the law firm of McBaine & Clark, Columbia.


Nicklin, Walter E., Columbia and Rocheport; born in Lincoln county ; admitted to bar in 1888; justice of the peace and public ad- ministrator of Boone county ; and city attorney of Rocheport ; a member of the law firm of Nicklin & Dudley, Columbia ; moved to Arkansas in 1897; thence to Pryor, Oklahoma; now county attorney of Mayes county, Oklahoma.


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Niedermeyer, Frederick W., Columbia; born in St. Louis; ad- mitted to bar in 1895; mayor of Columbia; president of Columbia school board two terms, and member of board of managers of State School for Deaf; now in real estate and automobile business in Co- lumbia.


Overall, John H., Columbia; born in St. Charles county ; admitted to bar in Macon county ; circuit attorney of Macon, Randolph, Howard, Boone and Callaway counties ; moved to Columbia in 1870; teacher in Missouri University Law School; moved to St. Louis and became a member of the law firm of Broadhead & Overall; died in St. Louis in 1903.


O'Mahoney, Clarence, Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1892 ; police judge of Columbia ; now in shoe business in Kansas City.


Perry, Calvin L., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1831 ; aid-de-camp in United States army in Black Hawk Indian War.


Persinger, Alexander, Columbia township; born in Virginia; pri- vate in War of 1812; county judge and representative of Montgomery county, Missouri, and moved to Boone county in 1835, representative of Boone county two terms; county judge of Boone county twenty years; died in Columbia in 1875.


Persinger, James B., Columbia township; born in Montgomery county ; admitted to bar in Boone county in 1849; died on the way to California in 1850.


Provines, John G., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1859; moved to Moberly ; became an editor ; died in Fulton, Missouri.


Pierce, Hiram C., Columbia; born in Virginia; admitted to bar in 1866; city attorney and city councilman of Columbia ; public ad- ministrator of Boone county and captain in Southern army (Stone- wall Jackson's division) during Civil War; died in Columbia in 1879.


Pratt, William S., Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1872; teacher; police judge of Columbia for twelve years; justice of the peace of Boone county ; curator of Missouri University ; now in insurance business in Columbia.


Penter, Eli, Ashland; born in Arkansas; admitted to bar in 1873 ; soldier in Indian War in Oregon; editor of "Ashland Bugle"; presi- dent of Farmers Bank; mayor of Ashland; teacher in Missouri Uni- versity ; president of Ashland school board; died in Columbia in 1915.


Pemberton, Morton H., Centralia township; born in Callaway county ; admitted to bar in Callaway county in 1899; moved to Boone


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county in 1901; farmer ; lecturer ; representative from Boone county two terms; now farming near Centralia.


Paxton, Charles F., Centralia; admitted to bar in 1898; city at- torney of Centralia ; moved west in 1902; now in motor supply business in Boise, Idaho.


Price, R. B., Jr., Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1909; vice president of Boone County National Bank.


Price, Lakenan M., Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1909; moved to Everette, Washington; now practicing in Co- lumbia.


Robinson, Benjamin F., Columbia; born in South Carolina; ad- mitted to bar in 1829; justice of the peace of Boone county ; moved to Kansas City in 1852 and became United States Indian Agent ; moved to Texas in 1861; died. in Cotton Gem, Texas, in 1876.


Rollins, James S., Columbia ; born in Kentucky ; admitted to bar in 1834; a member of law firm of Rollins & Miller, Columbia ; editor of "Columbia Patriot"; public administrator and representative from Boone county four terms; state senator two terms; congressman two terms; president of curators of Missouri University for seventeen years ; major in United States army in Black Hawk Indian War ; cap- tain in United States army in Civil War; "Father of Missouri Uni- versity"; philanthropist ; died in Columbia in 1888.


Robards, William A., Columbia; enrolled in Boone county in 1840; curator of Missouri University ; attorney general of Missouri from 1849 to 1851; died in Jefferson City in September, 1851.


Russell, Francis T., Columbia ; born in West Virginia; admitted to bar in Virginia in 1840; city councilman and police judge of Co- lumbia ; justice of the peace, public administrator and representative from Boone county; colonel in United States army in Civil War; curator of Missouri University ; president of Columbia Cemetery As- sociation ; died in Columbia in 1891.


Robinson, Lewis W., Rocheport and Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1844; justice of the peace, representative from Boone county and state senator; curator of Missouri University; captain of Missouri forces in Kansas war ; moved to California in 1873, and became Judge of Superior Court ; died in Colusa county, California, in 1877.


Robinson, J. DeW., Rocheport, Columbia and Missouri township; born in Boone county; admitted to bar in Benton county, Missouri, in 1854; city attorney of Kansas City; private in Southern army in Civil War; city councilman of Columbia and prosecuting attorney of Boone county for two terms ; died in Texas in 1907.


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Russell, Thomas A., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1857; judge of circuit court of city of St. Louis; now practicing law in St. Louis. Robinson, R. S., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1858.


Runkle, A. W., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1860; private in Southern army in Civil War; died in Columbia in 1866.


Richardson, John C., Sturgeon ; admitted to bar in 1863; moved from Boone county in 1882; now in real estate business in Kansas City, Missouri.


Riggs, Samuel A., Sturgeon; admitted to bar in 1865; private in United States army in Civil War; moved to Bates county, Missouri, in 1867 ; moved to St. Paul, Arkansas, and became a Baptist minister ; died in Arkansas in 1909.


Robinson, Wm. H., Columbia township; admitted to bar but prac- ticed a short time; lost his eyesight and became a Christian minister ; died in Columbia in 1876.


Rollins, Curtis B., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1876; president of board of public works of Columbia; curator of Missouri University, and vice president of Boone County National Bank ; now living in Columbia.


Runyan, Elgin L., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1877 ; now living in California.


Riggs, Brutus, Sturgeon ; admitted to bar in 1878; now teaching in Cameron, Missouri.


Rich, John A., Sturgeon ; born in Liberty ; admitted to bar in 1878; moved to Saline county in 1879; became prosecuting attorney of Saline county, and judge of criminal court of fifteenth judicial circuit of Missouri; now living in Slater, Missouri.


Redmond, J. T., Sturgeon ; admitted to bar in Sturgeon court of common pleas in 1870; photographer and postmaster of Sturgeon ; died in Boone county in 1906.


Riley, Elijah E., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1893; moved to Linn county.


Randolph, Wm. F., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1896; moved to St. Louis; now traveling accountant for Missouri Pacific railroad.


Robinson, Clark, Cedar township and Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1899; recorder of deeds of Boone county two terms.


Rothwell, W. Hamp, Columbia; born in Callaway county ; ad- mitted to bar in 1902; teacher ; city attorney of Columbia two terms; moved to Randolph county in 1912; now practicing law in Moberly, Missouri.


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Roberts, V. H., Columbia; admitted to bar in Iowa; enrolled in Boone county in 1903; teacher in Missouri University Law School ; moved to St. Louis in 1908; died in St. Louis county in 1910.


Rose, Marion A., Columbia; born in Illinois ; admitted to bar in 1905 ; now a contractor in Columbia.


Rollins, Frank B., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1911 ; moved to Oklahoma in 1911; now practicing law in Bartles- ville, Oklahoma.


Rollins, James Sidney, Jr., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1911; acting city attorney of Columbia and assistant prose- cuting attorney of Boone county.


Rollins, Curtis B., Jr., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1914.


Stone, John F., Columbia ; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1843 ; died in Columbia in 1846.


Switzler, William F., Columbia; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1841; representative from Boone county two terms ; member of Constitutional Conventions of 1865 and 1875; editor of "Missouri Statesman"; writer; historian; city councilman of Columbia; chief of bureau of statistics under President Cleveland ; president of Columbia Cemetery Association ; died in Columbia in 1906.


Shields, James R., Columbia ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1855; city councilman and police judge of Columbia and justice of the peace of Boone county; moved from Boone county in 1877 ; became solicitor of treasury department under President Cleveland ; died in Wichita, Kansas.


Samuel, John M., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar 1862; sheriff ; treasurer ; circuit clerk and recorder of Boone county ; city councilman and mayor of Columbia ; president of Columbia school board; president of Columbia Savings Bank; died in Columbia in 1887.


Switzler, Lewis M., Columbia ; born in Howard county ; admitted to bar in 1867 ; soldier in United States army in Civil War; city at- torney and police judge of Columbia ; judge of probate court of Boone county for fourteen years ; president of Boone County Bar Associa- tion for five years.


Stone, William J., Columbia ; born in Kentucky ; admitted to bar in 1869 ; city attorney of Columbia; moved to Nevada, Missouri; con- gressman for three terms; governor of Missouri; United States sen- ator for three terms; now a resident of Jefferson City.


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Smith, Richard J., Columbia ; born in Kentucky ; admitted to bar in 1869; justice of the peace of Boone county; died in Bryan, Texas.


Searcy, James Jasper, Sturgeon ; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1871; teacher; colonel in Southern army during Civil War ; died in Sturgeon in 1872.


Singleton, Middleton G., Centralia township; admitted to bar in Boone county in 1872; farmer; colonel in Southern army in Civil War; moved to Fulton, Missouri, in 1879; returned to Boone county and died in Cedar township in 1893.


Selby, George B., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1872; deputy county clerk of Boone county ; clerk of United States court at St. Louis.


Sebastian, C. B., Columbia township and Columbia ; born in Ken- tucky ; admitted to bar in 1874; teacher ; city councilman of Columbia ; justice of the peace and prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; now a member of the law firm of Sebastian & Sebastian, Columbia.


Switzler, Warren, Columbia ; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1877 ; moved to Nebraska in 1877 and became state senator ; now practicing law in Omaha.


Stephens, James L., Centralia and Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1887 ; city attorney of Centralia ; prosecuting attorney of Boone county two terms; now a member of the law firm of Stephens & Collier, Columbia.


Slate, John G., Ashland; born in Cole county ; admitted to bar in 1887 ; prosecuting attorney of Maries county ; representative from Maries county two terms; prosecuting attorney of Cole county two terms ; judge of circuit court of Cole, Cooper, Miller, Morgan, Maries and Moniteau counties.


Schofield, Robert F., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1888; moved to Knox county, Missouri, in 1888; member of the county court of Knox county one term; editor and publisher of the "Sentinel" at Edina, Missouri, about fifteen years; now in oil business at Tulsa, Oklahoma.


Searcy, L. T., Rocheport and Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1897; teacher; city councilman of Columbia; as- sessor ; county clerk two terms ; prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; secretary of Boone County Bar Association ; for some years a member of law firm of Searcy & Murry, Columbia.


Schwabe, James W., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1898; city councilman of Columbia; now engaged in real estate business in Columbia.


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Spriggs, John J., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1905; moved west in 1906; representative in Wyoming legislature; now practicing law in Lander, Wyoming.


Simmons, Thomas T., Columbia; born in Florida; admitted to bar in 1906; police judge of Columbia ; claim agent of legal depart- ment of M., K. & T. Railway Company.


Sapp, William H., Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1909; assistant prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; a member of the law firm of Dinwiddie & Sapp; also of the law firm of Anderson & Sapp; now a member of the firm of Finley & Sapp, Columbia.


Starrett, George S., Columbia ; born in Buchanan county ; admitted to bar in 1909; assistant prosecuting attorney of Boone county ; for two years a member of the law firm of Anderson & Starrett, Columbia.


Street, Thomas A., Columbia ; born in Alabama ; enrolled in Boone county in 1910; teacher in Missouri University Law School; now in Philippines.


Schwabe, George B., Columbia ; born in Vernon county ; admitted to bar in 1910; moved to Nowata, Oklahoma, in 1911; now mayor of Nowata.


Sebastian, Henry G., Columbia; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1911; captain of national guard of Missouri; justice of the peace; now a member of the law firm of Sebastian & Sebastian, Columbia.


Todd, David, Columbia; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in Lexington, Kentucky ; soldier in War of 1812; judge of United States district court for Territory of Missouri ; attorney for trustees of Co- lumbia at the organization and laying out of the town ; judge of Boone circuit court from 1820 to 1837; whig nominee for governor in 1825; member of the law firm of Todd & Kirtley, Columbia ; died in Co- lumbia in 1859.


Turner, Archibald W., Columbia and Columbia township; born in Kentucky ; admitted to bar in Kentucky in 1827; moved to Boone county in 1831; justice of the peace; public administrator and repre- sentative from Boone county ; state senator; died in Boone county in 1874.


Todd, Robert B., Columbia; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in 1843; captain in Mexican War ; moved to Louisiana and became judge of the supreme court of Louisiana; died in New York in 1895.


Todd, Robert L., Columbia township and Columbia; born in Boone county; admitted to bar in 1847; clerk of circuit court and


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recorder of deeds of Boone county for twenty-one years; curator of Missouri University and cashier of Exchange National Bank for thirty- one years; died in Columbia in 1898.


Triplett, F. F. C., Rocheport and Columbia ; born in Virginia ; admitted to bar in Kentucky in 1833 ; member of Kentucky legislature; editor, captain in United States army in Mexican war ; chief of pension bureau under Presidents Taylor and Fillmore ; moved to Boone county in 1859; justice of the peace of Boone county; died in Columbia in 1880.


Turner, Squire, Columbia and Columbia township; born in Boone county ; admitted to bar in Kentucky in 1858; enrolled in Boone county in 1860; city attorney and city councilman of Columbia ; representative from Boone county ; curator of Missouri University ; member of staff of Governor Marmaduke; for many years a member of the law firm of Turner, Hinton & Turner; died in Boone county in 1906.


Todd, John N., Columbia township; born in Columbia; admitted to bar in 1862; deputy circuit clerk and recorder ; justice of the peace of Boone county ; moved to California in 1869, and engaged in trans- portation and banking ; consul general to Central America under Presi- dent Cleveland; returned to Columbia in 1898; died in Columbia in 1898.


Truitt, William H., Jr., Columbia ; born in Callaway county ; ad- mitted to bar in 1887; city councilman of Columbia; justice of the peace and representative from Boone county; moved west in 1902; now secretary of chamber of commerce in Pomona, California.


Todd, William C., Bourbon township and Centralia; admitted to bar in 1871 by nunc pro tunc entry made in 1890; farmer; captain in Southern army in Civil War ; moved to Marshall, Missouri, in 1893 ; drowned in Pacific Ocean in 1907.


Turner, Archibald W., Jr., Columbia ; born in Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1890; city attorney of Columbia for two terms; for several years a member of the law firm of Turner, Hinton & Turner, Colum- bia; now living in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma.


Turner, Kirk B., Columbia township; admitted to bar in 1896; now practicing law in Eufaula, Oklahoma.


Tydings, Thomas J., Sturgeon and Centralia ; admitted to bar in Monroe county, Missouri, in 1900; moved to Boone county in 1902; city attorney of Centralia; for several years a member of the law firm of Tydings & Anderson, Centralia ; moved to Randolph county in 1906; now practicing law in Moberly, Missouri.


VanArsdall, Win. K., Columbia; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1829; moved to Paris, Missouri, in 1832; state senator from


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Monroe and Ralls counties. Drowned in Salt River, near Paris, in 1856.


Vandiver, A. L., Burlington ; admitted to bar in 1849; farmer and live stock; died in Boone county in 1877.


Wheeler, Samuel, Smithton.


Wood, Jesse T., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1824; justice of the peace of Boone county and general in Black Hawk Indian War.


Woods, James B., Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1828.


Woods, Jefferson, Columbia ; admitted to bar in 1835.


Woodson, Warren, Columbia ; born in Virginia; admitted to bar in 1864; justice of the peace and probate judge; curator of Missouri University ; clerk of county court of Boone county for forty-one years ; died in Columbia in 1868.


Warren, Wirt J., Ashland ; admitted to bar in 1879; justice of the peace of Boone county ; mayor of Ashland; died in Boone county in 1906.


Wyatt, James D., Centralia ; born in Kentucky; admitted to bar in 1876; merchant; school director; postmaster and mayor of Cen- tralia ; died in Centralia in 1887.


Wheeler, Albert B., Perche township and Columbia; admitted to bar in 1884 ; justice of the peace; now farming near Hinton, Missouri.


Wilson, Ben S., Columbia; admitted to bar in 1888; moved to California in 1889; now in real estate business in San Francisco.


White, J. Chapman, Sturgeon; born in Boone county; admitted to bar in 1889; justice of the peace of Boone county ; now in business and practicing in Centralia.


Watson, Edwin M., Columbia; born in Callaway county; ad- mitted to bar in 1896; city attorney of Columbia ; moved to Jefferson City and St. Louis, and engaged in newspaper work; now editor and publisher of "Columbia Daily Tribune".


Walker, Charles J., Columbia ; born in St. Charles county ; admitted to bar in St. Charles county in 1874 ; state senator from Boone, Calla- way, Montgomery, Warren and St. Charles counties for two terms ; moved to Columbia in 1900 and now member of law firm of Walker & Walker, Columbia.


Warden, L. A., Columbia; born in Mercer county; admitted to bar in 1906; moved to Grundy county, Missouri, in 1907; now prac- ticing law and engaged in abstract business in Trenton, Missouri.


Walker, Lee, Columbia; born in St. Charles county ; admitted to bar in 1912; teacher in Missouri University Law School; now a member of the law firm of Walker & Walker, Columbia.




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