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Ira N. Noland. On November 23, 1852, he married his second wife, Julia Adeline Sullivan, a native of New York State, whose father, Jere Sullivan, was born in Rhode Island. His father, Peleg Sullivan, was a son of Humphrey Sullivan, a sea-faring man of Rhode Island, of Irish descent. The mother of Mrs. Tuttle was, before marriage, Margaret §Pierce, who was a native of England. Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle have five children: George Phillips, of Warren ; Mary Sutliff, who was married with Charles Fillius ; John Milton, now at home; William Ellsworth, a member of the Bar, who is at home; and Charles Ward, who is in business in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. It is now about fifty-four years since Mr. Tuttle became identified with the Warren Bar, and fifty-seven years since he was admitted to practice. Dur- ing this long period he has been associated in the trial of cases, as lawyer and judge, with some of the very foremost lawyers of the country. His local prominence has brought him into most of the more important cases that have come before the courts of his section for more than half a century, and either with him or against him have been Rufus P. Ranney, Benjamin F. Wade, Milton Sutliff, Joshua R. Giddings, Peter Hitchcock, Matthew Birchard and a host of other celebrated lawyers that have now passed over to the other side. In great contests, where the brightest minds have been engaged, Mr. Tuttle has performed his part and has always been an important and powerful factor. Judge Tuttle and Judge Milton Sutliff, as partners, were indeed most formid- able antagonists in any case. Upon the Bench Judge Tuttle was always a close reasoner, careful in reviewing testimony and deliberate in arriving at his conclusions. He was fair, just and 'firm, and could not be swayed or moved one particle when his decision had been reached. As a lawyer he is great in the preparation of his cases as well as in the trial of them. He exercises unusual caution ; no point in the evidence escapes his attention, nor does the law applicable to it. He is singularly sagacious and quick to seize the weak point in his opponent's case. He never permits the wasting of strength on what is immaterial, but concentrates his energies to the utmost. In argument he is clear, cutting, logical and concise, and holds the interested attention of the court as profoundly as that of the jury. As a man, he is kind-hearted, sincere in his friendships, loyal to his party, and true as steel to the interests of his clients. Throughout his life he has been a student, a great reader and deep thinker. So intense has this reflective habit become and so strong the power of concentration of thought developed in him that there are few prob- lems either of law or philosophy whose solution he would not work out. He is not only well acquainted with and deeply read in the authorities of the law, but he is a mathematician of high order, a wide reader of current literature and a scholar of broad attainments.
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MYRON R. KEITH, Cleveland. The subject of this memoir was born in Winfield, Herkimer county, New York, in March 1819, and was a son of Colo- nel Ansel Keith. His education was obtained in the public schools and Oneida Institute. When a youth he came West and settled at Elyria, Ohio, whence in 1837 he removed to Cleveland. Shortly afterwards he was appointed a deputy under the Honorable Harvey Rice, clerk of Cuyahoga county. Subsequently he studied law with Edward Wade ; was admitted to the Bar in 1842, and began practice with Mr. Rice as his senior partner. This association continued until 1847, when Mr. Keith returned to Elyria, where he was appointed clerk of the Common Pleas and Superior Courts for Lorain county. In 1852 he resigned, returned to Cleveland and resumed practice, in which he actively engaged until ill health compelled his retirement ; but he continued to act as counsel for clients whose business he had transacted for years. In 1867 he was appointed registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy for the Northern District of Ohio, which office he held until the law was repealed in 1878. Mr. Keith was a counsellor rather than a pleader before a jury. He was a man of sound judgment, deep learning and great carefulness. For years before his death he was the legal adviser of executors controlling vast estates. As a drawer of legal papers he had few equals. He was the attorney of the Standard Oil Company, whose charter he drew many years ago. He also drew the articles which created and organized what is commonly known as the " Standard Trust." The will of the late W. J. Gordon, of Cleveland, was a remarkable legal document of its kind, and brought spontaneously from the profession praises of Mr. Keith's shrewdness and ability as soon as it was inade public. Mr. Keith was a Republican in politics and during the rebellion he was chairman of the Cuyahoga county central committee. In 1844 he married Miss Mary L. Beebe, of Lorain, who survives him. Two daughters are the living issue of this marriage: Mrs. Minnie Yergest, of Logan, and Mrs. Frances Hallowell, of Cleveland. Among the marked traits of Mr. Keith was his ability to inspire confidence, which resulted not only in the acceptance of large trusts and responsibilities, but also drew to him many warm friends. Mr. Keith was a sufferer for years from the disease to which he finally succumbed August 7, 1893.
JOHN W. HEISLEY, Cleveland. The late John Wesley Heisley was born at Williamsport, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1824, the son of John and Elizabeth Heisley, who were of German descent. His youth and early manhood were passed at his birthplace, where he had the educational advantages of the public schools, after which he entered Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1848. Having selected the law he at once began its studies, after graduation, at his native town, where he was admitted to practice in April, 1849. IIe immediately opened an office and soon found a flattering clientage for so young a practitioner, and a busi-
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ness fairly remunerative. In April, 1851, he married Miss Elizabeth Keller, of Williamsport. He removed to Cleveland in 1854, where his earnest devotion to business inspired confidence and soon gave him a fine practice and position as one of the prominent leading lawyers in northern Ohio, a position he ; retained until his death. Mr. Heisley spoke German almost as fluently as he did English, which gave him a large German-speaking clientage. He entered heartily into political affairs, and soon had great influence as a leader in the local Democratic party. As early as 1857 his party nominated him for city attorney and elected him, a position he occupied for two years, performing his duties with honor to himself and to the advantage of the public. He was placed before the Democratic State Convention at Columbus in 1877 as Cuyahoga's candidate for governor, and received a large vote. In 1883 he received a similar compliment from his party. Without any solicitation on his part his name was presented at that time to the Democratic State Conven- tion as a candidate for judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He again failed of nomination, but received nearly half the votes of the convention. Local and accidental reasons seemed to determine the choice. In 1871 Judge Heisley formed a partnership with his brother, William Heisley, who was some ten years his junior, and Mr. Arnold Green, who had been a student of William Heisley, under (the name of Heisleys & Green. In 1872 Mr. Green dropped out of the firm, which became in name Heisley & Heisley and continued until 1874, when P. F. Young was taken into partnership, and the firm name became HIeisleys & Young for a short time. After practicing . at the Bar of Cuyahoga for twenty-nine years with marked success Mr. Heisley was elected judge of the Common Pleas in 1883. Prominent among Judge Heisley's qualifications may be mentioned the long, varied and success- ful experience as a nisi prius practitioner. It has been written of him as a judge that one of his rare qualities was the ignoring of all mere forms and ceremonies without the sacrifice of real official dignity. In a marked and unusual degree he carried into all his judicial labors and intercourse that genial spirit of good-fellowship and spontaneous kindness which made him universally approachable and always familiar, without the suspicion of parti- ality. Prompt, systematic and expeditious in the dispatch of business, tolerant of argument if relevant, quick to grasp the points of a controversy, cautious, patient and thorough, he certainly fulfilled on the Bench the expectations of those who knew him best and longest. When the Cleveland Bar Association was formed in March, 1873, Judge Heisley became one of its vice-presidents. He died after a long illness, May 17, 1893, at Pasadena, California, whither he had gone in hopes of regaining his health. His widow is still living with her son, Samuel K. Heisley, who is in business in Cleveland. Another son, Ecko M. Heisley, is a prominent member of the Cleveland Bar. A daughter is the wife of Dr. Joseph E. Cook, of Cleveland. A quotation from the Rev. Mr. Hartman fitly closes this memoir : " Judge Heisley was a well rounded man of general information, broad judgment and wise counsel. As a lawyer he was a peer of peers. As a citizen he was one of the leading. On the
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Bench he stood conspicuous. As a husband and father he was kind and loving. As a Christian he stood fearless in his faith. As a friend he was beloved by all. He was a man who will be universally remembered."
WILLIAM C. McFARLAND, Cleveland. W. C. McFarland was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1838. His father, John Mc- Farland, a farmer, and his mother, Eliza McCombs, were of Scotch descent. His grandfather came to this country from the North of Ireland just after the close of the Revolution, about 1790, and settled in the western part of Penn- sylvania, acquiring a large tract of land in the Mahoning Valley, the west line of which was the east line of the Northwest Territory, afterwards Ohio. He was a direct descendant from the Scotch Macfarlane Clan, the larger part of which settled in the North of Ireland about 1650. The grandfather was born there and educated in Trinity College, Dublin, coming immediately after- wards to this country and settling in Pennsylvania, as hereinbefore stated. The McCombs were of Scotch ancestry, and they also settled in Western Pennsylvania. The mother's branch of the family came to Ohio about 1820. The paternal lineage of William C. McFarland is traced to his ancestors of the Macfarlane Clan, whose territory in Scotland bordered on the north west shore of Loch Lomond, and where the ruins of the Macfarlane castle stand on the banks of the Loch Sloy. The orthography of the name has changed consid- erably. The Scotch was originally Macfarlane, " Mac" in the highland tonguc meaning "son of." The early education of Mr. McFarland was received at the Poland Academy. Afterwards he entered Westminster College, leaving in 1859, in his junior year. During his attendance at college he determined upon law as his profession, and while there read Blackstone. After leaving college he went to Kentucky, where he taught school until the beginning of the war in 1861. He then returned to his home in Pennsylvania and would have entered the army, but ill health prevented. About that time he went to Cleveland and entered the Ohio State and Union Law College, taking his degree of LL. B. in 1862. Immediately afterwards he commenced to practice his profession, but there was little business, owing to the excitement incident to the war-not cnough even to occupy the time of the older lawyers-so he accepted a position in the quartermaster's department, and was stationed at Nashville, Tennessee, for about a year. Resigning from the military service he returned to Cleveland, and in the fall of 1863 formed a partnership with Judge J. P. Bishop under the firm name of Bishop & McFarland, afterwards Bishop, Knight & McFarland. In 1875 he formed another partnership with Lyman R. Critchfield, under the firm name of Critchfield & McFarland ; but this continued only one year, and since it was dissolved he has continued in the practice alone. His practice has been general, but in the later years con- fined largely to corporation law. Mr. McFarland has the confidence and respect of thic Bench and Bar, and stands high as a man. In the profession lie
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has the reputation of being careful and painstaking in all his work, displaying great industry and care in the preparation of his cases. He also conducts the trial of them with great facility and cleverness. In the examination of wit- nesses he excels. He is quick in measuring a witness, artful and ingenious in drawing out his testimony. He has been very successful as a practitioner, has a good clientage, and has accumulated a competency by means of his practice. In politics he has always been a Republican, taking an active interest in all political questions. The only office he has ever held is that of representative in the State Legislature, to which he was elected in 1871. He served one term and was not a candidate for re-election. Mr. McFarland has never married.
JOHN H. WEBSTER, Cleveland. John Howard Webster was born at Ports- mouth, New Hampshire, on the 8th day of November, 1846. His father, John Webster, came to Ohio in 1850, settling in Cleveland, where he was actively engaged in business until 1868, being one of the city's leading man- ufacturers. Mr. Webster is a fourth cousin of Daniel Webster. The Websters are descendants of Thomas Webster, who came over in the Mayflower, settling in New Hampshire as early as 1836. Daniel Webster in his autobiography says : " The family is no doubt originally from Scotland, although I have not been able to learn how far back any Scotch accent was found lingering on our tongue. Probably enough the emigrants may have come last from England. The characteristics of the personal appearance of the Websters are pretty strongly marked and very generally found with all who bear the name in New England." His mother, Sarah B. Perry, was also of a noted New England family, from York county, Maine, of Scotch-Irish descent. Her ancestors came to this country shortly after the Revolutionary War, settling at Limerick, York county, Maine, on what was then known as part of the Hamp- shire grant, in the extreme eastern part of New Hampshire. Young Webster's early education was in a private school, where he was prepared for college, graduating from the high school in 1864. He at once entered Yale College, and upon completing the course was graduated with honors in the class of 1868. Returning to Cleveland he at once entered the office of James Mason, who was at that time general counsel of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, and commenced the study of law, and in June, 1870, was admitted to the Bar. Immediately he commenced the practice of law and was alone until 1884, when he formed his present partnership with E. A. Angell, under the firm name of Webster & Angell, the firm now being Webster, Angell & Cook. His practice has always been general in its nature. He has, however, large business interests outside of his profession which require much of his attention. Notwithstanding the great demands of his profession and business interests, he has found time to aid in the promotion of educational institutions, which have gone far toward establishing a reputation for Cleve- land as an educational center in Ohio. He was one of the original organizers
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and promoters of the Cleveland Manual Training School, and was for six years its treasurer and chairman of the executive committee, and until the institution was turned over to the city of Cleveland and became a part of the city's general school system. He was also one of the organizers of the Univer- sity School of the city of Cleveland, and one of the trustees of the school which is to-day recognized as the best preparatory school in the West. Mr. Webster helped to organize the Yale Alumni of northern Ohio, and was for thirteen years actively identified with its management, and for two years its president. He is a man of great force and energy. There is a heartiness and enthusiasm about his work which makes his undertakings successful. He is a lawyer of ability and a man of high moral character, having a large circle of friends and admirers. His father was a noted abolitionist, who, before the war, and until the emancipation of the slaves, maintained one of the under- ground railroad stations. He is politically a Republican in his convictions, but he has never held political office. In 1870 Mr. Webster married Helen Curtis, of Stratford, Connecticut; and they have three children, two sons and one daughter. The oldest, Paul Wentworth, is a mining engineer, now practicing his profession at Coolgardie, West Australia; the second son, Harold Curtis, is a law student in his father's office ; and the daughter, Jean Howard, is a charming young lady.
WILLIAM B. BOLTON, Cleveland. The subject of this sketch was born in New Haven, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1853. His father, John Bolton, a teacher by profession, is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. He removed to Pennsylvania, where his son was born, and later to Ohio. He is now a pro- fessor in the West High School at Cleveland. The Boltons are of English extraction. His great-grandfather, John Bolton, was an officer in the Revolu- tionary War, and the grandfather, of the same name, was an officer in the navy during the war of 1812. His mother, Martha Russell McCune, is of Scotch-Irish descent, a native of Pennsylvania, where her ancestors settled prior to the Revolutionary War. Young Bolton's education was obtained at Portsmouth, Ohio. Passing through all the grades in the grammar school, he entered the high school, from which he was graduated in 1871. He then became a clerk in Judge Thompson's office, the Probate Judge of Scioto county. He retained this position until 1873, when he removed to Cleveland and entered the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad, holding a clerical position for two years. Having determined upon law as a profession, in 1876 he entered the office of Ingersoll & Williamson and began his studies. This firm, having a large amount of trust business which required Mr. Bolton's attention, he did not feel the necessity of admission to the Bar until 1881. In 1880 Samuel E. Williamson became judge of the Court of Common Pleas, resigning that office in 1882 to accept the position of general solicitor for the Nickel Plate Rail- road, the subject of this sketch at the same time accepting the assistant gen-
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eral solicitorship of the road. Later, under the reorganization of the company, he became the assistant general counsel. In 1890 he resigned to accept the position of general counsel for the Brush Electric Company, which position he now holds. Mr. Bolton's practice has been confined almost exclusively to cor- poration business, in which line he has had a large and varied experience. He has also had an extensive experience in the litigation carried on upon behalf of the Brush Company in actions involving the validity of the various elec- trical patents for inventions made by Mr. Brush and others. He is a lawyer of ability, a close student, and his opinions in corporation matters are highly regarded. Politically a Republican, always interested in National and State politics, yet he has never held or sought office. In 1883 Mr. Bolton married Lilyon Beckett Beamer, and by this union there is one son, John Donald, born February 12, 1885.
HARVEY D. GOULDER, Cleveland. Harvey D. Goulder was born in Cleve- land on the 7th day of May, 1853. His father, Christopher B. Goulder, was one of the pioneer captains on the great lakes, the master of a vessel over sixty years ago. Born in England he came to the United States in the early thir- ties, settling first in Detroit and afterwards removing to Cleveland, where he resided until his death. His mother, Barbara Freeland, was a native of Scot- land, and when a child came with her parents to this country, settled first in New York State and about sixty years ago came to Cleveland. Young Goulder's education was obtained in the public schools of Cleveland and he was graduated from the Central High School in 1869, at the age of sixteen. During his school days his summers were spent sailing on the lakes. After leaving school, having determined to study law, he entered the law office of Tyler & Dennison and for three years read law, and the remainder of the year served as ship's mate on the lakes. When nineteen years old Judge Tyler advised him to give up navigation, as he by this time had a thorough knowl- edge of sailing, and, being too young to be admitted to the Bar, he accepted a position as entry clerk in the wholesale house of Alcott, Horton & Co. Here he remained two years. He then entered the office of the late John E. Cary, the great admiralty lawyer of the lakes, and continued his studies with Mr. Cary until the latter's death in 1874. In the spring of 1875 he took his exam- ination and was admitted to practice. He at once opened an office and prac- ticed alone for considerable time. Later he formed two partnerships, but they were purely experimental and lasted only a short time. He was then alone until January, 1893, when the present partnership with Samuel H. Holding, under the firm name of Goulder & Holding, was formed. While he has at all times enjoyed an active general practice, he is better known as an admiralty lawyer. The firm no doubt has the largest admiralty practice of any firm located anywhere in the lake region of this country. They are employed on one side or the other of almost every important case. He has successfully fought every effort made by the railroads to bridge the Detroit river, and has
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clearly demonstrated that it is practicable to tunnel the river. He is the gen- eral counsel for the Lake Carriers' Association and one of the leading spirits in its work. Mr. Goulder is a director in a number of transportation, finan- cial and mining companies. He is a representative citizen, taking great pride in his native city, and is always ready and willing to take an active interest in anything that will tend to promote its good and welfare. He is a director of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and a member and chairman of some of its most important committees. In politics he is a Republican, but has never held office. In 1878 Mr. Goulder married Mary F. Rankin, daughter of Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D., president of Howard University. There are no children by this union.
ALFRED KELLEY, 1789-1859. The history of the State of Ohio, and par ticularly the Western Reserve, presents few equals and no superiors to the Honorable Alfred Kelley, in strength and integrity of character and versatility of achievement. He proved himself the equal of his distinguished ancestors. His great-great-grandfather, Joseph Kelley, was one of the first settlers of Norwich, Connecticut, whence his great-grandfather, Joseph Kelley II., removed to Vermont at an advanced age, and died in 1814. Daniel Kelley, the grandfather of Alfred, was born and brought up in Norwich, where Daniel Kelley II., Alfred's father, was born, November 27, 1755. Daniel Kelley II. was married January 28, 1787, to Jemima Stow, a daughter of Elihu Stow, and a sister of two prominent judges, Joshua and Silas Stow, of Lowville, New York. Alfred was one of a family of six sons, and was born in Middletown, Connecticut, November 7, 1789. When he was nine years of age the family moved to Lowville, New York, where his father was principal judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lewis county, and also one of the founders of Low- ville, Academy and president of its board of trustees. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, subsequently, where Daniel Kelly served as president of the village from 1816 to 1819. He was one of the incorporators of the "Cleveland Pier Company ;" was the fourth postmaster of Cleveland, and died August 7, 1831. Alfred Kelley received his education in the academy at Fairfield, New York, and read law at Whitesborough with Jonas Platt, one of the judges of the Supreme Court. In the spring of 1810, with Joshua Stow, his uncle, and some others, he made the journey to Cleveland on horseback. His arrival was most fortunate for him as well as for Cuyahoga county, whose courts had just been organized. Although there was one lawyer in Cleveland at that time, he had never entered upon active practice, so it may be claimed Mr. Kelley was the first lawyer of the village. On the 7th of the following November, the twenty-first anniversary of his birth, he was admitted to practice on motion of Peter Hitchcock, of Geauga county, prosecuting attorney, whom he was imme- diately appointed to succeed. He held this office until 1821, when he declined further appointment. The first Monday of June, 1815, Mr. Kelley was unan- imously elected the first president of "Cleveland's first village official staff,"
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