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CAUTIUS C. COVEY was another law- yer who came to McConnelsville in 1840, and was prosecuting attorney in .. 1844-47. Ile removed to Marietta, and while living there was a candidate for State senator for the district composed of Washington and Morgan Counties. His opponent, Edwin Corner, of Mor- gan County, was declared elected, but on the election being contested by Covey, the seat was given to the latter. In November, 1852, while on his way
to Columbus, he was killed by a boiler explosion on the steamer "Buckeye Belle," near Beverly. Mr. Covey was an able man.
HON. E. M. STANBERY is a leading member of the bar, and the most prom- inent and best known business man of Morgan County. His history, there- fore, is an essential part of the history of the county, though Mr. Stanbery very reluctantly yielded his consent to the appearance in this chapter of a per- sonal mention of himself.
Elias Millen Stanbery, son of Jacob W. and Eliza (Jones) Stanbery, was born on the farm now owned by David Frash, one mile north of Triadelphia, in Deerfield Township, Morgan County, April 20, 1833. He received his early education in the primitive log school houses of pioneer days, with their slab benches, high writing desks and other uncomfortable appointments. He was a quick and diligent pupil, and, as many of his old schoolmates remember, a leader in boyish sports. In the summer of 1853 he attended the high school at McConnelsville, then under the superin- tendency of Daniel T. Johnson ; and in the following fall and winter taught school at Big Bottom and Locust Grove. In the spring of 1854 our subject en tered the Ohio University at Athens, where he took an exceptionally high rank in his studies, and graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1857. He at- tended the Cincinnati Law School the following winter and graduated from that institution with the degree of LL.B. in 1858. The next year was spent in Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska, but becoming convinced that the West at that time had more than a sufficient number of lawyers, he returned to his native county and in October, 1859,
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opened a law office in McConnelsville, where he has since resided. He entered upon his professional career with the industry and earnestness which have been characteristic of all of his under- takings, and soon rose to prominence. He made it a rule to refuse all cases that he believed to be without merit ; but when he accepted employment, he gave his best skill and most earnest efforts to the cause of his client and was usually successful. From 1862 his law practice was large and profitable. and aside from this he dealt in real estate, and the loaning of money. In 1875 he came into possession, and later became sole owner of the McConnel mill, and since that time he has given most of his time to his large business interests, having retired (but not wholly) from the practice of law.
To the management of his business Mr. Stanbery brought the same indus- try and perseverance with which he had entered upon the practice of the law ; and his business enterprise and good judgment have rendered him abundantly successful. The records of Morgan County show that he has owned and conveyed more real estate and now pays more taxes than any other person now or heretofore living in the county. He takes a commend- able interest in all that tends to advance the best interests of the town and county ; and every worthy public enter- prise finds in him an earnest advocate and a warm supporter. He gave his assistance and support to the founding of the First National Bank in McCon- nelsville, to the erection of the bridge across the river at that place, and to the establishing and npbuilding of the Brown-Manly Plow Company of Malta. For fifteen years he has worked zeal-
ously to secure a railroad through the county and to the county seat, and has spent much time and money with that object in view. After subscribing to no less than ten different railroad pro- jects, it gives the writer pleasure to note that the final success of the efforts of Mr. Stanbery, and those of other public-spirited citizens. now seems near at hand.
In 1883 and 1884 Mr. Stanbery erected in McConnelsville a dwelling house and a business block, that if not destroyed, will attest his energy, enterprise and public spirit long after he has passed from off the stage of life forever.
Mr. Stanbery is a republican and takes a deep interest both in local and national politics. He has also been honored with some offices, in which he discharged his duties most satisfactorily to the people who gave him their votes, and to citizens generally, even though they might differ with him in politics. In 1862 he was elected prosecuting at- torney ; reëlected in 1864 and 1866. He performed the duties of his position without fear or favor. In 1880 he was elected to represent his district in the State board of equalization. In 1881 he was elected representative from Morgan County to the 65th General Assembly, and by rečlection served in the 66th Assembly. Ile distinguished himself as one of the "working mem- bers" of the legislature and was identi- fied with several prominent measures. During his membership of the assem- bly, large appropriations were secured for the repair and improvement of the Muskingum River. Ile supported amendments to the general appropria- tion bills for the distribution of fish in the inland waters of the State; and was among the foremost of those favoring
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appropriations for the extension and improvement of the Ohio and the Ohio State Universities, and all State benevo- lent institutions. In general. his repre- sentation was useful to the State and county, and honorable to himself. He secured the passage of a road law, ap- plicable to Morgan County, for the pur- pose of building up an improved system of roads. Though he knew at the time that the measure would probably prove unpopular at first, he acted upon the principle that it is better to be right than to hold office, following the dic- tates of his judgment, and willing to submit the decision of the matter to time and experiment.
Through life he has been generous with his friends and charitable toward the worthy poor. He has never refused aid to the distressed, if he believed them worthy. He has taken pleasure in as- sisting deserving young men to start in business, and in helping those who have been unfortunate, if he believed that their misfortunes were without their own fault.
Mr. Stanbery was married February 28, 1861, to Miss Kate M. Miller. Of this union two children have been born -Lizzie and Lelia.
VIRTULON RICH, a native of Vermont, came to McConnelsville about 1838. He was a lawyer of common ability, and never had a large practice. He served as justice of the peace one or two terms. He left McConnelsville in 1857, and now resides near Detroit, Mich.
HENRY R. HUGHES, a native of Malta, read law with Melvin Clarke, and prac- ticed in Malta and McConnelsville a few years, beginning in 1856. Dur- ing the war he removed to Perry County.
NEWELL CORNER, probate judge, is a descendant of one of the pioneer fami- lies of Morgan County, within the present limits of which his father, George L. Corner, was born in 1797. The subject of this notice was born in Malta, March 2, 1841. He was edu- cated in the schools of this county, and after attending Delaware College for a short time began the study of law in the office of Wood & Pond. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1867, and began practice in Malta; after- ward he was a partner in the firm of Pond, Corner & Foulke, and next of the firm of Pond & Corner until 1876. He was then elected probate judge, and is now serving his fourth term in that position. No other evidence is neces- sary to show the popularity and esteem in which Judge Corner is held by the citizens of the county. But few men of his age have been more closely iden- tified with the affairs of the county or have watched its development with greater interest. Every enterprise de- voted to its advancement finds in Judge Corner a warm friend and an able ad- vocate. In his religious and political affiliations he is a Methodist aud a re- publican.
HON. THOMAS W. TIPTON, one of the first United States senators from the State of Nebraska, was a McConnels- ville lawyer for about three years, com- mencing some time during the war. He was the son of a Methodist preacher, Rev. William Tipton, and was admitted to the bar in Guernsey County. He was somewhat noted as a temperance lecturer. From this county he went to Nebraska, where he soon rose to prom- inence as a lawyer and politician.
HON. LEMEN FOUTS, ex-probate judge, died at his home in McConnelsville,
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June 25, 1876. He was born in Brooks County, Va., December 11, 1800, and in 1815 came to Morgan County, set- tling with his parents on Meigs Creek, a mile from any neighbor. Here he endured the hardships of pioneer life until 1824. In that year he married Elizabeth Jennings, of Marietta, and came to McConnelsville to live. He worked at the carpenter's trade, and with the exception of a few years at the home of his only son, Rev. J. W. Fouts, in Beverly, resided in the town until his death. Hle was elected pro- bate judge in 1854, and filled that office to the entire satisfaction of the public for six years. He was a member of the Methodist Church for fifty-four years, and was prominent in church matter. He was a good man, a worthy citizen, and always on the right side of every moral question.
HENRY M. DAWES, a man of excellent ability, though never an attorney in Morgan County, was, nevertheless, one of the many promising men the county has produced. He was born in Malta in 1832, and was the son of the late Henry Dawes, an influential citizen. He was educated at Marietta College. and after his admission to the bar prac- ticed in Washington County until his decease in 1860. He was possessed of a strong mind, was a good reasoner, and, had he lived, no doubt his talents would have won for him distinction and honor.
BARCLAY & BERRY was the name of a law firm in McConnelsville abont 1862-63. Charles R. Barclay had prac- ticed at Beverly for six or seven years, and had served as prosecuting attorney of Washington County. James L. Berry was admitted to the bar in Morgan County. He was mayor of | attorney and prominent as a politician.
McConnelsville in 1863. Soon after the two went west and Barclay settled in Missouri.
JOSEPH ARTHUR KELLY, a son of the late Joseph Kelly, of McConnelsville, was born about 1843, and was educated at the Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar of Morgan County in September, 1865, but practiced law but little, as he engaged in newspaper work soon after his admission to the bar and followed that business chiefly during his stay in McConnelsville. In 1873 he removed to Savannah, Mo., where he edited a democratic paper several years. From Savannah he went to St. Louis, where he is now connected with the St. Louis Republican.
W. T. BASCOM came from Vermont. He was a cousin of V. Rich and prac- ticed law in partnership with him. He was afterward in Columbus and there edited the Ohio State Journal several years. He moved to Mount Vernon. Ohio, and died there a few years ago.
W.M. J. RAMSEY, a native of Washing- ton, Pa., and a graduate of the college at that place, came to MeConnelsville between 1835 and 1840. He was a young man of good ability, and served as prosecuting attorney in 1841-44. lle died in MeConnelsville in October, 1844.
HENRY S. ROBERTSON, son of Dr. Charles Robertson, was a native of Barnesville, Behnont County, Ohio, born June 2, 1824, and came to MeConnels- ville when about two years of age. His education was in the primitive semni-occasional schools of the carly days of the town-with the exception of one year at the MeConnelsville Academy. He read law with J. E. Ilanna and was in partnership with him for several years ; was prosecuting
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member of and chairman of the whig central committee, and writer for the Herald during the years 1846-47-48. He was also an earnest advocate of the temperance question. He died after a lingering illness March 30, 1856.
JAMES A. ADAIR is a member of the bar, and as such is mentioned here although he has never practiced his profession. He was born in Adams County, Pa., March 25, 1814, and passed his early life in that county, being for a time a teacher in the town of Gettys- burg. In 1836 he went to Virginia and taught two years in London and Jeffer- son Counties. He was married in Jefferson County, and moved thence to Muskingum County, Ohio, where he re- mained about five years, during which he taught in Zanesville three years. He studied law under Franklin Gale and was admitted to the bar at Wooster in the fall of 1843. In January, 1844, he came to McConnelsville, where for twenty years he edited and published the McConnelsville Ilerald. During this time he served four years as county audit- or. He has been mayor of MeConnels- ville and served in other local offices. For some years he has been engaged in the pension business. Three of his sons -Jolin S., Henry H. (deceased) and Ad- dison A .- were in the service in the late war.
A. W. STEWART was born in Behnont County, Ohio, January 24, 1831. He
! received a common school education and read law under Tompkins & Hopper. November 14, 1861, he en- listed in Company E, 78th O. V. I., and directly after the regiment reached camp was made orderly sergeant of the company. In February, 1863, he was made second lieutenant, and by the death of the commanding officer of Company
K in the battle of Champion Hills was given command of that company, which he retained until the reorganization of the regiment. After this time he was placed on the staff of General Leggett and participated in all the battles in which the 17th Army Corps was en- gaged. In March, 1865, he was pro- moted to first lieutenant. After the close of the war he returned to his home and shortly after resumed his law studies with Evans & Jones, and in 1872 was admitted to practice and established himself in his profession in McConnelsville. Mr. Stewart was mar- ried in 1857 to Sarah E. Metcalf. She died in 1876, having borne five children, of whom four are living.
JESSE A. IVERS was born in Athens County, Ohio, January 5, 1851. He was educated in the common and graded schools of his native county, and for ten years followed teaching. He read law under Stanbery & Wood, of McConnelsville, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1877, and has since practiced his profession very suc- cessfully. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1878, and held that office one term. From the spring of 1878 to June, 1879, he was a member of the firm of Henderson & Ivers; in July of the same year he formed a partnership with W. B. Crew, the firm being Crew & Ivers, which lasted until January, 1885. He is at present a member of the law firm of Ball & Ivers, Hon. W. H. Ball, of Muskingum County, being his partner. Mr. Ivers is a democrat and takes an active part in politics. From 1879 to 1884, inclusive, he was chairman of the county central con- mittee, and in 1884 and 1885 member of the State central committee from the congressional district in which Mor-
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gan County is included. He was mar- ried in 1877 to Malvina McDonald, of Athens County.
WILLIAM B. CREW, a prominent law- yer of the Morgan County bar, is a son of Fleming Crew, of Chester Hill, Morgan County, and was born at that village April 1, 1852. Hc received his collegiate education at a Friends' board- ing school at Westtown, near Philadel- phia. He read law in the office of Hon. M. M.Granger, of Zanesville, and in 1873 was admitted to the bar of the supreme court at Columbus, and in the follow- ing year was admitted to practice in the United States courts. He then went to Cleveland, where for two years he filled the chair of elementary law in the Cleveland Law College. He then returned to Morgan County and began practice in McConnelsville. Soon after he was elected prosecuting attorney, and held the office one term. From July, 1879, to January, 1885, he was associated in his practice with J. A. Ivers. Mr. Crew is a republican and takes an active part in political cam- paigns. In 1876 he married Lizzie P. Worrall, of Morgan County. They have two children. As a lawyer Mr. Crew is thoroughly posted, and though young his talents have already secured for him a leading place at the bar.
JOSHUA T. CREW, son of Thomas and Ann (Andrews) Crew, was born at Chester Hill, Morgan County, October 5, 1844. He read law in the office of Hon. M. D. Follett, at Marietta, was admitted to the bar in 1868, and com- menced practice at Marietta in partner- ship with Mr. Follett. In 1869 he re- moved to McConnelsville, and in 1876 to Zanesville.
EUGENE J. BROWN was born in Bel- mont County, Ohio, October 4, 1849,
but came to Morgan County with his parents when a child. He was edu- cated at the University of Michigan and at the Columbia Law School, Wash- ington city, graduating from the last- named institution in 1872. He began the practice of law in Zanesville, whence he removed to McConnelsville in 1876. He has held the office of mayor of the village, is a republican and takes an active part in politics.
BENJAMIN F. POWER, now of Zanes- ville, is a native of this county, where he was educated and admitted to the bar. He went into the army, and after the close of the war practiced a short time in McConnelsville. He moved to Mus- kingum County, where he is now (1885) serving his second term as prosecuting attorney.
CHARLES A. BAIRD, a native of Perry County, now a resident of Zanesville. read law in McConnelsville under Colonel Pond ; went to California, re- turned and practiced in Morgan County a few years. He is regarded as a good lawyer.
HIRAM L. JONES, son of James K. and Mary Jones, was born in Deerfield Township, Morgan County, May 2, 1845. He was educated at home until sixteen years of age, when he entered the Ohio University at Athens, where he remained three years. He next en- tered the law department of Yale Col- lege, Connecticut, where he graduated in June, 1866, at the age of twenty-one years and two months. In September of the same year he was admitted to the bar of Ohio in McConnelsville. where he entered upon the practice of law. April 2. 1868, he was married to Miss Nelia E. Woodruff, daughter of Dr. Curtis and Mary A. Woodruff, of Morgan County. Two daughters,
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Georgia and Mabel, were born of this union. He was elected prosecuting at- torney in 1868, and held the office one term. In November, 1874, Mr. Jones removed to Columbus, Ohio, where he resided until his death, July 9, 1882.
THOMAS MCDERMOTT, now of the law firm of Hollingsworth & McDermott, Zanesville, was born in Morgan County, read law under Colonel Pond, and attended the Cincinnati Law School. After a few months' practice in McCon- nelsville he removed to Muskingum County, where he is now successfully engaged in practice.
FRANK F. METCALF, an able young lawyer, was born in Morgan County in the year 1854. He was educated in the schools of McConnelsville, and read law under William Foulke; was ad- mitted to the bar, and from 1877 to 1885 was a member of the firm of Stewart & Metcalf. For five years he held the position of prosecuting attor- ney. He is at this time practicing his profession in McConnelsville in com- pany with Geo. W. Berry, under the firm name of Metcalf & Berry.
G. W. BERRY was born in Athens County, Ohio, August 27, 1852, and came to Morgan County with his parents when a child. He passed his boyhood on a farm, and taught school several years. Hle read law under Pond & Foulke; was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1879, and has since practiced in the courts of Morgan County. He was in partnership with A. W. Stewart for a time, and from April, 1882, a member of the law firm of McElhiney & Berry. He is at present associated with F. F. Metcalf under the firm name of Metcalf & Berry.
JESSE R. FOULKE was born in Penns-
ville, Morgan County, in 1838. He studied law with Judge F. W. Wood, and in September, 1867, was admitted to the bar. He practiced his profession in Morgan County until October, 1871, when he became proprietor of the Herald which he edited and published until the spring of 1886, when he re- moved to St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Foulke was married in 1871 to Anna Brownell, daughter of Charles Brownell, and is the father of two children-Ethel and Mabel.
WILLIAM FOULKE was born in Penn Township, Morgan County, January 1, 1843. He read law with Judge Wood and was admitted to the bar at the same time with his brother above mentioned. In 1869 he removed to Malta and be- came a member of the law firm of Pond, Corner & Foulke. In 1872 he was elected prosecuting attorney. This office he held two terms, and during this period was in partnership with Hon. M. M. Granger. Afterward he was partner in the firm of Pond & Foulke, which relation existed until June, 1883. Mr. Foulke then moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he became the partner of W. C. Sprague. He was married in 1865 to Margaret J. Dewees, daughter of Aaron P. Dewees, of Pennsville. From this union were born three children-Walter, deceased, and Edith and Elsie, living.
JAMES W. MCELHINEY was born at Rokeby, in Bloom township, Morgan County, October 9, 1848, and educated in this county. He was reared on a farm and for several years followed teaching. IIe read law with Hender- son & Ivers and Crew & Ivers, and was admitted to the bar in April, 1881, and has since practiced in McConnelsville. He was elected mayor of the village in
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1883, and still holds that office. In politics he is a democrat. He was married in 1882 to Martha E. Weber, of this county.
MARION E. DANFORD was born in Homer Township, Morgan County, Ohio, February 10, 1859. He received an academic education and for five years was engaged in teaching. Having decided to make the law his profession he began its study with the Hon. Emniet Tompkins, and later under the super- vision of James (. Headley, Esq., of the Athens bar. In 1882 he entered the senior class of the Cincinnati Law School, from which institution he grad- uated with honor in January, 1883. Soon after his graduation he commenced the practice, and in 1883 formed a co- partnership with his former preceptor, James C. Headley. Locating in Mc- Connelsville he found it impracticable to continue this relation, and the co- partnership was dissolved by mutual consent. In 1885 he received the nom- ination for prosecuting attorney from the republican convention, and was elected by a handsome majority. Ile seems destined to make his mark in his profession.
THOMAS J. WILLIAMS was a Quaker and farmer, who lived in Chesterfield. He was nominally a member of the bar, but had little legal business. Ile represented Morgan County in the leg- islature in 1866-68; afterward went west and died in Oregon in 1885.
FRED W. MOORE was a young lawyer who practiced in MeConnelsville a short time, about 1872. Ile removed to Caldwell, where he died.
WILLIAM ISAAC HENDERSON, SON of Captain George J. Henderson, was born in Bristol Township, November 12, 1853. He was reared on a farm
and attended the common schools, and for a short time was a student at Leb- anon, Ohio. He taught schools, several terms. He read law in the office of Pond & Foulke, and was admitted to the bar September 7. 1877, at Cadiz, Ohio, and began practice in McConnels- ville, first alone and afterward in part- nership with Jesse A. Ivers. He began with good prospects, but in January, 1879, was compelled to give up business on account of failing health, and re- turning to his home he died October 29, 1879. He was an estimable young man, of agreeable social qualities.
R. W. P. MUSE was a young lawyer of moderate ability who came to McConnnelsville about 1846, and prae- ticed in the county about ten years. During this period he was prosecuting attorney for one term. He then re- moved to Zanesville, where he was after- ward elected probate judge. Ile was in the West at last accounts.
JOHN S. TORBERT, now a farmer in Union Township, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Morgan County about 1879. After practicing a short time in partnership with Judge Hamma he removed to a farm in Windsor Township whence he recently moved to Union.
JOHN ARTHUR was one of the early lawyers of the county. He came to MeComelsville about 1830, and re- mained a few years. He became a Presbyterian preacher.
CHARLES T. GRUBB. from the State of Delaware, came about the same thne with Arthur, and soon removed, in search of a more promising field. Legal business at that time was very light.
Loris J. WEBER, son of Theobald Weber, was born in Bloom Township. Morgan County, November 13, 1557.
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