Bench and Bar of Ohio; a Compendium of History and Biography Volume 1General Books, 2013 - 224 pages This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... became the wife of Judge Henry A. Towne, of Portsmouth; Virginia married Judge Henry Ford, of Iowa. Judge Arius Nye died at Marietta, the place of his birth, July 27, 1865, in the seventy-third year of his age. The noble traits of his character and his upright life endeared him to the community of which he was a member for more than three score and ten years. He was pronounced a self-made man, possessing strong powers of original thought, strong convictions of duty and fine sensibilities His influence was felt by those who came in contact with him, and it was an inspiration to many toward higher and better things. At the time of his death he had attained a wider celebrity than any other citizen of Marietta. As a jurist, a chancery pleader and a criminal lawyer he ranked among the first in the West. Few lawyers have been permitted to contribute as much to the profession, in their own lives and in their posterity, as Judge Nye. WILLIAM TRIMBLE McCLINTICK, Chillicothe. W. T. McClintick was for fifty years a familiar figure at the Bar of Ross county and other counties of southern Ohio. He was born in Chillicothe, where his father was a pioneer resident, February 20, 1819, and has lived continuously in the town to the present time. His early education was obtained in the public schools and the academy at his native town. A fondness for reading, manifested almost in childhood, clearly foreshadowed a literary and professional course. Three qualities well defined in his character enabled him to advance rapidly: ambition to excel, industry and persistent energy in the prosecution of a purpose. These are qualities which contribute largely to a boy's confidence in himself and his ability to overcome obstacles. At the age of fourteen he was sent to... |
