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ginning with 1875 he served two terms as dis trict attorney o f Columbia county. Judge Little died Feb. 26* 1906. CitAftLts C . Kvans* t9o6. Judge Evans w as apiK>intcd president judge by Governor Stuart March 30* t9o6, on the death o f Judge Little. Judge Evans was bom in Briarcreek township. Columbia county, Jan . to, 1858. He graduated at the State Norma! School, at Bloomsburg* in 1877, and entered Lafayette C o l l ^, where he graduated in 18 8 1. H e im mediately entered the law office o f Hon. Simon P . Wolvcrton. at Sunbury, and Ju ly 14th, 1883, was admitted to the bar o f North umberland county. In August. 1883, he com menced the practice o f law at Berwick, where he continued to practice until his appointment to the bench. In the fall o f 1906 he was elected for a full temi ^o the l>ench of the Twenty-sixth ju dicial district, where at this writing he still presides. T he foiiowing have served as associate judges from Montour county: John Cooper and Daniel Follm er; they were succeeded in (856 by Robert Moore and Joseph D ean; and they in turn were followed by Peter Hughes and lames Curr}*. A fte r that the judges were not elected to gether, and those occupying the position have been as follow s: Robert S . Simington, Jam es McMahan, Thomas Butler, John Benfield, W. K . Holloway, Henry Divcl, Dr. S. Y . Thomp son, Frank G . Blee, Charles A . W a ^ c r, Lloyd W elliver, W. J . Rogers, M. H. Schram, Jam es L . BreiiTtan. ATTORNEYS At.KM M.srr w as the first law yer to locate in Danville. He graduated at Princeton in the class of 1807, Studied law. and came to Dan ville in 18 13, where he established a large prac tice. He w as a careful and industrious Lawyer and practiced fo r a number o f years. He rep resented his district in Congress from 1829 to 18 3 1. A fte r this service he retiretl from prac tice an<t removed to his fam t near Mdton, where he died. G kor<;k a . F r ic k was among the oldest memliers of the bar in Danville. H e was liom in 1788, was the first prothonotary o f Colum hia county, serving from 18 13 to 18 2 1, and practiced law many vears. He died in 1872, at the age o f eighty-iour. J o h n C t w t R was born in Manchester, England, Sept. 22, 1785. son o f Thomas Coojier, L L . D „ who came to this count r)* from England in 1792, with D r. Priestley. Dr.
Cooper, the father, was bom in 1759 in Lon don. He was a philosopher and a lawyer. In 1820 he became president of the college at Columbia, S. C ., and died in 1840. H is son, Ju d ge John Cooper, came over with his father in ] 792. H e received a part o f his education in England, commenced to read law at the age o f forty vears, and practiced a number o f years in Danville. In the year 1850, he w as made associate judge o f Montour county. Judge Cooper married M ary Spcrring, a daughter o f General Spcrring, o f boston. P a. H e had two children, M ary A lice and Henri etta Sperring, who married John G . Mont gomery. Ju d ge Cooper died Ju n e 2 2 ,18 6 3 . H o n . K o r e r t C . G r i e r w as the eldest in the fam ily o f Rev. Isaac G rier, S . T . D. He was bom in Cumberland county, Pa., March j, 1794. H is father, who taught school, preached to three congregations and farmed, gave much care and attention to the education o f his son Robert, who, when old enough, assisted his father in the school until seven teen. Then he entered Dickinson College. In 18 12 he graduated with the highest honors and for a year taught in the college. In 18 14 he rem ovi^ to Northumberland, where his father had established the “ Brick College.” Here he assisted his father, and on the lattcr’s death, in 18 15, succeeded him as principal. Me studied law and in 18 17 was admitted to prac tice, and opened an office in Bloomsburg. .After remaining there a year he removed to Danville, where he soon secured a targe and profitable practice, remaining in Danville about fifteen years. In 18 33 he was appointed, by Governor W d fe, president judge of the District court o f Allegheny county, and presided over (his court uruil 1846, residing in .Allegheny City until 1848. In 1846 he was appointed, by Prcsiilent Polk, justice of the United Stales Supreme court, a position which lie held until 18^19. when he resigned on account o f ill hcalih. In 1848 he removed to Philadelphia, where he rcsidcil until his death in 1870. Judge G rier married Isabella Rose, of Canada. T liey had children as folloivs: Sarah Rose, the eldest, marrietl Dr. C lu rlcs F . Beck, the youngest son o f Paul Beck, a prominent citizen o f I’hitadclphia in the early |iart of the last century. Mar>* Rose married Aubrey H. Smith, fo r some years district at torney o f Philadelphia. Dr. WiUiam Potter G rier, surgeon in the Uniteil States army, met his death in the blowing up o f his steam-
