Page:The Green Bag (1889–1914), Volume 22.pdf/162

This page needs to be proofread.

The Green Bag

148

Green, judge A. H.—At Livingston, Tex., Dec. 18. Served in Confederate army in the Civil War. Jenkins, judge William Frank.—-At Eaton ton, Ga., Dec. 17. Judge of the Ocmulgee circuit for a number of years; served in both the house of representatives and the senate of Georgia. Jones, Leonard Au ustus.—-At Boston, Dec. 9, aged 77.

Editor

merican Law Review for

nineteen years; first presidin

justice of Land

Haines, Lewis Marshall-At Elkton, Md.,

Dec. 5, aged 62. Counsel for the Pennsyl vania railroad; one of the leading lawyers of Maryland. Hamlin, Howland ].—At Shelbyville, 111:,

Dec. 12, aged 59.

Former Attorney-General

of Illinois; born on a farm in New York,

taught school and read law at the same time, was admitted to the bar in 1875; attorney {or the Railroad and Warehouse Commission during the Altgeld and Tanner administra trons.

Court

of

Massachusetts;

ommissioner

on

Uniform State Laws from Massachusetts from 1891 to 1902.

Liddon,

judge

Benjamin

S.—At New

Orleans, La., Dec. 23, aged 55.

A pointed

to fill the vacancy caused by Chic Justice Raney of the Florida Supreme Court in 1894;

elected that same year for a term of six years; served less than a year and retired in 1897. snlphen, judge Silas T.—At Defiance, 0., Dec. 11, aged 71. Prosecutingkattorney of Defiance county; an influential

mocrat; for

many years Common Pleas 'udge; president of the board of trustees of efiance College. Zollars, judge Allen.—At Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 20, aged 70. Former judge of the Indiana Supreme Court; for many years attorney for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Necrolor The Bar Ainney, Isaac.—At New York City, Dec. 14, aged 38. Practised in Bay City, Mich., where he was high in Masonic circles.

Hart, William M.—At Flatbush, N. Y., Dec. 31, aged 40. A duate of New York lUniversity Law Schoo; practised in Brook yn. Johnson, Henry A.—At Boston, Mass, Dec. 23, aged 85. Had practised law in i38oston since 1850; member Harvard Class of 44.

Lees, Edward M.—At Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 19, aged 76. Practised in Westport, Conn.; a veteran of the Civil War. McLaurin, Anselm ].—At Brandon, Miss, Dec.

22, aged 61.

United States Senator

from Missouri; served through Civil War in Confederate army; began the practice of law in 1868; elected district attorney in

1870;

went to Legislature in 1879; became Governor of Mississippi in 1895; elected to United States Senate in 1900; elected for another term of six years in 1907; always a champion of the South in the Senate. Moses, Raphael _].—At New York City, Dec. 15, aged 66. Fought in Confederate navy in the Civil War. Newman, William H.—At New York City,

Andrews, George L.—At Hamden, Conn.,

Dec. 22, algled 50. Formerly Prosecuting Attorney of amden; for six years town clerk, and later clerk of the court at Hamden. Biggs, Charles G.—At Sharpsburg, Md., Dec. 9, aged 59. Twice elected to Maryland legislature, large fruitgrower and prominent in Washington county, Md. Bnrnes, C. Herbert-At Richmond Hill, N. Y., Dec. 18, aged 43. Formerly secretary to Supreme Court Justice Garretson of Flush ing, L. I. Chittenden, Horace H.—At Burlington, Vt., Dec. 26, aged 55. Was graduated from Yale in 1874, and from Columbia Law School; practised in New York and Burlington. Coon, George C.——At Elizabeth, N. 1., Dec. 10. Lawyer and inventor. Daniels, Charles E.—At Scranton, Pa., Dec. 14. P0 ular and successful member of Lackawanna ar Association. Daveis, Edward H .—At Portland, Me., Dec. 12, aged 91. Admitted to the bar in 1841; withdrew from practice in 1860; head

of Portland Gasli ht Company for fifty years; author of Daveis Reports of Federal Cases. Gontrnm, john F.-—At Gardenville, Md.,

Dec. 27, aged 54. Senior counsel for the Board of County and Hi hway Commis sioners, Baltimore, county, d.

Dec. 30, aged 75.

Won several famous insur

ance cases in the seventies; formerly a partner of Judge Smith of Brooklyn. Nye, Norman M.——At Brookline, Mass, Dec. 19, aged 36. For twelve years in the law ofiice of Horace G. Allen in Boston.

Robinson, Charles Pitts.—At Providence, R. 1., Dec. 20, aged 68. Studied law at Brown University and at Heidelberg, Ger many; formerly president of the Providence common council. Sheldon, George P.—At Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 25, aged 62. Was graduated from Yale in 1867, and from Columbia Law School; counsel for, and later president of the Phenix Insurance Co. Thompson, Philip-At Washin ton, D. C.,

Dec. 15, aged 64. Fought in onfederate army in the Civil War; elected Common wealth's attorney for the Harrodsburg Ky.), district; member of the Forty-sixth, orty seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses. Van Horne, Robert M.—At Mont omery, 0., Dec.

15, aged 48.

Held sever

oflices

under the city administration'of Cincinnati, where he practised. Van Winkle, Albert Wallace.—At New York City, Dec. 17. Lawyer and president of a harness company in New York.