Logan was succeeded by Thomas Ford in 1836, who was followed by Daniel Stone. Stone was legislated out of office with the other Circuit Judges in 1841, and Judge Thomas C. Browne, of the Supreme Court, was assigned to duty on the Galena Circuit. The late M. Y. Johnson told the writer of a witticism that Thompson Campbell got off at the expense of Judge Browne, which I will relate-not vouching for its truth, however. It seems that Judge Browne , while attempting to cross Galena River, accidentally fell into the stream and came near being drowned. He was relating the circumstance in the presence of Campbell, describing the narrow escape he had had.
Corruption always floats.
Judge Browne continued to preside as Circuit Judge until the adoption of the Constitution of 1848, when he was succeeded by Benjamin R. Sheldon, who held the position of Circuit Judge until elevated to 'the Supreme Bench in 1870. He was succeeded by the Hon. William Brown , of Rockford, who was a far different man from Judge Thomas C. Browne, with whom he has sometimes been confounded. It can be said with truth that the bar of Jo Daviess County has included some of the ablest and most eloquent attorneys that Illinois or any other State can boast. Space will not permit me to name all of the attorneys who practiced at its bar.