The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-10

A meeting Of the Bar Of Columbiana
county was held at New Lisbon, Mon.
day evening, last week, to appoint dele
gates to the state convention to be held
at Cleveland. on the 9Th of July, to form
a State Bar Association. The following
gentlemen were chosen delegates and
a~lternates.
Delegates-Hons. P, A.. Laubie, John
Clarke, J. A. Amber, Gen. J. w. Reilly,
Col. H. R. Hill, Major J, H.. Wallace
and w. A. Nichols Esq.
Alternates-W. S. Potts, Harvey Nor.
rison, P. c. Young, c. H. Dickinson,
Peter Amber, R, w, Taylor and John
McVicker.
The Hon. c, M. Allen at this meeting
read the following brief sketch of the
lawyers of the olden times in Columbi>
ana county,
| am, l believe, the oldest lawyer in
this state east of Cleveland, except Judge
Spalding of Cleveland, and Judge New.
ton Of Garfield. Born in Allegeny Co.,
Penn, Aug, I4th, 1905, l have resided
in this county since August, 1906. In
Oct. 1928, l graduated at Jefferson Col
lege, Pennsylvania. | then studied law
in the office of Stokeley & Marsh, of
Steubenville, and was admitted to prac-
tice at St. Clairsville, in Belmont
ty, October 9TH, 1925, at a term of the
Supreme Court then and there held by
Calvin Pease and Jacob Burnett. On
Nov. 18th, 1928, when located in New
Lisbon and commenced the practice of
law, the Court of Common Pleas was in
session, jeremiah H. Hallock of Steu>
benville presiding, with John ]. Bow
man, Thomas Creighton and Geo. End
ley for associates. Chas, D. Coffin was
in place of DR.. Horace Potter, who
had the office from the June term Of the
court, 1873, until then, Reasin Beall
the first and only clerk Of the court
until the appointment Of Potter. There
were then no lawyers in the county exr
those residing in New Lisbon, only
one or two of whom had the confidence
Of litigants, which opened the door for
the lawyers of Jefferson, Stark and
counties to do most of the buS
The following named lawyers
were in attendance at that term of the
court. Fisher A. Blocksom, De LORNA
Brooks, Chas. D. Coffin, VIM. E. Rus.
sell, A. L. Brewer, VIM. D. Ewing, D.
Penticost, Elderkin Potter, A. w.
LOOMS and myself ofNew Lisbon;Judge
Hallock, Benz. Tappan, John c. Wright
John M. Goodenoe, SamI Stokely, Ros,
we'll Marsh, Dan'l L. Collier and James
of Steubenville; John Harris and
Metcalf Of Canton, and Elisha Whit
lesey and Z. Newton Of Garfield, all of
whom are now dead except two. | must
not close this brief narrative without a
to VIM. Larwell, the first law,
yer whose name bears record in ColumS
county. Joseph, William and
Iohn Larwell were his sons; they lived
md died in Wooster, this state, after be-
ng honored with many trusts by their
elbow citizens. Their father was an
Englishman, and built and occupied,
With his family, the first house in East
Liverpool, then called Fawcettstown, in
his county, and with whom my father
edged n night under these circum>
My father wa coming down
he river on horseback from Pittsburgh,
Engaging -four at the mill zeal the river
With which to load a fiat boat for transs
.oortation to New Orleans, and wanting
o reach Fawcettstown that night, he in
luired Of a man who was standing in
he door Of a house by the side of the
Dad how far twas to Fawcettstown, the
nan answered that he had never heard
If such a town; going a piece further he
another man the same question
md received the same answer. After
iding a mile or two further he asked a
nan who was standing in a cabin door
he same question, the nan answered,
Stranger, you are now in Fawcetts,
own How large a town is iti' inquir
d my father. The man answered, You
ee the size Of it and the number of its
when you see my house and my
and this mar was the Wm.Lar
with whom my father stayed over
light the first time he was in Fawcetts-
own, now called East Liverpool.
Let this brief narrative remind us all
f two questions asked in the old Testa>
lent scriptures:
Our fathers, where are, theyl'
And the nronhets do thav live foraver2