Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-11-04

I Hon. Jdhh +: Brasec died at his resi-
denee In LsliGaster, Ohio; 0rt. a7th
aged seventy-hins years; ten months
and three days. tie was a lawyer o.
superior attainments. The frs. few
years Of his professional life YVES spent
in this city. From sketch of his life,
written at his dictation by one Of his
igrandsons. We copy what follows,
After reading law TWO years with JOS
eph Dana, Athens, Mr.. Brssee, in 1896,
came to Gailipolis. The sketch pro-
ceeds:
sThe next thing for me TO do was to
select a place TO settle. Iselected CALI
polls as place where thought could
make some money sooner than eise-
where. Thomas Irwin, who lived there,
had, during the winter prior, been elec-
ted President Judge. and Samuel F.
Vinton, very able man, was then and
continued for several years afterward
a member of Congress.
81 provided myself with a fine young
horse, for which paid S55, and other
necessary articles, and left Athens for
Gallipolis, having paid OF all my debts
except $l60 due General Brown, for
which gave him my note. went to
Gallipolis, and remained there until the
Supreme Court came to Burlington. In
Lawrence county Qt having failed to
stop at Gallipolis), where 1 went and !
was examined by Judges Peter Hitch !
cock and Jacob Burnett, and was ad- !
mifted to the bar.
"Returning to Gallipolis, opened an
Office and put out my sign as lawyer. |
l attended all the courts regularly in !
the counties of Gallia, Lawrence, SciOto, |
Pike, jackson, Athens Washington and |
Aeigs, and also at Point Pleasant, Vir- |
ginia, four miles above Gallipolis. soon |
got Into a good practice, far exceeding |
my expectations. Atthe fall term of the |
Court Of Common Pleas at Athens that |
year I took money and paid off my note |
to General Brown. And by the fall |
term of 1929 purchased fine river lot, |
paid for it and commenced the building |
of small two story dwelling houses
In November, that year, was married |
to Mary Jane, daughter of Judge SEQ
field, at Lancaster. We boarded the |
first winter, with the widow of Edward
W. Tupper, and in the spring following,
as soon as my house was completed, we
moved iuto 1t and commenced house |
keeping.
SIT became custom with us to visit
Lancaster once year after my courts
were over. When there in 1882, Judge |
Scotfeld's Youngest daughter having
recently married james II. Stanbery, |
the Judge importuned me to move to
Lancaster, which / at first declined, !
cov, 7 n, al, Ia
was; that would be compelled to sell |
my property at a sacrifice; that the bar
at Lancaster was very able and crowd |
ed, and that would have no business |
there for long time. He replied that |
he had more property there than had
at Gallipolis, and that the time would |
come soon, If remained where / was,
when his property wOuld have to be
sacrificed; that the country where was
was poor compared with Fairfield coun- !
ty; that he had large house sufficient
for his family and mine 1--WE having
only two children, Ellen and John),
and that it seemed to him, unless one of
his daughters was with them, the great
purpose of their lives was ended; that |
we could all live together at his house,
where he had no fears there would be
any uiIlCuity uctWtch HIS WHc anu
mine.
ave went home, leaving matters
wholly unsettled as to our future moye-
ments, but the more l thought of lt the
better thought of It. and at the end OF
few weeks, had concluded to move
to Lancaster, and so advised Judge
Scofield. l found purchaser for my
property at GallipOlis, and prior to my
removal made public sale, at which
disposed of all my personal property
except my library and our bedding.
"In the spring Of 1888, being ready,
we went to Portsmouth on steamer,
thence up the canal to Circleville. where
l hired carriage TO take US TO Laneas-
ter, where we arrived to the great joy of
Judge Scofield's family and my own.
We continued to live there as one
family verv harmoniously until the
death Of the Judge and his wife, which
occurred in November, lS4l.
*This lot and house is the one now |
occupied by Mr.. w. H. Johnson, on
Front street.