Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1888-05-25


ham, a native Of Virginia, sDd one
Of the original settlers of Indiana. The
family was noted one. Methodist
in religion, whig and afterwards re.
publican in politics, they were famed
for intelligence, morality aud courage.
The father Of Judge Gresham was
killed while in performance of his
duty as high sheriff OF Harrison
county. His oldest brother was an
officer In the Mexican war and after
wards colonel In the Union army
during the war of the rebellion. Judge
Gresham himself was noted Ms
boy for his modesty and superior in
telligence. He attended the district
schools until be was sixteen, when he
entered the Office OF the county audi
tor and earned money enough to pay
for two years at the seminary or high
school OF the county, aud one year In
the Bloomington University. He
kthen became clerk OF the Harrison
county clerks office, and passed his
leisure time In reading law under the
instruction Of Judge VIM. A. Porter.
The later took a great interest in him
and drilled him very thoroughly in
the preparatory studies SO that at the
end Of his three years labor OF work
by day and study by night, Walter
Gresham applied for and was admit
ted to the bar, he was one OF the best
drilled young lawyers in the state. He
was admitted to the bar In 1854 and
immediately entered into partnership
with Thos. Slaughter, esq, then an
eminent lawyer, and afterwards judge
Of the circuIt court. He plunged into
politics at once ss was then the custom
with young lawyers in Indiana, and a.
his family had been whig, and his
own conviction Of the same order be
became member Of the republican
patty then being formed by union Of
the old " Wigs with the Free soil dem
ocrats. Ia 1856 Gresham stumped Har.
rison coun,y on bebaIf of Frsnort,,s
made high reputation rs political
.t,ti.tict,n n logical dshatsr ana clio.
ouent orator Harrlson county had
long be.n notsd for the Is,ga numbsr
ofis damocr.tic vo,ar. but tho s,o.
ouanca and ability NJ vopng Gra.h.m
msds !, IN. hsp,.r cou,,v NJ Indiana
renublicsnism on the Ohio rive,
,bou,h Rpcb,nan car,isd i,bv. a.
cidad rIur.,itv Altar tba csmnsio,
no s,g.gad ssrpsst,v =, ni. nrofsssior
and soon v,,nsd n h,gb ranuts,iop a. a
cs-afuI aud hard workip ,Iavvar ".
wa. eouaIIv successrnI IN bis addrasss.
70 iuries and his Arguments bstor.
indyes
Hiss style of oratory was almost en-
t,rslv srgumantiva addressed n The
reason and not I, tn, feelings. Whn.
n. oo,Id s,u.vs intsres, his bs.rs-s
both in the court and on the stumn
be ala so more nv the clesrn..s q, nj.
s,stsmert.and the sxsc,pass of nj.
I.,gus,e than bvsny i,dolyancs in
anecdotes or fiVures of sne.cb n he
con ba ssid 20 have a model M all il
wiII hs found in the decisions of Chiei
Ju.t,cs Nrsr.bslI whoss Iuminous res.
so,ipg has always he.n commanded N
the studv NJ LAWYERS youngspd old.
In 1855 Mr. Gresham married Mis-.
Matilda NcGraiu. the daughter of
Thos McGrain a man or Sootch. Irish
descent long a resident nj H.rri.op
oountv A son and d.ugb,ar b.v.
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