Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-10-02
DEATH OF M. A. HURLEY
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Lake county and personal friend of
Mr.. Hurley. Mr.. Hurley made rapid
and substantial progress in the assim- |
ilation of the science of iuris- |
prudence and was admitted to the |
bar in 1869. His initial SER
vices in his profession were rem
dered in Berlin, Green Lake county
where he was elected district attorney
of the county in 1872, an office of
which he continued the incumbent for
a period of about one year, as noted
in preceding paragraph. During the
long years of his earnest and success
full career at the bar he subordinated
all other interests to, the demands of
his eXacting profession, and he has
ever stood exponent of its highest
ideals and ethics, with full apprecia-
ton OF its dignity and responsibility.
AS previously stated, Mr.. Hurley es-
tablished his home in the new CITY
of Wausau in the year 1873, and he
fully identified himself with it's best
interests, as loyal and public-spirit-
ed citizen. Hon. Willis C. Silverthorn
long continued his honored and valued
coadjutor in the practice of law, and
eventually the late Hon. Thomas
c. Ryan was admitted to partnership,
the firm title thereafter continuing as
Silverthorn, Hurley & Ryan until 1886,
when Granville D. Jones was admitted
and the name changed to Silverthorn,
Hurley, Ryan & Jones. This alliance
was broken by the death of Mr.. Ryan
and the retirement of Mr.. Silverthorn
and thereafter the firm of Hurley &
Jones continued as one of the fore
most at the bar of this section of the
state until 1912, when Mr.. Hurley re-
tired from active practice, after long
years of faithful and distinguished
service in his profession. The rec
ords of Marathon county bear evil
dence of his appearance in the greater
part of the important litigations tried
in its courts during period of
nearly forty years, and his service
in the courts of higher jurisdiction,
proved of equal resourcefulness and
attendant success, so that his has long
been impregnable vantage ground as
one of the representative and honored
members of the Wisconsin bar, in the
annals of whose history his name
shall ever merit a place of distinction.
AS a man of strong convictions and
broad views, Mr.. Hurley has figured as
an influential figure in the directing
of public sentiment and action in his
section of the state, where he has been
a valued factor in the councils and
activities of the republican party,
though he has been significantly free
from office-seeking proclivities, as pre-
viously intimated.
Mr.. Hurley was married June 18th,
1874, to Miss Clara H. Leonard, of Ber-
lin, Green Lake county, Wisconsin
one of whom, Fred D., died in Cali
fornia, in the spring of 1897, and the
other, Judson B., is married and lives
in Wausau, Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hurley are members of
the First Presbyterian church, Wau-
sau, Wisconsin. NJ A. Hurley is a
member of the Marathon County Bar
association and has been such since
the association was organized many
years ago; he is also a member of the
State Bar association, and has been a
member since that association was or
ganized in January, 1878, and was one
of the first vice presidents; he is a
member of the American Bar associa-
ton, and has been for many years, and
is now one of the vice presidents of
this association for the state of Wis
conSin; he is also a member of the
American Society for Judicial Settle
ment of International Disputes; he is
a member of the Wausau club and the
Wausau Country club, and also a
member of the State Historical Socie-
ty of Wisconsin"
In 1889 the Hurley Gold Mining
company was organized, carrying on
its mining activities in California. Mr..
Hurley was in charge and had his
headquarters in San Francisco, where
he remained for two years, directing
the affairs of the company and practic-
ing law. He returned to Wausau in 1897
and continued in the practice of law.
The funeral services were held from |
the home on Thursday afternoon at |
2:30 o'clock and were conducted by |
DR.. D. ]. Williams, pastor of the First |
Presbyterian church, who read the |
service of the Episcopal church by |
request of Mrs. Hurley, followed by |
the reading of the poem by Charles |
Anderson Read, one of deceased's ia
vorite authors, viz:
BEYOND THE RIVER
Weep no more about my bed;
Weep no more, be comforted.
That which pale and cold you see,
Oman Cf,1fr1 hut TO fF7lGH