In 1844, he came to tins county, tecommenced reading law in 1846, and in tlt % A 1*11848 was admitted to the bar. of which ai . • I ahe became an honored and distinguish- ** ed member. In 1865 Governor Brough 1appointed him Judge of the Common alPleas Court, the duties of which he dis- h. . ... •* i »n _charged with great fidelity and skill, ci• 4 • 1 _ 1* AHis unswerving sense of justice and ot lt;J- ftL _ 1__ «riizht commanded the respect and es gteem of all the members of the bar: {)whilst those interests in suits fully ac p.._________i__fiquiesced in his conscientious remi, ininnfl the Methodistnt!copal Church, and for seven years conlinued a member thereof, after which jtiebecame a Universalist, and died a qtspiritualist. ♦In 1847 he married Nancy Slater.vho, with her two little daughters, are fl. 1 n VinlAVOtllow loft to mourn the loss of a belovedmsband and an affectionate father.bereaved have the len.ier (lathies of this community in tbeir f rreat loss. _ , *To young men the example of Judge ,... _ .1 mntives to Ilose will furnish the highest motives to- m • * 4* ,___ 1 ft ■ /Nliligenee and a noble spirit of emulation.ro will and to do were the main springs/*—^i ft m % * A._ * « .*f the Judge's success in liftlt;■fl’orts must ever succeed