A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio; a Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests Volume 1
A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio; a Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests Volume 1

Author: Minnie Ichler Kohler

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781230031071

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...at Ada until he was elected prosecuting attorney, when he removed to Kenton and served as prosecuting attorney from 1879 to 1884. He entered into partnership with Hamilton E. Hoge in January, 1895, under the firm name of Smick & Hoge, of which firm he is still a member. Sutton E. Young was a graduate of Hiram College and commenced the practice of the law in Kenton in 1876. Prior to his admission to the bar, he had been superintendent of the schools at Kenton. He was prosecuting attorney of Hardin county for one term and represented the county in the Ohio legislature for one term. In 1882 he went to Sioux Falls, Dakota, and was active in the division of the territory into the two states of North and South Dakota and in the organization of the state of South Dakota, being the speaker of the first House of Representatives. He is still living in Dakota. General Moses B. Walker was born July 16, 1819, and came to Kenton from Findlay about the year 1876. He was at this time a man of ripe experience; he had practiced law at Middletown, Ohio, before the Civil war; had distinguished himself in the military service and had achieved the rank of brigadier general during the war and after the war for some time was governor of Texas while the state was under martial law. He served one term as judge of the supreme court of Texas. He was highly regarded for his learning and achievements in civil and military life. He retired from active practice because of injuries from a fall in the city of Springfield about the year 1884, but was a distinguished figure in public and private circles until his death December 17, 1895. Of his children, George W. Walker is an instructor in the high school at Alleghany, Pennsylvania; Frank Walker is in business at...