Identifier: historyofbeaverc01baus (find matches)
Title: History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration,
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Bausman, Joseph Henderson, 1854-
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Publisher: New York : The Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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e of the late SamuelB. Wilson, Esq., and after pursuing the study of law the re-quired time, he was admitted to practise in the several courtsof this county, May 19, 1884. Shortly after his admission to thebar he formed a partnership with the late Louis E. Grim, Esq.,which continued until his death. July 2, 1895, Mr. Naugle was united in marriage to Mary P.Fawkes of West Grove, Chester County, Pa., who, with twochildren, Essie and Frank, survives him. Mr. Naugle died Octo-ber 27, 1897, °f tubercular meningitis, after an illness of severalmonths. He became a good lawyer, and as a man was gener-ally respected and beloved. A committee of the bar, consistingof Winfield S. Moore, Edwin S. Weyand, William B. Cuthbert-son, Hon. Henry Hice, and W. J. Mellon, was appointed bythe court to draft appropriate resolutions in reference to thedeath of Mr. Naugle, and reported in strong and feeling termsthe testimony of his brother officers to the worth of his characterand to his ability as a lawyer.
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Oliver J. Dickey.Admitted 1845. Died, iE - History of Beaver County 355 The century gone has witnessed many changes in the life andcustoms of the people, and the difference is no less marked inall that belongs to legal matters. The cases that came beforethe early courts of the county were simple, growing out of thenatural conditions of a new country in process of settlement.In the Court of Quarter Sessions, at the first term held inFebruary, 1804, there were eight cases, six of which were forassault and battery and one for assault. In the other courtsthe subjects of conflict were equally simple, as, for example, thissuit: Thomas Hartshorne v. Thomas Sprott, Esq. Replevin for one sowand ten pigs, marked with a crop off the right ear and half a crop out ofthe under side of the left ear, of the value of $10. Verdict for the de-fendant—a new trial, and judgment for the plaintiff for $6 damages—costs, $36.87. Lawyers fees were on the same scale—a fee of $5 or $10 wasregarded in those

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