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He then entered our class at the beginning of Sophomore year, and remained until the close of the Spring
term in 1862, when he left college and enlisted in the Army as a private in the First
Massachusetts Cavalry. He served for eighteen months, and was then discharged by
reason of disability. He then went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied law, and
was admitted to the bar in 1866. He went immediately to Linneus, Linn county, Missouri,
where he commenced the practice of his profession the same year. He was twice elected
Public Administrator of the County, and was for four years the City Attorney of
Brookfield, Missouri, where he moved in 1870. He was also engaged at the same time in
real-estate business, and in politics a little. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1876, where
he has continued up to the present time, engaged in the practice of law. His residence is
in South Chicago. He is Secretary of the South Chicago Relief and Aid Society.
He was married December 2, 1867, to Miss Sallie L. Downey, of Clear Spring,
Maryland. They have had four children: Anna C., born July 5, 1869; Lucy Burrell, born
October 12, 2870; Elizabeth Loring, born April 27, 1872; Mary Downey, born February
12, 1871.
Anna C. died March 27, 1870.
Source: "Memorialia
of the Class of '64 in Dartmouth College" complied by
John C. Webster, Shepard & Johnston, Printers, 1884,
Chicago
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