History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

CHAPTER X

THE BAR OF OAKLAND COUNTY
DANIEL LEROY-WILLIAM F. MOSLEY-THOMAS J. DRAKE-ORIGEN
D. RICHARDSON-GIDEON 0. WH1TTEMORE-ROBERT P. ELDREDGESETH A. L. WARNER-WILLIAM DRAPER-RANDOLPH MANNING
CHARLES DRAPER-RUFUS HOSMER-GEORGE W. WISNER-ALFRED
H. HANSCOM-GOVERNOR MOSES WISNER-AUGUSTUS CARPENTER
BALDWIN-JOHN S. GOODRICH-LEVI B. TAFT-HESTER L. STEVENSMICHAEL E. CROFOOT-HENRY M. LOOK-MARK S. BREWER-LIVING
MEMBERS OF THE BAR-JUDGE THOMAS L. PATTERSON-JOSEPH EDWARD SAWYER-GEORGE W. SMITH-ROBERT J. LOUNSBURY-AARON
PERRY-DANIEL L. D'AVIS-KLEBER P. ROCKWELL-ARTHUR R.
TRIPP-ELMER R. WEBSTER-JAMES H. LYNCH-JOHN H. PATTERSON
-F. L. COVERT HENRY M. ZIMMERMAN ANDREW L. MOORE-H.
H. COLVIN-PETER B. BROMLEY.
The early-time lawyers of Oakland county gave a standing to its
bar which ran Detroit a close second. Many attorneys of the old capital
city practiced in its courts-Sibley, Woodbridge, Fletcher, Larned, Goodwin, O'Keefe, Coleman-but even after members of the profession commenced to settle at Pontiac, as a place with a substantial future, the
high standing of the bar was maintained. This is true up to the present day-true both as to professional ability, moral character and manly
ideals.
The following from the "History of Oakland County," published in
1877, with minor changes in the text to conform to changed conditions,
gives a good general idea of the pioneer members of the bar who made
reputations both for professional strength and high standing as citizens.
DANIEL LEROY
The first resident lawyer in the county was Daniel LeRoy, who was
admitted to practice in the county court, the first court held in the county,
and on the first day of the first term thereof to-wit, July 17, I820. Mr.
LeRoy was from Binghampton, New York, and was a regularly admitted and practicing attorney in that state previous to his coming to
Michigan. He was the prosecuting attorney of the county for some
years, and chief justice of the county court from April, 1829, to the
abolishment of the same in I833. He was also the first attorney-gen126