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.

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in Washington for a short time; on his return from Washington, he removed to Lansing, where he died. He was a pleasant, agreeable man;
one who was most careful about saying anything to wound the feelings
of another. He was a good lawyer, but his extreme amiability and timidity were not conducive to his general success in his profession.
"Edward Pratt Harris was born in Ashburnham, Massachusetts,
November 17, 1802. After passing from the common schools, he was
prepared for college at Phillips Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire,
and at Atkinson (N. H.) Academy, and finally graduated at Dartmouth
College in I826. For a time he was principal of an academy at Bradford, Vermont, and after his admission to the bar he practiced for a short
time at White River Junction, that state. The business of the legal profession in staid New England did not satisfy the ambitious young man.
He gathered his worldly possessions and wended his way westward, coming to Michigan in I836 and settling in Rochester, Oakland county,
commencing there the practice of his profession. He was postmaster during Fillmore's administration, circuit court commissioner from I859 to
I862, and a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1867. He was devoted to his profession, and had a reasonably fair practice in the locality
where he resided. He attended most strictly to the interests of his clients
and omitted nothing that would have a tendency to protect them. Of
course this location was not such as to give him a large or varied assortment of cases, but such as he had were attended satisfactorily to his
clients. After his location at Rochester in I836 he continued his residence in that place until his death, which occurred in March, I868.
"Alfred Treadway came to Michigan about 1835 or 1836, and soon
after was admitted to the bar.
"After the organization of the state, one session of the supreme court
and one session of the court of chancery were held annually in Pontiac.
"Soon after Mr. Treadway's admission he was appointed clerk of
the supreme court and register in the court of chancery, which offices he
held until the change in the judicial system. He was also an injunction
master for the county. At the session of the legislature in 1844 an act was
passed empowering the judges of the supreme court to appoint a suitable
person to revise the laws of the state. Sanford M. Green was appointed
by the judges for that purpose, and he selected Mr. Treadway as his
chief clerk and from that time until the session of the legislature in 1846
Mr. Green and his assistants were continuously employed in their laborious duties, and Mr. Treadway copied and wrote during the time the entire
Green Code of I846. Mr. Treadway was afterwards a document clerk in
the United States senate, and subsequently was an employe in one of the
departments in Washington. He did not return to Pontiac to reside, but
removed to Rhode Island, near Providence, where he afterward died.
He was an ardent Mason, and took a lively interest in the resuscitation of
the Masonic lodge in Pontiac.
"George A. C. Luce was admitted to practice law in Oakland county
May 2, I837. He was a well educated man, thoroughly versed in his profession. After his admission he settled in Troy. Mr. Luce was in feeble
health and died at the place of his residence.
"John P. Richardson was born in Woodstock, Vermont, August 23,