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CHARLES H. RICE. tion of President of the State National
WILLIAM M. FOWLER. Bank.
WILLIAM PRESCOTT. HON. JAMES C. CONKLING, senior memSAMUEL D. SCHOLES. ber of the firm of J. C. & C. L. Conkling,
PARKE E. TEMPLE. father and son, is one of the most enerJ. A. KENNEDY. getic and public spirited citizens SpringJ. S. STEVENS. field can boast of. All public improveBERNARD STUVE. ments meet his hearty sanction and supTHIOMAS C. MATHER. port, and the magnificent buildings by
WM. J. CONKLING, War Claim Agent. him erected during the last five years
The bar of Springfield is admitted to will stand as enduring monuments of his
be one of the most talented in the West. liberal public spirit. Mr. Conklinghas
WVe append a few running remarks, with filled many important public positions in
reference to individual members, and the State.
firms: The firm of HERNDON & ORENDORFF is a
HON. JOHN T. STUART, of the firm of very able one. Mr. Herndon, now growStuart, Edwards & Brown, is the oldest ing old, was a member of the firm of
practicing attorney in Springfield. He Lincoln & Herndon. After the death of
was the preceptor and first law partner of Mr. Lincoln he associated with him Mr.
Abraham Lincoln, has been three times Alfred Orendorff, a young and promising
elected to Congress, is president of nearly attorney, who is now the active member
half a dozen organizations for advancing of the firm. Herndon & Orendorff still
the interests of Springfield, and still re- occupy the old office of Lincoln & Herntains his position in the front rank of his don.
profession. He is one of the few men JOHN E. ROSETTE, of Rosette & Bro.,
who know how to grow old gracefully. is a man of talents, and justly occupies a
HON. B. S. EDWARDS is a son of Hon. prominent position as a member of the
Ninian Edwards, the former territorial Springfield Bar. He is considered the
Governor of the State and one of the first best criminal lawyer in the city.
United States Senators, after Illinois was HARVEY & WOLCOTT are rapidly workadmitted into the Union. Upon the cre- ing their way to the head of the profesation of Sangamon county into a judicial sion.
circuit, Judge Edwards was the first E. L. & W. L. GRoss are young men,
judge, having been elected without any who, jn addition to the regular practice
opposition. He is a very able lawyer. of the profession, commenced, in 1867,
MR. C. C. BROWN, the junior member, is the work of compiling the Statutes of
a thorough, honest and conscientious at- the State of Illinois, and after years of
torney. As a legal adviser he has but study and arduous labor, the result was
few equals at the Springfield bar. a volume containing all the laws of the
HON. E. B. HIERNDON is one of the oldest State then in force. By successive revispracticing lawyers in the city. He bears ions they have brought the work down
a high rank, and is justly considered one to the present time, and " Gross' Statof the ablest minds in the legal fraternity. utes " are now the official standard in
HON. SHELBY M. CULLOM, of Cullom, all the courts,
Zane & Marcy. was one of the most faith- Meeting with success in their first pubful and energetic representatives in Con- lication, they have continued their labors
gress the Eighth District ever had. He and are now furnishing the legal profesdevotes the same talents and energy to sion with the following works:
{his profession. Mr. Cullom is a working Index to all the Laws of the State from
man, and occupies the responsible posi- its Organization down to 1860.