Lee County IL Archives Obituaries.....Fouke, H. B. February 28, 1892
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Cascade Pioneer, Mar. 2, 1892
Cascade Pioneer, Mar. 2, 1892

Death of Hon. H . B. Fouke.

Hon. H. B. Fouke, one of Dubuque's most noted and distinguished lawyers is 
dead. His reputation as a great lawyer extended beyond the state. Few men had 
as wide and as extensive acquaintances with men as the deceased. He was a man 
of fine presence, frank, honorable and
chivalrous to a high degree. On the platform he was the ideal orator and 
before a jury an invincible pleader. Deeply read in the law, he was the 
successful practitioner and lawyer. He was born in Shepherdstown, West 
Virginia, July 2nd, 1838. In 1854 he removed to Mt Morris, Illinois. He was a 
fellow student at Mt. Morris Seminary with the late Gen. John A Rawlins, 
secretary of war under Gen. Grant's administration. He graduated from the 
seminary and afterwards read law with Hon. J. K.
Edsall, attorney general of Illinois, at Dixon, and was admitted to the bar in 
1860. Later he came to Dubuque and became a partner in the law firm of Roberts 
& Fouke, subsequently of the firm of Fouke & Lyon, which continued up to the 
time of his death. In politics he was a democrat, but not a politician. Had he 
stooped to practical politics, he would have been called a leader. His plane 
of politics was of a higher type, consequently the offices that would have 
fitted him did not come. While not a communicant with any church, yet he 
possessed deep religious convictions. The Dubuque Bar Association passed 
appropriate resolutions. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. 
Watters and Rev. Dr. Bingham officiated. 

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