Tipton County IN Archives History - Books .....Legal Practitioners 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 14, 2006, 10:33 pm Book Title: Counties Of Howard And Tipton, Indiana LEGAL PEACTITIONERS. James Forsee was the first lawyer in town. He was an eccentric Virginian, and would not be considered a good lawyer at the present time. Amasa P. Cassler came after him and was quite an able man, a good judge of law and a successful practitioner. W. H. Nelson came about this time also. The ablest lawyer at the Tipton County bar in early years was William Brady. He had been liberally educated, and, possessing as he naturally did intellectual ability of a high order, he took the lead in all important cases. His early death in 1852 was a serious loss to the county and to the local legal fraternity. Memorial services were held in his honor and ordered spread upon the county court records. John Green came in 1848, from Jefferson County. He was formerly from North Carolina, his native State. He immediately took the lead, and has been one of the ablest legal practitioners ever in the county. He served the county in the State Senate and as Judge of the Common Pleas Court, and is yet a resident of the county seat and the oldest lawyer of the Tipton County bar. Joseph A. Lewis came soon after Green, and was a man of bright intellect. For years he and Green were antagonists in nearly all the important court cases. Nathan R. Overman was the successor of the mass of legal business that had been left by the removal of Mr. Lewis to the capital of the State. Overman and Green were then the rival lawyers. William Jones came in early, and is yet in successful practice. Daniel Waugh came late in the sixties, and soon had all the work he could do. Many others deserve special mention. Among the lawyers who have resided and practiced in the county have been James Forsee, William Nelson, A. P. Cassler, William Brady, John Green, Joseph A. Lewis, N. R. Overman, Daniel Waugh, John Q. Green, John M. Goar, Aaron P. Thompson, M. Bristow, Charles Swaim, Frank Trissel, J. T. Cox, John W. Robinson, Noah Parker, Joshua Jones, Edward Hatfield and the present practitioners, John Green, N. R. Overman, Daniel Waugh, R. B. Beauchamp, George H. Gifford, John P. Kemp, M. F. Cox, J. M. Tippen, J. I. Parker, J. N. Waugh, B. Giltner, J. W. Metlen, W. H. Clark, J. A. Swoveland, Perry Behymer, W. O. Dean, William Jones and G. F. Isgrig. Additional Comments: Extracted from: COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. ILLUSTRATED. CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/tipton/history/1883/counties/legalpra400gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb