Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Dolle, Louis J. 1862 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 9:17 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. Louis J. Dolle, a leader in the promulgation of corporation and commercial law at Cincinnati, and a citizen of public spirit, worth and high standing in his community, was born at Cincinnati, January 15, 1862, a son of Philip and Philomena (DeBolt) Dolle. The latter was born in Cincinnati, a daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth DeBolt, who was one of the earliest settlers of the community, having taken up her residence here in 1819, when it was still a struggling village. Philip Dolle was born in Alsace-Lorraine, and came to America in 1849, settling in Hamilton county, Ohio. A man of good education, he graduated from the famous Farmers' College, College Hill, Ohio, following which he engaged in teaching school. While thus employed, he studied law and, in 1862, was admitted to the bar, following which he pursued the practice of his calling until his death, June 3, 1884. He was an honor to his profession, his strict integrity and sound ability commending his to the favor of all, while his good citizenship and personal loyalty to friendships won and held for him general confidence. After attending the public schools, Louis J. Dolle was admitted to St. Xavier College, where he pursued a course, then taking up the study of his chosen profession at the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated at the age of twenty years. As he was too young to be admitted to the bar, he waited until his twenty-first birthday, three days after which, January 18, 1883, he was admitted to practice in the state courts of Ohio, and entered enthusiastically upon his professional activities. Mr. Dolle began his life work in the office of his father, under whose preceptorship he made rapid progress, and, at the elder man's demise, succeeded to the large and important corporation and commercial practice. Mr. Dolle has gained an established reputation as one of the most reliable and forceful attorneys practicing at the Cincinnati bar, and his connections with large industries and leading individuals are numerous. For many years he was assisted in his professional business by Walter C. Taylor and James B. O'Donnell, and, in 1911, in recognition of their splendid and faithful services, admitted them to partnership, at that time adopting the style of the firm, Dolle, Taylor & O'Donnell, to which subsequently were admitted Alfred Geisler and John D. Ellis, the firm name now being Dolle, Taylor, O'Donnell & Geisler. Mr. Dolle was married April 26, 1900, at Cincinnati, to Augusta, daughter of William Lodge, senior member of the Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool Company. To this union there have been born four children: William Lodge, Mary Louise, Elizabeth Lodge and Louis J., Jr. Mr. Dolle is a Democrat. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/dolle32gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb