Biography of John B. Messick, 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Messick, Tomlinson, Haines.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 329

Judge John B. Messick

Judge Messick was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, on the 14th of July, 1862,
his parents being Richard M. and Mary B. (Tomlinson) Messick. The family
removed to Missouri in 1870, and there our subject grew up and received his
educational discipline, the same consisting of a public school training and a
course in the William Jewell College, at Liberty. Upon completing his
preliminary training he returned to the Bluegrass state and engaged in the
mercantile business, a line which he followed until 1885, when he returned to
Missouri and engaged in school teaching. A year later he came to Oregon,
locating in the Willamette valley, where he practiced the pedagogical
profession until 1890. He then came to eastern Oregon and taught in some of
the schools at Union and Baker counties for a time, but he had been devoting
his spare moments for years to the study of law, and in 1892 he was admitted
to the bar. He opened an office in Baker City, and here has ever since been
engaged in the practice of the law, winning an enviable success, his ability
and devotion to the interests of his duties having won his a large patronage.
Indeed he is considered one of the ablest attorneys in the city. In the spring
of 1900 he was elected to serve a two years' term as justice of the peace, a
post for which his professional skill and his natural disposition toward
absolute fairness have eminently fitted him.

In fraternal affiliations, our subject is identified with the Woodmen of the
World, in Queen City Camp, No. 48, of which he has served as counsel
commander. On April 3, 1895, he and Miss Haines were married and they now have
one daughter, Minerva Bell. Mrs. Messick is a daughter of the noted Judge
Haines, of whom more particular mention has been made in another part of this
volume.