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continued to serve under that of 1850, each men who reported the resolutions of respect one presiding in a circuit. There were to his memory that were adopted by the three more circuits; and to these were Detroit Bar, one — Jacob M. Howard — elected John Skinner Goodrich, Samuel became United States Senator; another,— Townsend Douglass, and David Johnson. Geo. V. N. Lothrop, — minister to Russia; Goodrich died soon after his election, and while the third — George E. Hand, a brother Joseph TarrCopeland took his place. Whip of the philanthropist — lately died insane, ple died in 1855, and was succeeded by at great age, at his old home in Connecticut. Nathaniel Bacon; Wing resigned in 1856, Copeland was born at Newcastle, Maine,

and was followed by May 6, 181 3, and set E. H. C. Wilson. tled in 1844 at St. Goodrich, like his Clair, Mich., where he brothers Enos and was county judge for Reuben, who were three years before he members of the State became a member of Senate in 1853 and the Supreme Court in 1855 respectively, and 1851. When the war both of whom are still broke out he went into living, was born in it as lieutenant-colonel Clarence, N. Y., a post of the Eifth Cavalry village near Buffalo, regiment, which he Oct. 7, 1815. His un raised, and in the cle and namesake, Dr. command of which he John Skinner, was a was followed by Rus son-in-law of Roger sell A. Alger. When Sherman; his brother Hooker was at the Aaron was territorial head of the Army of Chief-Justice of Min the Potomac, Copenesota by appointment land was a general in of President Taylor. charge of the Michi gan cavalry brigade; He studied law in the office of John T. Bush, and these troops under of Buffalo, and after him were the first to



coming to Michigan occupy Gettysburg in 1836 resumed his before the battle. In studies at Pontiac, and was admitted to the 1878 he went to Florida, took up his resi bar in 1840. Being skilful in mathematics, dence at Orange Park, and became county he had previously been employed as a civil judge of Clay County. engineer upon the line of the Port Huron Douglass was born at Wallingford, Vt., & Lake Michigan Railroad. While on his Feb. 28, 1814; but 'his parents went soon way to Buffalo in the fall of 1851 to adjust a after to Fredonia, N Y., where he attended marine insurance claim for the brothers first the celebrated Fredonia Academy when named, he was taken sick on the steamer, Henry Chaney was at the head of that Insti and on his return he died, October 15, at tution. He came to Michigan in 1837, and the Michigan Exchange in Detroit, with in 1845 was appointed reporter to the Su his colleague Douglass waiting upon him. preme Court; he was the first of its law It is interesting, after the lapse of nearly reporters. He went into partnership with forty years, to note that of the three young Henry Nelson Walker, — another Fredonia 51