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68 Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Illinois.
Charles E. Davidson,
Former editor of the Greenville Sun,
ex-Master in Chancery of [lond
county; stockholder anil manager
of the Greenville Lumber Company
of the county bar. He has been a
man of exemplary habits, kind and
courteous and has the honor of living
in his old age in the county
where he had resided for sixty-two
years, having the respect and love
of all his neighbors. Two of his
sons were admitted to the bar in
Greenville. One of them, .Judge Alfred
Phelps, living in Denver, is one
of the leading lawyers of the state
of Colorado, where he has by his
marked ability and high demand as
a lawyer, accumulated a large fortune.
Another son, George S.
Phelps, was at one time State's Attorney
of Bond county but later
moved to Leadville, Colorado, where
he held the positions of city judge
and district judge. He died at
Leadville about two years ago.
Reside.nci-: of Charles E. Davidso.\, South Fourth Street
Four sons of Ira Kingsbury were
at different times members of the
county bar. The first to be admitted
was Judge A. N. Kingsbury in 1S55.
After practicing a few years in this
county, he moved to Hillsboro,
where he was one of the leading
lawyers until the time of his death.
Dennis H. Kingsbury was admitted
to the bar about 1S5G and continued
practice here until his death in
1893. He was a natural born law-
yer, with all the instincts for special
pleading and forms of law; besides
he was an aggressive debater and a
hard fighter before a jury. He was
a man of strict integrity and while
of a combative disposition, which
frequently led him into personal encounters
with his enemies, he was
strong in his friendships as well as
his enmities. He always command-
The Pressed Brick Hlakt of the Gree.wille Lumber Company.
ed a fair share of the clientage of
the bar. He never allowed politics
or love for place to interfere with
his profession, but was its devotee
to the exclusion of all other masters.
Darius Kingsbury, after admission,
moved to Carlyle where he is still
engaged in the practice of law. John
Kingsbury, after practicing in
Greenville for a number of years,
retired, and lives on a farm south
of Greenville.
J. F. Alexander and A. G. Henry,
who afterwards became two of Bond
county's most distinguished citizens,
were admitted about the same time,,
in 1S57. Mr. Alexander was at one
time a member of the state senate
and was prominently identified with
the building of the Vandalia railroad
and the Louisville and Nashville
railroad. He was also at one