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76 <strong>Historical</strong> Souvenir <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greenville</strong>, <strong>Illinois</strong>.<br />

Emil Brice,<br />

Member J. Seaman Hardware Co.<br />

during the thirty-five years <strong>of</strong> practice<br />

at this bar has been on one side<br />

or the other <strong>of</strong> nearly every important<br />

contest. He is very fond <strong>of</strong><br />

a story and is <strong>of</strong> a sociable and courteous<br />

disposition. He and Judge<br />

Phelps have done much toward<br />

giving the county bar its deserved<br />

reputation for fairness and honesty,<br />

both toward the court, jury and<br />

clients.<br />

William A. Northcott, former<br />

Lieutenant Governor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Illinois</strong>, was<br />

admitted to the bar in West Virginia<br />

in 1S77 but removed to <strong>Greenville</strong><br />

W^M. H. Williams, Deceased,<br />

Fifty years a resident and business<br />

man <strong>of</strong> <strong>Greenville</strong>. Alderman from<br />

First Ward for 17 vears.<br />

Saml'el Wallace,<br />

Member J. Seaman Hardware Co.<br />

in 1S7 9 and has continued in the<br />

practice <strong>of</strong> law ever since. Shortly<br />

after coming to <strong>Greenville</strong>, he formed<br />

a partnership with Dennis H.<br />

Kingsbury which continued until<br />

Mr. Northcott was elected State's<br />

Attorney in 1SS2. He held this<br />

<strong>of</strong>lBce for three successive terms.<br />

Judge Cicero J. Lindly entered<br />

upon the practice <strong>of</strong> law in <strong>Greenville</strong><br />

in 1SS2 and held the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong><br />

county judge from 1S86 to 1892.<br />

For a time he lived on his large and<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>itable farm three miles south <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Greenville</strong>, but he has been engaged<br />

J. C. Merry, Deceased,<br />

For many years a prominent farmer<br />

near <strong>Greenville</strong>.<br />

Marcel Calame,<br />

Member J. Seaman Hardware Co.<br />

in many prominent cases. He now<br />

resides in <strong>Greenville</strong>. Judge Lindly<br />

is widely known throughout the<br />

state <strong>of</strong> <strong>Illinois</strong>, having been chairman<br />

<strong>of</strong> the state railroad and warehouse<br />

commission and also having<br />

received the entire Republican vote<br />

for United States Senator in 1S90,<br />

when Governor John M. Palmer was<br />

elected. Judge Lindly is an orator<br />

with a state reputation and is well<br />

grounded in the principles <strong>of</strong> law.<br />

He has been twice elected representative<br />

in the <strong>Illinois</strong> Legislature<br />

from the Forty-seventh Senatorial<br />

Phineas B. Chapman,<br />

Wiio came to <strong>Greenville</strong> in 1867, and<br />

manufactured brick until his death<br />

Mav 12, 1901.

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