In politics Judge Follett was a sincere member of the Democratic party. In 1864 he was a delegate to the National Convention which nominated Gen. George B. McClellan for President. In 1866 and 1868 he was his party's nominee for Congress, but was not elected at either time. He exerted a very considerable influence in matters of local government.

He was always deeply interested in charitable and educational matters. For many years he was a member of the Marietta Board of Education and of the Board of Trustees of Marietta College. In 1879 and 1880 he was delegate from Ohio to the National Conference of Charities and continued ever afterwards to be especially interested and influential in methods for the improvement of the condition of the criminal and insane. He was long a member of the State Board of Charities and of the National and International Prison Associations. In 1900 he attended the International Prison Association which met in Brussels. He was also a member of the Historical and Archaeological Society of Ohio, and of the Sons of the American Revolution.

He was a Mason and member of the Congregational Church. In his chosen profession he was always interested and active in this Association and in the American Bar Association to which on important Committees he rendered valuable service.

His life is a splendid example of devotion to high ideals in and out of the profession, and of constant efforts for the betterment of his fellowmen.

Judge Follett was twice married; on December 19, 1856, to Miss Harriet L. Shipman, of Marietta, and on January 6, 1876, to Miss Abbie M. Bailey, of Lowell, Mass. A son by each union survives him, Mr. Alfred Dewey Follett, a member of the Marietta bar, and former President of this Association, and Hon. Edward B. Follett, Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Washington County.

CHARLES D. MARTIN.

Hon. Charles D. Martin, a former member of the Supreme Court Commission of the State of Ohio, and ex officio member of this Association, died at his home in Lancaster, Ohio, August 27th, 1911, after a long and useful life.

Charles D. Martin was born at Lancaster, Ohio, August 5th, 1829, the son of Joseph Sinton Martin and Susan Thomas Martin. On his father's side his ancestry was Scotch-Irish, and on his mother's side, Welsh and English.

He concluded his general education at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and afterwards studied law in Lancaster and was admitted to the bar in 1850. His death concluded a life continuously devoted to his profession from the time of his admission for sixty-one years.

In 1858 he was elected a member of the United States Congress on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated for reelection in 1860 by Valentine B. Horton. He was appointed a member of the Second Supreme Court Commission and served throughout the term of that Commission for two years, beginning April 17th, 1883. Two surviving members of the Commission Judge Moses M. Granger, of Zanesville, Ohio, and Judge John M. McCauley, of Tiffin, Ohio, participated in the memorial exercises held by the members of the Lancaster Bar Association, and both, in addressing that meeting, spoke with high praise of his ability as a lawyer and judge, laying special empha sis upon his clear perception and sound reasoning which enabled him clearly to state the reasons of his opinion briefly and satisfactorily without the use of unnecessary words.

In the memorial adopted by the Association it was said: "Although in the length and continuity of his professional activities, commencing in 1850 and ending only with the termination of his life in 1911, the history of the Lancaster bar has no parallel, yet his fame and distinction as a lawyer rest upon a more permanent and solid foundation than the unconscious flight of time. They are securely grounded in his profes

sional life of 61 years, radiant in brilliant achievement, a bright, untarnished, spotless page.

"He was a great lawyer in the broadest and best and highest sense of those words, because he possessed in surpassing degree every mental and moral attribute indispensable to, and which ever accompanies and sustains, real and true professional success and pre-eminence, and which gave to him a commanding position at this Bar throughout the whole period of his professional life."

WILLIAM B. CREW.

Hon. William B. Crew, one of the honorary members of this Association, died suddenly at Marietta, January 24th, 1912, while there temporarily on a business trip.

Judge Crew was born at Chester Hill, Morgan County, April 1, 1852, his parents being both natives of Ohio. He was educated at Westtown School, established by the Friends in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the Ohio State University at Columbus. He studied law at Union Law College in Cleveland. He began the practice of the law at McConnellsville and at the age of twenty-four became prosecuting attorney of Morgan County. Later he served as City Solicitor for McConnellsville. In 1889 he became a member of the State Legislature. In 1891 he was elected to the Common Pleas bench and was re-elected in 1896. In 1902 he was appointed by Governor Nash to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Chief Justice Williams. He was later elected to fill the unexpired term and then he was elected for a second term. In 1910 he was renominated by the Republican party to succeed himself, but he met the same defeat as did the other candidates of his party for state offices. His term expired January 1, 1911, and he returned to his home at McConnellsville and the practice of his profession.

Judge Crew was a member of the Supreme Court for eight years, during all of which time he discharged the high duties of that position with ability and distinction. His opinions are to be found in volumes sixty-seven to eighty-three inclusive of

the Ohio State Reports. They are marked by great carefulness and clarity in statement, and exhibit the work of an analytical, logical mind.

Judge Crew is survived by two children, Mrs. Henry Gall, of Cleveland, and Fleming Crew, of Cleveland, an attorney at law.

THADDEUS ELLERY HOYT.

Judge Thaddeus E. Hoyt died at his home, in Ashtabula, January 14th, 1912. He was born February 17th, 1844, in Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, being the son of Benjamin and Emily Hoyt and the descendant of New England ancestry going back to Colonial times. He was educated at Rock Creek and later entered Grand River Institute, at Austinburg. When seventeen years old, on August 9th, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company A, 29th O. V. I., and was mustered out July 5th, 1865, as first Lieutenant. He was captured at the battle of Port Republic, Va., and imprisoned at Belle Island. At the battle of Dug Gap he was wounded. After the war he resumed his studies at Grand River Institute and later entered Western Reserve University. There he became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, with which he was prominently identified during life.

He studied law with Woodbury and Ruggles at Jefferson and was admitted to the bar in 1870. In the fall of that year, after his marriage to Miss Isabel M. Shaffer, of Rock Creek, he removed with his bride to Kewaunee, Wisconsin, where he resided and practiced his profession for about five years. He was elected Mayor of Kewaunee and was also District Attorney of that county. He returned to Ashtabula in 1875 and there practiced his profession for thirty-seven years with great success, being known as one of the foremost members of the bar.

For three terms he was City Solicitor of Ashtabula. In 1884 he was appointed as Common Pleas Judge by Governor Hoadly, and in 1909 was appointed Circuit Judge by Governor Harmon, but this appointment was not effective, as determined

by the Supreme Court in State ex rel. Hoyt vs. Metcalf, 80 0. S. 244.

Judge Hoyt held many positions of trust and prominence. He was for a number of years a trustee of the Girls' Industrial Home at Delaware; he was one of the founders and the first president of the Ashtabula General Hospital and was its first vice president at the time of his death. He was a director of the Pennsylvania, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad and was counsel for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway and the Nickel Plate. He was also a member of the Soldiers' Relief Commission. At all times he was a prominent leader of the Democratic party in his locality.

He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Kelley.

JOHN C. CLARK.

Hon. John Cox Clark was born January 17th, 1849, in Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio, and died June 23rd, 1912. He was the son of Benjamin H. Clark and Mary M. Clark.

His youth was spent on a farm and his education obtained in the township schools and the Greenville High School. He thereafter taught school and read law and was admitted to the bar in May, 1877.

He filled the office of Prosecuting Attorney for the County from January 1881, to January, 1886, and was Common Pleas Judge from May, 1893, to May, 1898. In 1896 he was nominated as candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court, and although not elected, he had the distinction of receiving from his home county the highest vote ever given any candidate having opposition.

In 1888 he was married to Miss Ada Greene at Franklin, Ohio, who survives him. He left no children.

Aside from the work of his profession and official duties, Judge Clark found time to engage in other important matters. He was one of the officers of The Darke County Building Company, the first institution of the kind in the County, and