Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . s of 1S79, as eleventh in the class. He wasan earnest student, was valedictorian of hisclass in the high scliool and prominent inathletics in college. He acquired a goodknowledge of business methods in his fathersoffice, but after his graduation prepared foi aprofessional career. After a period of studyin the law office of Marcus P. Knowltou inSpringfield he took a two year course at theHarvard Law School, and was admitted totiie bar on Novendjer 17, ISSI. He
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . s of 1S79, as eleventh in the class. He wasan earnest student, was valedictorian of hisclass in the high scliool and prominent inathletics in college. He acquired a goodknowledge of business methods in his fathersoffice, but after his graduation prepared foi aprofessional career. After a period of studyin the law office of Marcus P. Knowltou inSpringfield he took a two year course at theHarvard Law School, and was admitted totiie bar on Novendjer 17, ISSI. He began practice in Springfield and sodiiacquired a large business. He gave especialattention to conveyancing and probate matters,and at the present time has a larger businessin these branches of his profession than anyother attornev in western Massa(duisetts. His business ca[iabil:ty has hiought him prominentrecognition fiom numerous corjiorations. Wqis a director in the Holyoke Card and PaperCompany and other manufacturing corpora-tions, of the Springfield National Bank, anda trustee oF the Springfield l^i\e Cents . KAI-lil \V. Mr. ICllis is a Uepublican ami has t;iken thegeneral interest of tin progressive citizen inlocal [)olitical affairs. In 189o he representedth(^ Sixth Hampden County District in the(ieneral Court, serving on the committees oninsurance and the public service, and has forthree years served in the Springfield CityCouncil as councilman and alderman. Pie isa membcrof the Springfield Country Club, Club, the Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard,and the Connecticut \alley CongregationalClub; jiresidcnt of the Connecticut ^alleyHarvard Club ; also of the Coiniecticut ValleyHistorical Society. In all these relations oflite Mr. lOllis has deserved and received theapprobation of the connnunity. He was married on April 13, 1882, to Kath-arine Allyn Pice, of Springfield. They havetwo sons, Theodore Waterbuiy f^llis, jr., \Vaterl)ui-y I
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