The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . ich he practiced alone until January 1, 1888, when he formed apartnership with his son Harlan F., which firm continued until taking his seat upon theSupreme bench, in February, 1893. As a lawyer he was noted for the clear manner inwhich he presented his principles upon which his cases were founded, his practice inmore recent years being in the line of railroad and corpoiation law. He devoted sometime also to business interests as president and director of the American and NationalBank of Findl
The biographical annals of Ohio, A handbook of the government and institutions of the state of Ohio . ich he practiced alone until January 1, 1888, when he formed apartnership with his son Harlan F., which firm continued until taking his seat upon theSupreme bench, in February, 1893. As a lawyer he was noted for the clear manner inwhich he presented his principles upon which his cases were founded, his practice inmore recent years being in the line of railroad and corpoiation law. He devoted sometime also to business interests as president and director of the American and NationalBank of Findlay, Ohio Judge Burket has also taken great interest in fraternal societies,being elected Grand Master of the Odd Fellows of Ohio in 1881. He is a member of theAmerican Bar Association and of the Ohio State Bar Association, seldom failing toattend their meetings. Judge Burket was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1897, inwhich year he was re-elected to succeed himself as a member of the court and again be-came Chief Justice in July 1902 on the death of Chief Justice Marshal J. Williams. (62«). WILLIAM T. SPEAR. William T. Spear, a present member of the Supreme Court, was born June 3, 1834,in Warren, Ohio, from whence came several of Ohios distinguished judges. His father,Edward Spear, also a judge, was a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch descent; his mother,whose lineage is traced back to colonial times, came from Norwich, Connecticut. Hisparents came to Ohio, settling at Warren in the year of 1819. Mr. Spear received a common school education in the excellent union schools of Ohio,supplemented by a most valuable experience a the printers trade. After serving an ap-prenticeship upon the Trumbull Whig and Transcript, published at Warren, he went toIS^ew York City, where he was employed in the office of the New York Herald, andthereafter became a compositor, and later a proofreader, in the publishing house of theAppletons. The value of the practical lessons thus derived, layi
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