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when he was admitted to the bar of the State, and at once entered upon the practice of this profession in Sandusky. Not long after commencing his practice, he became a member of the firm of Goodwin & Hull, which relationship continued from 1883 until the close of 1891, when soon after this he became associated with the writer under the name of King & Hull, which firm continued in the practice of law at Sandusky until February, 1895, when it was dissolved by the election of Judge King to the bench of the circuit court. Soon after this he entered into a partnership with Hon. W. E. Guerin, Jr., under the name of Hull & Guerin, which continued until February, 1897, when it was dissolved by the election of Judge Hull as common pleas judge in the fourth judicial district of Ohio. He continued in this position until October, 1899, when he was appointed circuit judge in the sixth judicial circuit of Ohio to fill a vacancy, and was elected in November, 1900, for the full term of six years and was serving this term of office when he was taken sick and in March, 1905, relinquished his labors, as he thought for a brief time only and in order to secure medical treatment, but he steadily declined until death relieved his sufferings.

In his educational preparation and through the entire period of his active and professional life, Judge Hull was an industrious and indefatigable worker, and with the preparation which he had received and the knowledge which he at once displayed, he won quick and rapid success in the practice of the law. He was untiring and painstaking in preparing his cases for trial, and he had more than the ordinary ability to persuade and convince courts and juries of the justice of the cause he represented and speedily won a high place in the esteem of the community in which he resided and in the respect of his fellow members of the bar. He tried his causes with great earnestness and manifestly marked ability in their management, but never with uncalled for rancor and never left behind in his pathway any feelings of bitterness on the part of those whom his duty called to oppose. At forty years of age he was unanimously selected as the candidate of his party for the position of common pleas judge, an honor which his position at the bar distinctly marked him as especially fitted to receive.

While the practice of his profession was his life work, he was not unmindful of the fact that a well rounded man must have other interests than simply the one which he had chosen for the expression of his best energies and ability and the support and happiness of himself and family, and he early interested himself and became an enthusiastic supporter of the political party in whose principles he believed, and whose candidates he always supported. He was an ardent and faithful advocate of the Republican party and also interested himself in the public affairs of his city as well as some business enterprises outside of his profession. He was frequently called upon to advocate his political principles upon the stump and gave freely of his efforts in that direction, and was for some four years the chairman of the Erie County Republican Executive and Central Committees and usually conducted the campaigns of his party with success, and always with honor. It was not, however, as an austere, dominating or offensive political boss that he undertook to control or lead his political party, but rather from the energy he displayed and by laborious attention to details that commended him to a large body of enthusiastic followers who were always willing that he should lead in political control and management. He served two terms as a member of the school board in Sandusky city, and while his party was a minority in the county, was its nominee for prosecuting attorney, and was also in 1896 a delegate to the national convention that nominated President McKinley at St. Louis. He was also through the advice and efforts of warm political and personal friends, a candidate for the nomination of governor of Ohio before the Republican state convention in 1899, and had a very strong following for that nomination from his own section of the State.

On the eighteenth day of July, 1883, he married Mary Emily Hall of Cincinnati, a lady of refined and superior culture and ability, but unfortunately this happy relation continued only until August, 1887, when Mrs. Hull died, leaving her mourning husband and three infant daughters, the eldest of whom was scarcely three years of age, and to his other business was now added the

responsibility of rearing and training these girls-the Misses Marguerite, Florence and Emily Hull.

Thereafter he devoted himself to them and their training with unselfishness and with a success that makes the brightest page in his life. They are now grown to womanhood and are in school at Oberlin University and will shortly graduate therefrom, and give promise of becoming most useful and charming members of society, and bright examples of the devotion, affection and intelligence of the father who guided and reared them, and of those qualities which have manifested themselves in Judge Hull's life in every calling and in the performance of every duty.

Judge Hull's career upon the circuit bench of this state is so recent that it perhaps would be impossible to give a just estimate of his work in that honorable position. It is, however, entirely proper to say that upon the bench he manifested those qualities that made him successful elsewhere. He came to the bench well fitted by an extensive and diversified practice of his profession extending over about thirteen years, and upon the bench, laying aside the advocate in which he had been especially prominent at the bar, he became a wise, fair-minded judge. He was a man of especially pleasant and cheerful disposition. He treated all men with the same marked courtesy and geniality. He carried in his mind no vindictiveness against a soul on earth and if he ever felt any soreness resulting from an ill advised contention, it never manifested itself in his conduct. He was clear in his mind and prompt to grasp the question in a cause. He was patient in listening to counsel and in arriving at conclusions was wonderfully direct in grasping the vital point at issue, and he sought to decide and determine the question before him justly and according to legal forms. He could not be swayed by any ulterior influences. The party litigant and his counsel always felt that Judge Hull would decide as he thought the right and the law was, and according to the best of his understanding and ability, and they always knew that these were of no mean order.

He was apparently a man of strong constitution, bred and reared in the open air, he required and ought to have taken very much out of door exercise of a mild order than he did. He was

afflicted at times in his life with attacks of inflammatory rheumatism which without question had somewhat weakened his naturally strong constitution. He did not cease from the active labors of the bench until in March when increasing nervousness and inability to sleep prompted him to go to a sanitarium for treatment, but neither he nor his friends then thought he was afflicted with an incurable disease. Such was the fact, however, and its progress was rapid and continuous until his death which he met with the same qualities of courage, the same strong and inherent perceptions of duty well done that had directed and controlled his life. In this association he was always an interested and to some extent, an active participant, and we shall miss his genial countenance, his affability, and his generous attentions paid to others. which ever marked his social intercourse. This association will honor itself by setting aside a page of its record dedicated to his memory. As the social, personal, political and professional friend of Judge Hull for nearly the last twenty-five years of his life, I submit these few words as expressive of his public career which should be noticed in this record, but it fails utterly as anything I might say would fail to express my judgment of his high worth in every calling of life and of the deep and stable affection he manifested for the friends with which he was intimate and to whom he was attached.

MEMORIAL ON THEODORE HALL

BY HON. J. B. BURROWS.

Theodore Hall departed this life June 17th, 1905. He was for many years a respected and useful member of the Ohio State Bar Association; and regretfully his name must now be added to the roll of its honored dead.

The immediate cause of his death was blood poisoning resulting from a surgical operation, although for several months he had been apparently declining in strength and vigor. His departure, though seemingly premature, was delayed until he had reached the goal of his ambition.

He came of well-to-do and respected parentage and ancestry, for whom he entertained a modest and just pride. His father, Stephen Hall, was a merchant who, for many years, carried on business at the village, now city, of Ashtabula, while his great grandfather, Stephen Hall, was a captain in the Continental army during the revolutionary struggle, and his uncle, Friend Hall, a soldier of the United States in the war of 1812. John Hall was the founder of the family in America. He came to this country from England and settled in Connecticut in 1633.

Mr. Hali was married to Lucy M. Pierce, December 25th, 1862, who died September 29th, 1889. To them were born two children who survive him-Edward Pierce and Ruth Booth. On January 28th, 1893, he was married to Miss Nellie Ketcham, who, with one son, Stephen K., also survive him.

Mr. Hall was most fortunate in his marital, parental and social relations. His constant thoughtfulness and kindness for his kindred and their love and honor for him made his home a happy one; and it can be truthfully said that he had the respect of all who knew him. His loyalty to his tried and trusted friends was absolute and heroic, and led him on all occasions and at whatever cost to come to their defense whenever and by whomsoever they

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