Grand Rapids Bar Association

President

1902

Thomas J. O'Brien

1903

Roger W. Butterfield

1904

Arthur C. Denison

1905

Loyal E. Knappen

1906

McGeorge Bundy

Vice President

1902

Loyal E. Knappen

1903

Arthur C. Denison

1904

McGeorge Bundy

1905

George Clapperton

1906

Ganson Taggart

Treasurer

1902

Henry T. Heald

1903-1906

Howart A. Thornton

Trustees

1906

Jacob Kleinhaus

James H. Campbell

Charles M. Wilson

The following is the roll of membership for 1906

Allen C. Adsit

Sylvester W. Baker

Charlles W. Boltwood

George S. Boltwood

Lucius Boltwood

George C. Brown

William B. Brown

Claude R. Buchanan

McGeorge Bundy

Roger W. Butterfield

Champlin R. Butterfield

Thomas P. Bradfield

James H. Campbell

Martin H. Carmody

Frank L. Carpenter

Thomas F. Carroll

George Clapperton

Everett D. Comstock

Benn M. Corwin

Albert Crane

Harry L. Creswell

Colin P. Campbell

Peter J. Danhof

Arthur C. Denison

Peter Doran

Walter W. Drew

Emanuel J. Doyle

James J. Danhof

William H. Eastman

Alvin E. Ewing

J. Edward Earle

Henry B. Fallass

Raymond M. Ferguson

Charles L. Fitch

Gerald Fitzgerald

William D. Fuller

Clark H. Gleason

Dwight Goss

William E. Grove

Fred P. Geib

Reuben Hatch

Henry T. Heald

George Hefferan

Ambrose C. Hindman

George Hollway

Alfred H. Hunt

Wesley W. Hyde

Frank W. Hine

Frank W. Hess

Cornelius Hoffius

Harry D. Jewell

J. Byron Judkins

Willard F. Kenney

Joseph Kirwin

Willard Kingsley

Jacob Kleinhaus

Loyal E. Knappen

Stuart E. Knappen

William J. Landman

John S. Lawrence

Arthur Lowell

Walter C. Lee

Edgar A. Maher

Carl E. Mapes

John S. McDonald

Don E. Minor

John E. More

Benjamin P. Merrick

Richard L. Newnham

Mark Norris

T.J. O'Brien

Jesse F. Orton

Charles M. Owen

John Patton

Cyrus E. Perkins

Willis B. Perkins

Charles J. Potter

John W. Powers

J.T. Preston

Fred M. Raymond

Joseph Renihan

Will E. Ryan

Charles O. Smedley

Francis A. Stace

Jacob Stekee

Earl R. Stewart

William J. Stuart

Elvin Swarthout

Edwin F. Sweet

William Alden Smith

Edward Taggart

Ganson Taggart

Moses Taggart

J. H. Tatem

Fred C. Temple

George W. Thompson

Howard A. Thornton

Philip H. Travis

Leonard D. Verdier

Hadley H. Walch

Myron H. Walter

Charles E. Ward

Charles A. Watt

Sybrant Wesselius

Kirk E. Wicks

Charles M. Wilson

Hugh E. Wilson

Alfred Wolcott

Laurens W. Wolcott

Gustave A. Wolf

Henry F. Walch

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Prosecuting Attorneys for Kent County

Edward E. Sargeant

1851-52

John T. Holmes

1853-56

E. S. Eggleston

1857-58

Stephen G. Champlin

1859-60

Thaddeau Foote

1961-62

E.G.D. Holden

1863-65

Byron D. Ball

1866-68

Andrew J. Reeves

1869-72

E. A. Burlingame

1873-76

Stephen H. Ballard

1877-78

Frank F, Kutts

1879-80

Fred A. Maynard

1881-82

Isaac M. Turner

1883-86

Samuel D. Clay

1887-88

William J. Stuart

1889-90

William F. McKnight

1891-92

Alfred Wolcott

1893-96

Frank A. Rodgers

1897-1900

William B. Brown

1901-06

Sheriffs

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Ezra Reed

1837-38

Aaron Russel

1839-40

Harry Eaton

1841-42

Solomon Withey

1843-44

C.P. Babcock

1845-46

DeWitt Shoemaker

1847-48

Harvey K. Rose

1849-50

Leonard Snyder

1851-54

Daniel S.T. Weller

1855-56

Anson N. Norton

1857-60

Sluman S. Bailey

1861-64

William Thornton

1865-66

Sluman S. Bailey

1867-68

Jesse F. Wyckoff

1869-72

Isaac Haynes

1873-76

Freeling W. Peck

1877-80

Isaac F. Lamoreaux

1881-82

Lyman T. Kinney

1883-86

Loomis K. Bishop

1887-90

John McQueen

1891-92

Isaac Lamoreaux

1893-94

Nathaniel Rice

1895-Died soon after commencing his term

Irving Woodworth

1895-96 (acting)

irving Woodworth

1897-1900

Leman H. Chapman

1901-04

Albert A. Carroll

1905-06

County Clerks

Stephen Wilson

1837-38

Charles H. Taylor

1839-46

Samuel R. Sanford

1847-48

Reuban H. Smith

1849-54

Peter R.L. Peirce

1855-68

Daniel McNaughton

1869-72

Hobart H. Chipman

1873-76 Died in office in 1876

Wesley W. Hyde

1876 Appointed to complete the term

Frederick S. Clark

1877-82

Orland H. Godwin

1883-85 Died in office in 1884

Cornelius L. Harvey

1885-92 Appointed to complete the term

Orland H. Godwin

1883-85

Cornelius L. Harvey

1885-92

Franklin D. Eddy

1893-96

William J. Thomas

1897-1900

Connor H. Smith

1901-06

Registers of Deeds

Jacob Barns

1837-38

E.W. Barns

1842 to fill Vacancy

Benjamin Smith

1843-44

George H. White

1845-46

John M. Fox

1846-52

Fred W. Worden

1853-56

Leonidas S. Scranton

1857-60

John R. Stewart

1861-66

William G. Beckwith

1867-72

Simeon Hunt

1873-76

Loomis K. Bishop

1877-82

Henry F. McCormick

1883-88

Nathaniel Rice

1889-90

Adolphus L. Skinner

1891-92

John T. Gould

1893-96

Scott Griswold

1897-1900

Frank J. Cook

1901-06

County Treasurers

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Hiram Hinsdill

1837-38

Aaron Dikeman

1839-43

Sidney Smith

1843-44

James Davis

1845-48

Solomon O. Kingsbury

1849-52

Nelson Robinson

1853-56

Daniel C. McVean

1857-58

Thompson I. Daniel

1859-66

George Young, Jr.

1867-72

Henry Bremer

1873-76

John A. S. Verdier

1877-82

Andrew J. Stebbins

1883-86

Charles D. Stebbins

1887-88

Sterman T. Colson

1889-90

Charles D. Stebbins

1891-94

Sherman T. Colson

1889-90

Henry B. Proctor

1897-1900

Wm.F. Woodworth

1901-04

Ernest A. Crozier

1905-

Judges of Probate

Jefferson Morrison

Aug 1, 1836 to Dec 31, 1844

James A. Davis

Jan. 1 1845 to Dec. 31, 1848

Solomon L. Whithey

Jan. 1 1849 to Dec. 31, 1852

Robert P. Sinclair

Jan. 1 1853 to Dec. 31, 1856

William A. Robinson

Jan. 1 1857 to Dec. 31, 1864

Benjamin A. Harlan

Jan. 1 1865 to Dec. 31, 1876

Cyrus E. Perkins

Jan. 1 1877 to Dec. 31, 1884

Lyman D. Follett

Jan. 1 1885 to May 30, 1887

Cyrus E. Perkins

May 7 1887 to Dec. 31, 1896

Harry D. Jewell

Jan 1, 1897 to --

Registers of Probate

Moses Taggart

Jan 2, 1871 to April 1, 1872

Cyrus E. Perkins

April 1, 1872 to Dec 31, 1876

John R. Smith

Jan 2, 1877 to Jan 2, 1879

William A. Russell

Jan 2, 1879 to May 1, 1879

Charles Schuster

May1, 1879 to Dec. 31, 1879

Adolph B. Mason

Jan 5, 1880 to Dec. 31 1884

Frank W. Hine

Jan 1, 1885 to Aug 12, 1889

Adolph B. Mason

Aug 12, 1889 to Jan 1, 1893

Harry D. Jewell

Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1897

Alvin E. Ewing

Jan 1, 1897 to ---

The Superior Court

The Superior Court of Grand Rapids was established by an act of Legistature of 1875; if first term commencing the first Tuesday in June of that year

The Probate Court

By a Territorial act of 1805, The Courts of the several districts,or any Judge of the Territory, or the Clerk of District Court, were authorized to take the proof or wills, and grant letters Testamentary and of administration, In 1811 provision was made for the appointment in each district of a Register with essentially the same powers. Finally, in 1818, a court of Probate was established in each county, the Judge, some "able and learned person to be appointed by the Governor, for which appeals lay to the Supreme Court. These last continued in operation until the admission of Michigan into the Union