A History of Northwest Ohio (Volume 2); A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Development from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of Lake Erie, Down to the Present Time (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1917. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... liam afterwards graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. Like many men who have become successful in the professions, Charles W. Meek spent his early youth in the wholesome environment of a farm. He lived with his parents until seventeen and after his preparatory training at Ada, where he finished the classical course with the degree A. M., he moved to Toledo in 1890, and took up the study of law, in the office of Pratt & Wilson. Later he entered the law department of the Ohio State University at Columbus, and was graduated LL. B. in 1894. Admitted to the bar before the Supreme Court of Columbus in March, 1894, Mr. Meek on the following August first began his practice at Toledo. He has never had a partner, preferring the independence of individual practice. While he and Henry Stautzenbach share the same suite in the Spitzer Building they are not partners. Mr. Meek has always handled a general practice. When he started practice it was in the old Law Building, which stood on the site of the present Ohio Building. Later he had offices in the Valentine Building, but since 1904 has been in the Spitzer Building. Always active in republican politics, his official career has been mainly in the line of his profession. In 1898 he was elected judge of the City Court of Toledo and gave a careful administration of that office for five years. He was elected for the regular three-year term and was re-elected in 1901, but in 1902 resigned in order to become assistant city solicitor of Toledo under U. G. Denman, then city solicitor and afterwards attorney-general of Ohio. After about two years Mr. Meek resigned his place as assistant city solicitor and in March, 1905, resumed active practice, and since then, while quite influential in a political way he has desir...