GRAND RAPIDS BAR ASSOCIATION

The Grand Rapids Bar Association was organized in January, 1902 with 106 incorporators. 
The purposes of the association are set out in the articles of association as follows:
The objects for which this corporation is organized are to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of the law,
to increase its usefulness in promoting the due administration of justice, and to cultivate social intercourse among its members.

The officers since its organization have been as follows:
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, John E. More
Secretary - 1902-1905, Hugh E. Wilson; 1906, Ganson Taggart
Treasurer - 1902, Henry T. Heald; 1903-1906, Howard A. Thornton
Trustees for 1906 - Jacob Kleinhaus, James H. Campbell and Charles M. Wilson

The following is the Roll of Membership for 1906.

 

NAME

REMARKS

YEAR

ADSIT, ALLEN C.

MEMBER

1906

BARKER, SYLVESTER W.

MEMBER

1906

BOLTWOOD, CHARLES W.

MEMBER

1906

BOLTWOOD, GEORGE S.

MEMBER

1906

BOLTWOOD, LUCIUS

MEMBER

1906

BRADFIELD, THOMAS P.

MEMBER

1906

BROWN, GEORGE C.

MEMBER

1906

BROWN, WILLIAM B.

MEMBER

1906

BUCHANAN, CLAUDE R.

MEMBER

1906

BUNDY, MC GEORGE

MEMBER

1906

BUNDY, MC GEORGE

PRESIDENT

1906

BUNDY, MC GEORGE

VICE-PRESIDENT

1904

BUTTERFIELD, CHAMPLIN R.

MEMBER

1906

BUTTERFIELD, ROGER W.

MEMBER

1906

BUTTERFIELD, ROGER W.

PRESIDENT

1903

CAMPBELL, COLIN P.

MEMBER

1906

CAMPBELL, JAMES H.

MEMBER

1906

CAMPBELL, JAMES H.

TRUSTEE

1906

CARMODY, MARTIN H.

MEMBER

1906

CARPENTER, FRANK L.

MEMBER

1906

CARROLL, THOMAS F.

MEMBER

1906

CLAPPERTON, GEORGE

MEMBER

1906

CLAPPERTON, GEORGE

VICE-PRESIDENT

1905

COMSTOCK, EVERETT D.

MEMBER

1906

CORWIN, BENN M.

MEMBER

1906

CRANE, ALBERT

MEMBER

1906

CRESWELL, HARRY L.

MEMBER

1906

DANHOF, JAMES J.

MEMBER

1906

DANHOF, PETER J.

MEMBER

1906

DENISON, ARTHUR C.

MEMBER

1906

DENISON, ARTHUR C.

PRESIDENT

1904

DENISON, ARTHUR C.

VICE-PRESIDENT

1903

DORAN, PETER

MEMBER

1906

DOYLE, EMANUEL J.

MEMBER

1906

DREW, WALTER W.

MEMBER

1906

EARLE, J. EDWARD

MEMBER

1906

EASTMAN, WILLIAM H.

MEMBER

1906

EWING, ALVIN E.

MEMBER

1906

FALLASS, HENRY B.

MEMBER

1906

FERGUSON, RAYMOND M.

MEMBER

1906

FITCH, CHARLES L.

MEMBER

1906

FITZGERALD, GERALD

MEMBER

1906

FULLER, WILLIAM D.

MEMBER

1906

GEIB, FRED P.

MEMBER

1906

GLEASON, CLARK H.

MEMBER

1906

GOSS, DWIGHT

MEMBER

1906

GROVE, WILLIAM E.

MEMBER

1906

HATCH, REUBEN

MEMBER

1906

HEALD, HENRY T.

MEMBER

1906

HEALD, HENRY T.

TREASURER

1902

HEFFERAN, GEORGE

MEMBER

1906

HESS, FRANK W.

MEMBER

1906

HINDMAN, AMBROSE C.

MEMBER

1906

HINE, FRANK W.

MEMBER

1906

HOFFIUS, CORNELIUS

MEMBER

1906

HOLLWAY, GEORGE

MEMBER

1906

HUNT, ALFRED H.

MEMBER

1906

HYDE, WESLEY W.

MEMBER

1906

JEWELL, HARRY D.

MEMBER

1906

JUDKINS, J. BYRON

MEMBER

1906

KEENEY, WILLARD F.

MEMBER

1906

KINGSLEY, WILLARD

MEMBER

1906

KIRWIN, JOSEPH

MEMBER

1906

KLEINHAUS, JACOB

MEMBER

1906

KLEINHAUS, JACOB

TRUSTEE

1906

KNAPPEN, LOYAL E.

MEMBER

1906

KNAPPEN, LOYAL E.

PRESIDENT

1905

KNAPPEN, LOYAL E.

VICE-PRESIDENT

1902

KNAPPEN, STUART E.

MEMBER

1906

LANDMAN, WILLIAM J.

MEMBER

1906

LAWRENCE, JOHN S.

MEMBER

1906

LEE, WALTER C.

MEMBER

1906

LOWELL, ARTHUR

MEMBER

1906

MAHER, EDGAR A.

MEMBER

1906

MAPES, CARL E.

MEMBER

1906

MC DONALD, JOHN S.

MEMBER

1906

MERRICK, BENJAMIN P.

MEMBER

1906

MINOR, DEN E.

MEMBER

1906

MORE, JOHN E.

MEMBER

1906

MORE, JOHN E.

VICE-PRESIDENT

1906

NEWNHAM, RICHARD L.

MEMBER

1906

NORRIS, MARK

MEMBER

1906

O'BRIEN, T. J.

MEMBER

1906

O'BRIEN, THOMAS J.

PRESIDENT

1902

ORTON, JESSE F.

MEMBER

1906

OWEN/OWEM, CHARLES M.

MEMBER

1906

PATTON, JOHN

MEMBER

1906

PERKINS, CYRUS E.

MEMBER

1906

PERKINS, WILLIS B.

MEMBER

1906

PETTER, CHARLES J.

MEMBER

1906

POWERS, JOHN W.

MEMBER

1906

PRESTON, J. T.

MEMBER

1906

RAYMOND, FRED M.

MEMBER

1906

RENIHAN, JOSEPH

MEMBER

1906

RYAN, WILL E.

MEMBER

1906

SMEDLEY, CHARLES O.

MEMBER

1906

SMITH, WILLIAM ALDEN

MEMBER

1906

STACE, FRANCIS A.

MEMBER

1906

STEKETEE, JACOB

MEMBER

1906

STEWART, EARL R.

MEMBER

1906

STUART, WILLIAM J.

MEMBER

1906

SWARTHOUT, ELVIN

MEMBER

1906

SWEET, EDWIN F.

MEMBER

1906

TAGGART, EDWARD

MEMBER

1906

TAGGART, GANSON

MEMBER

1906

TAGGART, GANSON

SECRETARY

1906

TAGGART, MOSES

MEMBER

1906

TATEM, J. H.

MEMBER

1906

TEMPLE, FRED C.

MEMBER

1906

THOMPSON, GEORGE W.

MEMBER

1906

THORNTON, HOWARD A.

MEMBER

1906

THORNTON, HOWARD A.

TREASURER

1903-1906

TRAVIS, PHILIP H.

MEMBER

1906

VERDIER, LEONARD D.

MEMBER

1906

WALCH, HADLEY H.

MEMBER

1906

WALCH, HENRY F.

WALKER, MYRON H.

MEMBER

1906

WARD, CHARLES E.

MEMBER

1906

WATT, CHARLES A.

MEMBER

1906

WESSELIUS, SYBRANT

MEMBER

1906

WICKS, KIRK E.

MEMBER

1906

WILSON, CHARLES M.

MEMBER

1906

WILSON, CHARLES M.

TRUSTEE

1906

WILSON, HUGH E.

MEMBER

1906

WILSON, HUGH E.

SECRETARY

1902-1905

WOLCOTT, ALFRED

MEMBER

1906

WOLCOTT, LAURENS W.

MEMBER

1906

WOLF, GUSTAVE A.

MEMBER

1906

 


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Created: 25 April 2013