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Mr. Pierce preached the first sermon in Calhoun county.
Stephen H. Preston is the oldest surviving member of the bar of Calhoun county. He is a ripe scholar, a ready and forcible writer, and a profound thinker. He has been prosecuting attorney of the county, and was for several years editor of the " Expounder," then I think called the Calhoun County Patriot. He has retired from the practice of his legal profession.
James Wright Gordon came to Marshall in its infancy, was attorney for the Marshall Village Company, and thus became intimately identified with all its transactions and with the early growth of the town. As a lawyer and advocate he at once took a commanding position at the bar of this county, which he retained without the slightest abatement as long as he remained in the country. In consequence of a bronchial difficulty there was a roughness to his voice which would otherwise have been musical. He had a clear and comprehensive mind, which had been highly cultivated. He was the peer of the many liberally educated men among whom he was thrown, at the bar and in general society in Marshall. His legal efforts were marked by great earnestness and a clear perception of all the salient points in the case and the law bearing upon the same. He was senator from this district, and was elected lieutenant governor upon the ticket with Gov. William Woodbridge.
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