In the biographical portion of this work are given biographies of the present bar, but there are a number who belong to the past -- who have come and gone, or died in the county -- and these deserve mention. In their proper order we will allude to the present as well as the past attorneys. Most of these, of course, were residents of Jefferson.

The first resident attorney was Jackson Orr. He came to Jefferson in 1855., the first year of the village's history, and practiced law and dealt in real estate here for six years. In 1861 he went into the service of "Uncle Sam" as Captain of Company H, Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He resigned after two years service, and on his return located at Boone and engaged in mercantile business. He served two terms in the National House of Representatives, and one term in the State Senate. He is now in Silverton, Colorado. In politics he has always been an active Republican. He was an able man, and well known in the early history of this county.

William Phillips and Robert M. Rippey, both of whom held the office of county judge before the war, were never exactly practicing members of the bar, but were prominent men, and, of course, connected more or less with legal circles.

DAN. MILLS came to the county just after Jackson Orr, from Elkhart, Indiana. He practiced continuously till during the war, when he was appointed to a clerkship in Washington. He was satisfied with this but a few months, and then returned to Jefferson, where he was appointed county judge, to which office he had been elected before going to Washington. After the expiration of his term as county judge, he practiced law until his health failed. He is yet living at Jefferson, but old and infirm. In politics he has been a Republican.

O. R. JONES practiced law three or four years before the war; was then in mercantile business several years, also, farming to some extent. He went South, and two or three years ago died in Indian Territory. He was an active Republican politician.

V. B. CROOKS was a successful lawyer of more than average ability, and died here, before the war, while in his prime. He was politically a Democrat.

H. C. RIPPEY, a cousin of Judge Rippey, was from Elkhart, Indiana. He was in practice for a number of years, and then removed to Florida. He has been a Democrat usually, but during the war acted with the Republicans. He swerved one term as Representative in the General Assembly.

G. S. TOLIVER commenced practice soon after the war, and has continued to the present time. He is a Republican, has served one term as Representative in the General Assembly, and two terms as county treasurer.

ALBERT HEAD came about the same time, practiced law several years, and then devoted himself to banking. He has served two terms in the Lower House of the General Assembly, and was Speaker the last time. He is a Republican.

J. J. RUSSELL has been here nearly as long. He is a Republican, and has served a term in the State Senate.

ORLANDO H. MANNING read law with Russell & Head, and practiced law at Jefferson for a time, then removed to Carroll. Since that time he has been Representative to the General Assembly, and Lieutenant-Governor of the State. The town of Manning, in Carroll County, is named in his honor. He is a Republican in politics. He is now in business at Topeka, Kansas.

HARVEY POTTER has been here since 1865 as a lawyer and insurance agent. He is a Republican, and was the last county judge of Greene County, being elected in the autumn of 1867. During 1869, the second year of his term, he was ex-officio county auditor.

C. H. JACKSON came to Jefferson in 1870. He has been in practice ever since, and has also been prominent in politics. He was first a Democrat, but of late years has been a Greenbacker. He edited for several years the Greene County Gazette, a Greenback paper not now published. In 1882 he was the Greenback candidate for Attorney-General of the State, and two years later he was the fusion candidate for circuit judge in this district.

I. D. HOWARD, who was for eight years county clerk, was admitted to the bar during that time and has practiced continuously since 1869. He is a Republican, and has been one of the leading politicians of Greene County. In 1874 he was appointed by President Grant Register of the Land Office for the Del Norte District, comprising the southern half of Colorado; but finding that desolate region too unpleasant to think of asking his family to live there, he resigned in a few weeks. He has been major of Jefferson, and is now justice of the peace.

I. J. MCDUFFIE came here about 1870, and after practicing alone for a time, formed a partnership with his brother-in-law. M. E. Hall, who came two or three years after Mr. McDuffie. Mr. Hall went east, to Vermont, but two or three years later returned, and is now a resident of Jefferson, though not practicing. Mr. McDuffie practiced two years alone, after Mr. Hall went East, then formed a partnership with L. D. Howard, which was maintained for ten years, and in July, 1886, removed to Le Mars, Plymouth County. He was a Republican until 1883, since when he has put his faith in Democracty. In 1886 he was defeated for county attorney in Plymouth County.

JAMES A. HENDERSON came to Jefferson in 1873, from Marshalltown, and was for two years in partnership with I. D. Howard. He was then alone one year, after which he removed to Illinois, where he died. He was a brother of Judge H. C. Henderson. Hon.Thomas J. Henderson, ex-Congressman from the Princeton (Illinois) district, John W. Henderson, State Senator from Cedar Rapids and president of the Farmers' Insurance Company, and Daniel W. Henderson, ex-county clerk of Greene County-- all are Republicans.

L. W. REYNOLDS was here for three years, and is now practicing at Boone.

Z. A. CHURCH has been a resident attorney for seven years, and in the autumn of 1886 was elected county attorney on the Republican ticket.

W. W. ANDREWS and E. E. Clark came here a few years ago and formed a partnership. They have both left, the former for Dakota, while Clark is now at Grand Junction, this county.

PERRY D. ROSE was admitted to the bar in 1882, and located at Scranton. In June, 1886, he removed to Jefferson and formed a partnership with I. D. Howard.

At Grand Junction, Thomas H. Grove, of Hagerstown, Maryland, located in 1870. He remained nine years, and then went to Colorado. I. K. Alder was at this point from 1881 to 1884, and did well here. He is now in Ainsworth, Nebraska. Messrs. Clark and Turner, the present lawyers of the place, are comparatively recent arrivals.

The first lawyer at Scranton was William M. Laugley. He came in 1873, and several years later removed to Nebraska. Lucius Barnes was in practice here two years, and died in 1880. Perry D. Rose came here from Jefferson in 183, practiced three years, and in June, 1886, returned to Jeffersonk, where he is now a partner of I. D. Howard. T> B. Moore located at Scranton in the spring of 1886, as an emigrant from Carroll, and now has the field to himself.

The pioneer physican of Greene County was Dr. James Miller, who lived north of the present site of Scranton, and practiced over a wide extent of country for many years.

The first physician of Jefferson was a Dr. Lewis. He lived but a short time, and was the first death at Jefferson. W. S. McBride, who came from Indiana, located at the county seat, just established, in 1855. Early in the war he opened a drug store, which he conducted in connection with the practice of medicine until 1870, when he removed to Marshalltown. He is still conducting a drug store, and is well off. He is spoken of as a good physician.

G. H. GRIMMELL came in 18656, and has been continuously in practice since.

D. J. BOWMAN, an eclectic, has been in practice most of the time for sixteen years, and is now serving his third term as county coroner.

W. S. SCHERMERHORN, in partnership with Messrs. Loomis and King, purchased McBride's drug store on the removal of the latter to Marshalltown, and Schermerhorn has been in practice since.

C. J. COWAN came from Goshen, Indiana, to Jefferson in 1867, and after three years returned to his former location.

C. J. WYNKOOP was here about two years, and is now in mercantile business in Kansas.

CHARLES ENFIELD has been in practice about fifteen years.

IRA H. FRY, a homoeopathist, located here in 1879, and in 1884 moved to Clarinda, Page County.

DR. CRAIG came in 1880 from Rippey, and after two or three years at Jefferson removed to Lohrville, north of this county.

F. D. CASS came here from Illinois in 1882, and one year later located at Churdan, this county, where he has a drug store.

H. W. DICKINSON, a homoeopathist, located here in 1884, and is now in practice.

The first physician at Grand Junction was O. W. Lowry, who is still in practice. Drs. Kirby andScarborough are also in practice there. Dr. Park has been an eminent practitioner, but has never entered upon general practice in Grand Junction.

Dr. James Pressnell located at Scranton in 1868, and died in 1883. Dr. R. Olive has been in practice for twenty years, and has kept a drug store since 1872. Dr. W. C. Davis was here two years, and went to Georgia. Dr. B. H. Hoover was here two years and in 1881 went to Audubon County. Dr. E. A. Gleason was here a year and a half, and in 1885 went West.