Marion seemed
well-blessed with the number of attorney's that were available in her
early years. From the archives of The Crittenden Presses you can
find many ads placed there telling of their services to help the
public. Here are just a few of the attorney's that were practicing
law in Marion in the late 1880s.
JAMES & JAMES
Lemuel H. James, was born
in Nashville, Tennessee, June 7, 1844, received his education in the
common school's and when only twelve years of age was left an orphan
and began working to support himself and widowed mother. No doubt
his trials and had work gave him a great deal of the push, pluck and
perseverance which has made all that have a personal knowledge of his
character and of his work pronounce him as a thoroughly capable and
reliable lawyer.
He practices in all the state and federal courts and is noted for his success in winning cases. L. H. James wields a jury as one man. He is a self-made man who began educating himself at 19 years of age, and studied law under the Honorable Sumner Marble. He was admitted to the bar in 1859.
He has made a successful
specialty of criminal law, and has in the most severe litigation been
equal to the task and come off conqueror.
He is noted for the
quickness and vigor with which he compels attention to the governing
questions and the same quality has given him is enviable reputation
among businessmen.
Associated with him in
business, is his son, Ollie M. James.
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Ollie M. James, born to
legal purple, his success might have been great through the
illustrious name of his father, but his own merits give him a
prominence that is distinctly his own.
He was born on a farm in
Crittenden County July 27, 1871, attended the public school and
academy at Marion receiving a thorough general education.
In 1887 he was elected
page to the House of Representatives and in 1889 was made cloakroom
keeper of the Senate.
He was admitted to the
bar in 1891, under Judge Givens, formed a partnership with his father
in 1892. His naturally strong and well-equipped legal mind together
with his persuasive address has won him an enviable reputation, he
has that magnetism that commands strict attention when he talks.
He is a good jury
lawyer, always gaining his prestige by honorable means. He has a
larger acquaintance over the state than any man in the county and
before him opens a bright prosperous future.
L. H. James died in 1928 and is buried in the James flamily plot at Mapleview Cemetery.
His
son and partner, Ollie M. James, went on to have a brilliant
political career, and had bright prospects for the future but he died
Aug. 28, 1918 of kidney disease and is also buried at Mapleview
cemetery.
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Cruce & Nunn
The law firm of Cruce &
Nunn occupy a fine suit of rooms in the Carnahan building, and are
they are never too busy to talk and execute business, although they
have a large law practice, one that has proven alike satisfactory to
the lawyer and the client.
Their large library,
composed of the authentic works with the latest reports and
publications, brings them in touch with the brightest minds of this
and every other age, and much time is devoted to a careful perusal of
its volumes.
They are both men of
experience and ability, whose practice has won the favor of all with
whom they have met in business connection.
Wm. I. Cruce, the senior
member of the firm, is a Kentuckian, born in this county, near
Crayne. His legal education was thorough and he possessed the
necessary qualifications to make practical use of it.
He is a lawyer of
recognized ability and Marion has cause to feel proud of him. Well
versed in law and unusually ready and quick in repartee, it is not
strange that he has established a position among the best lawyers in
the state.
William
I. Cruce after this time moved to Ardmore, Oklahoma with other
members of his family. He died there in 1928 and was also buried
there.
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Clem S. Nunn is also a
son of Kentucky and is a rising young attorney. He has the natural
adaptation and educational training for a good, sound lawyer, and
thus far in his professional calling has every reason to be pleased
with his success.
He is careful and
painstaking, looks closely after the interested of his clients, and
secures favorable verdicts by the employment of honorable and
professional methods. The firm as now composed is one of the best in
this part of the State.
They have incorporated
into their law practice live business methods. The are not only able
to handle any matters entrusted to them, but they give close and
prompt attention to all cases of whatever magnitude, and it they take
it al all, it is "to win." Their live methods are
continually adding to their already large volume of business.
Clem
S. Nunn died June 19, 1935 and is buried in Mapleview Cemetery.
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