Samuel H. Ordway
Samuel Hanson Ordway (born New York City, New York (state), New York, June 8, 1860; died New York City, New York, April 19, 1934) was an American lawyer, judge, public servant, and advocate of civil service reform. He served briefly as a judge of the New York Supreme Court's First Judicial District during 1917. Early life Ordway's parents were Aaron Lucius Ordway (1822-1903) and Frances Ellen Hanson (1831-1873). The Ordways were from Essex County, Massachusetts, but his father, a coal and iron dealer and sales agent, spent periods of time in New York City on business. Ordway's younger brother Lucius Pond Ordway (1862-1948) went west to St. Paul, Minnesota and became a wealthy businessman; he was an early backer and president of 3M. John P. Ordway, John Pond Ordway (1824-1880), their uncle, was a successful song composer and music publisher in Boston (''Jingle Bells'' is dedicated to him). By the early 1880s Ordway's father had become an executive for the wealthy Sayles family of R ...
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