Walter Freeman Stone (November 18, 1822 – December 23, 1874)
[The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System - Walter Freeman Stone]
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The Ohio Supreme Court, Officially known as The Supreme Court of the State of Ohio is the highest court in the U.S. state of Ohio, with final authority over interpretations of Ohio law and the Ohio Constitution. The court has seven members, a ...
from 1873 to 1874.
Walter Stone was born at Wooster, Ohio. His father died when he was young, but left adequate means that Stone received an education. He studied law in Pittsburgh, where he studied under Walter H. Lowrie
Walter Hoge Lowrie (March 31, 1807 – November 14, 1876) was a Pennsylvania jurist.
He was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, son of Matthew B. Lowrie, and nephew of Senator Walter Lowrie. After serving in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire ...
, who would later be Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court,[ and in Cleveland, and was admitted to the bar in 1845 in Cleveland.][ Smith 1898 : 322]
In 1846, Stone moved to Sandusky, where he established partnerships with judge A. W. Hendry, and later with Ebenezer Lane
Ebenezer Lane was a lawyer from the U.S. State of Ohio who served on the Ohio Supreme Court 1830 to 1845. From 1840 until his retirement, he was Chief Justice.
Youth
Ebenezer Lane was born September 17, 1793 at Northampton, Massachusetts. His ...
, who had served on the Ohio Supreme Court for 15 years, and his son William G. Lane as ''Lane, Stone & Lane'' until 1865.[ He was initially a Democrat, but joined the Free Soil Party in 1849. He was elected Common Pleas Judge in 1865 and re-elected in 1870. In 1873 he was appointed by Governor ]Noyes
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to the Ohio Supreme Court when William H. West resigned. He was nominated by the Republicans, and elected to the remainder of the term in 1873, but had to resign in August 1874.
Stone married Cordelia A. Hitchcock on June 5, 1851, and they had three children. Stone retired to Oakland, California for his health, but died December 23, 1874. His funeral was January 5, 1875 in Sandusky, with burial in Oakland Cemetery in that city.[
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See also
*List of justices of the Ohio Supreme Court
Bold indicates chief judge or chief justice. The Supreme Court of Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court was created by the Ohio Constitution of 1802 with three judges, and had three or four through 1851. In 1851, the number of judges was increased to five. In ...
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Ohio lawyers
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1822 births
1874 deaths
19th-century American judges
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