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Show Spanish-American Served the government War has lived in in the military the Philippine and civil service. Islands, A where he has reading of the Reports of the supreme court of New Mexico containing opinions written by Judge McFie demonstrates his great ability as a jurist. William D. Lee was born in Indiana, November 8, 1830. He was a member of the distinguished Lee family in Virginia. His grandmother belonged to the Baldwin family of the Old Dominion. On both sides of the family his immediate ancestors were active in public affairs and were participants in the Revolution. He was educated at De Pauw university and in the law department of the University of Indiana, graduating at the last named institution in 1852. He practiced law in Indiana until the outbreak of the Civil War when he was made captain of ‘‘E’’ company, 135th Indiana Vols., and served in the Army of i Cumberland; took part in the battle of Nashville and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. After the war he returned to Lafayette, Indiana, where he resumed the practice of his profession. He came to New Mexico in 1876, set: tling at Las Vegas. In 1889, he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court by President Harrison and presided over the second judicial district court for four years. Upon his retirement from the bench, with the incoming of second Cleveland administration, Judge Lee began the practice of his fession in Alburquerque. In 1865, he was married to Naomi A. Reese. Of union there are five sons and two daughters. Judge Lee was one of the pro this re organizers of the republican party. He died in Los Angeles, Trinidad Romero is the descendant of one of the oldest New California, In 0 Mexican families. Hig father was Don Miguel Romero y Baca, who was born in Santa Fé cou in 1798. Don Trinidad was born in that county in 1835. In 1855, he marrie Valeria Lopez, of which years he was trust and chosen union eight sons and daughters were born. For ~ He held several offices active in the polities of New Mexico. confidence in San delegate to the 45th Miguel congress county, where of the United he now States, resides. a position He ir lesa United States attorney notable disturbances occurring in the county of Santa Fé at that time. At the expiration of his term, Judge Seeds returned to Iowa, expecting to return to New Mexico, where he intended to practice his profession. The unexpected death of his father prevented this. After his return to Iowa he held a pro- fessorship in the law department of the University of Iowa, and for the past eleven years has occupied the position of deputy auditor for the war department at Washington, D. C., where he is now living. ; ae 8 A. A. Freeman came to New Mexico, commissioned an associate Justice of the supreme had been court by President Harrison, prominent as a lawyer from and politician. Justice four years, retiring at the expiration Tennessee, in which state he He held the office of associate of his term. He practiced law, after leaving ithe ‘bench, in Socorro, where he presided as judge. He afterward located in Carlsbad, Eddy county, where he also practiced his profession. e left New Mexico in 1908, and is now living in the state of Washington. , 424 Session Laws, 1891, ch. xxv, pp. 45-60. The act provided for a territorial board of education, consisting of the governor, superintendent of public instruction, and the presidents of the University at Alburquerque, the Agricultural College at Mesilla Park, and St. Michael’s College at Santa Fé. endent was named years. Examination Schoolhouses, °r a modern bonding The superin- by the governor. The board selected books every four of teachers was provided for, and also the construction of of school districts, in fact, almost public school system. Pr DEON EO Pee 2, OG Se ae 4 7 A.Stee fers, Sw vA, ae es PE Pe PS SIG eee ee Pe and held the office for four everything required HI RI IPS at tl one of whom, Ralph E., served in Roosevelt’s Rough Riders in Cuba, and since the 1889, he was appointed years. He died at Santa Fé in 1910. Edward Paxon Seeds was born August 1, 1855, in Wilmington, Delaware. His parents removed to the state of Iowa in 1856, locating in Dubuque and later in Manchester. Judge Seeds received his education in the common schools and at the State University of Iowa, from which institution he was graduated in 1887, with the degree of LL.B. Beginning the practice of the law in Manchester, he soon became identified with the polities of his state. He held the office of state senator in 1888 and 1890, and at the request of Senator Allison and David B. Henderson, at that time speaker of the house of representatives, he was named as associate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico. Judge Seeds performed the duties incumbent upon him in a manner highly creditable. Many political questions, of great consequence and importance, came before him for determination, most of these arising out of the political and other REP ie -e an associate justice of the supreme court by President McKinley and occupied the position until the organization of the state government, having been reappointed by Presidents Roosevelt and Taft. On the 9th of October, 1876, Judge McFie married Mary Steel, of Missouri, a daughter of Matthew Steel, an early pioneer of St. Louis. Five children have been born of this marriage, Wid PP ee ee PRee IN Be! oS ak ES FIPS Mexico with a commission from President Arthur as register of the U.S. land office at Las Cruces, which position he filled until December 17, 1885, Ti January, 1886, he formed a law partnership with S. B. Neweomb, which connection continued until his elevation to the bench by President Harrison, 1n 1889, a position he occupied for four years. In 1898, he was again appointed Ps ee be Se. en ok ee, Leek tid tek, tok,ee tok,ee ee) OR a a ea e ee i Depa, Weeds chehiin..beewk.,. naval. ie Wes. Pei ae ven SA a eee eS - rear ca. Ne Jones, Esq. He practiced his profession in Illinois until 1884; he was elected twice a member of the legislature of that state. In 1884, he came to New filled with honor and credit. In 1889, he was appointed U. S. marshal, succeeding Romulo Martinez, of Santa Fé county. Eugene A. Fiske was born in the state of New Hampshire, and was the son of Allen Fiske and Mercy Rogers Parmenter. He received his education in the common schools of his native state and in Massachusetts. At the age of sixteen he enlisted for the war of the rebellion, was wounded, and mustered out of Service as a lieutenant in the 8th U. S. Veteran Volunteers. After leaving the army he graduated from the law department of Columbian university at Washington, D. C., and thereafter served in various department offices in the capital. He came to Santa Fé in 1876, where he began the practice of his profession. In tr 4 " Sn, ee, ak a ee ee & ee RAP ee in the office of J. Blackburn Gs read law e~8 ee oan arte i PE A schools of Sparta, in his native state, and ing of the session in December, 1890, Governor Prince, in his message, called special attention to the necessity for a modern comprehensive public school system as being the most THE PUBLIC SCHOOL important matter for the consideration of the LAW OF 1891 legislature. On February 12, 4691, a bill,“* framed by L. R. E. Paullin, a member of the house of representatives, was passed which marked a new era in the sor’ tions. He left five children, two sons and three daughters, the former residents of Minnesota, and the last named being the wives of Jerry Leahy, David J. Leahy, and John Joerns, respectively, all residents of New Mexico. John R. McFie was born in Randolph county, Ill, October 9, 1848, and 18 the son of John and Elizabeth (Borland) MeFie, natives of Scotland. His parents emigrated to America in 1845. He received his education in the public 507 3 s A A4 seeS E at5Ps beJeenPe ebata rere thorough and energetic; as a writer, fluent and forcible; as a speaker, pleasing beyond the majority of really good speakers; as a lawyer and judge he was able, painstaking, honorable, and upright. He was a man of very firm convic- 1912 ae ae | a 8 The twenty-ninth legislative assembly was notable inasmuch as it enacted the first public school law worthy of the name. At the open- ee 1880 TO : *-s-@ * |a noe oi et 0 bil den. PA he A. HO HISTORY a MEXICAN ~ OF NEW eek ok Pr NG FACTS pe r LEADING “ 906 |
