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An American lawyer, author, and editor; born at Williamsfield, O., May 2, 1838. He served in the Northern army (1861-65), settled in the South, was a judge, and afterwards editor. He has published: "The North Carolina Form Book" (1874); "The North Carolina Code" (1878); "Legal Digest" (1879); "North Carolina Reports" (1879). His most popular novels are: "Figs and Thistles" (1879); "A Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools" (1879); "Bricks Without Straw" (1880); "Hot Plowshares" (1883); "An Appeal to Caesar" (1884); "Black Ice" (1887); and "Button's Inn" (1887). Died, 1905.