RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER: 22 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 6
Judge A.J. Mack was born in Shelby, Ohio, March 15, 1845, and departed this life after a long-continued illness June 14, 1895, aged fifty years and three months. His parents were Dr. John Mack and Mrs. Sophronia B. Mack, both deceased, who were among the early pioneers of this county, and both very highly esteemed for their worth and usefulness in the community in which they resided. His father was strong intellectually, aggressive, independent, and self-reliant; his mother gentle, cultured, refined and possessed all the Christian graces in an unusual degree.
Born of such parentage, his early advantages were of the very best. Judge Mack passed through the usual college course and graduated at the Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, in 1868. He then read law with the firm of Messrs. Jenner & Jenner, and spent a portion of the years 1869-70 in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated with high honors.
He was admitted to the bar in June 1870, practiced his profession for a time with his preceptors Jenner & Jenner, and was then appointed prosecuting attorney of this county, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. John K. Cowan.
In 1873, Judge Mack associated himself with Judge Joel Myers as editors and proprietors of the OHIO STATESMAN, a Democratic daily paper published at Columbus, once the leading Democratic paper of Ohio.
In 1876 he returned to Shelby and to the practice of his chosen profession and at once entered into all the affairs and enterprises of his native home with that enthusiasm so characteristic of him. He was elected a member of the board of education and for many years served as its president; was vice-president of the Buckeye Insurance Co. and of the Shelby Fair Association. He was elected Probate Judge of Richland County in 1884, and was re-elected in 1887 by a largely increased majority.
His thorough knowledge of the elementary principles of law, his familiarity with the practice and his high sense of justice and equity made him a model officer and the rights of the widow and the orphan were most carefully considered and were objects of his special solicitude. At the time of his death he was one of the trustees of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial building. He took a deep interest in the management of its affairs and served as treasurer of the board for a number of years. He filled all these positions of honor and trust, to which he was called by the partiality of the public, faithfully, conscientiously and with a high order of ability.
He was a pleasant and attractive public speaker, a ready writer, a great reader of current literature and kept fully abreast of the times on all public questions. He was a wise counselor and eminently successful as a trial lawyer. He was a member of the B.P.O. Elks, and was a 32-degree Mason.
In September, 1877, he married Miss Ida A. Lybarger, daughter of H.R. Lybarger, of Shelby, who, with one daughter, Mary, survives him and to both of whom the sympathies of this entire community will go out in their great bereavement.
The funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Hubbell, of whose congregation the deceased was a member, will be held at the residence, 312 Park Avenue West, Monday at 3 p.m. Interment private. Burial in the Mansfield Cemetery.
Judge A.J. Mack was born in Shelby, Ohio, March 15, 1845, and departed this life after a long-continued illness June 14, 1895, aged fifty years and three months. His parents were Dr. John Mack and Mrs. Sophronia B. Mack, both deceased, who were among the early pioneers of this county, and both very highly esteemed for their worth and usefulness in the community in which they resided. His father was strong intellectually, aggressive, independent, and self-reliant; his mother gentle, cultured, refined and possessed all the Christian graces in an unusual degree.
Born of such parentage, his early advantages were of the very best. Judge Mack passed through the usual college course and graduated at the Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, in 1868. He then read law with the firm of Messrs. Jenner & Jenner, and spent a portion of the years 1869-70 in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated with high honors.
He was admitted to the bar in June 1870, practiced his profession for a time with his preceptors Jenner & Jenner, and was then appointed prosecuting attorney of this county, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. John K. Cowan.
In 1873, Judge Mack associated himself with Judge Joel Myers as editors and proprietors of the OHIO STATESMAN, a Democratic daily paper published at Columbus, once the leading Democratic paper of Ohio.
In 1876 he returned to Shelby and to the practice of his chosen profession and at once entered into all the affairs and enterprises of his native home with that enthusiasm so characteristic of him. He was elected a member of the board of education and for many years served as its president; was vice-president of the Buckeye Insurance Co. and of the Shelby Fair Association. He was elected Probate Judge of Richland County in 1884, and was re-elected in 1887 by a largely increased majority.
His thorough knowledge of the elementary principles of law, his familiarity with the practice and his high sense of justice and equity made him a model officer and the rights of the widow and the orphan were most carefully considered and were objects of his special solicitude. At the time of his death he was one of the trustees of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial building. He took a deep interest in the management of its affairs and served as treasurer of the board for a number of years. He filled all these positions of honor and trust, to which he was called by the partiality of the public, faithfully, conscientiously and with a high order of ability.
He was a pleasant and attractive public speaker, a ready writer, a great reader of current literature and kept fully abreast of the times on all public questions. He was a wise counselor and eminently successful as a trial lawyer. He was a member of the B.P.O. Elks, and was a 32-degree Mason.
In September, 1877, he married Miss Ida A. Lybarger, daughter of H.R. Lybarger, of Shelby, who, with one daughter, Mary, survives him and to both of whom the sympathies of this entire community will go out in their great bereavement.
The funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Hubbell, of whose congregation the deceased was a member, will be held at the residence, 312 Park Avenue West, Monday at 3 p.m. Interment private. Burial in the Mansfield Cemetery.
RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER: 22 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 6
Judge A.J. Mack was born in Shelby, Ohio, March 15, 1845, and departed this life after a long-continued illness June 14, 1895, aged fifty years and three months. His parents were Dr. John Mack and Mrs. Sophronia B. Mack, both deceased, who were among the early pioneers of this county, and both very highly esteemed for their worth and usefulness in the community in which they resided. His father was strong intellectually, aggressive, independent, and self-reliant; his mother gentle, cultured, refined and possessed all the Christian graces in an unusual degree.
Born of such parentage, his early advantages were of the very best. Judge Mack passed through the usual college course and graduated at the Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, in 1868. He then read law with the firm of Messrs. Jenner & Jenner, and spent a portion of the years 1869-70 in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated with high honors.
He was admitted to the bar in June 1870, practiced his profession for a time with his preceptors Jenner & Jenner, and was then appointed prosecuting attorney of this county, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. John K. Cowan.
In 1873, Judge Mack associated himself with Judge Joel Myers as editors and proprietors of the OHIO STATESMAN, a Democratic daily paper published at Columbus, once the leading Democratic paper of Ohio.
In 1876 he returned to Shelby and to the practice of his chosen profession and at once entered into all the affairs and enterprises of his native home with that enthusiasm so characteristic of him. He was elected a member of the board of education and for many years served as its president; was vice-president of the Buckeye Insurance Co. and of the Shelby Fair Association. He was elected Probate Judge of Richland County in 1884, and was re-elected in 1887 by a largely increased majority.
His thorough knowledge of the elementary principles of law, his familiarity with the practice and his high sense of justice and equity made him a model officer and the rights of the widow and the orphan were most carefully considered and were objects of his special solicitude. At the time of his death he was one of the trustees of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial building. He took a deep interest in the management of its affairs and served as treasurer of the board for a number of years. He filled all these positions of honor and trust, to which he was called by the partiality of the public, faithfully, conscientiously and with a high order of ability.
He was a pleasant and attractive public speaker, a ready writer, a great reader of current literature and kept fully abreast of the times on all public questions. He was a wise counselor and eminently successful as a trial lawyer. He was a member of the B.P.O. Elks, and was a 32-degree Mason.
In September, 1877, he married Miss Ida A. Lybarger, daughter of H.R. Lybarger, of Shelby, who, with one daughter, Mary, survives him and to both of whom the sympathies of this entire community will go out in their great bereavement.
The funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Hubbell, of whose congregation the deceased was a member, will be held at the residence, 312 Park Avenue West, Monday at 3 p.m. Interment private. Burial in the Mansfield Cemetery.
Judge A.J. Mack was born in Shelby, Ohio, March 15, 1845, and departed this life after a long-continued illness June 14, 1895, aged fifty years and three months. His parents were Dr. John Mack and Mrs. Sophronia B. Mack, both deceased, who were among the early pioneers of this county, and both very highly esteemed for their worth and usefulness in the community in which they resided. His father was strong intellectually, aggressive, independent, and self-reliant; his mother gentle, cultured, refined and possessed all the Christian graces in an unusual degree.
Born of such parentage, his early advantages were of the very best. Judge Mack passed through the usual college course and graduated at the Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, in 1868. He then read law with the firm of Messrs. Jenner & Jenner, and spent a portion of the years 1869-70 in the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated with high honors.
He was admitted to the bar in June 1870, practiced his profession for a time with his preceptors Jenner & Jenner, and was then appointed prosecuting attorney of this county, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. John K. Cowan.
In 1873, Judge Mack associated himself with Judge Joel Myers as editors and proprietors of the OHIO STATESMAN, a Democratic daily paper published at Columbus, once the leading Democratic paper of Ohio.
In 1876 he returned to Shelby and to the practice of his chosen profession and at once entered into all the affairs and enterprises of his native home with that enthusiasm so characteristic of him. He was elected a member of the board of education and for many years served as its president; was vice-president of the Buckeye Insurance Co. and of the Shelby Fair Association. He was elected Probate Judge of Richland County in 1884, and was re-elected in 1887 by a largely increased majority.
His thorough knowledge of the elementary principles of law, his familiarity with the practice and his high sense of justice and equity made him a model officer and the rights of the widow and the orphan were most carefully considered and were objects of his special solicitude. At the time of his death he was one of the trustees of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial building. He took a deep interest in the management of its affairs and served as treasurer of the board for a number of years. He filled all these positions of honor and trust, to which he was called by the partiality of the public, faithfully, conscientiously and with a high order of ability.
He was a pleasant and attractive public speaker, a ready writer, a great reader of current literature and kept fully abreast of the times on all public questions. He was a wise counselor and eminently successful as a trial lawyer. He was a member of the B.P.O. Elks, and was a 32-degree Mason.
In September, 1877, he married Miss Ida A. Lybarger, daughter of H.R. Lybarger, of Shelby, who, with one daughter, Mary, survives him and to both of whom the sympathies of this entire community will go out in their great bereavement.
The funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Hubbell, of whose congregation the deceased was a member, will be held at the residence, 312 Park Avenue West, Monday at 3 p.m. Interment private. Burial in the Mansfield Cemetery.
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