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History of Bay County Michigan
pub. H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1883

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           THEOPHILUS COTTON GRIER, judge of the Eighteenth Judicial
	 Circuit, from 1870 to the time of his death in 1872, was in 
	 his day a prominent member of the Bay County bar. JUDGE GRIER 
	 was born on the 2nd of January, 1834, and he was consequently 
	 in his thirty-ninth year at the time of his death. His parents 
	 resided at Ravenna, Ohio, during his early childhood, but they 
	 both died when he was quite young. He then resided with an 
	 uncle for some time. He was a descendant, on his mother's side, 
	 from the REV. JOHN COTTON, of Boston, and of Pilgrim fame. At 
	 fifteen years of age he was apprenticed to JOEL B. BRATTLES, 
	 editor of the Trumbull County Democrat, Ohio; after that he 
	 attended an institution of learning in Marietta, and studied 
	 law in the office of Riddle & Hathaway, at Chardon, Ohio, in 
	 1851. In 1857 he married the lady who was his faithful companion 
	 till the day of bis death. Shortly after his marriage he was 
	 admitted to the bar and removed to Pine Run, in this state, 
	 where he commenced the practice of law in the same year. In 
	 the latter part of the year 1859 he removed to Bay City. At 
	 that time he was in very destitute circumstances, but with 
	 that courage and ability he possessed, he soon secured a good 
	 practice and continued to increase it until it became quite 
	 lucrative. JUDGE GRIER was frequently elected to offices of 
	 trust and honor. In 1860 he was elected prosecuting attorney 
	 and Circuit Court commissioner for the county. In 1862 he was, 
	 however, not fortunate, and was defeated in the election for 
	 the same offices. In 1865 he was the attorney for the city, 
	 and in 1867 was elected representative to the Legislature from 
	 this district. While filling this office he distinguished
	 himself both as a debator and good working member. In 1870, 
	 by unanimous request of his legal brethren of the Bay City 
	 bar, and without opposition, he was chosen judge of the 
	 Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.
	 
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