The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 464
Town of Moravia

mained till attaining his majority, when he returned to this State, and in the fall of 1858 commenced the study of law in Auburn, which he continued with some interruptions till the spring of 1860, when he entered the law school at Poughkeepsie, where he remained till December of that year having been admitted to practice, he came to Moravia in June, 1864, and opened an office. He was Supervisor in 1868; and in that year also he formed a partnership with R. D. Wade, which continued till his removal in the spring of 1870 to Lincoln, Nebraska, of which city was subsequently elected mayor, and where he is now at the head of the firm of Brown, England & Brown.

Rowland D. Wade, son of William Wade, deceased, was born in Moravia, February 21st, 1840, and graduated at the Moravia Institute. He entered the army, and on returning home July 22th, 1862, commenced the study of law with John T. Pingree, of Auburn. He was admitted to the bar June 7th, 1867, and in 1868, formed a copartnership with E. E. Brown, which continued till the removal of the latter to Nebraska, in 1870. He was elected Justice of the Peace in 1871, being the only candidate elected upon his ticket.

James A. Wright was born May 4th, 1838, and educated at the Moravia Institute. He studied law with E. E. Brown, and afterwards with Wright & Waters, of Cortland. He was admitted to the bar June 6th, 1864, and removed to Waverly, where he remained till April) 1868, when he returned to Moravia, and formed a copartnership with J. L. Parker, which continued till 1870, since which time he has been in practice alone, and has held the office of justice of the peace.

Elias M. Ellis was born at Aurora, September 1st, 1846, and educated at Cayuga Lake Academy in that village. May 1st, 1866, he entered the law office of Oliver Wood, of Cayuga, as student, and a year thereafter removed with him to Auburn, where he continued his studies till June 7th, 1869, when he was admitted to the bar. July 15th following he became Mr. Aiken's partner, and remained two years, when he removed to Levanna, where he practiced till July 1st, 1874, when he removed to Ithaca, where he has since remained, having charge of the affairs of the Cayuga R. R. Co. at that terminus.

Wing T. Parker, son of lion. John L. Parker, was born at Moravia, December 13th, 1849, and graduated at Moravia Institute in the summer of 1867. He studied law in the offices of his father and Parker & Day, and was admitted to practice J tine 9th, 1871. He at once commenced practice with his father. In September of that year he became Mr. Aiken's partner, and continued such till April, 1872, when he again joined his father and remained two years. He then went to New York and engaged with Messrs. Wingate & Cullen, attorneys, and remained with them till June 15th, 1875, when lie removed to Buffalo, and returned thence January 6th, 1877, to Moravia, where he is now practicing.

Hull Greenfield, only son of Hiram Greenfield, was born in Locke, August 7th, 1850, and educated at Moravia Institute, lie commenced to study law with S. Edwin Day December 1st, 1869, and remained with him till his removal to New York, in 1872, to the office of Man & Parsons, attorneys, having been admitted to practice November 24th, 1871. May 1st, 1874, he returned to Moravia, and during that month formed a partnership with John L. Parker, which still continues. At his examination in Syracuse he stood first in a class of over twenty.

Joel Bradford Jennings, son of the late Bradford Jennings, of Venice, was born October 11th, 1843. He attended school at Moravia, and finished his education in the Law Department of Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, in 1875, having been in attendance there since 1873. He then came to Moravia and commenced practice in April of that year.

BANKS. - The First National Bank of Moravia. The project for establishing a bank in Moravia having been canvassed by Win. Keeler, Austin B. Hale and B. F. Everson, a call was issued April 6th, 1863, and signed by Hector C. Tuthill, James Thornton, Rufus W. Close, P. D. Livingston, Lucius Fitts, Thompson Keeler, S. D. Tabor, Win. Keeler, Lyman Card, A. B. Hale,Lauren Townsend, Charles Chandler, B. F. Everson, E. E. Brown, W. W. Alley, Jr., W. C. Cramer, B. C. Goodridge, Joseph Dresser, Nathan Robinson, B. D. King, P. R. Robinson, S. B. Young, M. L. Wood, David Wade, Jr., Whitman Brockway, H. H. Alley, E. Hopkins, J. S. Paul, H. H. Tuthill, J. C. Odell, Reuben Rounds and C. E. Parker.

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