Biography of Arnold J. Padgett
Living Leaders page 20
Arnold J. Padgett, Sr., member of the prominent law firm of Padgett & Padgett, of Washington, Daviess County, has been identified with the bar of this county for the past nineteen years, and has displayed that ability as a successful practitioner that associates him with the leading lawyers of Southern Indiana. He was born in this, Daviess County, Ind., October 28 1855. He was a farmer's son, and all his early training was of the rural sort. During his eighteenth year he came to Washington and was a student in the public schools till his graduation in 1875. He had decided on the law as his life-work, and enrolled as a student in the law department at the Sate University, graduating from there early in 1877. He entered at once into the practice and soon formed a partnership with the Hon. W. D. Bynum, ex-Congressman, which was terminated in three years by the removal of Mr. Bynum to Indianapolis. In 1880 he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor for this district, and two years later he was elected to that office by the Democrats. So well did he transact the business of the office during all of his connection with it that when his first term was expired he was re-elected and gave to Daviess and Knox Counties, then composing the district, an administration unexcelled by an incumbent of that office.
For the past ten years Mr. Paddgett has, politically, been a private citizen. His professional duties have required much of his time, and when not taken up with those he has busied himself with questions pertaining to good government and good citizenship. From his first vote down to 1894 he espoused the cause of Democracy, but at that time he felt that the party was departing from its time-honored tenets and clinging to doctrines that were inimical to the interests of the common people, and he took up his political residence in the People's Party National Convention at St. Louis, was Cahirman of the Indiana delegation, and in that convention labored for a union of the "Silver Forces" for Bryan. He is a member of the People's party State Central Committee of Indiana, and aided materially in bringing about fusion on the Presidential question in 1896. He engaged in the work of the campaign, speaking in the counties of his Congressional District, and was a factor in producing the majority that this district rolled up for the fusion ticket.
Mr. Padgett is a son of W. B. Padgett, a gentleman of Kentucky birth. He married Minerva, a daughter of Wm. Seal, and our subject is the seventh of twelve children. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Charles Padgett, a farmer, born in Maryland in 1797, and died in Washington, Ind., in 1893.
October 28, 1878, Mr. Padgett married Glen, a daughter of James Cosby, a prominent retired resident of Washington and born in Kentucky.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Padgett are David H. and Arna V.
(written before the birth of daughter Marvel E.)
The History of the Catholic Church in Indiana
A. W. Bowen and Co. (1898), Indiana State Library, 315 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 282 B639 (Logansport:Bowen, 1898)
VOLUME II Page 1153-1154
ARNOLD JAMES PADGETT, one of the more prominent lawyers of Washington, Ind., was born in Van Buren township, Daviess county, October 28, 1855, a son of William B. and Minerva J. (Seal) Padgett, who both belong to pioneer families of the state of Indiana. Arnold J. Padgett attended the country schools until seventeen years old and then studied two years in the city schools. In the spring of 1878, he began reading law with W. R. Gardiner, of Washington, and in September, 1876, entered the law department of the university of Indiana, from which he was graduated June 12, 1877.
For about a year he practiced alone in Washington, then, from 1878 until 1881, in partnership with Hon. W. D. Bynum, when Mr. Bynum removed to Indianapolis. Mr. Padgett then formed a partnership with John Downey, which continued until 1885, after which Mr. Padgett practiced alone until 1890 in the same city, when he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was in practice about a year.
From August, 1891, until the fall of 1895, he had his office alone in Washington, Ind., and in November of the latter year united with his brother, J. Alvin Padgett, under the firm name of Padgett & Padgett, since when this firm has done the leading legal business of Daviess County.
As a democrat, A. J. Padgett was elected prosecuting attorney for the circuit court of Daviess and Knox counties in 1882, and was re-elected in 1884, serving in all four years. He gave his adherency to the democratic party until 1893, when, on account of its action in relation to the silver question, he affiliated with the people's party, and was a delegate of the latter to the national convention, held in St. Louis, Mo., in 1896, was chairman of the delegation from Indiana, and has also been elected a member of the people's party state central committee.
Mr. Padgett was united in marriage, in Washington, October 28, 1878, with Miss Glen O. Cosby, who was born in Daviess county, January 10, 1855, a daughter of James and Mary (Hixon) Cosby, and this union has been blessed with two children, David H. and Arna Vida. The family are members of St. Simon's church, and Mr. Padgett owns a very pleasant home East Seventh and Vantrees streets.
Living Leaders page 20
Arnold J. Padgett, Sr., member of the prominent law firm of Padgett & Padgett, of Washington, Daviess County, has been identified with the bar of this county for the past nineteen years, and has displayed that ability as a successful practitioner that associates him with the leading lawyers of Southern Indiana. He was born in this, Daviess County, Ind., October 28 1855. He was a farmer's son, and all his early training was of the rural sort. During his eighteenth year he came to Washington and was a student in the public schools till his graduation in 1875. He had decided on the law as his life-work, and enrolled as a student in the law department at the Sate University, graduating from there early in 1877. He entered at once into the practice and soon formed a partnership with the Hon. W. D. Bynum, ex-Congressman, which was terminated in three years by the removal of Mr. Bynum to Indianapolis. In 1880 he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor for this district, and two years later he was elected to that office by the Democrats. So well did he transact the business of the office during all of his connection with it that when his first term was expired he was re-elected and gave to Daviess and Knox Counties, then composing the district, an administration unexcelled by an incumbent of that office.
For the past ten years Mr. Paddgett has, politically, been a private citizen. His professional duties have required much of his time, and when not taken up with those he has busied himself with questions pertaining to good government and good citizenship. From his first vote down to 1894 he espoused the cause of Democracy, but at that time he felt that the party was departing from its time-honored tenets and clinging to doctrines that were inimical to the interests of the common people, and he took up his political residence in the People's Party National Convention at St. Louis, was Cahirman of the Indiana delegation, and in that convention labored for a union of the "Silver Forces" for Bryan. He is a member of the People's party State Central Committee of Indiana, and aided materially in bringing about fusion on the Presidential question in 1896. He engaged in the work of the campaign, speaking in the counties of his Congressional District, and was a factor in producing the majority that this district rolled up for the fusion ticket.
Mr. Padgett is a son of W. B. Padgett, a gentleman of Kentucky birth. He married Minerva, a daughter of Wm. Seal, and our subject is the seventh of twelve children. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Charles Padgett, a farmer, born in Maryland in 1797, and died in Washington, Ind., in 1893.
October 28, 1878, Mr. Padgett married Glen, a daughter of James Cosby, a prominent retired resident of Washington and born in Kentucky.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Padgett are David H. and Arna V.
(written before the birth of daughter Marvel E.)
The History of the Catholic Church in Indiana
A. W. Bowen and Co. (1898), Indiana State Library, 315 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 282 B639 (Logansport:Bowen, 1898)
VOLUME II Page 1153-1154
ARNOLD JAMES PADGETT, one of the more prominent lawyers of Washington, Ind., was born in Van Buren township, Daviess county, October 28, 1855, a son of William B. and Minerva J. (Seal) Padgett, who both belong to pioneer families of the state of Indiana. Arnold J. Padgett attended the country schools until seventeen years old and then studied two years in the city schools. In the spring of 1878, he began reading law with W. R. Gardiner, of Washington, and in September, 1876, entered the law department of the university of Indiana, from which he was graduated June 12, 1877.
For about a year he practiced alone in Washington, then, from 1878 until 1881, in partnership with Hon. W. D. Bynum, when Mr. Bynum removed to Indianapolis. Mr. Padgett then formed a partnership with John Downey, which continued until 1885, after which Mr. Padgett practiced alone until 1890 in the same city, when he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was in practice about a year.
From August, 1891, until the fall of 1895, he had his office alone in Washington, Ind., and in November of the latter year united with his brother, J. Alvin Padgett, under the firm name of Padgett & Padgett, since when this firm has done the leading legal business of Daviess County.
As a democrat, A. J. Padgett was elected prosecuting attorney for the circuit court of Daviess and Knox counties in 1882, and was re-elected in 1884, serving in all four years. He gave his adherency to the democratic party until 1893, when, on account of its action in relation to the silver question, he affiliated with the people's party, and was a delegate of the latter to the national convention, held in St. Louis, Mo., in 1896, was chairman of the delegation from Indiana, and has also been elected a member of the people's party state central committee.
Mr. Padgett was united in marriage, in Washington, October 28, 1878, with Miss Glen O. Cosby, who was born in Daviess county, January 10, 1855, a daughter of James and Mary (Hixon) Cosby, and this union has been blessed with two children, David H. and Arna Vida. The family are members of St. Simon's church, and Mr. Padgett owns a very pleasant home East Seventh and Vantrees streets.
Biography of Arnold J. Padgett
Living Leaders page 20
Arnold J. Padgett, Sr., member of the prominent law firm of Padgett & Padgett, of Washington, Daviess County, has been identified with the bar of this county for the past nineteen years, and has displayed that ability as a successful practitioner that associates him with the leading lawyers of Southern Indiana. He was born in this, Daviess County, Ind., October 28 1855. He was a farmer's son, and all his early training was of the rural sort. During his eighteenth year he came to Washington and was a student in the public schools till his graduation in 1875. He had decided on the law as his life-work, and enrolled as a student in the law department at the Sate University, graduating from there early in 1877. He entered at once into the practice and soon formed a partnership with the Hon. W. D. Bynum, ex-Congressman, which was terminated in three years by the removal of Mr. Bynum to Indianapolis. In 1880 he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor for this district, and two years later he was elected to that office by the Democrats. So well did he transact the business of the office during all of his connection with it that when his first term was expired he was re-elected and gave to Daviess and Knox Counties, then composing the district, an administration unexcelled by an incumbent of that office.
For the past ten years Mr. Paddgett has, politically, been a private citizen. His professional duties have required much of his time, and when not taken up with those he has busied himself with questions pertaining to good government and good citizenship. From his first vote down to 1894 he espoused the cause of Democracy, but at that time he felt that the party was departing from its time-honored tenets and clinging to doctrines that were inimical to the interests of the common people, and he took up his political residence in the People's Party National Convention at St. Louis, was Cahirman of the Indiana delegation, and in that convention labored for a union of the "Silver Forces" for Bryan. He is a member of the People's party State Central Committee of Indiana, and aided materially in bringing about fusion on the Presidential question in 1896. He engaged in the work of the campaign, speaking in the counties of his Congressional District, and was a factor in producing the majority that this district rolled up for the fusion ticket.
Mr. Padgett is a son of W. B. Padgett, a gentleman of Kentucky birth. He married Minerva, a daughter of Wm. Seal, and our subject is the seventh of twelve children. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Charles Padgett, a farmer, born in Maryland in 1797, and died in Washington, Ind., in 1893.
October 28, 1878, Mr. Padgett married Glen, a daughter of James Cosby, a prominent retired resident of Washington and born in Kentucky.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Padgett are David H. and Arna V.
(written before the birth of daughter Marvel E.)
The History of the Catholic Church in Indiana
A. W. Bowen and Co. (1898), Indiana State Library, 315 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 282 B639 (Logansport:Bowen, 1898)
VOLUME II Page 1153-1154
ARNOLD JAMES PADGETT, one of the more prominent lawyers of Washington, Ind., was born in Van Buren township, Daviess county, October 28, 1855, a son of William B. and Minerva J. (Seal) Padgett, who both belong to pioneer families of the state of Indiana. Arnold J. Padgett attended the country schools until seventeen years old and then studied two years in the city schools. In the spring of 1878, he began reading law with W. R. Gardiner, of Washington, and in September, 1876, entered the law department of the university of Indiana, from which he was graduated June 12, 1877.
For about a year he practiced alone in Washington, then, from 1878 until 1881, in partnership with Hon. W. D. Bynum, when Mr. Bynum removed to Indianapolis. Mr. Padgett then formed a partnership with John Downey, which continued until 1885, after which Mr. Padgett practiced alone until 1890 in the same city, when he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was in practice about a year.
From August, 1891, until the fall of 1895, he had his office alone in Washington, Ind., and in November of the latter year united with his brother, J. Alvin Padgett, under the firm name of Padgett & Padgett, since when this firm has done the leading legal business of Daviess County.
As a democrat, A. J. Padgett was elected prosecuting attorney for the circuit court of Daviess and Knox counties in 1882, and was re-elected in 1884, serving in all four years. He gave his adherency to the democratic party until 1893, when, on account of its action in relation to the silver question, he affiliated with the people's party, and was a delegate of the latter to the national convention, held in St. Louis, Mo., in 1896, was chairman of the delegation from Indiana, and has also been elected a member of the people's party state central committee.
Mr. Padgett was united in marriage, in Washington, October 28, 1878, with Miss Glen O. Cosby, who was born in Daviess county, January 10, 1855, a daughter of James and Mary (Hixon) Cosby, and this union has been blessed with two children, David H. and Arna Vida. The family are members of St. Simon's church, and Mr. Padgett owns a very pleasant home East Seventh and Vantrees streets.
Living Leaders page 20
Arnold J. Padgett, Sr., member of the prominent law firm of Padgett & Padgett, of Washington, Daviess County, has been identified with the bar of this county for the past nineteen years, and has displayed that ability as a successful practitioner that associates him with the leading lawyers of Southern Indiana. He was born in this, Daviess County, Ind., October 28 1855. He was a farmer's son, and all his early training was of the rural sort. During his eighteenth year he came to Washington and was a student in the public schools till his graduation in 1875. He had decided on the law as his life-work, and enrolled as a student in the law department at the Sate University, graduating from there early in 1877. He entered at once into the practice and soon formed a partnership with the Hon. W. D. Bynum, ex-Congressman, which was terminated in three years by the removal of Mr. Bynum to Indianapolis. In 1880 he was appointed Deputy Prosecutor for this district, and two years later he was elected to that office by the Democrats. So well did he transact the business of the office during all of his connection with it that when his first term was expired he was re-elected and gave to Daviess and Knox Counties, then composing the district, an administration unexcelled by an incumbent of that office.
For the past ten years Mr. Paddgett has, politically, been a private citizen. His professional duties have required much of his time, and when not taken up with those he has busied himself with questions pertaining to good government and good citizenship. From his first vote down to 1894 he espoused the cause of Democracy, but at that time he felt that the party was departing from its time-honored tenets and clinging to doctrines that were inimical to the interests of the common people, and he took up his political residence in the People's Party National Convention at St. Louis, was Cahirman of the Indiana delegation, and in that convention labored for a union of the "Silver Forces" for Bryan. He is a member of the People's party State Central Committee of Indiana, and aided materially in bringing about fusion on the Presidential question in 1896. He engaged in the work of the campaign, speaking in the counties of his Congressional District, and was a factor in producing the majority that this district rolled up for the fusion ticket.
Mr. Padgett is a son of W. B. Padgett, a gentleman of Kentucky birth. He married Minerva, a daughter of Wm. Seal, and our subject is the seventh of twelve children. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Charles Padgett, a farmer, born in Maryland in 1797, and died in Washington, Ind., in 1893.
October 28, 1878, Mr. Padgett married Glen, a daughter of James Cosby, a prominent retired resident of Washington and born in Kentucky.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Padgett are David H. and Arna V.
(written before the birth of daughter Marvel E.)
The History of the Catholic Church in Indiana
A. W. Bowen and Co. (1898), Indiana State Library, 315 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 282 B639 (Logansport:Bowen, 1898)
VOLUME II Page 1153-1154
ARNOLD JAMES PADGETT, one of the more prominent lawyers of Washington, Ind., was born in Van Buren township, Daviess county, October 28, 1855, a son of William B. and Minerva J. (Seal) Padgett, who both belong to pioneer families of the state of Indiana. Arnold J. Padgett attended the country schools until seventeen years old and then studied two years in the city schools. In the spring of 1878, he began reading law with W. R. Gardiner, of Washington, and in September, 1876, entered the law department of the university of Indiana, from which he was graduated June 12, 1877.
For about a year he practiced alone in Washington, then, from 1878 until 1881, in partnership with Hon. W. D. Bynum, when Mr. Bynum removed to Indianapolis. Mr. Padgett then formed a partnership with John Downey, which continued until 1885, after which Mr. Padgett practiced alone until 1890 in the same city, when he went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was in practice about a year.
From August, 1891, until the fall of 1895, he had his office alone in Washington, Ind., and in November of the latter year united with his brother, J. Alvin Padgett, under the firm name of Padgett & Padgett, since when this firm has done the leading legal business of Daviess County.
As a democrat, A. J. Padgett was elected prosecuting attorney for the circuit court of Daviess and Knox counties in 1882, and was re-elected in 1884, serving in all four years. He gave his adherency to the democratic party until 1893, when, on account of its action in relation to the silver question, he affiliated with the people's party, and was a delegate of the latter to the national convention, held in St. Louis, Mo., in 1896, was chairman of the delegation from Indiana, and has also been elected a member of the people's party state central committee.
Mr. Padgett was united in marriage, in Washington, October 28, 1878, with Miss Glen O. Cosby, who was born in Daviess county, January 10, 1855, a daughter of James and Mary (Hixon) Cosby, and this union has been blessed with two children, David H. and Arna Vida. The family are members of St. Simon's church, and Mr. Padgett owns a very pleasant home East Seventh and Vantrees streets.
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