Upon leaving the army he spent a year in the oil region of Venango County, returning, however, to the occupation of teaching a school at Limestoneville, Montour County. In 1867 he returned to Bellefonte, Centre County, and read law with the late Judge Adam Hoy, and was admitted to the Bellefonte Bar, April 30, 1869. He then came to Clearfield and was admitted to the Clearfield Bar, May 26, 1869. In 1873 he entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Senator William A. Wallace, which partnership, under the name of Wallace & Krebs, continued until Judge Krebs was elected to the Bench of this district, composed of Clearfield County, the first Judge to hold that position after the county became a separate district. His service as Judge began January, 1884, and continued for the full term of ten years, retiring January, 1894, when he was succeeded by Judge Gordon. Retiring from the Bench, after ten years' experience, at the early age of forty-seven, and returning to the Bar, he succeeded in acquiring a very large practice, not only in Clearfield, but throughout different portions of the State, particularly in the line of cases involving mining operations and in cases involving railroad discrimination.

Judge Krebs' intellectual ability, his untiring industry and his force in the preparation of cases and as a trial lawyer, won for him a fame second to none in his profession in the State. As a Judge he was candid, fair-minded, courageous, tolerant and just. These characteristics carried respect for him among members of the Bar, and, coupled with his great industry and ability, made the judgments which he rendered highly respected in legal circles. His fame as a lawyer and Judge brought his name prominently as a candidate for the Supreme Bench before the Democratic convention of 1899, when Judge Mestrezat was finally nominated after a two or three days' struggle in convention.

He was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church, and served for many years prior to and up until his death

as ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church of Clearfield. As in his public and professional life, so, also, in his home and social life, he was faithful and conscientious in every position of duty and trust devolving upon him. He was a charter member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.

Loveland, George (11th J. D., Luzerne), born November 5, 1823; died June 12, 1910. Admitted to the Bar August 19, 1848.

Lynch, John (11th J. D., Luzerne), born November 1, 1843; died August 17, 1910. Admitted to the Bar November 20, 1865.

Mr. Lynch was a prominent member of the Luzerne Bar, and at one time served as Register of Wills of Luzerne County, and was also member of Congress. He was President Judge of Luzerne County at the time of his death.

McCleave, Johns (5th J. D., Allegheny), born August 3, 1853; died March 14, 1911. Admitted to the Bar May II, 1881..

Mr. McCleave was educated at the University of West Virginia, the University of Maryland and the Harvard Law School. He first began the practice of law at Cumberland, Md., as a partner of Judge Hunter Boid, later Chief Justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals. He removed to Allegheny County about 1880, where he took a prominent place in legal circles. For nearly twenty years he was a partner of David T. Watson. At the time of his death he was said. to have one of the most extensive private libraries in the county, and as a connoisseur was widely known. His private art collection is alone said to have been valued at over $100,000. He was a director in the Union National Bank, and was a member of the Duquesne and Pittsburgh Clubs.

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McGary, William H. (5th J. D., Allegheny), born 1848;

died August 7, 1910.

13, 1877.

Admitted to the Bar October

Mr. McGary attended the University of Pittsburgh, and later graduated from the Ohio State and Union Law College in 1870. Practiced chiefly in the Criminal Courts and gained a reputation as a Democratic orator. Was a member of the Royal Arcanum and the Roman Catholic Church.

Marks, Clinton Hayes (11th J. D., Luzerne), born May 7, 1877; died January 1911. Admitted to the Bar October 8, 1900.

He was educated in the public schools of his native township, Wyoming Seminary, Bloomsburg Normal School and Literary Institute and the Lock Haven Seminary.

Meals, Samuel M. (5th J. D., Allegheny), born in 1865; died April 16, 1911. Admitted to the Bar September 22, 1900.

Mr. Meals was a native of Washington Township, Butler County, Pa. He was educated at the public schools, and after his graduation from Grove City College in 1887 became a principal of public schools at Emlenton, Venango County, and later at Oakmont, in Allegheny County. He registered as a student at law with Judge John M. Greer, and was first admitted to the Bar in Butler County, and on September 22, 1900, went to the Allegheny County Bar and formed a partnership with Horace J. Thomas, Esq. The firm had among its clients many corporations and men interested in the oil business.

Meily, Frank E. (52d J. D., Lebanon), born in 1855: died October 2, 1910.

He graduated from Muhlenberg College. He was the first President Judge of Lebanon County. He was appointed to the Bench in 1892.

Meredith, James L. (29th J. D., Lycoming), born in 1839; died July 15, 1910. Admitted to the Bar in 1867.

Meyer, J. Calvin (49th J. D., Centre), born January 31, 1861; died April 15, 1911. Admitted to the Bar December 24, 1884.

Elected District Attorney in 1886 and re-elected in 1889, serving the two terms with credit and ability. In 1893 he was elected Burgess of Bellefonte. In 1908 he was chosen a member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, and in 1910 was re-elected without opposition.

As a lawyer Mr. Meyer was a very successful practitioner and throughout his professional career had the full confidence of his large clientage. He was a very able trial lawyer, especially before a jury. His faculty to see the human side of a case gave him great strength in this regard, and he never lost sight of this very important feature either in preparation or in actual trial. At the counsel table he was alert and resourceful, not only in the presentation of his case as he had previously conceived it, but also in molding his case to meet the actual exigencies of trial. He had a pleasing presence, a fine command of language, aptness in the choice of words to express his thoughts, and earnestness, forcefulness and persuasiveness in their presentation. All of these qualities combined in making him a strong advocate and a formidable opponent. He was well grounded in the principles of the law, and in all matters of counsel and practice rendered to his clients the services of a fully equipped and efficient lawyer. Of a kindly and genial disposition, he was fair and straightforward in his dealings with his fellow-members of the Bar, and amply fulfilled all his duties both to the Court and to his clients.

Nicolls, Frederick W. (23d J. D., Berks), born February 7, 1870; died May 16, 1911. Admitted to the Bar November 11, 1895.

He was the son of Gustavus A. Nicolls, for many years general superintendent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. He graduated from Harvard University in 1892 with especial distinction in literature, and read law in the office of his brother-in-law, the late Henry A. Muhlenberg, Esq. While a student he contributed to various magazines and delivered a series of lectures in the University Extension course on history, political economy and kindred subjects. Upon his admission to the Bar he became a champion of municipal reform, and lent valuable professional service to a local organization for the protection of the public interests. He served for three years as solicitor of the Reading School District.

Mr. Nicolls was an assiduous student of the law, and devoted himself with unremitting energy to its practice, rapidly attaining to a position of leadership of the junior Bar. He was of exact business habits, extremely painstaking in the preparation of his cases and equally tenacious in their presentation. He was a most conscientious counselor and courageous advocate, and possessed in a marked degree the confidence of Court and client. As a man and citizen he stood deservedly high in the public estimation.

Ommeren, John Von (7th J. D., Bucks), born December 8, 1853; died June 10, 1910: Admitted to the Bar December 18, 1891.

He was a good lawyer, had a lucrative practice, and the confidence of his clients and the community in which he lived.