Ficklin, Orlando B
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1808 in Kentucky.
In 1834 he was a member of the Illinois legislature, and was attorney for the Wabash circuit in 1835. In 1838 and in 1842 he was again elected to the legislature.
In 1843 he was elected a representative in congress from Illinois, serving six consecutive years, and was again elected in 1850. In 1853 he was colonel of militia, and in 1856 was a presidential elector.
FIEDLER, WILLIAM FREDERICK, lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 8, 1862, in Cleveland, Ohio. He has attained success as one of the foremost lawyers of Ohio at Cleveland; has been prosecuting attorney and judge of the police court, and takes an active part in public affairs.