HOCHULY, Theodore - 1912 Bio (1869-1953)

HOCHULY, LEGGETT, MAST, BATES, STUBBS

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/15/2007 at 21:37:19

History of Jefferson County, Iowa -- A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol II, Published 1912, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago
Pages 201 and 202

Theodore HOCHULY.

From early boyhood Theodore HOCHULY has resided in Fairfield, and since 1901 has been engaged in the practice of law in the Jefferson county court, being now junior partner in the firm of Sloan & HOCHULY, his associate being Judge Robert Sloan. He was born at Foxlake, Wisconsin, November 29, 1869, and in 1877 came to this city with his parents, the Rev. John and Samantha (LEGGETT) HOCHULY. The father was a native of Switzerland but during his infancy was brought to America by his parents who settled in Pennsylvania, his youthful days being passed in Allegheny, that state. He supplemented his early education by a course in Kenyon College, of Ohio, and having prepared for the ministry entered the priesthood of the Episcopal church. When a young man he came to Fairfield and built the Episcopal church at this place, also organizing and conducting the first Sunday school in Fairfield. At different times he preached at various places in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, but he was married in Fairfield and spent his last days here, passing away in 1893, when about sixty-seven years of age. His wife was born in Ohio but in early girlhood came to Iowa with her parents and died in Fairfield in 1899, at the age of sixty-six years. She belonged to the LEGGETT family, a most prominent one in the county. In their family were four children: Mamie L. and Martha, both living in Denver, Colorado; Theodore; and Elizabeth, the wife of the Rev. W. A. MAST, pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Napoleon, Ohio.

Theodore HOCHULY has continuously made Fairfield his home since he came to this city with his parents when a little lad of about eight years. He pursued his education in the public schools until graduated from the high school with the class of 1888, after which he continued his studies in Parsons College, of this city, from which he was graduated in 1892. For a few years in early manhood he was engaged in the real-estate business and also became prominent in local military circles. In 1896 he assisted in organizing Company G, of the Fiftieth Infantry Regiment of the Iowa National Guard and went south during the Spanish-American war. On the 1st of December, 1898, he was mustered out and soon afterward entered the law office of LEGGETT & McKemey, with whom he remained for eight years, or until June, 1907. The senior partner of the firm was his uncle, Charles D. LEGGETT, long a distinguished representative of the legal profession here. In 1901 Mr. HOCHULY was admitted to the bar but continued in practice with his former preceptors for six years, when he withdrew from that connection to join Judge Robert Sloan in organizing the present firm of Sloan & HOCHULY. The firm is accorded a liberal share of the legal business of the county and has been actively connected with many important cases in the last few years. Mr. HOCHULY is an able trial lawyer and keeps well informed on all the different departments of the law, so that he is ready for any demand that is made upon his professional service.

In 1906 occurred the marriage of Mr. HOCHULY and Miss Mary A. BATES, a daughter of Adin K. BATES, and a niece of Daniel P. STUBBS, now deceased, who was at one time a prominent attorney of Fairfield. Mr. HOCHULY is a member of a number of fraternal orders and belongs also to the Episcopal church. He is likewise a member of the Commercial Club, of which he is serving as secretary and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party but does not seek nor desire office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his professional duties and his close application, thorough study and comprehensive knowledge have constituted the basis of the gratifying advancement which he has made.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.