Brush, William Tell
W(illiam) T(ell) BRUSH
Source: Portrait & Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke & Fountain Counties, Indiana (Chapman Brothers, 1893) p 628
WT Brush, a member of the firm of Brush & Snyder, was born at Waveland, Indiana in 1845. His early life was spent on the farm, and what literary education he received was from the Waveland Collegiate Institute, from which he graduated in 1865. He was in the army and served as a brave Union soldier. In 1886 he read law with Thompson & Ristine and was admitted to the bar in June of the same year, whereupon he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of the Common Pleas Court. He was City Attorney from 1869 to 1872, and has held the same office since 1888. For 12 years he was a partner with Hon. PS Kennedy and two years with Hon. RBF Pierce. His reputation is fine as a commercial lawyer in the cross examination of witnesses and he is a strong and forcible speaker. - typed by kbz