Excerpt from "History of Delaware County" Vol II Biographical, by G.W. H. Kemper, M.D., The Lewis Publishing Co.
Orlando Jay Lotz. The name of Orlando J. Lotz is enduringly inscribed on the pages of Indiana's political history in connection with the records of her jurisprudence. His superior ability won him marked success, he was crowned with high judicial honors, and in business and private life he won that good name which is rather to be chosen than great riches. He was one of Indiana's native sons, born on the 15th of January 1852, the eldest of nine children born to Jeremiah C. and Melissa (Schuff) Lotz. In 1861 the father received an appointment under Lincoln in the Treasury Department and took his son Orlando with him to Washington, where the lad attended the public schools for four years. The father still holds the appointment given him in 1861, being one of the oldest men in the service, and he has reached the age of eighty years.
In 1866 Mr. Orlando Lotz returned to his former home and entered the High School at Fort Recovery, Ohio, graduating from there in 1870. Two years later, in 1872, he began the study of law, and in 1874 graduated with the highest honors in the national Law School in Washington, D.C His preparation was thorough and comprehensive, and the favorable judgement which was passed upon him in his early years was never set aside on in any degree modified during his career at the bar and on the bench. In 1885 he was appointed Judge of the Forty-sixty Judicial Circuit by Governor Gray, and at the election two years later he was returned to the office, although a Democrat in a district with a Republican majority of twenty-five hundred, which speaks volumes for his ability and the high regard in which he was held by his fellow citizens. For eight years Mr. Lotz continued to discharge the duties of that office, and in 1892 was elected a member of the Appellate Court of Indiana, in which he served until January 1897, when he resigned the office to resume his private practice of law at Muncie, as a member of the firm of Gregory, Silverburg & Lotz, thus continuing until his death on the 5th of February 1902. He was a man of strong character and of great generosity and exemplary habits, and concerning his life there was never an evil report. He had a keen, analytical mind, quick to grasp and determine disputed questions, and his public opinions as preserved in the Appellate Court reports are logical and display deliberation and research, also showing the master mind in principles of law and equity. But death, untimely and unexpected, took from Delaware county one of its most prominent citizens, where he passed away in the prime of life, bur left behind him a pure and noble record of honesty, industry and perseverance. A self-made man in his efforts to reach the goal of his professional ambition he overcame the obstacles that lay in his path, and his high and splendid example has left a lasting impression upon the profession in which he won distinction and was universally esteemed.
married Amanda Inlow
May 16, 1878 Delaware Co., IN
Orlando Jay Lotz. The name of Orlando J. Lotz is enduringly inscribed on the pages of Indiana's political history in connection with the records of her jurisprudence. His superior ability won him marked success, he was crowned with high judicial honors, and in business and private life he won that good name which is rather to be chosen than great riches. He was one of Indiana's native sons, born on the 15th of January 1852, the eldest of nine children born to Jeremiah C. and Melissa (Schuff) Lotz. In 1861 the father received an appointment under Lincoln in the Treasury Department and took his son Orlando with him to Washington, where the lad attended the public schools for four years. The father still holds the appointment given him in 1861, being one of the oldest men in the service, and he has reached the age of eighty years.
In 1866 Mr. Orlando Lotz returned to his former home and entered the High School at Fort Recovery, Ohio, graduating from there in 1870. Two years later, in 1872, he began the study of law, and in 1874 graduated with the highest honors in the national Law School in Washington, D.C His preparation was thorough and comprehensive, and the favorable judgement which was passed upon him in his early years was never set aside on in any degree modified during his career at the bar and on the bench. In 1885 he was appointed Judge of the Forty-sixty Judicial Circuit by Governor Gray, and at the election two years later he was returned to the office, although a Democrat in a district with a Republican majority of twenty-five hundred, which speaks volumes for his ability and the high regard in which he was held by his fellow citizens. For eight years Mr. Lotz continued to discharge the duties of that office, and in 1892 was elected a member of the Appellate Court of Indiana, in which he served until January 1897, when he resigned the office to resume his private practice of law at Muncie, as a member of the firm of Gregory, Silverburg & Lotz, thus continuing until his death on the 5th of February 1902. He was a man of strong character and of great generosity and exemplary habits, and concerning his life there was never an evil report. He had a keen, analytical mind, quick to grasp and determine disputed questions, and his public opinions as preserved in the Appellate Court reports are logical and display deliberation and research, also showing the master mind in principles of law and equity. But death, untimely and unexpected, took from Delaware county one of its most prominent citizens, where he passed away in the prime of life, bur left behind him a pure and noble record of honesty, industry and perseverance. A self-made man in his efforts to reach the goal of his professional ambition he overcame the obstacles that lay in his path, and his high and splendid example has left a lasting impression upon the profession in which he won distinction and was universally esteemed.
married Amanda Inlow
May 16, 1878 Delaware Co., IN
Excerpt from "History of Delaware County" Vol II Biographical, by G.W. H. Kemper, M.D., The Lewis Publishing Co.
Orlando Jay Lotz. The name of Orlando J. Lotz is enduringly inscribed on the pages of Indiana's political history in connection with the records of her jurisprudence. His superior ability won him marked success, he was crowned with high judicial honors, and in business and private life he won that good name which is rather to be chosen than great riches. He was one of Indiana's native sons, born on the 15th of January 1852, the eldest of nine children born to Jeremiah C. and Melissa (Schuff) Lotz. In 1861 the father received an appointment under Lincoln in the Treasury Department and took his son Orlando with him to Washington, where the lad attended the public schools for four years. The father still holds the appointment given him in 1861, being one of the oldest men in the service, and he has reached the age of eighty years.
In 1866 Mr. Orlando Lotz returned to his former home and entered the High School at Fort Recovery, Ohio, graduating from there in 1870. Two years later, in 1872, he began the study of law, and in 1874 graduated with the highest honors in the national Law School in Washington, D.C His preparation was thorough and comprehensive, and the favorable judgement which was passed upon him in his early years was never set aside on in any degree modified during his career at the bar and on the bench. In 1885 he was appointed Judge of the Forty-sixty Judicial Circuit by Governor Gray, and at the election two years later he was returned to the office, although a Democrat in a district with a Republican majority of twenty-five hundred, which speaks volumes for his ability and the high regard in which he was held by his fellow citizens. For eight years Mr. Lotz continued to discharge the duties of that office, and in 1892 was elected a member of the Appellate Court of Indiana, in which he served until January 1897, when he resigned the office to resume his private practice of law at Muncie, as a member of the firm of Gregory, Silverburg & Lotz, thus continuing until his death on the 5th of February 1902. He was a man of strong character and of great generosity and exemplary habits, and concerning his life there was never an evil report. He had a keen, analytical mind, quick to grasp and determine disputed questions, and his public opinions as preserved in the Appellate Court reports are logical and display deliberation and research, also showing the master mind in principles of law and equity. But death, untimely and unexpected, took from Delaware county one of its most prominent citizens, where he passed away in the prime of life, bur left behind him a pure and noble record of honesty, industry and perseverance. A self-made man in his efforts to reach the goal of his professional ambition he overcame the obstacles that lay in his path, and his high and splendid example has left a lasting impression upon the profession in which he won distinction and was universally esteemed.
married Amanda Inlow
May 16, 1878 Delaware Co., IN
Orlando Jay Lotz. The name of Orlando J. Lotz is enduringly inscribed on the pages of Indiana's political history in connection with the records of her jurisprudence. His superior ability won him marked success, he was crowned with high judicial honors, and in business and private life he won that good name which is rather to be chosen than great riches. He was one of Indiana's native sons, born on the 15th of January 1852, the eldest of nine children born to Jeremiah C. and Melissa (Schuff) Lotz. In 1861 the father received an appointment under Lincoln in the Treasury Department and took his son Orlando with him to Washington, where the lad attended the public schools for four years. The father still holds the appointment given him in 1861, being one of the oldest men in the service, and he has reached the age of eighty years.
In 1866 Mr. Orlando Lotz returned to his former home and entered the High School at Fort Recovery, Ohio, graduating from there in 1870. Two years later, in 1872, he began the study of law, and in 1874 graduated with the highest honors in the national Law School in Washington, D.C His preparation was thorough and comprehensive, and the favorable judgement which was passed upon him in his early years was never set aside on in any degree modified during his career at the bar and on the bench. In 1885 he was appointed Judge of the Forty-sixty Judicial Circuit by Governor Gray, and at the election two years later he was returned to the office, although a Democrat in a district with a Republican majority of twenty-five hundred, which speaks volumes for his ability and the high regard in which he was held by his fellow citizens. For eight years Mr. Lotz continued to discharge the duties of that office, and in 1892 was elected a member of the Appellate Court of Indiana, in which he served until January 1897, when he resigned the office to resume his private practice of law at Muncie, as a member of the firm of Gregory, Silverburg & Lotz, thus continuing until his death on the 5th of February 1902. He was a man of strong character and of great generosity and exemplary habits, and concerning his life there was never an evil report. He had a keen, analytical mind, quick to grasp and determine disputed questions, and his public opinions as preserved in the Appellate Court reports are logical and display deliberation and research, also showing the master mind in principles of law and equity. But death, untimely and unexpected, took from Delaware county one of its most prominent citizens, where he passed away in the prime of life, bur left behind him a pure and noble record of honesty, industry and perseverance. A self-made man in his efforts to reach the goal of his professional ambition he overcame the obstacles that lay in his path, and his high and splendid example has left a lasting impression upon the profession in which he won distinction and was universally esteemed.
married Amanda Inlow
May 16, 1878 Delaware Co., IN
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