D. T. DOWNING.   Was born in Wooster township, July 17, 1849.  After attendance upon the public schools in Wooster, he took a classical course at Denison University, Granville, Ohio.  He was admitted to the bar in 1877.  He opened a law office in Wooster, but after a few years, retired from practice.
Source: The Lawyers of Wayne County, Ohio from 1812 to 1900 by Ben Douglas, Author of "History of Wayne Co., Ohio" - Clapper Printer Company, Publishers, Wooster, Ohio - 1900 - Page 137

JOSEPH O. FRITZ.  Read law in the office of the Messrs. John and Robert Adair, and was admitted to the bar at Columbus Ohio, Oct. 14, 1899.  He was born in Milton township, Wayne County, In November, 1872 and is a son of a farmer.  He has a commercial and academic education, having studied at the Western Reserve Normal College, Wadsworth, Ohio, and taken a full course at the Massillon Business College.  He has recently opened an office at Creston, Wayne County, Ohio.  The white page of a professional life is before him, and he will be summoned to write the lines thereon, by which the court, the bar and mankind will interpret him.
Source: The Lawyers of Wayne County, Ohio from 1812 to 1900 by Ben Douglas, Author of "History of Wayne Co., Ohio" - Clapper Printer Company, Publishers, Wooster, Ohio - 1900 - Page 143