Edward K. Walsh
Edward K. Walsh was born at Comstock, Scioto County, Ohio, on the fourth day of April, 1864. His father was Edward Walsh and his mother's maiden name was Margaret O'Brien. His parents were natives of County Clare, Ireland, and were married there. They immigrated to the United States in 1848, and settled in Bath, Maine. They came to Ohio in 1852 and located at Portsmouth, where they remained for a few years. They then removed to Comstock, in Scioto County, near the line of Adams County. They had five children, four sons and one daughter.
Our subject was reared as a farmer's son. He attended school at Wamsley, in Adams County, under the instruction of Professor J. W. Jones, now Superintendent of the Ohio State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. He also attended a Normal school at Mt. Joy, under Professor Aaron Grady. He was a student at Lebanon, Ohio, under Professor William A. Clark, formerly of Adams County. He began the study of law at Lebanon in 1890, and continued it under the tutorship of the Hon. James W. Bannon, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and afterwards with the Lion, Theodore K. Funk, of the same place. He was admitted to the bar in December, 1894, and located at Otway, Ohio, where he was Mayor of the village for two years. He located at Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1897, for the practice of law, and formed a partnership with the Hon. Noah J. Dever, formerly Common Pleas Judge, who has a separate sketch herein. The style of the firm was Dever & Walsh.
He was elected City Clerk of Portsmouth on April 13, 1899, for two years, and is now holding that office. He was married January 4, 1900, to Miss Katharine Lehman, daughter of Theodore Lehman, deceased.
In politics, he is a Democrat of the straighest sect. In his religion, he is a communicant of the Church of the Holy Redeemer (Roman Catholic), of Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Walsh is a young man fond of social pleasures, and well liked by the general public. He maintains his law offices with the Hon. Noah J. Dever and Harry W. Miller, and practices his profession as well as attends to the duties of City Clerk. He is an industrious, hard-working and painstaking young lawyer who aims to do his full duty to his clients, and is regarded with great favor by the general public. Among his brethren of the bar and those who know him, he is considered as one who is bound to attain distinction in his profession.
From "History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900