Bellamy Storer
Bellamy Storer, jurist, was born in Portland, Maine March 9, 1798, died in Cincinnati, June 1, 1875. He was educated at, Bowdion, and in 1817, began the practice of the law in Cincinnati. He was in Congress from 1835-1837; in 1844 was a Presidential elector on the Henry Clay ticket; for nineteen years was a judge of the Superior Court of the city. He was popular as a speaker at both political and religious meetings. At one time in his early life Judge Storer was a leading spirit in a religious band of young men called “Flying Artillery,” who went from town to town to promote revivals. When the Superior Court of the city was organized in 1854, the three judges were Spencer, Gholson, and Storer, and they were thus characterized: Spencer as excelling in perception of law principles, Gholson for his knowledge of precedents, and Storer for his great memory and fervid eloquence.
From Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe; Pub. 1888