Hanchette & Lawton

Charles D. Hanchette was the senior member of the law firm Hanchette & Lawton of Houghton County, Michigan. Hanchette was born in 1859 in Woodstock, Illinois before receiving his education in Chicago. Hanchette entered the law office of Thomas B. Dunstan, a leading member of the Houghton County bar. Hanchette entered the bar in 1886 and three years later formed a partnership with Dunstan, under the name of Dunstan & Hanchette. When Dunstan passed away in 1902, Hanchette and Swaby L. Lawton entered into partnership.

Swaby Latham Lawton, brother of Charles Latham Lawton, general manager of the Quincy & Adventure mining companies of Hancock, Michigan, was the son of Charles DeWitt Lawton. Swaby graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1896 and in 1902 entered into partnership with Charles D. Hanchette, forming the law firm of Hanchette & Lawton which eventually became one of the prominent firms in Houghton County, Michigan.

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