Viewing William C. Durkee (1842-1882).William C. Durkee (1842-1882).A Civil War veteran and a recent admittee to the bar, William Durkee was elected Clerk of the Blue Earth County District Court in 1868, and served from 1869 to death on October 27, 1882. Four days later, the county bar association passed resolutions in his honor, one of which affirmed, "That, as a public office he was competent and faithful, and knowing that he was the servant of the people, without that demeanor of pride and ostentation that marks the inferior mind, he discharged his duties with the cordial and easy manner that won the sure and lasting friendship of all." |