- As a young man, Alonzo D. Ireland practiced law in Ritchie and Doddridge counties, and sereved as a shorthand court reporter in those places. He was admitted to the bar in Wood County in 1895, and served in his profession for the second longest period of any present member of the Wood Coounty bar. He served as deputy clerk of the Wood County Court under Walter E. Stout, and during his early days he formed a partnership with Harry D. Perkins, which endured until Attorney Perkins' death. For many years he was the representive of the Federal Lands Banks of Baltimore. Attorney Ireland was well known for his expert penmanship, samples of which may be seen in the office of the Wood County Clerk. During the early days of Mountain State College, he became associated with Mr. Sines as a professor of penmanship and business law.
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