Background
Clegg, Cecil Hunter was born on June 9, 1873 in Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Clark) Clegg.
Clegg, Cecil Hunter was born on June 9, 1873 in Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Clark) Clegg.
Preparatory education, Owen Sound (Canada) Collegiate Institute. Bachelor of Arts with honors, Toronto U., 1897. Studied law in offices of General Charles H. Toll, Denver, Colorado, 1897-1899.
Began practice at Denver, 1899. Moved to Nome, Alaska, 1900. Assistant United State Attorneys 3d Division, Alaska, 1903-1907, 4th Division, 1908-1912.
City attorney, Fairbanks, 1918. Became judge The United States of America District Court, 4th District, Alaska, and 3d District, 1921. Suggested public observance of October 18 as Alaska Day, also erection of monument to William H. Seward, at Seward, Alaska.
Four-minute speaker, World War. Food administrator, 1917-1918. Grand President Pioneers of Alaska, 1919.
Member, Legal Advisory Board, Selective Service Act. Four-minute Speaker, World War. Food Administrator, 1917-1918.
Grand V.-president, Pioneers of Alaska, 1918. Grand President, 1919. Member: Masons, 32°; Shrine.
Married Jessie Magdalene Johnston, of Toronto, May 11, 1903.