Background
Ells, Arthur Fairbanks was born on December 17, 1879 in in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. Son of George Nelson and Lucy Ann (Fairbanks) Ells.
Ells, Arthur Fairbanks was born on December 17, 1879 in in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. Son of George Nelson and Lucy Ann (Fairbanks) Ells.
Student Worcester (Massachusetts) Academy, 1897-1898. Bachelor of Science, Amherst College, 1902, Doctor of Laws, 1943. Student Harvard University Law School, 1904-1906.
Martha Lewis Fischer, June 20, 1936. 1 son, Theodore Fischer. Admitted to Connecticut bar, 1906.
In general practice of law at Waterbury, Connecticut.
Member Thorns, Ells & Hincks. Judge Superior Court of Connecticut, 1923-1940.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Errors, 1940-1949. Now state referee; past director Institute Living, Hartford.
Former prosecutor district court.
Former judge of Probate Court. Judge advisory general, state of Connecticut, 1923-1925. Member Connecticut Senate (chairman judiciary committee).
1923-1925.
Director Litchfield Savings Society. Trustee Litchfield Mutual Fire Insurance Company Chairman Connecticut Highway Safety Commission, 1941-1947.
Member national council Boy Scouts America. Trustee White Memorial Foundation. Member Society Alumni Amherst College (past president), Litchfield History Society, American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, Alpha Delta Phi.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle), Independent Order of Odd fellows Clubs: Graduate (New Haven).
Married Dorothea Gross, June 14, 1906 (deceased). Married second, Ruth Thorns, December 16, 1919 (deceased). Married 3d.; children: Jonathan Fairbanks, Eleanor Bradley (Mistress Kendall Murray Barney).