Background
Partlow, Ira Judson was born on February 20, 1876 in Rappahannock Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Burrell T. and Ruth (Updike) Partlow.
Partlow, Ira Judson was born on February 20, 1876 in Rappahannock Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Burrell T. and Ruth (Updike) Partlow.
Educated Washington (Virginia) Academy, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1904.
Engaged in practice of law, McDowell and Mingo Counties, 1904-1933. City attorney of Welch, 1930-1933. Assistant attorney general, of West Virginia, 1933-1943, acting attorney general, 1943-1945, attorney general, 1945-1949, resigned to accept appointment as judge 8th Judicial Circuit of West Virginia.
Elected judge Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1950.
Appointed member Judicial Council of West Virginia.
Member McDowell County, West Virginia, American bar associations, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Married Andrea Martin, May 23, 1905. Children: Alice Ready (Mistress Alden R. Billings), Helen Ruth (Mistress Hector R. McLean), and Andrea Virginia (Mistress Burchard P. Romain) (deceased), Martin Burrell (deceased).