Background
Barbour, James Joseph was born on December 28, 1869 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Review H. H. and Frances E. Barbour.
Barbour, James Joseph was born on December 28, 1869 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Review H. H. and Frances E. Barbour.
Preparatory education, high school, Newark, New Jersey. Studied law in office of Judge Frederick A. Smith, Chicago, 1888, and at Lake Forest U. Law School, 1889-1892.
Attorney for Commercial National Bank, until 1897. Assistant state’s attorney Cook County, 5 years resigning December, 1908. Elected state senator 1916.
Special counsel to attorney general of Illinois in vice graft and murder prosecutions, Rock Island, 1923-1927, and special assistant state’s attorney Chicago graft cases, 1924.
Special assistant state’s attorney in McHenry County prosecutions, 1928-1929. Chairman Local Advisory Board, World War, and speaker for patriotic organizations.
Baptism, an act of full immersion following Christ’s example, is undertaken by those spiritually mature enough to understand its profound, symbolic significance: resurrection to new life in Christ.
Member American Institute Criminal Law and Criminology (executive president) and Illinois Society same (ex-president), New England Society of Chicago (president 1924-1925). Mason. News columnist and speaker on American history and biography. Compiler 3rd edit Abbott’s Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases, 1925.
Married Lillian Clayton of Chicago, September 1, 1891.