Background
Kirkham, John Henry was born on April 13, 1865 in Newington, Connecticut, United States. Son of John Stoddard and Harriet Prudence (Atwood) Kirkham.
Kirkham, John Henry was born on April 13, 1865 in Newington, Connecticut, United States. Son of John Stoddard and Harriet Prudence (Atwood) Kirkham.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1887. Studied law in office of Hyde, Gross & Hyde, Hartford.
Admitted to Connecticut bar, 1889. Practiced with firm of Mitchell & Hungerford, New Britain, 1889-1898. Partner of James E. Cooper, 1898-1918.
Now senior partner of Kirkham. Camp, Williams & Richardson, partners being John H. Kirkham, Mortimer H. Camp, Margaret Perkins Camp, Harold N. Williams and Carlos A. Richardson. Judge of City and Police courts, New Britain, 1918-1920.
Corporation counsel New Britain, 1920-1933.
Member, Committee of Consolidated School District of New Britain. Prosecuting Agent, Hartford Company. Assistant Judge, New Britain City and Police Court, later Judge.
Corporation Counsel, City of New Britain. Member of American, Connecticut, Hartford Company, and New Britain Bar Associations Clubs: New Britain, University (Hartford), Shuttle Meadow, Saturday Night, Rotary (New Britain).
Married Lilian West, April. Children: John West, Lois (Mistress Stanley Hart).