Background
Symes, John Foster was born on February 10, 1878 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of George Gifford and Sophie Elizabeth (Foster) Symes.
Symes, John Foster was born on February 10, 1878 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of George Gifford and Sophie Elizabeth (Foster) Symes.
Yale University, Bachelor of Philosophy, 1900. Columbia Law School, Bachelor of Laws, 1903.
; children—Virginia Bethel (Mistress John G. McMurtry, Junior), Cynthia Edrington (Mistress Claude Maer). Married second, Florence J. Wade, September 29, 1931 (died April 1942). Practiced at New York City, 1902-1906.
Moved to Denver, 1906. United States district attorney, District Colorado, 1921-1922. United States District judge, Colorado, since 1922.
Student 1st Officers’ Training Camp, Fort Riley, Kansas, April 1917. Commissioned captain, August 1917. Major, October 1918; served with 355th Infantry, 89th Division and 362d Infantry, 91st Division.
Honorary discharged, April 1919. Participated in St. Mihiel and Argonne operations and Army of Occupation in Germany. Trustee U. Denver.
Episcopal Church.
Member American, Colorado, and Denver bar associations, Denver Philosophical Society, Mayflower Society. Mason.; Clubs: Denver, Denver Country, Mile High (Denver).
Married Cynthia Edrington, January 26, 1916 (divorced 1928).; married second, Florence J. Wade, September 29, 1931 (died April. Children: Virginia Bethel (Mistress John G. McMurtry, Junior.