Background
Bebout, John William was born on April 10, 1898 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Edmund and Bessie (Hobbs) Bebout.
Bebout, John William was born on April 10, 1898 in Newark, Ohio, United States. Son of Edmund and Bessie (Hobbs) Bebout.
AB, Ohio State University, 1921; LB, Ohio State University, 1923.
Senior member Boxell, Bebout, Torbet & Potter, from 1950. Instructor College Law, University City Toledo, 1926-1945. Lecturer on federal estate taxes at bar institutes, from 1945.
Director, secretary numerous industrial corporations. Executive secretary Funeral Directors Association Northwestern Ohio, from 1935.
Active local United Appeal, Lutheran Orphans and Old Folks Home. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Ohio Bar Foundation, American College Probate Counsel. Member American Bar Association (house of deals from 1958), Ohio Bar Association (chairman probate and trust law committee 1940-1952, executive committee 1952-1958, council delegations 1958-1960), American Trial Lawyers Association, Toledo Chamber of Commerce, Delta Theta Phi, Masons, Toledo Club, Inverness Club (Toledo).
Married Vonda F. Eley, September 15, 1924. Children: Bonnie Lou Wening, Barbara Ann Farley.