Background
Monks, Leander John was born on July 10, 1848 in Winchester, Indiana, United States. Son of George Washington and Mary Ann (Irvin) Monks.
Monks, Leander John was born on July 10, 1848 in Winchester, Indiana, United States. Son of George Washington and Mary Ann (Irvin) Monks.
Educated Indiana State University. Doctor of Laws, Wabash College, 1907.
Admitted to bar, 1869. Practiced until 1878. Judge 25th Judicial Circuit of Indiana, 1878-1894.
Justice Spreme Court of Indiana, 1895-1913 (chief justice 1904).
Married Elizabeth White, August 2, 1869 (died 1908).