Louisiana Fayette Twitchell

Background

Twitchell, Louisiana Fayette was born on December 22, 1859 in Hardin County, Illinois, United States. Son of Louisiana Fayette and Harriett A. (Steele) Twitchell.

Education

Educational public schools Elizabethtown, Illinois. Legal education, Bloomington (Illinois) Law School, 1879-1880.

Career

Employed in office of Clerk of Circuit Court and recorder, Elizabethtown, 1873-1876. Manager general merchandise store, 1877-1878. In law office, 1880-1881.

Admitted to Illinois bar, 1880, Colorado bar, 1883, bar of Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1916.

Practiced in Elizabethtown, 1881-1882, and 1886-1889, Gunnison, Colorado, 1883-1885, Montrose, 1890-1894, Denver, since 1895. Senior partner Twitchell, Clark & Burkhardt.

Mayor of Montrose, 1893-1894. County attorney Denver County, 1897-1898.

Achievements

• Louisiana Fayette Twitchell has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Odd Fellow.

Connections

Married Mary H. Ledbetter, November 27, 1882 (died 1918). Children: Edna (Mistress William J. Poland), Goudy Ledbetter (deceased), Austin (deceased), Blanche (deceased).