Paul Farthing

Background

Farthing, Paul was born on April 12, 1887 in Odin, Illinois, United States. Son of William Dudley and Sarah (Boyd) Farthing.

Education

Attended State School for Blind, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1901-1904. Bachelor of Science, McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1937. Juris Doctor, University of Illinois, 1913.

Career

Born in Odin, Illinois, Farthing was blinded in a hunting accident when he was twelve years old. Farthing went to the Illinois School for the Blind. He then received his bachelor"s degree from McKendree University in 1909 and his law degree from University of Illinois Law School.

Farthing practiced law in East Saint Louis, Illinois.

He served as master in chancery of the city court in East Saint Louis, Illinois and as Saint Clair County, Illinois judge. From 1933 to 1942, Farthing served on the Illinois Supreme Court and from 1937 to 1938, served as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court.

Farthing died in Belleville, Illinois.

Achievements

• Paul Farthing has been listed as a reputable judge. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Illinois State Bar Association Delta Phi, Order of the Coif. Club: Optimist. Company-editor with brother, Philo History. Blind since September 1899, when his eyes were shot out by an older boy.

Connections

Married Harriet Helen Garrigues, June 18, 1914. Children: Sarah Mary, Edna Grace, William Dudley, Virginia (deceased).

Father:

William Dudley Farthing

Mother:

Sarah (Boyd) Farthing

Spouse:

Harriet Helen Garrigues

child:

Edna Grace Farthing

child:

Virginia Farthing (deceased)

child:

Sarah Mary Farthing

child:

William Dudley Farthing