Sidney Ernest Ellsworth

Background

Ellsworth, Sidney Ernest was born on September 29, 1862 in near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Carson and Eliza (Elder) Ellsworth.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Valparaiso (Indiana) University, 1891. Law student, same.

Career

Admitted to bar, January, 1893. Practiced at Carrington, North Dakota, 1893-1894. Removed to Jamestown, 1894.

Law partner South. L. Glaspell, 1895-1897.

Associate judge, Supreme Court of the North Dakota, January 15, 1909-December 31, 1910. Resumed law practice at Jamestown.

Attorney for State Highway Department of North Dakota, 1937-1938.

Achievements

• Sidney Ernest Ellsworth has been listed as a reputable judge. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Bar Association (general council, 1918-1919, Executive Committee, 1921-1924), Bar Association of North Dakota (president 1907-1908). Member State Bar Board of North Dakota, 1919-1923.

Connections

Married Ella Witmeyer, of Chillicothe, Missouri, April. Children: Maurice Sidney (deceased), Eldora Ernestine, Ronald Stanton.