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Biography of Francis O'Connor |
Who's Who in Pennsylvania, A biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries |
O'CONNOR, Francis J.: Jurist: born in Somerset County, Pa., Aug. 11, 1860. He passed his boyhood on a farm, obtaining an education in common and private schools. He began teaching while quite young, filling seven terms in the public and five in the normal school of his county; after which he entered the Law Department of Michigan University. He graduated in 1884 and was admitted to the Circuit and Supreme Courts of Michigan. On his return to Somerset County, he spent one more year teaching, and was there admitted to the bar, and soon after to that of Cambria County. He removed to Johnstown in 1886, where he practised for several years in association with his brother, J. D. O'Connor. In 1889 he was elected district attorney for Cambria County, and in 1894 became city solicitor for Johnstown for a two years' term. In 1901 he was elected president judge of his district for the term of ten years expiring in January, 1912. Address: Johnstown, Pa. |
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