Edward Montgomery McCall (1883-1934)

MCCALL, BOYNTON

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:14

Edward Montgomery McCall was horn in Nevada, Iowa, August 30, 1873, and died in Fort Dodge October 28, 1934. Burial was at Nevada. His parents were Thomas Clifton and Mary Abigail (Boynton) McCall. He obtained his early education in the public schools of Nevada, took one year in the preparatory department of Cornell College, Mount Vernon, three years in liberal arts in the State Agricultural College, Ames, and was graduated from the Law Department of the State University of Iowa in 1896. He began practice of the law at Nevada. He was city attorney of Nevada two years, 1900 to 1902, and county attorney of Story County four years, 1905 to 1909. In 1910 he joined with J. A. Fitzpatrick in the law firm of Fitzpatrick & McCall. The fall of 1914 he was elected a judge of the Eleventh Judicial District and served ten years, or until 1925, when he removed to Fort Dodge to become a member of the firm of Helsell, McCall & Dolliver. When C. A. Helsell was transferred to Chicago in the legal department of the Illinois Central Railroad in January, 1934, Judge McCall was named district attorney for the railroad.

Citation: "Edward Montgomery McCall."The Annals of Iowa 19 (1935), 560-560.
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