FAVILLE, Frederick F.

FAVILLE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/12/2005 at 03:28:23

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Frederick F. Faville

Judge of the Supreme Court, was born on a farm in Mitchell county, Iowa, June 5, 1864. He attended the public schools at Mitchell, Iowa, and later the Cedar Valley Seminary at Osage, Iowa. He attended Iowa state college at Ames, from which he graduated in the scientific course. He attended the law department of the university of Maryland at Baltimore and completed his course in law at the state university of Iowa in 1891.

After being admitted to the bar, he began the practice of law at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and moved from there to Storm Lake in 1895. He served two terms as county attorney of Buena Vista county. He was presidential elector from the eleventh congressional district in 1904. In 1907 he was appointed by President Roosevelt as United States attorney for the northern district of Iowa, and served in that office over six years.

In 1918 he moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and continued the practice of law, as a member of the firm of Healy & Faville. In November, 1920, he was elected to the supreme bench. He is a republican in politics.

-source: Iowa Official Register 1921/1922
-note: transcriber is not related and has no further information

(Submitted by Sharyl Ferrall, DEC 2005)
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FREDERICK F. FAVILLE

Served on the Iowa Supreme Court from January 1, 1921, until December 31, 1932. For two years he was Chief Justice.

Born in Mitchell county June 5, 1865, he was graduated in science from Iowa State College and for a time attended the Law School of the University of Maryland. In 1891 he was graduated from the Law Department of the University of Iowa and began the practice of law at Sioux Rapids.

In 1895 he moved to Storm Lake where he served two terms as County Attorney. In 1907 he was appointed United States District Attorney for the northern district of Iowa and served for more than six years. After his retirement from the bench he resumed the practice of law at Sioux City.

In 1933 the Supreme Court of the United States appointed him a special Master in Chancery to establish the boundary between the states of Wisconsin and Michigan.

On March 1, 1942, he was appointed Editor of the Code of Iowa and Reporter of the Supreme Court.

Source of biographical sketch (verbatim transcription) and portrait: “Annals of Iowa”, 3rd series, volume XXVI, issue 3, January, 1945, page 214

Transcriber’s note: Frederick F. Faville is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Mitchell County, Iowa.

(Submitted by Eric and Marcia Driggs, Oct. 28, 2017)
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