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Judge Frederick F Faville

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Judge Frederick F Faville

Birth
Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA
Death
19 Feb 1954 (aged 88)
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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The Honorable Frederick F. Faville, Supreme Court Justice in the Iowa Supreme Court was born on a farm in Mitchell County, Iowa, June 5, 1864.

He attended the public schools in Mitchell Iowa and later attended the Cedar Valley Seminary in Osage Iowa.

After graduating from the public school systems here in Mitchell County Frederick attended Iowa State University at Ames, from which he recieved a degree in Political Science.

Frederick then attended the Law Department of the University of Maryland at Baltimore and returned to Iowa to complete his Degree in Law at Iowa State University in 1891.

After being admitted to the Iowa Bar Association, he began the practice of law at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and moved from there to Storm Lake in 1895.

Frederick served two terms as county attorney of Buena Vista county in Iowa.

He was Presidential Elector from the Eleventh Congressional District in 1904.

In 1907 he was appointed by President Roosevelt himself as the 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.

As a Republican he was elected to the bench of the Iowa Supreme Court in November of 1920.

Judge Faville was returned to Mitchell Iowa to be interred with his family members at the Oak Grove Cemetary.

Research Credit: Jody Roll


The Honorable Frederick F. Faville, Supreme Court Justice in the Iowa Supreme Court was born on a farm in Mitchell County, Iowa, June 5, 1864.

He attended the public schools in Mitchell Iowa and later attended the Cedar Valley Seminary in Osage Iowa.

After graduating from the public school systems here in Mitchell County Frederick attended Iowa State University at Ames, from which he recieved a degree in Political Science.

Frederick then attended the Law Department of the University of Maryland at Baltimore and returned to Iowa to complete his Degree in Law at Iowa State University in 1891.

After being admitted to the Iowa Bar Association, he began the practice of law at Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and moved from there to Storm Lake in 1895.

Frederick served two terms as county attorney of Buena Vista county in Iowa.

He was Presidential Elector from the Eleventh Congressional District in 1904.

In 1907 he was appointed by President Roosevelt himself as the 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.

As a Republican he was elected to the bench of the Iowa Supreme Court in November of 1920.

Judge Faville was returned to Mitchell Iowa to be interred with his family members at the Oak Grove Cemetary.

Research Credit: Jody Roll



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