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American judge (1833–1887)

Obed Francis Strickland
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
In office
1869–1873
GovernorCharles Durkee
Preceded byEnos D. Hoge
Succeeded byPhillip H. Emerson
Judge in the Third Circuit of the Utah Territory
In office
1867–1869
GovernorCharles Durkee
Probate Judge of Madison County, Montana
In office
1865–1866
Personal details
BornApril 3, 1833
Dansville, New York, United States
DiedJune 28, 1887
St. Johns, Michigan, United States
Political partyUnion

Obed Francis Strickland (April 3, 1833 – June 28, 1887) was a justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory from 1869 to 1873.

Biography

Born in Dansville, New York, Strickland was a Freemason who moved to the Montana Territory with a promise of wealth from mining. He moved to the Utah Territory in May 1866, and reached the rank of Grand Master in 1872. He founded Wasatch Lodge No. 1 in Salt Lake City with Reuben H. Robertson, whom he had worked with in Montana previously.

Strickland practiced law as early as 1865 in Madison County, Montana, where he served as a probate judge and attorney. He became a judge who served on the Third District Court of the Utah Territory, and later served on the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory from 1869 until 1873. After Strickland's term as associate justice ended, it was claimed by a local newspaper that he paid for his position for $2,800 (US$65,000 in today's money) through a payment to Thomas J. Drake, who sued Strickland in court.

He left Utah in 1882, and died suddenly from heart disease in St. Johns, Michigan, at the age of 54. He is buried at DeWitt City Cemetery in DeWitt, Michigan.

References

  1. "Permanent Organization of the Union Party of Montana". The Montana Post. April 7, 1866. p. 1. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "Judge Strickland Dead", The Ogden Standard (July 15, 1887), p. 1.
  3. "For Salt Lake". The Montana Post. May 26, 1866. p. 3. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  4. "Presentation". The Utah Mining Journal. November 12, 1872. p. 3. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  5. "Organization Set Forth". The Salt Lake Tribune. January 16, 1921. p. 52. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  6. Masons, S.L. (October 28, 1966). "Centennial Pageant On Tonight". Deseret News. p. 19. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  7. "Sheriff's Sale". The Montana Post. March 11, 1865. p. 3. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  8. "County Officers of Madison County". Montana Post. April 29, 1865. p. 1. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  9. "A Dull Day in the Third District Court". The Salt Lake Herald. July 17, 1887. p. 8. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  10. "Worse and Worse". The Ogden Junction. April 23, 1873. p. 4. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
Political offices
Preceded byEnos D. Hoge Justice of the Utah Territorial Supreme Court
1869–1873 		Succeeded byPhillip H. Emerson
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