By the Associated Press
Wilson, N.C., Nov. 24—State and government officials and other prominent persons from various parts of the state are expected to attend the funeral here this afternoon of Judge Henry Connor, of the United States district court of eastern North Carolina, who died at his home here at 4 o’clock yesterday after an illness of several months.
Judge Connor’s health began to decline after the death of his wife last February, and he suffered a breakdown last August from which he never completely recovered. His condition became grave several days ago, and members of his family were called to his bedside.
Funeral services will be held at 4 o’clock this afternoon from St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church. Rev. E.W. Baxter will preside. Burial will take place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Judge Connor is survived by nine children, six sons and three daughters.
Born at Wilmington on July 3, 1852, Judge Connor moved to Wilson with his parents a few years later. He was admitted to the bar when he became 21 years of age, and in 1885 was appointed a Superior Court judge by Gov. Scales. Twenty-nine years of his life were spent on the bench, eight years as associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, and 15 years as United States District Judge. He served in the House of Representatives in 1899 and was at one time speaker of the house.
In 1902 he became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, and in 1909, although a Democrat, he was appointed United States District Judge by President Taft. Many of judge Connor’s decisions were reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States but during his 15 years on the federal bench he enjoyed the distinction of never having been reversed by that tribunal.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Nov. 24, 1924
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