Wilson, Nov. 23—Henry Grove Connor, United States district judge of the eastern district of North Carolina, died at his home here at 4 o’clock this afternoon after an illness of several months. Judge Connor was 74 years of age.
Judge Connor’s health began to decline after the death of his wife last February. He suffered a breakdown in August and he continued to lose ground since that time. His condition became critical several days ago and members of his family were called to his bedside. The end came peacefully shortly after 4 o’clock this afternoon.
Funeral services will be held at 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from St. Timothy Episcopal Church, this city, of which Judge Connor had been a member for years, conducted by Rev. E.W. Baxter. Interment will take place in Maplewood cemetery. The pall bearers have not yet been announced.
Judge Connor is survived by nine children, all of whom were at his bedside when death came. They are: Associate Justice George W. Connor of the Supreme Court bench of North Carolina, Raleigh; Prof. R.D.W. Connor of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Louis M. Connor, Raleigh; David N. Connor, Durham; and Mrs. H.C. McNair, H.G. Connor Jr., Mrs. H.H. Murray, Fred W. Connor, Mrs. H.B. Simpson, all of Wilson.
Judge Connor was appointed to the federal bench by President William Howard Taft in 1900 to succeed the late Judge Thomas R. Purnell.
Henry Groves Connor was born at Wilmington on July 3, 1852. He was educated in public and private schools of Wilson. He practiced law from 1873 to 1885, and from 1893 to 1903 he served terms in both houses of the state legislature, being elected speaker of the house of representatives in 1899.
In 1885 he was appointed to the Superior Court bench and served until 1893, when he resigned to resume the practice of law.
Judge Connor was elected associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina in 1902 and remained on the bench until 1909 when, although a Democrat, President Taft appointed him United States district judge.
From page 4 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Nov. 24, 1924
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