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Id#: 0799350 Name: Connell, Judge James C. Date: Oct 31 1973 Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #101. Notes: Connell. Judge James C. Connell, beloved husband of Cecelia, dear father of Dr. Thomas F. J. Connell, brother of Mrs. Emmett Porter (Mary), Mrs. Ralph Connors (Catherine), John M. and the late Thomas F. Jr., grandfather of James P. Connell. Services Saturday, Gesu Church at 10 A.M. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Family will receive friends at The Flynn-Mylott Funeral Home, 4600 Mayfield Rd. South Euclid On Thursday 7-9 P.M. And Friday 2-4 And 7-9 P.M.

Ohio Deaths, 1970-88 Connell, James C Death Date: 30 October 1973 Place of Death: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Residence: Shaker Hts., Cuyahoga County Gender: Male Race: White Age: 76 Years Marital Status: Married Death Certified by: Physician Work Injury: Autopsy: No Autopsy Birth Date: Birth State: Certificate: 083526 Volume: 21481 Place of Accident: Origin:

More from Bench and Bar, Northern Ohio, William B. Neff, Published 1921: James Charles Connell, residence 5922 Superior Avenue, office at 506 Williamson Building, Cleveland. Born Sept. 20, 1895, son of Thos. F and Elizabeth (Stoll) Connell. Attended Immaculate Conception Parochial School; High School of Commerce, Cleveland; Baldwin-Wallace College; Ohio Northern University; obtained his LL.B. from John Marshall Law School, Cleveland, Ohio. Admitted to the bar of Ohio, December, 1918. Associated in the practice of law in Cleveland with TJ Ross. During World War with Case Military Camp; assigned to Baldwin-Wallace College in charge of S.A.T. Company. Member Knights of Columbus, American Legion.

Story in Nov. 1973 Cleveland Plain dealer "Judge J.C. Connell dies at 76, rites set for Saturday" Services for Judge James C. Connell, chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Northern Ohio from 1960 until 1971, when he went on senior reserve status, will be in Gesu Catholic Church, 2470 Miramar Boulevard, university Heights, at 10 a.m. Saturday. Judge Connell, who was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the federal bench in 1954, died Tuesday in St. Vincent Charity Hospital. His home was at 22399 Shelbourne Road, Shaker Heights. A prominent Catholic layman and outspoken foe of communism, he had served as president of the Diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies and received the National Society of Holy Mens bestowed upon him the (Blessed John) Vercelli Medal (in 1951). Pope Pius XII made him a Knight of St. Gregory in 1949. The Greater Cleveland Knights of Columbus named him their Catholic Man of the Year in 1946. His schoolmates at the old West High School of Commerce recalled him as a speedy typist and an outstanding member of the debating team. At the age of 18, in an amateur contest he tied Billy Rose's professional record by typing 106 words a minute. Judge Connell was born here Sept. 20, 1897. His father, Thomas F. Connell, was a former chief fire warden here. He grew up in the Superior Avenue-E. 55th Street area. In the old gaslight days, he earned money as a lamplighter in his neighborhood. Young Connell attended the old John Marshall Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1918. In 1921, Judge Connell was married to the former Cecelia Marie McDonough, who survives him. His first public office was as an assistant county prosecutor, and then entered private law practice. Gov. John W. Bricker in 1941 appointed Judge Connell to the common pleas bench. Judge Connell was elected in 1942 and re-elected in 1943. He resigned from the common pleas bench to accept the lifetime federal appointment. He was sworn in Aug. 25, 1954. His appointment was hailed in November that year at a testimonial dinner by some 1,000 Clevelanders at the old Hotel Pick Carter. During his years on the bench, Judge Connell had more than his share of controversies because, as his contemporaries would point out: " He had the courage to call them as he saw them." As a common pleas judge, he levied stiff fines and prison terms against 12 United Electrical workers involved in the Fawick Airflex Co. strike in 1949. He refused to fire his secretary and confidant of many years who drew criticism from the Senate Appropriations Committee. He upheld Teamsters boss James R. Hoffa by granting a temporary injunction in 1958 to halt an election of Local 377. Survivors , besides his wife, include a son, Dr. Thomas J. an obstetrician and gynecologist on the staff of Euclid General Hospital; a grandson, two sisters, and a brother.

East Cleveland City Directory 1953-1954 James C. (Cecelia M.) Judge Court of Common Pleas h. 2699 Landon Road (Shaker Heights), between Shelbourne and Wadsworth roads

more about Judge James Charles Connell (1897-1973) The eighteenth district judge for the Northern District of Ohio was appointed on August 10, 1954 and took the oath of office at Cleveland, Ohio on August 25, 1954. He was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, republican, following the Act of February 10, 1954 creating five judgeships in the Northern District of Ohio. He succeeded Judge McNamee as Chief Judge on December 5, 1960. He was succeeded as Chief Judge by Judge Kalbfleisch on September 20, 1967. He took senior status September, 1971 and served until his death on October 30, 1973.

http://156.125.4.212/6CAhistory/Ohio/Northern/jcc-bio.htm "... His father was Chief Fire Warden for the City of Cleveland, and served in that department for 47 years... Following his graduation from high school, Connell worked for the M.A. Hanna Company and for James A. Newkirk as a stenographer.... After admission to the Ohio bar, Connell practiced law in Cleveland with T.J. Ross (1918-1921, 1929-1941).... His public career began in January, 1922, as assistant Police Prosecutor. He served as assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor (1923-1928), and later Chief Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor (19128-1929), while maintaining his private law practice specializing in labor law and criminal truial practice. In 1941, Connell was appinted to the Common Pleas Bench where he was re-elected three times without opposition... In addition to his judicial and legal duties and affiliations, including membership in the American Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the Cleveland Bar Association, and the Cuyahoga County Bar Association (president, 1936), Judge Connell was active in numerous professional and community organizations. His non-judicial activities included memberships in the Irish Civic Association (president 1944), the Cleveland Diocesan Holy Name Society, teh Cleveland Mental Health Association, the Cleveland Safety Council, and the Cleveland-Marshall Alumni Asscciation. he also served as a professor of Law at Marshall Law School... the school conferred an honorary LL.D. to Judge Connell in 1945 and John Carroll University also honored him with an LL.D. in 1954.