Charles F. Ainsworth

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Charles Franklin Ainsworth (born January 3, 1853 in Lisbon , New York , † May 18, 1931 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American lawyer and politician .

Career

Charles Franklin Ainsworth was born in St. Lawrence County . He was of English descent. The first paternal ancestor, Edward Ainsworth, left Lancaster ( UK, England ) in 1652 and settled after arriving in New England in Roxbury ( Massachusetts down), where his descendants lived for many years. Charles Franklin Ainsworth's father then moved to New York. Charles Franklin Ainsworth grew up on a farm and attended community schools. His youth was overshadowed by the civil war. In the fall of 1870 he began to study at St. Lawrence University in Canton (St. Lawrence County). He graduated with a degree in science in June 1874. During his studies he taught in the winter semesters and worked on the farm in the summer holidays. In the autumn or winter of 1874 and 1875 he was in charge of the Ogdensburg Institute. He also studied self-taught medicine under Dr. CC Bartholomew. In the spring of 1875 he moved to Wisconsin , where he led the Law School of the University of Wisconsin in Madison ( Dane County visited). His legal he made final in June 1876. After receiving his license to practice law, he began in July 1877 in Black River Falls ( Jackson County to practice, where he remained until November 1888). He was the Jackson County District Attorney there for ten years. He was elected five times as a Republican candidate for office. Ainsworth moved to the Arizona Territory in 1888 and settled there in Phoenix ( Maricopa County ). He did not partner with any other lawyer. In the following years he mainly dealt with corporate law . Ainsworth has worked for many major companies in the Salt River Valley including: The Valley Bank of Phoenix, Arizona Improvement Company, Arizona Canal Company, Maricopa Canal Company, Grand Canal Company, Salt River Valley Canal Company, The Highland Land & Water Company, the Valley Canal & Land Company, Phoenix City Railroad Company, Phoenix Light & Fuel Company, and the Phoenix Water Company, of which he was President. He also represented the Casa Grand Canal Company in Florence ( Pinal County ) and The Phoenix Consolidated Gold Mining Company.

From 1899 to 1904 he was Attorney General of the Arizona Territory . At the time of his appointment, he was a judge.

Ainsworth was a famous Freemason . In this regard he was a member of the Commandery, the Shriners and the Scottish Rite . After his death in Phoenix, Arizona in 1931, his body was transferred to Los Angeles ( California ) and buried next to his first wife.

family

Charles Franklin Ainsworth was married twice. On July 12, 1875, he married Miss Minnie A. Southworth (1856-1912) from Canton, New York. Their ancestors arrived on the Mayflower . The couple had at least four children: Frank (1877–1960), Sylvia (* 1880), Arthur (* 1883) and Ruth (* 1887). After the death of his first wife, he married the widow Eliza Blakeley "Lidie" Price (1873-1963), née Graham, on February 1, 1913.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Opinions of the Attorney General , State of Arizona, Department of Law, 1956
  2. ^ Opinions and Report of the Attorney General , Department of Law, 1971
  3. ↑ a b Eliza Blakeley "Lidie" Graham Price Ainsworth in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Marion A. Ainsworth in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  5. ^ Frank Ainsworth in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 20, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Ainsworth, Charles F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ainsworth, Charles Franklin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1931
Place of death Phoenix , Arizona