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[[Image:bwlacy.jpg|left|thumb| | [[Image:bwlacy.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Headstone in Linwood Cemetery]]LACY, Benjamin William. (Locke, NY, Mar. 12, 1849-Dubuque, IA, Sept. 28, 1912). Judge. Lacy settled in Dubuque in 1872 and became a member of the firm of Adams and Robinson in 1873. In 1875 Lacy was appointed a circuit judge to fill a vacancy and then won election to the position. He was reelected once before resigning to re-enter private practice. | ||
Lacy served as president of the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, [[FINLEY HOSPITAL]] board, director of the Union Electric Company and the Key City Gas Company, and a member of the board of trustees of the [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. His home later became Hoffmann Mortuary. | Lacy served as president of the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, [[FINLEY HOSPITAL]] board, director of the Union Electric Company and the Key City Gas Company, and a member of the board of trustees of the [[CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY]]. His home later became Hoffmann Mortuary. | ||
[[Category: Lawyers and Judges]] | [[Category: Lawyers and Judges]] | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 6 December 2009
LACY, Benjamin William. (Locke, NY, Mar. 12, 1849-Dubuque, IA, Sept. 28, 1912). Judge. Lacy settled in Dubuque in 1872 and became a member of the firm of Adams and Robinson in 1873. In 1875 Lacy was appointed a circuit judge to fill a vacancy and then won election to the position. He was reelected once before resigning to re-enter private practice.
Lacy served as president of the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, FINLEY HOSPITAL board, director of the Union Electric Company and the Key City Gas Company, and a member of the board of trustees of the CARNEGIE-STOUT PUBLIC LIBRARY. His home later became Hoffmann Mortuary.