Charles A. O'Connor, 1936-1940
Mr. O'Connor was born Dec. 24, 1893, in Findlay, Ohio. He moved with his family to DeKalb, Ill., when he was a child. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1913, was later admitted to the bar and began to practice law in Aurora. He was a captain in the Quartermaster Corps during World War I. He married Edna Miller on Jan. 1, 1921. Mr. O'Connor was an attorney for the Home Building and Loan Association and Master in Chancery in Kane County Court from 1922 until he was elected state's attorney in 1936. He was active in state and local politics. Mr. O'Connor was elected a circuit judge in 1942 and appointed in 1948 to the Illinois Appellate Court Third District until he resigned in 1953. Mr. O'Connor was unable to appear in court for more than a year because of illness, and was hospitalized for several months immediately before he died Feb. 18, 1953, in Aurora.
