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Obed F. Strickland
Obed Francis Strickland (April 3, 1833 – June 28, 1887)[2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory from 1869 to 1873. BiographyBorn in Dansville, New York, Strickland was a Freemason who moved to the Montana Territory with a promise of wealth from mining. He moved to the Utah Territory in May 1866,[3] and reached the rank of Grand Master in 1872.[4][5] He founded Wasatch Lodge No. 1 in Salt Lake City with Reuben H. Robertson, whom he had worked with in Montana previously.[6] Strickland practiced law as early as 1865 in Madison County, Montana, where he served as a probate judge and attorney.[7][8] He became a judge who served on the Third District Court of the Utah Territory, and later served on the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory from 1869 until 1873.[9] After Strickland's term as associate justice ended, it was claimed by a local newspaper that he paid for his position for $2,800 (US$65,000 in today's money) through a payment to Thomas J. Drake, who sued Strickland in court.[10] He left Utah in 1882, and died suddenly from heart disease in St. Johns, Michigan, at the age of 54.[2] He is buried at DeWitt City Cemetery in DeWitt, Michigan. References
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