THE 1891 BIOGRAPHY OF

Judge Egbert E. Aylesworth

JUDGE EGBERT E. AYLESWORTH is one of the earlier and well known members of the bar of Council Bluffs. Judge Aylesworth is a native of the Empire State, having been born in the town of Milford, Otsego County, New York in 1838. His father, now deceased, was also born in the state of New York, as was his mother, Savina Adams. They were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters. The former in the order of their birth, are the subjects of this notice; Lorenne of Council Bluffs, and Freting, who is still a resident of the State of New York, as are the sisters of the family.

Judge Aylesworth was reared in his native town and was educated at Hartwick Academy, and at the Delaware Literary Institute, at Franklin in Delaware county, New York, and began the study of law in 1861, at Portlandville in his native county, with R. M. Townsend, Esq., a prominent lawyer of that place. He was admitted at Binghamton, New York, May 12, 1863, but continued in the office of his preceptor till he came west three years later.

Politically Judge Aylesworth is a Democrat. In 1884 Judge Aylesworth was the Democratic candidate for Judge in the Fifteenth Judicial District, his opponent being C.F. Loofbourrow. The canvass of the votes gave Judge Aylesworth a majority of two votes, but the election was contested and Loofbourrow was declared elected by fourteen votes. Four years before that election, he ran again the same gentleman for the same office, when the latter was elected by but sixty-four votes, though the Republican general ticket received a majority of about 3,000.

In 1873 Judge Aylesworth was appointed by the City Council to the office of City Attorney of Council Bluffs, to succeed Judge J.R. Reed, and was elected to that place in 1874 and re-elected in 1876, serving in that position for four years. In march 1882, he was elected Judge of the Superior Court, a position that he filled in an able and satisfactory manner for the period of eight years. He has also been a member of the council and of the School Board of the city. Judge Aylesworth is a lawyer of fine legal attainments and is a progressive and popular citizen.

He was married in the state of New York to Miss Marcella Winsor, also a native of Otsego County. Their children are Paul Clark, Ellen Winsor, Egbert DeWitt and Seth Winsor.

Contributed by: Mona Sarratt Knight