Judge Solon A. Enloe

Solon A. Enloe was born in Mulberry Grove, Illinois on August 28, 1860. At 16, he became a schoolteacher and then studied law at Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, where he graduated in 1884. 

Judge Enloe returned to Illinois, where he practiced law in Greenville and East St. Louis. On Christmas Day, 1886, he married Cora Dooley of Danville and they had a daughter. In 1894, the family returned to Danville, and he formed a law partnership with Thad S. Adams. 

In 1898, he joined the Army to fight in the Spanish-American War, serving in Company H of the 158th Infantry. He continued his service at the close of the war, joining the regular army, assigned to Company D of the 25th Infantry. He was stationed in the Philippines for more than two years. 

Judge Enloe returned to Indiana following his military service and practiced law in Danville. He also taught law at Central Normal College and became dean of its law school in 1904. 

His wife died in 1918, the same year he was elected as a Republican to the Indiana Appellate Court. He served on the court from January 1, 1919 to January 1, 1931, and he was Chief Judge four times – for the May 1921, May 1924, May 1926 and November 1928 terms.

Judge Enloe was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Spanish War Veterans, the Masons, the Columbia Club, the Indiana State Bar Association, and the Central Christian Church of Indianapolis. 

He died at home in Indianapolis on October 15, 1932, following a stroke suffered during the summer at his lake home in LaGrange County.

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