Judge Elmer Quincy Lockyear

Elmer Lockyear was born in Warrick County, Indiana on November 19, 1869. He was a schoolteacher in Warrick County before enrolling in DePauw University’s School of Law, where he graduated in 1893. 

He was admitted to the bar in Evansville the following fall, working with Saunders Hornbrook and lecturing on commercial law at Lockyear’s Business College. He and Letitia Miller married in 1897. 

In 1919, Governor James Goodrich appointed Judge Lockyear to the newly- created Vanderburgh Probate Court. He served in this office for more than nine years. 

Judge Lockyear ran as a Republican for the Appellate Court of Indiana in 1928 and served from January 1, 1929 to January 1, 1933. He was Chief Judge for the court’s November 1930 term.

Following his retirement from the bench, he practiced with Seth Ward in Indianapolis for two years, then returned to Evansville to form a partnership with his son Theodore. 

Judge Lockyear was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and was active in the Evansville Civic Association and the Kiwanis Club.

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