Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-11-15
FREDERICK S. NAVE Is ASSOCIATE
JUSTICE.
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

Word reached this city by wire last
evening of the appointment of Frederick
S. Nave, United States attorney fol-
Arizona, to the position of judge OF
the fifth judicial district of Arizona
embracing the counties of ella and
Graham.
Judge Nave, who was born in Lewis
Center, Ohio, on January Z, 1873. His
father was a minister of the Metho-
dist church, and was appointed to the
position of chaplain in the United
States army in 1882. He served in
that capacity in the regular army I'M
til last April, when he retired He is
now a resident of Los Angeles, and is
the author of a digest of the Bible,
which has had a large sale.
Frederick S. Nave lived in his youth
in various army posts of the United
States. His education began in the
high school of Omaha, where his faith
er was stationed at Fort Omaha. He
graduated from that institution, and
later entered the Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity, where he graduated with the
degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1895.
He taught Greek and Latin in the
Northwestern University at Evanston,
Ill, the following year, and Immediate
ly afterwards entered the senior
class of the Northwestern University
law school at Chicago, ILL.,, from. which
he graduated in 1897. In the North
western University he was a classmate
of H. B. Wilkinson, of the law firm of
Chalmers and Wilkinson, now one of
the prominent law firms of Phoenix
and the warm friendship which had
its inception in the college days of
himself and Mr. Wilkinson still ex-
lists. The Northwestern University of
Chicago numbers among its many gra-
duates the Hon. W. J. Bryan, once
prominent candidate for President of
the United States. After graduation |
he started in law practice in the city
of Chicago, and later in the same year
discovered that he was afflicted with
lung trouble. He Immediately quit
his law practice and left Chicago for
visit with his father at an army post
in the state of Georgia. He came to
Arizona in January, 1898, and was APP
pointed to his first political office IN
1899, that of clerk of the code COM
mission of Arizona, in which capacity
he served with credit to himself until
the year 1901. He started the prac-
tiee of law in the city of Phoenix in
1898, and had his office in the same
suite with Kibbey and Edwards, one
of the members of which firm, the Hon.
Jos. H. Kibbey, is now governor of
Arizona. In March, 1900, he moved
to the city of Nogales, and in the fol-
lowing month, April, was appointed :
district attorney of Santa Cruz county
by the board of supervisors of that
county to serve the unexpired term of {
Colonel Harlow. On February 5, 1902, )
he was appointed to the office of Unit I
I'd States attorney for Arizona by a
President Roosevelt, and then moved i
his residence to Tucson, where he now ]
has his home. His term as United f
States attorney would expire on Feb 5
'uary Is, 1906, but he will only con- S
inue his duties in that office until his }
is appointed and qualified
or the position. 4
He was married to Miss Elise W. {
Zones, of the state of Mississippi, on "
he Goth day of March, 1901, and has {
ne son, now about two years of age. u
lie Will Immediately arrange to make
ither Globe or SOlomonville his resi- I
enee, as these are the two most i'm
ortant towns in the Fifth Judicial dis
riet. He left this city for Tucson
asst evening after receiving the con- III
of large number of the a
MEMBERS of the local and visiting men, a.
ers of the bar now in this city, and u
nth their best wishes of success in his $;
ew office. II
During his residence in Arizona he p
as made many warm personal friends. =
lie is recognized by his fellow mem al
ers of the bar as a gentleman of deep
chOlarlv attainments. and is held in
he highest esteem by all who enjoy
he pleasure of his acquaintance.