lawyer, judge, b. Mequon, Ozaukee County. His parents died while he was a youth, and Timlin was largely self-educated, holding various jobs while studying law. After being admitted to the bar, he set up a law partnership in Kewaunee in 1879, practiced there until 1885, and also served as Kewaunee County superintendent of schools (1880-1881). In 1885 he moved his practice to Green Bay, and in 1886 to Milwaukee. There he practiced law until elected to the state supreme court in Apr., 1906. He began his term on the high court bench in Jan., 1907, and served until his death. J. R. Berryman, ed., Bench and Bar of Wis. (2 vols., Chicago, 1898); E. B. Usher, Wis. (8 vols., Chicago, 1914); Wis. Blue Book (1911); Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 21, 1916.

The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the William Henry Timlin Autobiography for details.

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[Source: Blue book]