William Theodore Dom, Jr. and Lela M. Hudson
Husband William Theodore Dom, Jr. 1 2
AKA: William Dean 3 Born: 10 Jul 1873 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 Christened: Died: Aft 1906 Buried:
Father: William Theodore Dom (1844-1921) 2 4 Mother: Eliza Jane McCullough (1849-1930) 4
Marriage: 28 Nov 1900 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 5
Wife Lela M. Hudson 2 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: William Hudson, Jr. (1852- ) 6 7 8 Mother: Mary E. Kepple ( -1879) 3 8 9
Children
1 F Anna Dom 2 5
Born: 7 Nov 1901 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 5 Christened: Died: Buried:
2 F Lela Dom 2 5
Born: 3 May 1903 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Robert William McKenney ( - ) 10
3 F Mary Jane Dom 2
Born: - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M William Theodore Dom III 2
Born: - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
5 F Isabella Dom 2
Born: - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Charles McKenna Lynch, Jr. ( - ) 10
6 F Catherine Dom 2
Born: - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried: Status: Twin
7 F Rachel Dom 2
Born: - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried: Status: Twin
General Notes: Husband - William Theodore Dom, Jr.
He obtained his education at the excellent public schools of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, his native city, and later attended the Greensburg Seminary and finished at Washington and Jefferson College. In 1894 he registered as a law student with his uncle-in-law, D. C. Ogden, and in 1896 was admitted to the bar of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. January 1, 1904, he formed a partnership, as a member of the law firm of Ogden & Dom. For about one year he served as official stenographer of the Orphans court, and from May to September, 1903, was deputy register of wills of the Orphans court of Westmoreland county, but upon the death of his chief, S. C. Stevenson, he resigned to resume the practice of law. Politically he was a Republican, and was active in promoting the interests of his party. He made his first political speech in 1892, and during the McKinley campaign was very active. In 1889 he stumped the state for his party, when Colonel Barnett was a candidate for state treasurer. He was secretary of the Republican county committee several times. He was a member of the Greensburg borough council. He was an exemplary member of the First Presbyterian church at Greensburg. In 1895 he joined the National Guard of Pennsylvania, being a member of Company I, Tenth Regiment, and served as company clerk until the Spanish war, when he was appointed corporal and was mustered into the service of the government at Mount Gretna and accompanied the regiment to the Philippine Islands, where he was detailed as battalion sergeant-major under Major Bierer. He also acted for a time as regimental sergeant-major for Colonel Hawkins. He was a charter member of the Order of Americus, which was absorbed by the Grand Fraternity. He was a member of Lodge No. 511, B. P. O. E., being one of its charter members; held various chairs and was secretary of the order. He was also a charter member of Circle No. 2, Homeless Twenty-six.
In Masonry, Mr. Dom was prominent. He belonged to Westmoreland Lodge, No. 518, Free and Accepted Masons; was a member of the Commandery, Knights Templar, of Greensburg; Valley of Newcastle Consistory, thirty-second degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite; of Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh; and of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Westmoreland Forest of Derry, Pennsylvania. He was also a member of the Knights of Pythias.
He was twice selected as county solicitor. In 1909 he was elected district attorney for Westmoreland County, and served for four years, 1910-1913, in this office. He later served as first assistant district attorney for a four-year term. On January 12, 1922, Mr. Dom was appointed to fill the vacancy on the bench caused by the death of Alexander McConnell, and on January 1, 1924, he was elected to serve a ten-year term in this judgeship, that of the Court of Common Pleas, for Westmoreland County.
During the period of the First World War, Mr. Dom gave invaluable service as a speaker in the Liberty Bond drives and his services were recognized.
1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 92.
2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 36.
3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 621.
4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 93.
5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 94.
6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 94, 621.
7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 829, 942.
8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 331.
9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 942.
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Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 411.
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