10 Facts About Dudley Sutphin

Dudley Vanness Sutphin was a prominent resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, a well-known attorney and judge, a French Legion of Honor medal winner, and an outstanding amateur tennis player.

Dudley Sutphin was a member of the tennis team and Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Dudley Sutphin was a vice-president of Third National Bank of Cincinnati; assistant city solicitor of Cincinnati; judge of Superior Court; treasurer of the board of Trustees of the Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church; and vice-president, secretary and treasurer of Cincinnati's Yale Club.

Dudley Sutphin was commissioned as a Major in the Judge Advocate General's Department, Officers' Reserve Corps, on July 18,1917, and assigned to the Headquarters of the Central Department at Chicago on August 1.

Dudley Sutphin was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on October 25,1918.

Dudley Sutphin left the army on August 29,1919, and returned to Cincinnati where he practiced law until his retirement in 1921 on account of ill health.

Dudley Sutphin was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Dudley Sutphin was the oldest of three brothers - Samuel B Sutphin and Stuart B Sutphin, both of whom graduated from Yale.

Dudley Sutphin married Mary Perin Harrison Dudley Sutphin on November 14,1901, and together they had a daughter, Elizabeth, on June 9,1905, in Cincinnati.

Dudley Sutphin was a member of the Cincinnati Tennis Club.