D’Autremont, Hubert H.

MEMORIALS of the Eleventh Judicial District Bar Association in St. Louis County District Court, January 7, 1948" pages 15-19: Hubert d’Autremont, 1889–1947: ...Hubert H. d’Autremont was an active member of this Bar from 1920 until 1930. In the latter year he moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he maintained his residence until his death last April. Some here, who began their practice of law in Duluth after 1930, may never have known him. Many of us, however, knew him well while he resided in Duluth, and were fortunate enough to maintain our friendly relations with him during the years after he moved away. 16 He was born in Duluth on February 19, 1889. His parents, Charles d’Autremont and Hattie H. d’Autremont, came to Duluth from Angelica, New York, in 1882. His father, for many years, was a well-known member of this Bar and served as Mayor of Duluth in the early 90’s. ... In the year 1930, by reason of the health of his youngest son, Hugh, it became necessary for the family to leave Duluth for a more temperate climate. In that year the family moved to Tucson, Arizona, where they continued to reside until Hubert’s death, and where Mrs. d’Autremont and her daughter, Mrs. Angleton, still live. Shortly after moving to Tucson, he became associated with the Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Company of Tucson, as Vice-President, and later became President of that institution, in which position he continued until the time of his death. While he did not practice law during his residence in Arizona, he at all times maintained an active interest in matters having to do with the welfare of his new city and state. In 1931 and 1932 he was one of the organizers of the Tucson Organized Charities. In 1933 he became a member of Arizona’s first State Board of Public Welfare. He was known throughout the state for his leadership in establishing facilities for the care of the tubercular. He maintained his interest in political affairs and in 1940 was elected a member of the Arizona State Senate, in which be continued to serve until the 1947 session, when he was elected President of the Senate. During these years he was perhaps the most active leader in the state in maintaining the rights of the State of Arizona to its share of the water from the Colorado River. In April, 1947, at the end of the Legislative Session, he was in Washington in connection with his duties as a member of a legislative interim committee. At the conclusion of his work there he went to his father’s old home at Angelica, New York for a few days, and on April 16th, while visiting a friend at the neighboring town of Wellsville, died suddenly from a heart attack. He is survived by his widow, Helen, his daughters Cicely d’Autremont Angleton, and his son, Chester, who practices medicine in Hartford, Connecticut. His son, Charles, who was in the Navy during World War II, was killed during the landing at Anzio Beach. His son, Hugh, on account of whose health the family moved to Tucson, died in 1946.... Source: http://www.minnesotalegalhistoryproject.org/assets/Microsoft%20Word%20-%...