Willard Gemmill

Willard Beharrell Gemmill (August 7, 1875 – May 24, 1935) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 5, 1925 to January 4, 1931. Biography Gemmill was born in Rigdon, Indiana to Andrew and Maria Covalt Gemmill. Gemmill attended DePauw University (in Greencastle) where he was class president and treasurer of the Orators Association. He graduated from DePauw with a PhB in 1897. He then attended Indiana Law School (now known as the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, in Indianapolis), graduating in 1902 with a LL.B. Gemmill was admitted to the Indiana bar the same year he graduated and began practicing law in Marion. Gemmill was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1909 to 1911. He later served in the Indiana Senate from 1914 to 1918.