Henry A. Middleton

Henry Arthur Middleton (July 19, 1888 – March 28, 1975) was a Republican lawyer from Toledo, Ohio, United States who served four years as a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court. Biography Henry Arthur Middleton was born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio in 1888 to Arthur N. and Alice Taylor Middleton. He was raised in Springfield, Ohio by his adoptive parents, Charles and Mary E. Dodson. He attended Boston University, and graduated from Ohio State University College of Law in 1911, when he was admitted to the bar and joined the Columbus, Ohio law firm Wilson and Rector. In 1917, Middleton returned to Champaign County, and entered the United States Army Artillery during World War I. He was honorably discharged in 1919 as a Captain, and moved to Toledo, Ohio, where he joined Brown, Geddes, Schemettau, & Williams. He became a partner in 1921, and remained with that and succeeding firms for thirty years.