Husband Judson David Trax 1 2
Born: 24 Dec 1869 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2
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Died: 1954
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 3
Father: David Lewis Trax (1836-1913) 4 5 6 7
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Hogue (1845-1921) 1 2
Marriage: 22 May 1901 - ? Venango Co, PA 8
Wife Musa M. Merritt 8 9
Born: 1874 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
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Died: 1959
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 3
Father: Edward A. Merritt (1835-1906/1926) 8 10
Mother: Selina Mott (1842-1928) 10
Children
1 M Judson Edward Trax 9 11
Born: 13 Nov 1902 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 8
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Died: Dec 1987 - ? Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Buried:
Spouse: Virginia Lucretia McCalmont (1903-1991) 11 12
Marr: 21 Dec 1929 - ? Venango Co, PA 13
2 M Robert Trax 11
Born: 1909 11
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Died: 1909 11
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 3
Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Virginia M. Trax 8 9
Born: 30 Nov 1912 8
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Died:
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General Notes: Husband - Judson David Trax
He obtained his early education in the Oil City, Pennsylvania, public schools, graduating from the high school in 1887. In 1888 he became a student at Cornell University, from which he was graduated in 1892, the same year entering the offices of Ash and Speer, with whom he read law until his admission to the bar in January, 1895, in Venango County. Within a short time, in May, 1895, he joined forces with William M. Parker in the practice of law, and the firm of Trax and Parker has continued to the present one of the strongest legal combinations in the county, both partners being men of undisputed ability and attainments in their profession. They were first located in the Oil City Savings Bank building, now the Oil City National Bank building, where they remained until removing in 1916, having purchased what was formerly the "Exchange Hotel" property before their removal and remodeled it thoroughly for their own office purposes. As attorneys, Trax and Parker have a clientele whose personnel and important connections are sufficient to vouch for the high standing necessary in their legal representatives, and they command a large share of the most particular law business done in this part of the State. Mr. Trax is also president of the Kramer Wagon Company of Oil City. He has high social connections, including membership in the Ivy Club, the Venango Club and the Boat Club, as well as the Phi Delta Phi (legal) and Phi Sigma Kappa fraternities of Cornell University. [CAB, 634]
He received his preliminary education in the Oil City public schools. He was graduated from high school in 1887, took the degree of Bachelor of Laws at Cornell University in 1892, and in the same year became a clerk in the law office of Ash and Speer at Oil City. Here he completed his preparations for the bar and was admitted to practice in January, 1895. On the same day, William McCready Parker, who was later judge of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, became a member of the bar and the two young lawyers, who had been boyhood companions, entered into a partnership under the firm name of Trax and Parker, an association which was con-tinued for more than thirty years. During this period the firm's general practice became one of the most important in the Oil City area. After Judge Parker ascended the bench, Mr. Trax continued the practice alone until 1931, when his son, Judson E. Trax, was admitted to the bar. Subsequently, the firm of Trax and Trax was established and came to occupy the prominent position traditionally associated with the family name in Venango County legal circles.
Mr. Trax was also active in other connections. He was a founder and became a director of the Peoples Building & Loan Association of Oil City; was a director of the Oil City National Bank, the Kramer Wagon Company and the Mullins Boat Company and the Oil City Tank & Boiler Company of Oil City; and was engaged extensively in the production of oil and gas. He was president of the Oil City Chamber of Commerce and was influential as a civic leader for many years. During the World War he was associated with Major John M. Reed in investigating disloyal citizens who might hamper the country's war effort. Mr. Trax was also a member of the Wanango Country Club, Rotary Club, the Oil City Boat Club and the Phi Sigma Kappa and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. He was a member of the bar of the Supreme and Superior courts of Pennsylvania, as well as the United States District Court, and was a member of the several bar associations, including the Venango County Bar Association, of which he was at one time vice-president. In addition, he served as president of the Oil City Lawyers Club. He was a Republican in politics.