C. Gus Grason Explained

C. Gus Grason
Birth Date:8 November 1881
Birth Place:Towson, Maryland, U.S.
Death Place:Towson, Maryland, U.S.
Resting Place:Prospect Hill Cemetery
Towson, Maryland, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of Maryland Law School
Occupation:Judge
Children:3

C. Gus Grason (November 8, 1881 – February 19, 1953)[1] [2] was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1942 to 1951.[3]

Born in Towson, Maryland, to Ida May (née Brown) and John Grason. He was grandson of Maryland judge Richard Grason,[1] Grason received his law degree from the University of Maryland Law School,[1] [2] and gained admission to the Maryland Bar in November 1907.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for state's attorney for Baltimore County in 1919, and later served on the Maryland Third Circuit Court of Appeals from 1926 to 1941.[1] [2] His appointment as Chief Judge of that circuit in 1942 automatically placed him on the state's highest court.[2]

On June 4, 1910, Grason married Murial Skipwith Powers, with whom he had a daughter and two sons.[1] Grason died in a nursing home in Towson at the age of 71, following a lengthy battle with failing health.[2] He was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Towson.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series): C. (Carlton) Gus Grason (1881-1953). Archives of Maryland. November 27, 2021.
  2. "Judge Grason Dies at 71 at Nursing Home", The Baltimore Sun (February 20, 1953), p. 30.
  3. Web site: Maryland Court of Appeals Judges, 1778– . Archives of Maryland. September 22, 2021.