Frank M. Angellotti

Frank Marion Angellotti, jurist, was born in San Rafael, Calif., Sept. 4, 1861, son of Giuseppe and Lois Frances (Osgood) Angellotti. His father was an Italian merchant and land owner of Marin county, Calif., from 1852 until his death, and his mother was descended from Christopher Osgood, who came from Marlborough, England, on the ship Mary and John in 1633 and settled at Ipswich Mass. He graduated from the Hastings College of Law (University of California) in 1882 with the degree of L.L.B.; was admitted to the California bar in the same year, and established a successful practice in San Rafael.

He was district attorney for Marin County during 1885-91 and in the latter year became judge of the superior court for a term of twelve years. He was associate justice of the supreme court of California during 1903-15, and was chief justice from 1915-21. Starting in 1918 he was lieutenant-governor for California of the Society of Colonial Wars. He was grand master of California Masons during 1898-99 and was also a member of the American Bar Association, California State Bar Association and the Marin County Bar Association.

He was married Dec. 27, 1884, to Emma Cornelia, daughter of Edmund and Lucretia (Polk) Cearley, of Irvington, Cal. They had two children: Frances Louise (died in infancy) and Marion Polk Angellotti, an author. He died on May 23, 1932.