Bio of LARIMORE, John Andrew (b.1869 d.1921), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 476-479
JOHN ANDREW LARIMORE
The history of the bench and bar of Minneapolis would be incomplete and
unsatisfactory were there failure to make prominent reference to John Andrew
Larimore, who for eighteen years was the secretary of the Minneapolis Bar
Association and was long a distinguished practitioner in the state and federal
courts. He was born in Bryan, Ohio, January 27, 1869, and passed away in
Minneapolis on the 27th of October, 1921, his life record covering a period of
great activity and usefulness in his chosen calling. His parents were Andrew
Jackson and Adeline Anne (Morris) Larimore. In the acquirement of his education
he attended the Central Kansas College and in 1885 he came to Minneapolis. Here
he entered upon preparation for the bar and was graduated from the law college
of the University of Minnesota as a member of the class of 1890, to which also
belonged Judge W. W. Bardwell.
Mr. Larimore was admitted to practice in the same year and at once entered upon
the active work of his profession in Minneapolis, where he remained until his
demise. While advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, no dreary novitiate
awaited him. He soon won recognition of his powers in a large clientage and he
proved himself thoroughly capable of finding correct and ready solution for the
intricate problems of the law. He was notably thorough in the preparation of his
cases and prepared at all times not only for the expected but also for the
unexpected, which happens quite as frequently in the courts as out of them. For
the first seven years he practiced alone and later became a member of the firm
of Larimore & Marvin. Subsequently he was identified with the firm of Fifield,
Fletcher, Larimore & Fifield and so continued until 1908, after which he again
practiced independently. His clientage was extensive and of an important
character and he also became the vice president and attorney for the United
States Installments Realty Company, with which he was thus associated for about
ten years. His high professional standing is indicated in the fact that for
eighteen years he was honored with the office of secretary of the Minneapolis
Bar Association and gave most effective service to that organization.
Mr. Larimore also became interested in the political conditions of city and
state and was elected fo the legislature from the thirty-fifth district of
Minnesota in 1914. There he was made chairman of the judiciary committee of the
house during the session of 1915 and rendered valuable service to the general
assembly in that connection. At the time of his death he was a member of the
Minneapolis charter committee and he was at all times a close student of the
questions and issues vital to community and commonwealth.
In September, 1899, Mr. Larimore was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Eleanor
Plympton, a daughter of Frances William and Adeline (Carroll) Plympton, who were
natives of Canada and in 1887 removed to St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs.
Larimore became the parents of three sons: John Plympton, now an ensign in the
United States navy, a graduate of Annapolis, Maryland; and William Morris and
Charles Carroll, who are students in the Blake School of Minneapolis. The family
circle was broken by the hand of death when on the 27th of October, 1921, Mr.
Larimore passed away at the comparatively early age of fifty-two years, his
death being the occasion of deep and widespread regret, not only to his
immediate family but to the members of the legal fraternity and to many friends
in other relations of life. He belonged to the Masonic Order, the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he was a
member of many clubs. His broad scholarly attainments and high ideals made him a
man of worth to the community and one with whom association meant expansion and
elevation.