ROSS COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: THROCKMORTON, Dean C. (published 1925)
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HISTORY OF OHIO - The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925
Volume III, page 42

        DEAN C. THROCKMORTON is one of the active younger members of the
Columbus bar, and recently has been called to one of the important official
positions in the state government, as assistant chief of the Division of
Securities.
        The Division of Securities is a bureau of the State Department of
Commerce, and is commonly known as the "Blue Sky" department of the state
government. The Division of Securities passes judgment upon the validity or
legality of stock issues offered to the public by stock companies and
corporations, and has jurisdiction in the matter of deciding whether such
issues are allowed to be sold. Investigations are made of all stock
promoting or stock selling enterprises, and as a result a high standard has
been set for such securities. It may well be estimated that through the
elimination of worthless stock, millions of dollars have been paid to the
citizens, a saving that is the direct result of the work of the Division of
Securities.
        Mr. Throckmorton was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1891, son of
Harley B. and Elizabeth (Dines) Throckmorton. The Throckmorton family is
one of the oldest in America, having come from England in 1630 and settled
in Virginia. From Virginia, they came into the Northwest Territory in 1801,
and have been identified with Ohio throughout the statehood period. The
grandfather of the Columbus attorney was Judge Jonathan L. Throckmorton,
one of the leading lawyers of his day, and for a number of years a judge in
Ross County.
        Dean C. Throckmorton has been a resident of Columbus since 1909. He
studied law in the Ohio State University, graduating Bachelor of Laws in
1916. He then took up a general practice, and made a successful record as a
trial attorney and counselor. On the basis of this record he was called to
his present duties in February, 1923. Mr. Throckmorton is a democrat in
politics, and has been interested in the local organizations of his party.
He is president of the Franklin County Democratic Club. Fraternally he is a
member of the Masons, Moose and Eagles and the Phi Delta Phi legal
fraternity. Mr. Throckmorton married Miss Elizabeth Jones, of Ross County.


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