Frederick Messmore

Frederick W. Messmore (July 11, 1889 – June 24, 1969) was a long-serving Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He was appointed on August 9, 1937, to fill a vacancy created by the death of Judge Edward E. Good, and served until 1965.

Early life, education, and career Born in Boone County, Iowa, to H. A. and Clara J. (Davidson) Messmore, descendants of pioneers of the state, Messmore attended the public schools of Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he graduated from high school, and also attended Northwestern Business and Normal College. He moved with his family to Nebraska around 1907 or 1908. He then served as a county judge from 1921 to 1929,

Personal life In April, 1913, Messmore married Jennie Frances Saxe of Belden, Cedar County, Nebraska.

He died in Beatrice, several weeks short of his eightieth birthday, and was eulogized by the court in a memorial held the following year.