1884 - 1958

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• Title	Judge
  Birth	10 Oct 1884
  Gender	Male
  Died	Feb 1958	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I1651	Wanicki/Rozhon and Kapusta/Jemiola
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2005 16:40:32
  Father	Peter BLEDDYN, b. 1842
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane ROBERTS
  Family ID	F586	Group Sheet
  Family	Jane RANKIN, b. 19 Jun 1893
  Children	> 1. Robert BLYTHIN, b. 10 Jan 1914 > 2. Arthur BLYTHIN, b. 1915 > 3. Glenn BLYTHIN, b. 1918, ,, Ohio   4. Jane BLYTHIN, b. 1920   5. William BLYTHIN
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Voted Baldwin-Wallace College Outstanding Alumni of 1916 (H) Honorary Degree Recipients(M) Alumni Merit Award Recipients(T) Baldwin-Wallace College Trustees1916 *Edward D. Blythin (T, M, H) OBIT: Name: Blythin, Judge Edward Date: Feb 15 1958 Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #094. Notes: Blythin, Judge Edward, beloved husband of Jane (nee Rankin), father of Robert, Arthur, Jane Drake, William, and the late Glenn, and grandfather. Friends received at the David I, Jones Funeral Home, Miles Ave., at E. 95 St. From Saturday Noon To 10 P. M. Sunday. Services at the Parma South Presbyterian Church, 6155 Pearl Rd. on Monday, Feb. 17, at 2 p. m. Newsburg Lodge No. 379 F. And A. M. service Sunday at 8 p. m. Those who wish may contribute to the Cleveland Heart Fund. Edward was the judge who presided over the Sam Sheppard case in Cleveland, Ohio in 1954. BIOGRAPHY: BLYTHIN, EDWARD (10 Oct. 1884-14 Feb. 1958), was Cleveland law director, mayor, and judge. Born in Newmarket, Wales, to Peter and Elizabeth Roberts Blythin, he worked 2 years as a bookkeeper for an English coal firm before coming to Cleveland in 1906, where he worked as bookkeeper for the Walton Realty Co. for 10 years while studying law nights at Cleveland Law School. After receiving his LL.D. in 1916, he practiced law from 1916-41 and 1942-43, specializing in municipal law. He was appointed Cleveland assistant law director in 1935, law director in 1940, and succeeded HAROLD H. BURTON † as mayor of Cleveland when Burton became a U.S. senator in 1941, serving 11 months before losing the election to Frank Lausche. As mayor, Blythin mobilized manpower for the national defense, and urged companies and unions to remove barriers to black employment. BIOGRAPHY: From 1943-48, Blythin was financial vice-president and secretary of Western Reserve University. He was elected judge in the common pleas court in 1949, presiding at the trial of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard for the murder of Sheppard's wife Marilyn in 1954 (see SHEPPARD MURDER CASE ). With the widespread publicity, the defense maintained that Sheppard had not received a fair trial, but Blythin defended both his conduct of the case and the propriety of holding the trial in Cleveland. He remained judge until his death at age 73. Blythin married Jane Rankin 5 Apr. 1913, and they had 5 children, Robert, Arthur, Glen (dec.), Jane (Mrs. Robt. Drake), and William. BIOGRAPHY: Source: Harold Burton and Edward Blythin Papers, WRHS. "In Memory of Judge Edward Blythin" (Paper delivered to the Philosophical Club of Cleveland, 14 Jan. 1958, WRHS).