"Ashes of Former Judge Brought Here"
 
  Ashes of Judge James P. Wason were brought to Delphi Wednesday for burial in the Masonic Cemetery.  Mr. Wason, Judge of the Carroll-White circuit court for 12 years, passed away at his home in Indianapolis on October twenty-fifth, 1950, and the ashes were held at Indianapolis until his son, John could come home from Europe for a memorial service here.  His widow, Susan Edson Wason, and Members of the family met friends at the Delphi Library at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, after which the ashes were taken to the cemetery where graveside rites were conducted by Rev. Reese B. Thornton, pastor of St. John's Episcopal church in Lafayette.
    
Obituary notice taken from Delphi Journal, February 22, 1951
 
James P. Wason was born September twenty-sixth in Toledo, Ohio.  He was the son of Robert A. and Gertrude Wason (nee Freleigh) and came to Delphi, Indiana with his parents; attended the common schools at Toledo, including the eighth grade and graduated from the Delphi High School in May 1885.  He studied law for a short time with the firm of Applegate and Pollard and then entered the store of Bolles and Wason in 1887, where he was employed until the fall of 1894, when he went to Ann Arbor and entered the law department of the University of Michigan, graduating from there with the degree of LLB in June 1896, under the firm name of Cartwright and Wason, which lasted until his elevation to the bench.  He was attorney for the board of commissioners of Carroll County in 1903-1904, he was elected judge of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit, composed of Carroll and White Counties in November, 1906, by a majority of forty-one and was re-elected in 1912, by a majority of 1,315; is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church and also a member of Mt. Olive Lodge F, and A.M., Delphi Chapter, R.A.M. No. 21, Monticello Council, No. 70, R and SM., Delphi Commandery, K.T., No. 40, Delphi Lodge, K of P., No. 86, Delphi Company URK of P. No. 86 and Tippecanoe Tribe, I.O.R.M. No. 505. In politics he is a democrat.
 
Taken from internet source: White County History, by Thomas Hammele