WHEELER, ROYAL T.
(1810-1864)
Royal T. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, was born in Vermont in 1810.
Royal T. Wheeler Was Appointed Attorney Of The Fifth Judicial Dist. In 1842; District Judge in 1844. In 1846 The First Supreme Court Of The State Was Organized With
John Hemphill, Chief Justice And Abner Smith Lipscomb And
Royal T. Wheeler, Became Chief Justice in 1857.
On April 9, 1864, he committed suicide in Washington County. Wheeler County, organized in 1879, was named for him, as was its county seat.
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WHEELER, ROYAL T.
Royal T. Wheeler was born in Vermont in 1810 and early in life moved with his father's family to Ohio , where he received a good education. In 1837 he moved to Fayetteville, Ark. , where he formed a partnership with W. S. Oldham. He soon afterward moved to Texas and began to practice law in partnership with Kenneth L. Anderson. In 1842 he was elected District Attorney and in 1844 to the District bench. Upon the organization of the State judiciary, in 1846, he was appointed one of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court, and was successively re-elected until his death. In 1858, upon the election of Judge Hemphill to the United States Senate, he was made Chief Justice and held that position up to the time of his death, in Washington County, Texas. He died by his own hand, in a fit of mental aberration, April 9, 1864, in Washington County, Texas . (History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names, by Z. T. Fulmore (1913)
(1810-1864)
Royal T. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, was born in Vermont in 1810.
Royal T. Wheeler Was Appointed Attorney Of The Fifth Judicial Dist. In 1842; District Judge in 1844. In 1846 The First Supreme Court Of The State Was Organized With
John Hemphill, Chief Justice And Abner Smith Lipscomb And
Royal T. Wheeler, Became Chief Justice in 1857.
On April 9, 1864, he committed suicide in Washington County. Wheeler County, organized in 1879, was named for him, as was its county seat.
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WHEELER, ROYAL T.
Royal T. Wheeler was born in Vermont in 1810 and early in life moved with his father's family to Ohio , where he received a good education. In 1837 he moved to Fayetteville, Ark. , where he formed a partnership with W. S. Oldham. He soon afterward moved to Texas and began to practice law in partnership with Kenneth L. Anderson. In 1842 he was elected District Attorney and in 1844 to the District bench. Upon the organization of the State judiciary, in 1846, he was appointed one of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court, and was successively re-elected until his death. In 1858, upon the election of Judge Hemphill to the United States Senate, he was made Chief Justice and held that position up to the time of his death, in Washington County, Texas. He died by his own hand, in a fit of mental aberration, April 9, 1864, in Washington County, Texas . (History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names, by Z. T. Fulmore (1913)
WHEELER, ROYAL T.
(1810-1864)
Royal T. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, was born in Vermont in 1810.
Royal T. Wheeler Was Appointed Attorney Of The Fifth Judicial Dist. In 1842; District Judge in 1844. In 1846 The First Supreme Court Of The State Was Organized With
John Hemphill, Chief Justice And Abner Smith Lipscomb And
Royal T. Wheeler, Became Chief Justice in 1857.
On April 9, 1864, he committed suicide in Washington County. Wheeler County, organized in 1879, was named for him, as was its county seat.
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WHEELER, ROYAL T.
Royal T. Wheeler was born in Vermont in 1810 and early in life moved with his father's family to Ohio , where he received a good education. In 1837 he moved to Fayetteville, Ark. , where he formed a partnership with W. S. Oldham. He soon afterward moved to Texas and began to practice law in partnership with Kenneth L. Anderson. In 1842 he was elected District Attorney and in 1844 to the District bench. Upon the organization of the State judiciary, in 1846, he was appointed one of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court, and was successively re-elected until his death. In 1858, upon the election of Judge Hemphill to the United States Senate, he was made Chief Justice and held that position up to the time of his death, in Washington County, Texas. He died by his own hand, in a fit of mental aberration, April 9, 1864, in Washington County, Texas . (History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names, by Z. T. Fulmore (1913)
(1810-1864)
Royal T. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, was born in Vermont in 1810.
Royal T. Wheeler Was Appointed Attorney Of The Fifth Judicial Dist. In 1842; District Judge in 1844. In 1846 The First Supreme Court Of The State Was Organized With
John Hemphill, Chief Justice And Abner Smith Lipscomb And
Royal T. Wheeler, Became Chief Justice in 1857.
On April 9, 1864, he committed suicide in Washington County. Wheeler County, organized in 1879, was named for him, as was its county seat.
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WHEELER, ROYAL T.
Royal T. Wheeler was born in Vermont in 1810 and early in life moved with his father's family to Ohio , where he received a good education. In 1837 he moved to Fayetteville, Ark. , where he formed a partnership with W. S. Oldham. He soon afterward moved to Texas and began to practice law in partnership with Kenneth L. Anderson. In 1842 he was elected District Attorney and in 1844 to the District bench. Upon the organization of the State judiciary, in 1846, he was appointed one of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court, and was successively re-elected until his death. In 1858, upon the election of Judge Hemphill to the United States Senate, he was made Chief Justice and held that position up to the time of his death, in Washington County, Texas. He died by his own hand, in a fit of mental aberration, April 9, 1864, in Washington County, Texas . (History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names, by Z. T. Fulmore (1913)
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