WAGSTAFF, Judge John Miles The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1952
Judge John Miles Wagstaff, 89, distinguished Texas lawyer and a native of Lynnville, Tenn., died on Monday, April 21, at his home in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral rites and burial took place in Abilene.
He was born and reared at Lynnville, the son of the late Robert Wagstaff and Nancy Grigsby Wagstaff, pioneer residents of the county. He was graduated from Cumberland University Law School at Lebanon., and as a young man located in Texas where he became a distinguished lawyer. In 1950 Cumberland University conferred on him an honorary doctor of law degree. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Judge Wagstaff is survived by his wife; one daughter and three sons; and a number of relatives in Tennessee.
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John Miles Wagstaff, former president of Buffalo Gap Presbyterian College, started practicing law in Abilene in 1890 and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1913 to 1916. Katharyn Duff, "Wagstaff, Robert McAlpine," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed December 31, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/wagstaff-robert-mcalpine.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Judge John Miles Wagstaff, 89, distinguished Texas lawyer and a native of Lynnville, Tenn., died on Monday, April 21, at his home in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral rites and burial took place in Abilene.
He was born and reared at Lynnville, the son of the late Robert Wagstaff and Nancy Grigsby Wagstaff, pioneer residents of the county. He was graduated from Cumberland University Law School at Lebanon., and as a young man located in Texas where he became a distinguished lawyer. In 1950 Cumberland University conferred on him an honorary doctor of law degree. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Judge Wagstaff is survived by his wife; one daughter and three sons; and a number of relatives in Tennessee.
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John Miles Wagstaff, former president of Buffalo Gap Presbyterian College, started practicing law in Abilene in 1890 and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1913 to 1916. Katharyn Duff, "Wagstaff, Robert McAlpine," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed December 31, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/wagstaff-robert-mcalpine.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
WAGSTAFF, Judge John Miles The Pulaski Citizen 30 Apr 1952
Judge John Miles Wagstaff, 89, distinguished Texas lawyer and a native of Lynnville, Tenn., died on Monday, April 21, at his home in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral rites and burial took place in Abilene.
He was born and reared at Lynnville, the son of the late Robert Wagstaff and Nancy Grigsby Wagstaff, pioneer residents of the county. He was graduated from Cumberland University Law School at Lebanon., and as a young man located in Texas where he became a distinguished lawyer. In 1950 Cumberland University conferred on him an honorary doctor of law degree. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Judge Wagstaff is survived by his wife; one daughter and three sons; and a number of relatives in Tennessee.
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John Miles Wagstaff, former president of Buffalo Gap Presbyterian College, started practicing law in Abilene in 1890 and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1913 to 1916. Katharyn Duff, "Wagstaff, Robert McAlpine," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed December 31, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/wagstaff-robert-mcalpine.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Judge John Miles Wagstaff, 89, distinguished Texas lawyer and a native of Lynnville, Tenn., died on Monday, April 21, at his home in Abilene, Texas.
Funeral rites and burial took place in Abilene.
He was born and reared at Lynnville, the son of the late Robert Wagstaff and Nancy Grigsby Wagstaff, pioneer residents of the county. He was graduated from Cumberland University Law School at Lebanon., and as a young man located in Texas where he became a distinguished lawyer. In 1950 Cumberland University conferred on him an honorary doctor of law degree. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Judge Wagstaff is survived by his wife; one daughter and three sons; and a number of relatives in Tennessee.
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John Miles Wagstaff, former president of Buffalo Gap Presbyterian College, started practicing law in Abilene in 1890 and was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1913 to 1916. Katharyn Duff, "Wagstaff, Robert McAlpine," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed December 31, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/wagstaff-robert-mcalpine.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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