Death of Judge Shepard
Austin, TX July 16 - Judge James E. Shepard of Austin died suddenly late this afternoon at the residence of George L.Robertson at the advanced age of 77. He was a native of Virginia, having been born in Matthews County, that state, in 1817. He was educated at Miami University at Oxford,O. and was admitted to the bar at Flemingsburg KY in 1833. In November 1846, he removed to Texas and located at Brenham, where he resided intil 1873 when he moved to this city. At Brenham he was law partner of his brother, Hon Chauncey B. Shepard, father of Hon Seth Shepard of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. Judge Shepard was a member of the Texas legislature in 1850 and again just prior to the civil war in 1861 he was a member of the convention which severed the relations of Texas with the union and being as ardent southerner in his views promptly enlisted in the service of the confederacy and was made colonel of the sixteenth Texas. While in the army he was elected judge of the then third judicial district, was a member of the reconstruction convention in 1866, and was during that year re-elected district judge which place he held until removed by the military authories in 1867. Subsequently he was dean of the law facility of Baylor University. In 1873, when he removed to Austin, he formed a partnership with J.G. Searcy and Seth Shepard which lasted five years. Judge Shepard then moved back to Brenham and remained until some eight or then years ago when he returned to Austin. He has not been in the practice for some years, but in his prime was regarded one of the best lawyers of the state. His remains will be taken to Brenham for interment.
Austin, TX July 16 - Judge James E. Shepard of Austin died suddenly late this afternoon at the residence of George L.Robertson at the advanced age of 77. He was a native of Virginia, having been born in Matthews County, that state, in 1817. He was educated at Miami University at Oxford,O. and was admitted to the bar at Flemingsburg KY in 1833. In November 1846, he removed to Texas and located at Brenham, where he resided intil 1873 when he moved to this city. At Brenham he was law partner of his brother, Hon Chauncey B. Shepard, father of Hon Seth Shepard of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. Judge Shepard was a member of the Texas legislature in 1850 and again just prior to the civil war in 1861 he was a member of the convention which severed the relations of Texas with the union and being as ardent southerner in his views promptly enlisted in the service of the confederacy and was made colonel of the sixteenth Texas. While in the army he was elected judge of the then third judicial district, was a member of the reconstruction convention in 1866, and was during that year re-elected district judge which place he held until removed by the military authories in 1867. Subsequently he was dean of the law facility of Baylor University. In 1873, when he removed to Austin, he formed a partnership with J.G. Searcy and Seth Shepard which lasted five years. Judge Shepard then moved back to Brenham and remained until some eight or then years ago when he returned to Austin. He has not been in the practice for some years, but in his prime was regarded one of the best lawyers of the state. His remains will be taken to Brenham for interment.
Death of Judge Shepard
Austin, TX July 16 - Judge James E. Shepard of Austin died suddenly late this afternoon at the residence of George L.Robertson at the advanced age of 77. He was a native of Virginia, having been born in Matthews County, that state, in 1817. He was educated at Miami University at Oxford,O. and was admitted to the bar at Flemingsburg KY in 1833. In November 1846, he removed to Texas and located at Brenham, where he resided intil 1873 when he moved to this city. At Brenham he was law partner of his brother, Hon Chauncey B. Shepard, father of Hon Seth Shepard of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. Judge Shepard was a member of the Texas legislature in 1850 and again just prior to the civil war in 1861 he was a member of the convention which severed the relations of Texas with the union and being as ardent southerner in his views promptly enlisted in the service of the confederacy and was made colonel of the sixteenth Texas. While in the army he was elected judge of the then third judicial district, was a member of the reconstruction convention in 1866, and was during that year re-elected district judge which place he held until removed by the military authories in 1867. Subsequently he was dean of the law facility of Baylor University. In 1873, when he removed to Austin, he formed a partnership with J.G. Searcy and Seth Shepard which lasted five years. Judge Shepard then moved back to Brenham and remained until some eight or then years ago when he returned to Austin. He has not been in the practice for some years, but in his prime was regarded one of the best lawyers of the state. His remains will be taken to Brenham for interment.
Austin, TX July 16 - Judge James E. Shepard of Austin died suddenly late this afternoon at the residence of George L.Robertson at the advanced age of 77. He was a native of Virginia, having been born in Matthews County, that state, in 1817. He was educated at Miami University at Oxford,O. and was admitted to the bar at Flemingsburg KY in 1833. In November 1846, he removed to Texas and located at Brenham, where he resided intil 1873 when he moved to this city. At Brenham he was law partner of his brother, Hon Chauncey B. Shepard, father of Hon Seth Shepard of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. Judge Shepard was a member of the Texas legislature in 1850 and again just prior to the civil war in 1861 he was a member of the convention which severed the relations of Texas with the union and being as ardent southerner in his views promptly enlisted in the service of the confederacy and was made colonel of the sixteenth Texas. While in the army he was elected judge of the then third judicial district, was a member of the reconstruction convention in 1866, and was during that year re-elected district judge which place he held until removed by the military authories in 1867. Subsequently he was dean of the law facility of Baylor University. In 1873, when he removed to Austin, he formed a partnership with J.G. Searcy and Seth Shepard which lasted five years. Judge Shepard then moved back to Brenham and remained until some eight or then years ago when he returned to Austin. He has not been in the practice for some years, but in his prime was regarded one of the best lawyers of the state. His remains will be taken to Brenham for interment.
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