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Felix Johnson McCord was born February 28, 1848, in Tishomingo County, in the
northeast corner of Mississippi. In 1867, at the age of nineteen, McCord left
his home in war-ravaged Mississippi and came to Texas via steamboat with only a
saddle and five dollars in his pocket. He landed in Jefferson, purchased a horse
and rode to nearby Gilmer, where he found work in a sawmill and read law in the
office of Colonel Dave B. Culberson for four years. Following his admission to
the bar, he moved in 1872 to the newly incorporated town of Longview and
established a successful law practice with John M. Duncan, whom he had met in
Gilmer. He was married in 1873, and the couple had two sons and five
daughters.
In 1879, Gov. Oran Roberts appointed McCord district attorney for the Seventh
District, which comprised Gregg, Wood, Upshur, Van Zandt, Smith, and Henderson
counties. McCord was elected to represent Gregg County in the Texas House of
Representatives in the 17th Legislature, from 1881-83. He served as a state
district judge for the Seventh Judicial District from 1884 to 1896. In 1908
McCord became an assistant state attorney general, and represented Texas
successfully before the United States Supreme Court in the Standard Oil
anti-trust suit. Among McCord's close friends in his home district were two
Texas governors, James Hogg, who had been district attorney of the Seventh
District, and T. M. Campbell, a Longview native.
McCord was appointed a judge of the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals by Gov. Thomas M. Campbell following the resignation of M. M.
Brooks in January 1910. McCord subsequently campaigned unsuccessfully for
election to the seat, and left the court one year later. Following his service
on the court, McCord served as a state representative in three more
legislatures, the 35th through the 37th, encompassing the years 1918 until his
death in 1922.
Felix McCord died at his Longview home April 28,
1922, at the age of seventy-four, following a long illness. He was buried in
Greenwood Cemetery in Longview. He was remembered as sincere, kind and
gracious, and as a quiet and unhurried man who possessed a keen sense of humor
and was an excellent storyteller.
This information and picture was found at above link.
Felix Johnson McCord was born February 28, 1848, in Tishomingo County, in the
northeast corner of Mississippi. In 1867, at the age of nineteen, McCord left
his home in war-ravaged Mississippi and came to Texas via steamboat with only a
saddle and five dollars in his pocket. He landed in Jefferson, purchased a horse
and rode to nearby Gilmer, where he found work in a sawmill and read law in the
office of Colonel Dave B. Culberson for four years. Following his admission to
the bar, he moved in 1872 to the newly incorporated town of Longview and
established a successful law practice with John M. Duncan, whom he had met in
Gilmer. He was married in 1873, and the couple had two sons and five
daughters.
In 1879, Gov. Oran Roberts appointed McCord district attorney for the Seventh
District, which comprised Gregg, Wood, Upshur, Van Zandt, Smith, and Henderson
counties. McCord was elected to represent Gregg County in the Texas House of
Representatives in the 17th Legislature, from 1881-83. He served as a state
district judge for the Seventh Judicial District from 1884 to 1896. In 1908
McCord became an assistant state attorney general, and represented Texas
successfully before the United States Supreme Court in the Standard Oil
anti-trust suit. Among McCord's close friends in his home district were two
Texas governors, James Hogg, who had been district attorney of the Seventh
District, and T. M. Campbell, a Longview native.
McCord was appointed a judge of the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals by Gov. Thomas M. Campbell following the resignation of M. M.
Brooks in January 1910. McCord subsequently campaigned unsuccessfully for
election to the seat, and left the court one year later. Following his service
on the court, McCord served as a state representative in three more
legislatures, the 35th through the 37th, encompassing the years 1918 until his
death in 1922.
Felix McCord died at his Longview home April 28,
1922, at the age of seventy-four, following a long illness. He was buried in
Greenwood Cemetery in Longview. He was remembered as sincere, kind and
gracious, and as a quiet and unhurried man who possessed a keen sense of humor
and was an excellent storyteller.
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/justices/profile/view/142
This information and picture was found at above link.
Felix Johnson McCord was born February 28, 1848, in Tishomingo County, in the
northeast corner of Mississippi. In 1867, at the age of nineteen, McCord left
his home in war-ravaged Mississippi and came to Texas via steamboat with only a
saddle and five dollars in his pocket. He landed in Jefferson, purchased a horse
and rode to nearby Gilmer, where he found work in a sawmill and read law in the
office of Colonel Dave B. Culberson for four years. Following his admission to
the bar, he moved in 1872 to the newly incorporated town of Longview and
established a successful law practice with John M. Duncan, whom he had met in
Gilmer. He was married in 1873, and the couple had two sons and five
daughters.
In 1879, Gov. Oran Roberts appointed McCord district attorney for the Seventh
District, which comprised Gregg, Wood, Upshur, Van Zandt, Smith, and Henderson
counties. McCord was elected to represent Gregg County in the Texas House of
Representatives in the 17th Legislature, from 1881-83. He served as a state
district judge for the Seventh Judicial District from 1884 to 1896. In 1908
McCord became an assistant state attorney general, and represented Texas
successfully before the United States Supreme Court in the Standard Oil
anti-trust suit. Among McCord's close friends in his home district were two
Texas governors, James Hogg, who had been district attorney of the Seventh
District, and T. M. Campbell, a Longview native.
McCord was appointed a judge of the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals by Gov. Thomas M. Campbell following the resignation of M. M.
Brooks in January 1910. McCord subsequently campaigned unsuccessfully for
election to the seat, and left the court one year later. Following his service
on the court, McCord served as a state representative in three more
legislatures, the 35th through the 37th, encompassing the years 1918 until his
death in 1922.
Felix McCord died at his Longview home April 28,
1922, at the age of seventy-four, following a long illness. He was buried in
Greenwood Cemetery in Longview. He was remembered as sincere, kind and
gracious, and as a quiet and unhurried man who possessed a keen sense of humor
and was an excellent storyteller.
This information and picture was found at above link.
Felix Johnson McCord was born February 28, 1848, in Tishomingo County, in the
northeast corner of Mississippi. In 1867, at the age of nineteen, McCord left
his home in war-ravaged Mississippi and came to Texas via steamboat with only a
saddle and five dollars in his pocket. He landed in Jefferson, purchased a horse
and rode to nearby Gilmer, where he found work in a sawmill and read law in the
office of Colonel Dave B. Culberson for four years. Following his admission to
the bar, he moved in 1872 to the newly incorporated town of Longview and
established a successful law practice with John M. Duncan, whom he had met in
Gilmer. He was married in 1873, and the couple had two sons and five
daughters.
In 1879, Gov. Oran Roberts appointed McCord district attorney for the Seventh
District, which comprised Gregg, Wood, Upshur, Van Zandt, Smith, and Henderson
counties. McCord was elected to represent Gregg County in the Texas House of
Representatives in the 17th Legislature, from 1881-83. He served as a state
district judge for the Seventh Judicial District from 1884 to 1896. In 1908
McCord became an assistant state attorney general, and represented Texas
successfully before the United States Supreme Court in the Standard Oil
anti-trust suit. Among McCord's close friends in his home district were two
Texas governors, James Hogg, who had been district attorney of the Seventh
District, and T. M. Campbell, a Longview native.
McCord was appointed a judge of the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals by Gov. Thomas M. Campbell following the resignation of M. M.
Brooks in January 1910. McCord subsequently campaigned unsuccessfully for
election to the seat, and left the court one year later. Following his service
on the court, McCord served as a state representative in three more
legislatures, the 35th through the 37th, encompassing the years 1918 until his
death in 1922.
Felix McCord died at his Longview home April 28,
1922, at the age of seventy-four, following a long illness. He was buried in
Greenwood Cemetery in Longview. He was remembered as sincere, kind and
gracious, and as a quiet and unhurried man who possessed a keen sense of humor
and was an excellent storyteller.
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