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Home Texas Navarro County Corsicana Judge E. J. Simkins House
     

Judge E. J. Simkins House

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514 W 2nd Ave, Corsicana, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 5' 26.08746", -96° 28' 1.62132999996"
 
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     Eldred James Simkins (1838-1902) then of South Carolina, served 4 years in the Confederate army. A brother, William S. Simkins was credited with firing the first shot of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861. E. J. Simkins moved here in 1871, established a law practice, and built the first rooms of this home in 1873. He was a regent of the University of Texas, 1881-93; served as a state senator, 1887-92; and as a justice on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1893-95. Simkins helped draft the law creating the Texas Railroad Commission and wrote a noted volume on jurisprudence.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Judge E. J. Simkins House Historical Marker Location Map, Corsicana, Texas

 
   
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