Hon. I. W. Stephens    

HON. I W. STEPHENS Judge I. W. Stephens came from Tennessee to Weatherford in the early seventies, well equipped with a college education, being a graduate of Washington and Lee University, formed a partnership with S. W. T. Lanham and went at once into a lucrative practice. He made good investments and was prosperous. Later he was elected to a place on the Court of Civil Appeals which he held many years. There he was distinguished for the clearness and accuracy of his opinion and their strict adherence to law. Like ex-President Coolidge, “He did not choose” to run again.

History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin: being a brief symposium of the early history of Parker County, together with short biographical sketches of early settlers and their trials, Weatherford, Tex.: Herald Pub. Co., 1937, pages 135-140. View the image of this page online.  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1920s Texas History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Try the family history collection for free for 14 days!