History of Bluffton, (Cherokee County) Alabama United States of America

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John Levi Sheppard, representative, was born at Bluffton, Ala., April 13, 1854; son of John Levi and Amanda (Morris) Sheppard; and a descendant of the Sheppards of the Carolinas. About 1859 his mother removed to Morris county, Texas, where he attended the public schools. He was married, Dec. 18, 1873, to Alice, daughter of Richard Benson Blake and Nancy (Peters) Eddins of Monterey, Caddo Parish, La. He began the practice of law in Daingerfield, Texas, 1879; served as district attorney of the fifth judicial district, 1882?88, and as district judge of the same district, 1886?96. In 1896 he retired from the bench and again took up the practice of law. He was temporary chairman of the Democratic state convention, 1892; was delegate to the Bimetallic convention at Chicago, 1893, where the first important movements for free silver originated, and was delegate to the Democratic national convention at Chicago, 1896, and was later Texas member of the presidential notification committee at New York, August, 1896. He was Democratic representative from the 4th Texas district to the 56th and 57th congresses, 1899?1902, and served on the committee on Pacific railroads. Upon his death, his son, Morris Sheppard, was elected to complete his term and was re-elected to the 58th congress in November, 1902. Representative John Levi Sheppard died in Texarkana, Texas, Oct. 11, 1902.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Bluffton, (Cherokee County) Alabama

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