History of Abilene, (Taylor County) Texas United States of America

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John Sayles, jurist, was born in Vernon, N.Y., March 9, 1825; a descendant of John Sayles, who emigrated from England in the ship Lion, with Roger Williams, in 1631, and settled on Providence Plantations, R.I., in 1645, where he married Mary, daughter of Roger Williams. John Sayles the younger attended the public schools of Oneida county; graduated at Hamilton college, LL.B. in 1845, and removed to Georgia, teaching school there and in Texas. He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1846; practised at Brenham; was a representative in the Texas legislature, 1853?55; and was appointed special judge of the supreme court of Texas in 1851; brigadier-general in the Texas militia during the civil war, and was on the staff of Gen. John B. Magruder. He was professor of law at Baylor university, Waco, Texas, 1880?99, and is the author of: A Treatise on the Practice in the District and Supreme Courts of Texas (1858); Treatise on the Civil Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in the State of Texas (1867); Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions in the Courts of Texas (1872); Laws of Business and Form-Books (1872); Constitution of Texas with Notes (1872); Notes on Texan Reports (1874); The Masonic Jurisprudence of Texas, with Forms for the Use of Lodges and the Grand Lodge (1879); and Revised Civil Statutes and Laws, passed by the Legislature of Texas, with Notes (1888). He died at Abilene, Tex., May 22, 1897.

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

History of Abilene, (Taylor County) Texas

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