The Southern herald., 1896-12-11
MISSISSIPPI sgPREHE C6BaT


Gov AsIAurin 10 day appointed .
Iungs samuel 4. T-TraIl. q clask
sruaiy. judge afthe supreme court +
'aE 3 fuil term of sine yesrs, BE-
ginning Nay e. 1857. far sad from +
The second e. southern district. /
Judge Tsrran has adarnei tAs /
circuit bench ior fourteen ysars. /
He Is a manly, elaan. honest man. /
aud Democrat and a MississiP- /
plan, without fear and withon, re-
preaeh, HIS appointment is sa,is-
factory 10 the bar Of this eiiy, as il
will doubtless bs TO The bar u The
entire siat-, which has alwsys felt
IA pride in the exalted character
and Prufonnd legal lrarning, sx-
cept during The carpet-hag and
scaIawag regime, Of the supreme
Judges Of the highest eouFt in the
eommanwealth. Gov. MeLaurin
i. receiving many congratulations
on the appointment.
Judge SAMUEL II. Terrall was
b,rn in jasper county. Mis-, in
1885. His parents were James $.
and AlIelha (Hsidlsburg) rsrrsll.
His father Was born in Wayne CO &.
in 1860 His ancestors, who were Of
Wslch descent, came to Mississippi
from South Carolina. His father
was a gallant Confederate soldier
While leading a charge al Corinth
Of ais battalion, as Lieuienan, Col.
he received a wound in the breast.
but pushed forward undaunted,
when his leg was shattered by a
minnie ball. Il was ampu,Aied,
but when hsslng erysipelas 81. in
aud be died from the wound.
Judge rerralI passed his early
life in Ja.per being educated in
the common schools, and later at
1.-The state university at Oxford. lie
studied law, and began practice at
Quitman in 1858. He was disiric,
attorney for eight years and was
member OF the secession conven-
tion. lie was a member Of the
legislature from Clarke county in
1882, when he was appointed cir
cult judge Of the second district
by Gov. Lowry. He was reap
pointed six years thereafter By
Gov. Lowry for another term Of
six years, and again for four years
under the new constitution in 1894,
by Gov. Stone. He has made a
nagniticent Judge. lie was :er.
ror TO the white caps Of Marion
county, the Purvis case being Of
national notOri ty, as was also his
sentence Of sullivan and kilrain.
He was elected captain Of Com
, pany C. Thirty.seventh Mississippi
regiment, and served with that
rank until 1868, when he was pro.
NOTED TO the rank Of major. He
was in the engagement Of Iuka,
Corinth, Vicksburg, Atlanta, the
Atlanta courthouse affair, Frank
lin and Nashville. After the wal
he returned to the practice Of Law
al Quitnan, where he still lives
In 1859 he married Mise Mary Nc
, Leod, Of Winchester, whose moth
9 er Lydia Avera, was born il
Greene county, Mississippi. Judg,
and Mrs. Terrall nave had sil
children four Of whom are living
! Joseph f. Terrall, one Of ois sons
a brilliant young lawyer, ha
!. served in the legislature.
. Judge Terrall is a publiO.spirite
E citizen; progressive and popular
He is a Mason and devout mem
!. Der Of the Methodist church.
8 Judge TerralPs court met a
d Scranton last Monday, whsre it !
: allowed to bold two weeks. II
/. goes from there to Marion county
holding six days, if necessary, j
= each district of that county, an
? since I4auderdale, Noxubes an
: Kemper were put in the tenth dii
trict, his next court will begin th
2 third Monday in March in Ca
county. II is not unlikely that a
soon as Judge Terrall finishes III
: coast courts, as he has been bar
at work for fourteen years, that b
may resign for brief rest befor
assuming bis duties as suprem
Judge. When he does resign, hi
successor, in all probability, wi
. be Hon. Thsddeus A. Wood,
CLARK. Mr.. Wood is a state srni
tor, . splendid Democrat, and
: fine lawyer.
For Judge CoopeF's unexpire
-. o.. MAJ -