Location: 514 West 2nd Ave.
Corsicana,
Texas
Photo by
Dana Stubbs
Judge E. J. Simkins House
Eldred James Simkins
(1838-1902) then of South Carolina, served four 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. (1975)
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