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Linton Stephens

1823 – 1872

1823-1872 , lawyer and politician

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Lived 1823 – 1872 (aged 48–49). Linton Stephens was a politician and lawyer.

Linton Stephens (July 1, 1823 – July 14, 1872) was a Georgia, US lawyer and politician who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1859 to 1860.

Biography Stephens was the brother of Alexander H. Stephens. quote| Then and there it was "his youth awoke first and fully to the life of the mind" under the tutelage of Colonel Simpson Fouche, head of a large and excellent school at Crawfordville, where Stephens was prepared for admission to college. In June 1859, Governor Joseph E. Brown appointed Stephens to a seat on the Georgia Supreme Court vacated by the resignation of Charles James McDonald.

Personal life and death In 1852, Stephens married Emmeline Bell, widow of George Bell and daughter of Georgia judge James Thomas. Emmeline died in 1857, though Stephens afterwards remained close with Judge Thomas.

Stephens died of "congestion of the brain" at Sparta, Georgia, at the age of 49.

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Born
1823
Birth century
Died
1872
Occupation
Positions held
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives, Member of the Georgia State Senate, Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
Also known as
Linton Hodges Stephens

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1823-1872 , lawyer and politician

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Linton Stephens was born in 1823.

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Linton Stephens died in 1872.

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Linton Stephens was a politician and lawyer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Linton Stephens

· Wikidata: Q62561829

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