NIBLACK, Hon. William E. - Unknown Co

BIO:  NIBLACK, Hon. William E.


History of Pike & Dubois Counties, Indiana; Chicago
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885
Dubois County, Patoka Twp, page 640

HON. WILLIAM E. NIBLACK, of Vincennes, judge of the supreme court, was born in
Dubois County, Ind., May 22, 1822.  The father who was of Scotch descent was
born in Kentucky, and the mother, a native of Virginia, was of English
descent.  The former came to Indiana in 1817, and the later in 1820.  They
were married near Petersburg, Pike Co., in 1821.  Our subject spent his early
life on a farm, and when sixteen years old entered the State University but
pecuniary circumstances did not permit him to finish his course and graduate.
He followed surveying three years, and in the meantime studied law. In 1845 he
began practicing law at Old Mount Pleasant, and in 1849 was elected to the
Legislature.  At various times he held the office of senator, circuit judge of
the judicial district, holding the position about eight years.  He soon after
moved to Vincennes and was elected to Congress in 1856, serving by re-election
in the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth Congress until 1861.  He served in the
State Legislature during the session of 1863, and in 1864 was again elected to
Congress serving continuously until March 4, 1875. In 1864 he was delegate to
the Democratic National Convention at Chicago, and the same at New York, 1868.
In 1876 he was elected a judge of the Supreme Court of Indiana and served one
term of six years, and was re-elected in 1882.  Although he descends from the
Whig and Federal party, he has always been a stanch Democrat.  He is
considered a just and upright judge, a true man and earnest citizen, and wears
his honors in a manner that shows him to be worthy the many exalted positions
he has filled.

(Indiana Marriage Records:  Bk 1, p 8, Niblack, John to Hartgrove, Patsey,
08-09-1821, Pike Co., IN)



 
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Date: 15 Aug 1998