Lawyer: Son of thomas and Mary Ann Hale..Hon. Winfield Scott Pope, the son of Thomas Pope and Mary Ann Hale Pope, was a
native of North Carolina. He was born on a farm in Davidson County in that
state, July 20, 1847, and died in Jefferson City, Missouri, April 13, 1921.
In his youthful days he attended the Davidson Academy and became a student at
the Hillsboro Military Academy at Hillsboro, North Carolina, where he was a
cadet during the Civil War period. About the close of the war he started west
and traveled by rail to Rolla, Missouri, afterwards across the country to
Marshfield, Webster, County, where many former residents of North Carolina had
settled. He taught school there during the time he read and studied law.
In February 1867, he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the active
practice of law at Hartville, Wright County, where he was elected to the
Missouri House of Representatives from that district in 1872. While in Jefferson
City serving in the Legislature he met Miss Lucy Miller, and on June 19, 1873,
they were married in Jefferson City at the home of her father, Hon. George Wear
Miller (see sketch), at that time judge of the circuit that included Cole
County.
Soon after Mr. Pope's marriage and the expiration of his term of office, he
moved to Jefferson City where he entered the practice of law which he continued
during his entire life. In Jefferson City were born and reared his three
daughters, Mrs. Horace B. Church, Jr., former Mary Louise Pope, died September
2, 1938. Mrs. Winfield Pope Hawkins (formerly Lucy Winfield Pope) lived in St.
Louis. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Cockrell, Jr., (Miller Chappell
Pope) died in 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Pope were married for thirty-seven years, Mrs.
Pope's death occurring in 1910.
Mr. Pope again served in the lower house of the legislature in 1897, being
elected from Cole County, and was a member of the Commission that made the
revision of the statutes in 1899. He was active in the pioneer times and in his
younger days rode the circuit on horseback, attending the various sessions of
court with the contemporary lawyers and judges. He was both a criminal and civil
lawyer, but in later years, as law became more specialized, his practice...By R Carlton(thanks)
native of North Carolina. He was born on a farm in Davidson County in that
state, July 20, 1847, and died in Jefferson City, Missouri, April 13, 1921.
In his youthful days he attended the Davidson Academy and became a student at
the Hillsboro Military Academy at Hillsboro, North Carolina, where he was a
cadet during the Civil War period. About the close of the war he started west
and traveled by rail to Rolla, Missouri, afterwards across the country to
Marshfield, Webster, County, where many former residents of North Carolina had
settled. He taught school there during the time he read and studied law.
In February 1867, he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the active
practice of law at Hartville, Wright County, where he was elected to the
Missouri House of Representatives from that district in 1872. While in Jefferson
City serving in the Legislature he met Miss Lucy Miller, and on June 19, 1873,
they were married in Jefferson City at the home of her father, Hon. George Wear
Miller (see sketch), at that time judge of the circuit that included Cole
County.
Soon after Mr. Pope's marriage and the expiration of his term of office, he
moved to Jefferson City where he entered the practice of law which he continued
during his entire life. In Jefferson City were born and reared his three
daughters, Mrs. Horace B. Church, Jr., former Mary Louise Pope, died September
2, 1938. Mrs. Winfield Pope Hawkins (formerly Lucy Winfield Pope) lived in St.
Louis. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Cockrell, Jr., (Miller Chappell
Pope) died in 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Pope were married for thirty-seven years, Mrs.
Pope's death occurring in 1910.
Mr. Pope again served in the lower house of the legislature in 1897, being
elected from Cole County, and was a member of the Commission that made the
revision of the statutes in 1899. He was active in the pioneer times and in his
younger days rode the circuit on horseback, attending the various sessions of
court with the contemporary lawyers and judges. He was both a criminal and civil
lawyer, but in later years, as law became more specialized, his practice...By R Carlton(thanks)
Lawyer: Son of thomas and Mary Ann Hale..Hon. Winfield Scott Pope, the son of Thomas Pope and Mary Ann Hale Pope, was a
native of North Carolina. He was born on a farm in Davidson County in that
state, July 20, 1847, and died in Jefferson City, Missouri, April 13, 1921.
In his youthful days he attended the Davidson Academy and became a student at
the Hillsboro Military Academy at Hillsboro, North Carolina, where he was a
cadet during the Civil War period. About the close of the war he started west
and traveled by rail to Rolla, Missouri, afterwards across the country to
Marshfield, Webster, County, where many former residents of North Carolina had
settled. He taught school there during the time he read and studied law.
In February 1867, he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the active
practice of law at Hartville, Wright County, where he was elected to the
Missouri House of Representatives from that district in 1872. While in Jefferson
City serving in the Legislature he met Miss Lucy Miller, and on June 19, 1873,
they were married in Jefferson City at the home of her father, Hon. George Wear
Miller (see sketch), at that time judge of the circuit that included Cole
County.
Soon after Mr. Pope's marriage and the expiration of his term of office, he
moved to Jefferson City where he entered the practice of law which he continued
during his entire life. In Jefferson City were born and reared his three
daughters, Mrs. Horace B. Church, Jr., former Mary Louise Pope, died September
2, 1938. Mrs. Winfield Pope Hawkins (formerly Lucy Winfield Pope) lived in St.
Louis. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Cockrell, Jr., (Miller Chappell
Pope) died in 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Pope were married for thirty-seven years, Mrs.
Pope's death occurring in 1910.
Mr. Pope again served in the lower house of the legislature in 1897, being
elected from Cole County, and was a member of the Commission that made the
revision of the statutes in 1899. He was active in the pioneer times and in his
younger days rode the circuit on horseback, attending the various sessions of
court with the contemporary lawyers and judges. He was both a criminal and civil
lawyer, but in later years, as law became more specialized, his practice...By R Carlton(thanks)
native of North Carolina. He was born on a farm in Davidson County in that
state, July 20, 1847, and died in Jefferson City, Missouri, April 13, 1921.
In his youthful days he attended the Davidson Academy and became a student at
the Hillsboro Military Academy at Hillsboro, North Carolina, where he was a
cadet during the Civil War period. About the close of the war he started west
and traveled by rail to Rolla, Missouri, afterwards across the country to
Marshfield, Webster, County, where many former residents of North Carolina had
settled. He taught school there during the time he read and studied law.
In February 1867, he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the active
practice of law at Hartville, Wright County, where he was elected to the
Missouri House of Representatives from that district in 1872. While in Jefferson
City serving in the Legislature he met Miss Lucy Miller, and on June 19, 1873,
they were married in Jefferson City at the home of her father, Hon. George Wear
Miller (see sketch), at that time judge of the circuit that included Cole
County.
Soon after Mr. Pope's marriage and the expiration of his term of office, he
moved to Jefferson City where he entered the practice of law which he continued
during his entire life. In Jefferson City were born and reared his three
daughters, Mrs. Horace B. Church, Jr., former Mary Louise Pope, died September
2, 1938. Mrs. Winfield Pope Hawkins (formerly Lucy Winfield Pope) lived in St.
Louis. The youngest daughter, Mrs. Frances M. Cockrell, Jr., (Miller Chappell
Pope) died in 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Pope were married for thirty-seven years, Mrs.
Pope's death occurring in 1910.
Mr. Pope again served in the lower house of the legislature in 1897, being
elected from Cole County, and was a member of the Commission that made the
revision of the statutes in 1899. He was active in the pioneer times and in his
younger days rode the circuit on horseback, attending the various sessions of
court with the contemporary lawyers and judges. He was both a criminal and civil
lawyer, but in later years, as law became more specialized, his practice...By R Carlton(thanks)
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