Jackson County AlArchives Biographies.....Bouldin, Virgil October 20 1866 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 27, 2004, 7:21 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) VIRGIL BOULDIN, a lawyer of Scottsboro, Ala., was born October 20, 1866, in Jackson county, and until he was thirteen years old attended the schools of his native county. In 1881 he went to Burritt college, at Spencer, Tenn., for one year, and then to the normal school, at Winchester, Tenn., four years, graduating in the spring of 1886. He then taught school in Jackson county one year, and in Texas one year. He then went to Lebanon, Tenn., and took the law course at the Cumberland university, graduating in 1889. Returning to Scottsboro, he was admitted to the bar, in February, 1889, and in April, following, formed a law partnership with W. L. Martin, the attorney general of the state. Mr. Bouldin is a democrat, and takes an active interest in politics. He is now chairman of the Jackson county executive committee, and is a member of the congressional committee of the eighth district. In 1890 and 1892 he was a delegate to the state convention, and in 1892 he was one of the committee on credentials. He belongs to the Beta Theta Pi society, and to the Baptist church. The father of Virgil Bouldin is John Bouldin, a native of Warren county, Tenn. He removed to Jackson county in 1855. He is a farmer. and was a soldier in the Confederate army, serving through the war. He married Mary Collins, a native of Jackson county, Ala., and to this marriage there have been born fourteen children, of whom twelve survive, Virgil being the second of the family. John Bouldin was married twice, but had no children by his first wife. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1134-1135 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb