A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas. Page: 726
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726 HISTORY OF JOHNSON
from the University of Louisiana (now
Tulane) in 1872, opening an office at Hillsboro,
Texas, in 1875, where he was associated
in the practice of his profession with Judge
Jo Abbott, the firm being known as Abbott
& Tarlton, and later with Colonel John H.
Bullock as Bullock & Tarlton. He was next
associated with his brother, Green D. Tarlton
and George I. Jordan as Tarlton, Tarlton &
Jordan, and still later with his brother, Green
D. and his brother-in-law, Wright C. Morrow,
as Tarlton, Tarlton & Morrow. He has been
regarded as one of the active leaders of his
party, and his services have been recognized,
and appreciation of his sound judgment and
practical ability shown, by his election in
1880 and 1884, to the State Legislature,
serving in the 17th and 19th General Assemblies,
in both of which he was an able
and active member. In the 17th session he
was a member of the following committees:
Judiciary No. 2; Internal Improvements,
and Revenue and Taxation, and in the 19th
session he was chairman of Judiciary Comnittee,
No. 2. In 1882 and 1884, he was a
member of the Democratic Executive Committee
of the State; was an unsuccessful
candidate in 1888, for the Judgeship of the
28th Judicial District, composed of the
counties of Hill, Johnson and Bosque; was
temporary chairman of the Democratic State
Convention in 1890, that nominated James
S. Iogg for Governor, and on May 5, 1891,
he was appointed by Governor Hogg a menber
of the Commission of Appeals of the
State, on which commission he is now serving.
Judge Tarlton is a thorough lawyer,having been engaged actively in the practice
of his profession until his appointment to
the position he now holds on the Commission
of Appeals. He possesses a strong and resolute
will, great firmness and practical sagacity,
and has discharged the duties of the positions
he has filled in a manner highly creditable to
himself and to the satisfaction of the people.
He married Miss Susan Little, daughter
of Hon. Isaac Littell of St. Landry's.
Vf ;r D. McKO Y, an attorney of Cleburne,
;V Johnson county, was born in Robeson
county, North Carolina, in 1862,
and was educated in the university of his
native State, at Chapel Hill. He came to
Texas in June, 1887, settling in Cleburne,
where he read law under Smith & Davis,
and was admitted to the bar in May, 1888.
He began the practice of his profession at
once, and was elected City Attorney in April,
1890. Mr. McKoy formed a partnership
with C. V. Myers in November, 1891, which
still exists.
C. V. Myers, of the law firm of Myers &
McKoy, was born in Johnson county, Texas,
in 1866, a son of John Myers, one of the
pioneers of the county, and who still resides
in this city. Mr. Myers received his literary
education at Mansfield College, Mansfield,
Tarrant county, Texas, and read law under
Furman & Stedman of Fort Worth. He
took a course of lectures at the State University
at Austin, and was admitted to the
bar in August, 1887, before Judge J. M.HI~'STOR YT OFIi JOHN'NSONN
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Lewis Publishing Company. A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46829/m1/769/: accessed February 18, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Genealogical Society.