Background
Shands, Garvin Dugas was born on December 5, 1844 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, United States. Son of Anthony Capel and Frances Jane (Ferguson) Shands.
Shands, Garvin Dugas was born on December 5, 1844 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, United States. Son of Anthony Capel and Frances Jane (Ferguson) Shands.
Educated Wofford College, South Carolina., through junior year. Bachelor of Laws, University of Kentucky, 1870. (Doctor of Laws, Wofford, 1897).
Served private and non-commissioned officer in South Carolina. regts., Hampton’s corporations Lee’s army, C.S.A., 1861-1865, in South Carolina. and Virginia Admitted to bar, 1870, and engaged in practice in Mississippi. Member Mississippi House of Representatives, 1876-1880. Lieutenant governor of Mississippi and president Senate, 1882-1890.
Served private and non-commissioned officer in South Carolina. regts., Hampton’s corporations Lee’s army, C.S.A., 1861-1865, in South Carolina. and Virginia Democrat. Dean of Law School, University of Mississippi, 1894-1906. Member Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and
Married Mary East. Roseborough, December 14, 1870.