Background
Stevens, John Morgan was born on May 27, 1876 in Old Augusta, Perry County, Mississippi, United States. Son of Captain Benjamin and Lorena Annette (Breland) Stevens.
Stevens, John Morgan was born on May 27, 1876 in Old Augusta, Perry County, Mississippi, United States. Son of Captain Benjamin and Lorena Annette (Breland) Stevens.
Student Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 3 years. Bachelor of Arts, University of Mississippi, 1898 (valedictorian). Read law at university, and under brother Judge William F. Stevens, Carrollton, Mississippi.
Review H. Walter Featherstun, June 7, 1905. Children—John Morgan (deceased), Emily White, Joseph Johnston (deceased), Stuart Featherstun (deceased), Ethelwyn Featherstun, Phineas North., Francis Bigelow. Admitted to Mississippi bar, 1899.
Member Southworth & Stevens, Lexington, Mississippi, 1899-1901, Stevens & Stevens, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1901-1906, Stevens, Stevens & Cook, Hattiesburg, 1906-1912.
Appointed chancellor 8th Chancery Court District, by Governor Earl Brewer, June 1912, and elected to same office without opposition, November 1913. Justice Supreme Court of Mississippi, May 10, 1915-October 1920, resigned.
Appointed official reporter, Supreme Court of Mississippi, October 1923. Now senior member of law firm Jackson, Mississippi.
Appointed chairman commission to recodify all laws of Mississippi, 1929.
Member American Bar Association, Mississippi State Bar Association, Kappa Alpha.
Married Ethel, daughter; children: John Morgan (deceased), Emily White, Joseph Johnston (deceased), Stuart Featherstun (deceased), Ethelwyn Featherstun, Phineas North., Francis Bigelow.