Background
Fishburne, John Wood was born on March 8, 1868 in Albemarle Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Clement Daniel and Elizabeth (Wood) Fishburne.
Fishburne, John Wood was born on March 8, 1868 in Albemarle Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Clement Daniel and Elizabeth (Wood) Fishburne.
Student Washington and Lee University, 1885-1886. Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1890.
Began practice at Charlottesville, 1890. Member Virginia House of Representatives, 1895-1896. Appointed judge 8th Judicial Circuit, 1913, and elected for 3 terms by state legislature, serving until 1930.
Member 72d Congress (1931-1933), 7th Virginia District.
Mason, Elk.
Married Mary Norwood Lyons, September 15, 1898. Children: Mary Norwood, Eleanor Snowden (Mistress Gray Williams), Katharine Barton (Mistress A. Hewson Michie), John Wood, Lucy Lyons, Thomas Lyons, Junius Rodes.