Background
Somerville, Henderson Middleton was born on March 23, 1837 in Madison County, Virginia, United States. Son of James (Doctor of Medicine and Helen Glassell (Wallace) S.
Somerville, Henderson Middleton was born on March 23, 1837 in Madison County, Virginia, United States. Son of James (Doctor of Medicine and Helen Glassell (Wallace) S.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Alabama, 1856, A.M., 1859. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland Law School, 1859. Doctor of Laws, Georgetown, Kentucky, College, 1886, Southwestern U., Tennessee, 1887, University of Alabama, 1887.
Father of Ormond Somerville. Editor Memphis (Tennessee) Appeal, 1859-1862. Instructor mathematics, 1862-1865, founded law school, 1873, lecturer constitutional and common and statute law, 1873-1890, University of Alabama.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1880-1890. Member National Board Customs Appraisers, since 1890(president).
Editor Memphis (Tennessee) Appeal, 1859-1862. Instructor mathematics, 1862-1865, founded law school, 1873, lecturer constitutional and common and statute law, 1873-1890, University of Alabama. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1880-1890.
Member National Board Customs Appraisers, since 1890(president).
Member Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee, 1872-1880. Member State Commission in Lunacy, 1876-1893. Member American Academy Political and Social Science.
Married Cornelia Banks Harris, March 1862. Married second, Mistress.