Background
Windes, Thomas G. was born on January 19, 1848 in Morgan Company, Alabama, United States. Son of of Review Enoch and Mary A. (Ryan) W.
Windes, Thomas G. was born on January 19, 1848 in Morgan Company, Alabama, United States. Son of of Review Enoch and Mary A. (Ryan) W.
Educated Morgan Company, Alabama, schools, 1853-1863. Academic at Huntsville, Alabama, 1866-1867. Studied law at University of Virginia, and pvtly. at Huntsville, Alabama, and Jasper, Tennessee.
Served cavalry division C.S.A., 1864-1865. School teacher, 1868-1870. Farmer, 1871-1872; law clerk and practicing lawyer, 1873-1892.
Master in chancery, Circuit Court, Cook Company, Illinois, 1880-1892.
Judge Circuit Court of Cook Company, since 1892. Present term expires, 1927.
Chief justice, 1908.
Served cavalry division C.S.A., 1864-1865.
Married Sallie C. Humphrey, December 3, 1868.