Background
Gill, Waltus Hughes was born on November 25, 1860 in Allensville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Sherwood and Sarah Frances (Hughes) Gill.
Gill, Waltus Hughes was born on November 25, 1860 in Allensville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William Sherwood and Sarah Frances (Hughes) Gill.
Graduate Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1879. Bachelor of Laws, Tennessee Law School, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1882.
Began practice, Palestine, 1882. City attorney, Palestine, 1884-1886. County attorney, Anderson Company, Texas, 1886-1888.
District attorney, Anderson, Henderson and Houston counties, 1888-1892.
Partner of South. A. Means, Palestine, 1892-1896. District judge, 1896-1899.
Judge Appellate Court, Galveston, 1899-1907 (resigned as chief justice). Member Gill, Jones & Tyler.
Head of Board Penitentiary Commissioners, Texas, 1907-1910.
Mason.
Married Mistress.