Hargis, Thomas F
lawyer, jurist, was born June 24, 1842, in Breathitt county. He served in the war and became captain of the fifth Kentucky infantry. He subsequently studied law, and became one of the ablest jurists of Kentucky. His appeals as chief justice of Kentucky's highest court are written in a vigorous, yet graceful, style. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar, and the year following was elected judge of Nicholas county, Ky.; receiving the re-election in 1870. In 1871 he was chosen a member of the Kentucky state senate; elected judge of the criminal court in 1878; and raised to the appellate bench of Kentucky in 1879. He retired from the supreme bench in 1884, and has since practiced his profession in Louisville, Ky.