A history of Texas and Texans . tion inMississippi. Coming to Texas in 1881, at the age ofseventeen, in Limestone county, Judge Harper was em-ployed for a time in the printing office of L. L. Foster,who was afterwards railroad commissioner of the stateof Texas and later president of the Agricultural andMechanical College at Bryan. Mr. Harper studied lawin Limestone county at the office of Gibson & Doyle,was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1891, and hasever since been actively engaged in the work of hisprofession either as a lawyer or judge. Judge Harper served as county judge of Limestone
A history of Texas and Texans . tion inMississippi. Coming to Texas in 1881, at the age ofseventeen, in Limestone county, Judge Harper was em-ployed for a time in the printing office of L. L. Foster,who was afterwards railroad commissioner of the stateof Texas and later president of the Agricultural andMechanical College at Bryan. Mr. Harper studied lawin Limestone county at the office of Gibson & Doyle,was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1891, and hasever since been actively engaged in the work of hisprofession either as a lawyer or judge. Judge Harper served as county judge of Limestonecounty for six years, from 1896 to 1902. The districtcomprising Limestone county sent him to the state senatefor eight years, from 1903 to 1911, and he finally re-signed from the senate to accept his present position asjudge of the court of criminal appeals. His service inthe state senate had some noteworthy features. He waschairman of judiciary committee No. 2; was author ofThe Medical Practice Act; was author of the Texas. i^ ^<^ou TEXAS AND TEXANS 1609 law compelling all railroads to fumigate their trains, thefirst law of its kind ever adopted in the United States,and one that since its passage by the Texas legislaturehas been adopted by many other states; was also jointauthor of the law authorizing the creation of drainageand levee districts for the reclaimation of bottom landsof Texas. Judge Harper atiUiates with the Masonic fraternity,being Past Master of Groesbeck Lodge No. 107, A. F. &A. M.; is a Boyal Arch Mason and a Knights Templar;is Past Chancellor of Travid Lodge No. 20, Knights ofPythias; a member of the Knights of Honor, and belongsto the University Club of Austin and the Austin PressClub. Judge Harper married December 23, 1901, MissMargaret L. Ingram, daughter of S. C. and Shelly(Mosely) Ingram, of Limestone county. Their fourchildren are as follows: Alfred J. Harper, Jr., James , Margaret Harper and Lloyd M. Harper. JudgeHarper and family reside at
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