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County: McCracken

Old Judge Priest

Marker Number: 

839

Location: 

Paducah Courthouse Lawn

Here for six years presided William Sutton Bishop, the famed Judge Priest of Irvin S. Cobb's stories. Judge Bishop, 1839-1902, was First District Circuit Court Judge from 1891 to 1897. Served in 7th Ky. Conf. Inf. "This was a man," Paducah Bar Assn. Presented by Southern Bell Telephone Company.

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