Cleopatre is related to Panurge.
Abner Smith Lipscomb -LRB- February 10 , 1789 in Abbeville District , South Carolina -- December 8 , 1856 in Austin , Texas -RRB- was an American and Texan lawyer and judge .. Abbeville District. Abbeville District, South Carolina. South Carolina. South Carolina. Austin. Austin, Texas. Texas. Texas. Texan. Republic of Texas. He was also appointed Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas under the administration of President Mirabeau B. Lamar .. Texas. Texas. Republic of Texas. Republic of Texas. President. List of Presidents of the Republic of Texas. Mirabeau B. Lamar. Mirabeau B. Lamar. Lipscomb studied law in the office of John C. Calhoun and passed the bar in 1810 .. John C. Calhoun. John C. Calhoun. In 1811 , he began practice in St. Stephens , Alabama -LRB- then part of the Mississippi Territory . -RRB-. St. Stephens. St. Stephens, Alabama. Alabama. Alabama. Mississippi Territory. Mississippi Territory. He served in the Alabama territorial legislature in 1818 and became a circuit judge in 1819 when Alabama was admitted to statehood .. Alabama. Alabama. Alabama territorial. Alabama Territory. When Chief Justice Clement Clay of the Alabama Supreme Court resigned in 1823 , Lipscomb was chosen to be the next Chief Justice .. Alabama. Alabama. Clement Clay. Clement Comer Clay. Alabama Supreme Court. Alabama Supreme Court. The court was reorganized in 1832 ; Lipscomb continued as Chief Justice of the court , where he served until 1835 .. Lipscomb served a term in the Alabama state legislature in 1838 .. Alabama. Alabama. He married in April 13 , 1813 , at St. Stephens to Elizabeth Gaines , sister of Ann Lawrence Gaines who married their cousin , Col. George Strother Gaines .. St. Stephens. St. Stephens, Alabama. George Strother Gaines. George Strother Gaines. Col. Gaines ' nephew , Hon. Francis Strother Lyon began the study of law while working for Abner Smith Lipscomb in his office in St. Stephens .. St. Stephens. St. Stephens, Alabama. Francis Strother Lyon. Francis Strother Lyon. In 1839 Lipscomb moved to the Republic of Texas and established a law practice in Brenham .. Texas. Texas. Republic of Texas. Republic of Texas. Brenham. Brenham, Texas. He was Secretary of State under President Lamar from January 31 , 1840 to December 13 , 1840 .. President. List of Presidents of the Republic of Texas. Lipscomb was a member of the Convention of 1845 ; in 1845 , he also served on a committee that wrote a report on the Texas General Land Office .. Texas. Texas. Convention of 1845. Convention of 1845. He was appointed an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court in 1846 by Governor James Pinckney Henderson .. Texas. Texas. Texas Supreme Court. Texas Supreme Court. Governor. List of Governors of Texas. James Pinckney Henderson. James Pinckney Henderson. As he was elected in 1851 and re-elected in 1856 , he continued in this post until November 1856 .. He taught Law courses at Baylor University from 1849 to 1856 .. Baylor University. Baylor University. Lipscomb died in Austin , Texas and was buried in the State Cemetery .. Austin. Austin, Texas. Texas. Texas. Lipscomb County , Texas and its county seat of Lipscomb , Texas are named in honor of him .. Texas. Texas