G. D. Shands Last updated November 07, 2025 Early life Garvin Dugas Shands was born on December 5,1844,in Burnt Factory,Spartanburg District,South Carolina ,and was raised in the family home there. [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] He was the oldest son of South Carolina natives Dr. Anthony Capel Shands (1815 or 1816 - 1876) and Frances Jane (Ferguson) Shands,his wife. [ 1] [ 3] [ 4] Shands began attending Wofford College in 1859. [ 1] When the American Civil War began in 1861,Shands enlisted at the age of 17 in Manigault's Battalion in the Confederate Army . [ 2] [ 3] At the end of the year,he was transferred to the 6th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment . [ 3] His unit helped guard the Port of Charleston until May 1864,when they were transferred to the command of General Wade Hampton . [ 3] Shands was among Hampton's and Joseph E. Johnston 's troops during the surrender in April 1865 in Bennett Place in Durham,North Carolina . [ 3] He then returned to Wofford College in the same year,graduating with a B. A. in 1866. [ 1] [ 2] In 1867,Shands moved to Panola County,Mississippi ,where he was a teacher and also read law ,and lived there for two years before moving to Tate County,Mississippi ,in 1869. [ 3] He then attended the University of Kentucky ,graduating in January 1870 [ 5] with a Bachelor of Laws degree. [ 2]
Career After graduating,Shands opened a law office in Senatobia,Mississippi ,and his law practice grew. [ 2] [ 3] He was elected to represent Tate County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1875 and reelected in 1877,serving from 1876 to 1880. [ 6] [ 5] In 1881,Shands was elected to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi and served from 1882 to 1886. [ 5] In 1885,he was re-elected and served a second term from 1886 to 1890. [ 5] From 1890 to 1894,Shands was a trustee of both Vanderbilt University and Millsaps College . [ 1] In 1894,Shands accepted the position of dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law and also served there as a law professor. [ 2] [ 3] He received an honorary L. L. D. from Wofford in 1897. [ 2] [ 1] In October 1906,Shands accepted a position as a professor of common law at Tulane University . [ 2] [ 7] Shands retired in 1909,and was granted a retirement allowance by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . [ 1] [ 2]
Later life Shands was a member of the Methodist Church and served as a delegate to its national conventions in 1882,1886,1890,1894,and 1906. [ 4] [ 7] He married Mary Endosia Roseborough on December 14,1870. [ 3] [ 1] They had five children together:Hubert Anthony Shands (1872-1955;an English professor and author [ 8] ),Mabel I.,Audley W.,Harley R.,and Cecil. [ 1] Shands died in New Orleans,Louisiana ,on July 1,1917. [ 2] His widow Mary died on October 7,1934. [ 9]
References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Who's who in American Methodism 197. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Teaching, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of (1918). Annual Report of the President and Treasurer 136. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Encyclopedia of Mississippi History: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons 647. 1 2 Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals 749– 750. 1 2 3 4 Brooks, Ulysses Robert (1909). Butler and His Cavalry in the War of Secession, 1861-1865 286. ISBN 978-0-7222-8228-1 ↑ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis 583. ISBN 978-0-7884-4821-8 1 2 Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1908). Who's who in America 1702. ↑ Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967 406. ISBN 978-1-61703-418-3 ↑ "Obituary for G. D. Shands" . The Monroe News-Star . 1934-10-08. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-03-01 .
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