Oliver P. Shiras

SHIRAS

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall
Date: 5/17/2010 at 04:24:19

Oliver Perry Shiras, Soldier, Lawyer, Jurist, Author, was born Oct 22, 1833, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He removed to Dubuque, Iowa, and was there admitted to the bar in 1856. He was aid-de-camp and judge advocate on the staff of General Herron in the army of the frontier during 1862 and 1863; and in 1882-93 he was United States district judge for the northern district of Iowa. He is the author of Equity Practice in Circuit court of United States.

~Distinguished Successful Americans of Our Day; Containing Biographies of Prominent Americans Now Living; 1912, pg 391