James Horton Shankland was born in Nashville, TN, Aug. 12, 1846; received law diploma from Brown's Univ., 1869; returned to TN and admitted to the bar, 1870; came to San Francisco, CA in 1874 where he served as attorney for the San Francisco Board of Trade for thirteen years; relocated to Los Angeles in 1888; partner, Graves, O'Melveny, and Shankland, 1888-1904; partner with son-in-law, Shankland & Chandler, 1904-14; was a founder and early officer of the Los Angeles Bar Assn.; married Louisa Fowler, daughter of Joseph S. Fowler, 1874; died Jan. 24, 1923.
Joseph Smith Fowler was born in Steubenville, OH, Aug. 31, 1820; graduated from Franklin College, 1843; studied law in Bowling Green, KY; admitted to the TN bar and practiced until 1861; comptroller of Tennessee, 1862-65; US Senator, 1866-71; his daughter, Louisa Fowler, married James Horton Shankland in 1874; resumed his law practice in Washington, D.C., until his death on Apr. 1, 1902.
From the description of Papers, 1846-1939. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39693280
