"Old Judge Priest"
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.
Marker is on Washington Street just east of 7th Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
