William Shelby Delaney

Delaney's college was Cumberland, where he graduated in July 1847 and taught Greek and Latin until 1851, studying law in his spare hours. In the war he was colonel of a Colorado County regiment, and in 1865 he was removed as district attorney as an alleged impediment to Reconstruction. In the Fourteenth Legislature of 1874-75 he chaired the finance committee, and from 1881 to 1885 he sat on the Commission of Appeals. He was also one of the region's leading stock raisers, with large tracts in Wharton, Colorado and other counties.

What the plaque says

William Shelby Delaney (September 18, 1825 - December 16, 1900) Kentucky native William S. Delaney was a college professor before being admitted to the bar in 1852. He practiced law in Tennessee until 1860, when he moved to Columbus. The Delaney family homestead was located at this site. Delaney served in the county militia during the Civil War, and later was elected to the offices of District Attorney, County Judge, and representative to the State Legislature. He was active in civic affairs and was a lay leader at St. John's Episcopal Church. He died in Austin while visiting his daughter, and is buried in that city's Oakwood Cemetery. 1995

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