Edward Ladson Fishburne

The Honorable Edward Ladson Fishburne (Nov 4, 1883 - 1964) was a South Carolina State Supreme Court Justice and grandson of Lt Gov. Merrick E. Carn.He graduated from the Citadel in 1904 and taught school for 2 years afterwards. He would later enter the legal profession of his father, William Josiah Fishburne, a distinquished South Carolina lawyer. After his father's death, he took a partner named Major Madison P. Howell, a longtime friend. He would also served as Walterboro Mayor, like his grandfather, and as a State Militia Officer. He was appointed to the office of Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1935, which he held for some 19 years until 1954.

He was married to Ms Mary Gage, the daughter of South Carolina Associate Supreme Court Justice George W. Gage of Chester. The Fishburnes had two biological children and adopted four others.

In 2003, the SC Chief Justice Jean H Toal met with the family to unveil a portrait of the late Justice.

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*http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/whatsnew/displaywhatsnew.cfm?indexID=156