James T. “J.T.” Lomax, a member of the well-known law firm of Lomax & Collier, was a gentleman, well versed in the usages and intricacies of law. He was one of the ablest of jurists and had few peers in his comprehensive knowledge of State and international law. His birth occurred in Perry County, Tennessee, in 1851, and he was the son of James and Elizabeth Lomax, and the grandson of Thomas Lomax, a native of South Carolina. The latter was reared to live a farm life, but for forty-one years he was county clerk and recorder of Perry County, Tennessee. He was a prominent citizen, later in life residing in Tyler, Texas, in the enjoyment of comparative good health, at the age of eighty-six years. James Lomax was reared to the arduous duties of the farm and also engaged in that pursuit. He came to Randolph County, Arkansas, in 1857, and settled in Roanoke Township, improved a good farm, and now resided in that same neighborhood. J.T. Lomax came with his parents to Randolph County, when a child, and remained on his father’s farm until seventeen years of age, receiving his education in the meantime in private schools of the area. At the above-mentioned age, he began teaching school, and followed this occupation until 1882, studying law, in the meantime. The two years following he taught school in Pocahontas, and was admitted to the bar in February 1883, after which he established himself in practice and was actively engaged ever since. The firm held a large and growing clientage, and their co-partnership was a happy and prosperous one. They made a specialty of collecting and abstracting and have a complete set of abstracts of Randolph and Clay Counties. Mr. Lomax was married, in 1879, to Miss Josephine V. Mitchell, a native of Randolph County. Lomax closely identified with school matters and has been one term county examiner. He was also mayor of the town for one term. Aside from his practice Mr. Lomax was also the owner of some town property. He was of English desc
