ALEXANDER BARCLAY GUIGON.
Mr. Guigon, subject of this sketch, was born at the Richmond House,
in the city of Richmond, on August 13th, 1858. After the usual preliminary
school attendance he entered the University of Virginia, where
he was a student during two summers and the session of 1879-80. He
was then admitted to the Bar in Richmond, and has been in the practice
of the law in that city ever since. At St. James Church, Richmond,
February 10, 1887, he married Kate Empie Sheppard, of that city, and
they have one son, bearing the father's name, Alexander B.
Mr. Guigon's father, Alexander Barclay Guigon, 1st, now deceased,
late Judge of the Hustings Court, city of Richmond, was a son of
August Guigon, of Richmond, born in France. The mother of the subject
of this sketch was Sarah Bates Guigon, nee Allen, now deceased, a
daughter of the late James Allen, of Richmond, formerly of Massachusetts.
Mr. Guigon's wife is a daughter of the late James Sheppard, who
was a son of Dr. Joseph Sheppard, of Henrico county. Her mother is
Kate, daughter of Dr. Adam Empie, formerly pastor of St. James'
church, Richmond.
In addition to his general practice, Mr. Guigon has for several years
been prominently identified with the State Debt litigation as assistant
counsel for the Bondholders, and as such has been actively engaged
in resisting, in the courts, the State's effort to repudiate or re-adjust
her obligations.
