James T. Shoup
James T. Shoup was born in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio. His parents lived on a farm in that township, where the subject of this sketch received his early education. He came to Delaware, Ohio, in the early eighties, where he studied law with Hon. Early F. Poppleton. In the summer of 1883 he was nominated for prosecuting attorney of Delaware County by the Democratic party and in the autumn of that year he was duly elected to that office. He took his seat on the seventh day of January, A. D., 1884, and served his full term, retiring at the end of his term. He removed from this county to Springfield, Ohio, at the close of his term, where he now resides.
From 20th Century History of Delaware County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens by James R. Lytle, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908