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Edward David Bass
1873 - 1960
Senate
- 57th and 58th General
Assemblies, 1911-15
Representing Hamilton
County
Democrat
Born at Chattanooga,
Hamilton County, March 28, 1873; son of
James Arnold and Ann (Dill) Bass,
Attended public schools of Chattanooga;
studied law and admitted to bar, 1920.
First married in 1891; name of wife not
indicated; she died c.1892; second marriage in 1897 to Hassie Brooks, daughter
of W. H. Brooks of McMinnville, Warren County; two children by this marriage--Edward David, Jr. and Edna; third marriage; date not indicated, to
Mrs, Margaret Harper of East Ridge, Hamilton County.
Helped father
in grocery store in Chattanooga in early life; at age twenty-seven opened
grocery store of own and continued 1900-1906; in real estate business, 1906-10;
practiced law from 1920 except for years in public office.
Elected member
of county court, 1906; member of county election board, 1908 and again in 1909;
elected city commissioner, 1915-27; mayor of Chattanooga, 1927-47; resigned as
mayor three months before expiration of final term, 1947, because of ill
health.
Removed to Tavares, Florida, but continued to maintain legal residence
in Chattanooga.
Member board
of trustees, Methodist Episcopal Church, South; sometime Exalted Ruler Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks; member Knights of Pythias; Independent Order of
Odd Fellows; Junior Order of United American Mechanics; Civitan Club.
Died at Tavares, Florida, March 12, 1960.
Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.
Sources: Chattanooga News-Free Press, Mar, 14,
1960; Armstrong, History of Hamilton County
and Chattanooga, I, 326; Hamer, Tennessee, A
History, IV, 536-37; Moore and Foster, Tennessee, The Volunteer State,
III, 84-85; Tennessee Public Acts, 1911, 1913.
Joseph
Smith Bean
1908 - Unknown
House - 69th General Assembly - 1935-37
Senate - 71st General Assembly - 1939-41
Representing Hamilton County in both
Assemblies
Democrat
Born at Sinking
Cove in 13th civil district of Franklin County March 14, 1908; son of Johnnie
Crawford and Jeston Elizabeth (Sanders) Bean.
Attended elementary and secondary schools at Winchester, Franklin
County. Received B.S. degree from University of the South, Sewanee, Franklin County; Received L. L. B. degree from Cumberland University, Lebanon Wilson County.
Member honor fraternities in both universities.
Married at Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia,
November 22, 1940, to Mary Frances Kelly of Winchester, daughter of Scott and
Mary (Evans) Kelly. Children-- Joseph Scott, Jerald Wayne, and Daniel Alan.
Practiced law in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, 1934-44.
Removed to
Winchester where he has practiced law, 1944 to present (1970).
Member Protestant Episcopal Church, having
been Sunday school teacher in Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Chattanooga;
member Phi Gamma Delta and Sigma Delta Kappa fraternities; Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Rebecca F.O.E. Sometime president
Young Democratic clubs,
local and of Middle Tennessee; Blue Key Club.
Address (1970), Winchester.
Sources:
Information supplied by sister, Miss Martha Bean, Chattanooga, Nov, 25, 1966 Chattanooga
City Directories; Tennessee Public Acts, 1935, 1939.
Henry Clay Beck
1853 - 1915
House - 50th and 51st General Assemblies,
1897-1901
Representing Hamilton County
Republican
Born near Chattanooga, Hamilton County, March 10, 1853; son of
Joshua and Margaret (Hixson) Beck.
Attended "common schools" in native county and at Athens, McMinn
County.
Married, date and place
not indicated, to Rhoda Douglas Wexler; Children--Mary, Benjamin, and one whose
name is not stated.
Began career as
county register, 1874-90; founder of Chattanooga Abstract Company and, in 1899,
organized Title Guaranty and Trust Company, Serving as president of both until
death. Secretary Northside Steamboat Ferry Company secretary Grandview
Cemetery; director in Mutual Real Estate and
Home Building Association; trustee
and secretary of board of trustees of University of Chattanooga; treasurer
Chattanooga Land, Coal, and Iron Railway
Company.
Treasurer Methodist Episcopal
Church; member Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Improved Order of Red
Men.
Died at Heber, Utah,
August 6, 1915, while on way to San Francisco, California.
Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.
Sources:
Information supplied by C. 0. Hon, Chattanooga; Chattanooga Times,
Aug. 7, 12, 1915; Nashville American, Dec. 28, 1898; Who's Who in Tennessee;
1911, p. 49; Goodspeed, History of Hamilton County, 831, 908;
Armstrong and Hixson, Hixson-Hixon, 21-22.
William
James Bass
1853 - 1923
House - 63rd General Assembly, January 1 to July 3, 1923
Representing Hamilton County
Democrat
Died some three months after legislative session
ended.
Born near Nashville, Davidson County April 16, 1853; son of Major
William J. and Caroline (Watkins) Bass.
Attended public schools; Anderson and Campbell
Academy, in Nashville, Kentucky Military Institute,
Discontinuing after two years
because of gymnasium accident.
Married, date and place not indicated, to Ida
Maddin, daughter of Dr. John W. and Anne (Downs) Maddin of
Nashville. Children--Jack and Louise.
Had begun work as a clerk in Nashville by 1878; salesman for various
concerns; by 1890 had become member of Nashville firm of George W. Stoekell
and Company, dealers in implements and seeds; represented that firm in
Birmingham, Alabama, 1892.
Had moved to Chattanooga,
Hamilton County, by 1895, where he was member of firm, Bass, Clifford, and
Company, managers of manufacturing concern of Milburn Wagon Company: the following
year was secretary of Milburn-Bass Wagon Company, which soon became Chattanooga
Wagon Company; continued as secretary of firm until retirement, c.1920;
president of Chattanooga Transfer Company, c.1905-19Q9.
Elected city commissioner of Chattanooga 1923.
In World War I;
served in Tennessee National Guard; promoted from rank of capt. to that of
major.
Member Methodist Episcopal
Church; Free and Accepted Masons; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks;
Knights of Pythias.
Died at Chattanooga July 3, 1923.
Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville.
Sources:
Information on biographical form filled out by self, 1922, in Manuscript
Division, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Chattanooga Times, July
4, 1923; Nashville Tennessean, July 4, 1923; Nashville City Directory,
1878-1892; Chattanooga City Directory, 1895-1920;
Tennessee Vital Statistics,
Death Certificate 259.
Frederick J.
Bennett
1836
- Unknown
House, 46th General Assembly, 1889-91
Representing
Hamilton County
Republican
Born in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania,
in 1836; name of father not stated but mother Maria J.
Bennett, died in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, March 11, 1890.
Subject
attended "common schools" in Pennsylvania;
attended for three years Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania; attended
Union College in NewJersey, 1860-61.
Nothing found to indicate he ever married.
Settled in Chattanooga after Civil War,
1865, and entered lumber business, continuing to 1875;
removed to Missionary Ridge, Hamilton County, to enter real
estate business and to inaugurate fruit cultivation; was
again living in Chattanooga, 1903, where he was listed as fruit
grower; was living in Chattanooga as late as 1913; not listed in
city directory of 1915; organized Missionary Ridge
Land
Company; promoter of good roads; secured extension of
Chattanooga electric transportation to Missionary Ridge; president Hamilton
County Fruit Growers Association; in 1896 gave land for first
public park in Chattanooga; author of many newspaper articles
on fruit growing.
Elected justice of the peace, 1882, for 9th
civil district of Hamilton County.
Died at undetermined
date after 1913; place of burial not determined.
Sources:
Chattanooga Times, Feb. 7, Mar. 11, 1881; Mar. 13,
1890; Smith, East Tennessee, Historical
and
Biographical, 271-75; Armstrong, History of Hamilton County and
Chattanooga, II, 99; Chattanooga City Directory, 1875-1915; Acts
of Tennessee, 46th General Assembly, 2nd Sess.,
1890, p.103.
Peter Bolton
1824 - Unknown
House, 43rd General Assembly, 1883-85
Representing
Hamilton County
Republican
Born in Rhea County, February 27, 1824;
son of Robert and Anne (Holt) Bolton.
Attended subscription
schools of Hamilton County.
Married in Bledsoe County in 1852
to Salena L. Merriman, daughter of Bryant and Martha
(Fergudon) Merriman; children--Tennessee, Virginia, and
William.
Came to
Hamilton County, 1839, after schooling; worked as
blacksmith twenty-five years; became carpenter; lived at Sale
Creek, 11th civil district of Hamilton County.
Elected justice of the
peace, 1864; postmaster at Sale Creek, 1871-83; tax
collector
for 11th district, 1868-69; deputy sheriff. Deacon in
Missionary Baptist Church; on board of trustees of
Masonic Academy.
Date
of death and place of burial not determined.
Sources:
Armstrong, History of Hamilton County and
Chattanooga, I, 308; Goodspeed, History
of Hamilton County, 898, 912; Rhea County MarriageRecord, 1808-1845,
p. 38; U.S. Census, 1860, Hamilton County.
Reese Bowen Brabson
1817
- 1863
House, 29th General Assembly, 1851-53
Representing
Hamilton County
Whig
Born
at Brabson's Ferry near Knoxville, Knox County,
September 16, 1817;
son of
John and Elizabeth (Davis) Brabson.
Attended
Dandridge Academy,
Jefferson County;
graduated from Maryville College
Blount County;
studied law at Dandridge and admitted to bar, 1848.
Married September 24, 1844, to Sarah Maria
Keith, daughter of Judge Charles Fleming and Elizabeth Douglas (Hale) Keith of
McMinn County; children -- John Bowen,
Ada, Maria Marshall, Catherine Douglas, Mary Louise,
and Rose Douglas.
Began
practice of law at Chattanooga, Hamilton County and continued throughout
life; also engaged in farming, raising of blooded stock, and growing extensive vineyards
and orchards.
Lived
at "Mansion" on Brabson Hill near Chattanooga.
Presidential
elector, 1848, on Whig ticket of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore;
unsuccessful candidate for Congress, 1855, on ticket of American or
Know-Nothing Party; again presidential elector, 1856, on American or Know-Nothing
ticket of Millard Fillmore and Andrew Jackson Donelson; elected alderman, 1857;
elected, 1859, to U.
S. House of Representatives as nominee of Opposition Party,
serving from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1861; strong supporter of Union, did
not run for reelection in 1861. Offered commission of colonel in Union army but
declined.
Died
at Chattanooga, August 16, 1863; buried in Citizens Cemetery.
Son-in-law of Charles
Fleming Keith; father-in-law of John J. Littleton sometime members Tennessee
General Assembly.
Sources:
Biographical Directory of American Congress; Hamer, Tennessee, A History, III,
16-18; Moore and Foster, Tennessee, The Volunteer State, II, 56; Armstrong,
History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, I, 144; Nashville.Republican Banner, Aug. 8, 1859; Nashville Patriot, Aug. 9, 1859.
John
B. Brannan
Unknown
House, 48th General Assembly, 1893-95
Representing Hamilton
County
Democrat
Only additional information: was
"moulder"by trade; head of Federation of Trades in Chattanooga, Hamilton County; head janitor for U.
S. custom house.
Chattanooga; described as self-made man.
Source: Chattanooga Times, Oct. 9, 1910; Chattanooga
City Directory, 1893, 1896, 1899-1900, 1900-1901, 1905-1909.
Eugene Jackson Bryan
1888 - 1958
House, 59th General Assembly, 1915-19
Senate, 62nd
and 63rd General Assemblies, 1921-25
Representing Hamilton
County at all sessions
Democrat;
Speaker of Senate in 63rd
Assembly
Born at Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, June 25, 1888; son of Daniel G. and Carrie (Burg) Bryan.
Attended public schools;
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County, where he
was president of freshman class and from which he
graduated in 1911; graduated in law, 1912, from University of Chattanooga.
Married October 16, 1912, to Mary Ruth Bates, daughter of
Creed F. Bates; children—Eugene Jackson, Jr.,
Elizabeth Ann, William Bates, George, and Charlene.
Practiced law at
Chattanooga; member of boards of Erianger and Carver hospitals
for sixteen years, holding post of secretary. City commissioner
for Chattanooga,
1925-41, serving as head of fire and police
departments and as vice-mayor; in 1941 named U.S.
Referee in Bankruptcy, serving until death;
had been reappointed
for
another term shortly before death; member Democratic
State Executive Committee, 1923-30, 1932-42. Member Methodist
Episcopal church, later of Presbyterian Church;
elected, 1943, International Judge Advocate of Civitan Club while
serving as president of local club; named, 1948,
president-designate of Civitan International; president, 1950, of
International Civitan Club; co-chairman, 1946, of fund drive for
crippled children and adults.
Died at Chattanooga
October 11, 1958; buried in Forest Hills Cemetery.
Sources:
information from biographical form filled out by
self, 1923, in Manuscript Division, Tenn. State
Library and Archives; Chattanooga News-Free Press, Oct. 11, 1958;
Blake, Lawmakers and Public Men of Tennessee, 85; Tenn.
Public Acts, 1915, 1921,
1923;
Tennessee
Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 25,455.
John
Anderson
1814-1902
House, 34th
(Reconstruction)
General Assembly, 2nd Adj. Sess.
Representing Hamilton
County
Elected to succeed James R. Hood who was disqualified April 14, 1866;
Anderson was qualified and seated November 12,
1866, and served to end of term, October 6, 1867; elected to SENATE,
35th General Assembly, 1867-69; again representing Hamilton County;
Unionist.
Born in Bledsoe County
December 2, 1814; son of John and
Elizabeth (McNair) Anderson. Described
as having a good education in native county.
Twice married; first to G. Allen and next to Purlymly Luttrell.; date and place
of neither marriage indicated; two children by first wife, ten by second; one son was James Madison,
names of others not: found.
Occupations, planter, merchant,
and livestock, trader; removed to Hamilton County, 1835, where he opened first
store at Georgetown. Postmaster at Georgetown, 1836-86; justice of the
peace for James and Hamilton counties, 1846-86.
Actively supported Union cause during Civil
War, having five sons in Union army; became Republican.
Member Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Died in James
County, now included in Hamilton County, July 20, 1902; buried in Anderson graveyard, thirty-three miles northeast of Chattanooga.
Brother of Josiah McNair Anderson, sometime
member Tennessee General Assembly.
Sources: House
Journal, 34th (Reconstruction) General
Assembly, called sess., 52; 2nd adj. sess., 8;
information on Anderson family in Tenn. State Library supplied by Miss
Aimeda Anderson, July 6, 1930;
Goodspeed, History of James County, 955; Goodspeed, History of
Hamilton County, 830; Hamilton County Tombstone Records, 1-3.
Leonard Charles Aymom
1891
-
House, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, and 80th General
Assemblies, 1949-59; representing Hamilton
County; Democrat.
Born at Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, October 2, 1891; son of Joseph and Katherine (Deydier) Aymon.
Attended Tennessee
School for for Blind, Nashville, Davidson County; after regular courses,
completed postgraduate courses, 1912.
Married September 19, 1918, to
Aaley Elizabeth Smith; one son—Leonard Charles, Jr.
Traveled for Star Piano
Company sixteen years; in 1928 became instructor in the sight conservation and
rehabilitation program of Education Department of Chattanooga and Hamilton County;
pioneer teacher of Braille to adults.
Member
Methodist Episcopal Church; Free and Accepted Masons;
Independent: Order of Odd Fellows; Half Century Club; Lions Club; and numerous
other civic clubs.
Address (1970), 1901 Duncan Avenue, Chattanooga.
Sources:
Who's Who in Tennessee (1961), p. 23; Chattanooga
City Directory, 1970. Public Acts,
1949,
1951,1953, 1955, 1957.
Edward Lamar Baker
1915 -
House, 85th General Assembly, 1967-69;
Representing Hamilton County;
Senate, 86th General Assembly, 1969-71;
Representing Hamilton County;
Republican
Born at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, December
29, 1915;
son of Rush Emmons and Sarah Catherine (Beall) Baker,
Attended South St. Elmo elementary school, Chattanooga, 1921-27; Chattanooga High School, 1930, .193 2-36; David
Lipscomb College, Nashville, Davidson County, .1936-38; received B.S.
degree in business administration, 1938, from Harding College, Searcy, Arkansas.
Married at Nashville August
21, 1945,
to Sue Jolly Batey of Chattanooga, daughter of James Benjamin and Maggie (Jordan) Batey; one son—Edward Lamar,
Jr. and one daughter—Sarah Susan.
Owner of Commercial Janitors, Inc., Chattanooga; engaged in contract
janitorial service.
Chairman Hamilton County Republican Executive
Committee,
In World War II; served in Army Air Force,
1942-46; in European Theater of Operations; separated from service with rank of
major; awarded ETO Ribbon with three oak leaf clusters; Good Conduct Medal.
Elder in Church of Christ; member Chamber of
Commerce; Industrial Development Committee of One Hundred; National Association
of Building Service Contractors; Chattanooga Safety Council;
vice-chairman,
1965, Citizens Good Government League; member American Legion,
Residence (1970), 76 South Crest Road, Chattanooga, 37404,
Sources: Information supplied by self, Dec. 28, 1966; Chattanooga City Directory, 1.970
Robert McKinney Barton
II
1851 - 1928
Senate, 48th General Assembly, 1893-95
Representing Hamilton County
Democrat
Born at Greeneville, Greene County,
November 26, 1851; son of Robert MeKinney and Hannah B. (McFarland) Barton,
Attended elementary schools at Dover and Springvale, Stewart County, and at Russellville, Hamblen County; Reagan High School, Morris town, Hamblen County; University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
1870-71; studied law in office of father and uncle and admitted to bar,
1873. Married, date and place not indicated, to Virginia McFarland, daughter of Benjamin F, and Sarah (Cox) McFarland; two sons-Robert MeKinney, III and one whose name is not determined.
Taught school while studying law; after admission to bar, removed to Chattanooga, Hamilton County, to begin practice of law and to engage in other activities as well, including: president Mutual Real Estate and Home Builders Association; president Chattanooga Land Co.; vice-president Ocoee Land Company; one of founders and a director City Savings Bank; one of incorporators Chattanooga Library Association and of Chattanooga Hospital Association.
Moved to Memphis, Shelby County, to enter partnership with son;
City Attorney for Chattanooga, 1880-82; appointed, 1896, to Court of Chancery Appeals for East Tennessee and continued in same position when court was changed to Court of Civil Appeals, serving to 1910; unsuccessful candidate for Tennessee Supreme Court, 1910; U.S. Commissioner for Eastern District eight years; appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to Railway and Labor Board, serving as chairman of board for time; retired from board, 1923. Member Knights of Pythias; Mountain City Club; Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce; Business Men's Club; Board of Associated Charities; Memphis Literary Society.
In 1926 removed to St. Petersburg, Florida
Died at Tampa, Florida, April 5, 1928; buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Chattanooga. Son of Robert MeKinney Barton, I, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly.
Sources: Nashville American, Jan. 2, 1893; Chattanooga Times, Apr. 6, 1928; Proceedings of Bar Association of Tennessee, 1926, p. 178: McGuffey, Standard History of Chattanooga, 3 45; Armstrong, History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, II, 92, 94-; Goods peed, History of Hamilton County, 1003; Who's Who in Tennessee, 1911, p. 280; Smith, East: 'Tennessee Historical and Biographical, 250; Hamilton County Tombstone Records, Vol. 4, pp. 9, 125; biographical form of Robert MeKinney Barton, I.
Eugene
Jackson Bryan
(l888
- l958)
HOUSE,
59th General Assembly, l9l5-l9; SENATE, 62nd and
63rd General Assemblies, l92l-25; representing Hamilton
County at all sessions; Democrat; Speaker of Senate
in 63rd Assembly.
Born
at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, June 25, l888;
son of Daniel G. and Carrie (Burg) Bryan. Attended
public schools; University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Knox County, where he was president of freshman
class and from which he graduated in l911; graduated
in law, l9l2, from University of Chattanooga.
Married
October l6, l9l2, to Mary Ruth Bates, daughter of
Creed P. Bates; children--Eugene Jackson, Jr,, Elizabeth
Ann, William Bates, George, and Charlene, Practiced
law at Chattanooga; member of boards of Erlanger
and Carver hospitals for sixteen years, holding
post of secretary. City commissioner for Chattanooga,
l925-41, serving as head of fire and police departments
and as vice-mayor; in l941 named U.S. Referee in
Bankruptcy, serving until death; had been reappointed
for another term shortly before death; member Democratic
State Executive Committee, l923-30, l932-42.
Member
Methodist Episcopal Church, later of Presbyterian
Church; elected, l943, International Judge Advocate
of Civitan Club while serving as president of local
club; named, l948, president-designate of Civitan
International; president, l950, of International
Civitan Club; co-chairman, l946, of fund drive for
crippled children and adults.
Died
at Chattanooga October11, l958; buried in Forest
Hills Cemetery.
Sources:
Information from biographical form filled out by
self, l923, in Manuscript Division, Tenn, State
Library and Archives; Chattanooga News-Pree Press,
Oct, 11, l958; Blake, Lawmakers and Public Men of
Tennessee, 85; Tenn, Public Acts, l9l5, l92l, l923;
Tenn. Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 25, 455.
John
Christopher Burch
(l827
- l88l)
HOUSE,
3lst General Assembly, l855-57; representing Hamilton
County;
SENATE,
32nd General Assembly, l857-59; representing counties
of Hamilton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Marion, and Rhea;
Democrat;
Speaker
of Senate in 32nd Assembly.
Born
in Jefferson County, Georgia, October l7, l827;
son of Morton Newman and Mary (Ballard) Burch. Graduated,
l847, from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut;
studied law and admitted to Georgia bar, l849.
Married,
c.l844, to Lucy Newell; eight children--Katherine
Newell, Mary Ballard, John Christopher,Jr., Charles
N., Robert Lee, and Lucius Edward, and two who died
in infancy.
Began
practice of law at Spring Place, Murray County,
Georgia; removed to Chattanooga, Hamilton County,
l852, and practiced until l859; removed to Nashville,
Davidson County, l859, to become editor of Nashville
Union and American, a leading Democrat paper of
state; after Civil War, l869, purchased controlling
interest in that paper and continued as chief editor
until l873.
Appointed
Comptroller of Tennessee May 1, 1873, and continued
to January l4, l875; elected secretary of U.S. Senate,
March 24, l879, and continued until death some two
years later.
A
strong advocate of Southern rights, he served during
Civil War on staffs of Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, Gen.
Nathan B. Forrest, and Gen. Jones M. Withers, with
rank of colonel.
Member
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Died
at Washington, D. C., July 28, 1881; buried in Mount
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville.
Sources:
Chattanooga Times, July 29, l88l; Nashville American,
July 29, l88l; Nashville Banner, July 29, l88l;
Aug. 11, l938; Oct. l6, l959; Clayton, History of
Davidson County, 407-4O9; Wooldridge, History of
Nashville, 588-90; Moore and Poster, Tennessee,
The Volunteer State, II, 75-76; Miller‘s Manual;
l72; U.S. Senate Officers of 46th and 47th Congresses,
Biographical Directory of American Congress
Burch,
The Burch Book, 202-203.
James
Carlton Caldwell
(l925
- )
HOUSE,
8lst, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, and 85th General Assemblies,
l959-69; representing Hamilton County; Democrat.
Born
at Decatur, Alabama, September 24, l925; son of
James Carlton and Jewel P. (Farrar) Caldwell. Graduated
from following schools, all in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County: Glenwood, l937; Central High, l943; University
of Chattanooga, B.B.A. degree, l949.
Married
at Chattanooga August 3l, l946, to Mary Elizabeth
Griswold, daughter of Dewitt Clinton and Mae (Layne)
Griswold; children--James Wesley, Carlton DeWitt,
Mark Rankin, and Bruce Griswold.
Engaged
in life insurance business, l949-53; in general
insurance since l953 in firm of Caldwell Casey and
Assoc., Inc.; vice-president Orange Grove School
for Retarded Children.
In
World War II; held rank of cpl., U.S. Air Force;
four battle stars--New Guinea, Southern Philippines,
Luzon, and Western Pacific; awarded A.T.O. Medal,
A.P.T.O. Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with
Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal, and World War II
Victory Medal.
Member
Baptist Church, serving as choir director, teacher,
general secretary, and superintendent of Sunday
School; secretary, vice-president, and national
director of Junior Chamber of Commerce; member Insurors
of Chattanooga; Better Business Bureau, Council
of Community Forces; United Fund; Young Democrat
Club.
Office
(1970), 830 Cherry St., Chattanooga; residence,
1116 Crown Point Rd., W., Signal Mountain.
Sources:
Information supplied by self, Sept. 9, 1959; Legislative
Council Information Card, 1967; Chattanooga City
Directory, 1970.
Frank
Stamper Carden
(1882
- 1934)
HOUSE,
55th and 56th General Assembly, l907-11; representing
Hamilton County;
Democrat.
Born
in Franklin County, N. C., February 6, 1882; son
of Rev. W. C. and Martha (Stewart) Carden. Attended
Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia; received
B.A. degree, 1901, from Trinity College, now Duke
University, Durham, North Carolina; graduated in
law, l904, from Cumberland University, Lebanon,
Wilson County.
Married
June 25, l908, to Frances Campbell, of Lebanon;
children-- Frank Stamper, Jr., Alice Hall, Russell
Campbell, and Joseph A.
Began
practice of law at Chattanooga, Hamilton County,
and continued for remainder of life; specialized
in criminal law; member board of directors of Childrens
Hospital and Erlanger Hospital.
Elected
city attorney of Chattanooga, 1915, and held office
until resignation, 1922. While city attorney, compiled
code of city ordinances known as Carden and Evans
Code.
Member
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; charter
member Civitan Club; sometime president Alumni Association
of Duke University.
Died
at Chattanooga March 3, 1934; buried in Forest Hills
Cemetery.
Sources:
Chattanooga News, Mar. 4, 1934; Chattanooga Times,
Mar. 4, 1934; Hamer, Tennessee, A History, III,
47-48; Moore and Foster, Tennessee, The Volunteer
State, III, 171; Tenn. Vital Statistics, Death Certificate
5,390.
Finney
Thomas Carter
(1888
- 1954)
SENATE,
61st General Assembly, 1919-21; representing Hamilton
County;
Republican.
Born
at McMinnville, Warren County, March 20, l888; son
of Samuel Thomas and Mary Ann (Crouch) Carter. After
attending elementary schools of Middle Tennessee,
began learning printers trade at age of thirteen.
First
married at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, June 1,
1910, to Eunice E. Bryan of Chattanooga, daughter
of Pressley F. and Pattie (Moore) Bryan; divorced
July 25, 1919; children by this marriage--Eunice,
Farrell Elizabeth; second marriage to Emma Ballard,
of Chattanooga; adopted
daughter--Patricia
and two step-sons--Daniel White and Hugh White.
Began
trade, l926, as linotype operator with Chattanooga
Times, and became foreman of composing room; left
Times, 1944, to devote full time as southern representative
of International Typographical Union; returned to
Times, l948, but soon left to become superintendent
of composing room of Norfolk (Virginia) Newspapers,
Inc., publishers of Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Dispatch;
continued there until death.
Member
of Typographical Union forty-six years; for ten
years a representative for International Typographical
Union, in which he served as secretary and treasurer;
co-founder, l9l5, of Labor-World, official publication
of Chattanooga Central Labor Union, serving as editor
until l9l8.
Member
Baptist Church.
Died
at Norfolk, Virginia, June 22, l954; buried in Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga.
Sources:
Information supplied by daughter, Mrs. Eunice Carter
Anderson, Decatur, Georgia; Chattanooga Times, June
23, 24, l954; Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, June 22,
l954; Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, June 23, l954.
William
Chester Carter, Jr.
(l926
- )
HOUSE,
85th General Assembly, l967-69; representing Hamilton
County;
Republican..
Born
at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, November l2, l926;
son of William Chester and Marjorie Carter. Graduated
from Highland Park Grammar School, l938, and Central
High School, l944, both in Chattanooga; attended
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County,
where he was with its Rose
Bowl
football team, l945; after military service, attended
Tennessee Wesleyan College, Athens, McMinn County;
graduated with B.B.A. degree, l949, from University
of Chattanooga.
Marriage
not stated; divorced, l963; one son--William Chester,
III; unmarried at time of legislative term.
Occupations,
accountant, personnel director, political management;
self-employed in finance business; for number of
years employed by Chattanooga Medicine Company as
director of budgets, office manager, personnel director,
and division manager.
Charter
member Hamilton County Republican Association; helped
manage campaign of Sheriff V. W. Maddox, l956; same
year was campaign coordinator in Third Congressional
District for President Dwight D. Eisenhower; originator
of poll watchers school in Hamilton County; managed
successful campaign of Congressman William E. Brock
of Chattanooga, l962; served as special field representative
on Congressman Brock's staff; sometime president
Tennessee Young Republican Federation; presently,
executive director of Tennessee Republican Party,
the first to hold that position; in charge of party‘s
state headquarters in Nashville.
In
World War II; inducted into U.S. Naval Air Corps
January 20, l945; stationed at Memphis, Shelby County,
and at New Orleans, Louisiana; honorably discharged
at Naval Air Station, New Orleans, May l5, l946;
awarded Victory Ribbon and American Area Ribbon.
Member American Legion.
Member
Methodist Episcopal Church; past director National
Office Management Association; past member Chattanooga
Chamber of Commerce, Chattanooga Industrial and
Personnel Club.
Office
(l967) Headquarters Republican Party of Tennessee,
161 4th Avenue, North, Nashville; residence, 108
Lovell Drive, Chattanooga.
Sources:
Information supplied by self, Dec. 6, 1966, and
by Tenn. War Records Bureau; Nashville Telephone
Directory, l967.
Halbett
Brigham Case
(1838
- 1914)
HOUSE,
43rd General Assembly, 1883-85; representing Hamilton
County;
SENATE,
44th and 50th General Assemblies, l885-87, l897-99;
representing Hamilton and Marion counties in 44th,
Hamilton alone in 50th;
Republican.
Born
at Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio, May 3, l838; son
of Joseph Luther and Eliza P. (Bidwell) Case. Attended
"common schools" of native county; attended
Western Reserve Seminary, Farmington, Ohio, for
two years; entered Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio,
but left, l86l, to enter Union army; graduated in
law, l864, from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
First
married June 3, l863, to Caroline Esther Kibbee
of Trumbull County, Ohio, daughter of Austin D.
Kibbee; she died April 23, l872; three sons--Frank
Luther and two died by time wife died; second marriage
at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, in l874, to Janie
M. Spooner of that place; no children.by this
marriage
indicated.
Taught
school while in college; began practice of law at
Youngstown, Ohio, l865; removed to Des Moines, Iowa,
to continue practice l869-73; while there was vice-president
of State Insurance Company; removed to Chattanooga,
l87M, and followed his profession, City attorney
for Chattanooga, l874-79; unsuccessful candidate
for Congress, l880; presidential elector, l888,
on Republican ticket of Benjamin Harrison and Levi
P. Morton; served as special judge in chancery court
number of times.
In
Union army; left school to enlist in Co. H, 7th
Ohio Vol. Inf.; made orderly sgt,; commissioned
2nd lt. and later lst lt,; resigned commission,
l862, to raise Co. C, 84th Ohio Vol. Inf,, made
capt. of company; made provoct-marshal and commandant
of post; made col, September 20; l862; resigned
commission in latter part of 1863 to go back to
school. Sometime department commander Grand Army
of the Republic; sometime Past Grand Master of Grand
Lodge of Tennessee and Grand Representative Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.
Died
at Chattanooga September 28, 1914; buried in Chattanooga;
two sources say in Forest Hills Cemetery, one says
in the National Cemetery.
Sources:
Nashville American, Dec. l0, l896; Chattanooga Times,
Sept, 29, 1914; Who’s who in Tennessee,1911, 50;
Smith, East Tennessee, Historical and Biographical,
262; Goodspeed, History of Hamilton County, 917-19;
"Hamilton County National Cemetery Internments",
p. 3; Tenn,
Vital
Statistics, Death Certificate 2l5, Vol. 22.
Benjamin
L. Cash
(l906
- )
HOUSE,
77th General Assembly, 1951-53;
SENATE,
78th, 79th, 80th, and 8lst General Assemblies, l953-61;
representing Hamilton County in all
Assemblies;
Democrat;
member Legislative Council, l957-60.
Born
at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, December l0, 1906;
son of Louis and Polly Cash. Attended Chattanooga
elementary schools; Baylor Military Academy, Chattanooga;
University of Georgia, Athens; graduated with LL.B,
degree from Chattanooga College of Law.
Married,
date and place not indicated, to Rose Ross, native
of Brooklyn, New York; no children.
In
practice of law at Chattanooga since l928; licensed
to practice before U.S. Supreme Court, Tennessee
Supreme Court, Interstate Commerce Commission, and
Federal Communications Commission. Presently
(l97l) General Sessions Judge of Hamilton County.
In
World War II; inducted into active military service
at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, February 20, l942;
staff sgt., U.S. Army; Provost Marshall's General
School; assigned to Coast anti air craft; investigator;
separated from service at Fort McPherson, Georgia,
September 5, l945.
Member
American Legion, Disabled Veterans.
Of
Jewish faith; member Free and Accepted Masons, Scottish
Rite; Order of the Mystic Shrine; Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks; B'nai Zion; Tennessee
Historical Society; Tennessee Bar Association; University
of Georgia Alumni Association.
Office
(l967), 421 James Building; residence (l970),112
Woodvale Avenue, Chattanooga.
Sources:
Information supplied by self, Oct, 23, l959, and
by Tenn, War Records Bureau; Tenn, Legislative Council
Information Card; Tenn, Public Acts, l951, l953,
l955, l957, l959; Chattanooga City Directory, l970.
Alfred
M. Cate
(l822
- l87l)
SENATE,
34th (Reconstruction) and 35th General Assemblies,
l865-69; representing counties of Hamilton, Bledsoe,
Bradley, Rhea, and Sequatchie in 34th and same counties
with Marion added to district in 35th; Unionist,
Republican later.
Born
in Mouse Creek Valley, McMinn County, in l822; son
of Elijah and Nellie (Davis) Cate. Extent of schooling
not determined.
Married
to Louisa Jane Walker, native of Tennessee; date
and place of marriage not indicated; children--D,
W,, born c.l846; Lucy E., M. J., Laura M., L, A.,
Alfred M., Jr,, L. L., Louisa J., and "Babe,"
Became
a citizen of Hamilton County after Civil War; there
he engaged in farming at Ooltewah in 8th civil district.
A member of the Peace Convention held in Knoxville,
l86l, to urge support of the Union. In
Union army; enrolled as 2nd lt,, in Co, G, 6th Tennessee
Infantry, U.S.A., June 2l, l862; on detached
service
March 11 to August 3l, l862; one source gives
his assignment as Union spy; later detailed on special
duty as commissionary of subsistance; later given
same assignment for brigade; commissioned captain
of Co, G, January l0, l864; resigned commission
September 16, l864.
Member
Baptist Church.
Died
September l3, l87l; place of burial not indicated.
Brother
of Thomas L, Cate, sometime member Tennessee General
Assembly.
Sources:
Temple, Notable Men of Tennessee, 85-87; Armstrong,
History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, II,
5, 301; Tenn, Civil War Centennial Commission, Tennesseans
in the Civil War, pt, 2, p, 490; Allen, "Leaves
of the Family Tree," in Chattanooga Times,
Mag, Sec,, Nov. 4, l934; "McMinn County Tombstone
Inscriptions," Vol, II, pt, 1, p. 123; U.S.
Census, 1860, McMinn County; 1870, Hami1ton County;
microcopy, Service Records Tennessee Union Soldiers,
ro11 167; Dawson, Our East Tennessee Kinsmen, 43,
Alexander
Wilds Chambliss
(1860
- 1907)
SENATE,
51st Genera1 Assemb1y, 1899-1901; representing Hami1ton
County;
Democrat.
Born
at Greenville, South Caro1ina; September 10, 1864;
son of Rev. John A1exander and Mary (Mauldin) Chamb1iss,
After pub1ic and private schools in Charleston,
South Carolina, attended Kenmore College in Virginia;
studied 1aw in Charleston, later in Warrenton, Virginia
and admitted to Virginia bar, 1880.
First
married at Brownsville, Haywood County, Apri1 26,
1886, to Lillian Carter Nelson, daughter of Robert
Carter and Mary Frances (Anderson) Nelson; children--John
Alexander and Lillian Nelson; second marriage at
Nantucket, Massachusetts, in Ju1y, 1933, to Agnes
Shalliday; no children by
this
marriage indicated.
Began
practice of law at Brownsville where he also engaged
in farming and editing a weekly newspaper; later,
moved to Chattanooga, Hami1ton County, to practice
law with brother; resident of Chattanooga sixty-three
years; officer in Hamilton National Bank, Provident
Life and Accident Insurance Company,
Richmond
Hosery Mills, Nickajach Hosiery Mills, Arrowhead
Fashion Mills, Mayor of Chattanooga, 1901-1905,
1919-23; served as judge on Tennessee Court of Civi1
Appea1s, 1917-18; appointed justice of Tennessee
Supreme Court in September 1923; reelected 1924,
1926, 1934, and 1942; serving as Chief Justice from
February 3, 1947, to death September 30, following.
Member
Baptist Church, vice-president Southern Baptist
Convention, 1921; member Free and Accepted Masons;
Knights of Pythias; Benevolent and Protective Order
of E1ks; Civitan C1ub; Mountain City C1ub; Chattanooga
Golf and Country C1ub; Ha1f Century C1ub.
Died
at Jacksonville, Florida, September 30, 1947; buried
in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga. Father of
John Alexander Chambliss, sometime member
Tennessee General Assembly.
Sources:
Tennessee Reports, Vo1, 185, pp, 703-714; Tenn,
Blue Book, 1947-48, p, 113; Chattanooga Times, Ju1y
29, 1934; Oct, 1, 1947; Chattanooga Free Press,
Oct, 1, 1947; Armstrong, History of Hamilton County
and Chattanooga, I, 336-37; Hamer, Tennessee, A
History, IV, 511; Moore and
Foster,
Tennessee, The Vo1unteer State, IV, 43-44.
John
Alexander Chambliss
(1887
- )
SENATE,
67th General Assembly, 1931-33; HOUSE, 76th General
Assembly,1949-51; representing Hamilton County in
both Assemblies;
Democrat.
Born
at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, October 14, 1887;
son of Judge Alexander Wilds and Lillian Carter
(Nelson) Chambliss. Attended Chattanooga
public schools; Virginia Military Institute, Lexington,
1904-1907; graduated in law, 1909, from University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Married
at Chattanooga January 5, 1910, to Margaret Sizer,
daughter of James Burnet and Susan (Moore) Sizer;
children--John Alexander, Jr,, Robert Nelson, Sizer,
Susan Sizer, David Johnson, and Margaret.
Attorney-at-law,
Chattanooga, since 1909. Member Tennessee
Planning Commission, 1935-58; delegate to Tennessee
Constitutional Conventions, l953, l959. Member
Tennessee Judicial Council, l943-58. Ruling
elder in Presbyterian Church; member Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks; Sigma
Alpha
Epsilon fraternity. Member American and Tennessee
Bar Associations; edited 3rd edition of Gibson’s
Suits in Chancery.
Office
(1970), MaClellan Building, Chattanooga; residence,
418 Hermitage Avenue, Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
Son
of Alexander Wilds Chambliss, sometime member Tennessee
General Assembly.
Sources:
Information supplied by self and by Mrs, John A.
Chambliss, Jr., Oct. 2, l957; Tenn, Public Acts,1931,
1949; Tenn, Blue Book 1942-43, pp, 44, 89; 1957-58,
pp, l24, l27; Chattanooga City Directory, 1970.
George
W. Chamlee
(c.
l902 - )
HOUSE,
64th, 65th, 66th, and 67th General Assemblies, 1925-33;
representing Hamilton County; Democrat.
Born
at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, c.1902; son of
George W, Chamlee. Extent of schooling
not determined; studied law.
Married
to Mary Bruce; date and place of marriage and parents
of wife not indicated; one daughter--Mary Bruce.
In
practice of law at Chattanooga, Member Christian
Science Church; Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Theta Phi,
and Beta Sigma Psi fraternities; Dramatic Order
of the Knights of Kharrasson.
Office
(1970) l22 1/2 E. 7; residence, 1409 Lexington Road,
Chattanooga.
Sources:
Guffey, Standard History of Chattanooga, 368; Armstrong,
History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, I, 227;
Tenn, Public Acts ,1l925, 1927, 1929, 1931; Chattanooga
City Directory, 1970,
Biographical
Directory - Tennessee General Assembly - 1796-1969
Tennessee
State Library and Archives - Nashville, Tennessee
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