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.
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