Samuel Franklin Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 1845 Sumner County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | 1923 |
| Parents |
Samuel Wilson Nancy Moore |
| Spouse | Mary Lytton Bostick |
| Children | 2 sons, 3 daughters |
| Occupation | Politician |
Samuel Franklin Wilson (1845-1923) was an American Confederate veteran, politician and judge.
Early life[]
Samuel Franklin Wilson was born in April 1845 in Sumner County, Tennessee.[1] He was of English descent.[1] During paternal great-great-uncle, Zachary Wilson, was a signatory of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.[1] His father was Samuel Wilson and his mother, Nancy Moore.[1] He had seven siblings.[1]
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, he served under Colonel William B. Bate and General Edmund Kirby Smith in the Confederate States Army.[1] He lost an arm at the Battle of Chickamauga, and he was amputated.[1]
After the war, Wilson graduated from the University of Georgia in 1868.[1] He received a law degree from Cumberland University.[1]
Career[]
Wilson practised the law in Gallatin, Tennessee.[1]
Wilson was a member of the Democratic Party.[2] He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879, sitting on the judiciary committee.[1] He was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 1879, and served as the chairman of its judiciary committee.[1] He was elected by the "low taxers" to represent Tennessee at the 1880 Democratic National Convention, but he lost to Alvin Hawkins.[2]
Wilson was appointed as a United States Marshal from 1885 to 1889, under President Grover Cleveland.[2] He served as a Judge on the Tennessee Court of Chancery Appeals from 1895 to 1901.[2]
Personal life and death[]
Wilson married Mary Lytton Bostick.[1] They had two sons and three daughters.[1] He died in 1923.
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Allison, John (1905). Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical, with portraits. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern historical Association. pp. 72–74. OCLC 2561350. https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_Fag-AAAAYAAJ#page/n69/mode/2up.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Majors, William R. (1986). Change and Continuity: Tennessee Politics Since the Civil War. Macon, Georgia: Mercer. p. 15. ISBN 9780865542099. OCLC 13642679. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qnXWnPalz4QC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=samuel+franklin+wilson+tennessee&source=bl&ots=CRT_PADvuh&sig=I1GWR7BjKQw1VldlJSyRZxQRVqQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiiuL7ewavPAhVsBcAKHWHCCVUQ6AEISzAJ#v=onepage&q=samuel%20franklin%20wilson%20tennessee&f=false.
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