Members of the Tennessee General Assembly (State Legislature) Representing Jefferson County
Surnames Leeper - Wisecarver

Transcribed from the original volume by Doris Kinser Fountain.  The book is in the TN State Library & Archives, Nashville, TN.

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Leeper, Wylie M. (ca. 1880- ?)

HOUSE, 57th General Assembly, 1911-13, representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; Republican. Born at Dandridge, Jefferson County c.1880, exact date not given, son of J M. and Susan Leeper. Extent of education not given; studied law. Member Methodist Church. Married to Mrs. Gertrude (North) Bryan, daughter of Porter North; one son: James Porter Leeper. After legislative service removed to Phoenix, Arizona, where his wife was a member of the Arizona legislature. No further information.

Sources: Public Acts of Tennessee, 1911; Jefferson County Bible Records, 311; Dandridge Banner, July 7, 1932; May 4, 1939; October 18, 1950; U. S. Census, 1880, Jefferson County.

Lyle, William Alexander (1868-1940)

SENATE, 59th General Assembly, 1915-17, representing Blount, Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, and Sevier counties; HOUSE, 64th General Assembly, 1925-27; representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; Republican. Born in Jefferson County on April 16, 1868, son of the Rev. William Harris and Sarah (Matthews) Lyle. Educated in public schools of Dandridge, Jefferson County, and at Maryville College, Blount County. Occupations: teacher, farm manager, and historian. Married on November 16, 1906, to Willie Ruth Harris, daughter of William Franklin and Margaret M. (Elliott) Harris; no children indicated. Superintendent of Jefferson County schools for five years; many years a member of the Jefferson County Board of Education; author of many newspaper articles on family and local history. Elder in the Presbyterian Church. Died at Dandridge on May 13, 1940; buried in Dandridge Cemetery.

Sources: Blake and Morgan, Lawmakers and Public Men of Tennessee, 56; Public Acts of Tennessee, 1915, 1925; Sevier County Republican, May 15, 1940; Tennessee Vital Statistics, Death Certificate #11924.

McAndrews, Joseph C. (1837-1884)

HOUSE, 40th and 42nd General Assemblies, 1877-79, 1881-83, representing Jefferson County; Republican. Born on February 4, 1837, probably in Jefferson County; son of John W. and Hannah McAndrews. Attended common schools and Hiwassee College. Occupation: farmer and teacher. Married in Sevier County, on March 25, 1860, to Louisa Fox; children: George G. B., William L. R., John T. L., Margaret T. C., Sarah T. L., Laura A., and Josa E. McAndrews. Member Methodist Church. Died in Jefferson County on October 28, 1884; buried in Fox family cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Sources: Dandridge Republican Banner, July 5, 1882; November 27, 1884; Sevier County Marriage Records, p. 35; U. S. Census, 1880, Jefferson County.

McFarland, Benjamin F. (1815-1876)

SENATE, 31st General Assembly, 1855-57, representing Hancock, Jefferson, and Hawkins counties; political affiliation not given. Born in Jefferson County in 1815, son of Colonel Robert and Mrs. Mary (Neal) Cox McFarland. Studied medicine; practicing physician at Bell Springs, Jefferson County. Married to Sarah Cox; one daughter: Virginia (Mrs. Robert M. Barton, Jr.). In 1846 he was living in Grainger County, where he was on courthouse and county jail committees. Removed to Chattanooga, Hamilton County, in March 1876, where he died on August 8, 1876. Buried at Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), Jefferson County. Half-brother of Robert McFarland and John McFarland, father-in-law of Robert M. Barton, Jr., sometime members Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Grainger County, 855; Armstrong, Some Tennessee Heroes, pamphlet 4; D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 77, p. 46; Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 432-34; Chattanooga Times, August 12, 1876.

McFarland, John (1780- ?)

HOUSE, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th General Assemblies, 1825-33, representing Jefferson County; political affiliation not shown. Born on May 17, 1780, probably in Virginia, son of Colonel Robert and Margaret (McNutt) McFarland. Came at an early age to Jefferson County with his father, who was the first sheriff of the county. Large landowner. Sometime justice of the peace and school commissioner in Jefferson County; captain and major in East Tennessee militia. His wife was Jane; no children indicated. Date and place of death not found. Brother of Robert McFarland, half-brother of Benjamin F. McFarland, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Moore, Commissions of Officers of Tennessee Militia, 76, 116; Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1179.

McFarland, Robert (1791-1844)

SENATE, 10th and 11th General Assemblies, 1813-17, representing Cooke and Jefferson counties; Whig. Born in Jefferson County on August 17, 1791, son of Colonel Robert and Margaret (McNutt) McFarland. Schooling not indicated; occupation: tanner. Married (1st) to Hannah Barton, daughter of the Rev. Isaac Barton; one son: Isaac B. McFarland. Married (2nd), in 1820, to Mary A. Scott, daughter of Colonel James and Jane (Adams) Scott; children: William, Hannah (Mrs. Robert Barton), Lavinia (Mrs. Thomas M. Jones), M. C., Emma (Dirs. Rufus J. Kidwell), Robert, Jr., and Mary Ann (Mrs. William H. Turley). Soldier in the regular army of the United States; served in the War of 1812 as a lieutenant. Sometime justice of the peace of Jefferson County. Member Presbyterian Church. Died in August 1844, on the Kentucky Road while en route home from Missouri. Brother of John McFarland, half-brother of Benjamin F. Mc-Farland, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly; father of Robert McFarland, Jr., Judge of the Supreme Court, 1871-84; of Isaac B. McFarland, judge of district court in Texas; and of William McFarland, circuit judge and sometime member U. S. House of Representatives.

Sources: Speer., Prominent Tennesseans, 67; Caldwell, Bench and Bar, 311; Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1179; D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 84, pp. 149, 151, 152, 156; Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 432-34; Jefferson County Bible Records, 242.

Meek, James Monroe (1821- ?)

HOUSE, 31st and 34th (Confederate) General Assemblies, 1855-57, 1861-63, representing Jefferson County; Whig before the Civil War; Republican thereafter. Born near Strawberry Plains, Jefferson County, on November 21, 1821; son of Adam Kennedy and Elizabeth J. (Childress) Meek. Graduated from Maryville College, Blount County, 1850; read law under judge Robert Anderson; licensed to practice, 1852. Lawyer and farmer. Married on November 8, 1859, to Elizabeth J. Walker, daughter of Major James E. and Louisa (Clarkson) Walker. Three children: James K., Ada Burnside, and William M. Meek. Practiced law at New Market, Jefferson County, until 1862 and then removed to Knoxville. In 1866 Governor Brownlow appointed him director of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad which position he held until 1879; attorney for that road, 1879-83; director of East Tennessee National Bank. Commissioned attorney-general by President Andrew Johnson, 1865-69; commissioned U. S. district-attorney for the Eastern Division by President Chester A. Arthur, which he held until 1887; several times elected special judge of circuit courts. -Did not serve in Civil War, but was arrested by the Confederate government and imprisoned for two years for having assisted Union soldiers. Member of Presbyterian Church. Date and place of death not located.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Knox County, 1012; Speer, Prominent Tennesseans, 568; Miller, Official Manual, 191.

Minnis, John Bernan (1838- )

HOUSE, 34th (Reconstruction) General Assembly, 1865-67, 1st Session only (replaced by James Hale), representing Jefferson County, party affiliation not given. Born in Jefferson County on July 10,1838, son of the Rev. William and Catherine Eliza (Coontz) Minnis. No information available on education or occupation; lived at New Market, Jefferson County. Married in Jefferson County on March 28, 1867, to Callie Thornburgh; no record of children. No additional information after legislative service.

Sources: Dandridge Banner, November 18, 1886; Jefferson County Marriage Records, Vol. 2, 1840-70, p. 288; Jefferson County Bible Records, 290.

Mitchell, John (1815-1900)

HOUSE, 46th General Assembly, 1889-91, representing Jefferson County; Republican. Born on January 3, 1815 place of birth and names of parents not located. Operator of flour mill at Dandridge, Jefferson County. Married (1st) in 1841 to Margaret P. Gass; (2nd) on September 1, 1850, to Julia Hill; and (3rd) to Adeline Catlett; no children shown by any of these marriages. Member of Presbyterian Church. Date and place of death not located.

Sources: Dandridge Banner, March. 19, 1885; Jefferson County Marriage Records, 8, 85; Jefferson County Tombstone Records, 53, 58; Tennessee Gazetteer, 1891; New Hopewell Presbyterian Church Records.

Moore, William (1783-1836)

SENATE, 13th General Assembly, 2nd Session only (replacing Charles F Keith), and 14th General Assembly, 1819-23, representing Cocke and Jefferson counties in 13th Assembly; Jefferson alone in the 14th; party affiliation not indicated. Born in March, 1783 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, son of James Moore. First settler on the north bank of the French Broad River in 1806. Physician and landowner; trustee of Maury Academy, Jefferson County, 1820. Married to Cassie Paxton; two daughters: Hannah (Mrs. Thomas Anderson) and Mary Jane Wilkes Moore (Mrs. Robert H. Hynds). Member of Methodist Church. Died in Jefferson County on September 14, 1836; buried in family plot in Presbyterian Cemetery, Dandridge. Father-in-law of Robert H. Hynds, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 857, 859, 861; Jefferson County Church and Family Records, 14,15,16.

Outlaw, Alexander (1738-1825)

HOUSE OF COMMONS, North Carolina, 1784, 1788, 1789; representing Greene County; HOUSE, 1st General Assembly, 1796-97; representing Jefferson County; SENATE, 3rd and 4th General Assemblies, 1799-1803; representing Cooke and Jefferson counties; Speaker of the Senate, 3rd Assembly. Born in 1738 in Duplin County, North Carolina; son of Edward and Patience (Whitfield) Outlaw. Received a classical education; studied law and admitted to the bar. Captain in General Martin's Company of North Carolina Militia; was at the Battle of King's Mountain. Removed to Tennessee in 1783 to take up land granted for military service; settled on the Nolichucky River, in what was then Greene County, North Carolina, now Jefferson County, Tennessee. Married in 1766 to Penelope Smith; children: Elizabeth (Mrs. David Campbell), Only Patience (Mrs. Joseph Anderson), Penelope Smith (Mrs. Joseph Hamilton), Dolly Amanda (Mrs. Paul McDermott), and Alexander Smith Outlaw. Senator Outlaw was an able, shrewd and far-sighted lawyer and politician. Justice of the peace, Washington County, 1782; delegate to first Franklin Convention, 1784; on commission to treat with Cherokee Indians, 1785; justice of the peace, Greene County, 1790; admitted to bar of Knox County, 1792; member Constitutional Convention, 1796. Died at Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, on October 5, 1825. Father-in-law of Judge David Campbell and Judge Joseph Anderson, and of Joseph Hamilton, sometime member 'Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Moore, Tennessee, The Volunteer State, II, 2.00; Williams, The Lost State of Franklin, 316; Caldwell, Bench and Bar, 64.

Peck, Adam (1753-1817)

HOUSE, 1st and 2nd General Assemblies, 1796-99; representing Jefferson County; party affiliation not indicated. Born in Frederick County, Maryland, on February 13, 1753; names of parents and extent of schooling unknown. Ensign in the Maryland line during the Revolutionary War. Came to Tennessee before .1792; was the first settler of Mossy Creek .(now Jefferson City); one of the first justices of Jefferson County. Established a grist mill which passed to his son after his death; trustee of Maury Academy, 1806. Married to Elizabeth Sharkey; twelve children: Ann (Mrs. Joseph Goodson), Jacob, Nicholas, Benjamin, Elliott, Jane (Mrs. Archibald Campbell), James, Adam, Jr., Moses, Patrick, William Looney, and Henry Peck. Died in Jefferson County on February 13, 1817; burled in the Old Section of Westview Cemetery, Jefferson City. His grave is marked by a bronze monument erected by the D. A. R. in 1956. Father of Jacob Peck, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly and Judge of the Supreme Court.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 857, 860, 862; Dandridge Banner, October 16, 1956; Jefferson County Tombstone Records, 134; Jefferson County Bible Records, 327-28; Roster of Soldiers of the Revolution, 1263.

Peck, Jacob (1779-1869)

SENATE, 14th General Assembly, 1821-23; representing Greene and Jefferson counties; party affiliation not specified. Born in Virginia on September 12, 1779; son of Adam and Elizabeth (Sharkey) Peck. Studied law and licensed to practice, 1808. Married on April 12, 1810, to Sophia W. Talbot, daughter of William Isham Talbot, of Mercer County, Kentucky. Children: Isham Talbot, Eliza Jane, Adam II, Juliet Nicholson, William Rein, Martha Ann, Wiley Hawkins, and John H. L. Peck. Elected to the Supreme Court in 1822 to succeed Thomas Emerson; served until 1834. In later life engaged in literary and scientific pursuits; published a volume of Supreme Court decisions. Member of Presbyterian Church. Died in Jefferson County on June 11, 1869; place of burial not given. Son of Adam Peck, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Greene, Lives of the Judges of the Supreme Court, 80; Caldwell, Bench and Bar, 62; Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 858; Jefferson County Bible Records, 326.

Quarles, Frank (c.1898-1961)

HOUSE, 73rd General Assembly, 1943-45 representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; SENATE, 76th General Assembly, 1953-55; representing counties of Cocke, Hamblen, Jefferson, and Sevier; Republican. Born ca. 1898 at Talbot, Jefferson County; son of W. J. and Ida (Brown) Quarles. Extent of schooling not indicated. Occupations: farmer, U. S. Marshall. Married to Anna Sevier Hamilton; children: Glenn, Faye, Mrs. C. F. Hardy, Gerald, Mrs. John W. Ellis, Mrs. O. L. Myers, and Mrs. Maurice Johnson Hatcher. Sheriff of Jefferson County, 1935-41; appointed U. S. Marshall by President Eisenhower in 1953; held that office until death. Member Jefferson County Republican Executive Committee for 30 years. Member Methodist Church. Died November 18, 1961, at Chillicothe, Ohio; buried in Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery, Jefferson City. Father of Glenn Quarles, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Public Acts of Tennessee, 1943, 1953; Jefferson County Standard, July 13, 1939; February 5, 1942; Dandridge Review; March 22, 1950; Rogersville Review, November 23, 1961, Rutledge News, November 23, 1961.

Quarles, Glenn (1925- )

HOUSE, 86th General Assembly, 1969-71; representing Cocke, Jefferson and Sevier counties; Republican. Born at Talbot, Jefferson County, on September 15, 1925; son of Frank and Anna S. (Hamilton) Quarles. Extent of schooling not given; occupation: farmer. The maiden name of his wife, Barbara, not given; children: Kathy, Jane, Jonathan, and Glenn Quarles, II. County Election Commissioner, 1955-56; state election commissioner, 1962, 1965. Member of Methodist Church. Residence: Route 1, Jefferson City, 37760. Son of Frank Quarles, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly.

Source: Legislative Council files.

Rainwater, Chester Samuel, Jr. (1919- )

HOUSE, 77th General Assembly, 1951-53; representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; Republican. Born on January 1, 1919, at Dandridge, Jefferson County, son of Charles S. and Sarah (Hoskins) Rainwater. Attended public schools of Dandridge; received LL.B. degree from the University of Tennessee, 1940. Profession: attorney, practicing in Dandridge. Married at Knoxville, Knox County, on August 19, 1942, to Phyllis Trenholm, daughter of Charles Victor and Edith (Howell) Trenholm. Children: Marlene and Sanford T. Rainwater. Alder-man of Dandridge; member and chairman of Jefferson County Board of Education, 1954- member Constitutional Convention of 1953. In World War II; served as captain in U.S. Air Force, 1942-46. Member Methodist Church; Kappa Alpha fraternity; Lions International. Residence: Dandridge.

Sources: Public Acts of Tennessee, 1951; Journal and Proceedings of the Limited Constitutional Convention, 1953; information supplied by self.

Rankin, Christopher Houston (1851-1932)

HOUSE, 60th General Assembly, 1917-19; representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; Republican. Born March 4, 1851, in Jefferson County, son of Christopher and Frances (Galbreath) Rankin. Received a common school education. Worked on a farm until his marriage; bought a farm of 285 acres at White Pine, Jefferson County, which was his home until his death. Married on January 8 1874, to Catherine Ruth Franklin, daughter of Benjamin Franklin; children: Frank, Walter, Charles Clyde, Lucy May, and Harry J. Rankin. Sometime justice of the peace, Jefferson County. Elder and clerk of session, Presbyterian Church. Died at his home in White Pine on March 19, 1932; buried in Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown, Hamblen County.

Sources: Public Acts of Tennessee, 1917; Goodspeed, History of Tennessee (East Tennessee edition), 1186; Jefferson County Marriage Licenses and Bonds, 1792-1840, #2574; Dandridge Banner, March 24, 1932; Tennessee Vital Statistics, Death Certificate #5132.

Roddye, James (1748-1823)

North Carolina HOUSE OF COMMONS, 1788; representing Greene County; HOUSE, 2nd General Assembly, 1797-99; representing Jefferson County. Born in England in 1748, exact date and place and names of parents unknown. Married (1st) in 1766, presumably in England, to Catherine Chase, who died in 1779. Children: Jesse, James, and Rachel Roddye. Before the Revolutionary War he emigrated from England and settled on Roane Creek in the upper Watauga valley. He later removed to Greene County, but when Jefferson County was established his lands lay within that county. In Revolutionary War: a private in Captain Bean's Company in Indian raids; was a colonel at the Battle of King's Mountain. After returning from King's Mountain he built the first house in Russellville (now in Hamblen County). He was married (2nd) in 1784 to a Miss Russell (for whose family the town of Russellville was named); children by this marriage: John, Isaac, Thomas, William, Elizabeth, Lydia, Ann, Polly, and Lutie Roddye. Delegate to the Franklin Constitutional Convention from Greene County; member of North Carolina Convention to consider ratification of the U. S. Constitution, 1788. Sometime Register and justice of the peace of Jefferson County. Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1796. Member of Baptist Church, one of the organizers of the Bent Creek Church. Died at his home, "Hayslope," in Jefferson County (now Hamblen) in 1823; buried in Bent Creek Cemetery, near Russellville, Hamblen County.

Sources: Williams, Lost State of Franklin, 32.6; Moore, Tennessee, The Volunteer State, II, 224; Rosters and Soldiers, 1367; Ramsey, Annals of Tennessee, 179, 264, 432.

Scruggs, James (1794-1850)

HOUSE, 24th General Assembly, 1841-43, representing Jefferson County; political affiliation not given. Born on October 1, 1794; place of birth, names of parents, extent of schooling, and occupation not determined. Married on September 23, 1823, to Catherine E. Hale; names of children, if any, not given. In 1850 he was a trustee of the Dandridge Female Academy. Died on May 12, 1850, presumably in Jefferson County; buried in Dandridge Cemetery, Jefferson County.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 860; Whitley, Hale Family, Records, 32; Jefferson County Tombstone, Records, 60.

Sehorn, John (1748-1831)

HOUSE, 6th, 8th, and 9th General Assemblies, 1805-07, 1809-13, representing Jefferson County; party affiliation not shown. Born in Virginia in 1748 (probably Frederick County), son of Nicholas Sehorn, of German ancestry, who lived in Virginia. Married in Shenandoah County, Virginia, on July 19, 1773, to Elizabeth Cathey, daughter of William and Elizabeth Cathey. Children: Marion and Cathey Sehorn. Removed to the Tennessee area about the time of the State of Franklin (1784-87). Occupation: farmer. Operated Sehorn's Ferry across the French Broad River between two tracts of land owned by him, his home being on the south side of the river, near Indian Creek on the road to Dandridge. Entry taker for Caswell (now Jefferson) County (then North Carolina, now Tennessee), 1787. Indian fighter: ensign in Shenandoah County, Virginia, militia; captain of a company during the American Revolution; political ally of John Sevier in affairs of the State of Franklin. Died in Jefferson County in .1831; buried on his homeplace in Jefferson County.

Sources: Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 152-53; most the data above as well as considerable other information on the Sehorn (also spelled Zahaun) family supplied by descendant, Mrs. Clifton Wolfe, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Swann, William Arthur (.1870-1932)

HOUSE, 52nd General Assembly, 1901-03, representing Jefferson County; Republican. Born on August 5, 1870, probably in Jefferson County; son of Judge James P. and Victoria (Graham) Swann, of Dandridge, Jefferson County. Attended the University of Tennessee. Occupation: lawyer; a member of the firm of C. M. Williford Hardware Company; director in Jefferson County Bank. Married on November 6, 1906, to Nina Gwinn; one son: Eugene Swann. Postmaster at Dandridge, 1905. Died in Knoxville, Knox County, on November 3, 1932; buried at Dandridge.

Sources: Who's Who in Tennessee (1911), 106; Dandridge Banner, September 29, November 10, 1932; Jefferson County Standard, November 10, 1932; July 18, 1935.

Taylor, Frank E. (1886- )

HOUSE, 58th General Assembly, 1913-15; representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; Democrat. Born at New Market, Jefferson County, on August 16, 1886, son of Dr. William H. and Mollie (Biddle) Taylor. Attended public schools of New Market; Maryville College, Blount County; and the University of Chicago law school. Taught school in early life, later a lawyer. Was unmarried at time of legislative service. In 1930 he was a captain in the U.S. Army, living in Washington, D.C. Member of Presbyterian Church; Mason and Knight of Pythias. No recent information.

Sources: Public Acts of Tennessee, 1913;Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 1189; Nashville Tennessean, February 11, 1913; Dandridge Banner, January 30, 1930.

Thornburgh, Duff Green (1832-1911)

HOUSE, 34th (Reconstruction) and 35th General Assemblies, 1865-69; representing Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, and Jefferson counties in 34th Assembly; Jefferson alone In 35th; Whig-Republican. Born on February 10,1832; at New Market, Jefferson County; son of Ai and Lucy (Lansdown) Thornburgh. Attended common schools. Farmer and merchant; lived in Jefferson County until 1883, when he removed to Knoxville and engaged in mercantile business. Married in Nashville, Davidson County, on June 26, 1866, to Albany Della Rien Samuels; children: Charles, Mary Florence (Mrs. Milton A. McCorkle), Ada Della Rien, Callie Lavinia, Blanche, and Frank Pernell Thornburgh. In Civil War: raised the 3rd Tennessee Infantry, U. S. A.; commanded the regiment, 1863; commanded the 4th Brigade of the Cumberland, 1864. Member of Masonic Order, New Market Lodge #246 Worshipful Master for three years. Died in Knoxville, Knox County; on August 15, 1911;buried in Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville. Brother of Montgomery Thornburgh, Russell Thornburgh, Dr. J. W. Thornburgh, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Speer, Prominent Tennesseans, 529; Dandridge Banner, November 18,1896; Old Gray Cemetery Records (Knoxville), p. 27.

Thornburgh, Montgomery (ca. 1814-1862)

SENATE, 26th, 27th, and 28th General Assemblies, 1845-51; representing Claiborne, Grainger, and ,Jefferson counties; Whig. Born c.1814 in Jefferson County; son of Ai and Mary (Lansdown) Thornburgh. Studied law and was licensed to practice, 1850. Occupation: lawyer, farmer, and tanner. The name of his wife not given; he had two sons: J. M. and Thomas Tipton Thornburgh. Attorney-General of 2nd Judicial Circuit for ten years. Representative Thornburgh, a strong Unionist man as were all his family, served in the Federal army during the Civil War. He died in a Confederate prison at Montgomery, Alabama, in July 1862. Brother of Dr. J. W. Thornburgh, Duff Green Thornburgh, and Russell Thornburgh, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly; father of Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh, sometime member U.S. House of Representatives.

Sources: Speer, Prominent Tennesseans, 529; Hale and Merritt, Tennessee and Tennesseans, 11-14; Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1614.

Thornburgh, Russell (1830-1899)

HOUSE, 44th and 45th General Assemblies,1885-89, representing Jefferson County; Republican. Born on February 2, 1830, at New Market, Jefferson County; son of Ai and Mary (Lansdown) Thornburgh.. Attended common schools and Holston College, New Market. Occupation: merchant. Married on December 24, 1867, to Addle Meek; one daughter: Mamie. In Civil War: major in the 1st Tennessee Cavalry, U.S.A.; mustered out in 1865. Post-master of New Market, 1868-1885. Member Presbyterian Church; Grand. Army of the Republic. Died at Morristown, Hamblen County, on June 27, 1899; buried at New Market. Brother of Duff Green Thornburgh, Dr. J. W. Thornburgh, and Montgomery Thornburgh, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Speers, Prominent Tennesseans, 5.29; Goodspeed; History of Jefferson County, 1190; Whitson, Personal Sketches, 64; Fentress County Gazette, July 6, 1899.

Tittsworth, Isaac M. (1852-1908)

HOUSE, 54th General Assembly, 1905-07, representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; Republican. Born at Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), Jefferson County, on November 25, 1852; names of parents not given. Graduated from Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Davidson County, 1877; began practice at Mossy Creek, 1878. Married at Mossy Creek, on October 13, 1880 to Mary M. Brazelton, daughter of John Fain and Maria Theresa Blanch (Branner) Brazelton, Children: Nell Blanch (Mrs. R. M. McCown), Harry Hale, and Mabel Charlotte Tittsworth. Died at Jefferson City on December 20, 1908; buried in Westview Cemetery, Jefferson City.

Sources: Branner Family, 413-14; Hamer, Tennessee, A History, 411; Jefferson County, Bible Records, 157; Jefferson County Tombstone Records, 331.

Vance, Harry Lee (1881-1954)

HOUSE, 66th General Assembly, 1929-31; representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; Republican. Born at Dandridge, Jefferson County, on March 18, 1881; son of James and Nancy (Swann) Vance. Extent of schooling not given. Occupation: merchant and mortician at Dandridge. Married to Daisy Stover; children, if any, did not survive him. Chairman of Jefferson County Highway Commission; delegate to Republican National Convention, 1944. Member Presbyterian Church Died in Knoxville, Knox County, on November 7, 1954; buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Dandridge.

Sources: Public Acts of Tennessee, 1929; Knoxville Journal, November 8, 1954; Tennessee Vital Statistics, Death Certificate #246I4.

Watkins, Albert Gallatin (1818-1895)

HOUSE, 26th General Assembly, 1845-47; representing Jefferson County; Whig before the Civil War, Democrat later. Born at Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), Jefferson County, on May 5, 1818; son of Isaac Jones and Margaret (Reese) Watkins. Graduated from Holston College; studied law and admitted to the bar. Married (1st) on August 30, 1839, to Louisa Brittain, daughter of George and Nancy Elizabeth (Posey) Brittain; married (2nd) after 1884, to Lucretia Caldwell. Children, all by his first wife, were: Isaac George, Carlo Bonaparte, Mary Elizabeth, William Brazelton, Brittain Oswald, Drucilla Lyttle, Sally Louisa, Reese Lee, and Albert Sidney Watkins. Began practice of law at Panther Creek, 1839. Presidential elector, Whig ticket, 1848; elected to the House of Representatives of the.31st and 32nd Congresses and served from March 4, 1855 to March 3, .1859; presidential elector, National Democratic ticket, 1860. Independent candidate for Congress, 1878, but was defeated. In Civil War: enlisted May 1, 1863 as a private in Company. F, 37th Infantry Volunteers, at Knoxville. Severely wounded at Battle of: Chickamauga; sent to hospital; not present at surrender. After the war he joined the Methodist Church and was licensed to preach and was admitted to the Holston Conference; served regularly as an itinerant minister. Died at Mooresburg, Hawkins County, on November 9, 1895; buried in Westview Cemetery, Jefferson City.

Sources: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1927, 1673; Dandridge Banner, January 28, 1943; information supplied by a descendant, Mrs. .Max Perry, Midland, Texas.

Webb, Andrew (1841-1901)

HOUSE, 49th, 50th, and 51st General Assemblies, 1895-1901; Republican. Born in Jefferson County on September 23,1841; son of Thomas and Annie (Martin) Webb. Attended Maury Academy, Dandridge, Jefferson County. Taught school for a time; farmer; also in general merchandise business. Married to Jane Walker, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Bettis) Walker. Children: Eugene Mitchell, William, Charles, and George Webb. Sheriff of Jefferson County, 1874-80; member of Congressional Committee, 1901. Member Methodist Church. Died at White Pine, Jefferson County, on April 2, 1901; buried in Dandridge Cemetery, Dandridge. Father of Eugene Mitchell Webb, sometime member Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 863; Jefferson County Tombstone Records, 58; Knoxville Journal and Tribune, April 3, 1901.

Whittaker, Henry Clay (1836-1898)

HOUSE, 47th General Assembly, 1891-93; representing Jefferson County; Republican. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, on November 6, 1836; son of Joseph and Mary (Johnston) Whittaker. Entered printing business when thirteen years old; typesetter in several large cities; foreman of the Memphis Post, 1865-69. In Civil War: enlisted August 18, 1862, as a private in Company M, 2nd New York Cavalry; mustered out at Alexandria, Virginia, in 1865. Removed to Jefferson County, where he was a farmer and stock raiser at New Market. Married Sarah Elizabeth Waltz; children: Bertrum W., Gertrude E., Dora, Jesse, and Joseph J. Whittaker. Member of Presbyterian Church. Died at New Market on September 29, 1898; buried in Presbyterian Church Cemetery, New Market.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Jefferson County, 1192; Jefferson County Tombstone Records, 202; Dandridge Banner, October 5, 1937.

Wisecarver, James Brice (1913- )

HOUSE, 79th General Assembly, 1955-57; representing Hamblen and Jefferson counties; Republican. Born in 1913 at Russellville, Hamblen County; names of parents not given. Received A.B. degree in 1938 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knox County. Attorney at Jefferson City, Jefferson County. Legal counsel for a number of firms. Names of wife and children, if any, not given. Member of Baptist Church.; Mason. Address: Cynthia Drive, Jefferson City 37760.

Sources: Legislative Council files; Martindale-Hubble Law Directory, 1952, p. 1893; 1967, p. 628.