City: McKenzie

TODD, John Dudley, physician; born in Carroll Co., Tenn., March 3, 1856; descendant of Sir Edmund Dudley, 1462, father of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; son of Marcus Lafayette and Paulina Rebecca (Dudley) TODD; father’s occupation planter and farmer; paternal grandparents Hugh and Narcissa (Rogers) TODD; maternal grandparents John D. and Frances (Isbell) DUDLEY; educated at Bethel College, McTyeire Institute, University of Baltimore, Md., University of Nashville, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated from McTyeire Institute, University of Nashville, and Boston School of Oratory; received degrees, graduate in oratory, 1888; doctor of Medicine, 1899; in early life was teacher in common schools, express mesenger [sic], entry clerk in Southern Methodist Publishing House; clerk in secretary of state’s office; later professor of English language and English literature, elocution and oratory in leading Southern colleges for seven years; married Emma R. HART, June 5, 1901; member I.O.O.F., W.O.W., Golden Cross, Knights of Pythias; Democrat; president city board of education; secretary city board of Health; member Methodist Episcopal Church, South; been practicing medicine since 1898.