{"id":3345,"date":"2022-01-10T17:44:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3345"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:44:47","slug":"wardlaw-j-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/wardlaw-j-n\/","title":{"rendered":"Wardlaw, J. N."},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. J. N. Wardlaw<\/strong>, clerk and master of chancery court of Lauderdale County,
\nand the son of Joseph and Mary A. (Niswanger) Wardlaw, was born June 2, 1820,
\nin Laurens County, S.C. His parents were both born in that county, the father
\nin 1793, and the mother in 1797. After marriage, in 1827, they came to
\nLauderdale County, and here spent the remainder of their days. Their family
\nconsisted of eleven children, seven of whom are living. Both parents were
\nMethodists, and while in South Carolina, the father held the position of
\nmagistrate. He was a farmer and in politics an old-time Democrat. He died
\nin 1862 and his wife in 1877. Our subject’s paternal ancestors were of Scotch
\ndescent and his maternal of German. He was reared on the farm, received a
\nfair English education and at the age of seventeen entered a dry goods store
\nas salesman where he continued three years. In 1840 he began the study of
\nmedicine under Dr. D. M. Henning. After reading a year he took a course of
\nlectures at the Louisville Medical College. In 1844 he married T. J. Davie, a
\nnative of Alabama, born October 24, 1824, and the daughter of Dr. Edward
\nDavie, of Haywood County, Tenn. To our subject and wife were born eight
\nchildren. In 1851 the Doctor bought one-fourth interest in the steamer Naomi.
\nIn 1853 he sold out and moved to Ripley to engage in farming, and three years
\nlate he went into the mercantile business. In 1860 he opened a cotton house
\nat Memphis, but during the war suspended business. In 1868 he again engaged
\nin the mercantile business. Shortly after the war he was appointed clerk of
\nthe circuit court. In 1870 he was appointed clerk and master of chancery
\ncourt and still holds that office. Politically, he was a Whig before the war,
\nopposed the secession, but during the war he took sides with his State. He
\nfurnished two brave boys for the war, and the elder, Edward D., was killed at
\nBrice’s Cross Roads. For fifty-seven years the Doctor has been a resident of
\nLauderdale County, and is numbered among its early settlers and worthy
\ncitizens.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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