James W. Stockard, county court clerk of Lewis County, Tenn., was born in Maury County, Tenn., on the 11th of February, 1819, and is the son of Richard and Elizabeth Stockard, born respectively in North Carolina and Tennessee. They were married about 1812, and had born to their union six daughters and four sons: Eleanor Stockard, John J Stockard., James W. Stockard, Elizabeth D. Stockard, Amanda E. Stockard, Margaret Stockard, Catherine M. Stockard, Richard V. Stockard, Sarah A. Stockard, and Samuel M Stockard. The father died in 1850, and the mother in 1833. James w. was their third child, and was educated in the common schools of Maury County. In 1851 he moved to Lewis County, where he purchased land and farmed until 1880. He at that time was elected county court clerk of Lewis County, and has since held the office. In 1844 Mary S. Jennings, daughter of George and Ann Jennings, of Maury County, became his wife. She died June 21, 1854, leaving the following children: John R. Stockard, Samuel J. Stockard, William J. Stockard, Beatrice E. Stockard, and George H Stockard. January 2, 1855, Mr. Stockard married Ursely, widow of William Wilson and daughter of Felta Biffle, of Wayne County. Mr. and Mrs. Stockard became parents of three sons: Silas M. Stockard, Joseph A. Stockard, and Thomas V Stockard. This wife died February 4, 1861, and December 17, 1865, Mr. Stockard married Parmelia A. Davidson, widow of Jesse Davidson and daughter of William and Mary Cody. Our subject and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and politically he is a Democrat.

Source: History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present: Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry Hickman and Lewis Counties; Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Reminiscences, Observations, Etc., Etc. Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1886.