BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
 

TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1796-1969

MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
 

TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT
1970

Preface

      Robert M. McBride
      Director, Research and Publications
 

Wilmon H. Droze
State Librarian and Archivist

9 November 1970

BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
OF THE
TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Information needed to make biographical sketches accurate and complete. If individuals cannot supply full information, it is hoped they will give as much as they can.

Information on legislator himself or herself.

Full name; exact date and place of birth, exact date and
place of death and place of burial, if deceased.

Extent of education, showing where possible: schools and
colleges attended, with their location and years of attendance; degrees awarded, whether academic or professional.

Occupations and/or profession, with approximate dates and places.

Civil offices held, whether city, county, state, or national,
with approximate dates where possible. Since details of legislative service are available in State Library and Archives, it is not necessary to furnish that information.

Political party membership, including major party
  activities and positions.

  Church connections, with official positions held.

  Membership in fraternal orders, business or professional
  organizations, with official positions held.

  Service clubs, with official positions held.

  Patriotic or veterans' organizations with official positions
  held.

  Books or articles written or edited, with dates and places
  of publication where possible.

  Military record, showing: war in which he served; branch
  of military service; rank; decorations.

  Names of close relatives who served in the Tennessee
  General Assembly.

 Information on legislator's family connections. Note: All family
 information indicated below will not be included in biographical
 sketches. However, it will be held in State Library and Archives for
 benefit of future generations.

  Names of legislator's father and mother; dates and places
  of their births and deaths; names of their parents.

  Name of legislator's wife or wives (husband in case of woman
  legislator); date and place of birth; date and place of marriage; date and place of death, if deceased; names of
  spouse's parents.

  Names of legislator's children, showing by which marriage,
  if more than one; birth dates of children and death dates,
  if deceased; to whom children were married.

  Names of legislator's grandchildren and great-grandchildren,
  etc.; with available information about them.

  If there be a genealogical record of any family connected with legislator, please refer to it; if a copy is not already placed
  With the State Library and Archives, one there would benefit
 People in years to come. For a long time the State Library and Archives has welcomed copies of family records in Bibles; photographic copies are preferred.