City: Nashville
TAVEL, Albert Benjamin, public official; born Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 20, 1843; Swiss and Italian descent; son of Paul Frederic and Marie Helene (Sabbatino) TAVEL; father’s occupation, bookseller in Naples and Neuchatel, farmer and bookbinder in Tennessee; paternal grandparents, Paul Frederic and Esther (Henry) TAVEL; educated in Stewart and Davidson Counties, Tenn.; was in the publishing business 1864-94, bookbinding and blank book making; was for eighteen years publisher for the State, assisted in organizing public schools on more efficient and less costly system than any other State; was member of American Prison Congress, National Charities and Corrections, American Public Health Association, American Academy of Political and Social Science; member Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias, Chess Club, Art Association, Board of Trade; formerly Grand Regent of Tenn., Royal Arcanum, 1880-81; represented Tenn. in Supreme Council, 1888-91, inclusive; Democrat; member of the County Court; member of Calvinist Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
