City: Memphis
APPLEWHITE, James, president Central Investment Co.; born at Covington, Tenn., in 1844; reared in Shelby Co., Tenn., and received his education in the common schools of that county; in 1861 he joined an artillery company at Decatur, Ala., but it did not go into service, two months later he joined Co. “C,” 12th Tenn. Infantry as a private, and served until captured at Kenesaw Mountain; he was sent to Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., and held nine months, when he was exchanged; he was in numerous engagements, among them being Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, etc.; prior to this he had been in the Kentucky campaign under Bragg, and was severely wounded at Richmond, Ky., and remained in the hospital there for two months; after his release he rode to Greensboro, N. C., and walked from there to his home in Cross. Co., Ark.; in 1870 he engaged in merchandizing at Wittsburg, Ark., and remained there and at Vaundale until 1897, when he returned to Memphis and purchased an interest in the Chickasaw Cooperage Co., and was made vice-president; he is a Royal Arch Mason and member and steward of the First Methodist Episcopal church, Memphis, Tenn.; Democrat.
