City: Shelbyville
BEARDEN, Edwin Whiteside, public official; born Shelbyville, Tenn., March 23, 1875; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Walter S. and Margaret C. (Whiteside) BEARDEN; father, Chancellor of 5th Division Tenn.; paternal grandparents Dr. F. R. and Susan (Blake) BEARDEN, maternal grandparents Thomas C. and Margaret (Robinson) WHITESIDE; educated S. W. P. University, Clarksville, Tenn., and Cumberland University Law School, Lebanon, Tenn., graduated from the latter LL. B., June, 1897; began his career as a lawyer; married Juliet C. RYALL, Jan. 2<?>, 1899; Democrat; Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Bedford Co., Tenn., since Jan., 1900; member insurance firm of Bearden & Craigmiles; member Presbyterian church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
