City: Clarksville
ELDER, John Saunders, insurance man; born Clarksville, Tenn., Dec. 24, 1852; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Joshua and Malissa (Martin) ELDER; father’s occupation, planter and banker; educated at Stewart college, Clarksville, Tenn., now the S. W. P. U., and at Bryant, Stratton & Dehan’s Business College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1873; embarked in the hardware business in 1874, junior member of firm Turnley & Elder, succeeded by John S. ELDER; in 1885 received two brothers into the firm of Elder Bros., sold out to M. W. ELDER in 1895, when on account of bad health he removed to Florida and invested in Orange Grove property, still retaining his citizenship in Clarksville, Tenn.; is now engaged in the fire insurance business, senior member of firm of Elder & McKenzie; builder, owner and manager of Elder’s Opera House, Clarksvile [sic] Tenn., and also owns and operates bill posting plant, Clarksville, Tenn.; largely interested in business property in Clarksville; former member of board of aldermen of the city of Clarksville, Tenn.; member of the Knights of Pythias and the First Presbyterian church.
