City: Nashville
FRANKLIN, James C., President of Tennessee Life Insurance Company; born Winchester, Tenn., in 1853; English descent; son of Moses C. and Nancy (Silvertooth) FRANKLIN; father, farmer; paternal grandparents Joseph and Mahala (Griffin) FRANKLIN, maternal grandparents John and Elizabeth (Tolley) SILVERTOOTH; received education in country schools of Moore and Franklin Counties, Tenn.; began his early business career in drug business, owning and conducting a drug business for thirty years; later engaged in banking, manufacturing and real estate business, and is now President of the Tennessee Life Insurance Company; married Elizabeth SALMON, 1877; Democrat.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
