City: Lawrenceburg
FRIERSON, Horace, Jr., attorney-general Eleventh Judicial Circuit; born Columbia, Tenn., Feb. 5, 1881; Scotch-Irish and English descent; son of Horace and Jeannie (Phillips) FRIERSON; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents Luther and Jane E. (Stephenson) FRIERSON; maternal grandparents Charles W. and Jane (Crockett) PHILLIPS; educated at Wallace University School, Nashville, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated from Wallace University School with degree of Bachelor of Laws, June, 1902; served in Philippine Islands as private and first sergeant of Company “H,” First Tenn. Regiment, for one and one-half years; married Julia Turner WARFIELD, Oct. 20, 1909; member Kappa Alpha Fraternity, and Knights of Pythias; Democrat; chairman of the County Democratic Executive Committee, 1906-1909; nominated for attorney-general March 12, 1909; elected Aug. 4, 1909, and is the present incumbent; practiced law from 1902 at Lawrenceburg, Tenn., alone, except for a short while in 1902, when was partner with L. B. WHITE; member of Southern Presbyterian church.
