City: Columbia
FUSSELL, Joseph H., attorney at law; born Maury Co., Tenn., Jan. 12, 1836; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Henry B. and Eliza C. (Kincaid) FUSSELL; paternal grandparents John and Polly (Fitts) FUSSELL; maternal grandparents, Joseph and Eliza (McLeece) KINCAID; educated at Jackson College, Columbia, Tenn., graduating there from with degrees of A. B. in June, 1858, and later A. M.; in early life was a carpenter; enlisted in the Confederate Army April 19, 1861, and was sworn into the service on the 17th of June, 1861; and served throughout the war; in 1863 was in command of Company E., First Tenn., Cavalry, C. S. A., and until the surrender; Past Master of Free and Accepted Masons; Past Grand Commander Knights Templar, of Tenn.; Past Chancellor, Knights of Pythias; was elected Attorney-General of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Tenn. in 1870, which office he held for sixteen years, (two terms); was nominated for governor of the State of Tennessee on State Credit and Prohibition platform in 1882; now engaged in the practice of law and is Chairman of the Legal Board of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Moderated of the General Assembly of that Church; also elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; married Mrs. Marguerite B. PORTER, Jan. 1873, daughter of Capt. William ROBERTS and granddaughter of General Isaac ROBERTS.
