City: Nashville
GAUT, John M., lawyer; born Cleveland, Tenn., October 1, 1841; son J. C. and Sarah A. (McReynolds) GAUT; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Academy, Cleveland, Tenn.; Rutger’s College, New Brunswick, N. J.; graduated A. B. 1866, A.M. 1869, LL.D. 1908, LL.D. Missouri Valley College 1907; married, first Michie M. HARRIS, 1870; second, Sallie CRUTCHFIELD, 1876; member City Council of Nashville 1873; Special Judge of Supreme Court 1881; member Cumberland Presbyterian, which by union became Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A.; was General Counsel for the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. prosecuting or defending the test cases in the various States involving the legality of the union between the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church, U. S.A.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
