City: Clarksville
GRACEY, Julien Frank, commission merchant, real estate, general agent L. & N. R. R.; born Eddyville, Ky., Sept. 23, 1858; Irish descent; son of Frank Patten and Irene (Cobb) GRACEY; father’s occupation general agent L. & N. R. R., commission merchant and real estate, etc.; paternal grandfather Mathew GRACEY, paternal grandmother Maria (Tilfort) GRACEY, maternal grandfather Dr. Joshua COBB, maternal grandmother Julia (Mimms) COBB; educated University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated Vanderbilt University B.L. June 1880; married Minnie THOMAS 1884; member of Elks, was cadet at Sewanee, served as private and officer in State Guards; Inspector-General of State of Tennessee with rank of Brigadier-General by appointment of Gov. M. R. Patterson; practiced law Clarksville, Tenn., 1880-4; appointed superintendent C. & P. Division L. & N. R. R. 1887; Division Freight Agent, headquarters Memphis, Tenn., 1891; General Agent L. & N. R. R. at Clarksville, Tenn., 1895; President Gracey, Woodard Iron Co., 1896-8; General Manager Clarksville Street Railway & Light Co. 1896 to 1909; director in Northern Bank of Tennessee 1908; director in St. Bernard Mining Co., Earlington, Ky., 1895; member of Protestant Episcopal church.
