City: Loudon
GREER, James A., lawyer, born Knox Co., Tenn., Jan. 16, 1846; son of John and Annis GREER; Scotch-Irish and English descent; father’s occupation farmer; educated State University Bloomington, Ind., and Maryville College, Maryville, Tenn.; early business farmer, County Court Clerk of Blount Co., from 1872-1880; chief Deputy Collector and clerk in the Internal Revenue office for the 2d Collector District of Tenn., from 1879 to 1885; Clerk and Master of Blount Co., from 1885 to 1890; Cashier of Citizens’ Bank of Loudon, Tenn., from 1889 to 1898; practicing law ever since; married Sarah H. GREENWAY, Jan. 16, 1868; second marriage to Helen H. EVANS Feby. 15, 1887; member of I. O. O. F.; (has been Deputy Grand Master); was the nominee of the Republican party in 1894 for R. R. Commissioner and ran 5,000 votes ahead of his ticket; member of the Presbyterian church.
