Ashland City — HARPER, Sam’l., County Court Clerk; born Cheatham Co., Tenn., June 29, 1865; son C. A. and Louisa (McCormack) HARPER; paternal grandfather John H. HARPER, paternal grandmother Elizabeth H. (Williams) HARPER, maternal grandfather Joseph MCCORMACK, maternal grandmother Susan (Darr) MCCORMACK; Irish, German, English, and Welsh descent; educated common schools of Cheatham Co.; married Mary J. SADLER Nov. 12, 1885; member of Masonic Lodge No. 604, I. O. O. F. 301, K. of P. 220; elected sheriff of Cheatham Co. Aug., 1902; appointed Fire Marshal May, 1908; elected County Court Clerk Aug., 1910; active in breaking up night riding in Cheatham, Robertson and Montgomery counties while Fire Marshal; during term as sheriff arrested 108 men at one time; probably the largest arrest ever made by one sheriff in the State; Democrat.
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