City: Nashville
LANDIS, JOHN T., banker and broker; born Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., August 4, 1866; Swiss-English descent; son of Absalom L. and Nancy (Carter) LANDIS; father, banker, farmer and manufacturer; paternal grandparents John and Mary (Lowe) LANDIS, maternal grandparents William and Keziah (Tannehill) CARTER; educated by private tutor; began his business career in office of manufacturing establishment in 1884; in 1886 entered banking and brokerage business; interested in early development of the telephone in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana; active in inducing investment of capital from East and North in Southern enterprises; pioneer in development of automobile business in Tennessee and pioneer advocate of good roads movement and restoration of the old Louisville and Nashville turnpike; now engaged in banking and brokerage, real estate and automobile business; married Melinda Bacon BOONE, December 17, 1890; member of Hermitage Club, Golf and Country Club, Cumberland Park Club, Board of Trade and Nashville Automobile Club of Nashville; Automobile Club of America, New York.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
