City: Nashville
MOORE, James Washington, lawyer; born Collierville, Shelby County, Tenn., March 16, 1866; son John Lawrence and Sarah Frances (Irby) MOORE; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Leddin’s Business College, Memphis, Tenn., and Vanderbilt University; graduated Vanderbilt University in academic department, 1890, B.A.; in law, 1891, LL.B.; married Mary R. ARMISTEAD of Nashville, Tenn., January 20, 1892; member Sigma Alpha, Epsilon Fraternity; was Eminent Supreme Archon 1891-93; member and Past Chancellor of Reynolds Lodge No. 33, K. of P.; member and Past Regent of Edgefield Council No. 314, Royal Arcanum; Tennessee Camp No. 11592, Modern Woodmen of America; State Lecturer of that order in Tennessee 1906-07; Tribe of Ben Hur, Legion of Red Cross, Nashville Press Club, Nashville Board of Trade, House of Representatives in General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, 1903; Assistant Attorney-General of the Tenth District of Tennessee, 1907-08; admitted to bar October, 1891; member Board of Directors and the General Counsel of the Southern Insurance Company of Nashville, Tenn.; member Methodist Episcopal church, South.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
