MOORE, John Trotwood

City: Nashville

MOORE, John Trotwood, author; born Marion, Ala., August 26, 1858; son of  Judge John and Emily (Billingslea) MOORE; father, lawyer and judge; paternal grandparents Wooten and Elizabeth (Tooley) MOORE, maternal grandparents Clement C. and Rachel (Lane) BILLINGSLEA; graduated from Howard College, Marion, Ala., 1878, with A.B. degree; taught school in early life, later studied law; married twice, Florence ALLEN in 1885, Mary B. DANIEL in 1900; author of “Ole Mistis,” “Songs and Stories From Tennessee,” “A Summer Hymnal,” “The Bishop of Cottontown,” “Uncle Wash,” “The Old Cotton Gin,” and “The Gift of the Grass,” “Jack Ballington, Forrester;” is a Mason and Knight of Pythias; at present engaged in literary work and stock farming, raising blooded cows and horses; editor of the Taylor-Trotwood Magazine until it consolidated with Watson’s; member Baptist Church; address, 215 Twenty-second Avenue North, Nashville, Tenn.

Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.