City: Spencer
PASSONS, Edward T., farmer and lumberman; born White Co., Tenn., July 25th, 1836; English descent; son of Major and Anna (Anderson) PASSONS; father farmer; educated at Spencer Tenn.; served as private in Civil war; entered farming in early life; married Evaline YORK, Dec. 30, 1857; member Masons; Democrat; justice of the peace 24 years; former chairman of Democratic County Executive Committee of Van Buren Co. Tenn., trustee in college 25 years, and served as city recorder of Spencer, Tenn., two years; he is now vice-president of Van Buren Bank and owns sixty shares in same, owns also sixty shares of stock in bonding and insurance companies at Nashville, Tenn., and 3,000 shares in Jerome copper mine in Arizona.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
