City: Fayetteville
POINDEXTER, James Elliot, Co. Official; born at Somerville, Fayette Co., Tenn., Dec. 3, 1848; French-English descent; son of W. H. and Sallie W. (Langhorn) POINDEXTER; father was a millwright and contractor; educated at Mary Sharp College and Southern University; early occupation, school teacher and farmer; formerly president of Farmers’ Bank & Trust Co., Fayetteville, Tenn., and now director in the same; married Mary T. THOMAS April 23, 1885; member Southern Presbyterian church; F. & A. M., Knights of Pythias; Democrat, former Deputy Sheriff and Co. Court Clerk; now Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court Lincoln Co., Tenn.
