City: Knoxville
SANSOM, Richard Henry, lawyer; born Round Rock, Texas, Sept. 4, 1854; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Richard and Mary Agnes (Cooper) SANSON; father’s occupation, lawyer; paternal grandparents D. N. and Mary E. (Brown) SANSOM, maternal grandparents Matthew D. and Mary (Frierson) COOPER; educated Georgetown, Texas, and Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, Tenn.; married Louisa ZOLLICOFFER, daughter of Gen. Felix K. ZOLLICOFFER, Oct. 3, 1876; member Oriental Lodge No. 453, F. & A. M., Couer de Lion Commandery No. 9, K. T., Knoxville Golf and Country Club, and Cumberland Club; Trustee of State Deaf and Dumb School; Democrat; former Circuit Judge, Chancellor, member of Court of Chancery Appeals and was on Supreme Bench by appointment; holds commission signed by Gen. John B. GORDON as Assistant Judge Advocate with rank of Captain U. C. V.; member of First Presbyterian church, Knoxville, Tenn., Elder in same and Present Moderator Synod of Tenn.
