TECUMSEH GORE SETTLE was born at Gainesboro, Tennessee, the son of T. G. and Mary (Young) SETTLE. He received his education in the public schools of Gainesboro and Nashville, and was engaged in 1893 and 1894 in the publication of a newspaper at Gainesboro. He was licensed to practice law at Gainesboro in 1894, and later attended the law department of Georgetown University at Washington, D. G., and has degrees of LL. B. and LL. M., from that institution. Mr. Settle was connected for some years with the Nashville American and The Nashville Tennessean and American, and is now chief clerk in the Department of Agriculture at Washington.
Source: Hale, Will T, and Dixon L. Merritt. A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Company, 1913. Volume 4, pg. 860.
