City: Harriman
SEVIER, Charles Bascom, public official; born Kingston, Tenn., Nov. 12, 1852; French Huguenot and English descent; is a great grandson of John SEVIER, first governor of Tenn.; son of Elbridge Gerry and Mary Caroline (Brown) SEVIER; his father was a lawyer and farmer; paternal grandparents James and Nancy (Conway) SEVIER, maternal grandparents Thomas and Jane (McElwee) BROWN; educated Kingston, Tenn., and Ritterhouse Academy, graduated from the latter in 1872; in early life worked on a farm; was too young to join the army during civil war, but had two brothers who served, one in the Confederate army and the other in the Federal army; his brother James Sevier donated to the Tenn. Museum at Nashville, Tenn. the telescope taken from Gen. Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain in 1780 by Gen. John Sevier who later gave it to his son and who in turn presented it to his grandson James Sevier; married Alice A. GEDDER Sept. 15, 1886; has held the following offices: Tax Assessor 1891-1892; Postmaster at Harriman, Tenn., 1894-8, Tax Assessor, 1900-1902; in 1901 elected Justice of the Peace, which office he now holds; in 1905 became City Recorder of Harriman, Tenn., and is the present Incumbent; member of Odd Fellows and Red Men; Democrat; member of Presbyterian church.
