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SILVERTOOTH, George W.

City: Memphis

SILVERTOOTH, George W., lawyer; born Munford, Tipton County, Tenn., March 16, 1872; son of Jacob and Caroline (McFadden) SILVERTOOTH; paternal grandfather Judge George W. SILVERTOOTH (at one time) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky; maternal grandfather Candour McFADDEN, formerly a prominent merchant of Covington, Tenn.; Scotch-Irish descent; educated public and private schools in Kentucky and at Paris, Tenn.; graduate of Law Department, Cumberland University, Lebanon, LL. B. class 1903; has been for several years connected as an attorney with the Law Department of the I. C. and Y. & M. V. Railway Companies; member Second Methodist Church, Memphis.


Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.

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