City: Cleveland
SULLIVAN, Rufus Pledger, physician and surgeon; born Buren, Union Co., Ga., 1867; Irish descent; son of Daniel Asberry and Mary (Brackett) SULLIVAN; father’s occupation minister of the Gospel, educated in Georgia and Tenn.; graduated at Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1897; in early life he worked on a farm and taught school; married Laura HIPP in 1892; member Masons, Odd Fellows, W. O. W., and M. W. of A.; Republican; U. S. Examining Surgeon; member of the M. E. church; engaged in the practice of medicine at Cleveland, Tenn.