City: Knoxville
TYSON, Lawrence Davis, lawyer; born Greeneville, N. C., July 4, 1861; son of Richard Lawrence and Margaret Louise (Turnage) TYSON; graduated U. S. Military Academy 1883; married Bettie Humes MCGHEE, Feb. 10, 1886; served as second lieutenant Ninth U. S. Infantry June 13, 1883; promoted to first lieutenant Oct. 15, 1889; resigned April 15, 1896; appointed by President McKinley, colonel Sixth U. S. Volunteer Infantry May 20, 1898; served in Porto Rico during Spanish-American war, mustered out March 15, 1899; brigadier-general and inspector general on staff of Governor of Tenn., 1902-1906; member of Tenn. House of Representatives 1903 (speaker) Democrat; delegate at large from Tenn. to Democratic National Convention, July 1908; admitted to bar 1895; president of Knoxville Cotton Mills, Knoxville Woolen Mills, Poplar Creek Coal & Iron Co., Lenoir City Land Co.; vice-president East Tenn. Coal & Iron Co., Coal Creek mining & Mfg. Co.; trustee East Tenn. Female Institute, Knoxville General Hospital, Knoxville, Tenn., member Branch S. R.; member of Cumberland, Cherokee Country Clubs, of Knoxville, Tenn., Army and Navy, N. Y.; Army and Navy, N. Y.; and army and navy, Washington, D. C.; member of Episcopal church.
