City: Knoxville
VAN DEVENTER, Horace, lawyer; public official; born Clinton, Iowa, July 22, 1867; Dutch-French Huguenot-Scotch-English descent; son of James Thayer and Laetitia (Flournoy) VAN DEVENTER; paternal grandparents Christopher and Sally (Birckhead) VAN DEVENTER, maternal grandparents Thomas Jefferson and Maria (Dallam) FLOURNOY; educated in the public schools of Clinton, Iowa, Michigan Military Academy, Orchard lake, Mich., University of Mich. and Harvard Law School; graduated from Mich. Military Academy 1886, University of Mich. with degree of Ph. B. 1890, Harvard Law School with degree LL. B. 1893; married Mary Lurton FINLEY April 9, 1902; member Mil. Order of For. Wars., Penn., Sons of Revolution, Tenn., Holland Society of N. Y., Masons, Alpha Delta Phi, Peninsular Chapter, Cherokee Country Club, Knoxville, Tenn., Shriner; former City Atty. West Knoxville, 1895-7; Senator from Knox Co., Tenn., in 52d General Assembly of Tenn. 1901; Clerk U. S. District Court, E. D. T. 1905 to date; First Lieut. And R. Q. M. Sixth U.S. Vol. Inf., 1898-99, Capt Sixth U S Vol. Inf.; member Protestant Episcopal church.
