City: Nashville
WASHINGTON, William Hunter, lawyer; born at Springfield, Tenn.; he is a descendant of John WASHINGTON, (the uncle of Gen. George WASHINGTON, and grandson of that John WASHINGTON who came from the northern part of England in 1857, and who was the founder of the family in America) son of Francis Whiting and Sarah Catherine (Crockett) WASHINGTON; educated Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., and Union University, graduating from the latter in June 1871; he completed the junior course in the law department of University of Michigan and graduated March 27, 1873 with L.L. B. degree; entered practice of law at Murfreesboro, April 10, 1873, and in August 1878 he was elected attorney-general for the Nashville district of Tenn., for a term of eight years; he has since been engaged in the general practice of law at Nashville, Tenn.; Jan. 8, 1901, he delivered the oration at the annual banquet of the Tennessee Society of Missouri, at St. Louis, and was that year elected honorary member of the society.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
