City: Nashville
WITHERSPOON, John Alexander, physician; born Columbia, Tenn., September 13, 1864; Scotch descent; son of John M. and Mary T. (Hanks) WITHERSPOON; father was lawyer and farmer; graduated 1887 from Medical Department of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; married Cornelia DIXON, November 8, 1888; is a Mason, Knight Templar, K. of P. and member of Hermitage Club, Nashville; was appointed by the Secretary of State to deliver address of acceptance of George Washington statue in Buda-Pest, Hungary, August 27, 1909; was Professor of Medicine in University of Tennessee from 1889 to 1894, and has been teacher of medicine in Vanderbilt University for the past 16 years; he is President of the American Medical College Association, member of the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association, also President of the Mississippi Valley Medical Society in 1909; Democrat; Deacon in First Presbyterian Church, Nashville.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
