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MOSS,\u00a0 John T<\/b>., lawyer; born in Dyer Co., Tenn., Oct. 8, 1848; English and French descent; son of John Hartwell<\/b> and Martha Ann (Nash) MOSS<\/b>;\u00a0 paternal grandparents John <\/b>and Abba (Brown) MOSS<\/b>, his maternal grandparents, Thomas <\/b>and Nancy<\/b> (Rawlings) NASH<\/b>, moved to Dyer Co. from Nashville; their ancestors were North Carolinians; the city of Nashville took its name from Gen. Francis NASH<\/b> of Revolutionary War fame, who was a near relative of Dr. Thomas NASH<\/b>; attended school at the academy of Chestnut Bluff, Tenn., Prof. ALLEN<\/b>, principal, before the war, and other schools during the war; he also took a course in a male high school at Dyersburg, Tenn., of which Prof. TALLEY<\/b> (now deceased) was principal; studied law in the office of his uncle, Charles C. MOSS<\/b>, attorney of Dyersburg, Tenn.; admitted to the bar in May, 1871, at Dyersburg, Tenn., by Judge Thomas J. FREEMAN<\/b>, Supreme Court Judge, and Judge Gideon J. BLACK<\/b>, Circuit Judge; married Hattie HILLIARD<\/b>, Nov. 20, 1883; member F. & A.M. (Blue Lodge), Royal Arcanum, W.O.W. and State Bar Association, also member of Christian Church and Men\u2019s Club of Linden Avenue Christian Church of Memphis, Tenn.; located in Memphis and engaged in the practice of law in March, 1872; Democrat; Judge of the Criminal Court of Shelby Co., Tenn., 1902-1910, and was a member of Howard Association during yellow fever epidemics of 1878 and 1879.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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