US Congressman. He graduated from Jackson College, studied law, was admitted to the bar and began to practice law in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1840. He was a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, in 1843. In 1857, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1861. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army, during the Civil War. After the war, he resumed the practice of law and was clerk of the criminal court of Shelby County, Tennessee, (1870-74). At age 60, he accidentally drowned in the Ten Mile Bayou, Arkansas.
US Congressman. He graduated from Jackson College, studied law, was admitted to the bar and began to practice law in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1840. He was a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, in 1843. In 1857, he was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving until 1861. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army, during the Civil War. After the war, he resumed the practice of law and was clerk of the criminal court of Shelby County, Tennessee, (1870-74). At age 60, he accidentally drowned in the Ten Mile Bayou, Arkansas.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
Advertisement
See more Avery memorials in:
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
