Attorney General Tenth District; born Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee, September 29, 1869; son of Thomas H. and Mary E. (Langston) Anderson; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Peabody College, Nashville, University of Nashville, Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee; L.L. degree Peabody College 1890; B.S. University of Nashville 1892; LL.B. Cumberland University 1896; began life as a farmer; married Lillian Hardin Gray February 14, 1906; member K. of P., Past Chancellor Commander, Joel A. Battle No. 84, I.O.O.F., B.P.O.E. Nashville Lodge No. 72, P.K.A. Fraternity; elected Councilman, Nashville, 1901-1905; Vice Chairman City Finance Committee; Director Carnegie Library from 1901 to 1905; elected Attorney General August 4, 1910, for term of eight years; was founder and first editor of the Peabody Record of the University of Nashville; member Presbyterian Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler
Attorney General Tenth District; born Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee, September 29, 1869; son of Thomas H. and Mary E. (Langston) Anderson; Scotch-Irish descent; educated Peabody College, Nashville, University of Nashville, Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee; L.L. degree Peabody College 1890; B.S. University of Nashville 1892; LL.B. Cumberland University 1896; began life as a farmer; married Lillian Hardin Gray February 14, 1906; member K. of P., Past Chancellor Commander, Joel A. Battle No. 84, I.O.O.F., B.P.O.E. Nashville Lodge No. 72, P.K.A. Fraternity; elected Councilman, Nashville, 1901-1905; Vice Chairman City Finance Committee; Director Carnegie Library from 1901 to 1905; elected Attorney General August 4, 1910, for term of eight years; was founder and first editor of the Peabody Record of the University of Nashville; member Presbyterian Church.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler
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