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Samuel Franklin Wilson (1845-1923) was an American Confederate veteran, politician and judge.
Samuel Franklin Wilson | |
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Member of the Tennessee Senate | |
In office 1879–1880 | |
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
In office 1877–1879 | |
Constituency | Sumner County |
Personal details | |
Born | Sumner County, Tennessee, U.S. | April 18, 1845
Died | June 14, 1923 78) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse |
Mary Lytton Bostick (m. 1880) |
Children | 2 sons, 3 daughters |
Parent(s) | Samuel Wilson Nancy Moore |
Relatives | Edgar Bright Wilson (nephew) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Jurist, politician |
Signature | |
Samuel Franklin Wilson was born on April 18, 1845, in Sumner County, Tennessee.[1][2] He was of English descent.[2] During paternal great-great-uncle, Zachary Wilson, was a signatory of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.[2] His father was Samuel Wilson and his mother, Nancy Moore.[2] He had seven siblings.[2]
During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he served under Colonel William B. Bate and General Edmund Kirby Smith in the Confederate States Army.[2] He lost an arm at the Battle of Chickamauga.[2]
After the war, Wilson graduated from the University of Georgia in 1868.[2] He received a law degree from Cumberland University.[2]
Wilson practised the law in Gallatin, Tennessee.[2]
Wilson was a member of the Democratic Party.[3] He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879, sitting on the judiciary committee.[2] He was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 1879, and served as the chairman of its judiciary committee.[2] He was elected by the "low taxers" to represent Tennessee at the 1880 Democratic National Convention, but he lost to Alvin Hawkins.[3]
Wilson was appointed as a United States Marshal from 1885 to 1889, under President Grover Cleveland.[3] He served as a Judge on the Tennessee Court of Chancery Appeals from 1895 to 1901.[3]
Wilson married Mary Lytton Bostick on August 19, 1880.[1][2] They had two sons and three daughters.[2] He died in Knoxville on June 14, 1923.[4]
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