Samuel Franklin Wilson

Samuel Franklin Wilson
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	(1845-04-18)April 18, 1845 Sumner County, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	June 14, 1923(1923-06-14) (aged 78) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
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	University of Georgia Cumberland University
Occupation	Jurist, politician
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Samuel Franklin Wilson (1845-1923) was an American Confederate veteran, politician and judge.

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Personal life and death

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]

References

1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XII. James T. White & Company. 1904. pp. 193–194. Retrieved August 14, 2020 – via Google Books.
2. Allison, John (1905). Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical, with portraits. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern historical Association. pp. 72–74. OCLC 2561350 – via Internet Archive.
3. Majors, William R. (1986). Change and Continuity: Tennessee Politics Since the Civil War. Macon, Georgia: Mercer. p. 15. ISBN 9780865542099. OCLC 13642679. samuel franklin wilson tennessee.
4. Perry, Ralph H. (June 14, 1923). "Judge Wilson Had Eventful Career". The Jackson Sun. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.