Erasmus Lee Gardenhire

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Erasmus Lee Gardenhire (born November 12, 1815 in Livingston , Tennessee , † April 4, 1899 in Carthage , Tennessee) was an American lawyer and politician . He belonged to the Democratic Party .

Career

Erasmus Lee Gardenhire studied law and practiced after receiving his license to practice law, first in Livingston ( Overton County ), then in Sparta ( White County ) and most recently in Carthage ( Smith County ). He sat in the Tennessee Senate from 1849 to 1851 , where he represented the following counties: White County , Fentress County , Jackson County , Overton County, and Van Buren County . In 1853 he suffered a defeat in his candidacy for a seat in the US House of Representatives . During his time as editor of the Mountain Democrat in Sparta, between 1856 and 1857, he took part in 1856 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and served in the presidential election of 1856 as an elector for James Buchanan (1791-1868). Between 1858 and 1861 he was a judge in the Fifth Judicial District ( Mountain District ). In November 1861 he was elected to the First Confederate Congress for the fourth constituency of Tennessee , where he served from February 18, 1862 to February 17, 1864. Between 1875 and 1877 he sat in the Tennessee House of Representatives and was a judge on the Court of Arbitration in 1877 . He died in Carthage in 1899 and was then buried in Jackson County.

family

Erasmus Lee Gardenhire, second son of Ailsey "Alsey" Tippett (1792–1873) and Adam Gardenhire (1794–1851), was born and raised in Oak Hill Parish in Overton County approximately nine months after the end of the British American War on. His great-grandfather, Jacob Gardenhire, immigrated to Pennsylvania from the area of ​​the Holy Roman Empire in the 18th century . His son, also called Jacob Gardenhire (1750-1824), then settled in Virginia . During the Revolutionary War he served for seven years as a soldier in the Continental Army under General George Washington (1732–1799). In 1790 he moved to Tennessee and settled at Campbell's Station ( Knox County ). In the following years he fought against the local Indians . He died in Overton County in September 1824, where he moved in 1811. Adam Gardenhire was a successful farmer. As a result of his business acumen, he ended up amassing a fortune of seventy-five thousand dollars. He was a Methodist for nearly 40 years before he died on August 4, 1851. His wife, Aisey Tippett, was established in June 1792 Rowan County ( North Carolina born) and grew up there. She was the daughter of Lucy Cartwright Bierling (1759-1845) and the farmer Erasmus Lee Tippett (1760-1823), who fought in the last two and a half years of the War of Independence. He held the rank of corporal in the 2nd North Carolina Regiment of Light Dragoons . Her father owned about forty slaves , but never land of his own. Aisey Tippett was a Methodist for nearly 60 years before she died on April 7, 1873. On December 5, 1839, Erasmus Lee Gardenhire married Miss Mary A. McMillin (1817–1879), daughter of Irish-born Catharine Halsell and James McMillin, who sat several times in the Kentucky House of Representatives . The couple had eight children: James Alexander (1840–1913), Alice Catherine (1843–1923), John Halsell (1845–1920), Mary Catherine (1848–1912), Lucy Ellen (1852–1946), Ada M. ( 1855-1923), Vulina Rosalee (1857-1943) and Erasmus Lee junior (1864-1865). The first four of his children were born in Overton County before the family moved to Sparta, White County in the 1850s. After the death of his wife, he married three more times: May Gwin (1841-1886), who died 3 days after the marriage, Dora Gwin (1850-1892) and Kezziah Kirkpatrick "Kibbie" Tinsley (1854-1945).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Goodpasture, Albert Virgil: Life of Jefferson Dillard Goodpasture ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1897, pp. 38-41  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.forgottenbooks.com
  2. ↑ Speer, William S .: Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee , Genealogical Publishing Com, 2010, ISBN 9780806317151 , p. 55
  3. ↑ The Confederate States almanac and repository of useful knowledge: for the year 1863 , Gale Cengage Learning, ISBN 9781432804930 , p. 33
  4. ↑ First Confederate Congress - Erasmus Lee Gardenhire ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csawardept.com
  5. ↑ Ailsey "Alsey" Tippett Gardenhire in the database of Find a Grave . Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  6. ^ Adam Gardenhire in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Erasmus Lee Gardenhire on the familytreemaker.genealogy.com website
  8. ↑ Alice Catherine Gardenhire Goodbar in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  9. ^ John Halsell Gardenhire in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  10. ^ Mary Catherine Gardenhire Clark in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  11. ↑ Lucy Ellen Gardenhire Quarles in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  12. ^ Ada Gardenhire McMillin in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  13. ^ Rosalee Gardenhire Cullom in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  14. ^ Mary Gwin Gardenhire in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  15. ^ Dora Gwin Gardenhire in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  16. ↑ Kezziah Kirkpatrick "Kibbie" Gardenhire Tinsley in the database of Find a Grave . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Gardenhire, Erasmus Lee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Livingston , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1899
Place of death Carthage , Tennessee