Horace H. Lurton 1844-1914

Horace H. Lurton 1844-1914 is a Tennessee historical marker in Montgomery County.

Montgomery Co., 308 South Second St. Clarksville

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Horace H. Lurton was a Confederate soldier, prisoner of war, lawyer, and the first president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank. A member of the Tennessee Supreme Court, in 1893 he became its Chief Justice. Appointed by President Grover Cleveland to the Sixth Court of Appeal, Lurton subsequently served as presiding judge. In 1909, President William H. Taft appointed him to the United States Supreme Court. Lurton's home, once on this site, was destroyed by the tornado of 1999.

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Historical maps covering this location

1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · County and Road Map of Kentucky. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Post route map of the states of Kentucky and Tennessee with adjacent parts of Va., West… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1944 · Clarksville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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