Thomas Jefferson Stump 1870-1946

Thomas Jefferson Stump 1870-1946 is a Tennessee historical marker in Cheatham County.

Cheatham Co., Vine Street in Ashland City, Tennessee 37015.

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The son of C. Hyde and Vina (Hale) Stump, Thomas Jefferson Stump was born in Cheatham County on February 18, 1870 and was educated in Cheatham and Dickson Counties. On October 27, 1895, he married Henrietta Dozier. They had two sons. Stump engaged in the mercantile business for 25 years. He invented and manufactured the Lively Lad weed cutter for which he received a patent in 1925 and later the Lively Lad Bushwhacker. He sold more than one-half-million in the United States and other countries. From 1898 to 1902 he served as Cheatham County sheriff. He also served as chair of the Cheatham County Board of Education and as city alderman of Ashland City. In 1937 Thomas Jefferson Stump was appointed Mayor of Ashland City, Tennessee, He died September 10, 1946 and was interred in Ashland City's Forest Hill Cemetery.

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1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1870 · Kentucky and Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Thomas Jefferson Stump 1870-1946

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