Arthur St. Clair Colyar (June 23, 1818 – December 13, 1907) was an American lawyer, Confederate politician, and newspaper editor.
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| Born | June 23, 1818 |
| Died | December 13, 1907 (aged 89) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Parent | Alexander Colyar |
Early life edit
Colyar was born on June 23, 1818, in Washington County, Tennessee.[1] His father was Alexander Colyar.[2] He moved to Franklin County, Tennessee, with his parents when he was 12.[2]
Colyar studied the law with Micah Taul.[2]
Career edit
Colyar was admitted to the bar in 1846.[2] He practised the law in Winchester, Tennessee, until 1861.[2] During the American Civil War, Colyar represented the state in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.[1]
After the war, Colyar resumed his legal practise in Winchester, but he moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1867.[2] He was a creditor and later president of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, which used mainly African-American leased convict labor to produce steel.[2][3] He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in the 1870s,[2] and unsuccessfully ran for Governor three times.[4]
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Colyar became the editor of the Nashville American (later known as The Tennessean) in 1880.[2] He subsequently served as the editor of The News, another newspaper based in Nashville, until he became the owner and editor of the American newspaper.[2]
Personal life and death edit
Colyar was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.[2] He died on December 13, 1907, in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] He was buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery.[1]
His niece was editor Viola Roseboro'.[5]
Further reading edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Collins-doerrer to Combest". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Allison, John (1905). Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical, with portraits. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern historical Association. pp. 64–65. OCLC 2561350 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Ghosts of Lone Rock". Sewanee: The University of the South. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ^ Arthur St. Clair Colyar, by James B. Jones, Jr; published March 1, 2018, by the Tennessee Historical Society
- ^ Viola Roseboro': A Prototype for Cather's "My Mortal Enemy", by Merrill M. Skaggs, in Mississippi Quarterly; Winter 2000-2001, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 5-21
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