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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeCharles Bryson SIMONTON
(1838-1911)
SIMONTON, Charles Bryson,
a Representative from Tennessee; born in Tipton County, Tenn.,
September 8, 1838; was graduated from Erskine College, Due West,
S.C., in August 1859; enlisted as a private in Company C, Ninth
Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army, in 1861; subsequently became
second lieutenant and then captain; was severely wounded in the
Battle of Perryville October 8, 1862, and disabled from any further
active duty during the war; elected clerk of the circuit court of
Tipton County in March 1870; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1873 and commenced practice in Covington, Tenn.; member of the
State house of representatives in 1877-1879; editor of the Tipton
Record in Covington, Tipton County, Tenn.; elected as a Democrat to
the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March
3, 1883); chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1886;
president of the Covington city school board 1892-1903; United
States district attorney for the district of Tennessee 1895-1898;
died in Covington, Tenn., June 10, 1911; interment in Munford
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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