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Arthur St. Clair Colyar

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Arthur St. Clair Colyar
BornJune 23, 1818
Washington County, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedDecember 13, 1907(1907-12-13) (aged 89)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting placeMount Olivet Cemetery
OccupationPolitician
ParentAlexander Colyar

Arthur St. Clair Colyar (June 23, 1818 – December 13, 1907) was an American lawyer, Confederate politician, and newspaper editor.

Early life

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

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 served as the president of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company.[2] He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in the 1870s.[2]

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

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]

Further reading

  • McCanless Howell, Sarah (Fall 1968). "The Editorials of Arthur S. Colyar, Nashville Prophet or the New South". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 27 (3): 262–276. JSTOR 42623026.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Collins-doerrer to Combest". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  2. ^ 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.


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