Oliver Perry Temple | |
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Born | Oliver Perry Temple January 27, 1820 Greene County, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | November 2, 1907 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 87)
Resting place | Old Gray Cemetery[1] Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Alma mater | Washington College[2] |
Occupation | Attorney |
Notable work | The Covenanter, the Cavalier, and the Puritan (1897) East Tennessee and the Civil War (1899) Notable Men of Tennessee (1912) |
Political party | Whig Constitutional Union Republican |
Spouse | Scotia Caledonia Hume[2] |
Children | Mary Boyce Temple[2] |
Parent(s) | James and Mary Craig Temple[2] |
Oliver Perry Temple (January 27, 1820 – November 2, 1907) was an American attorney, author, judge, and economic promoter active primarily in East Tennessee in the latter half of the 19th century.[2] During the months leading up to the Civil War, Temple played a pivotal role in organizing East Tennessee's Unionists. In June 1861, he drafted the final resolutions of the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention, and spent much of the first half of the war providing legal defense for Unionists who had been charged with treason by Confederate authorities.[3]
After the war, Temple promoted agricultural and industrial development in East Tennessee, most notably by assisting in the development of the Rugby Colony,[4] and in later years wrote several books on the history of East Tennessee.[5]
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