Oliver Perry Temple | |
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| Born | Oliver Perry Temple January 27, 1820 Greene County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | November 2, 1907 (aged 87) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| 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]
- ^ The Historic Mary Boyce Temple House. Retrieved: 31 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Mary Rothrock, The French Broad-Holston Country: A History of Knox County, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1972), pp. 495-497.
- ^ Oliver P. Temple, East Tennessee and the Civil War (Johnson City, Tenn.: Overmountain Press, 1995), pp. 156-157, 172-173, 194-197, 234-235, 340, 349, 400, 474.
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