Isaac Burton Tigrett

Background

Tigrett, Isaac Burton was born on September 15, 1879 in Friendship, Tennessee, United States. Son of Samuel King and Elizabeth Alice (Nunn) Tigrett.

Education

Educated Union University, Jackson Tennessee, 1898, Doctor of Laws, 1930. Doctor of Laws, Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, 1948.

Career

Cashier Bank of Halls, Tennessee, 1899-1903. Cashier Union Bank & Trust Company, Jackson, Tennessee, 1903-1912. President Birmingham & Northwestern Railway, 1912-1919.

President Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad, 1919-1940, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad since 1940.

Trustee Union U. since 1904, acting president, 1909-1911. Trustee University of Tennessee since 1913.

Vice president (for Tennessee) American Bankers’ Association, 1911-1912.

President Tennessee Bankers’ Association, 1908-1909. Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Achievements

• Isaac Burton Tigrett has been listed as a noteworthy railway official by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

Salvation is not based on an individual's fulfillment of God’s commands, but rather on Christ's fulfillment of them and of being united with him through faith.

Membership

Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Mason.; Clubs: Rotary (honorary), Union League (Chicago).

Connections

Married Mary Sue Kennedy, July 20, 1904.

Father:

Samuel King Tigrett

Mother:

Elizabeth Alice (Nunn) Tigrett

Spouse:

Mary Sue Kennedy