Background
MOORE, James Washington was born on March 16, 1866 in Collierville, Shelby Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Lawrence and Sarah Frances (Irby) Moore.
MOORE, James Washington was born on March 16, 1866 in Collierville, Shelby Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Lawrence and Sarah Frances (Irby) Moore.
Captain P. H. Strickland’s Private School for Boys, Collierville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt University. Nashville, Tennessee, 1886-1890, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, 1891.
Tulip St. Church of Methodist Episcopal Church.
Member, House of Representative, Tennessee Legislature, 1903-1905. Assistant Attorney General, 10 Judicial Circuit, Tennessee, 1907-1908 and 18. Assistant City Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, 1918-1923.
City Attorney, Nashville. Tennessee, since 1923. Member: Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Knights of Pythias.; Royal Arcanum. Modern Woodman of American. Tribe of Ben Hur; Fraternal Aid Union.
South. Clubs: Vanderbilt, West End Methodist Men's.
Spouse Mary Robina Armistead, January 20, 1892, Nashville, Tennessee.