Background
Dewitt, John Hibbett was born on September 21, 1872 in Sumner Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Review Marcus Bearden (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary (Hibbett) D.
Dewitt, John Hibbett was born on September 21, 1872 in Sumner Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Review Marcus Bearden (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary (Hibbett) D.
Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1894. Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1897. Doctor of Laws, Missouri Valley College, 1923, Tusculum College, 1924.
Tennessee Board Education. Nashville, 1906-1909. President, Board of Trustees, Carnegie Library of Nashville, since 1927.
Appointed by Governor A. Peay, Judge Court of Appeals, 1925. Elected without opposition. 1926-1934.
Member of Tennessee His torical Society (president, 1913). Nashville Bar and library association (president. 1925); Knight Templar.
Masons; Phi Delta Phi. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Round Table, Old Oak, Freolac.
Married Rebekah Ward, November 14, 1899. Children: Ward, John Hibbett.
