Background
Canada, John Walter was born on December 27, 1876 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of W. W. and Sallie T. (Brewster) Canada.
Canada, John Walter was born on December 27, 1876 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of W. W. and Sallie T. (Brewster) Canada.
Graduate Memphis Institute, 1895. Student Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1895-1897.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1897. General attorney M.P.R.R. Vice-president and general counsel Union Railway corporation since 1905.
General counsel and member Executive Committee and board of directors Union Planters National Bank & Trust Company, Plough, Incorporated., general counsel Arkansas & Memphis Railway, Bridge & Terminal Company, Memphis Union Station Company. Counsel for Tennessee and Mississippi for Saint Louis&South.L. Railroad General attorney for Tennessee M.P.R.R.
Atty, Saint Louis Southwestern Railway Company.
Served in Cuba as captain 4th Tennessee Volumes, Spanish-American War. Member Kappa Alpha.; Clubs: University, Tennessee, Memphis Country (Memphis).
Married second, Virginia Broaddus, March 16, 1934.