Background
KEATON, Thos. Hiram was born on March 13, 1892 in Dyer, Tennessee, United States. Son of D. W. and Fannie F. (Cummings) Keaton.
KEATON, Thos. Hiram was born on March 13, 1892 in Dyer, Tennessee, United States. Son of D. W. and Fannie F. (Cummings) Keaton.
High School, Dyer. Tennessee. West Tennessee State Teachers College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1916-1917. American Expeditionary Forces University, College, of Law, Beaune, France.
1919; Cumberland University, Law Department, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1919-1920.
Elected Special Judge, Criminal Court, Shelby Company, Tennessee, 1929. State Senator, Gibson Company, Tennessee, 1927-1929 (independent). Private, United States Army (enlisted, Memphis), 1917-1919, with A. E.F. in France.
Member: American Legion.