Background
Faw, Walter Wagner was born on July 3, 1867 in Johnson City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Ambrose and Carrie Elizabeth (Wagner) Faw.
Presiding Judge State Court of Appeals
Faw, Walter Wagner was born on July 3, 1867 in Johnson City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Ambrose and Carrie Elizabeth (Wagner) Faw.
Preparatory education, Science Hill Academy, Johnson City. Kentucky Military Institute (Farmdale). Virginia Military Institute, Lexington: Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland U. Law School, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1889, Doctor of Laws, 1932.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1889, and practiced at Johnson City, member Harr & Faw, 1889-1891, Faw & Cox, 1891-1895. Moved to Franklin, Tennessee, 1899. Member Faw & Crockett, 1899-1905.
1st assistant attorney general and reporter, Tennessee, 1905-1913. Special judge, Supreme Court, Tennessee, 4 months, 1914. Judge Court of Civil Appeals (now Court of Appeals) from September 1, 1918 (and presiding judge from 1923), to date of voluntary retirement from active service, effective December 16, 1940.
Alderman, Johnson City, 1891-1893. City attorney, Johnson City, 1893-1894. Mayor of Johnson City, 1896-1898.
Member Tennessee House of Representatives, 1905.
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Member American Tennessee State and Williamson County bar associations, Alpha Tau Omega. Mason (K.T.), Knights of Pythias.
Married Martha Elizabeth Kernan, May 25, 1892 (deceased). Children: Carrie Kernan (Mistress Tom Watson Pointer), Margaret Wagner (Mistress James Cannon III), Ruth (Mistress Thomas Burns Carroll deceased), Martha Elizabeth (Mistress Clair D. Regen), Sarah (Mistress Christopher V. Winfree).
