Background
Kennerly, Wesley Travis was born on August 29, 1877 in Henry County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles M. and Sarah A. (Travis) Kennerly.
Kennerly, Wesley Travis was born on August 29, 1877 in Henry County, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles M. and Sarah A. (Travis) Kennerly.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Tennessee.
Began practice at Knoxville, 1900. Chairman Knox County Democratic Executive Committee, 1906-1910. Member Democratic State Executive Committee, 2d District of Tennessee, 1910-1918 and 1922-1924.
City attorney, Knoxville, 1912-1916.
United State Attorneys, Eastern District of Tennessee, 1917-1921, member Kennerly & Key. Lecturer on Federal Pleading, Practice and Criminal Law, University of Tennessee.
Special Justice Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1939. Honorary colonel staff of Governor of Tennessee, 1939-1943.
Delaware to Democratic National Convention, 1932 and 1940.
Democratic elector 2d Congressional District, 1932.
Served as 1st sergeant Company L, 1st Tennessee Infantry, Spanish-American War. Member of the board of trustees University of Tennessee President Alumni Association of University of Tennessee, 1925-1926. Member American (vice president 1921-1922) and Tennessee Barometer associations, Knoxville Bar Association (ex-president), American Judicature Society, South.R., United Spanish War Veterans (commander Department of Tennessee, 1926), Tennessee History Society, East Tennessee History Society, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Phi.
Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner), Knights of Pythias, Elk.
Clubs: Izaak Walton League of America, Knoxville Rod and Reel.
Married Ola Doctorate. Robertson, March 15, 1906 (died December 9, 1934). Children: Robert Travis, Warren Wesley.