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Bromfield Ridlay Whitthorne
1850 - 1924 (73 years)-
Name Bromfield Ridlay Whitthorne Birth 17 Dec 1850 Tennessee 
[1] Gender Male Death 20 May 1924 Tennessee Burial Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee Person ID I833 Scudder Last Modified 20 Mar 2013
Family Juliet Shelby Ryall, b. 12 Aug 1854, Tennessee d. 13 Jan 1934, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee (Age 79 years) Marriage 19 Jul 1877 Shelbyville, Beford, Tennessee [2, 3, 4] Children 1. Elizabeth McClelland Whitthorne, b. May 1880, Tennessee d. 5 Jun 1915, Madison county, Alabama (Age 35 years)2. Juliet Whitthorne, b. 15 Feb 1882, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee d. 12 Mar 1963 (Age 81 years)3. Lieutenant Colonel Bromfield Ridley Whitthorne, Jr., b. 7 Aug 1884, Tennessee d. 24 Mar 1961, Broward county, Florida (Age 76 years)4. Rebecca R. Whitthorne, b. Aug 1885, Tennessee d. Aft 1910 (Age > 26 years)Family ID F374 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Acquiring his preliminary education in the Shelbyville schools, Bromfield completed the course of study at Franklin College, and began his active career in Shelbyville, being first bookkeeper in a mercantile house, and later cashier in the National Bank. Reading law during his leisure minutes, he was admitted to the bar in 1899, and in addition to successfully practicing his profession filled various offices of trust and responsibility. For nine years Mr. Whitthorne filled the mayor's chair, and when Shelbyville was under a commission form of government he was one of three commissioners who administered the affairs of the city. He rendered excellent service as president and city judge, and in 1911 was elected justice of the peace for the seventh civil district.
Religiously, Bromfield belonged to the Christian church, while his wife and children were members of the Episcopal church. Fraternally he was a thirty-second degree Mason. He was a member of Shelbyville Lodge, No. 122, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of Masons; of Tannehill Chapter, No. 40, Royal Arch Masons; of Murfreesboro Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templar; and of Alhambra Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
- Acquiring his preliminary education in the Shelbyville schools, Bromfield completed the course of study at Franklin College, and began his active career in Shelbyville, being first bookkeeper in a mercantile house, and later cashier in the National Bank. Reading law during his leisure minutes, he was admitted to the bar in 1899, and in addition to successfully practicing his profession filled various offices of trust and responsibility. For nine years Mr. Whitthorne filled the mayor's chair, and when Shelbyville was under a commission form of government he was one of three commissioners who administered the affairs of the city. He rendered excellent service as president and city judge, and in 1911 was elected justice of the peace for the seventh civil district.
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Sources - [S514] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255244; National Archives Film T9-1244; Page 227D.
- [S1011] Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002.
- [S14] Genealogy of Descendants of Jacob Scudder T-2-3-7-Partial and Descendants of Peter Scudder T-2-3-11, Vol. XXVII, p. 22.
- [S946] A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans, Vol. 6, p. 1834.
- [S514] 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255244; National Archives Film T9-1244; Page 227D.