| Show the governor of tennessee I 1 judge turney governor of tennessee though he has been on the supreme bench for twenty two years is a farmer he has a magnificent old typical southern home in franklin county known as wolfs crag he is sixty five years old 6 feet 4 inches ta tall 11 has broad shoulders and weighs pounds p he wears a full short gray beard with the except exception iou ol of a slight blight rheumatic affection he ashal is hah and hearty his rheumatism has caused him to abandon deer and fox hunting ot of which he has been a great lover at wolfs crag he be has his pack of dogs and the horses which have carried him on anany a fox hunt for years he has been noted as the best deer shot in the state men who lave been with miri him on the hunt say eay hi h can bring down a deer running at full speed yards distant he is one of the people all over the state he is known as old pete turney it was hia county under ids his leadership which first seceded from the union before the state of tennessee had seceded he had organized the first tennessee regiment and gone to the front though many times offered promotion he declined to leave his regiment and went through the war as colonel of the first tennessee at the battle of seven pines ho was waa shot sho t the face new york world |
