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About Dew Moore Wisdom
Dew Moore Wisdom was a graduate of the Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee and practiced law until the outbreak of the Civil War. He served the first year of the war in the 13th Tennessee Cavalry and followed the "Wizard of the Saddle", General W. B. Forrest, until the surrender. He was wounded at the battles of Belmount, Missouri; Shilo, Tennessee, and Bryce's Cross Roads in Mississippi. In 1862 he married Miss Aneca Terry of Inka, Mississippi. After the war he became editor of the Jackson Tribune of Jackson, the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee. He became Chancery Court Clerk of that country and after some years moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas where he edited a paper. In this calling he was rarely gifted. He left Fort Smith to accept the position of Chief Clerk to the United States Indian Agent and had charge of five civilized tribes; Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws and Seminoles. He was greatly beloved by the Indians and through an ardent Democrat, he was retained throughout President McKinley's first term. He then resigned on account of ill health. He served as Mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma. He died there and was buried by the Confederate Veterans, the camp there having been named for him.
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Dew Moore Wisdom's Timeline
| 1836 |
February 3, 1836
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Medon, Madison, Tennessee, United States
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| 1869 |
July 1869
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| 1871 |
1871
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Jackson, Tennessee, United States
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| 1905 |
November 4, 1905
Age 69
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Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
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Purdy, Madison, Tennessee, United States
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