John Easter Dromgoole, Sr

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He was Mayor of Murfreesboro, Tennessee during the Civil War.

JOHN E. DROMGOOLE
Prominent Citizen of Murfreesboro
Dies Suddenly in Kentucky
Murfreesboro, Nov. 22 - (Special) - Last evening while at the Baptist Church Mrs. Richard Beard received a telegram from Mayfield, Ky., stating that her father, Hon. John E. Dromgoole, had died suddenly that day at 1 o'clock. For several years past he had spent his winters with Rev. Wellborn Mooney, at Dresden, Tenn., but the past winter at Mayfield, Ky., but he always claimed Murfreesboro as his home.
He was born in Brunswick County, Va., Dec. 28, 1805, and if he had lived till the 28th of next December he would have reached the ripe old age of 92. He was a nephew and protege of the Hon. George C. Dromgoole, who in the early part of this century was a distinguished member of Congress from the Old Dominion. In the year of 1826 he came to Tennessee from Virginia, crossing the mountains that divide the two States, making the whole journey on horseback. His friends frequently heard him tell of his entrance into the small village of Murfreesboro by way of Main street. After a short visit to Murfreesboro he returned to Virginia, where he married, and in 1831 he again set his face toward the West and in that year made his permanent home in Rutherford County.
In the ante-bellum days during the struggles between the Whig and Democratic parties, he was an ardent Whig and was considered one of the leaders of that political persuasion in the county. Although an original
Union man when the civil war in 1861 became a fact he, without hesitation sided with the South and was active and aggressive in his sympathies with the Southern soldiers. He was Mayor of this city when it fell into the hands of the Federal forces in 1862.
In 1870 he was elected to represent the county in the convention that framed the Constitution under which we now live, and although he made few speeches in that body was an active and earnest worker. Probably no man ever lived in this county who was identified with its history more prominently or for a greater length of time. He practiced law at this bar, was a member for a number of years of the County Court, was a man of wide reading and broad information, and his friends in the county were ... legion. He was a charter member of the first Masonic lodge organized in Murfreesboro, a devout member of the Methodist Church, South, and as a Christian gentleman his life was flawless. He was gifted with considerable literary ability and often contributed important
articles of a political nature to the State press.
He left a number of children, among whom are Miss Will Allen Dromgoole, Mrs. Richard Beard and Mrs. Wellborn Mooney. His remains will be interred in the cemetery at Dresden, Tenn., beside those of his son, which were placed there something over a year ago.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 10 2022, 4:31:43 UTC

He was Mayor of Murfreesboro, Tennessee during the Civil War.

JOHN E. DROMGOOLE
Prominent Citizen of Murfreesboro
Dies Suddenly in Kentucky
Murfreesboro, Nov. 22 - (Special) - Last evening while at the Baptist Church Mrs. Richard Beard received a telegram from Mayfield, Ky., stating that her father, Hon. John E. Dromgoole, had died suddenly that day at 1 o'clock. For several years past he had spent his winters with Rev. Wellborn Mooney, at Dresden, Tenn., but the past winter at Mayfield, Ky., but he always claimed Murfreesboro as his home.
He was born in Brunswick County, Va., Dec. 28, 1805, and if he had lived till the 28th of next December he would have reached the ripe old age of 92. He was a nephew and protege of the Hon. George C. Dromgoole, who in the early part of this century was a distinguished member of Congress from the Old Dominion. In the year of 1826 he came to Tennessee from Virginia, crossing the mountains that divide the two States, making the whole journey on horseback. His friends frequently heard him tell of his entrance into the small village of Murfreesboro by way of Main street. After a short visit to Murfreesboro he returned to Virginia, where he married, and in 1831 he again set his face toward the West and in that year made his permanent home in Rutherford County.
In the ante-bellum days during the struggles between the Whig and Democratic parties, he was an ardent Whig and was considered one of the leaders of that political persuasion in the county. Although an original
Union man when the civil war in 1861 became a fact he, without hesitation sided with the South and was active and aggressive in his sympathies with the Southern soldiers. He was Mayor of this city when it fell into the hands of the Federal forces in 1862.
In 1870 he was elected to represent the county in the convention that framed the Constitution under which we now live, and although he made few speeches in that body was an active and earnest worker. Probably no man ever lived in this county who was identified with its history more prominently or for a greater length of time. He practiced law at this bar, was a member for a number of years of the County Court, was a man of wide reading and broad information, and his friends in the county were ... legion. He was a charter member of the first Masonic lodge organized in Murfreesboro, a devout member of the Methodist Church, South, and as a Christian gentleman his life was flawless. He was gifted with considerable literary ability and often contributed important
articles of a political nature to the State press.
He left a number of children, among whom are Miss Will Allen Dromgoole, Mrs. Richard Beard and Mrs. Wellborn Mooney. His remains will be interred in the cemetery at Dresden, Tenn., beside those of his son, which were placed there something over a year ago.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 10 2022, 4:50:42 UTC