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Jesse
M. Littleton, son of Thomas J. and Hannah Ingram Littleton, was born in
Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee on March 9, 1867. The family lived in
Texas when Jesse was a child. When he was grown he came to his brother’s
home in Nashville and entered school. He taught school for a time in Roane
County and returned to Nashville and entered the newspaper business as
a writer for the Nashville Republican, which was owned and edited by his
brother. Later he entered the government service in the revenue department
and was stationed in Winchester, where he was appointed postmaster. In
addition he read law and was admitted to practice in 1896. While he was
Mayor of Winchester from 1903-1911, the boulevard from Winchester to Decherd
was built by private subscription, and he led the movement that resulted
in the establishment of a county fair association. During this time he
was the Republican nominee for governor. He and Judge Floyd Estill were
law partners until Jesse moved to Chattanooga in 1911. In 1914 he was
elected Mayor of Chattanooga and was head of the law firm Littleton, Littleton,
& Littleton. He was married in 1906 to Katherine Estill, only child
of Judge and Mrs. Floyd Estill. Jesse and Katherine were the parents of
one daughter. He died in Chattanooga on April 22, 1923 and was buried
in Forest Hill Cemetery. |
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Mayor
Jesse Littleton |
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1903-1911 |