Mayoral History

Lewis S. A. Metcalfe, son of Barnett and Letitia Martin Metcalfe, was born in Lexington, Kentucky on February 22, 1818. He attended schools in Huntsville, Alabama and graduated in medicine from Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky. He married Sarah A. Stamper in Franklin County, Tennessee in 1843. They were the parents of one daughter. He practiced medicine for ten years in Mississippi and Tennessee, read law and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He was briefly associated with The Home Journal newspaper. He practiced law in Winchester where he was mayor in 1868-1869 and 1870-1871. He was elected to represent Franklin County in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1885-1887. He died during his last term on July 26, 1886 at his home in Winchester and was buried in Winchester City Cemetery.


	Lewis S. A. Metcalfe, son of Barnett and Letitia Martin Metcalfe, was born in Lexington, Kentucky on February 22, 1818. He attended schools in Huntsville, Alabama and graduated in medicine from Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky. He married Sarah A. Stamper in Franklin County, Tennessee in 1843. They were the parents of one daughter. He practiced medicine for ten years in Mississippi and Tennessee, read law and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He was briefly associated with The Home Journal newspaper. He practiced law in Winchester where he was mayor in 1868-1869 and 1870-1871. He was elected to represent Franklin County in the Tennessee General Assembly from 1885-1887. He died during his last term on July 26, 1886 at his home in Winchester and was buried in Winchester City Cemetery.
	Mayor Lewis Metcalfe
	1868-1869 & 1870-1871